BF3 Review Thread

[Vdubchaos]

Let's post the reviews here.

So far I'm deeply disappointed by 2 things.
- Game browser hasn't changed at all since the beta (still sucks)
- Graphics haven't changed AT ALL since the beta, which is just sad. Again, just like Beta they are NOTHING like the videos EA/DIce have been showing us.

#2 is the worse, Browser I can get over.

It runs smooth, I'm getting 60fps...but it BETTER run smooth as the game is little better looking than BC2. And by little I mean VERY LITTLE.

PS. I'm Running the game maxed out on Ultra.....

We have just shy of eleventybillion BF3 threads. Let's try to keep it that way.
-ViRGE

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Graphics look good to me. I'm not a big fan of the bloom though.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Graphics look good to me. I'm not a big fan of the bloom though.

They dont' look bad by any means. But they also don't look like the videos IMO.

 

[Genx87]

Game looks great. Origin however is the clunkiest piece of shit I have ever come across. If it even lets me log in, it crapped itself on IE 9. Even once I got it up and running it is still a clunky slow pile of shit. I cant believe they could allow such a system out in the wild. And require it for one of the biggest game launches of the year.

 

[Wekiva]

Maybe I'm behind the times...but I've grown rusty over the years. One of the BIG things I liked about BF in the past was running your own server so you could practice...get used to things. I'm fumbling around you there like an idiot just trying to figure things out. Am I missing the ability to run your own server?

 

[astrosfan315]

Maybe I'm behind the times...but I've grown rusty over the years. One of the BIG things I liked about BF in the past was running your own server so you could practice...get used to things. I'm fumbling around you there like an idiot just trying to figure things out. Am I missing the ability to run your own server?

did the same thing to practice flying. BF3 you can't, so you stand around with all the other jackholes waiting for a ride and then crash it into a tree.

 

[Stringjam]

So far I'm really digging the MP. I enjoyed the BETA so I expected as much.

I'm only about 30 min. into the single player campaign so far, but I'm not really that excited about what's going on. Lots of hitting prompted keys so you can watch your character beat people up, do stuff, etc.

I'm still glad I bought it....I'm gonna have a lot of fun in the MP.

Graphically speaking, I'm very disappointed. There is some SH$t texture work in this game. A lot of flat-out terrible detailing.

Here's a few quick shots I took of some awful stuff.....it was easy to find because this stuff is pretty much everywhere (these are with DX11 Ultra settings)

For all I was expecting to see, this game comes nowhere near Crysis 2 for detail / texture quality....especially since the community has gotten ahold of it.

I'm just relating what I see.....the game isn't impressive visually. The amount of importance placed on that alone is more a matter of preference. I still really like the game, especially the MP, so I'm not feeling any regret for my purchase.

 

[Northern Lawn]

did the same thing to practice flying. BF3 you can't, so you stand around with all the other jackholes waiting for a ride and then crash it into a tree.

It's gotta be coming though, even in Bad Company 2 you can go on an empty server and practice.

 

[Northern Lawn]

Well I not thrilled with the sniper scope sway, when prone you should be able to hold your breath for a few secs to steady aim. In america's army, you could hear your breath and at the end of every exhale and inhale if you were scoped in, your cross hairs would steady for a split sec.

I also did not enjoy my first tank ride. It sounded cheap and the tank cross hairs looked amateurish. I have over 12,000 kills with Bad Company 2 tanks and they look, sound and shoot better, they feel better too... at least at the video settings I'm playing with in BF3.

 

[Bryf50]

Wow first you got "kicked" out of the VC&G thread and now you've come here to troll. The game looks amazing. Pointing out a few ugly textures doesn't change that.

 

[Stringjam]

Wow first you got "kicked" out of the VC&G thread and now you've come here to troll. The game looks amazing. Pointing out a few ugly textures doesn't change that.

Well..those ugly textures are everywhere - it isn't a case of just a "few." I think its a good looking game for the most part, but IMO it certainly doesn't look amazing.

The letdown is just a result of all these months of hype about this game raising the graphical bar....and it just doesn't. That's all.

I still really like the game, especially the MP - and like I said......it looks good.

 

[M0RPH]

Well I not thrilled with the sniper scope sway, when prone you should be able to hold your breath for a few secs to steady aim. In america's army, you could hear your breath and at the end of every exhale and inhale if you were scoped in, your cross hairs would steady for a split sec.

Anything to make it harder on snipers is a good thing. You people ruin the Battlefield games.

 

[KaOTiK]

Anything to make it harder on snipers is a good thing. You people ruin the Battlefield games.

Most of the night tonight when I was playing, snipers don't even snipe anymore, they just sit back launching mortars the entire match and have people feed them ammo. Watched a few different people do it and they would go like 28-0 or something else close enough to that.

Snipers find one way or another to ruin the fun, that much is certain.

 

[Northern Lawn]

Well I'm not a sniper, in BC2 I did mostly engineer http://bfbcs.com/stats_pc/SubZero2040 but complaining about snipers or campers or noob rushers that lose tickets or guys like me that snipe with tanks (when I can)... it's just noobish. People have fun their own ways. But in my 2nd account on bc2 I tried playing as sniper a lot but I always end up getting too close to the action.

Hey here is a tank video in my 2nd bc2 account, I just learned how to make vids and put them on you tube, it's my first video I think. http://www.youtube.com/user/ZeroTemp?feature=mhee I was trying to protect an Mcom.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Anything to make it harder on snipers is a good thing. You people ruin the Battlefield games.

[Absolutely]. This.

Also, why do we need YET ANOTHER Battlefield 3 thread? Post your [well reasoned] opinions in the existing thread.

No profanity!
-ViRGE

 

[Northern Lawn]

Right back at you clown^^