Battlefield 3

[silian]

Vehicles are TOTALLY underpowered.

This is no longer vehicles with infantry support like the last games ; It's now infantry with vehicle support.
And could they over power the engy's even more ? repair + AT rockets + AA rockets + mines. Also I don't like it that MG gunners get C4. There should have been an explosive specialist class IMHO.

Vehicles are fine. Engineers can have an AT launcher or MANPAD + Blowtorch or AT mines, not all at once.

MBT + Autoloader + Coax HMG + Zoom optics = win

Had a CQ match on Seine Crossing and we were getting raped by the enemy Abrams (with IR optics and proximity scan), it took dozens of SMAW round hits and took out three T-90's, basically it was crewed by a squad of engineers, two manning it and another following on foot. After about five deaths i managed to flank it through an alleyway, fired one RPG into the engine bay, disabling it, the guy on the aamg spotted me as i sprinted towards the tank, luckily he missed i dove for cover behind it, and fired my last RPG...

KABOOM!!!!...             Triple kill + suicide. 

Anyway i'm really enjoying the new tank mechanics, tanking is certainly a more cerebral activity than in previous iterations.

[hOMEr_jAy]

Why are the Germans so angry about Origin? I am not hearing the rest of the world making a fuss about it.
Is there some evidence that EA is sending private information from your PC to their servers?

Many people here, especially those who belong to the "internet and computer generation" are quite concerned about protection of privaty. For example there was quite an uproar when Google sent its Streetview cars through German towns and only after quite some protests Google added the possibility of censoring houses etc. I guess it´s a German (and maybe Austrian, too) thing to be highly concerned about the state and private companies violating privacy rights.

There were screenshots and videos showing Origin allegedly scanning tax and other programs, though these "evidence" are to be taken with a grain of salt.
Origins EULAs though are quite general and allow the program to perform things that seem rather dubious.
Here´s the translation of a news article of a German gamer magazine that shows how Origin not only violates German data privacy laws, but also consumer rights.

[Eglaerinion]

Vehicles are TOTALLY underpowered.

This is no longer vehicles with infantry support like the last games ; It's now infantry with vehicle support.
And could they over power the engy's even more ? repair + AT rockets + AA rockets + mines. Also I don't like it that MG gunners get C4. There should have been an explosive specialist class IMHO.

It's either AT rockets or AA rockets and either mines or repair tool. Creating classes for a single weapon seems silly as well. You can pretty much customise the hell out of the 4 standard classes giving you plenty of options.

Sofar I've enjoyed BF3 alot, in two weeks I've played it more than BC2 in it's entirety. The singleplayer of BF3 was an utter borefest but MP feels like Battlefield and not BC.

[Zeno]

well there is a crack out there that enables you to play without Origin made by Razor1911 

[Rustysteel]

Has anyone got the EOD bot yet? That thing is a good laugh trying to sneak up on MCOM stations, I like to wait beside them with it in a dark corner when defending as well. No one seems to notice it and they rush up to the MCOM to place a charge while I drive up behind him with the bot and stick the repair tool in their back ah so many ways to be a bastard in this game

[Smiles]

I dont enjoy rush. the 64 version is utter chaos and not well designed (wich can be solved with some patches as ive seen people suggesting very plausible fixes). Ive tried the bot once in conquest but didnt have a vlue what i had to do with it but to drive it on a mountain.

[Dukat]

It sounds like there's so much bullshit to get it working on a PC I'm glad I got it for the 360.

So they release this game both on the consoles and the PC and all they changed were the graphics? What did I miss? Did the consoles made a huge leap forward in performance? Or is the PC version just a downgrade with lots of opportunities given away? And why does nobody even complain anymore about console clones ported to the PC these days?

well there is a crack out there that enables you to play without Origin made by Razor1911 

Rumors say that you might get banned from Origin/Battlefield 3 someday for using it. It seems it is much more easy to simply block Origin using a conventional firewall.

english: Play Battlefield 3 without Origin(Legit) http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=4151416
german: Battlefield 3 ohne Origin-Client spielen http://www.golem.de/1111/87527.html

Some info:
- "The community" can not make better maps than DICE. They can make some playable maps that appeal to a small audience, but not for millions of players playing the game for months or years.

- Indicators are a part of games, most players want them because it makes playing more fun

- Listening to players is only a part of design. You make it up as if there is some sort of "argument" that one side "wins". If something is changed in a game, it's because the designers see that it's better for the game. Sometime this obviously coincidences with what the "hottest topic" is on the forums as well.

- The weapons designers of BF3 have it all figured out, if you want 1s1k game, go play a mod or hardcore games that appeal to ~100 players

- Before you actually learn to make mods or maps, stop considering yourself part of a mod team. We in FH2 can not make better maps than DICE and don't claim to be able to. Install Editor and prove to us that you know what a "great map design is", then post pictures of your work and compare them to BF3, and explain why yours are better. Do this, or stop pretending you know how it should be done.


That's it, I know most people consider this a too honest / personal lash-out, but really, your posts are ridiculous, and many agree with me on this one (obviously Im the only one saying it out loud)

Would you hand over some of that cocain from your table?

[Thorondor123]

It sounds like there's so much bullshit to get it working on a PC I'm glad I got it for the 360.

So they release this game both on the consoles and the PC and all they changed were the graphics? What did I miss? Did the consoles made a huge leap forward in performance?

In addition of better graphics, the PC version has bigger maps and 64 players, where the console versions only have 24.

And no, it doesn't really seem to have any more problems than any other new PC release :E

[SiCaRiO]

PC didnt get bigger maps, just more players, maps are the same.

[Dukat]

Oh, well then.

Here is a comparison between consoles and PC:

http://video.golem.de/games/6250/battlefield-3-grafikvergleich-(pc-xbox-360-ps3).html?q=high

[[130.Pz]S.Lainer]

  Yeah they did some amazing work on shit hardware from 2005/2006.  I built my PC this spring just to play this game and this game alone but after playing the beta on PC and console both I decided to buy it for the PS3.  The fact that it runs and looks so nice on a system with a 1/16th of the ram and a fraction of the CPU power my 2600k puts out is a testament to the great work the code monkeys at Dice did.

[:| Hi]

I found running Origin in a sandbox is great. Can't search anything and I still get to run the game

[djinn]

I love this game. Review to follow shortly. Watch this space 

[Kelmola]

  Yeah they did some amazing work on shit hardware from 2005/2006.  I built my PC this spring just to play this game and this game alone but after playing the beta on PC and console both I decided to buy it for the PS3.  The fact that it runs and looks so nice on a system with a 1/16th of the ram and a fraction of the CPU power my 2600k puts out is a testament to the great work the code monkeys at Dice did.

The only thing they can't get fully over with code monkeying is the available memory for textures (and available memory for terrain, especially destructible). Otherwise, an impressive feat, considering the X360 GPU is essentially a Radeon X1xxx (R500 series), comparable to Geforce 6 or 7 series. (The PS3 GPU is for all intents and purposes a Geforce 7xxx.)

[cannonfodder]

I'll be brief (this is cutting into my BF3 time )...


CONS:

 - The fuck-around involved in getting onto a server (Origin + Battlelog, but mainly Battlelog).

 - Finally getting onto a server only to find it's severely stacked...

 - Having to wait for the BTK maps...

 - Not knowing what the final score was...How did they miss that? I could check the battle report, but I want to know when the round ends, not 2 hours later. I mean did we just win/lose by 10 tickets or 100??

 - And the biggest con (in both senses of the word) of all?...WHERE IN FUCK'S NAME ARE THE BOTS?!?!?!?...

*sigh*



PROS:

 - Everything else...



On a side note: I heard them advertising it on Sydney radio today, which I find a little odd. I guess EA's going to milk it for all it's worth.