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Ok so been playing since release and as a BF2 veteran I was hoping for so much more.

This just seems like BFBC2 with a posh frock on .

Yet again I am joining severs that are not adminned and are full of hackers , 84-2 when the nearest player is 15-6 is beyond belief . Some of the Infantry only servers are nothing more than hacker servers .

Beware the 24/7 Metro servers as they are full of clans just multi hacking , this one last night was just silly http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf...-4bf2-b918-6588cb2add5b/Nightside-Metro-24-7/

Until these infantry servers are adminned properly I will be keeping away.

If you want good infantry experience please play 32 man servers. 64 are a hack / nade spam fest .

The squad system sucks balls , the maps are all to small for a BFBC2 style spawn system , just make the squad leader the only spawn point and plesae bring back 5 man squads. This makes sqaud play so much better.

I will wait until the back to Karkand map pack arrives for the definitive verdict but EA /DICE need to sac Punkbuster like Steam did and bring in a VAC system , this is going to be a hackers delight again I am afraid.
 
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have to say i have seen a few hackers doing the rounds, its sad as one of them was way up the ranks, clearly just gone from server to server racking up points and upgrades... :(

they should have invested in something else other than punk buster, which looks like it was made in the 80's and clearly fails...
 
Any fps where I can run around a corner and a second later be killed from shots seemingly going around the corner due to poor netcode, cannot be the best fps ever made.
 
coupe69 said:
A typo would be something like you'rw, you've clearly missed out an apostrophe and a letter which makes it look like you didn't pay enough attention in your English lessons at school :p



Really? but it's not the correct word, It's not even close to meaning the same thing, how can it possibly be deemed acceptable at University :confused:

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Don't ask me, i'm not at University. My partner is doing her PhD and when marking and teaching, she is told to accept "your" and a few other words like that.
 
You can't just interchange the word because they look similar, they mean entirely different things. I suppose they also accept 'their' in place of 'there'?
 
So I have been playing BF3 for a week now and one thing I have to say is:

BUGS

This game has way to many bugs for it to have been released.
  • Major bugs include
  • Blackscreen when changing map
  • Complete crashes to desktop at game load
  • Crosshairs not showing
  • Not being able to see any team information so not know who is on my team or not
  • Really poor loading times
  • No promised server side features being available at this time


Okay so not only bugs, I have issues with the following
  • No spawn immunity, so I often spawn into enemy fire and die (this is NOT fun, it is frustrating and can often happen 3 times in a row)
  • Not being able to tell if anyone is RIGHT behind you, I mean I cant hear footsteps or any sounds until I am dead
  • Poor spawning, so on TDM or even conquest I have no front line and often spawn right in-front of or directly behind an enemy (not fun)
  • Not being able to tell if an AV is full or not
  • Long times between rounds whilst I stare at my unlocks (40 or 50 seconds), but when the map changes it doesn't give an adequate enough wait for slower machines to get in before the round commences


In short
Yes it is by far the best looking game I have played in a while and yes it can be good fun. It is however by far one of the buggiest releases that I have ever played in a long while.
 
Many of the things people complain about for BF3 should and hopefully be tweaked and fixed with a patch.

Really do think the game would benefit massively with small changes be it the map, resolving crashes, balance tweaks.
 
One thing that annoys me is no chat during the scoreboard. This is a PC game, why no chat?! Also the chat box limit is too short as it is.
 
Netcode is horrible, still being killed even a good second after being behind cover, yesterday I had just got in a tank and died form a sniper shot, says it all.

The maps are linear and clustered compared to previous battlefields making the game get old and boring rather quickly, 5 flags crammed in the middle of a map is not battlefield especially on so called air maps. Gameplay is dumbed down to keep the meat grinder fans happy, COD players I'm LOOKING AT YOU.

BF3 is a bit of a meat grinder type game, those after tactical and somewhat in-depth gameplay will be badly disappointed especially BF2/2142 fans as the squad leader advanced commands are not in and squad management is an absolute joke. The lack of a functioning commo-rose, a decent mini map and in game VOIP makes getting team play going on pub servers rather difficult. All these things were perfectly implemented in BF2/2142 so why are they not in PC BF3?

Where is spectator mode, it's good to learn how others play and it can help determine if someone is cheating.

I'm basically grinding out hours to try out the unlocks. I'm bored of the game already mainly because of the awful map design and poor vehicle/aircraft combat, I've seen it all in terms of the maps it's basically running around in small circles capping flags, herp derp.


Now It's not all doom and gloom as I must say the back to karkand trailer looked impressive and they have actually burst the 5 flag limit on BF3 maps, so up to 7 flags on B2K maps.


BF3 best FPS ever on PC, not by a long shot, on console it maybe.
 
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Whereas I think it's over-hyped and, having spent many hours in the multiplayer, I don't think it's anywhere near as fun as BFBC2 was when it was released. I'm very swiftly going off it. I think the only reason I still load up the MP is the folk in Mumble - but if I can't get in a squad with them, I quickly run out of desire to play.

The campaign is ok. Just ok. Graphics are pretty good - but I can have fun with less than pretty good - it certainly doesn't improve the problems I have with the game. One soldier per account? Please. Prone? An excuse for camping and snipers all over the map. Torches? With the power of the sun. NV Scopes? That's not unbalanced.

It's so disappointing that I'm considering buying a COD title for the first time since the original MW. I feel dirty.


edit: and getting shot after you're in cover (thanks Raven) - don't tell me that doesn't boil your blood!
 
Play the Half Life games, Team Fortress games, Quake, etc, then come back to us and say that. Good game? Perhaps, could even be great but certainly a long shot from the best.
 
snowdog said:
So, without reading through 468 pages, is the game worth it for someone who has more or less lost interest in pc games ?

I loved 1942, I liked Vietnam, I loved BF 2, I never got into Bad Company 2/found it boring...

Got the spec to run it max I think, ( GTX 570 & i7 should do fine ?), but I'm worried it's another game I'll throw cash at and never play, tbh, a lot of games I bought in the past year I regret and think ''I could have better spent that money on a night out.''.

I still like shooters like CoD4, but Bad company was crap imho, not because it was a bad game necessarily, but it offered nothing that made me want to play it. Tried it multiple times times and always quit within 15 mins thinking ''meh''.

Does it have the same fun factor as 2 & 1942 ? Does it have singleplayer skirmish like before BC2 ? I usually prefer to play against ai and get used to maps & vehicles before jumping online.
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If I knew back then what I know now, I'd not buy the game. That said, I preferred BC2 to BF2.

There is no way to practice vehicles offline that I am aware of.
 
snowdog said:
So, without reading through 468 pages, is the game worth it for someone who has more or less lost interest in pc games ?

I loved 1942, I liked Vietnam, I loved BF 2, I never got into Bad Company 2/found it boring...

Got the spec to run it max I think, ( GTX 570 & i7 should do fine ?), but I'm worried it's another game I'll throw cash at and never play, tbh, a lot of games I bought in the past year I regret and think ''I could have better spent that money on a night out.''.

I still like shooters like CoD4, but Bad company was crap imho, not because it was a bad game necessarily, but it offered nothing that made me want to play it. Tried it multiple times times and always quit within 15 mins thinking ''meh''.

Does it have the same fun factor as 2 & 1942 ? Does it have singleplayer skirmish like before BC2 ? I usually prefer to play against ai and get used to maps & vehicles before jumping online.
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If you hated BC2 you aint gonna like BF3 much better. I've played BF2 for the past 6+ years and to me BF3 was a major let down, I want go over the issues again, check my posts if you want to see them. The back to karkand DLC may bring back some joy to us BF2 vets.
 
LateX'Dog said:
Don't ask me, i'm not at University. My partner is doing her PhD and when marking and teaching, she is told to accept "your" and a few other words like that.
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I think this is because of the fact that spell check won't flag it as an incorrect word in word processed documents (which is how work must be submitted), The marks for spelling and punctuation are around 5% -10% in most cases so misspelling a word shouldn't affect the other 90% of the potential mark.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
If you hated BC2 you aint gonna like BF3 much better. I've played BF2 for the past 6+ years and to me BF3 was a major let down, I want go over the issues again, check my posts if you want to see them. The back to karkand DLC may bring back some joy to us BF2 vets.
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Did you stat pad in bf2 like you do in bf3?
 
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