After all this namby pamby Bad Company 2 wishy washy CoD style horse shit finally we see the return of jets, the prone position, and 64 player multiplayer (on PC only)
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Been playing Battlefield 2 all day. I love this game. Is there a server that alot of CAF members use (pc)?
Are you referring to Bad Company 2? I've played with Dingledoog on the aussie servers a couple of times. I'm in Singapore though. You can add me on Steam/BFBC2. Nick's Pr0newbie and Pronewbie respectively.
I've not played BF2 in ages (which is a shame because its my favourite game ever) but I used to play on games.on.net and Gamearena servers.
More information has come out of a PC Informer magazine issue
Yes, good.
I'm definitely getting this based on my experience with BC2, and also the fact that PC will be the lead platform. Between this and CoD's multiplayer, Battlefield is the superior game. I have a friend who came over yesterday for some FIFA and watched me play BC2 Rush for a few minutes and practically gaped at all the action that was unfolding in front of me while i was driving on a jeep towards the enemy's base. I realised that I concentrate so much on playing the game that I forgot how beautiful everything looks and unfolds, and with a purpose, too (I'm looking at you, COD).
I hope having 64 players means less stacking of good players on 1 side because that is my current pet peeve. Being on the way stronger team feels good. Fighting it out with 2 teams evenly matched while having a strong camaraderie with your squad and/or teammates is an incredible experience.
Enhanced audio cues will be a a good addition for me despite playing the game with a Beyerdynamic DT880 because there can be some difficulties judging an enemy's distance. I don't mind if they increase the distance from which I can hear players running.
I think a large minority are going to be peeved about having only 4 classes.
I wonder how organic level destructions will be this time round.
The thing about multiplayer is not making it looks good, but making it playable for most people. I remember playing assassin's creed and in less than 1 hour my VGA card's almost toasted.
I have the luxury of owning a decent mid-range card (GTX 260) that supports some of the frills.
You will find that BC2 runs on PCs that can't run Black Ops.
I've already started saving, I want to run this thing maxed out on release.
(also theyve said the engine is highly scaleable so if can run on a lot of machines of varying specs)
(also theyve said the engine is highly scaleable so if can run on a lot of machines of varying specs)
I also am saving up. Need a graphics card, Windows 7 and new ram.
Gameplay* trailer
*Could mean anything.
Have seen what little footage there is there slowed down - while most of it looks singleplayer the bit where someone gets shot and then the next scene is them being dragged to safety looks like the BF2 map Road to Jalalabad.
EDIT: Actually the general flow of the footage follows the description of a singleplayer level talked about in the Game Informer article, that sees them harassed by a sniper throughout and then finally pinned down on a roof by him, at which point they rocket him.
EDIT: Actually the general flow of the footage follows the description of a singleplayer level talked about in the Game Informer article, that sees them harassed by a sniper throughout and then finally pinned down on a roof by him, at which point they rocket him.
Any news about Beta? Apart from whoever preordered MoH gets it. I didn't preorder MoH.
Yeah neither. The MoH preorder beta access was contingent on the beta being available within a year of MoHs release. With that coming out in October 2010 and BF3 set for a late Q3 or early Q4 release I reckon about September ish.
BF3 Devs confirm that the Back to Karkand preorder DLC will contain Strike at Karkand, Sharqi Peninsula, Gulf of Oman and Wake Island from BF2.
Looks immense.
Does indeed. I love BF2, modded it to death. BF3 looks everything it should be and a bit more. Still, i'm waiting for MP footage before I get over hyped
Just found 3 screenies:
Just found 3 screenies:
I'm already saving for a rape machine of a computer to run it on.
That looks very very good. BF2 was insanely fun online and if this gets anywhere near it then
What sacrifices are they likely to make for consoles? cant be asked to upgrade my pc...
Only 24 players.
Just pre ordered this today at EB.
Just pre ordered this today at EB.
They have increased the player limit on consoles to 32 I believe.
That was bollocks as I understand it - the 32 players thing started as a misprint in a magazine that was subsequently set right by the devs.
Ah I see. That's a shame ( I guess)
I don't really care. PC is how Battlefield is meant to be enjoyed.
Very true, think all FPS should be played on PC, but it's just too expensive upgrading a PC all the time. Ever since I got my PS3/360 I just play on those and play RTS/etc. on my PC, and even some of those cant run as I took out my GFX card last year (was going to sell it), I'm running off onboard GFX now.
Haven't properly upgraded my PC in a few years, used to be at least once a year. All that money I've saved has been put to better use... I'm sure?
When is this actually due out?
Q4.
Probably at about the same time CoD gets released each year - early November.
Probably at about the same time CoD gets released each year - early November.
Probably a bit of a weird question, but will this be more computer intensive than Crysis 2? I hope not, I can run Crysis 2 at a good quality but its not perfect but I thought Crysis was the most resource hogfull game. If I were to get this on PC I'd want it to run smoothly, if I'm making sense, no one will know for sure though
c2 has been optimised massively for the console market. It uses dx9.
bf3 is a dx11 only game and will stretch the hardware of modern pcs. It's meant to be the game that forces alot of people to upgrade, for example you won't be able to install it on a windows xp machine.
bf3 is a dx11 only game and will stretch the hardware of modern pcs. It's meant to be the game that forces alot of people to upgrade, for example you won't be able to install it on a windows xp machine.
I'm sure it'll at least run on a DX10-able graphics card.
Leaked footage of the entire first level - that earthquake looks immense.
This game looks fcukin awesome, and I rarely use that word... in fact I could probably count the number of times on my fingers. Anyway...
Haven't been this hyped about a game in a long time...
Haven't been this hyped about a game in a long time...
Theyve got the running and crawling absoloutely spot on
Keen for multiplayer footage.
Having seen what we've seen so far the one thing I want that hasn't been touched on yet is that medics can't use machine guns. As they're insisting on the 4 class system from BF2142/BC, let Assault choose between a rifle w/grenade launcher and squad support weapon, and let Medic have just a basic assault rifle.
Actually also I want faction weapons to return. I don't want to see an American pissbolting around with an AK47.
To be honest if they could just remake BF2.
Having seen what we've seen so far the one thing I want that hasn't been touched on yet is that medics can't use machine guns. As they're insisting on the 4 class system from BF2142/BC, let Assault choose between a rifle w/grenade launcher and squad support weapon, and let Medic have just a basic assault rifle.
Actually also I want faction weapons to return. I don't want to see an American pissbolting around with an AK47.
To be honest if they could just remake BF2.
If they're INSISTING on the four class sytem then I'd like to see
Assault - Assault Rifle with GL or Machine Gun. Ammo Box.
Medic - Assault Rifle. Shock Paddles. Med Bag/whatever the healing device for still alive people is.
Engineer - Shotgun or Personal Defence Weapon. Spanner/power tool. Rockets/Mines.
Recon - Sniper rifle w/ghillie suit or Silenced SMG. Explosives.
Assault - Assault Rifle with GL or Machine Gun. Ammo Box.
Medic - Assault Rifle. Shock Paddles. Med Bag/whatever the healing device for still alive people is.
Engineer - Shotgun or Personal Defence Weapon. Spanner/power tool. Rockets/Mines.
Recon - Sniper rifle w/ghillie suit or Silenced SMG. Explosives.
So BC2 then.
In BC2 the medics had Machine Guns, Engineers had Silenced SMGs and there were ghillie suited people bunny hopping around with shotguns.
Annoyed the shit out of me.
Annoyed the shit out of me.