Thread: Battlefield 3

I alpha tested and beta tested this game and its pretty amazing. I can't get past how they still can only do 64 man servers. If you want a real mmofps experience, keep an eye out for planetside 2 on the pc. I'd take 100+ vs 100+ over 32 vs 32 any day. :D

Originally Posted by gokingsgo

I can't get past how they still can only do 64 man servers.

They don't want to push things beyond what they can sensibly do on a single server. EA does not want players to have any sort of a laggy experience. Lag means you die, means you blame their servers, means you go play something else.

I have first hand experience in this specific game server environment, and they are sparing NO EXPENSE on this coming off without a hitch.

Originally Posted by gokingsgo

If you want a real mmofps experience, keep an eye out for planetside 2 on the pc. I'd take 100+ vs 100+ over 32 vs 32 any day. :D

See above. I quit planetside after beta because it became just that, a monster lag death fest, and it turned into boring as hell.

order from amazon and get the limited edition plus $20 amazon credit for 60 bucks

Battlefield 3 - Limited Edition + $20 Amazon Promotional Credit (Pre-order Xbox 360 or PS3) $60 + Free Shipping - Amazon.com Deals, Coupons and Promos

dammit, no $20 credit for PC

9.0/10 from IGN for the PC version.

Battlefield 3 Review - PC Review at IGN

Xbox 360 and PS3 review will likely come out on launch day. The scores should more or less be the same. Good score for Battlefield 3. Hope it does well in sales so Call of Duty guys can sweat.

To all those who are getting it, have fun and I hope you guys enjoy it!

4.5/5 from Joystiq for PC review:

Battlefield 3 review: Squad score bonus | Joystiq

Gonna pick this up on my way home. Can't wait!

Got it at midnight last night and played about 2 hours of campaign as well as an hour of multiplayer.
The campaign so far has been pretty awesome. Most reviews say that it is too similar to Call Of Duty and that it doesn't really do anything of its own. While I can see where they are coming from, it is a military FPS and it would be hard to not be at least a little similar to COD. The gameplay is extremely smooth and the graphics are breathtaking at times. 2 hours in and things have been pretty cinematic and epic so far.
As for online, I can tell that I will be putting a lot of time in here. For those of you that played the Beta, don't worry about the glitches and bugs that were going on there because I experienced nothing but smooth gameplay last night. In an hour I only played 2 different maps but both of them were very large and well designed, as is usually the case with battlefield maps.
Don't know how insightful this was, but just thought I would throw my 2 cents in here.

and my playstation YLOD on my last night.... are you kidding me