Battlefield 3 Discussion Thread

Out of all the download services to reject, it had to be Steam. Doesn't EA know like 100+ Million people around the world use to Steam to buy games and so much more?

 

Hey guys,

I'm curious as to how well BF3 is going to run on my laptop (spec's in sig). Somehow I don't think it's going to run that well. If you guys agree, I might look at upgrading sometime before it comes out.

 

I would try Bad Company 2 and use that as a gauge for how well Battlefield 3 will run on your machine.

 

It's because EA is pushing their own download service: Origin

 

BC2 doesn't run bad at all. I'm not too sure that BF3 is going to have similar spec requirements...

 

No, but I'm sure it won't be a whole lot more stringent otherwise they'd isolate a huge amount of the fan base. My M11x R1 can handle Bad Company 2 on a dual core ULV CPU and GT 335m, barely. My biggest concern with BF3 would be CPU over GPU anyhow, especially on 64-player maps.

 

I hope the net-code is more optimized than 2142. I remember 64 player titan servers. The second they moved the titan, it was like the entire earth skipped a beat, lol.

 

Yeah. I was never too keen on 2142. The mechs had like no armor, titan battles were just nade-fests, and iirc you could only run like three seconds before tiring out. I liked the idea but it just wasn't implemented very well. Wonder if there's still a decent amount of servers playing.

 

BF3 Alpha and System Specs emerge. Anyone here get an invite for the Alpha?

 

Oh, that makes sense then.

It was the character model on the previous pages

 

Who all purchased medal of honor? Looking forward to trying the beta.

 

Just like I expected in terms of req's.

Didn't get any invites... I'm sad

 

I did! I can't wait for the Beta!

 

I did not buy MoH. Only reason I would would be for the beta and not paying $60 for the beta.

 

I bought it, but I didn't pre-order so no early beta for me.

Unlike pretty much everyone else in the world, I enjoyed MoH. It was a great single-player campaign; one of the best as far as military shooters go, I would even say. Multiplayer left a little something to be desired, but overall, it was hardly the 0/10 disaster that most people seem to have such deep-seated hatred for.

 

I didn't pre-order, but when I purchased the digital deluxe edition that was one of the perks access to the BF3 beta.

 

Hmm, may have to pick it up when it goes on sale for cheap!

 

I agree with everything you said. The campaign is probably THE best I've ever played. Danger Close did a great job. Hurray for Medal of Honor 2010 sequel! It'll only be developed by Danger Close, both SP and MP. Here's hoping it's NOT UE 3.97, rather the UE 3.5

 

LOLWUT? I just checked and I own MoH!? I don't remember buying it. Must have been an impulse purchase when it was on sale. Well, guess time to fire it up!

 

MoH has an excellent, although short, single player campaign.

 

Oh you...

Is it the Limited Edition?

 

Oh you... just regular!

It's on Steam and don't see Limited Edition there.

 

In steam it doesn't say. The only way to know if it is or isn't is by launching SP, it'll say a special code for you to activate in MP.

 

Yeah, start the game, open Steam in-game overlay, click on "CD Key", then you will see what kind of key you have -- Standard or Limited.

(Mine is Standard.... only paid $10... oh well)

Also some Alpha game play footage -
Here's Some Leaked Footage of Battlefield 3 In Action

 

^^
gfx look amazing, thanks for that!

 

Battlefield 3 is looking sick! Upgraded my graphics cards for preparation

 

Standard Edition.

 

Looks like its quad core optimized!!!

 

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Wow... Doesn't seem to be THAT hard to run in DX10 IMO... DX11 might push it due to terrain tesselation & disppacement mapping, but I think we ( mid-range users ) will be okay at 1080p with medium-high or 768p/720p with couple of settings on high.

 

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Thanks man


I have to say it look exactly like BFBC2 and I am not impress, in fact my excitement just dwindle.

 

Now THAT is just awesome! Textures are amazing, sound is gorgeous, animations are very good... wow.

Add more players, and you'll feel like you're in a real war! Pre ordering!

 

Huge amount of shadows and SSAO in this game. If this is Alpha testing this is going to be amazing sound effects are so much better.

@ Cheesy BC2 was already an amazing game why change it? Just improve on it by changing all the textures, weapons, sound and adding new features and effects and it makes it a perfect game. The campaign is bound to be different but it appears they haven't failed IMO like Black Ops did for me by changing something that isn't broken.

BC3 over MW3 for me!

 

NOOOO! BC2 is NOT amazing. Bring back classic BF2 gameplay. This is not BFBC3, it's Battlefield 3. Offer a command wheel to call for medic, support, request for supplies, etc. Give us a commander. Give us PRONE and actually let us hide behind a rock, not only able to kneel so our noggin is exposed, but prone or better yet, a way to seek cover behind objects a la Gears of War. Add lean PLEASE.

But most importantly, CONCENTRATE on NET CODE! That's what kills BFBC2 for me. Plus we need jets and boats. Shoulder mounted Stinger missiles. Ability to change kits at a supply crate dropped by the commander.

 

Jets are extremely important.

 

-> Launch game
-> Go to Graphics settings
-> Put "Low" in Effects and Shadows and disable SSAO and "Very high" in textures and objects
-> Find game
-> Press Enter
-> Look at map
-> Shift + W
-> Get in Jet
-> W+M1 FTW

Shadows and SSAO will kill the game for me in terms of performance. If I disable them, I might pull some nice frames at 1080p.

 

There is also the new Official Multiplayer video

Dont have time to post the video but it is there

 

Oh how i love Battlefield 2.
Dice better not dumb down BF3, its really hard to actually communicate ingame on BC2 with fellow team / squad.
Also sad to see how high ping the servers have.
A CS:S server from Norway usually gives me under 20 ping while BC2 gives me 80 ping and horrid hitbox.
Vietnam dlc fixed the hitbox.

 

Vietnam runs smoother in general but I still get hitbox issues. Judging from the graphics in the BF3 alpha I hope requirements aren't any more than BFBC2 because I don't see anything to justify it, at least visually.

 

I love this post. I didn't realize how much I missed having a commander in BF until I read this. Also missing jets and prone .

 

Right. There are definitely good things about BFBC2, but let's hope they don't just expand on that instead of taking BF2 and expanding on that with the best parts of BFBC2 which would be persistent supply and medic packs instead of consumable ones. Ability to spawn on anyone in your squad instead of only the leader. Destructible environments (love that, and clearly it remains in BF3). Among many others.

 

Everything you say is insane...

Firstly there are jets, prone, etc in BF3.

And you don't see that BF3 graphics are improved? I just am not sure what to say to that.

 

I am pretty sure there is a squad commander in BF3. I remember seeing that there was in a video. I will search for it and post it here.


Edit: here is the screenshot. doesn't that star mean they are the commander?



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Like this:

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Oh, My bad I hope they have that in it.

 

There were very few good commanders in BF2. Most just spammer arty/cars/crates and camped for jets on the ship.

 

No confirmation on any of that yet. Unless you can provide some evidence?

Graphics aren't much improved over BFBC2. Definitely over BF2.

 

Yes...there is. For gods sake just look at one of the videos on the last page, prone everywhere. And yes jets are confirmed, not gonna bother looking it up since I thought it was pretty common knowledge

 

there is jets in BF3 They showed some at the end of a trailer.

‪Battlefield 3 - "My Life" Trailer (Actual Game Footage)‬&rlm; - YouTube

1:20 seconds that is some jet flying going on there.

In the trailer where the guy is shooting the Rocket at the Sniper he was prone then got up.

Calm down guy.