Battlefield 3 to be revealed

Stingerbar · 17-03-2011 9:13am

Spear wrote: »

Comments here from Patrick Soderlund:

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/84572/battlefield-3-online-can-handle-256-players-but-its-not-fun

"We play tested with 128. You’ve got to make a game that’s fun to play. And, arguably, we think that the most fun you can have is when it’s between 32 and 40 players. And we’ve done substantial research into this and tested 128 and that it’s not fun."

Most fun is between 32 and 40? A bit self-condemning when they have a limit of 24 on the console editions.

Aaarrgghh Patrick Soderlund, **** your research! 128 players would be amazing... nothing, I mean nothing has yet touched the experience of first driving with a dozen tanks on ABerdeen in an armoured spearhead..

Actually when I am playing Vietnam me and a mate grab the D flag on Hastings, manage to scoop both Helicopters, make sure we pick up some passengers, then formation fly them low and fast side by side for maximum cinematic effect.. good times good times

Jim · 18-03-2011 2:32pm

Stingerbar wrote: »

Aaarrgghh Patrick Soderlund, **** your research! 128 players would be amazing... nothing, I mean nothing has yet touched the experience of first driving with a dozen tanks on ABerdeen in an armoured spearhead..

Actually when I am playing Vietnam me and a mate grab the D flag on Hastings, manage to scoop both Helicopters, make sure we pick up some passengers, then formation fly them low and fast side by side for maximum cinematic effect.. good times good times

I don't think I would find 128 players fun at all. I hated 64 in BF, 32 was the sweet spot I felt. 28 is better for BC cause of smaller maps etc.

More players =/= more fun.

Dublin_Gunner · 18-03-2011 2:36pm

Jim wrote: »

I don't think I would find 128 players fun at all. I hated 64 in BF, 32 was the sweet spot I felt. 28 is better for BC cause of smaller maps etc.

More players =/= more fun.

64 BF2 was excellent. Some great battles were had on some maps. I remember one Karkand round being particularly epic.

dreamers75 · 18-03-2011 11:26pm

Jim wrote: »

I don't think I would find 128 players fun at all. I hated 64 in BF, 32 was the sweet spot I felt. 28 is better for BC cause of smaller maps etc.

More players =/= more fun.

Yeah make it Inf ony too

karma_ · 19-03-2011 2:22am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Yeah make it Inf ony too

And where exactly did he say inf only in his post? We not allowed to not like 64 player servers next? Not the first snide remark I've seen from you on this thread, although I'm not altogether surprised.

Dublin_Gunner · 19-03-2011 3:16am

karma_ wrote: »

And where exactly did he say inf only in his post? We not allowed to not like 64 player servers next? Not the first snide remark I've seen from you on this thread, although I'm not altogether surprised.

Bloody hell, untwist those french frillys.

He was onbiously getting at the fact that one of the best things about BF2 was the scale of the battles, and was making a jibe at the others guys opinion.

Thats all.

Relax da kax. Jaysus.

karma_ · 19-03-2011 3:30am

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Bloody hell, untwist those french frillys.

He was onbiously getting at the fact that one of the best things about BF2 was the scale of the battles, and was making a jibe at the others guys opinion.

Thats all.

Relax da kax. Jaysus.

Shan't.

Dublin_Gunner · 19-03-2011 3:51am

karma_ wrote: »

Shan't.

Coola boola. As they say. Whoever 'they' are.

TheFairy · 19-03-2011 10:10am

Lol that you dis Inf Only, yet it became the most played mode in BF2 by a far mile due to the vehicle imbalance. The other BF games didnt suffer from this. 128 and 64 player servers where meh imo as well, all you had were pockets of fighting. Smaller numbers gave a more coherent fight on the one front, far better fun, again IMO!

Jim · 19-03-2011 11:20am

dreamers75 wrote: »

Yeah make it Inf ony too

No?

*shrug*

weiland79 · 19-03-2011 1:48pm

Just to drag this back on topic..... How F'in sweet are those trailers the attention to detail is fantastic but what blows me away are the lighting effects. When they open the door to the rooftop in the sniper trailer and the sun light blinds you a little bit.
And also at the very beginning of the other trailer when the squad get out of the APC the light coming through the archway down the road... just stunning!
This is just the incentive i need to keep on saving for my PC, for some reason i don't think my PS3 or Xbox will do it justice.

'F'ucked up, but still up' < class line.

Oh and the combat looks savage too.

Jim · 19-03-2011 7:13pm

weiland79 wrote: »

for some reason i don't think my PS3 or Xbox will do it justice.

Anyone? Anyone? Buller?

BULLER · 20-03-2011 6:59pm

weiland79 wrote: »

And also at the very beginning of the other trailer when the squad get out of the APC the light coming through the archway down the road... just stunning!
This is just the incentive i need to keep on saving for my PC, for some reason i don't think my PS3 or Xbox will do it justice.

'F'ucked up, but still up' < class line.

Oh and the combat looks savage too.

Make sure you get it for PC! It wont be the same experience on the consoles; I mean it can't be!

That second episode looks as amazing as the first. Hopefully they'll be able to implement the proning properly and use lessons learned from BF2 patching. If done correctly, it can only add to the game.

steve_ · 20-03-2011 7:01pm

This might sound weird but i think ill play the single player campaign on the consoles and the multiplayer on the PC. I enjoy sitting back on the couch and playing through a single player game

the_syco · 20-03-2011 11:26pm

Spear wrote: »

Part 2 is up

http://www.ea.com/battlefield3/videos/faultline-episode-2

Woo-hoo: prone at the one minute mark

Liking the way that you will be crawling on the belly, and not able to slither forward and shoot at the same time.

weiland79 wrote: »

When they open the door to the rooftop in the sniper trailer and the sun light blinds you a little bit.

They had something like that in BF:BC2, to the point where you'd be flying the chopper half blind :S so people just turned the option off.

Soby · 22-03-2011 12:00am

Man that sniper cant shoot for s**t :P
Btw seen on the bottom of the BF BC 2 menu it mentioned soemthing about a Battlefield 3 limited edition.Any more news on it ?

Spear · 22-03-2011 12:01am

Soby wrote: »

Man that sniper cant shoot for s**t :P
Btw seen on the bottom of the BF BC 2 menu it mentioned soemthing about a Battlefield 3 limited edition.Any more news on it ?

It gets you the Back to Karkand expansion for free.

Soby · 22-03-2011 12:03am

Ugh annoyed now from a youtube comment i read.Notice the pots damaged from the first sniper shot.The leaves and stuff jsut fall into the ground.Obviously nothing major but annoying when ya notice it.:P

dpe · 22-03-2011 1:26pm

Any clue about recommended specs for this yet?

grizzly · 22-03-2011 1:46pm

dpe wrote: »

Any clue about recommended specs for this yet?

My guess would be;

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz/AMD Athlon 64 x2 2Ghz or better
GPU: NVidia 8800GT 512Mb/ATI 3850 512Mb or better

Korvanica · 22-03-2011 4:04pm

Hmmm.. id have thought higher...

found this:

http://enterbf3.com/battlefield-3-minimum-requirements.php

While no official announcement of minimum requirements for Battlefield 3 have been made, we do know what engine the game will be running. Frostbite 2.0. Because of this we can estimate what requirements will be expected when Battlefield 3 hits shelves.

Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements
Processor: Quadcore Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 11
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

dpe · 22-03-2011 4:25pm

grizzly wrote: »

My guess would be;

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz/AMD Athlon 64 x2 2Ghz or better
GPU: NVidia 8800GT 512Mb/ATI 3850 512Mb or better

I'd say that's min spec rather than recommended. I look at those demo videos and I'm kind of dubious about how the game will run with my ATI4870....

Spear · 22-03-2011 4:28pm

dpe wrote: »

I'd say that's min spec rather than recommended. I look at those demo videos and I'm kind of dubious about how the game will run with my ATI4870....

I believe they've already said that if you can run BC2 happily, you'll be okay for BF3.

grizzly · 22-03-2011 7:30pm

dpe wrote: »

I'd say that's min spec rather than recommended. I look at those demo videos and I'm kind of dubious about how the game will run with my ATI4870....

Yeah sorry I meant min specs. I'd say the recommended will be very high!

What's the story with the beta?

dpe · 23-03-2011 11:40am

Spear wrote: »

I believe they've already said that if you can run BC2 happily, you'll be okay for BF3.

Think I'm going to upgrade, probably to an Nvidia GTX570 (or whatever's out by then). BF seems to be optimised for Nvidia cards and I can't help thinking 64 players + destructible environments + heavy urban maps = graphics card meltdown.

BULLER · 23-03-2011 1:30pm

dpe wrote: »

Think I'm going to upgrade, probably to an Nvidia GTX570 (or whatever's out by then). BF seems to be optimised for Nvidia cards and I can't help thinking 64 players + destructible environments + heavy urban maps = graphics card meltdown.

I think you're underestimating the power of your current card!

d22ontour · 23-03-2011 8:55pm

Korvanica wrote: »

Hmmm.. id have thought higher...

found this:

Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

DX10 ??

Have yet to see anything regarding this anywhere tbh.DX9 or DX11 would be supported for sure but i would seriously doubt DX10 would be the minimum spec.

Spear · 23-03-2011 9:03pm

d22ontour wrote: »

DX10 ??

Have yet to see anything regarding this anywhere tbh.DX9 or DX11 would be supported for sure but i would seriously doubt DX10 would be the minimum spec.

DX9 is not supported, it's Vista and Win 7 only.

dreamers75 · 23-03-2011 9:38pm

Spear wrote: »

DX9 is not supported, it's Vista and Win 7 only.

That official?

Find it stange they would blank XP when they dont have to. large chunk of people using it.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=pc

Spear · 23-03-2011 9:43pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

That official?

Find it stange they would blank XP when they dont have to. large chunk of people using it.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=pc

It's official, Frostbite 2.0 doesn't support DX9 at all.

http://www.gamersmint.com/dice-battlefield-3-wont-support-windows-xp