[Game] Battlefield 3

[Amerikaner]

People are excited because they get to play the same old map instead of something new and fresh?

They are getting something new and fresh in the core game. This is considered something extra. It's a simple but fun map layout that people have grown fond of over the years. You could also ask why people read books twice or watch director's cuts of movies or movie reboots. It's enjoyable for some people so why complain?

 

[Nenjin]

I've had fun once or twice on Wake Island, playing America. We slowly battled our way from the beach, up the right side, all the way to airfield, capturing as we went. It was an all-infantry thing, the choppers and jets just didn't seem interested in us. The grass being so tall on Wake, it was pretty intense to go prone in front of the airfield, full of defenders, and know that probably 3 inches of terrain is all that's keep you alive.

But that's the exception to Wake. Most of the time it's as described. You get to defend the beaches as the Chinese, and that can be rapetacular for your side. But mostly it's running to and from the two arms of the island and getting pillaged by airpower.

Personally though, I could give two ****s about Wake. I only played it in BF2, I'm not one of the people who played it from 1942 who have seen it across three successive games now. I want to see destructible Karkand.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

I'm not complaining, just commenting as I'm sure I won't be getting this. You can call Wake a bonus map, but you have to wonder if the time spent making/converting it could have been better used to create an entirely new map.

 

[mamoo]

People are excited because they get to play the same old map instead of something new and fresh?

People are getting excited because they get to play a map that has proven to be fun with a brand new game.

 

[Chadwiick]

I just want BF1942 to be remade.
The 1943 was disappointing. I miss doing the campaign, and skirmishes hours on end. I also miss hearing "Don don da don-don, don don da don-don..." you know the rest.

 

[Xendance]

People are getting excited because they get to play a map that has proven to be fun with a brand new game.

They have been proven fun 2323723423498234234 times, now they're just old.

 

[The Masta]

They have been proven fun 2323723423498234234 times, now they're just old.

Exactly.

 

[mamoo]

They have been proven fun 2323723423498234234 times, now they're just old.

Actually it's 2323723423498234235 times by my calculations, but whatever.

 

[hockeywarrior]

People are getting excited because they get to play a map that has proven to be fun with a brand new game.

I see this kind of thing as more of a PR pine to the community. "Hey guys, look! We remember BF2, see? We have Wake! This is proof that this will be a good PC game and a true successor to BF2! See?! Awesome right?"

At least that's how I always see these kinds of things. Except it's even worse in this case because they're offering those carrots on a stick as PAID FOR DLC, whereas before they were either included in the game or released for free later in a patch. It's all about nostalgia and money, boys.

 

[Nenjin]

I see this kind of thing as more of a PR pine to the community. "Hey guys, look! We remember BF2, see? We have Wake! This is proof that this will be a good PC game and a true successor to BF2! See?! Awesome right?"

They brought back old maps to BF2. If this weren't paid DLC or a pre-order bonus, I wouldn't care. As it is, I'm only slightly annoyed at blatant marketing. But DICE has been redoing old maps for new versions for a long time now. (Like, 6+ years.)

 

[DraKon2k]

Some new scenes(animations, destruction):

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJPkTkH-O-M&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - ‪[Battlefield 3 New Trailer] [HD]‬‏[/URL]

 

[doomis]

Looks neat, although the destructubility of the buildings seems a bit too much... Large chunks of concrete getting blown up and falling down instead of getting pushed inside the building. But can't know for sure from just some secs of footage.

 

[Actin]

So again some graphics and no gameplay, yay...

And why is the destruction this overdone, as if a rocket launcher would crumble a solid building...

 

[Forssen]

Looks neat, although the destructubility of the buildings seems a bit too much... Large chunks of concrete getting blown up and falling down instead of getting pushed inside the building. But can't know for sure from just some secs of footage.

They don't seem to aim for realistic destruction but gameplay changing.

 

[DraKon2k]

So again some graphics and no gameplay, yay...

It's from a developer interview

 

[Rak]

Those animations look incredible. Recoil from weapons affect whole body D:

This really is gonna be the "benchmark FPS" technology and *hopefully* gameplay wise.

 

[Pectus]

Simply amazing. I think this will be the fps of the decade. Let's wait and see.

 

[Nenjin]

I had to rewind the video a couple times. That's Return to Karkand? I hardly recognize it. But in a good way.

It also flashes the notice that RtK will ship after the game releases, I'm assuming to those who don't pre-order.

 

[hockeywarrior]

Wow apart from the extreeeeeeemely cheesy choice of music, that new trailer is awesome. It shows us much more of the game itself -- not just cutscenes and doctored up stuff.

BF3 is looking great. Hopefully it plays great too.

 

[Nezzer]

This last vid looks great, especially the animations, but the destruction looks a bit exaggerated. I wish BF3 was set in WW2 instead of a fictional modern conflict, it'd be so much better. Looking forward to Forgotten Hope 3