TangledThorns wrote on Nov 4, 2011, 00:09:
No mention of the stutter fix?? If you go to the BF3 tech support forum you'll see stutter as a top complaint. I don't suggest buying the game till there is a major patch release. Fool me once, EA... fool me once...

Prez wrote on Nov 3, 2011, 20:25:
I was never a big fan of the planning phase. It was cool and all, but the vast majority of the mission time was spent in a 3D wireframe setting waypoints and commands - the mission itself would only take a fraction of the time. Not unrealistic, but not necessarily "fun" either...

Playing as Rainbow, players will face critical scenarios that will require them to make tough ethical decisions in order to stop this new breed of terrorists.

Prez wrote on Oct 31, 2011, 16:19:
I think you are right. The files were probably just put in before the big Steam/EA tiff.

Bludd wrote on Oct 31, 2011, 19:14:

bhcompy wrote on Oct 31, 2011, 16:03:
God Origin is an abortion. Getting it installed off the DVD was a nightmare because it didn't pick up the DVD and tried to download it from EA's awful Origin servers. Had to copy all ~14gigs to the HDD, replace the Origin installer files with the new installer, and run setup from there to get it to pick up. Then it required me to disable uPnP on my firewall and setup port forwarding to even log in(which no other game has ever required).

Actually, it just says "downloading" but it installs from the DVDs. After a while you get prompted to insert DVD2. I was caught out by this too, but when I realised it was "downloading" at 8 MB/s which is 5 MB/s more than my line can handle, I realised it was just Origin being dumb and actually not downloading.

Cutter wrote on Oct 27, 2011, 15:51:
Oh hells yeah! I wish they would have gone with Nightwing instead of Catslut in the first place. I simply cannot get into playing a chick even in a fictional sense. I hopes this means you can play through the entire game as Nightwing and not just the challenge maps.

Mac wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 15:30:
EA must be racist ... what other reason is there to delay the launch until Friday in the UK?

Dmitri_M wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 15:31:
What's up with Origin still saying "pre-order now"? I'm thinking of getting it but only if I can play it right now.

Although that's only because it'd be nice to have a brand spanking new highend PC game (Rage didn't quite deliver) rather than any real desire to play it..

StingingVelvet wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 14:21:

Teddy wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 12:02:
The campaign is no worse than any CoD campaign, or MoH's from last year. It's no better either, but certainly no worse.

It looked worse to me, even more scripted and controlled, but that could be because it was the opening.

Surf wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 09:39:
BF3 is friggin MIND BLOWING and very infantry heavy. The helicopters and particularly jets seem totally worthless and will have to be tweaked as they do jack shit in the game apparently and are very easy to blast away.

Surf wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 09:43:
PS - Got mine on Amazon for $50, digi download.

Can't remember the map names, some are really good, others not so much, but I blame myself because with previous BF's the hardest thing was getting used to the maps.

Karkand, which I have, was not unlocked all day yesterday, so wasn't able to play. Over time we will see which maps shine.


OH AND THERE IS A COMPASS IN THE LOWER LEFT! YEEEHAW!

Bucky wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 12:49:
Edit: I'd love the ability to change my handle. I wish I'd known that my EA account name would apply to the game itself.

StingingVelvet wrote on Oct 25, 2011, 11:48:
Giantbomb quicklook makes the campaign look flat-out embarrassing.

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 20:52:
Again, my gripe with the mission was that it was on rails, period. Call of Duty does aircraft on rails, but Battlefield is known for letting players fly them, so why stoop to that level? I can only guess they figured it'd be too complex for the average console player. That the entire campaign seemed to have been designed with that mindset is the reason I probably won't ever be replaying it, same as Bad Company 2's. Bring on the multiplayer!

Hump wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 16:36:
ugh, just put a nail in the coffin of this IP. EA has butchered it with every attempt since the guys who formed Infinity Ward left.

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 19:49:

Teddy wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 19:31:

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 14:26:
The jet level sucks because you aren't flying. You assume the role of the pilot, but it just floats along on a rail with you popping flares or firing guns and missiles as needed. It's so boring because more than half the time is just waiting for the the enemies to decide to fly in front of you rather than behind.

No, you do not assume the role of the pilot in that mission. Apparently you simply failed to understand it. The other guy is the pilot, YOU are the weapons officer responsible for handling... you guessed it, the weapons.

Well then they confused me by directly referring to her in the preceding cutscene as the F-18 pilot that flew an air strike. That distinction doesn't suddenly make the mission any less of a disappointment, however.

Tumbler wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 19:49:

Teddy wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 19:31:

No, you do not assume the role of the pilot in that mission. Apparently you simply failed to understand it. The other guy is the pilot, YOU are the weapons officer responsible for handling... you guessed it, the weapons.

Does anyone know if this back seat position is available in MP?

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 14:26:
The jet level sucks because you aren't flying. You assume the role of the pilot, but it just floats along on a rail with you popping flares or firing guns and missiles as needed. It's so boring because more than half the time is just waiting for the the enemies to decide to fly in front of you rather than behind.

Beamer wrote on Oct 24, 2011, 13:43:
And while I agree the CoD story is incoherent garbage, it at least has a pressing urgency. That's really the only thing it communicates well.

But the two or three reviews I skimmed didn't drool over CoD, just said this tries very hard to be CoD and fails miserably by having the same flaws and new ones.

No big surprise. MW does set pieces and urgency well. It does infinite spawning and story cohesion poorly.