-- Battlefield 3: Close Quarters -- In Battlefield 3: Close Quarters, players are dropped into a frantic, infantry-only theatre of war. Frostbite 2 high definition destruction makes the environment come alive as everything from furniture to plaster gets shot to pieces. Players will feel the intensity of the world exploding around them as rubble and broken pieces pile up on the floor, while tight level design and vertical gameplay create a highly competitive environment. Battlefield 3: Close Quarters also introduces new weapons, assignments and unique dog tags to bring back to the base game.On a semi-related note, EA has opened a new studio in Gothenburg Sweden specifically to develop projects using the Frostbite 2 engine that powers Battlefield 3.
-- Battlefield 3: Armored Kill -- Following the tight infantry gameplay of Battlefield 3: Close Quarters, DICE will release Battlefield 3: Armored Kill that ups the ante for vehicular mayhem as only Battlefield can do. Featuring new driveable tanks, ATVs, mobile artillery and more, Battlefield 3: Armored Kill also delivers huge battlefields for an all-out vehicle assault, including the biggest map in Battlefield history.
-- Battlefield 3: End Game -- The fourth expansion pack will ship in the winter but details remain tightly guarded.
Morgan19 wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 12:42:
So can you not have tactical/thoughtful gameplay in an interior environment? I just don't understand jumping to the conclusion that including a few types of those maps apparently ruins the series. I approach it as more variety being a good thing: it's not as if they're removing all the wide-open/vehicular maps by adding some interior maps.
That's bullshit, there are dozens of dumb infantry games for the COD kids to play already. They don't need to turn BF into another one.
Morgan19 wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 21:42:
I really like what this poster had to say over on bf3blog.com; seems to echo my own sentiments nicely:People need to keep in mind that the DLC after this one is going to be heavily focused on vehicle warfare.
Some people like wide open maps, and some people, such as myself, enjoy the clusterfuck of people in tight infantry based maps. Is it because it has a Call of Duty element to it? Hell no. It’s because I enjoy the 24/7 carnage. I enjoy bullets flying around around me everywhere, and the constant sound of gunfire. Heck, I probably wasted a total of 5 days in hours from playing Strike at Karkand in Battlefield 2.
But don’t get me wrong; I also LOVE wide open maps. In BF2, Highway Tampa was some of the funnest game play I’ve ever had in any Battlefield game. I couldn’t begin to explain how many hours I’ve spent on that map having a blast with the heavy vehicle warfare.
My point is that everyone has their own preferences. Some people like the tight close quarters infantry combat, some people like wide open maps which focus more on vehicle warfare.
DICE seems like they are giving something for everyone; Close-Quarters for the people who enjoy tight quarters combat, and Armored Kill for the people who like wide open maps and vehicle warfare.
In conclusion, please don’t hate on someone else because of their preferences. We all have our likes and dislikes, but in the end everyone is getting a little something that they like; either it be Close Quarters, or Armored kill.
DICE seems like they are giving something for everyone; Close-Quarters for the people who enjoy tight quarters combat, and Armored Kill for the people who like wide open maps and vehicle warfare.
In conclusion, please don’t hate on someone else because of their preferences. We all have our likes and dislikes, but in the end everyone is getting a little something that they like; either it be Close Quarters, or Armored kill.
Verno wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 11:06:
Video of a new map, looks fucking terrible. In fact it looks exactly like de_nightfever from Counter-Strike. All of those stupid Metro dunderheads have lead us to this
I was hoping they meant infantry focused like Karkand, not Metro.
People need to keep in mind that the DLC after this one is going to be heavily focused on vehicle warfare.
Some people like wide open maps, and some people, such as myself, enjoy the clusterfuck of people in tight infantry based maps. Is it because it has a Call of Duty element to it? Hell no. It’s because I enjoy the 24/7 carnage. I enjoy bullets flying around around me everywhere, and the constant sound of gunfire. Heck, I probably wasted a total of 5 days in hours from playing Strike at Karkand in Battlefield 2.
But don’t get me wrong; I also LOVE wide open maps. In BF2, Highway Tampa was some of the funnest game play I’ve ever had in any Battlefield game. I couldn’t begin to explain how many hours I’ve spent on that map having a blast with the heavy vehicle warfare.
My point is that everyone has their own preferences. Some people like the tight close quarters infantry combat, some people like wide open maps which focus more on vehicle warfare.
DICE seems like they are giving something for everyone; Close-Quarters for the people who enjoy tight quarters combat, and Armored Kill for the people who like wide open maps and vehicle warfare.
In conclusion, please don’t hate on someone else because of their preferences. We all have our likes and dislikes, but in the end everyone is getting a little something that they like; either it be Close Quarters, or Armored kill.
Cutter wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 14:55:
And people wonder why these games don't ship with editors. LOL!
JayDeath wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 14:46:
There's a couple of BF:BC2 maps I would like to see for BF3. Heavy Metal would be such a great map for BF3 conquest play! We need more large conquest maps.
Tumbler wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 13:38:Battlefield 3: Close Quarters -- In Battlefield 3: Close Quarters, players are dropped into a frantic, infantry-only theatre of war.
You can still have infantry only sections of a map where people who want that COD experience can fight in close quarters while another battle with all the elements of Battlefield is going on.
Like a shopping mall where the inside is basically infantry only and the outside all around the mall is full on balls to the wall combat with tanks, jeeps, jets, helo's. If you wanna be a little bitch and go play in the fountains and shit go for it but we'll be tearing shit up in the parking lot.
I hate all the maps where they were obviously trying to give it the COD treatment. They are horrid maps. Metro...my fucking god how did someone not pull that fucking disaster of a map on the drawing board?
This game would be so much better if they'd quit trying to change the core experience. It's a battlefield. Anything Goes. This is not some random corner of a building with a dozen guys having a gunfight. We want the whole goddamn building and 64 people and 6 blocks around as well and we want to bomb the shit out of people and fly around in a whirly death machine spitting cannon rounds at the poor bastards running around on the ground.
Man the FUCK UP you bitches. (DICE)
Dev wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 17:45:eunichron wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 17:42:Sure they can, they can ban them. In fact, if you can get banned from your entire EA account from a forum post, why can't they do something similar for that? At the very least, perma ban them from the game so they have to go buy another copy and start over again.
but there isn't much DICE can do to stop cheaters/hackers. Just don't play on any servers that don't use GCC or PBB, otherwise the onus is on the server admins to police their servers.
eunichron wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 17:42:Sure they can, they can ban them. In fact, if you can get banned from your entire EA account from a forum post, why can't they do something similar for that? At the very least, perma ban them from the game so they have to go buy another copy and start over again.
but there isn't much DICE can do to stop cheaters/hackers. Just don't play on any servers that don't use GCC or PBB, otherwise the onus is on the server admins to police their servers.
Panickd wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 16:55:DangerDog wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 15:56:venomhed wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 15:06:
Whatever happened to the patch that was going to address the cheaters? That has seemed to have been shut up real quick.
the patch would only directly address the mav "exploit" of being able to use it as an elevator to high up places that you can't get to otherwise, on most maps.
no patch will address cheaters, they've implemented a "report" system on battlelog (tiny little exclamation icon on player profiles) but I bet it doesn't even send a notice to anyone, probably sends the "report" right into the recycle bin.
I've reported cheaters in BF3 before and not a one has been banned yet. Most end up having stats reset but they live to cheat another day.
I struggle to think of a single game I have been more disappointed in than BF3. Bugs and cheaters galore and before they've even really made a stab at fixing any of it they announce expansions. Way to grab for that brass ring EA/DICE!
DangerDog wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 15:56:venomhed wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 15:06:
Whatever happened to the patch that was going to address the cheaters? That has seemed to have been shut up real quick.
the patch would only directly address the mav "exploit" of being able to use it as an elevator to high up places that you can't get to otherwise, on most maps.
no patch will address cheaters, they've implemented a "report" system on battlelog (tiny little exclamation icon on player profiles) but I bet it doesn't even send a notice to anyone, probably sends the "report" right into the recycle bin.
InBlack wrote on Mar 7, 2012, 09:21:Yea, EA marketing is a bunch of geniuses. They said to themselves "We used to talk trash about Activision charging people for map packs back when we were promoting Bad Company 2, so how are we going to get people to pay for map packs now?" Then one of the guys over by the fountain screamed "I got it, add some weapons and vehicles and call it an expansion!" Meanwhile the old man cleaning the floors walked by shaking his remembering a time when companies would routinely release new maps, vehicles, weapons and even game modes for free. Not out of the goodness of their hearts, but knowing that by continually supporting their game, it would keep their game sales up through word of mouth like so many of the MP giants of the past did. Not to mention the fact that paid-for MP content splits the community between haves and have nots.
Wow no less than 3 expansions?? Not DLC? Expansions...Its been a while since Ive actually seen an expansion for a recent game, let alone three in the same year.
Well now, doesnt this seem a bit of a rippoff for those of you who bought the game? (I never bought BF3 I dont want to support EA and the Origin craptastic machine...)