Battlefield 3: The Call of Duty Influence

IGN writes: "If I had to sum up DICE's Battlefield franchise in just a few words, I might pick "big," "vehicles," "multiplayer." These particular words pop into my head because they've been so important to Battlefield's design philosophy; even the most recent single-player Battlefield entry, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, kept these ideas at its core."

[WANNAGETHIGH]

Sorry to say but BF3 is overhyped.

[JoGam]

I don't know what a COD killer is or would a killer ever exist, but I like BF3 a lot better than COD. For me it just feels right. I do like COD single player and Spec Ops. I just hope the story in BF3 is great.

[farhad2k8]

Please don't hate this comment, but the only way BF can be a CoD killer, is if they become.. CoD.
They need the whining little kids, the lazy campers, the glitch specialists, and the explosive experts.
And while playing the Beta for several hours, I witnessed all 4 of those.

So well done BF3, you may be on your way to actually beating MW3, as you have attained very similar aspects to what ruined CoD in the first place.

[Maximus Corruptor]

EA has tried to hype this game as a COD killer and although it's a good game it's no COD killer! BF has a huge following and I'm sure they will love this game but as a COD fan I don't see it luring me away.

[bumnut]

I see your point, but a lot of people like BF because it is not COD.

Its kind of turned into a Fifa vs PES thing imo

[RyuCloudStrife]

Call of Duty is so fun to play that's what a game is about and Call of Duty is exactly that.

:)

[floetry101]

The logistics of Battlefield 3 are definitely closer to Call of Duty than any other title in the series, but it still feels distinctly Battlefield. It takes fewer bullets to kill, you can strafe-sprint and I've been drop-shot on a few occasions too. I think close-quarter confrontations in general feel better overall. Other than that, it barely feels like I've moved out of Bad Company 2, and I mean that in a good way. The transition is sweet.

Make no mistake though, aside from the bad-ass visual upgrade and the possibility of aerial dog-fights, this is essentially Battlefield unchanged. A lot of people will tell you Call of Duty is repetitive, but Battlefield's gameplay hasn't changed significantly since Bad Company first came out either. My point? If it plays good, and it does, play whichever you like.

By the way, if you want to get into the Caspian Border Map, the password is videokilledtheradiostar.

[zeksta]

And here we go again, people making comparison's of Call of Duty and Battlefield, along with the use of the Beta (Which isn't the full version of the game) to provide some apparent evidence..

[detroitmademe]

I dont mind battlefield doing more close- quarters tight fire-fights inside of buildings,hallways etc. I think it can make the gun-play more intimate & immersive mixed in with the wide open shootouts that we've come to know&love from Battlefield but I cannot understand at all why they chose to scale back the destruction.Im a hardcore gamer so ill reframe from judging it until i play it but I gotta b honest&honestly I have not been in love with wat ive been seeing &hearing about this game lately.

[Bladesfist]

Battlefield 3 is not like cod. Operation metro on rush is like cod. Play caspian border on the pc beta and you will see battlefield in its full glory, and it is beautiful.