Battlefield 3 to be revealed

Outkast_IRE

Looks like march is the reveal and hoping for a release later in 2011 i cant wait 2011 is looking like a good year for PC gaming :-)
http://ie.pc.ign.com/articles/114/1143319p1.html

Ponster

Those who purchased the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor this past fall received an invitation to the Battlefield 3 beta.

I have to get that beta !!!

Outkast_IRE

Ponster wrote: »

I have to get that beta !!!

time to buy medal of honour for me i think!!!
i wonder with the wording though the way it says people who bought it in the fall , so presumably if you get it now they wont give you beta??

Spear

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

time to buy medal of honour for me i think!!!
i wonder with the wording though the way it says people who bought it in the fall , so presumably if you get it now they wont give you beta??

The wording said it was reliant on the beta being out within a year of the MoH release as well, which limits the time frame to before November.

Grim.

please don't be **** please don't be **** please don't be ****

the_syco

Grim. wrote: »

please don't be **** please don't be **** please don't be ****

EA is making it. Course it'll be sh|t. The only thing you have to ask is: how many patches will be needed before it works on your system?

Sanjuro

EA are publishing it. DICE are making it.

the_syco

Sanjuro wrote: »

EA are publishing it. DICE are making it.

Aye. DICE makes great things, but if EA are involved in the process, it usually turns things sh|t.

Wonda-Boy

If it is even a tad better then VIETNAM it will be an absolute UBER GAME. I cannot believe the difference between playing BFBC2 and VIETNAM, honestly the Vietnam game is just STONKINGLY GOOD in so many ways.....

I would be happy if they just kept releasing new maps for BFBC2:VM

Auvers

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

If it is even a tad better then VIETNAM it will be an absolute UBER GAME. I cannot believe the difference between playing BFBC2 and VIETNAM, honestly the Vietnam game is just STONKINGLY GOOD in so many ways....

nnoooo please don’t make it like that travesty that carries the Battlefield name,

I just hope and pray for a game that has been made primarily for the PC and then hopefully ported to the consoles, please don’t fcuk it up

Outkast_IRE

Auvers wrote: »

nnoooo please don’t make it like that travesty that carries the Battlefield name,

I just hope and pray for a game that has been made primarily for the PC and then hopefully ported to the consoles, please don’t fcuk it up

what do you dislike about bad company 2 vietnam ?? most people seem to prefer it to bbc2

Auvers

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

what do you dislike about bad company 2 vietnam ?? most people seem to prefer it to bbc2

don't like either of em, at the end of the day its a console shooter ported to PC, the movement of the player is terrible you can quite easily see it was created for a pad, maps are way to small, vehicle handling is brutal, and the worst sin of all in the regenerating health :mad:

I have always played the BF series and I wouldn't consider either BBC2 or BBC2-V worthy of the battlefield name

Outkast_IRE

Auvers wrote: »

don't like either of em, at the end of the day its a console shooter ported to PC, the movement of the player is terrible you can quite easily see it was created for a pad, maps are way to small, vehicle handling is brutal, and the worst sin of all in the regenerating health :mad:

I have always played the BF series and I wouldn't consider either BBC2 or BBC2-V worthy of the battlefield name

Ah but the very reasons you dislike them are the very reasons they kept these games under the bad company banner , battlefield 3 hopefully will have a few nice epic maps again along with some tight ones , will be interesting to see what sort of maps they go for

the_syco

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Ah but the very reasons you dislike them are the very reasons they kept these games under the bad company banner , battlefield 3 hopefully will have a few nice epic maps again along with some tight ones , will be interesting to see what sort of maps they go for

Agreed. Hoping frostbite engine, planes, and bombs that make buildings vanish. Oh, and CTF.

grizzly

I'm thinking they'll offer the beta also for pre-order. Don't fancy picking up MoH.

Dublin_Gunner

If it has

1. Commander Mode
2. Waypoint system
3. Commo Rose
4. Cmmdr>Squad Leader>Squad Member hierarchy
5. Proper 'order' system, similar to BF2/2142
6. Spawn on Squad leader only
7. Large, 64 player maps
8. Frostbite 2
9. Decent Net code

Then I'll definitely get it.


Who am I kidding, of course I'll buy it. Even if its sh1t. Just to play it, and moan about how sh1t it is.

Then go back to it a few months later and realise its the best thing since sliced bread!!

Wonda-Boy

Some of the very things people moan about in BFBC2 will be the very things they will moan about if LEFT OUT of BF3.....

I mean if they left the likes of destructable enviroments out of BF3 it would be a step backwards...the only thing missing from the BF series out of BFBC2 are the quality of the maps TBH....

As for the actual handling of the men they handle quite similiar to BF2 just alot quicker.....In fact the actual speed of the BFBC2 game was perfect, not too fast like BLOPS and not too slow like 2142. Admittingly, while playing these games they did not feel slow at the time. But going back now to play them is a NO GO.

Dublin_Gunner

People complain about the destructible environment?



For me, its really the things left out of BC2 that I want back. But as I'm always saying, I don't see BC2 as a 'real' successor to the BF series anyway, more like an off-shoot.

Like how 'Angel' was to 'Buffy' or 'Deep Space 9' to 'Star Trek' lol

It is fun, but lacks all the tactical play of the BF series proper.

Wonda-Boy

WTF....you just lost all credability with that last post.....ffs....BUFFY indeed. :eek::eek:

Safe to say, you wont catch me ALONE on teamspeak again with you ya homo.:cool:

Dublin_Gunner

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

WTF....you just lost all credability with that last post.....ffs....BUFFY indeed. :eek::eek:

Safe to say, you wont catch me ALONE on teamspeak again with you ya homo.:cool:

Jaysus that was some rant. Did Angel do bad things to you in the night?

Jim

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

the only thing missing from the BF series out of BFBC2 are the quality of the maps TBH....

BF2 had 3, maybe 4 decent maps at a stretch? Most of them were awful iirc.

Blazer

Here's what I want..

1) planes +choppers...if they don't have em then they're not a battlefield game
2) Prone - Real snipers shoot from prone...crouch is for console noobs with **** graphics
3) No regenerated health - Medic packs only
4) To stop the noobs from whinging about planes have fighter jets strictly for air to air battles and bombers for bombing land targets with maybe 1-2 air missiles for defense...maybe get rid of the lock-ons for ground targets
5) Bring back transport planes like in BF1942...goddamn that was great fun...

actually fúck it....remodel BF1942 completely on the frostbite engine but don't touch anything game wise

Dublin_Gunner

Jim wrote: »

BF2 had 3, maybe 4 decent maps at a stretch? Most of them were awful iirc.

Depends on the player really. I loved maps most didn't, and got bored of maps most people did like.

I loved Sharqi, Daqing, Songhua (sp?) Stalemate, Kubra Dam. Used to like Karkand, but got bored really quick when that's all the majority of players seemed to want to play.

I even loved Zatar and Gulf of Oman.

Hated Wake Island.

So IMO, there were a LOT of very good maps (and that's without counting expansions).

Jim

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Hated Wake Island.

It's times like this I wish I was still mod of this forum.

Blazer

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Depends on the player really. I loved maps most didn't, and got bored of maps most people did like.

I loved Sharqi, Daqing, Songhua (sp?) Stalemate, Kubra Dam. Used to like Karkand, but got bored really quick when that's all the majority of players seemed to want to play.

I even loved Zatar and Gulf of Oman.

Hated Wake Island.

So IMO, there were a LOT of very good maps (and that's without counting expansions).

you forgot Mashtur City...fantastic map

Auvers

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

As for the actual handling of the men they handle quite similiar to BF2 just alot quicker.....In fact the actual speed of the BFBC2 game was perfect, not too fast like BLOPS and not too slow like 2142. Admittingly, while playing these games they did not feel slow at the time. But going back now to play them is a NO GO.

huh you honestly believe that the movement was better in BFBC2 than BF2 on the PC?

BC has horrid, cluky controls that are just not fluid at all and I dont want to even start on the appaling vehicle handling

as for the older games being a no-go thats just not true, I still play BF2 (never liked 2142) and the odd game of Vietnam and it still mops the floor with the tarted up mess that is BC2 in terms of squad tactics and gameplay

I agree with everything Dublin_Gunner has suggested being in BF3 and of course there will be a destructible environment, oh imagine Karkand where you could level the city :cool:

I do think that Dice will catapult BF3 as the premier online FPS by giving us something special, I just hope they dont dilute it with COD\BC2 console style gameplay

Dublin_Gunner

Jim wrote: »

It's times like this I wish I was still mod of this forum.

So you were one of the reason that god awful map got played so much. Grrr...

Sc@recrow wrote: »

you forgot Mashtuur City...fantastic map

Ah yes, how could I forget Loved that map too!

Jim

Auvers wrote: »

I do think that Dice will catapult BF3 as the premier online FPS by giving us something special, I just hope they dont dilute it with COD\BC2 console style gameplay

That's the only way they will be able to make it the #1 online fps. Something I hope they don't aim for.

Dublin_Gunner

Jim wrote: »

That's the only way they will be able to make it the #1 online fps. Something I hope they don't aim for.

Yep.

Let us BFers stick to REAL BF.

Should be a few million of us, so enough for the game to hit the number 1 spot on PC anyway.

Once its not made in anyway shape or form to release on a console, we should be ok.

Auvers

Jim wrote: »

Something I hope they don't aim for.

that why I said premier

as for the #1 FPS accolade, hopefully that will stay in CODs court for as long as possible

the_syco

Sc@recrow wrote: »

2) Prone - Real snipers shoot from prone...crouch is for console noobs with **** graphics

Prone if using a sniper rifle, or is standing/crouching, the "stand" part of the rifle has to be on a wall or something. If standing freely, have massive recoil, and not able to aim correctly.

Sc@recrow wrote: »

4) To stop the noobs from whinging about planes have fighter jets strictly for air to air battles and bombers for bombing land targets with maybe 1-2 air missiles for defense...maybe get rid of the lock-ons for ground targets

Erm, no. If planes can't bomb the ground, why bother having them? Also, more planes will just dive into tanks if that's the case.

Sc@recrow wrote: »

actually fúck it....remodel BF1942 completely on the frostbite engine but don't touch anything game wise

Agreed 200%

Sanjuro

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Depends on the player really. I loved maps most didn't, and got bored of maps most people did like.

I loved Sharqi, Daqing, Songhua (sp?) Stalemate, Kubra Dam. Used to like Karkand, but got bored really quick when that's all the majority of players seemed to want to play.

I even loved Zatar and Gulf of Oman.

Hated Wake Island.

I liked Wake Island. But that wasn't so much down to the map as it was the team of mates I used to play that map with. We had some stonkingly good games on there, down to teamwork. Karkand will always be a classic.

Dcully

as for the #1 FPS accolade, hopefully that will stay in CODs court for as long as possible

You must be joking, COD has become a fcuking joke, nothing more than a game for kids imo.

Give me BC2,BC2 Nam,DODS,DOD,CS,CSS,TF2,BF2,ARMA2 ahead of COD any day, ever since COD4 the series has gone downhill rapidly.
Its no coincidence the COD community has turned into one of the worst out there,it like the series steadily plummets downwards with each release.

Auvers

Dcully wrote: »

You must be joking, COD has become a fcuking joke, nothing more than a game for kids imo.

I am so you misinterpreted my post what I mean is that I hope it stays as the media hyped number one to keep the console kiddies away from BF3

youcancallmeal

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Once its not made in anyway shape or form to release on a console, we should be ok.

I have a feeling they will announce this as getting a console release as well. I can picture it now, message boards across the world going into meltdown with furious PC gamers. The amount of money to be made by EA will be too tempting, just look at BC2!

I hope I'm wrong

Dublin_Gunner

Dcully wrote: »

You must be joking, COD has become a fcuking joke, nothing more than a game for kids imo.

Give me BC2,BC2 Nam,DODS,DOD,CS,CSS,TF2,BF2,ARMA2 ahead of COD any day, ever since COD4 the series has gone downhill rapidly.
Its no coincidence the COD community has turned into one of the worst out there,it like the series steadily plummets downwards with each release.

The point exactly. The bigger, more console kiddy it gets, the worse it gets. COD can stay right where it is at No. 1. (No.1 not meaning 'best')

BF can stay as the best.

youcancallme>al wrote: »

I have a feeling they will announce this as getting a console release as well. I can picture it now, message boards across the world going into meltdown with furious PC gamers. The amount of money to be made by EA will be too tempting, just look at BC2!

I hope I'm wrong

BC2 was always gonna be a console release too, hence the huge differences between it and the regular BF series games.

BF3 should have the series back on track, as a fully fledged BF series game, not an off-shoot.

Wonda-Boy

I hope they cancel the whole platform....and start all over again in the WILD WILD WEST....

I think the older the game tries to portray the better the game is.....hence 1942 and VIETNAM better then BC2 and 2142 etc.

So lets all run around as BILLY THE KID with winchesters and 6 shooters, and gun powder on donkeys arse's for TNT.

sherdydan

Ponster wrote: »

I have to get that beta !!!

if anyone wants, i have a spare key from medal of honor

Dublin_Gunner

sherdydan wrote: »

if anyone wants, i have a spare key from medal of honor

Please give this key to Ponster as a reward for all the hard work he's put into Boards.ie over the years.

Ponster

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Yes please!!!!

Hmmm, now should I edit Dublin's post of just ban him from the forum in order to have that key ?

Dublin_Gunner

Ponster wrote: »

Hmmm, now should I edit Dublin's post of just ban him from the forum in order to have that key ?

You could try.

I have the email of your reply as proof though :P

Dublin_Gunner

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I hope they cancel the whole platform....and start all over again in the WILD WILD WEST....

I think the older the game tries to portray the better the game is.....hence 1942 and VIETNAM better then BC2 and 2142 etc.

So lets all run around as BILLY THE KID with winchesters and 6 shooters, and gun powder on donkeys arse's for TNT.

lol everyone queuing at the spawn to get on a horse LMFAO! Raping in a carriage ha ha!

Ponster

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

lol everyone queuing at the spawn to get on a horse LMFAO! Raping in a carriage ha ha!

With "**** your APC I've a horse outside" playing in the background?

Dublin_Gunner

Ponster wrote: »

With "**** your APC I've a horse outside" playing in the background?

LOL

Now change my post above back! Blatant abuse of power! You should get into politics

Whoever of us 2 has the more hours clocked or higher k/d in bc2 should get it as that player would obviously offer more to the beta

Spear

Ponster wrote: »

With "**** your APC I've a horse outside" playing in the background?

I look forward to the inevitable jihad horses then.

Dublin_Gunner wrote:

LOL

Now change my post above back! Blatant abuse of power! You should get into politics

But abuse of power is the entire point of modding, isn't it....

youcancallmeal

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Whoever of us 2 has the more hours clocked or higher k/d in bc2 should get it as that player would obviously offer more to the beta

I'd say Wonda would have you both beat on that count but he probably got Medal of Honor just for the beta key!

Ponster

I disagree. Whoever is the better BF2 player should get it

Let's let the masses decide :

my BF2 profile

And if you have to know, BC2......

Dublin_Gunner

Have ya well beat in bc2 and think were similar in bf2 cant check mine as im on my phone at the minute.

But considering you tried the cheeky post edit, even though you quoted my original post below it lol you lose

And bf3 will be based off the new engine so bc2 is more relevant lol

Grim.

I miss bf2 good times first online fps i ever played

Dublin_Gunner

Ponster says: I love kissing my sister

But as I was saying, I have him beat in BF2 also

Grim.

miss games like bf2 tbh no perk bs etc every one had similar weapons (MEC ak FTW!!) knife was a separate weapon that you had to select to use (man i miss this)

lol @ ponster