More Battlefield 3 Footage

" @sofacitysweetheart said:

" Looks like EA are still looking for that Call of Duty cash. Uh. Ok. Nice graphics I guess? "

Battlefield has been set in modern times long than Call of Duty... "

yo check out those grapix!

That was pretty awesome.

That sniper really hates potted plants for some reason.

" This is one of the few FPS titles I'm actually excited to play. "

These previews seem so... mature! In a putting-aside-childish-things way. This seems like a mainstream title that's actually trying to be a respectful recreation of the modern warzone.
 
I would really be interested to play a war game that places realistic atmosphere and mood before rampant empowerment.

" Looks way too scripted. The "player" isn't even doing anything, he's just watching the rest of the squad. There's like one interactive moment in the whole thing, and that's shooting the RPG. "

" This shit is so good, 12 boners. "

"setting the trend rather than following it?"

Pretty cool

fuck that looks good, giving me goosebumps 

For the money it would cost me to buy a new rig to play this decently, I think I would rather rent a Ducati for a week and ride to Vegas.

The more I see of this game, the more I think it will be awesome!

A quiet singleplayer moment. How quaint.
 
Can I haz multiplayer footage with vehicles and explosions and largescale destruction on a nighttime metropolitan map now - please? Pretty please? Enough with the singleplayer footage already.
 
I'd really like to wreck havoc on Paris, France. It's in the game. Let me see that!

There was nothing wrong with the game... but... 
 
The battlefield franchise is less about that kind of action. I hope the next teaser/trailer shows off what I am talking about.

Really interested in the particulars about the suppression mechanic. Everytime a bullet whizzes by or hits the cover, there's some kind of visiual effect going on. Wonder if there's more to it and if it applies for multiplayer too.
 
If yes - I'm really looking forward to suppressing camping snipers with an LMG. That's gonna be sweet.

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"setting the trend rather than following it?"

  (not trying to pick on this poster, just taking this as a general statement which illustrates the lackluster response this incredible effort from dice is getting)
 
Have all you guys harping on the 'copycat theory' forgotten how this shit started in the first place!?  The war between These two started back in the early 2000's.  Battlefield 1942 came out in late 2002 (sept) and blew everyone away.  The first Call of Duty game didn't arrive until one year later, Oct of 2003.  Now if you want to get picky, the two blokes who made Infinityward came from 2015 (I am 90% sure) and they launched Medal of Honor Allied Assault from that studio in Jan of 2002.  That was the first, and last MOH game I gave a damn about.  So those two gentlemen in particular have been in this little back and forth between the two development teams since all the way back then.  Neither team is ripping the other off, its called healthy competition.  And without either studio, one could argue that neither game would be as great as they are.  
 
And if you want to talk about copying Modern Warfare models, Battlefield 2 came out in Early 2005.  When did Modern Warfare come out?  Oh, 2 + years later?  Dice has a history of setting trends, and so does Infinityward, or more accurately Vince and the other guy.  
 With that said, I don't think either game is trying to be the other.  Modern Warfare filled in all the gaps left by the much broader, much more wide-ranging and open combat model forged by the Battlefield franchise.  Then Dice comes back, having learned a thing or two about persistent character progression and dynamic story telling through the medium and make their game BETTER because of it.   
 
Things I noticed from this video that have got me excited about this game are the graphics of course, but really I like the very self serious tone they are setting.  There isn't a ton of "oscar mike!" and "60 mike mike inbound" and all that nonsense.  We'll probably be getting some  of that in the full length game, but I appreciate the very serious and 'down to business' approach in the writing.  I also like the more realistic look at the military tactics of a small squad of specialists.  The way they stack up at corners, and touch or give verbals when they leave cover.  This is shit I WISH my buddies would do when we play MW or BF together now...communication is KEY.  I also liked the general attention to detail in the world.  Everything looks very real, very serious.  I think it reminds me of Black Hawk Down in the best possible way.  Not duplicated that movies action, cause ultimately that's not what we identify with.  It has the potential to just let you see, let you experience the very, incomprehensibly heavy act of pulling that trigger.  Taking lives is not funny, its not easy and it takes its toll on real humans, but when the chips are down, you want to survive.  This looks like a story of survival to me, and that has me pumped.  
 
So who wins the modern warfare battle?
 
We win guys.  We do.  
   "

Looks great. Obviously don't give a shit about this CoD-esque campaign stuff, but multiplayer should be beautiful.

That's one way to take care of pesky snipers.

When will episode 3 be released?

*drooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooools* FINALLY something to push my PC!

Any word on a beta? 

" @Havox said:

" @boysef said:

" still using that whole Terminator Duhn DAH DUHN DUHN theme? "

It's not the Terminator theme. It's the Battlefield theme heavily distorted.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg0Tmydj29M "

I don't care what anyone says, the whole marketing campaign has been Terminator themed. From the whole bass line to the blue themed visuals and videos. It's terminator, not so much an "original" theme remixed. The whole style is terminator, until you get to the actual gameplay footage. "

Looks just as linear as any Call of Duty game but damn.. that noise/synth. Mm-mh!

" Really interested in the particulars about the suppression mechanic. Everytime a bullet whizzes by or hits the cover, there's some kind of visiual effect going on. Wonder if there's more to it and if it applies for multiplayer too.  If yes - I'm really looking forward to suppressing camping snipers with an LMG. That's gonna be sweet. "

That sniper's got to be the worst sniper ever. He's using a .50 cal and he can't hit guys who are sitting on the other side of about 5 inches of concrete? He might as well be shooting at plywood for all the "cover" the good guys have at the end.

Multiplayer.
 
Keep your campaign stuff, not interested.  Played through BC2's single player content and its just not an experience I would buy a game for.  The multiplayer is the the nugget.

I need a new fucking PC.

" That was the worst sniper ever, what was he even shooting at? "

" @chughes737 said:

" Got my new I-7 6 Core 970 and Dual GTX 580's SLI fired up and ready to go!   Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah!  Haven't built a new PC from the ground up for a game since Half Life 2 "

Shouldn't you wait till it comes out so you know the specs better? Not that your specs wouldn't run it. :-) I just mean if you wait till close to when the game comes out, you could get a better rig for the money. "

Only the end of the video was really awesome, but I love what they're doing with terrain effects.

The rooftop looks like it is all reused assets from Mirror's Edge.

" @wewantsthering said:

" @chughes737 said:

" Got my new I-7 6 Core 970 and Dual GTX 580's SLI fired up and ready to go!   Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah Dah!  Haven't built a new PC from the ground up for a game since Half Life 2 "

Shouldn't you wait till it comes out so you know the specs better? Not that your specs wouldn't run it. :-) I just mean if you wait till close to when the game comes out, you could get a better rig for the money. "

I guess I could have if my 10 year old system hadn't given up the ghost...gotta live in the now :) "

Definitely going to build a new PC before this comes out. 

that looks awesome, I guess I will probably need a new video card.

" Looks way too scripted. The "player" isn't even doing anything, he's just watching the rest of the squad. There's like one interactive moment in the whole thing, and that's shooting the RPG. "

Just bought Watson from IBM to run this. Hopefully I can at least get 60fps on all low settings.

is it any different from a standard shooter? no. does it look cool? yea. Gameplay wise, I doubt the single player will be that much different/better than BC2. I can see the multi getting better tho

Very interested in this.

Man, that sniper sure hates pots.

That's pretty ridiculous that one rocket launcher shot just leveled an entire building. I had to chuckle at the whole "You're the best shot!" line when the player kind of just stood up and fired randomly, decimating the wholes structure somehow. 
 
But who am I to hate on greatness. This game looks very good, and is getting hyped up enough to compete with Call of Duty. "Compete" in the same way MMO's try to compete with WOW, but still, compete none the less!

Looks amazing 

Yo, I'm a wizard and that's fucked up. In a good way...

Did anyone else not get the feeling that this was a reference to the pilot episode of Sledge Hammer?

Holy shit that looked awesome. If the whole campaign has this sort of more realistic, intense type of action, then this could be something special. 

" Looks like EA are still looking for that Call of Duty cash. Uh. Ok. Nice graphics I guess? "

Looks awesome!  But I am one to nit-pick so how come the two lead Marines don't have any sort of rear sight aperture or their rifles, from what I can see? Anyone?