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Battlefield 3 - first ingame footage
Topic Started: Friday Feb 25 2011, 10:44 AM (3,269 Views)
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Some interesting gameplay tweaks:

Medic + Assualt classes combined into the one class

Support class can earn points for suppressive fire. LMG's have bipods that can be deployed during prone, on a short wall and even cars. Enemies under fire will receive a slight screen blur as bullets whizz by in close proximity to evoke the sensation of being caught under fire

Engineers will support undersling attachments, with one being a flashlight which can be used to blind enemies in low light situations

Snipers now will have a 'hold breath' button to increase accuracy and eliminate quick scoping problems in previous bf games (Much like COD system I assume). Snipers can go prone, but to avoid pesky campers, lens flare is included so observant people can locate snipers

Vehicles can be immobilized before being destroyed, so turret function still remains until it's eventually blown up or repaired. Blast damage is localized, so not everyone will die in the tanks from a nasty RPG, if it hits the back, the guy in the back may be the only one to cop it
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Origin is quite good, the client is the same as Steam's, looks prettier though, has live support chat, and is getting non-EA games.

Has friend list, chat settings and overlay, it is Steam EA, and since EA is pulling all its games from Steam, this will shortly be the only place to get EA PC games.
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I love how its like "Snipers get hold breath" like its a new feature - its been incorporated into nearly every FPS shooter.
I guess Snipers don't get bipods, which would be good add that extra stability.


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will be getting this on PC as well. Will look much better than the console version and the 64 player is just plain mad! Medic and assault class in one, oh bring it on!!

Loving the sound of this game more and more I hear about it. And if we can set up some OSG nights this will be great :)
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Well we seem to be getting enough PC converteres marcus :P
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I installed Origin, I may did pre-order from this, rather than the store and get 48hr early access + all the extras.
since its $79 much cheaper than from EB i think (and on Xbox).

My username on Origin is 'zero9ine' which was my usual name on Steam and such until i changed it but you can search for me via the XBL name as they both should be linked.

Edited by JAMSIN, Saturday Aug 6 2011, 05:57 PM.


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co-op announced. Both land and air vehicle sequences are present in this mode too....Sa-weeett
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PS3 has Open Beta from the 27th (or 29th i forget) for a week.

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First, we are very happy to announce the dates for the eagerly awaited Battlefield 3 Open Beta. The Beta is open to all and will run from September 29th to October 10th. You can join it by simply going to the going the PlayStation Store and navigating to the Demos section, followed by the Latest PlayStation Demos option – from there you’ll see the link to download the Battlefield 3 demo!


I'd be interested to see if theres a PC one.. I know if you pre-ordered it you get 48hrs early access on PC.

PC Related news.

The system requirements for the settings of BF3 to be on "HIGH" are:

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Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
Processor: Quad-Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics Card: DirectX 11 compatible with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 or ATI RADEON 6950)
Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD ROM Drive


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A full list for ultra settings have not been released. However, developers have been spotted stating that two of the ultra-high end nvidia GTX 580 cards would be required. Another developer has said that they (DICE) commonly uses two ATI 6970 video cards for game development. Whatever the final 'ultra' requirements for Battlefield 3 entails will be very expensive, yet very powerful.


Personally, I'll probably dumb down the graphics for faster FPS, and quicker response to finding people, I found in some games turning the ground detail to lower actually was almost cheat like in finding players laying prone as I had no grass obscuring my view and could see them in plain sight as opposed to having it on.

Plus I don't give a fig about high detailed grass and shadows.. as Ive said before, I don't spend enough time standing looking at the finer details like a twat when you're supposedly in combat.


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good thing i have 2 6970's then @ 2 Gb each....
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Hmmm would be nice if they have a PC Beta, so I can test run the graphics ect. Might just go for another GTX 570. Would love to see it running maxed out
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Save your cash Blitz I doubt its going to make much of a difference visually, but you can always pump it up to ultra check it out then lower it and compare.


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Yeah, dont bother, all it will improve is some particla effects plus AA.
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I like detailed grass... Probably not enough to upgrade my gpu again though...
yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
blue his house with a blue little window
and a blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around
cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...
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So whats the general tally anyway of peeps getting this on PC?

- Blitz
- Marcus
- Necris?
- Branden
- Blue ?
- Myself

Not sure if I missed people who tend to play on PC these days.


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Oh I'm definitely on PC. There's a very slim chance I might get 360 as well, so I can play with my brother in law (that sounds wrong), but PC is my weapon of choice.

I just hope they've implemented pad options for PC as well, so I cn play it on my teev



Edit - driver update time .

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-09-26-drivers-give-bf3-38-percent-performance-boost
Edited by felicitous blue, Monday Sep 26 2011, 10:34 PM.
yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
blue his house with a blue little window
and a blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around
cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...
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Cheers Blue, Driver Updated.

I didnt read the post properly Jammer, I thought those specs you put up before were minimum requirements not 'high' settings. Sounds good though, easily power through on High.....Yay :p

Theres a PC requirements check at the GeForce Page
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Here's the minimum

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows Vista (SP2) 32-bit
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics Card: DirectX 10.0 Compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD ROM Drive
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I guess we'll all need to add each other on origin? I have it installed but haven't spent much time with it...
yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
blue his house with a blue little window
and a blue corvette
and everything is blue for him and hisself
and everybody around
cos he ain't got nobody to listen to

i'm blue da ba dee da ba die...
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Ah poxy origin, wish we coulda just got it through steam, but oh well. Do you guys use teamspeak at all?
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I'll be using my G35 headset so i guess i will use teamspeak. Shame its not on Steam, Origin for me so far has been a bit shit, but so was steam when it first started..
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