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@squirrelnacho said:

It's probably because the console multiplayer will not be very good with only 24 players on those big maps. They console version probably won't be received as well as the PC version.

Nor should it. The PC version looks better, plays better, runs better, and a lot of other little things.

@emem said:

What if DICE/EA is playing everyone by acting like they "barely" made it so that people are expecting a half done game? ;)

What I'm trying to say here: None "of us" knows what's going on there and thinking about it can cause mental pain, so... don't hurt yourselves.

That doesn't work. If you ship a half done game you get reviews that reflect that.

@Jeff said:

@MetalMoog said:

I always get worried when publishers put review embargos on their games.

Wow, so you're worried about every single game that gets sent out for review ahead of its release date? That must be exhausting.

You should instead focus your worries onto games that don't get sent out for review ahead of their release date. Sort of like bad movies not getting screened for critics, we're seeing more and more cases of bad games (or at least games that publishers aren't confident about) being "mysteriously lost in the mail" and other stuff like that.

Not that BF3 falls into that camp. They're being pretty upfront about it not showing up in a timely manner, which is oddly refreshing yet deeply troubling for a release of this magnitude. Games that release on this sort of scale are usually done well in advance. Instead everyone's talking about rumored certification failures and (also rumored) massive launch day patches. Someone, someday could probably write a fairly interesting book about the development of Battlefield 3. There are still one or two more twists left in the story, though.

That's been my worry about the game. AAA games usually arrive 2-3 weeks in advance for reviewers. For example, I think you guys recently got the review copies for Uncharted 3, you guys had Batman for a while, and while COD does embargo the review for their games until the release date, you guys are given ample time to review the game before hand. Like you said though, for a game this big and a game this hyped, the fact that they recently held an event for the game last week and the review copies aren't in has me worried.

I also say this as a person who loved past Battlefield games and have pre-ordered both the PC and PS3 version.

The main story was boring but the side stuff was so good that I didn't care. Think of the main story as a generic video game story and the side stuff as the lets tell more niche and interesting stories. The books in all Elder Scrolls games also contain great stories too.

I would tell not to take the game seriously when it comes to the main quest. It's not what the best writers were focused on.

So Gamespot published in their under review blog that Battlefield's reviews won't start pooring in until after the games release. They said that EA will be giving them a review copy sometime next week, when the game will have been released. I know COD pretty much releases their reviews the day the game comes out but for Battlefield, I wonder if they are holding back reviews because of a lack of confidence in the final product.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6341065/battlefield-3-review-delayed?tag=siteblogs%3Btitle%3B2

Sorry for the hyperlink not working. Here is the link proper.

It doesn't work anyway. A comment on Edge pretty much said it's locked by date and you need origin to play it anyway. So no story.

Seems to be an issue on Sony's end. Shows my progress but not my games. Crysis and Costume Quest not shown.

@Animasta said:

patrick does this main story seem interesting at all, this is basically the only thing preventing me from getting this game.

Ask any Elder Scrolls fan, the main story is not the best part of the game. The side quests are were these games truly separate themselves from other Fantasy games.

And that is why we love Bethesda games. Yes, you can do the main quest. Maybe you should try to get it out of the way, but that mountain looks really cool, that girl has a quest for me, that dungeon just got added to my map, what do those plants do, oh shit I accidentally stole something and now the Wardens are after me, that bandit tried to rob me, and so on and so on. In my opinion reviewers should just play the game for a while and then write a review of whether they like it or not. The main quest has never really been the best part of TES games.

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