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[BATTLEFIELD 3] Open Beta Starts Now!

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    Every time I see footage from this game I have to clean up a pool of drool.

  • LepLep Registered User regular
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?

  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Oh man, that first explosion in the video. First explosion goes off, and you see someone fly into the air for a fraction of a second before it's blocked out by another explosion. goddamn

    I'll never get sick of sound design in this game. The way everything is so cacophonous and constantly overwhelming you with sound just works so well, that theme still gives me chills

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    Lep wrote:
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?
    No.

    Great flopping gravy biscuits, they're really looking to take Call of Duty on with this thing. EXPLOSIONS galore! This might be the first Battlefield game with single player that I'll actually bother to suffer through (although to be fair I would've suffered through Bad Company 2's single player if I could change the field of view).

  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    Lep wrote:
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?
    No.

    Great flopping gravy biscuits, they're really looking to take Call of Duty on with this thing. EXPLOSIONS galore! This might be the first Battlefield game with single player that I'll actually bother to suffer through (although to be fair I would've suffered through Bad Company 2's single player if I could change the field of view).

    you missed nothing by skipping BC2's SP campaign

  • KeasarKeasar Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Klyka wrote:
    Some new single player footage:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5eLbPQt_Pk

    ....fuckballs... o_o
    The beta cant begin soon enough now!

    Keasar on
  • WarcryWarcry I'm getting my shit pushed in here! AustraliaRegistered User regular
    Extracting dogtags WITH the knife now

    awwww
    yeahhhhhh

  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    Calling it now. We get two more teaser videos for Operation Guillotine, one on the 16th and one on the 23rd. Exclusive beta period will probably start then on the 23rd, with the open beta starting on Monday the 25th, 1 month from launch.

    Also...ZOMG THAT VIDEO ʘ⌂ʘ

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    CarbonFire wrote:
    Anyone got a lead on the best and/or cheapest place to preorder this?

    Best legit place is Direct2Drive afaik. ($54 - any coupons / promotions that may be running)
    There are cheaper places that will sell you Origin keys, but they're fairly shady.
    about $46 with one of the 15% off codes for D2D floating around. I think the CAG one is still active

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  • DusdaDusda is ashamed of this post SLC, UTRegistered User regular
    edited September 2011
    MrDelish wrote:
    Lep wrote:
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?
    No.

    Great flopping gravy biscuits, they're really looking to take Call of Duty on with this thing. EXPLOSIONS galore! This might be the first Battlefield game with single player that I'll actually bother to suffer through (although to be fair I would've suffered through Bad Company 2's single player if I could change the field of view).

    you missed nothing by skipping BC2's SP campaign
    It wasn't that forgettable. South America was pretty, and people said funny stuff once in a while.

    Dusda on
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  • ::brainproxy::brainproxy Good day... Sunshine...Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote:
    CarbonFire wrote:
    Anyone got a lead on the best and/or cheapest place to preorder this?

    Best legit place is Direct2Drive afaik. ($54 - any coupons / promotions that may be running)
    There are cheaper places that will sell you Origin keys, but they're fairly shady.
    about $46 with one of the 15% off codes for D2D floating around. I think the CAG one is still active

    CAG code does NOT work anymore.

  • rRootagearRootagea MadisonRegistered User regular
    edited September 2011
    I think this is the first time I've seen computer graphics model that spiky corona you may see around street lamps at night, though I have heard people who don't wear contacts or have not had laser eye surgery don't see it.

    rRootagea on
  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Dusda wrote:
    MrDelish wrote:
    Lep wrote:
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?
    No.

    Great flopping gravy biscuits, they're really looking to take Call of Duty on with this thing. EXPLOSIONS galore! This might be the first Battlefield game with single player that I'll actually bother to suffer through (although to be fair I would've suffered through Bad Company 2's single player if I could change the field of view).

    you missed nothing by skipping BC2's SP campaign
    It wasn't that forgettable. South America was pretty, and people said funny stuff once in a while.

    It had some funny moments.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRdbmjwaEo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbB4NRSvMwY

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  • KeasarKeasar Registered User regular
    Dusda wrote:
    MrDelish wrote:
    Lep wrote:
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?
    No.

    Great flopping gravy biscuits, they're really looking to take Call of Duty on with this thing. EXPLOSIONS galore! This might be the first Battlefield game with single player that I'll actually bother to suffer through (although to be fair I would've suffered through Bad Company 2's single player if I could change the field of view).

    you missed nothing by skipping BC2's SP campaign
    It wasn't that forgettable. South America was pretty, and people said funny stuff once in a while.

    It had some funny moments.
    It did, but the thing that bothered me the most was the suddenly serious and kinda smart Haggard guy in some scenes, I liked him alot more in Bad Company 1.

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Warcry wrote:
    Extracting dogtags WITH the knife now

    awwww
    yeahhhhhh

    I laughed so fucking hard at how awesome that animation was, especially when synced with the music afterwards.

    GHNNNNGNGN MY NUTS CAN'T TAKE THIS HYPE

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    Yeah, BC1's SP was better

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    rRootagea wrote:
    I think this is the first time I've seen computer graphics model that spiky corona you may see around street lamps at night, though I have heard people who don't wear contacts or have not had laser eye surgery don't see it.

    L4D and L4D2 has some really nice lens effects, of course it looks gorgeous here.

  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    Damnit all I want to do is play night maps now.

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote:
    Damnit all I want to do is play night maps now.

    It was bizarre to play Nelson Bay in the day on conquest.

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  • MulletudeMulletude Registered User regular
    I have Dead Island and Deus Ex sitting right there...But I may have to have a BC2 marathon tonite to help with the hype building up in my brain.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    The night maps in BC2 were weird, because it really wasn't dark, just like a shade of blue, light sources didn't light anything up.

  • SonorkSonork CanadaRegistered User regular
    Those explosions at night, wow. Best i've ever seen in any game to date.

  • Angry WeaselAngry Weasel Registered User regular
    Is there a donation link for the server yet?

  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Sonork wrote:
    Those explosions at night, wow. Best i've ever seen in any game to date.

    "Get that grenade out!"

    *boom*

    *BOOM*

    0Replace4Displace on
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  • emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    There are night maps in BC2?

  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2011
    emp123 wrote:
    There are night maps in BC2?

    Nelson Bay.

    Nelson-bay.jpg

    It was a night map, but they evidently needed it bright enough to not require NVGs. The result was kinda eh.

    Suriko on
  • 0Replace4Displace0Replace4Displace The best girls are ships and guns. Registered User regular
    emp123 wrote:
    There are night maps in BC2?

    Only Nelson Bay rush.

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  • emp123emp123 Registered User regular
    Alright, thats the only one I could think of, I thought I was missing out on something, hahaha.

  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    Tasty details.

    Some of them:
    -A spawn beacon in the outdoors spawns you with a parachute drop, which you can control. Spawn beacon goes away as soon as you spawn on it.
    -Transport choppers are rewarded for focusing on transport.
    -Squad bonuses don't stack.

    Satsumomo on
  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    Dusda wrote:
    MrDelish wrote:
    Lep wrote:
    Oh man does that trailer mean we can boost dudes over walls?
    No.

    Great flopping gravy biscuits, they're really looking to take Call of Duty on with this thing. EXPLOSIONS galore! This might be the first Battlefield game with single player that I'll actually bother to suffer through (although to be fair I would've suffered through Bad Company 2's single player if I could change the field of view).

    you missed nothing by skipping BC2's SP campaign
    It wasn't that forgettable. South America was pretty, and people said funny stuff once in a while.

    It had some funny moments.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRdbmjwaEo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbB4NRSvMwY

    I wonder if those were improv.

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  • Waka LakaWaka Laka Riding the stuffed Unicorn If ya know what I mean.Registered User regular
    This was my favourite conversation from BFBC2, quite long and there are some early mission spoilers.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEhZEMJMB4o&feature=related

  • UEAKCrashUEAKCrash heh Registered User regular
    They could string together hours of that kind of dialogue with bits of gun fighting and I would play it.

  • NeliNeli Registered User regular
    Yeah the dialogue was the only good thing about BC2 that I can remember. There was not enough of it though

    They should just hire a group of improvising actors and sit them down in a room and have them act their characters for a few hours, talking about random stuff. Listening to that would make boring treks through the jungle more fun

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  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    All of that dialogue sounds very improvised, but in a good way. It's like they asked the voice actors to just start talking among themsevels in character and enough of it was good so they included it. It's those little touches that really made BC2 and Battlefield in general, better than COD, for me.

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    I love the dialogue in BC2. I enjoyed the tone of the game in general. I hope it carries over to the BF3 singleplayer.

  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXnOSf8TLYQ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5Gi1i5Qa4

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Kl46CXVlU

    "Do you believe in God?"
    "As a I believe in Jesus Christ and the Easter Bunny, yes I do."

    Gotta love Haggard.

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  • ::brainproxy::brainproxy Good day... Sunshine...Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    So tired of page 11....

    Anyone see this? A countdown of mystery!!

    http://www.physicalwarfare.com/

    Meh... fake sadly.

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  • CarbonFireCarbonFire See you in the countryRegistered User regular
    Sarksus wrote:
    I love the dialogue in BC2. I enjoyed the tone of the game in general. I hope it carries over to the BF3 singleplayer.

    They've said BF3 will have a far more serious tone than BC2. I'm sure the inevitable BC3 will bring back the comedy, but you'll probably have to wait till 2013 for it :P

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  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    "If I die, will you guys miss me?"

    The exchange there is fantastic. More games need to let actors improvise. Shit like this, slightly meandering with a few interlaced "umms", "errs", and momentary pauses, feels very genuine compared to most scripted action-movie stuff.

  • ArchsorcererArchsorcerer Registered User regular
    There is an image floating of the beta on the 360.

    Anyone who got Medal of Honor has any news?

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