Battlefield 3 Beta

[fix-the-spade]

why are we testing an older build (one that's therefore presumably no longer relevant)?

I feel your pain, playing the 360 beta persuaded me to buy a new Pc.

As for the build, it's about generating data. While the 'old build' might be genuinely old and have some glitches they knew about, I bet it's brought up thousands they didn't, especially for the console versions. I bet they thought the net code was much stronger and less rubber band prone than it is for starters. Expect major updates in the weeks after release...

This is the first (console based) beta I've played that actually felt like a beta, compared to some I've been in (anyone reading this remember Soldner?) it's hasn't been that bad. Not great, but functional mostly. A lot 'betas' in console land seem to really be game demos of the finished product, rather than an actual working build.

 

[Virmire]

I usually fail or get bored quickly at most online games, but I am really, really loving this game. I have always overlooked the Call of Duty and Battlefield games, 'modern warfare' games (modern warfare being genre, not the CoD game) really aren't my thing, but I'm certainly going to be picking this up some time.

I'm praying for a flipping mute function for the PS3 version though. The console only has in-game supported mute.

 

[ActionDan]

I'm still not going to touch Battlefield 3 due to the privacy bullshit that's gone on with Origin. EA have lost me as a potential customer and many others I'm sure.

 

[Captain Pirate]

I find the counter-arguement "It's the Beta" isn't too comforting, considering that the game is 20 days from being released in the States, and 23 days from release everywhere else.

Given that games usually ship to stores at least 5 days before official release, and I'm guessing that the game has to be 100% done a few days before then.
The beta ends in 5 more days, giving DICE less than a week to fix all the bugs.
They'd better hurry the fuck up, because I've encountered:
Occasionally sprint just doesn't work. Simple, yet utter shit.
Random flashes for unexplained reasons. Not TacLights, just unexplainable blips that take up the entire screen.

The rest seem to be gameplay flaws, like a huuuuge wait before respawning, where you can't even change your loadout, just look at the guy that shot you.
Oh, and let's not forget KNIFING STILL BEING SHIT.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

Battlefield 3? ... Eh... not my tea-cup. Tried the demo, and liked it but not my tea-cup.

Isn't the phrase "Cup of Tea"?

LMAO^ "Tea-Cup"

Anyway, I now refer to the 'beta' as Battlefail Bushcamper 3. That sums up my experience.

 

[humanizer]

The worst thing for me is that nearly every automatic weapon kills me in like half a second.

 

[brodie21]

rant

alright. first of all you are exacly the person i hate. trashing another person and calling them a moron AND cursing at them over a FORUM POST. grow up. i already explained once that i should have said 'i like the beta in spite of the bugs' and i also recognize that an extreme amount of bugs isnt fun for anybody. also i am not one of those players who hides under the map or goes to places that they shouldnt be able to. i play it like it is meant to be played.

as for the bitching about people bitching part. i know i can mute people. i have been doing it for years. but i would rather not have to because i would like people who can be civil in online interactions and not act like giant douches. kind of like what you are right now. get a life and stop bitching at people over the slightest thing. i started this thread so people can discuss what they liked about the beta and what they didnt like. NOT for people to attack my post. if you disagree with me you are allowed to say so. but do so like an adult.

 

[brodie21]

Wow these fanboys just crawl out of the woodwork, "I love the game and all it's bugs, don't you dare mention them"... seriously?
You don't want bugs to be pointed out and fixed?
You somehow prefer broken games?

i should have said i like the beta in spite of the bugs. and i am surprised at the amount of rage at bugs in what is supposed to be a beta

 

[AlternatePFG]

It's by far the buggiest beta I've ever played (PS3 version). I get that it's a beta, and that these bugs will probably be patched, but it doesn't exactly give me confidence. The game is less than a month away, and from the matches I've played, things have felt really broken. I played it on the PS3 in order to avoid having to download Origin onto my computer, and I decided if I felt like the game was worth it, I'd buy it on PC. I didn't have that much fun with it, to be honest.

Except for the prone for some strange reason, I really like how fluid it feels going in and out of prone, but that's about it.

 

[brodie21]

snip

oh, and also you cant mute people on the xbox. so GFY

 

[Fusioncode9]

I was looking at the forums over at the battlelog on the battlefield 3 site and there is a lot of bitching about the bugs and prone. what i have to say to all those people is that if you dont like the beta then dont buy the game. i like the beta bugs and all and the multiplayer without your bitching and moaning and without the trademark COD thirteen year old will be so much better.

what do you guys think? share my sentiment?

So I should be content with paying $60 for a product that seems glitchy and shitty? Even if I like the previous games in the series? You're a moron.

"i like the beta bugs"

You like gltiching through the map and killing people while you can't be killed? Normally you have to mod or hack to do so, and it is called cheating. What the fuck is wrong with you? "I like nails in my grilled cheese, I know they're not supposed to be there but at least I got a sandwich out of it!"

"if you don't like the beta then don't buy the game"

What exactly did you think was going to happen?

"...and all the multiplayer without your bitching and moaning and without the trademark COD thirteen year old will be so much better."

He says whilst bitching and moaning about people he can FUCKING MUTE. Perhaps instead of bitching and moaning about people bitching and moaning you should... hmmmm... learn how to use your fucking system? Your logic seems to be that I should buy a busted dysfunctional game even if I don't want to just because it isn't Call of Duty. Good work, you should go into marketing.


Here is how this is going to go, as a player of damn near every single Battlefield game since 1942: I am not buying it right away. I will give DICE a chance to fix their fucking crap, more than likely they already have and this was just a garbage beta. They tend to make good games. I haven't lost all faith just yet. But honestly? The fucking menus don't even work without freezing at a loading screen. Quit? Freeze. Join? Freeze! Prone? Under the map. Tree falls over? Green line across my screen. Looking around in-game? Blinking on the screen. Well at least the sounds are great... oh wait now my sound is faint/gone. *sigh*

What the shit made them release something so lackluster? Also, I heard a big game about the graphics and lighting. Sorry, this looks exactly like BC2.

You do realize that it's a beta. Dice used the beta to test servers and find glitches they may have missed. It's not a demo, nor is it the final product. Also, Dice confirmed that this was an older build, most of the problems have already been fixed.

 

[brodie21]

You do realize that it's a beta. Dice used the beta to test servers and find glitches they may have missed. It's not a demo, nor is it the final product. Also, Dice confirmed that this was an older build, most of the problems have already been fixed.

thats what i figured. thank you for telling us

 

[Gitty101]

I dislike the beta personally. It simply feels too sluggish and unresponsive for my liking - that and the fact it looks terrible on the 360. Maybe that's because it's only the beta or something, but from what I've seen I'm not persuaded.

 

[Hawk eye1466]

Even though I've lost a few matches thanks to glitching through the ground or an enemy down there killing anyone who tries to disarm I still am having a lot of fun mostly because of the hilarious position's the player's avatars have when they're prone.

 

[brodie21]

Even though I've lost a few matches thanks to glitching through the ground or an enemy down there killing anyone who tries to disarm I still am having a lot of fun mostly because of the hilarious position's the player's avatars have when they're prone.

you mean the elongated man? where the player's head is at the top of the escalator and his feet are halfway down it?

 

[Hawk eye1466]

Even though I've lost a few matches thanks to glitching through the ground or an enemy down there killing anyone who tries to disarm I still am having a lot of fun mostly because of the hilarious position's the player's avatars have when they're prone.

you mean the elongated man? where the player's head is at the top of the escalator and his feet are halfway down it?

No the one where the player goes prone and their neck stretches like a periscope and if their legs are near a wall or anything will be vertical with it.

But now I have to keep an eye out for that escalator.

 

[jSalamanca32]

To all those that are worried that the BF3 full game will be as buggy as the beta, read this:

http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=165503

 

[Blindswordmaster]

It's not a demo, it's a beta. We're supposed to play it and tell Dice how they can make the game better. That includes talking about bugs, glitches, and control we don't like.

 

[xDarc]

Trademark COD thirteen year old?

I think most of you lack perspective.

FPS used to emphasize moving actually moving your avatar to DODGE. Now that we have consoles and inadequate thumbsticks as most folks' input of choice, Lay-down FPS games have been on the rise since 2006.

They are the worst thing to ever happen to the genre and BF3 takes it to a new low in boredom.