Battlefield 3 Beta - Your Thoughts?

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Colodomoko

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As far as the beta goes and not the full game, I enjoyed the the infantry gameplay and the map was okay, but when me and my friends tried to join a game in a party together it either split us up or our games froze on the load menu. We were all out of luck and had to play solo which was bad because you can't play a battlefiled game lone wolf style. So basicaly the whole battlefiled experience wasen't in this beta because you can't play in parties and the map was an infantry only map which sucks because I was looking foward to test out the vehicle combat and play a game of conquest on a large map with buildings here and there. Then again I can only imagine how bugged that would have been, which is probaly why they went with this map. I honestly don't know who they were trying to appeal to with this beta because it certainly isn't to battlefiled fans in the slightest. Im looking foward to the actual game, but I'm also hoping they surprise us with a conquest map or at least fix the party system. Final thoughts, go play it for a few hours for the gameplay alone and hope the party system works for you.

Oh and remove that stupid bloom effect in the lighting, when I walk outside in the middle of the day I can see everything but when I was playing the beta it was like 10/10 vision(btw I am talking about the actual lighting effect that some games seem to like blinding the player with not when you get deathend by bullets zipping past your head, thats not only fine but immersive).
 

General BrEeZy

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TacticalAssassin1 said:
General BrEeZy said:
oh gosh, thats right! im playing it ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
Haha, enjoy!

I don't see how anybody could forget BF3 :p

The whole origin thing does piss me off, but there's nothing I can do about it other than not get BF3, and I ain't doing that.
I will stop buying EA games if it gets worse though.
its kick-ass!!! i need to play a lot today before i leave for the weekend =\
but i take it you enjoyed it so far??
 

TacticalAssassin1

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General BrEeZy said:
TacticalAssassin1 said:
General BrEeZy said:
oh gosh, thats right! im playing it ASAP!!!!!!!!!!
Haha, enjoy!

I don't see how anybody could forget BF3 :p

The whole origin thing does piss me off, but there's nothing I can do about it other than not get BF3, and I ain't doing that.
I will stop buying EA games if it gets worse though.
its kick-ass!!! i need to play a lot today before i leave for the weekend =\
but i take it you enjoyed it so far??
I would be enjoying it if my current computer could play it :(
But I'm upgrading my computer this week so that should be awesome :D
BF3 on Ultra settings FTW!
 

BloatedGuppy

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DazZ. said:
There's an X in your reticle when you hit an enemy. What more visual feedback do you expect?
How was I to know what an X in the reticle represented? Is that how it works in actual combat? You shoot a man, and an X appears in your reticle?

It's good to know though, thank you.
 

DazZ.

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ghost whistler said:
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I've no idea what your problem is but this isn't a beta when it's this close to the release. Despite wht EA call it. The reality is that while they may be testing the servers, the actual gameplay and graphics really aren't going to change.
Gameplay and graphics wouldn't change in a beta, that's alpha. Alpha adds/removes things, beta gets the bugs.
This implies they know it's a broken build and are hoping the gullible masses will spot the flaws and then they will fix them, if you're lucky, but only via a post release patch.

Fail.
Of course a betas a "broken build" otherwise it would be labelled a release build.

It's not exactly implying as it is shouting it from a roof.
 

BloatedGuppy

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Arontala said:
What was the last multiplayer focused FPS that you've played, aside from BF3?
TF2, and before that, BF2. I haven't been keeping up with all the Call of Warfares and Gears of Duty, alas.

There's nothing wrong with the X showing me a hit. I was just unsure how I was supposed to deduce that intuitively. As though the appearance of a red X was universal shorthand for "a man has been shot".
 

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azzxl said:
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It's good, but the 'lying prone in a bush' tactic drives me nuts.

It also looks rather average on my 360. Crysis 2 was better looking in my eyes, Frostbite appears to shine more on PC.
I'm playing on ps3 and got to agree I wasn't it to look eye melting good on console but looks at best above average, my other problem is it seems like they were trying to make it more call of duty like you die quickly which is ok but it doesn't mesh well with all the weapons being very accurate and the shotguns having decent range and the people hiding in bushes is super annoying.
Dice already said that graphics are compressed for the Beta, so don't get so upset over how it doesn't look nice.

Also if you notice your HP has a percentage now, and it regens REALLY slow unless you have a medkit nearby.
 

Noble_Lance

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Eh, I've tried to get into it. But I need to massively update my drivers and I'm really too lazy and at times too computer stupid to think I might actually crash my computer if I uninstall and reinstall the new ones.
 

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William Ossiss said:
i saw it on the dashboard for xbox. decided to download it and give it a try. 'this purchase is -1microsoft points' so i continue.
then it tells me i dont have enough. i need... and im not lying here...
4,489,463,712 microsoft points.

no, how the hell..? did i have to preorder it or something?
It was a bug. The -1 ms points cost caused an internal variable of type "unsigned int" (no negatives, range 0 to ~4.5 trillion) to wrap around, misrepresenting the price. This is probably done to prevent negative-points purchases.
 

Sangnz

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Initial thoughts.
PC Version

Looks and sounds awesome
Running a I7 2.8gig, ati HD 5970 2gig and 6gig ram, pretty constant 50fps @ 1680*1050 in the beta.
Game feels good to play although there are some glitches that need to be worked out aside from the clipping into the ground one nothing that really breaks games flow.

overall

Awesome game looking forward to release !
 

octafish

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PC. I just played for 2 1/2 hours. Looks good, a few glitches, I clipped into the ground twice. Of course I suck at FPSs and was playing with some pretty competent players. I don't mind the merging of assault and medic, (I used to be exclusively a medic, this time I mostly played assault) and I love the suppression effect (Support may become my other favorite role and it works a treat here, especially combined with a recon in those long tunnels). I didn't really play recon (not my bag) or engineer (on vehicle maps I do like to repair stuff). RPGs didn't seem to be flying around readily, but there where a lot of guys playing as engineers.

I think I flushed out most of the campy spots and even got a stealth kill on a recon in some bushes. Woo hoo me!

I've already pre-ordered and the Beta is reassuring, I don't think i have wasted my money.
 

Mechanix

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There are clipping and visual bugs, but hey, it's a beta and I'm sure they will be fixed.

First big problem is I've yet to be able to change my settings. Because the game is launched via an internet browser, I don't even see how to change the settings. And that brings me to my next question...why was this internet browser necessary? Why do I need to launch everything in the game from a web browser, INCLUDING THE SINGLEPLAYER? It's pretty dumb.

I also haven't been able to see or change my keymappings, so I've yet to be able to figure out how to crouch. I'm confident most of this stuff will be fixed with the beta and that I'll get used to the weird menu though. The game seems very good.
 

Dandark

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I just tried the Xbox 360 beta and I am really impressed by how "Meh" it is. I went int othe beta after listening to all the hype and all the dissapointment some people have and expected it to either fail horribly or really surprise me with how good it is.

However I find it so damn average. It has all these things I like but there are so many things I dislike too that it becomes the most Meh and forgetable experiance I know of.

Not to say it's bad. I actully found myself enjoying it quite a bit and this isn't even Battlefield in the beta. From what I have played it seems like someone took battlefield and tried to turn it into Cod. I must say I am dissapointed by this since I like the different modern war playstyles that these two series followed.
However this is a bad map, I know. It's kinda crappy anyway and there are not even any vehicles which are one of the most unique features of Battlefield that seperated it from Cod so im willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.

Some nice features such as the flashlight blinding people, the knife animation and I love all the general movement animations such as crawling while prone and vaulting over fences or walls.
It also looks really pretty. I know it's not as good as PC but it still likes nice enough.

Has some bad features too. I really don't like the classes they have, such as the new assault which medic merged with. I also hate how they seem to of gone down the Modern shooter road of making you die in a few bullets. This really isn't the kind of gameplay I want when I try playing a game like battlefield, although admittedly I am not a huge fan of the series, I only played Bad company 1 and 2, Battlefield 2 modern combat and 1943.

Overall, ignoring the horrible glitches and difficulty with finding a game since EA want's to claim the prize for worse beta ever, this seems like a decent enough game but I just can't find anything fun or unique enough to make me actully want to buy it.
 

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imahobbit4062 said:
I knew it would blow hard, and I once right yet again.

I get it, Beta is all testing and shit, but if you're going to put an open Beta you should be prepared for a shitload of people playing. The amount of lag is fucking horrendous. I never had that issue with Call Of Duty. I want to like it, I really do, but fix the fucking lag in your fucking games EA.
Bad Company 1 Demo lagged
Bad Company 2 Beta lagged
Bad Company 2 Online Demo lagged
Battlefield 3 Beta lagged.

No other game on my PC or Ps3 has lagged as bad as these games have.
First of all...don't out yourself as a CoD troll to start.

For two, they are beta tests...do you even know what a beta is supposed to be? Or is it supposed to be a magical perfect finished product?

Also, you ***** about lag but say you're a CoD fan. Were the only person who didn't magically have to use IWNet?
 

Greatjusticeman

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I had fun with it, but now I'm really debating inside whether I keep my pre-order or not.

The Operation Metro map sets up for a lot of campers and many take advantage of it. Also, since I'm playing on the Xbox 360 - that means I'm not with the PC gamers who know how to play Battlefield and instead play with the COD crowd who are playing this game like COD instead of sticking to your squad and supporting everyone with your specific class.

When I played with some friends later, it was better. I don't know...
 

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Mechanix said:
There are clipping and visual bugs, but hey, it's a beta and I'm sure they will be fixed.

First big problem is I've yet to be able to change my settings. Because the game is launched via an internet browser, I don't even see how to change the settings. And that brings me to my next question...why was this internet browser necessary? Why do I need to launch everything in the game from a web browser, INCLUDING THE SINGLEPLAYER? It's pretty dumb.

I also haven't been able to see or change my keymappings, so I've yet to be able to figure out how to crouch. I'm confident most of this stuff will be fixed with the beta and that I'll get used to the weird menu though. The game seems very good.
Hit ESC while alive - then go into options, can't do it while dead afaik. The whole system is totally fucked imo.