The thing with SP and MP is that SP tends to be completely different to MP, weapons are different etc. Personally I find the whack-a-mole shoot heads behind concrete blockade gameplay to be quite boring and prefer the unpredictibility of MP.
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This is gonna be a much more immersive single player experience than we have been used to with Battlefield games.
Of course they have to do a decent, cinematic, single player game... I know multiplayer is the main selling point, it is with COD as well, but thats not to say they cant do both.
Of course they have to do a decent, cinematic, single player game... I know multiplayer is the main selling point, it is with COD as well, but thats not to say they cant do both.
this is it you know single player will be scripted ala movie style cod does it do does bf
straight into mp get it on
Yeah but given the studio has a finite amount of resources and time, splitting these between SP & MP is going to be at the detriment of one or the other.
THIS.
Definitely. Despite playing years of online bf2, tf2 etc. I've always preferred Single Player games. It's not just better drama, action, set pieces etc. If you are not in a Clan/Group etc. online games can suck badly, add to that rubbish Irish internet connections and constant naked personal/sexual/racial abuse from kiddies (even when not directed at you), L A A A G, cheaters, mic spammers, etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum
Yesterday, TF2, tried all my favourite servers, every single game was absolutely [insert swearword here]. Griefers, rubbish teams, mic spam on every single server, I Love TF2 (>1500 hours) but I had to retreat to a Single Player game (Just Cause 2) and it was just so much more fun. I was actually in control of what was happening – my fun was not dependent on so many other variables that are outside my control. Single Player games rule, multiplayer games rule, sometimes...
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yea, but a fast regular adsl2 line should cope just fine.
Multiplayer may be a selling point but theyre also putting effort into single player, the sp footage gives peoplea taste of what multiplayer will look like.
Corners don't have to be cut at all. We really don't know how long the game has been in development for and its entirely possible they have a large enough staff to handle the development without half assing things.
And on the point of MP footage, some is coming at e3:
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-3/1402847-1-minute-mp-gameplay-e3-confirmed.html
You mean strafe jumping backwards of a ledge while twitch railgunning someone from across the map?
Sadly I don't think this will be the case.
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Nope
Latency and bandwidth will continue to be separate factors
Latency or ping will be important but if you have adsl then its much the same. BF2 was the same on 64k connection (I used to have one) as it is on 50meg
Bandwidth will only matter to the server and I dont think the load will be greater especially though damage adds extra map data to transmit. BF2 also had limited map objects that could be destroyed
Its more of a cpu load issue I think, the damage on bf2 is preset. One of the best things about bad company 1 was how much terrain damage it let you do, the tanks could be dug in hull down.
I think this is now cut back, so bandwidth use for transmission of each unique crater impact isnt going to increase connection demands
The other factor might be character animation. If more axes rotation is possible in each direction, this adds in something. I think it will also be quite preset
I was just about to come into this thread and make a similar comment.
With all the interest BF3 is generating and with how superior it looks (and lets face it, will play) to COD i'm really worried that the game is going to get stormed by a mass of nerd raging COD players who will destroy the game experience. BF won't be perfect but please god don't let the COD generation destory it!
I was just about to come into this thread and make a similar comment.
With all the interest BF3 is generating and with how superior it looks (and lets face it, will play) to COD i'm really worried that the game is going to get stormed by a mass of nerd raging COD players who will destroy the game experience. BF won't be perfect but please god don't let the COD generation destory it!
They will only destroy it for you if you let them! They'll be plenty of well run servers out there who won't put up with the crap. They'll be plenty of clans and friends to play with/against once the game is released.
It's the same with any online game really, a small minority can sometimes spoil it for you but there's plenty of other like minded people out there who want to enjoy the game just the same as you.
A handful of the press got their first hands-on with the MP component yesterday, and apparently they'll be able to go public with opinions (and screenshots) on Friday OR Monday. Monday is when the MP video will be shown at E3, so it'd be odd releasing it before then, but maybe it'll generate some interest, it wouldnt be the first time the week leading up to E3 had a ton of studios looking to get some extra publicity ahead of E3 (prolly cos most of the focus will be on the big titles, and they'd barely get any attention mixed in with everything else going on i guess).
So all we need to do is squad up and assualt a load of reputable publications until we hit the jackpot.
Who's with me?
A handful of the press got their first hands-on with the MP component yesterday, and apparently they'll be able to go public with opinions (and screenshots) on Friday OR Monday. Monday is when the MP video will be shown at E3, so it'd be odd releasing it before then, but maybe it'll generate some interest, it wouldnt be the first time the week leading up to E3 had a ton of studios looking to get some extra publicity ahead of E3 (prolly cos most of the focus will be on the big titles, and they'd barely get any attention mixed in with everything else going on i guess).
So all we need to do is squad up and assualt a load of reputable publications until we hit the jackpot.
Sounds cool bro
Looking forward to this one.
lol Gerard only been saying there will be mp at e3 for a month
get ready for rage incoming
Im talking about the trailer which info about only showed up on twitter yesterday, they were playing for 4 hours or so and are editing it down for a mp video.
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