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    Battlefield 3

    Game » consists of 15 releases. Released Oct 25, 2011

    Battlefield 3 is DICE's third numerical installment in the Battlefield franchise. It features a single player and co-operative campaign, as well as an extensive multiplayer component.

    More Details Emerge From Swedish Retailer Webhallen

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    #1  Edited By Seppli

    Yep, Webhallen has the scoop on a Battlefield game once again...

     

     Feel The Battle! This fall, prepare to feel the most physical shooter ever created, powered by the all-new Frostbite 2 gaming engine.

    Battlefield 3 leaps ahead of the competition with the power of Frostbite™ 2, the next instalment of DICE’s cutting-edge game engine. This state-of-the-art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before.

    In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Paris, Tehran and New York

    Features:
    • Frostbite 2 – Battlefield 3 introduces Frostbite 2, the incredible technology that takes animation, destruction, lighting, scale and audio to new heights. Built upon this powerful game engine, Battlefield 3 immerses players physically and emotionally to the world around them like never before.

    • Feel the Battle — Feel the impact of bullets and explosions, drag your fallen comrades into safety, and mount your weapon on almost any part of the terrain. Battlefield 3’s cutting edge animation, spectacular visuals and real as hell battle gameplay attack your senses and make you feel the visceral warriors experience like no other FPS.

    • Unparalleled Vehicle Warfare — The best online vehicle warfare experience gets even better with a fitting sonic boom as fighter jets headline impressive lineup of land, air and sea vehicles.

    • Urban Combat — Take the fight to iconic and unexpected places in the USA, Middle East, and Europe including claustrophobic streets, metropolitan downtowns, and open, vehicle-friendly landscapes as you fight your way through the war of tomorrow. 

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    #2  Edited By Seppli

    ... explosions throw you to the ground...
    ...drag your fallen comrades into safety...


     
    Seems they'll use that 'EA Sports Animation System' in a similar fashion as GTA IV uses Euphoria.
     
     

    ... diverse locations from around the globe including Paris, Tehran and New York...


     
    Finally, we get Urban Warfare in iconic and recognizable locations! Central Park, Eiffel Tower - here I come!
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    #3  Edited By Dejkrigeren

    The urban combat sounds really fucking cool if they can manage to the execute it properly.

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    #4  Edited By Jack268
    @Seppli said:
    "


    • Feel the Battle — Feel the impact of bullets and explosions, drag your fallen comrades into safety, and mount your weapon on almost any part of the terrain. Battlefield 3’s cutting edge animation, spectacular visuals and real as hell battle gameplay attack your senses and make you feel the visceral warriors experience like no other FPS.

    "
    This seems like an enormous hit or miss thing
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    #5  Edited By Seppli
    @Jack268: 
     
    Loving Euphoria in GTA IV and Red Dead. I know some knuckleheads don't appreciate what it does, but seriously, it's awesome.
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    #6  Edited By FourWude

    Battlefield 3 is gonna be even more MODERNER than Modern Warfare. It's gonna be ultra-hyper fucking real warfare. Sickest, unrealist combat ever, shoot the darkest brown skinned mofo's in the face, and I mean seriously fucking dark people. Illest shit to come out on the sexbox sex sexty. In B3 terrorists have kidnapped the US presidents and are threatening to bum rape him if you don't switch off your xbox right now, they'll do it, so you'll have to be ultra bad ass to save his ass.... literally.

    GOTY Gametrailers every category.

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     they will experience heart-pounding single player missions    

     
    Why? :( Keep it multiplayer only you fuckers :(
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    #8  Edited By bicycleham

    I. Want. Leaning.

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    #9  Edited By Zereta
    @Khann said:
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     they will experience heart-pounding single player missions    

     Why? :( Keep it multiplayer only you fuckers :( "
    May not be a bad thing. A full on serious modern campaign done with the large scale of the Battlefield games (and again, not goofy like the Bad Company games) by DICE could be really good. Maybe even achieve what Medal of Honor wanted to do in terms of authentic combat.
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    #10  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    i love you guys

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    #11  Edited By warxsnake
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    " i love you guys "
    No, I love your avatar. That should have been the real 3 in Battlefield 3
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    #12  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @warxsnake said:
    " @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    " i love you guys "
    No, I love your avatar. That should have been the real 3 in Battlefield 3 "
    knock yourself out!
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    #13  Edited By mosdl

    But do you want regenerating health? :)

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    #14  Edited By TheFreeMan

    Campaign has me curious if it will be the more Modern Warfare-esque single-player experience of Bad Company 2, or if it'll be in greater scale and more realistic. I love me the recent CoD campaigns, but a bigger, more authentic campaign could be a fresh change.

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    #15  Edited By jakob187
    @Xolare said:
    " I. Want. Leaning. "
    If someone can destroy the wall you are leaning around, then what purpose does a lean other than to say "yo, I'm over here so shoot that noob tube at this wall and fuck me up"?
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    #16  Edited By Jayross

    Amazon has this info up, too.

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    #17  Edited By Jace

    OH GOD, FIGHTING IN PARIS AND NEW YORK. EXPLOSIONS KNOCK YOU DOWN. REST GUNS ON ANY SURFACE! 
     
     
    THE JIZZ, THE JIZZ, IT'S EVERYWHERE.

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    #18  Edited By shiftymagician
    @mosdl said:
    " But do you want regenerating health? :) "
    I personally hope they don't do regenerating health, but seeing how shooters have become less about patience and more about frantic action, I won't be surprised if this is added.  No regenerating health makes a medic's presence that much more important in my opinion, and makes running around in the open less of a good idea.
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    #19  Edited By bicycleham
    @jakob187 said:
    " @Xolare said:
    " I. Want. Leaning. "
    If someone can destroy the wall you are leaning around, then what purpose does a lean other than to say "yo, I'm over here so shoot that noob tube at this wall and fuck me up"?   
    That's why you stand back from the wall a few feet. Gives a bigger perspective and still protects you from gunfire. But I doubt people are going to stand near a wall really really long and end up getting blown up like idiots.
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    #20  Edited By PhatSeeJay
    @FourWude said:
    "

    GOTY Gametrailers every category.

    "
    Nah. There's still another Call of Duty coming out this year, they've just not said what yet.
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    #21  Edited By JoyfullOFrockets
    @Khann said:
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     they will experience heart-pounding single player missions    

     Why? :( Keep it multiplayer only you fuckers :( "
    If they make a story that's as lighthearted and funny as the first Bad Company it'd be pretty cool. But if they go for the serious hyper modern NUKE WARZ!!!1 thing I won't even play the campaign.
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    #22  Edited By jacdg

    Can't wait to see this, sadly will have to play the console version, but should be sweet no matter what.

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    #23  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

    This fancy new engine makes me feel like I'll need to do a little upgrading if I want to run this well.

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    #24  Edited By Azteck

    Webhallen writes their stuff in English? 
     
    But hooray for Sweden!

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    #25  Edited By FirePrince

    Am I the only one that fears the possibility that you'll be constantly thrown around and smacked about because of all the explosions that are usually going on in the Frostbyte engine?That could be frustrating, just falling on your ass and getting killed because the animation of getting up took too long.We'll see.

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    #26  Edited By sjupp

    I'm super fucking hyped. Need to be more cynical.

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    #27  Edited By BigBoss1911
    @PhatSeeJay said:
    " @FourWude said:
    "

    GOTY Gametrailers every category.

    "
    Nah. There's still another Call of Duty coming out this year, they've just not said what yet. "
    Who cares about that crap fest when you got Battlefield 3?
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    #28  Edited By Stupot
    @FirePrince said:
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    Am I the only one that fears the possibility that you'll be constantly thrown around and smacked about because of all the explosions that are usually going on in the Frostbyte engine?That could be frustrating, just falling on your ass and getting killed because the animation of getting up took too long.We'll see.

    "
    Yeh i have the same worry as well, gameplay > realism.
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    #29  Edited By PhatSeeJay
    @BigBoss1911 said:
    " @PhatSeeJay said:
    " @FourWude said:
    "

    GOTY Gametrailers every category.

    "
    Nah. There's still another Call of Duty coming out this year, they've just not said what yet. "
    Who cares about that crap fest when you got Battlefield 3? "
    Hm? It's not my opinion, friend. Just saying how the GOTY thing will look like at Gametrailers next year.
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    #30  Edited By Zapbrader

    I really can't wait until they start showing some video footage. I mostly want to see what "dragging your teammates to cover" looks like. The locations they've mentioned also sound interesting to me, especially New York.

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    #31  Edited By Limpiz

    I hope BF3 will be more like BF2 than the Bad Company series. Sure Bad Company are good games but it aint close to BF2's awesome gameplay. 
     
    But i have fate in my fallow swedes at Dice. 
    BF is so much better than the Call of Duty series, aint no 12 year old boy screaming and acting like an ass in BF... Or yeah there are but not as many as in CoD.  
     (Yeah my english is kinda bad)
     
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