The article is on the right line in regards to consoles becoming less popular, but missed the mark regarding gaming in general. The focus should be on alternative methods to releasing blockbuster games to the masses, through digital downloads and cloud streaming etc. My experiences of using Onlive for example have really changed my outlook on the gaming industry. I think the next gen of consoles will be the last in regards to traditional consoles production, the next gen, say in another 8-10 ...
graphics 5/10? I thought this game looked great on the demo.
i have to agree. I was shocked when I saw the UI.
Very underwhelmed. Doesn't feel RPGish at all.
One of the best things of an RPG is going through your skills, stats and items.
This UI has taken the fun out of this.
I completely agree, and this will be more so come the next generation and the introduction of VR.
There we have it, this is really a BETA and not a demo. pheeew lol
Let's hope they take the feedback and make BF3 into the best fps yet.
fix the defending first of all. while i'm getting better at it, it does make this year's fifa less fun and easy to pick up and play.
why do people such as yourself keep on insisting that there is some big conspiricy? Its a computer game for christ sake.
DICE and EA know this game will sell, and yes they have hyped it up like smeg. But they have said, and said again and again, that this is a BETA.
So why miss-trust them? What jave they got to gain from calling this a BETA instead of a Demo? The game on relase day will be the same, regardless, except with some server fine tuning, and the realse wil...
Yep yep yep. so many gamers complaining. instead of whinging, people should provide 'Constructive' feedback. BETAs give the chance for gamers to let the developer know what aspects are broken so they can fix em. This BETA will allow BF3 to be the best possible game it can be on release.
sweet. I might have to a binge on BF3 Beta tonight and see if i can get this unlocked.
looks great. what class is this gadget unlocked under? is it the engineer class?
in a way, the BETA was a marketing triumph.
Everyone is talking about it. Everyone has played it, and while some where expecting a polished demo, instead of a BETA, others saw the game for what it is, a leap forward in fps shooters and the battlefield series. Yeh there are bugs, but there are bugs in every BETA I have played. EVERY BETA!
For me, this is a day one purchase, as in that single level and game mode there is more depth and enjoyment than in other ...
You should expect glitched and bugs in a BETA. That's what they are there for. If we are experiencing these issues, I'm pretty sure that DICE are aware of them too. I remember bugs and such in the bad company betas. they were fixed.
that is the advantage of this generation, patching can be done on the fly. And while we would like bugs and glitches to be none existent in the games we buy, it will just not happen. So much pressure to produce and realse games, to make m...
Visuals aside, what was dissapointing? Seriously?
I played the game, found it fun, notice one or two bugs which I would expect in a BETA, but overall I thought it was a great game.
Clear progression from previous editions.
Other games, such as fallout's release edition, have a lot more bugs than this BETA does, yet people still love playing it?
People have to remember that BF is always going to be different from your ...
Damn, they are both the same! What the hell are people supposed to talk about now on N4G?
Perhaps, just for once, people will actually start talking about how the game plays and what they thought of the story instead of which console version looks the best!
Or maybe everyone will just start comparing this game to ps3 excusives and how it doesn't look as good as uncharted or killzone.
On a positive note, game looks really interesting from the re...
I am losing faith in the intelligence of gamers. While I respect the comments by PaladinXII and had a good bt of banter regarding the BETA build, to suggest that this is what the final game will be like is stupid. Seriously, they called it a BETA, if it was a DEMO they would have called it a DEMO. This isn't politics, the games speak for themselves, and so they don;t really have a reason to lie. The majority of video game sales are generated by adverts and opinions of friends and such. Ha...
Look, you and everyone else are too quick to slate the game when the final version has not been released yet. The donwload for th BETA was 1.6GB or something like that. Think of how much data, such as textures and scripting, would take up.
Let's agree to disagree. Personally, I enjoy the BETA and will definitaly be buying the game. I win. I win because many people, who have slated the BETA, can't enjoy the game because of not superb textures. If something such as a t...
This article made me laugh.
"Additionally, the teams felt unbalanced, with weapons available to level 1 players feeling more powerful on the attacker side than the defender side" - Er, the same weapons are available on both teams?
"Teammates also indicated that the game felt exactly like Medal of Honor" - well yeh, DICE made both.
There is also a general feel that the guy was dissapointed by the lack of vehicles and such and onl...
Maybe the textures we are seeing in the BETA are reduced in quality as they were trying to reduce the download size of the beta installer?
In any case, watching people moan about textures and such makes me sad. This current gen of gamers are gaphics whores. BF3 plays great, looks good and provides a great take on the fps formula by building on what was succesful about previous editions. the fondest games in my memory meant so much to me not because they looked good, but beca...
those first trailers were single player
There is a lot of comparisons being thrown out there. After playing the demo I have to say I don't think there are any RPGs out there that directly compare. Just because it is set in an open world doesn't mean we should be comparing to the likes of Skyrim. They are two different beasts. The fluid gameplay and intense combat sets it a side from the like of skyrim and such. I can't wait to get this game, I just hope the story telling and such is top notch as it could end up being a ...