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DICE: Battlefield 3 Beta "Mission Accomplished"

[Oct 17, 2011, 10:52 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

IGN quotes DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson on the topic of the Battlefield 3 open beta test. As far as putting the military shooter sequel through its paces, he's making a note here, "huge success":

"Looking at the open beta, for us at DICE it's truly been a huge success," said Gustavsson. "We could have been better in how we messaged this to the community, what we were doing and why it's not as polished as a final demo but there is a reason we called it a beta and not a demo."

"This test was done so we would get as many eyes as possible on the game code to ensure a good release, and that means hammering the back end, seeing that the servers hold up, making sure we get all the telemetry we need, that all the hooks are working and also getting a good first take on the balancing of the game. What is the score progression? How are people doing?

"But of course also Origin and Battlelog, all of these things that we need to get ready for the final ship. So for us it's been really useful and I would really say mission accomplished. Once again, yes, there is a vocal community out there but I wouldn't like to have it any other way. It's dedication and passion when people speak up and there's nothing wrong with passion."

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Re: DICE: Battlefield 3 Beta

Oct 17, 2011, 14:48

Matshock

necrosis wrote on Oct 17, 2011, 13:41: ... Here is the problem. Dice does not have a good track record when it comes to good releases. This alone lowers my chances of getting the game at launch. Combined with what they have shown me with this ~~demo~~ beta the chance of me buying it is even lower. ... Most of BC2's launch problems (and later problems) were with the in-game browser. The only part of the Beta I DIDN'T have problems with was the external browser/Origin, shockingly. Don't get me wrong- I'm expecting a GB+ sized zero-day patch, but I'm also expecting a playable release.

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Comment [quote="Matshock"Oct 17, 2011, 14:48][quote="necrosis"Oct 17, 2011, 13:41]... Here is the problem. u[Dice does not have a good track record when it comes to good releases.]u This alone lowers my chances of getting the game at launch. Combined with what they have shown me with this -[demo]- beta the chance of me buying it is even lower. ...[/quote] Most of BC2's launch problems (and later problems) were with the in-game browser. The only part of the Beta I DIDN'T have problems with was the external browser/Origin, shockingly. Don't get me wrong- I'm expecting a GB+ sized zero-day patch, but I'm also expecting a playable release. [/quote]

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