Half day today. Got out of High School at 12:15. Went to the middle school to say "hey" to some 8th graders, walked with my friend back home, walked to my local SUBWAY to make some lunch and collect my paycheck, hung out at my friend's house, complained about the taxes on my paycheck. Had Mom drive me to cash paycheck. Went to local Independent Game Retailer to complain some more about taxes on my paycheck. Acquired Battlefield 3, and prepared to play the game me and Highfire have been screaming about for the past half-year+.
Thirty-odd minutes in, I'm in the jet mission. I look around at the scenery, the various aircraft carriers scattered around the ocean as the Jet Fighters scramble. After a quick weapons and utilities check, my jet screams as it takes off. I am instantly greeted with this song (at the 1:00 minute mark) and burst into tears as the beauty around me breaks Your Friendly Neighborhood Satanist into a bawling baby.
The gunplay is solid, the graphics are astounding (I know graphics are unimportant in determining the quality of a game, but its worth noticing that I yelled "WHOA!" more than once playing the first four levels of this game), the multiplayer is back and the best I've played (yes Reach, you take that 2nd place spot), the Frostbite 2 engine makes the CryEngine look like the old "Wolfenstein 3D Engine", and as mentioned above, the "Dun dun dun, DAH-DUN DUN!" score brings the entire project together in a blaze of glory for DICE and EA.
Now, let me get this out of the way, since MW3 doesn't come out for 2 weeks and I don't plan on playing it 'till X-mas....
Best Engine? Yes. Best Multiplayer? Yes. Best set-pieces? Yes. Best Achievements/Trophies? Yes. Best Score? Yes.
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CoD Killer? I think so.
-Chillz gives DICE's masterpiece a 10/10, a rating only shared in his books by two other games, Mass Effect 2 and Halo Reach.
Meh battlefield is alright, but I prefer cod. Something is just cool about being able to beat an entire army with a squad of three and no jets or cars is just fun
Well I don't know about you people, but I find Battlefield 3 to be very enjoyable.
However, I haven't been really 'addicted' to it, probably because my computer has such a difficult time running it. I really like how much they've actually improved from their last game, rather than another $60 map pack with a flashy title...
Yes I do, but I don't know why? Why is it that such a large portion (or probably just the vocal minority on the Battlefield 3 Forums) have to refer to CoD in their posts when there is no call to? There's plenty of reasons for why I dislike the game but it's only used as an example - a NEW GAME is something to be expected, poking consistent "fun" at Call of Duty is dull, and it doesn't make anyone happy except all the BF3 players' E-peen. Rant is over, in the case that you'll just say TL;DR as many people who behave like you have, then this: Stay on topic, always.
On the case of how much they've improved, it is really good how they've integrated traits from both Battlefield Two and the Bad Company series but it will take some getting used to - I don't even think I've played on each map, and I've only had one Rush game since I've gotten it. :O
