I am at mission four of the Campaign mode.

So far, it's very awesome, and the graphics are amazing. Especially the flying mission had great graphics

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<@Howard_s> usa just has a made up economy - they can't really go broke

JuncoPartner: I could barely hold it up for long.

AHHHHHH , I wont have pc up and running for few weeks @:(

Darn us americans

Doesn't matter cause i play PS3 so i have to wait for shipment

It's not officially released here in Europe either. Only in Korea.

But the game only checks for your IP, so just fake IP a Korean IP, and you can play

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<@Howard_s> usa just has a made up economy - they can't really go broke

JuncoPartner: I could barely hold it up for long.

Well i bought it for ps3, so i can't until it gets here

Can your PC not handle the graphics? I mean, I'm not trying to nitpick here it's just that given the choice I don't see why anyone would buy a FPS game for a console. But I'd be curious to hear your reasoning.

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Well my "PC" is an XP. My laptop which i use everything for, is well, a laptop. Decent, but its an HP. It gets hot when playing minecraft

So when i was getting the game, it was either play and have my computer shut down every once a while or go for lower graphics and be able to play freely.

I want to play.

simple laptop specs:

OS Name	Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
OS Manufacturer	Microsoft Corporation
System Name	BUBBA-LAPTOP-HP
System Manufacturer	Hewlett-Packard
System Model	HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
System Type	x64-based PC
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU       Q 720  @ 1.60GHz, 1600 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date	Hewlett-Packard F.13, 12/3/2009
SMBIOS Version	2.6
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)	6.00 GB
Total Physical Memory	5.99 GB
Available Physical Memory	4.34 GB
Total Virtual Memory	12.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory	9.64 GB
Hard Drive    500 GB

If you have the game pre-loaded, do a google search for korean VPN. There are plenty out there use one, start up battlefield and the game will be unlocked.

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

Does someone want to create a special attack platoon for pre-launch day?

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-"You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?"
-"No, not really. This is a different thing, it's spontaneous and it's called wit."

I thought there was one already made

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Classy is when a woman has everything to flaunt, but chooses not to show it!

Nah, it needs to be remade for main release. Maybe we could look into getting a BF3 game manager

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-"You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?"
-"No, not really. This is a different thing, it's spontaneous and it's called wit."

Personally, I don't like FPS games on the computer. The mouse jams, the keyboards feel wrong and all in all it's just a lessened experience for me if I don't have a lovely game controller with thumbsticks and a layout that just... Works for me. Plus, you don't get the same amount of absolutely intolerable douchebags that you generally do in PC versions. You still get some, granted, but not as much.

Having completed the Campaign mode and done quite a few games in multiplayer:

First Impression
Ooooh, shiny

Second Impression
Ewww, buggy

The game graphics and audio is simply unmatched. You are in complete awe over how good it looks, so much that you don't really notice the many bugs at first. There are bugs, quite many, actually.

A bigger frustration, however, is the AI. It's like DICE stood on release day -7 and then figured out they hadn't coded the AI, so they hastily just copied the AI from some random old games. It's annoying storming forward, then suddenly running out of enemies, only because your team has stopped 200 meters behind you, and you have to group up with them. When you get back to the team, they start running forward in the direction you just came from... Oh, and the frustration of having to constantly wait for your team at doors, just because your character has apparently forgotten how to open a door
The enemy AI isn't the best either. You can suppress an enemy who is behind very good cover, and he will all of a sudden think "fuck this", then storm forward into your bullets.

The AI is bad, but the worst is the button smashing sequences. You can storm forward in a fast pace, and all of a sudden some idiot will jump in front of you and try to stab you. Now you can watch your character and the enemy wrestle for upwards of 30 seconds, all while your team is just watching you. In the middle of the sequence you have to press a key/mouse button to get the advantage in the wrestle, and if you are lucky, the sequence will only take up a minute of your time.

The campaign as a whole is very short, and doesn't offer you any choice as to how to complete the mission. Everything is linear and checkpoint based. You cannot decide to smash through the enemy in a tank, the developers have already decided EXACTLY how you should complete the mission.

Oh, and speaking of missions, the last mission is a joke. Seriously. You replay the first mission, and the only thing added is a car chase, where you play as the passenger who have to shoot at the enemy. So what if you don't shoot? Nothing changes, you still get to the end sequence unharmed. The end sequence is the biggest anti-climax of the game. A 3-4 minute sequence where you cannot control your character, all you have to do is press a few buttons once in a while...

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<@Howard_s> usa just has a made up economy - they can't really go broke

JuncoPartner: I could barely hold it up for long.

Been playing for a bit online now... The graphics are amazing, the gameplay not so. Up till now most maps i've seen have been pretty tiny compared to battlefield 2. Its almost as if they designed all the maps for 32 players instead of 64, because a lot of them feel like an exercise in spawning and then dieing over and over again. Caspian border is the only map I've played up till now where I didn't feel like it was incredibly cramped. Then there are a billion bugs to contend with, the most annoying one with their netcode/servers where you get a rubber band effect as in, 4 steps forward 1 step back. Pretty much ruins gameplay and is headache inducing.

Then I have serious issue's with spotting the enemy, I might be alone in this but I want to hear other peoples opinion. Nobody seems to have trouble spotting me, but i'm really trying hard to see enemies and just can't spot them. Especially on the greener maps where there is a lot of trees and foliage. Also its like there has been a FUCKING HURRICANE on each map with paper and leaves flying all over the fucking place. IT ANNOYS THE SHIT OUT OF ME. BATTLEFIELD 3 STORM OF THE PAPER!

Anyhow I want to try some squad action perhaps that will alleviate some of my not so good experiences with the game up till now.

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

Fuck the SP.
MP thoughts?

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"Player with nothing to live for" - PsychoStats

DICE wanted BF3 to be the premiere FPS game in the world, but after having tried it, I would say that the FPS throne still belongs to CoD, even despite that MW3 is still unreleased.

The maps in BF3 are surprisingly small and much too open. No matter where you want to go, you have to cross huge open spaces. Before you make it over the space you are sure to get shot by one of the countless snipers that are just lying on the outskirts of the map, not ever moving.

The game caters way too much to campers, being either snipers or vehicle campers. For assaulting infantry, the game is downright bad.

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<@Howard_s> usa just has a made up economy - they can't really go broke

JuncoPartner: I could barely hold it up for long.

The maps seem to me like they balance out tight pockets of for fire fights, and large open spaces for vehicles and snipers. That is pretty much what a battlefield game is; whereas cod is designed for lone wolfs and close combat (as you can see with wasteland was the most boring mw2 map ever - open map with cod doesn't work).

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-"You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?"
-"No, not really. This is a different thing, it's spontaneous and it's called wit."

But the problem is that it is often impossible to get to the firefight areas, as you have to cross open space to get to it. And the "firefight" areas will only remain close quarters for a few minutes, because as soon as the tanks arrive at the scene, all walls will go down, leaving the close quarters area as being part of the open wasteland.

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<@Howard_s> usa just has a made up economy - they can't really go broke

JuncoPartner: I could barely hold it up for long.

What you are describing is Battlefield (clue is in the name ^^)

now stop moaning and go make a new SpA Platoon!

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-"You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?"
-"No, not really. This is a different thing, it's spontaneous and it's called wit."

And then you realize the maps are poststamp material compared to older BF's, that vehicles seem to be less numerous somehow and that its really hard to see anything with all the FUCKING DEBRIS PAPER LEAVES TURDS flying around in your vision constantly.

I want to try this in a squad, because i'm starting to hate this game with a passion when playing solo

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

It will take a bit of time for your eyes to get used to spotting things through all the mayhem. Mayhem which what I personally bought the game for!

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Comfortably Numb

Well anyone up for coming onto mumble and playing together?

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

At first I was annoying but after a while I just ignored them, they almost didn't exist for me.

I'm still waiting for my key

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"Player with nothing to live for" - PsychoStats

Well game development has changed a bit since the earlier titles, but the maps are still pretty sizeable; BC2 had some pretty large maps considering it was targeted at consoles too; and vehicle numbers are reduced probably due to reasons like maintaining framerate, game balancing, optimisation etc

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-"You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?"
-"No, not really. This is a different thing, it's spontaneous and it's called wit."

Game development has changed can be summed up as follows pretty much:

CONSOLE KIDS NEED 2 PLAY 2 COZ THEY MAKE MORE MONEY FOR US

Right balls?

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Da boyz need themselves a Nob they do

Well, more like higher engine cost in regards to rendering, physics, pfx, fsfx, 5.1 audio, higher polycounts, additional object/character materials and lighting.

As for game balancing, vehicles will have a respawn timer set which will mean the battlefield isn't constantly bombarded with infinite planes, helis and tanks; making the game more free flowing and fun.

Developers who attempt mulit-platform releases often work either on all platforms respectfully (playing to their strengths) or port down or up from one specific platform and varying the features/quality individually. It's often the case that the console market gets more focus as they can guarantee more sales in contrast to the PC market which when it comes to this type of game is more susceptible to pirating. Though, origin should prevent that in a number of ways I assume.

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-"You've really worked out your banter, haven't you?"
-"No, not really. This is a different thing, it's spontaneous and it's called wit."

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/so ... 348996315/

So I guess the hacking will continue.

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