Battlefield 3 Beta available on XBLM now

bastados

its up peoples go get it

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/Product/Battlefield-3-Beta/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80245418975?cid=SLink

DermotOH

Edit: Add me "Derm" .. Looking for some players to team with

NORTH1

Rang home and got one of the kids to download it. I had a couple of games this evening before going out and it looks beautiful, when a player shines a torch in your eyes to get blinded, same with the lazer sights. On the glitch side every now and again I couldnt zoom in with the weapons. But the game is smooth!!

Oafley Jones

Graphics are quite poor. A lot Worse than BC2 I'd say. The ivy on those walls. I kept expecting them to load but apparently they had. Of course half the problem is that I've been watching the pc game play. Bring on the next gen consoles. As for the all important gameplay I can't owing to the five minutes of connection to the servers.

evolutionqy7

Online Play down on the 360

muppetkiller

I've downloaded it for both PC and XBOX , PC was great fun ...jumping on XBOX in 15 min if anyones up for a game...
Galwaydave is my GT

Jet Black

All I'm getting is 'The is connection with ea online lost'

deco nate

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Online Play down on the 360

its not down,just look for a game again.
happened to me a few times.
also,when your in a game sometimes you get kicked from it.
you have to dashboard it,and reload it.
then you will get back into a game:)

Scruff

any time i've tried to play i havent been able to connect to EA online either.

DermotOH

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Graphics are quite poor. A lot Worse than BC2 I'd say. The ivy on those walls. I kept expecting them to load but apparently they had. Of course half the problem is that I've been watching the pc game play. Bring on the next gen consoles. As for the all important gameplay I can't owing to the five minutes of connection to the servers.

I thought the graphics was pretty decent, But then again I wasn't inspecting no ivy

BlastedGlute

the graphics are so piss porr it made me have a period and im not even a woman(yet)

Seriously though, if you've played gears of war 3 and you can see whats possible with the right level of skill on a designers behalf, you'd think this game was made by students. Its ****ing woeful bad, character movement looks shocking, its glitchy, clicky very very blocky around the edges of....ehhhh...everything. Its a horrible game from a mouthy company who deserve to flop on this one. Call of Duty may actually be the white knight here, a polished engine they know and we love, a new balanced competitive edge with cod elite and no silly trash talk from the developers.

.E_C_K_S.

Just a few things about the beta I thought I would share since it's my first time playing ANY battlefield game ever!

However I did play MOH multiplayer and it is kind of similar!

We all know it is a little glitchy and that most problems will be fixed before it comes out but also think the beta is very limited-1 map and 1 gamemode?! Anyways here are just a few things:

1.Sound is excellent overall. Not many faults but one thing though is that everything seems a little too quiter compared to your weapon firing such as footsteps etc.

2. Thought the graphics would be a bit better to be honest, seems choppy and is hard sometimes to make out enemy players. I suppose it was optimised for a pc, doesn't feel like we are getting the full benefit of the Frostbite engine here.(Limited by the xbox no doubt!)

3.Did anyone think the hit detection was a little off even for core? Definitely easy to kill someone though on dedicated servers as oppose to depending on a host!

4. Like the set classes, will there be a way to pick what weapons you want for what class when it comes out? Liked the kickback on the weapons too.

5.Don't like the knifing but is cool when you pull it off! Prone/b button thing is annoying....anyway to remap buttons??

6. It runs quite fast, thought it would be a lot slower but still a little slow for me.

7. Is it just me or do you always seem to spawn on the same area? It's seems very linear when you have to disarm the bomb, I just flanked and picked them off quite easily which I thought was kinda strange!

8. Love the animations like jumping over walls, going prone etc. Grenade throwing isn't great though and you can't cook the grenade?!(Also, never knew you always fell to the right when shot ha )

9.I probably never play with randomers, just hated it and didn't enjoy the game. Enjoyed a few with IRL clan today though.

10.Sending invites/organising lobbies doesn't seem to be there readily available.

Overall 6.5-7/10. It has been hyped so much and I thought it was nothing absolutely amazing but still good and enjoyed majority of it.

Notorioux

BlastedGlute wrote: »

the graphics are so piss porr it made me have a period and im not even a woman(yet)

LMAO :pac::pac::pac: Agreed about the graphics wasn't expecting this bad at all. I thought they are using new engine? The graphics is just the same as bad company 2 to me, plus loads of visual pop-ins. The beta is even worst on PS3.

Keith186

WALSHY16291 wrote: »

Just a few things about the beta I thought I would share since it's my first time playing ANY battlefield game ever!

However I did play MOH multiplayer and it is kind of similar!

We all know it is a little glitchy and that most problems will be fixed before it comes out but also think the beta is very limited-1 map and 1 gamemode?! Anyways here are just a few things:

1.Sound is excellent overall. Not many faults but one thing though is that everything seems a little too quiter compared to your weapon firing such as footsteps etc.

2. Thought the graphics would be a bit better to be honest, seems choppy and is hard sometimes to make out enemy players. I suppose it was optimised for a pc, doesn't feel like we are getting the full benefit of the Frostbite engine here.(Limited by the xbox no doubt!)

3.Did anyone think the hit detection was a little off even for core? Definitely easy to kill someone though on dedicated servers as oppose to depending on a host!

4. Like the set classes, will there be a way to pick what weapons you want for what class when it comes out? Liked the kickback on the weapons too.

5.Don't like the knifing but is cool when you pull it off! Prone/b button thing is annoying....anyway to remap buttons??

6. It runs quite fast, thought it would be a lot slower but still a little slow for me.

7. Is it just me or do you always seem to spawn on the same area? It's seems very linear when you have to disarm the bomb, I just flanked and picked them off quite easily which I thought was kinda strange!

8. Love the animations like jumping over walls, going prone etc. Grenade throwing isn't great though and you can't cook the grenade?!(Also, never knew you always fell to the right when shot ha )

9.I probably never play with randomers, just hated it and didn't enjoy the game. Enjoyed a few with IRL clan today though.

10.Sending invites/organising lobbies doesn't seem to be there readily available.

Overall 6.5-7/10. It has been hyped so much and I thought it was nothing absolutely amazing but still good and enjoyed majority of it.

Couldn't get to play it myself on 360 (is this an alpha?) but your mini review summed it up nicely, it's what I was half expecting but I half believed the hype:(

I'll give it a whirl myself whenever it works but by the sounds of it COD will be better fun on consoles.

muppetkiller

This is a Beta folks so I presume they've toned down the Graphics and are just testing the NET code. Couldn't get into a game last night on the XBOX but on the PC there were no Graphics options to tinker with so I'm thinking most of the Graphical effects were missing.
Had a great time on the PC though .
Level was very cool , especially the urban area after the Subway. I'll be picking this up on the PC and XBOX I think anyway.

al28283

the textures have been downrezzed to keep the download size small, its also limited to less than HD, so they actual game will look a lot better

tonsiltickler

Played it for a few hours last night. Pretty good. I'm liking the fact that you can go prone and that you can switch guns to semi auto.

There's just something about it though, I don't like the maps as much as BC2 and I don't feel like it flows as well.

evolutionqy7

al28283 wrote: »

the textures have been downrezzed to keep the download size small, its also limited to less than HD, so they actual game will look a lot better

Graphics arent that bad, i dont find anything wrong with it at all. I dont see whats everyone complaining about. They are just as good as other games.

I tried it on the PC and graphics are alot better. Everything is more clear and crisp.

But damn my Graphics Card couldnt handle it for long

My xbox 360S was hot enough last night after a good few hours of gameplay. If they improve the graphics it might fry the thing.

al28283

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Graphics arent that bad, i dont find anything wrong with it at all. I dont see whats everyone complaining about. They are just as good as other games.

I tried it on the PC and graphics are alot better. Everything is more clear and crisp.

But damn my Graphics Card couldnt handle it for long

My xbox 360S was hot enough last night after a good few hours of gameplay. If they improve the graphics it might fry the thing.

well then you clearly have no eye for graphic details. the beta graphics are severely lacking when compared to most other next gen games, like i said earlier, this is to keep the download size manageable. Its not even HD.
The retail version will be far better

Scruff

yeah but there was a big hubub about halo 3 not being true HD (720p) either, it runs at 640p but that was because they lowered the res a bit so they could tweak fancy effects like the lighting using 2 buffers and in the end it looked brilliant anyway. COD:MW2 runs at around the same.
So if it isnt "HD" but the lighting\textures\etc are better in the release version then so what. it just is a sour note on the Beta if they have been toned down. An official statement would be nice.

also if its just to keep the dl size managable then why is the pc version 3.3gb and the xbox version 1.3gb? do they not care about pc users download limits?

I think this isnt the final version of the 360 gfx. Given how late it took them to relase a game play video of the 360 version make me think they are still working away (struggling) at a final version.

al28283

Scruff wrote: »

yeah but there was a big hubub about halo 3 not being true HD (720p) either, it runs at 640p but that was because they lowered the res a bit so they could tweak fancy effects like the lighting using 2 buffers and in the end it looked brilliant anyway. COD:MW2 runs at around the same.
So if it isnt "HD" but the lighting\textures\etc are better in the release version then so what. it just is a sour note on the Beta if they have been toned down. An official statement would be nice.

also if its just to keep the dl size managable then why is the pc version 3.3gb and the xbox version 1.3gb? do they not care about pc users download limits?

I think this isnt the final version of the 360 gfx. Given how late it took them to relase a game play video of the 360 version make me think they are still working away (struggling) at a final version.

The retail version is HD. the beta is not, and the textures are low res, also the beta version is the game as it was in July

al28283

also, HD is 1080 not 720

Scruff

al28283 wrote: »

The retail version is HD. the beta is not, and the textures are low res, also the beta version is the game as it was in July

al28283 wrote: »

also, HD is 1080 not 720

:rolleyes:
i can guarantee you the retail version will not be 1080p. If you dont belive me go google the resolutions of any modern 3d game on the xbox 360.

al28283

Scruff wrote: »

:rolleyes:
i can guarantee you the retail version will not be 1080p. If you dont belive me go google the resolutions of any modern 3d game on the xbox 360.

I just did and found a bunch

Scruff

good for you, we'll have to agree to disagree so until the full version is released.

Minstrel27

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Online Play down on the 360

I was wondering why I couldn't connect. Had to download it on the PS3 to play it.

Scruff

Minstrel27 wrote: »

I was wondering why I couldn't connect. Had to download it on the PS3 to play it.

people complaining in the main battlefield forum that they cant connect with that version either.

quinnd6

Battlefield 3 will run in 720p, 30fps on consoles.
No proper first person shooters on consoles ever run any higher than 720p.
Infact many run at 640p.
They can then be upscaled if your console is set at 1080p.
Anyhow I won't be able to access this beta for another week as I'm a silver member at the moment and have a few 48 hour xbox gold trials but I've heard that those 48 hour trials don't allow you to download the gold exclusives which is what this is.
From what I've been reading it doesn't sound like I'm missing much anyway.

Oafley Jones

al28283 wrote: »

also, HD is 1080 not 720

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television

Notorioux

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Graphics arent that bad, i dont find anything wrong with it at all. I dont see whats everyone complaining about. They are just as good as other games.

I tried it on the PC and graphics are alot better. Everything is more clear and crisp.

But damn my Graphics Card couldnt handle it for long

My xbox 360S was hot enough last night after a good few hours of gameplay. If they improve the graphics it might fry the thing.

Go play gears of war 3. Even Crysis on console is better looking than this.

The beta is really buggy as hell. I don't know on the xbox if you guys are experiencing ground glitch, on PS3 everytime you fecking crawl you'll fall outside the map. Loads of freezing issues too. :mad:

Emmo-m-

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7578143.page

A good discussion thread on the EA forums about the BETA and its faults.

Mena

Notorioux wrote: »

Go play gears of war 3. Even Crysis on console is better looking than this.

The beta is really buggy as hell. I don't know on the xbox if you guys are experiencing ground glitch, on PS3 everytime you fecking crawl you'll fall outside the map. Loads of freezing issues too. :mad:

That's why it's a BETA. So bugs can be found and worked out.

BlastedGlute

This isn't a beta. This is a demo. A beta takes a closed group of players and quizzes them on encountered bugs and glitches MONTHS even a year before release. Not 3-4 weeks. This a bug ridden over hyped trashy game from a pressure cooker company with a bully of a publisher. I feel sorry for people who wanted this game so badly but can't admit that it's a mess.

niallon

Yeah I have to say I'd accept bugs and glitches in a Beta but this really should be a demo at this stage and with that being the case, console owners are gettin screwed over. Nearly unplayable IMO, which is a pity because I'm actually liking it visually and the player animations really help to immerse you in the game properly, but the actual gameplay itself is not too hot and the clipping/ghosting bugs really shouldn't be there this close to release, makes me worry that their chasing their own tails trying to get it refined for retail.

As a side note, I should point out that I like the visuals based on the info that it isn't running in HD so I am making an exception and assumption on what the finished product will look like. Currently, it looks about as good as Black on X Box

Riesen_Meal

Distinctly unimpressed with this beta, graphics are shoddy and it just seems sluggish to play it, I'm not a fan of COD but if I had to choose one over the other it probably would be COD in this instance...

miju

VERY dissapointed with how it plays and flows compared to BC 2 . Coming from someone who loves playing the BC series

Raze_them_all

miju wrote: »

VERY dissapointed with how it plays and flows compared to BC 2 . Coming from someone who loves playing the BC series

sitting on a uav for the entire game is not playing a flowing game miju!

Jelle1880

'Nearly unplayable' ?
No idea what you're talking about, I played it for several hours now and am loving it.

I noticed nothing about 'shoddy graphics' or whatever, fluent gameplay, great fun online,...
Only issues I have are the usual demo/beta stuff, glitches and a bit unstable regarding servers, but that's to be expected.
Granted, it's not as easy as COD but that's a good thing

Hell, this has even convinced me more to get it.

BlastedGlute: Maybe you should look up the term 'open beta'.
These days it's perfectly normal for betas to be released this close to the actual release date.
it's been mentioned multiple times: This is an OLD build, not a new one.

Maybe people should read that link Emmo-m- posted.
Especially this:

this beta isn't intended for gameplay, just stress testing servers

garv123

Fieldog wrote: »

Distinctly unimpressed with this beta, graphics are shoddy and it just seems sluggish to play it, I'm not a fan of COD but if I had to choose one over the other it probably would be COD in this instance...

Its a toned down version of the game. the download would be huge otherwise.
you cant judge the game by the beta. The real game will be much better graphics and wont be as sluggish.

miju

Raze_them_all wrote: »

sitting on a uav for the entire game is not playing a flowing game miju!

LOL you know what I mean :p:p:p:p

garv123

miju wrote: »

LOL you know what I mean :p:p:p:p

10,000 out of 28,000 kills were on the uav, yeah me know what u mean.

BlastedGlute

Tell ya what we'll wait and see how much better it is when it's out in a few weeks. I've been on more betas than you've had quoted posts and I understand the principle which is why this is just a load of ****e. It's a demo. Stress testing servers can be done internally, even by ping smashing their own servers, you don't need people to literally connect to see what stability issues occur. Nobodies feedback is going to be asked for or implemented.

For instance, the gears 3 beta was a real one, there were actual changes made from weapons recoil to effective distance, character speed to map layout and many other things. All taken from player feedback. So I say again, this is not a beta, your opinion doesn't matter, this game is out in a matter of weeks.

mcgovern

The problem is, that with the release coming up so soon, there isn't much time to get any bugs fixed, go through EA/DICE quality tests, and then get certified from Microsoft, especially if they are to be included on the disk which will probably go gold next week I'd guess? So while they call it a beta, it is really more a demo than a beta.

Played it for a few hours yesterday with a friend. Almost impossible to get into the same squad as him which was the most annoying problem.
Lots, and I mean lots, of bugs. Screen getting stuck blue, kill cam's totally fubar, people running along with their bottom half below ground, standing behind people unloading a clip into people without them dying, matchmaking not working 50% of the time, I could go on.

After my first game I was wondering if I could cancel my pre-order.
By the 5th or 6th, I was enjoying it, despite the problems, there is a good game in there trying to get out.
Having said that, I won't accept the level of bugs there currently is in a retail release that I've paid good money for, so unless the full release is much better, that will be the end of it for me and Battlefield.

Korvanica

mcgovern wrote: »

The problem is, that with the release coming up so soon, there isn't much time to get any bugs fixed, go through EA/DICE quality tests, and then get certified from Microsoft, especially if they are to be included on the disk which will probably go gold next week I'd guess? So while they call it a beta, it is really more a demo than a beta.

Played it for a few hours yesterday with a friend. Almost impossible to get into the same squad as him which was the most annoying problem.
Lots, and I mean lots, of bugs. Screen getting stuck blue, kill cam's totally fubar, people running along with their bottom half below ground, standing behind people unloading a clip into people without them dying, matchmaking not working 50% of the time, I could go on.

After my first game I was wondering if I could cancel my pre-order.
By the 5th or 6th, I was enjoying it, despite the problems, there is a good game in there trying to get out.
Having said that, I won't accept the level of bugs there currently is in a retail release that I've paid good money for, so unless the full release is much better, that will be the end of it for me and Battlefield.

The BETA is running old code, from July. Dice have already announced that the majority of bugs you see have been fixed.

mcgovern

Korvanica wrote: »

The BETA is running old code, from July. Dice have already announced that the majority of bugs you see have been fixed.

What's the point in running a beta on old code? Surely the purpose of a beta is to find bugs to have them fixed for the release, but if the beta is running on down level code then its totally useless. No guarantee that any bugs in this code still exist in current code, or that the new code hasn't introduced a new bunch of bugs

Korvanica

mcgovern wrote: »

What's the point in running a beta on old code? Surely the purpose of a beta is to find bugs to have them fixed for the release, but if the beta is running on down level code then its totally useless. No guarantee that any bugs in this code still exist in current code, or that the new code hasn't introduced a new bunch of bugs

Something to do with releasing on the xbox and ps3 AFIK.

A lot of what you are seeing in the BETA doesn’t exist in the main game already. 1st Party submissions mean we couldn’t give a version of the latest code in the BETA but the retail game is well ahead of what you are seeing now with a lot more bug fixes already in place.

al28283

the beta is mainly to test certain issues when running the game on servers. The people working on the game are smart enough to know that they're are issues with screen tearing and areas you can get under the map, they dont need us to tell them that.

Stev_o

It's more of a demo then beta tbh

super_furry

Honestly don't think they could have picked a worse map for 'beta'. It's cramped, confined, too enclosed and represents nothing of what makes Battlefield great. I really hope that it's a not a sign of things to come as they attempt to emulate COD's gameplay.

Trevor451

Stev_o wrote: »

It's more of a demo then beta tbh

Surely you mean the opposite?

CrazyFish

Am I the only one bored with sniper classes in Battlefield games. The majority of them tend to sit in spawn lying prone in a bush contributing **** all to the team.