COD:MW and BF3 - The Real Debate.

Bugs bugs bugs. What alot of people don't understand is that DICE is pushing the boundaries of console and computer gaming. Call of Duty is using the same proven method and sticking with their stability, which is great in a sense, but they need to think outside the box. Battlefield 3 is pushing destruction, huge maps, customization, and vehicles. DICE's Frostbite engine is next generation and everything must start somewhere. Once the bugs get worked out and the game is polished then it will be a different story. I agree that DICE shouldn't have released with so many bugs but EA is pushing the date whether the game is ready or not. Legal contracts must be adhered to when creating games. Go download Unity 3d or CryEngine SDK and attempt to make a basic game with vehicles. It's alot harder than it looks, trust me I've been trying to just get my tank to function right in CryEngine 3 SDK and it's been a nightmare. Battlefield 3 could eventually support 128 players on PC. Not only are they building a FPS, but if you think about it they are building an MMOFPS. One of the first of it's kind. Imagine Battlefield 4 or Battlefield 5 when internet connectivity and server stability has been buffed out. It's gonna be out of this world. Screw COD with it's jumping headshots and predictable firefights. I want to play a team based game where the fight is different almost everytime, at least in Conquest. Nothing gets my heart pounding more than the sight of 3 battle tanks and infantry rushing towards an objective. It's intense. Now think about Call Of Duty with it's annoying killstreaks, predictable maps and spinning jumpshot headshot snipers. No thanks.

What I'm trying to get across to the fanbase is this. Let the team at DICE work the kinks out. Yeah you might be mad because you dropped 60 bucks on a new game and it runs like shit, but give them some credit. This game is next-gen and the devs are thinking outside the box. If you read their Twitter they are working 24/7 to fix every single issue with the game. No matter how much testing goes on behind the scenes, the developers can never account for every single different hardware setup. But at least they are dedicated to buffing it out.

What I'm trying to tell DICE is this. Don't grab ideas from Call Of Duty. Keep the game as it was originally intended with a focus on huge maps and huge firefights with vehicles. Don't get all Call of Duty on us now and loose your fanbase.

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Cons of Battlefield 3 Since Release.

Ok, don't get me wrong I love Battlefield 3 and the Battlefield series. I always have and I always will, but there are some major bugs that need to be patched before this game is considered 'great' like they hyped it up to be. I play on PC. So these cons only apply to PC. Sorry consoles, from reading Battlefield 3's official Twitter account I can see that you guys are having way too many issues with server stability. Hopefully today's patch will fix it. The patch also adds horns to vehicles, YAY.

Cons:
     1. Jets are awesome, but if you don't have a joystick it's like flying a bus in midair.
     2. Mobile Anti-aircraft is too good. I literally sat in our uncap with a AA vehicle and got 10 kills 0 deaths multiple times. They need to be toned down. It got so bad that people were getting mad at me because they couldn't fly for more than 5 seconds. Not my fault, blame DICE. Tone it down.
     3. Some of the maps are one sided. I mean that out of 100 games a possible 90% are going to be won by the same team. Balance it please.
     4. Texture bleeding. This was supposed to be fixed before release. Alot of times I'm running or aiming and I can't even see my weapon or sight. Really annoying.
     5. Green flickering during games. Another thing that was supposed to be fixed before launch. Fix it.
     6. Some spawn points are placed in the middle of an objective. This is bullshit, put the spawn point somewhere behind a wall or something, not directly in the middle right next to the flag.
     7. How hard would it be to have an immunity timer for 10 seconds after the round starts in hardcore mode. I'm tired of getting run over or shot by one of my teammates as soon as the game starts.
     8. The flak specialization is basically useless.
     9. Rush Mode - This is joke on half of the maps you can't even get past the first point because of the way it's designed. Fix it.
     10. Joining the squad you want to join is a hassle. Where's the old system from bfbc2?
     11. Flashlights on weapons. Another joke. Getting blinded from 2 clicks away is a joke. Getting blinded from a flashlight 300meters away during daylight in the desert sucks. Fix it damnit.
     12. Knifing people needs to be buffed out, it's too unpredictable in terms of where you have to be to knife someone.
     13. Dedicated servers running one map all day are sometimes getting bugged and cycling through all the maps including game modes that arent even supposed to be on that server. For example, I join an Operation Firestorm 24/7 server, after the round ends the map changes to rush damavand peak and it definately wasn't the admin because i'm talking to him.
     14. Sound. It's in and out, but I've noticed lately the sound goes out when I'm in the tank. Sometimes it goes out when I'm in a jet also. Alot of people are having issues with sound. I think DICE put so much focus on the graphics and destruction engine they forgot that the sound in the game is badass and could be over the top if the bugs are worked out.


Overall I'm very pleased with this game. I've had loads of fun playing an engineer. During the Alpha test I leveled assault and once you get smoke taking objectives in Rush becomes alot easier. In fact moving anywhere becomes easy with smoke, this is common knowledge in the military. Sniper = pop smoke and flank. During Beta I leveled my Sniper up. Great class to play once you start getting better weapons but I hope it doesn't end up like COD or bfbc2 where snipers are just OP and you have 3/4 of your team snipers.

Battlefield 3 Official Review List.

Day by day, Battlefield 3 is launching in more territories, and the first review scores are in! Let's take a look at what the experts are saying...

• "This is a huge game by anybody's standards, with a comprehensive singleplayer, meaty co-op and gargantuan multiplayer, delivering more content than several of today's triple A titles combined." - 5/5 GameSpy.com

• "With dozens of players battling across nine massive maps in tanks, jeeps, helicopters, jets, or on foot, multiplayer matches feel like a genuine war rather than a small-scale skirmish." - 9.5/10  GameInformer.com

• "...the multiplayer component is worth the price of entry alone.” - A- 1UP.com

• “Battlefield 3 offers an unforgettable, world-class multiplayer suite that's sure to excite shooter fans, whether they fired their first bullet in Battlefield 1942 or have just now heeded Battlefield's call of duty.” - 9/10 IGN.com

• “But when DICE is doing what it's always done best, Battlefield 3 is a uniquely mesmerizing multiplayer game with a seemingly endless number of ways to feel like a success.” - 4.5/5 Joystiq.com

More reviews:

• EuroGamer.es
• AusGamers.com
• Meristation.com
• GameArena.com
• GameStar.de
• SpazioGames.it
• 3DJuegos.com
• GameTrailers.com
• ComputerandVideoGames.com
• EveryEye.it
• Gamer.no
• AtomicGamer.com
• GameReactor.dk
• Tiscali.cz
• GamingXP.com

We’re getting tons of great feedback directly from our community! Head over to our Twitter feed to find the highlights! Thanks for making Battlefield 3 the best Battlefield ever! Now what are you waiting for? Jump in the game and see what the critics are raving about!

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Main Battle Tank.

I spawn into a friendly tank as a gunner. I don't put much trust into my driver at first as I don't know if he is a noob or he has some experience. Immediately I can tell he has some tank driving experience as we inch closer to the firefight. He pounds the area with rounds while i scan the small spaces and dark corners of the desert map for enemy RPG's. I spot two guys peaking at my tank from behind a rock. I light the area up, head shot, kill, double kill, multi kill. My driver shoots a hot mess of lead towards them and gets two kills. He pulls hard left and we come around the building right into an enemy hot zone. Enemy troops see us come around the corner and scramble, I light the area up and get four plus kills, my driver is destroying the building to our right. BOOM. An RPG slams the back of our tank. I swing the the gun around and spot an enemy inside the building. From the hole that my driver blew into the side of the wall, we drive up into the building. The sound gets intense between my driver blasting everything in site to me pushing the machine gun to its boundaries, nothing survives. Just as I clean up the last enemy my driver spots an enemy tank to our 2 o clock. FUCK were screwed. My partner in crime pounds the t90 while I jump out and shoot a rocket into its side. BOOM the enemy tank explodes into dust. I jump back into the tank after some quick repairs and my driver exits the building. We take two sharp lefts and find ourselves on top of another enemy control point this time they are prepared. RPG's start slamming our front and side. I identify two targets, wait maybe 4 no 5. I open fire on the roof targets as they are our biggest threat. I hit the enemy on the right roof in the head. The one on the left is alittle smarter and tries to pop out in a different position but my turret is pointed directly at his chest. Poor fuck. My driver blasts the building to our 12 o clock while I take out 4 maybe 5 more enemy attempting to get a shot at us. Finally it looks like we have the area clear when out of nowhere a fucking ATTACK CHOPPER. Evasive action, BACKUP BACKUP. The chopper swings around to our 9 o'clock and just as I thought we were finished his tail rotor clips the side of the oil refinery giving my driver a perfect shot at the chopper which is now to our 12 o clock. The chopper explodes right fucking in front of us. SWEET. We start taking heavy fire to our 12 o clock again this time they aren't fucking around. Multiple RPG's and enemy tank fire finish me and my teammate off.

"Damn that was a good run," he says.
"Yeah let's do it again," I reply.

So we find another tank and start it all over again.

Tonight Is The Night.

Sell your old clothes, sell your girlfriends favorite shoes, sell your couch if you have to, but Battlefield 3 is release TONIGHT at midnight. I will be in line tweeting from the gamestop here in San Marcos, TX for this awesome event. I had to sell my old bass guitar amp to get this game (broke college student). Anyways don't forget what I told you about cleaning up your computer prior to going to the store, so that when you race home at 120mph your computer is ready to go. I will give you updates on how smooth the patch process goes and how smooth the game runs for those of you who don't have enough cash to buy it yet.

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P.S.- For those of you who ordered the digital version I hope your downloading experience is quick and painless. Personally I'd rather get the game at 12:10 (lines at GameStop), drive home (5min), install (5min), and be playing by 12:20am.

*Update 4:55pm*
DICE finally came out with a 'checklist' for installing Battlefield 3. I'd say they are acouple days late but what if they got the idea from me? Just kidding. DICE doesn't really read these blogs do they?

This morning we woke up to a shiny new metacritic score for Battlefield 3, and we are ready for you to join us online. Here are a few quick things you might want to take care of to get yourself into Battlefield 3 as quickly as possible on launch day:


1) Create an Origin account, if you haven’t already. You can do so here. If you have an EA account then you already have an Origin account! Make sure you know your account name and password.
2) Download the Origin client. You will need to have the latest version (8.3.1) of the Origin client running on your PC in order to play Battlefield 3. To make sure you're up-to-date, we recommend clicking here to get the latest version up and running on your system.
3) Double-check to make sure you have the latest graphics card drivers. Visit the drivers section at AMD or Nvidia, depending on what your manufacturer of choice is.
4) Pre-load Battlefield 3. If you purchased Battlefield 3 through Origin (or any other digital retailer that is offering BF3 and supports pre-load as an option), the game is currently available for pre-load. This means the game will be downloaded and installed already when it goes live. The game will unlock at specific times in each region, and you will not be able to play it before the unlock-time in your region.

5) Check your PC specs. Minimum and recommended specs below:

Minimum System RequirementsOS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

Recommended System RequirementsOS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE

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