Call of Duty Elite and Battlefield Battlelog compared!

lazygamer.net compares the two stat-tracking services from the anticipated competing modern combat shooters.

[WobblyOnion]

Elite offers more in its free services than I expected. Still, done with Modern Warfare...so it's BF3 for me.

[granthinds]

MW will always be fun dude. But ye, BF3 looks like it's going to dominate.

[TheDareDevil]

Yeah... Currently Elite looks much better than Battlelog for me. Still on the fence though. Can't decide between BF3 and MW3.

[Ognipode]

They change so little though that I feel like if I want to play some Modern Warfare 3, I can just put in any of the last 3 COD games and ill get 90% of the experience I wanted.

[S_C]

Will i use the free elite - Maybe
Will i use Battlelog - Maybe
Will i be using the paid elite serive - Will I F**k

[DoomeDx]

So..do you want to f**k?

[granthinds]

Yoh, the ultimate showdown!!!

[Inside_out]

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" Elite however, is going to be for the more serious players "...

That says it all really...COD is hardcore while riding around in tanks, camping from a mile away or fly impossible to handle Helo's are for the wannabe hardcore...lol

As we get closer to the launch of the people's champ, COD MW3, more and more articles will appear like this. Wait till the Battlefield 3 console multi-player beta hits with it's clunky animations...it won't be pretty.

Activision created an entire company just to cover all these features and they haven't even shown half of the features because, you know, parasite EA-Dice is always watching.

[Dart89]

*COD is hardcore*.

OMG ROTFLMFAO pfft my @$$ since when does having a computer do the aiming for you become hardcore??I knew i should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque.

http://youtu.be/e8TUwHTfOOU

[femshep]

lawlz sir you have your descriptions backwards, call of duty is just run around and clunky animations where battlefield has the tanks and helicopters which if you had any intelligence are really easy to control, and it also has extensive team work were you need to work as a team and communicate to get anything done

Activision are leeches and only got into online waaaaay after Battlefield had set the standard and still has the best multiplayer

can't blame you casuals for trying to act the best though it always makes me laugh

[radphil]

"COD is hardcore while riding around in tanks, camping from a mile away or fly impossible to handle Helo's are for the wannabe hardcore...lol "

So apparently soldiers on the field are more "hardcore" in wars than those in tanks?

Glad to know where you're coming from in all this.

[Mikeyy]

you all tore up World at War, because the tanks where too "OP" and "noobish"

But tanks in BF is "tactical"..

Love the double standards.

[solidworm]

Elite is a complete waste of money seeing as COD players use zero strategy anyways so all this stuff is moot.

[Mikeyy]

Then you should be thankfull that most of elite that you have read about is free anyway.

Only the hardcore need pay for Elite. that deoesnt include you.

[Ognipode]

Modern Warfare 3 can suck it!

[SkittlesLikesPopcorn]

Wake up people... Both EA and Activision are parasites. They profit from hard working studios like DICE and infinity ward...

Check out namco Bandai suing Witcher 2 devs for removing DRM and trying to make the game perform better on PCs:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011...

You read that right. DEVELOPERS are getting sued over dropping DRM from their OWN GAME. LOL!

Publishers are a useless waste of breathable air. Leeches and parasites that try to get money from the success of creative studios... Its pathetic.

They dont care about your games or your customer satisfaction. They care about market consolidation, monopolizing, and squeezing every money drop out of your dry corpse.

you cant win either way. This sucks.

[Simco876]

You guys gotta realize that these two games are different styles of FPS

With so many FPS out there, you gotta break them down into separate genres.

CoD is more of a arcade shooter/Gun on Gun
BF3 is more of a tactical shooter with multiple vehicles

Get both, have fun, then sell them while there is still a used market!

[Darranged]

Absolutely, they are different genres when compared to one another. Its odd though, that COD Elite feels more strategic than its arcadey gameplay, while Battlelog seems to be designed to be more fun than its tactical gameplay would suggest.

[DanSolo]

@ simco

Yeah mate I totally agree... I don't get this whole notion of choosing a "side"....

They are both good and have their place in gaming.
Personally I have grown bored of COD, although I did like the fast moving gameplay... so at some point in the future if they build a new engine, get rid of the bad points, and freshen it up a bit... then I will be right back in there.... and it will have a place in my games collection right next to Battlefield!

[CaptCalvin]

My problem isn't with whether or not COD is fun. My problem is that the devs are riding on it's popularity and ripping people off like getting away with recycling stuff annually while charging full price. It's also affecting the FPS market in a very negative way. Lot of devs want a piece of the COD pie and turning their once unique games more and more into COD clones and this includes, to a limited extent, so far, Battlefield.

[Gran Touring]

While I do agree with you that many fps games try to incorporate cod elements into their games, the battlefield series has always stayed true to it's own formula, and is one of the few fps games to do so. (the other being halo)

[PRHB HYBRiiD]

don't sell em D:

[Tzuno]

Elite sound much better that Battlelog. I will play both like all of you out there.

[Stewie2k8]

They sound pretty similar except battlelog is free right? if so then i know what i prefer.

[Mikeyy]

Elite is free too.

It's like you guys just zoom in and focus on stuff you like to twist to the masses for your own propaganda...

I give up.

Edit: Look I know the past few weeks have made me look like a complete COD Elite fanboy tool, but the truth is I hate LIES. Im sick of people flat out LYING here. People are spreading miss-information about Elite. So I will correct you.

[Stewie2k8]

"its like you guys?" i honestly thought elite wasnt free stop trying to group me in with other fanboys.

and good give up. :)

[jaymart]

Unlike COD, Battlefield improves it's gameplay.

COD is just a map pack with a $60 price tag.

I don't hate COD but you must be blind if you can't see that.

[Mikeyy]

If BF 1943 is a demo of this "improved gameplay" then BF3 is fucked....

1943 was fun, but cmon dude...

[Thump1967]

Getting both doesnt matter both bring unique features so I'll have best of both worlds

[skip1020]

I rather use the Elite service alone than even touch BF3.

[Hufandpuf]

Lets wait till we hear more details, eh.