[Multiplat] Battlefield 3

Yeah, no kidding. Josh wasn't down for BC2, so I figured he hated BF . . . or wasn't very good at it. :devilish:
 
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Rangers said:
New BF3 (on PS3) hand on preview by Takahashi I spotted. Pretty negative preview.

http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/20/hands-on-with-multiplayer-battlefield-3-on-the-ps-3/

I hate to criticize the guy but Takahashi's writing is so bad :cry: Really couldn't force my way through his Xbox books because of that. Or I guess he just writes to an extremely casual audience.
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I don't understand how people like him are able to write about video games, and do so in such a horrible way, while I'm stuck where I work. :???:
 
He's describing his experiences for the Alpha preview. Sounds reasonable so far. If you have been in Sony's MP beta, you don't just get slowness and muddy look (R2), you also see crashes and floating objects (Uncharted 3).

Comparison with CoD is interesting for me. Wish he had describe more than just framerate. The destruction probably takes time to understand and exploit. I thought BF series have vehicles ? Are there lots of tactics involved in the game like KillZone 3 ? etc.

Comparison with PC is also informative but he should have mention the PC specs.

Hopefully DICE has time to patch in Move support later.
 
ok that's it...if BF3 does not look at least as good as Crysis 2 on consoles (I only care about multiplayer), I'm voting for a new generation to start.

I refuse to go back to PC gaming. ;)
 
patsu said:
He's describing his experiences for the Alpha preview. Sounds reasonable so far. If you have been in Sony's MP beta, you don't just get slowness and muddy look (R2), you also see crashes and floating objects (Uncharted 3).

Comparison with CoD is interesting for me. Wish he had describe more than just framerate. The destruction probably takes time to understand and exploit. I thought BF series have vehicles ? Are there lots of tactics involved in the game like KillZone 3 ? etc.

Comparison with PC is also informative but he should have mention the PC specs.

Hopefully DICE has time to patch in Move support later.
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The preview just reeked of him being ill-informed, which does no good for the reader if they know as little or even less than he does. Like you said, he could have given some context between his comparisons of the PC and PS3 version, and he made it seem that as bad as he thought the ps3 version was (comparatively) the 360 version is likely to turn out even worse (I too think it'll be the worst looking of the 3, but I wouldn't tell the reader that without seeing it first). Granted I didn't see the ps3 version in person like he did, but what little we did see, it looked great IMO.

Also, not sure about KZ3, but there's more tactics in BF series compared to KZ2 at least.

Tap In said:
ok that's it...if BF3 does not look at least as good as Crysis 2 on consoles (I only care about multiplayer), I'm voting for a new generation to start.

I refuse to go back to PC gaming. ;)
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I have faith that it'll look as good if not better than C2, but that may just come down to artistic preference.
 
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kagemaru said:
The preview just reeked of him being ill-informed, which does no good for the reader if they know as little or even less than he does. Like you said, he could have given some context between his comparisons of the PC and PS3 version, and he made it seem that as bad as he thought the ps3 version was (comparatively) the 360 version is likely to turn out even worse (I too think it'll be the worst looking of the 3, but I wouldn't tell the reader that without seeing it first). Granted I didn't see the ps3 version in person like he did, but what little we did see, it looked great IMO.

Also, not sure about KZ3, but there's more tactics in BF series compared to KZ2 at least.
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Well, the publisher will have to bear some responsibility for not prepping the press enough. They chose to invite venturebeat to the Alpha preview afterall.

KZ3 requires more tactics than KZ2. ^_^
 
kagemaru said:
I have faith that it'll look as good if not better than C2, but that may just come down to artistic preference.
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well BC2 is already close to the best graphics for consoles IMO (considering I'm talking artistic preference, multiplayer and scale!)

but of course not as refined as C2. so I'll be happy I guess if it trumps BC2 by a fair margin
 
patsu said:
Well, the publisher will have to bear some responsibility for not prepping the press enough. They chose to invite venturebeat to the Alpha preview afterall.

KZ3 requires more tactics than KZ2. ^_^
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While I agree to an extent, I actually think the author should be the one to bear the responsibility of having an idea of what he/she is writing about.

As for KZ3, the only thing I've heard is it's more run and gun than KZ2, which sounded like less tactics, but I haven't played it yet. Loved KZ2 MP when I played it some a couple years ago, so I'm happy to hear KZ3 requires more tactics. Should really pick it up soon.
 
Rangers said:
New BF3 (on PS3) hand on preview by Takahashi I spotted. Pretty negative preview.

http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/20/hands-on-with-multiplayer-battlefield-3-on-the-ps-3/

I hate to criticize the guy but Takahashi's writing is so bad :cry: Really couldn't force my way through his Xbox books because of that. Or I guess he just writes to an extremely casual audience.
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That really is poorly written: is he crying on about because he's playing it on the Ps3 or is he crying because it's not the PC version? It's hard to tell....

...though, with this, Crysis 2, the samaritan demo is proof positive we need a new console generation.
 
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While I agree to an extent, I actually think the author should be the one to bear the responsibility of having an idea of what he/she is writing about.
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The game reviewers don't really bear any responsibility for writing a bad review so far. Why would he bear responsibility for a preview especially when the site is not a gaming site ? ^_^

As for KZ3, the only thing I've heard is it's more run and gun than KZ2, which sounded like less tactics, but I haven't played it yet. Loved KZ2 MP when I played it some a couple years ago, so I'm happy to hear KZ3 requires more tactics. Should really pick it up soon.
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Yes, you can run and gun in KZ3 better than KZ2 due to the easier controls. At the same time, it has more tactical elements to play with due to the more powerful advanced classes. KZ2 aiming requires practice since many people complained about the aim acceleration. For more tactical gameplay in KZ2, you may need to play the custom games created by KZ2 gurus.
 
Tap In said:
ok that's it...if BF3 does not look at least as good as Crysis 2 on consoles (I only care about multiplayer), I'm voting for a new generation to start.

I refuse to go back to PC gaming. ;)
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IMHO it's time to stop to give so much credit to this kind of 'article' really; from what I have seen until now, it seem even a lot better of crysis 2 on console (more stable, more clean & more pixel with more destructible features). I have found really idiots the complain about the differences between ps3 & pc, so much stupid & incompetent (at this point I consider me even more expert...) I can't even to understand why the developers gives so much credits to all those nosense critics, the few short video gameplay showed from now were phenomenal to me, we talking of an hardware with 5 years old what the hell we can expect from that? :???: It's just how to pretend GTA IV was like the late update mode graphic on the console...
 
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Beta

Any release date for the beta announced yet? I have Medal of Honor LE and it includes beta invitation. All I have found is that it's coming in septhember.

Been playing a lot of Bad Company 2 lately, trying to get 100% achievements and online lvl 50 before release of Battlefield 3 :)

If anyone wants to play some rounds of Conquest my live id is "Onkl Bjorni"
Usually online from around 18.00 cet.
 
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