Battlefield 3 vs Modern warfare 2

I've really tried to get into Battlefield and I just can't. I bought it on PS3 initially which was a mistake, there seems to be some horrible input lag with the controller and the graphics are absolutely horrific, not to mention the low player count. So I picked it up on PC instead, the graphics and sounds are excellent and the controls feel 100x better with the keyboard and mouse but it still doesn't grab me. I find myself easily able to kill other players but the game just feels so slow paced and boring that I'm having no fun while doing it.

I guess it's one of those games where you need three or four friends all playing at the same time for it to work, otherwise it's thoroughly unenjoyable, especially if the opposing team has organised squads and your team is utter crap. Unlike Call of Duty, where you can dominate the other team pretty much single handedly if you're a decent player. There's no doubt which is the more tactical, thinking man's game, but for instant action I would turn to Call of Duty. Plus MW2 was awesome online, it's only lately that they've been garbage, *ahem* MW3.
 
BF3 with friends is a blast can be a bit slow paced and a bit boring at times especially on the bigger new maps on 360, while COD is more constant action, do prefer the frame rate in COD though.
 
BF3.

The ability to drive tanks/helicopters/jets online is an obvious plus, but get some mates on either you and it's a blast, Mw2 is full of no scope snipers.. !
 
Blops2/MW3 for me

I think BF3 is a much better and more sophisticated overall game - but some how I never find it as much fun to play - I'm not sure why
 
For me, Battlefield 3 without question, but they both offer something different.

I used to really enjoy CoD4 when it first came out, so much so on release day I ended up buying two copies – one for 360 and one for PS3, as when me and a mate tried playing one (PS3 iirc) the network was down, whereas the other version’s was ok (had way too much disposable income back then!).

Anyway, it was good fun to play, the weapon unlocks added a fair amount of replay value as you worked towards unlocking them, and I have many fond memories of the game as a whole, even single player.

With the release of MW2 I felt the series lost a lot of the skill required to succeed, the kill streaks kind of ruled to roost now and players were out to unlock the biggest and best in the shortest possible time, which lead to a pretty dubious play style for some people. A lot of my enjoyment slipped away with the series, and it became less and less of an attraction.

The Battlefield games have always been close to my heart (so to speak), as it was one of the first multiplayer games I ever played – 1942 on the PC with modem dial up gaming.... awesome. Since then I’ve followed the series pretty much all the way through, with the exception of 2142 (pile of **** that was).

I find these games offer another dimension to gameplay that CoD does not – especially with the later games in the series - the addition of destructible environments was brilliant and just highlights how far behind CoD is in some ways; granted this isn’t the be all and end all, but it certainly changes the dynamics of gameplay and makes players think a lot more about their actions....

CoD reminds me of Unreal Tournament, with a different skin on and some bells and whistles, it’s just as fast and requires (at times) some pretty quick pin-point reactions to play well, whereas BF is slower, more methodical – the addition of vehicles makes you think more about your character class and working as a team is much more apparent (even with randoms).

I don’t hate the CoD games, but for this gamer, it’s Battlefield 3 all the way baby :D
 
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EDIT: Ahh I appear to be writing a review in the console thread. Well my long winded response to how BF3 is better than COD is rather pointless as any FPS game is utterly woeful on any console. Bring this discussion to the PC gaming side of things and I can bring my point of view as to how COD has been ruined since COD4 for the PC.

BF3 offers so many different style of play it's far superior to COD. I prefer the city maps with infantry only, but these servers are hard to come by
 
I used to play MW2 all the time. All day, everyday swapping and changing from my intervention to my M4A1. Then I got bored and bought battlefield 3. I love the building destruction.

Now..I rarely play FPS games.
 
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