They're two entirely different games.
CS:GO is a small-scale infantry FPS with older shooting mechanics and tactical play. BF3 is a large-scale AAA military FPS with vehicles and modern features like ADS and sprinting, along with an unlock system. What else do you want to know?
I don't think that's quite true though. I mean, BF3 can be large scale, but there also likely exist small CS-style maps that focus entirely on gunplay.
They're two entirely different games.
CS:GO is a small-scale infantry FPS with older shooting mechanics and tactical play. BF3 is a large-scale AAA military FPS with vehicles and modern features like ADS and sprinting, along with an unlock system. What else do you want to know?
This pretty much sums it up.
CS:GO is CS:S is CS 1.6. You have to earn money via kills/wins to purchase new weapons. There are no upgrades. There's not 1200412 weapons. There are no perks, no modifications, no vehicles.
CS:GO is a tactical game. It's more along the lines of terrorists took over a building/area and the police are called in to take them out.
In BF3, you're in an all out war except with unlocks to new guns and achievements/medals.
That's it.
One is Tact. The other is War.
Tact vs. War.
Which will you choose!
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I'm actually more interested in the gunplay, as it would be pretty trivial to create a CS-esque match style. I suspect that what makes CS CS really is the "perma-death" that you suffer through in each match.
I'm actually more interested in the gunplay, as it would be pretty trivial to create a CS-esque match style. I suspect that what makes CS CS really is the "perma-death" that you suffer through in each match.
otherwise, I suspect that the guns and aiming is very similar between the two games.
There are, but no one in their right mind would play BF for small close-quarters combat. That's not what BF is about at all. I'm pretty sure EA did that just to appeal to the CoD kiddies.
otherwise, I suspect that the guns and aiming is very similar between the two games.
To elaborate; I have played a lot of CS 1.6 and CS:S (ages ago) and BF3.
I was wondering who has played CS:GO AND BF3 on the regular and if CS:GO retains its magic.
Also, a lead designer for BF3:CQ was inspired by CS; so I was wondering, objectively, if it was comparable to CS:GO on small scale encounters.
No, more like COD. Although COD has a CS rip off mode called Search and Destroy.
So BF3:CQ more like COD?
CS:GO still good like the older ones?
The gunplay, as dlock13 says, is very different. CS:GO requires precision aiming with lightning-fast reaction times. Gun recoil and spread is much more prominent, and familiarizing yourself with a weapon typically involves memorizing the pattern of where bullets land.
BF3 has iron sights, generous hit-boxes, hit-markers, regenerating health, and spongier enemies.
(I'm not saying BF3 is a bad game, because I actually enjoy it quite a bit. Just saying, again, they're very different.)