Battlefield 3

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  1. NerdyJack
    Nov 15, 2013
    7
    Could easily be a 9 but the web plugin stuff sucks! Don't get me wrong I like this game, so much, this game is so fun that I played it for 300 hours already. However, it also gave me a lot of headache. I spent I don't know, maybe more than 10 hours fixing it from time to time. I really miss the good old days in BC2 where the server filter is in game, and I like the graphics style in BC2Could easily be a 9 but the web plugin stuff sucks! Don't get me wrong I like this game, so much, this game is so fun that I played it for 300 hours already. However, it also gave me a lot of headache. I spent I don't know, maybe more than 10 hours fixing it from time to time. I really miss the good old days in BC2 where the server filter is in game, and I like the graphics style in BC2 better (The graphics in BF3 is amazing, but I don't like its muddy style)...… Expand
  2. altruista
    Dec 8, 2013
    5
    http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/battlefield-3/user-reviews

    Few years ago I used to play BF1942 a lot. I really enjoyed it. Yesterday I decided to try BF3 because of nostalgia and I wanted to play some FPS with nice graphics. But this game is utter rubbish. Totally unbalanced, sky is full of planes and helicopters, tanks are camping on my spawn, vehicles are overpowered,    http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/battlefield-3/user-reviews

    Few years ago I used to play BF1942 a lot. I really enjoyed it.

    Yesterday I decided to try BF3 because of nostalgia and I wanted to

    play some FPS with nice graphics. But this game is utter rubbish.

    Totally unbalanced, sky is full of planes and helicopters, tanks are

    camping on my spawn, vehicles are overpowered, screen is full of blue

    and orange icons, after few minutes of play building are destroyed so

    infantry can't hide. Because of IMBA vehicles people don't go anywhere

    by foot, they wait on spawn for jets, tanks etc. EA this game so

    much I can't believe it. Unplayable rubbish. Oh and I almost forgot you

    need to play and play to unlock weapons (or pay). And singleplayer is

    basically CoD with all scriptness I hate. While playing single you

    can't do a thing, you can't jump of the roof, you can't go whenever you

    like, you must exactly follow the script makes singleplayer so

    pointless and boring. But hey, graphics are great.

    tl;dr; singleplayer is heavily scripted copy of CoD, multiplayer is

    unbalanced rubbish. Graphics are great.    … Expand
  3. tyler89
    Oct 26, 2011
    5
    To begin, I am a fan of both Cal of Duty: MW and a fan of BF, so my viewpoint is non-partisan on my review. Personally, BF3 was something I truly expected a lot more out of when I played the game through yesterday; I was not really impressed. The campaign seemed short, the dialogue medicore (although Homefront's story sucked way, way more), and there were some glitches that made theTo begin, I am a fan of both Cal of Duty: MW and a fan of BF, so my viewpoint is non-partisan on my review. Personally, BF3 was something I truly expected a lot more out of when I played the game through yesterday; I was not really impressed. The campaign seemed short, the dialogue medicore (although Homefront's story sucked way, way more), and there were some glitches that made the experience less than thrilling. For example, one glitch I found was that I had to destroy an enemy helicopter with troops running into it at some airbase. I kept calling in my Warthog to destroy the target, aiming precisely where they were, but the game would not execute the kill. I ended up having to restart to a previous checkpoint, just so that I could try at it again. On the second run, I managed to kill the targets in question and moved on through the game. In the multi-player aspect of the game, I thought it was better than Battlefield 2, in some respects. The gameplay was more fluent, the controls seemed easier to work with, yet the maps I played on, such as Caspian Border, are way, way too big, even with 30 + players. I found myself alone for minutes at a time guarding some outpost before I would even see an enemy try to attack me. I appreciate the idea of having bigger maps, but not at the expense of not having continuing gameplay against other players. Does Battlefield 3 have good aspects to it, definitely. Do I think it is as bad as some other previous FPS I have played, such as Homefront, no. Yet, the story leaves something to be desired... an emotional connection, the multi-player feature seems pretty good, but map layouts are a big handicap, and subtle glitches made this game seem like it should have been in the works for some time more. That's just my honest opinion. I know the MW fanboys will scream with joy, and BF fanboys are going to have a blood vessel pop, but as I said previously, I am non-partisan to either game.… Expand
  4. Moses89
    Nov 11, 2011
    6
    Eh. Graphics are nice if you can run it... Otherwise the multiplayer is a pass for me. Its the same thing Dice is known for, crappy realism. Practically all of the guns feel like airsoft. (fake and pointless) Helicopters are slower than glaciers (well it almost feels that slow) and jets, which are back, feel slower than glaciers it seems like a jet should feel like its going 500mph not 50mph.
  5. SwoopTrust
    Aug 31, 2012
    6
    Single player is mostly unmemorable. Multi player is great to a certain extent. Graphics are pretty good, but the glare and the overall "blue n' orange" tint of all the game kinda ruins the experience a bit.
  6. Valleymsx
    Nov 6, 2011
    7
    I change my opinion with this game, finaly Battlelog finish with my patience... this is a good game, but the Battlelog is the poor system to manage this type of game... is slow to find a server, don't filter password servers... this is a Battlefacebook style... very very frustating... i will uninstall now... GTX480 is no a good card for this game.
  7. Berzerker556
    Nov 6, 2011
    6
    The game overall is fun, multiplayer is Ok. Lots of graphical issues for me, verts being misshapen and so on. From time to time the game loads in and all of the character models are stuck in default rigging pose (t-pose). Lots of issues with the single player campaign getting suck in a loop with some of the video as well as the AI being able to see through the destructible objects.The game overall is fun, multiplayer is Ok. Lots of graphical issues for me, verts being misshapen and so on. From time to time the game loads in and all of the character models are stuck in default rigging pose (t-pose). Lots of issues with the single player campaign getting suck in a loop with some of the video as well as the AI being able to see through the destructible objects. Speaking of destructibles, a lot of them fall apart when a scene loads. Overall, a typical EA game, lots of hype and a failure to deliver a bug free game. Granted, all games have bugs, but in the 60 AAA game space the bug count for BF3 is unacceptable. Performance on my machine is about 40fps @ ultra settings. Most of the time except to the above mentioned exploding verts, blocky, fractured shadows, and random, blocky pixelation on some of the textures. There is also a tendency for frame hopping and stuttering when running. Origin is a toll pain in the ass. I hate it. I am actually on the verge of returning the game just so i don't have to deal with origin to play it. It is horrible. EA needs to go back to steam.

    In the end, I should have gotten BF3 on xbox so I could trade it in for CODMW3 in a few days.    … Expand
  8. RaycxellTorres
    Nov 11, 2011
    5
    The game is mediocre,above average at best.
    The story is so generic,i think CoD has more originality than this crap,and to add insult to injury it only takes about 4-5 hours....Are developers being lazy on purpose just because they know their game will sell?
    Now the multiplayer is a whole other story,this mode is just fun as hell,the vehicles control well,the guns feel like they have some    The game is mediocre,above average at best.
    The story is so generic,i think CoD has more originality than this crap,and to add insult to injury it only takes about 4-5 hours....Are developers being lazy on purpose just because they know their game will sell?
    Now the multiplayer is a whole other story,this mode is just fun as hell,the vehicles control well,the guns feel like they have some weight to it and is overall a fun experience...on PC,if you're playing on consoles everything is downgraded.
    The sound is excellent and the graphics look great on PC while consoles look kinda meh.But i do hate that they changed the great music from the previous games to this crappy radio like sounds.
    If the game dropped it's price to i'd say $30 on PC,sure go ahead and go straight to the multiplayer .Same goes for consoles,but i'd wait till it's about $20 or less.    … Expand
  9. MadCoyoteJoe
    Nov 10, 2011
    5
    My buddy bought this game played it online for like a week with him it had some ok cool things like vehicles which are fun but gets kinda boring. The maps are usually to big lots of campers, which i guess is how war would be but when you play a smaller map and still the other team is all snipers in the woods and you cannot find anybody else come on really. If you wanna play like that itsMy buddy bought this game played it online for like a week with him it had some ok cool things like vehicles which are fun but gets kinda boring. The maps are usually to big lots of campers, which i guess is how war would be but when you play a smaller map and still the other team is all snipers in the woods and you cannot find anybody else come on really. If you wanna play like that its fine not for me though. I did like the building destruction was pretty awesome. If some one was in a building you could take the walls down around them. So only a couple cool things and the rest was just boring.… Expand
  10. ristlin
    Jan 6, 2012
    6
    In a perfect world, this game is great. Unfortunately, this isn't a perfect world and this game hasn't been able to keep with the imperfections, which has led to many, many headaches that interrupt what could have been a great ride. BF3 is a roller coaster that is the best ride in the park on a good day, but always seems to be broken when you want to get on. From failing to start to someIn a perfect world, this game is great. Unfortunately, this isn't a perfect world and this game hasn't been able to keep with the imperfections, which has led to many, many headaches that interrupt what could have been a great ride. BF3 is a roller coaster that is the best ride in the park on a good day, but always seems to be broken when you want to get on. From failing to start to some jerk ruining the experience for everyone, just trying to get in to have fun is a chore that often puts off many players. If you have a shiny new rig, you are less likely to run into the technical errors that others are facing, and consequently, probably have no issue running the punkbuster. In a perfect world, this game would be perfect. Too bad it isn't.… Expand
  11. Stormcrow666
    Oct 25, 2011
    6
    An average shooter with some good graphics. Very linear and static. It does steal a lot from the COD franchise. There are alot of problems with the mp version and the sp version is very linear and quite average in comparison to other great fps(Crysis1). Too much shine and not enough substance.
  12. Cyberz
    Oct 30, 2011
    7
    It's a great game but it needs some fixes!!
    In few patches it will be 9-10 !
  13. osoichan
    Nov 12, 2011
    6
    The gameplay is awesome same as graphics but game crashes a lot. I get disconected in almost all games and my stats just fade away. I feel like playing buggy beta ver. I get pissed cause of this crashes.
  14. Faoeoa
    Jan 4, 2012
    5
    What do you get when you get horrible DRM, namely origin, Battlelog, and a terrible matchmaking system, yet fascinating gameplay, and amazing graphics? I say a mixed game, it's a fine FPS, but on PC this is HORRIBLE, bugs really ruined this game, the gameplay is good, but co-op seems like a chore, not fun, matchmaking will pit you against people 3x better than you, if you don't want moreWhat do you get when you get horrible DRM, namely origin, Battlelog, and a terrible matchmaking system, yet fascinating gameplay, and amazing graphics? I say a mixed game, it's a fine FPS, but on PC this is HORRIBLE, bugs really ruined this game, the gameplay is good, but co-op seems like a chore, not fun, matchmaking will pit you against people 3x better than you, if you don't want more DRM crap shoved onto your PC, too bad, Bioware, DICE and more have been forced to put games on Origin.… Expand
  15. DeGreZet
    Jun 23, 2012
    7
    http://forum.cdaction.pl/index.php?autocom=blog&blogid=2556&showentry=36612
  16. LongBowMan
    Nov 14, 2011
    5
    My review will be short... The game itself is actually pretty good, not amazing, certainly doesänt give the thrill of previous BF releases but it compliments the FPS genre nicely give or take a few new release bugs.

    My gripe is with the mandatory installation of Origin. A terribly glitchy program required to play BF3 at all unless you use a hack to get around it which no    My review will be short... The game itself is actually pretty good, not amazing, certainly doesänt give the thrill of previous BF releases but it compliments the FPS genre nicely give or take a few new release bugs.

    My gripe is with the mandatory installation of Origin. A terribly glitchy program required to play BF3 at all unless you use a hack to get around it which no consumer should have to do just to play a dam game that they've spent 40 quid on. Origin's EULA states that it collects data from your pc including post code, IP address, installed software and hardware and a few more things which it reserves the right to share with its "third partys" without our consent as consumers. I do not believe that wanting to play a video game online entitles them to this kind of personal information and on that base alone whilst Origin remains a mandatory component of all future EA releases i will refuse to purchase any products at all from the company whatsoever.

    I may perhaps continue buying products in the future if Origin is removed and a formal apology is sent to the world from EA for all the customers they're losing through this gross display of power hunger.

    Until then EA can shove Origin...    … Expand
  17. computerology
    Nov 14, 2011
    5
    PS3 version. Graphics are excellent. Gameplay is excellent. Campaign is excellent. Multiplayer I rate a 5/10 which is what I base my review on. IMO this is an excellent game in all aspects except multiplayer. EA has done an excellent job but has forgotten the number 1 killer of multiplayer games which makes anyone other than the most addicted of children frustrated and turn the gamePS3 version. Graphics are excellent. Gameplay is excellent. Campaign is excellent. Multiplayer I rate a 5/10 which is what I base my review on. IMO this is an excellent game in all aspects except multiplayer. EA has done an excellent job but has forgotten the number 1 killer of multiplayer games which makes anyone other than the most addicted of children frustrated and turn the game off. While I love the game and the gameplay, the weapons, the graphics, I find the multiplayer mode totally infuriating at times. Here is why.

    The game physics and weapon physics are so totally unrealistic that it is not just annoying, but just plain stupid at times.

    When you are playing a sniper with a 12x scope with upgraded rifle and you are ducked just around a corner in prone position and you take 2 seconds to target someone, then to have them head shot you practically instantly with a sub machine gun from 250 yards, you just know something is wrong with the game physics altogether. This scenario can play itself out over and over and over again in this game, which will drive anyone but the most addicted of children away from multiplayer. Engineers are somewhat the biased best character role in this game because of this physics flaw. Because you can use practically any weapon as a sniper rifle and the engineer comes with a rocket launcher and equipment repair kit, the engineer class totally dominates which is nothing short of rediculous.

    Nowhere in real modern warfare do you hear of the amazing engineer battling it out at the front lines wasting people except in this game.

    The game physics, despite EAs tremendous experience with EA Sports and other first person shooter type games also lack duress or fatigue. So it is no problem for a player to run constantly and target people perfectly for 20 minutes straight. To be honest, games like this make me happy because I play paintball and these games lure people into the sport. They think they can run and shoot and run and shoot with perfect aim and they certainly learn the laws of fatigue and physics on the real field - because they cant hit the broad side of a barn as they are so tired and they have rented some M4 replica gun that shoots fast but is inaccurate as heck.

    In this game the AI in the campaign scenarios even on hard difficulty mask this lack in physics by merely ACTING more realistically. However EA would have done the game far more justice by improving the physics and letting the AI play harder.

    If I had a penny for every time I was sniped by a small sub machine pistol like a SCAR-H at significant range I would be a millionaire. It forces me to just turn off the game in frustration very often.

    If this was several years ago I would have given this same game a review with a 10 rating. However EA has to get their act together when it comes to physics, the PS3 is no longer a new device nor is the genre of first person military campaign shooter.

    I also must say that the controls are truly frustrating, counterintuitive, and you cannot change them. For example the fire button is the R1 button while the R2 button is the knife. This leads you in instinctive mode accidentally pulling out the knife when you are trying to shoot until you get used to it. The controls also reverse all over the place depending on what vehicle and fire mode you are in. For example when in first person mode, R1 is fire, R2 is knife, L1 is zoom and L2 is grenade. Jump in a tank however and then R1 becomes IR smoke, R2 becomes throttle, L2 becomes brake and L1 becomes fire. Switching weapons at least is stable at triangle. When you are in an aircraft the controls also jump all over the place. That granted, the game does do a decent job of telling you what the controls are as the game plays. The control system would be better if the buttons were a bit more intuitive and stable, such as R2 was always fire and L2 was always zoom and maybe when driving make the jump button throttle. I'm sure they did their best but I was playing this game extensively with two very experienced FPS gamers who have been playing FPS games for a combined 25 years and the controls took a ton of getting used to.

    On the audio side the sound in general is fantstic but again in multiplayer they totally dropped the ball. There is no audio setting to shut up the squad communication system. Normally this is fine because most people dont use it but it is not uncommon to have some guy's microphone held on in vox hearing his TV and game sounds or some fool breathing like he's getting it on for the entire round which is very distracting.

    Overall it is a great game, but EA could certainly do a lot better than this when it comes to physics, control setting flexibility, and audio settings and most importantly of all fatigue. You cant run 10 miles then aim like youve been sitting for 10 minutes in prone. MP mode gives inordinate advantage to those with no life.    … Expand
  18. shadowoflight
    Dec 1, 2011
    6
    1st of all, fanboys: don't hate.

    COD and BF are 2 different games. One is a intense tactical shooter, the other's an intense strategic shooter. It's like fans of hatchbacks and coupes fighting over which car is the best. Come on man, grow up, they are great for different people. Anyway. Graphic wise, I had issue with the facial expressions of the humans though. They were very detailed    1st of all, fanboys: don't hate.

    COD and BF are 2 different games.

    One is a intense tactical shooter, the other's an intense strategic shooter.

    It's like fans of hatchbacks and coupes fighting over which car is the best. Come on man, grow up, they are great for different people.

    Anyway.

    Graphic wise, I had issue with the facial expressions of the humans though. They were very detailed dolls. It's a small disappointment considering the amount of effort put into making realistic motion and such, but you're not staring at faces most of the time in BF3 eh? Apart from the slightly laggish rendering that's pronouced when looking around quickly, the environments and vehicles were fantastic, as expected.

    The music sucks, but the sound effects were great.

    The campaign was rubbish. After all their marketing and insecure justifications, it's just a wannabe COD campaign. The story was...o-k...but it was poorly narrated. Honestly, Bad Company had much better campaigns. Heck, even the rubbish thrown out by Treyarch's better. Just.

    Multiplayer is where is shines. As expected from the BF series, maps can be huge and when playing with the right group of people, expect epic battles and intense tit-for-tat movement of objectives. However, compared to COD multiplayer, the learning curve is higher and the pace is much slower, so, unfortunately, fantastic game though it is, it'll very unlikely surpass COD as one of the hottest multiplayer franchises.    … Expand
  19. moholdt
    Dec 3, 2011
    6
    I'm new to the series and bought this game pre-release because it looked really good. And I was right. The visuals was amazing. I did not however realize that this was primarely a multiplayer game.

    Now, I don't think it's fair to downrate a game too much because of my expectations. I'm not a big fan of multiplayer. It's a world unknown to me habitated by invincible players too good for me    I'm new to the series and bought this game pre-release because it looked really good. And I was right. The visuals was amazing. I did not however realize that this was primarely a multiplayer game.

    Now, I don't think it's fair to downrate a game too much because of my expectations. I'm not a big fan of multiplayer. It's a world unknown to me habitated by invincible players too good for me to enjoy it. I don't really have the time, nor do I want to improve. So I'm more of a single player, story-mode player.

    The single player was short, uninspiring and like any other cliché. It's like the writers have some sort of story generator with just a few factors like: "Russian" "Middle East" "Conspiracy" "Explosions" "American hero" etc. It's boring and a perspective we've all seen too much of in movies and games. I don't honestly think that this is what players want. Now, imagine this beautifully developed game with a solid single player story mode. A story mode that had the same magnitude as, let's say, Skyrim or Fallout. Where you develop your character. Explore cities, "dungeons" etc. Sounds like a roleplaying game but it really doesn't have to be.

    All in all not worth the money if you're looking for a single player adventure. I really can't speak for the multiplayer community though.    … Expand
  20. tandex
    Dec 11, 2011
    6
    The campaign is simply frustrating to play, since it runs on rails most of the time. The quick time events were innovative 12 years ago in Shenmue, but in BF3 the first person view and lack of control is just disorienting and a waste of time. It's not possible to think your way through any situation, you just have to follow the tracks. The story from start to finish was not engaging.The campaign is simply frustrating to play, since it runs on rails most of the time. The quick time events were innovative 12 years ago in Shenmue, but in BF3 the first person view and lack of control is just disorienting and a waste of time. It's not possible to think your way through any situation, you just have to follow the tracks. The story from start to finish was not engaging.
    Multiplayer can be addictive, the mechanics haven't changed much since BF2. The gameplay is polished and looks and sounds fantastic. Some of the first maps are a bit too closed in, as I was expecting to play on the full map size. A gamepad works well for airborne vehicles. You'll want to have a book when you're loading up the multiplayer, since the server browser takes a few minutes to actually load into a game. Don't pay full price for the game, but wait for a good sale instead. You'll need a broadband connection to download the 4GB patches that have come out recently.    … Expand
  21. yumdumpster
    Dec 23, 2011
    5
    Poor release ruined the game for me. Upon release of the game I was constantly plagued by crashes blue screens and other problems, so much so that it has really nixed any chances of me ever playing this game again. While I will admit that the game itself it absolutely beautiful, I really have not played more than two hours of this game since i originally bought it.
  22. EkimGib
    Oct 25, 2011
    6
    I thought I would like this game when I bought it about 4 hours ago. With all the hype and videos around the game I thought I might at least have some kind of fun playing the game. Sadly I was absolutely wrong. I haven't even had this game for even half of a half a day and I already listed it on Ebay. I bought it for PS3 so maybe PC may differ but the PS3 version is just plain ugly. II thought I would like this game when I bought it about 4 hours ago. With all the hype and videos around the game I thought I might at least have some kind of fun playing the game. Sadly I was absolutely wrong. I haven't even had this game for even half of a half a day and I already listed it on Ebay. I bought it for PS3 so maybe PC may differ but the PS3 version is just plain ugly. I assumed that the game wouldn't look quite like the trailer but the presentation just killed my interest. I've been shooting at russians/terrorists in just about every shooter in the last 10 years, I didn't need to do it again. I tried the multiplayer but even that couldn't hold me very long. I played about 2-3 matches before I realized it was not much better than the beta. I'm no CoD fanboy but I do have to say at least I had fun playing it, this game not so much. Not that I will be buying MW3 anytime soon. I'm boycotting this genre, and buying all my games used from now on. Biggest waste of $60 I could think of.… Expand
  23. Russell101
    Oct 31, 2011
    6
    This is my first time reviewing a game, and I decided to do so because of mediocre experience with BF3. I've had great experiences with the BF series specifically 2142 and BF Bad Company 2. Both great games that sucked hours of my time. must agree that BF3 is the by the best looking game in the BF series, but I'm very disappointed in the game menu interface (i.e. multiplayer, campaignThis is my first time reviewing a game, and I decided to do so because of mediocre experience with BF3. I've had great experiences with the BF series specifically 2142 and BF Bad Company 2. Both great games that sucked hours of my time. must agree that BF3 is the by the best looking game in the BF series, but I'm very disappointed in the game menu interface (i.e. multiplayer, campaign selection), and single player campaign. More importantly I'm very disappointed about being forced to download a bloated client (origin) to run MY game. I don't care if EA wants to use it as social media service. Quite frankly, I do not regularly use the mainstream social media sites (except reddit). If i understood that I needed to use Origin and install a web plug-in. I wouldn't have bought the game. For the following user experience please note that I own a brand new Alienware Area-51 rig, with i7 and Crossfire enabled on twin 6870s. To start BF3 you click on the BF3 icon, then you wait about 30 seconds to a minute until Origin starts, again you wait another minute, finally firefox starts. At this point to play multiplayer, you need to set or reset your server filter depending on what type of game you want to play (i.e. rush or conquest). Once you have your filter in place, you need to select your server. You'll probably go through 5 or 6 until you find an available server. Now you can join a game and the game starts loading, so prepare to wait another minute or two. Finally you're in the game and hopefully you're not changing maps, because you'll need to wait a few more minutes. Now you in the game, and you'll get to experience some pretty good game play.

    I thought the game play was good if you were a soldier. You could sprint as much as needed, the shooting and rifles we're fun as hell. You could run, dive jump and move quick to cover. I didn't enjoy being a sniper as I thought their wasn't as many good snipe points as BC2 or 2142. That was really disappointing to me as I love being a sniper. As for the vehicles, they sure as hell look pretty. However, I felt that the vehicles we're non-responsive, and the damage they did was poor in comparison to Bad Company 2. As a game play note, make sure you have your controls down when you try flying a jet.

    Overall an average game, and because of the Origin experience I'm getting nervous about play SWTOR. I'm not going to ask for my money back, but I hope they improve it dramatically. I'd much sooner have a native client to run the game.    … Expand
  24. ThePHOXman
    Nov 22, 2011
    6
    In my opinion, this is NOT a true Battlefield sequel to Battlefield 2. This game should be called Bad Company 3. It feels more like a Bad Company game because of the lack of diversity in the classes, the 4 man squads still, no commander support, only communicating through typing and not being able to use a microphone, etc. I still enjoy Battlefield 2 more than this game. And that is aIn my opinion, this is NOT a true Battlefield sequel to Battlefield 2. This game should be called Bad Company 3. It feels more like a Bad Company game because of the lack of diversity in the classes, the 4 man squads still, no commander support, only communicating through typing and not being able to use a microphone, etc. I still enjoy Battlefield 2 more than this game. And that is a shame and a disappointment. Games these days are catching the COD disease, the disease that KILLS the good things from their older games to make it feel more like COD. It's a good game....for about 10 hours...Then it just gets repetitive and then eventually, just plain boring.… Expand
  25. ogower
    Oct 30, 2011
    5
    As a fan of the series since Battlefield 1942 and someone who after Bad Company 2 can never go back to a place without destructible terrain I was excited. I had seen the adverts, watched the movies and read the previews and was looking forward to more destruction, more realism etc etc. What I got instead was something that reminded me of Frontlines: Fuel of War in look and character andAs a fan of the series since Battlefield 1942 and someone who after Bad Company 2 can never go back to a place without destructible terrain I was excited. I had seen the adverts, watched the movies and read the previews and was looking forward to more destruction, more realism etc etc. What I got instead was something that reminded me of Frontlines: Fuel of War in look and character and something that sent me back to Battlefield: Vietnam in terms of my satisfaction. In multiplayer, this looks pretty good in places but it feels laggy, it looks and plays arcadey and it does not live up to its promise in its current form. It is not (and on reflection was not intended as) a sequel to Bad Company 2, which is what I personally wanted but it also does not feel like BF2. It feels lighter, less substantial, less grown up almost. It is disappointing...particularly given the lack of destruction compared to BFBC2.

    In single player the campaign is okay if unfulfilling, with make-work tasks, plots like half the recent FPS' out there, dull mass enemies that remind me of DF: Black Hawk Down and one of the most bizarre design decisions I have seen in a long time. Someone thought that I would enjoy mashing the space bar or mashing E and the left mouse button to stimulate some events instead of using..erm..skill. Its like playing Dragon's Lair, mashing the button and watching Dirk act out some event over which you have barely any control. Weird..

    Overall I am disappointed. If you want more BF2 you might feel that although this looks good it is still a bit light, a bit arcadey and insubstantial. If you want more BC2 then wait for Bad Company 3 (if it is on the cards).    … Expand
  26. evanrm
    Nov 8, 2011
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I previously wrote a review where I dissed the web-based server browser. Nothing has changed there. It forces the game executable to quit every time I want to change servers. That's quite simply madness.

    I have raised my review score to a 7 however. This is because I finally realised that BF3 is NOT a sequel to BF2. It's a sequel to Bad Company 2. In fact, apart from new weapons and maps, it's EXACTLY the same as Bad Company 2. Bad Company 2 was a fine game, but I was hoping for a real Battlefield game. That being said, Bad Company 3 is okay. They've screwed up the rush maps on the smaller ones (Grand Bizarre, Tehran Highway etc) where you don't really advance, you just move around the map.

    Graphics are buggy, spawns are a bit whack, the UI is totally console based.

    Not a bad game, but not what they claimed. Bad Company 3. Enjoy.    … Expand
  27. Dustysis
    Oct 28, 2011
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Battlefield 3 not best game of the year. This so good first person action from DICE. Battlefield 3 very good multiplayer shooter. Coop not bad, and single so cool and boring. So strange, you agree?… Expand
  28. Kreebog
    Oct 28, 2011
    6
    Frustrated. Campaign mode is utter crap and there appears to be no local server mode at all, no way to enjoy private games with friends without renting a server, and no way to allow people to practice, explore, or learn how to fly the helicopter and jet. Online multiplayer is fun, though always a mad scramble for vehicles. Otherwise, it's really not much different than other genre titles.
  29. DrCola
    Nov 19, 2011
    6
    Look guys, origin is not that bad, considering the same is with steam and so many other secret aspects of life (thats a different topic) so im going to give this a fair unbias review, battlefield used to be the best FPS ever, but they absorbed the console market into their bloodstream, and the result of this merge is battlefield 3, or as me and a few friends call it, field of duty. It isLook guys, origin is not that bad, considering the same is with steam and so many other secret aspects of life (thats a different topic) so im going to give this a fair unbias review, battlefield used to be the best FPS ever, but they absorbed the console market into their bloodstream, and the result of this merge is battlefield 3, or as me and a few friends call it, field of duty. It is sad to see how another game has caught COD aids. Everything seems to be more linear, direct, less strategy, squad combat sucks, I wanted them to bring the commander back from BF2, (battlefield 2 was probablly the best multiplayer FPS ever) or somthing along the lines of chain of command. Who's idea was it to give the assault class a med kit? Its still playable, but it does not deserve what its getting, make no mistake however, this is a quadrillion times better than call of duty BS (call of duty is pretty bad, but the two games are hard to compare) In short, dont buy BF3, buy an earlier battlefield. Dont you all miss when games had their own orchestrated music and polish to them?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gylo7Ak6z3Y    … Expand
  30. mikey42782
    May 28, 2012
    7
    battlefield bad company..an awesome franchise..i was a little upset that battlefield 3 got rid of the the squad from the first two, but it is what it is. i was excited for the game.
    I purposely got it on xbox so i would not have to deal with the horroshow that is origin..origin sucks..i do not care what you say, origin sucks..
    so i purchased it for pc. i decided **** it, ill be open    battlefield bad company..an awesome franchise..i was a little upset that battlefield 3 got rid of the the squad from the first two, but it is what it is. i was excited for the game.
    I purposely got it on xbox so i would not have to deal with the horroshow that is origin..origin sucks..i do not care what you say, origin sucks..
    so i purchased it for pc. i decided **** it, ill be open minded, im usually better at pc shooters than on xbox..
    so i installed it..come to find out? origin and battlefield seem to want to totally monopolize your PC.
    the game is run in get this ready...get it..A ****ING WEB BROWSER, which constantly gives me script errors..i cant even play single player without loading stupid origin, and running off the web page..a web page for a game can you believe that ****
    thats the biggest gripe for me honestly...the game play is good..the animations, the graphics, great..maybe the recoils a little rough on the weapons because my kill death ratio is garbage but thats neither here nor their..the single player feels kinda short..but it is what it is..can't do anything about it now..CAVEAT EMPTOUR-let the buyer beware..and i shoulda bewared it a little bit more..it would have gotten at least an 9..but the web browser killed it    … Expand
  31. Flastie
    Feb 21, 2012
    6
    I dont know,why is everybody happy about this game, but for me its mediocre shooter. Yes its fun and MP is great, but its borring sometimes. But its definitely better than CODMW3. At least devs punched graphic and details to the top and its definitely one of the best graphic of 2011. Not as MW3 with its "pre-Jesus" graphic engine. Also i dont like the story where every bad guys came fromI dont know,why is everybody happy about this game, but for me its mediocre shooter. Yes its fun and MP is great, but its borring sometimes. But its definitely better than CODMW3. At least devs punched graphic and details to the top and its definitely one of the best graphic of 2011. Not as MW3 with its "pre-Jesus" graphic engine. Also i dont like the story where every bad guys came from Russia or middle east. Especialy in those times where all hate, warcrimes and evils comming from USA and Israel. But this is the problem of all those "Modern warfare" games.… Expand
  32. StickNik
    Dec 9, 2012
    7
    The multiplayer from what I played at the end of the beta was above par, but I still found it a bore. If you want a massive online war shooter, play PlanetSide 2 free, standalone or on Steam, thankfully not having Origin or anything as terrible as battle-log. A good looking shooter, worth a try if the strong blue filter, battle-log, and Origin don't bother you greatly
  33. umadzbro
    Nov 8, 2011
    6
    My FPS timeline Day of Defeat>Wolfenstein>Enemy Territory>Battlefield 2>Call of Duty 4> World At War> Bad Company 2> Battlefield 3>back to BC2. I'm merely doing this so you can get an understanding of the type of FPS gamer i am. Battlefield 3 is a good game, it is definitively almost great. The graphics are slightly better than Bad Company 2, There seems to be unscripted destruction. TheMy FPS timeline Day of Defeat>Wolfenstein>Enemy Territory>Battlefield 2>Call of Duty 4> World At War> Bad Company 2> Battlefield 3>back to BC2. I'm merely doing this so you can get an understanding of the type of FPS gamer i am. Battlefield 3 is a good game, it is definitively almost great. The graphics are slightly better than Bad Company 2, There seems to be unscripted destruction. The sound is great, and i thought single player was decent. Now what Battlefield 3 is not? it is not deserving of the Battlefield 3 name. The game is blatantly consolized, the maps are small and made for 24 players. Most maps are just long corridors with choke points in the middle. Gameplay resorts to an endless rocket spam, with a lot of corner camping. The few maps that are actually open (2 of them) are just to small for 64 players. All the capture points are clustered together, why even have 4 or more points if you're going to put them all within 50 meters of each other? The game gives the impression that it should be tactical and slightly slow paced. But it's not it's a straight rip of Call of Duty, the game feels nerfed, arcadey, and "plastic" with client side hit detection. And that's another thing that ruins the game client side hit detection is absolutely horrible. You will frequently get into firefights where you put 15 or more bullets into someone only to have them literally one shot you. The game is rife with cheaters, i could not find a pub server without at least one of them. Punkbuster is a laughing joke to any cheat site, it always will be. Battlelog is pretty bugged, you will click to join a server only for the game to crash, or freeze then crash or just give you a random error. It was pretty frequent. Having to run your web browser and Origin is just a waste of 200mb of your ram. It is really not needed and these features should be in the game, not outside it.

    I played the game for about 15 hours over a few days. I finally got sick of the things described above and got a full refund from EA. (bought from Origin.) I would possibly buy the game again in the future at a discounted price ($30). I wanted a true Battlefield 2 successor and instead i got a poorly made Bad Company 3/Modern Warfare 2 console port.    … Expand
  34. drachehexe
    Sep 23, 2012
    5
    This reviews only the single player element, multiplay will be added in later.The best thing this game has going for it is the visuals, which are impressive. However I think they get too carried away with trying to be too photo-realistic. The camera has a constant layer of dirt spots, I guess you're supposed to be wearing goggles? Also, the lens-flare from lights is way overpowering.This reviews only the single player element, multiplay will be added in later.The best thing this game has going for it is the visuals, which are impressive. However I think they get too carried away with trying to be too photo-realistic. The camera has a constant layer of dirt spots, I guess you're supposed to be wearing goggles? Also, the lens-flare from lights is way overpowering. Trying to see anything in this game can be a challenge. The single player campaign is really boring and unoriginal. They could have eliminated it completely and knocked 20 bucks off the price. There are quick time events that add absolutely nothing interesting or valid to the game play, the story is weak, the characters are unlikeable...even the main character you play comes off as an ass you wish would just kill himself. Some gameplay elements make you want to ask "WTF was that there?" Also, other elements don't make sense. Using night vision on a tank in the middle of a bright clear day, not having night vision goggles when running around in the dark. The designers also insist you play the game on their terms leaving you no choice in equipment load-out basically being forced into whatever gear the character you "leap" into has. The levels are linear to a fault leaving no room to pick and choose strategies. You spend most of the time following someone else around and doing what they tell you to do. You almost feel like you're playing a rail shooter (and some instance you are) having no control over anything. side from all that the front end for the game is one of the worst. Double-click on the game icon doesn't start the game, it takes you to you Battlefield 3 webpage with you your stats, their advertising, and links to start up you game. If you're hard core on having to see all the crap this page offers have at it, if not, there is no way around it. I can only hope to god multi-player isn't as mind numbingly ignorant as the single player campaign.… Expand
  35. mamendex
    Nov 12, 2011
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Focusing on the competition against COD, they forgot about what BF is about. There is no need to team play anymore. All classes are complete and don't need each other. Game is unbalanced and arcade comparing to the other games of the series.… Expand
  36. Blackhamer
    Nov 16, 2011
    6
    I am unsatisfied with this game. I haven't played the campaign so if u're single player kind of guy don't even bother reading it. I also want to say that I'm not a CoD fanboy, over the years I've played both BF series and CoD series. Last year for example Battlefield won the epic battle with Black Ops (barely imo).
    This year...I haven't bought CoD yet (gonna get it tommorow) but I'm pretty    I am unsatisfied with this game. I haven't played the campaign so if u're single player kind of guy don't even bother reading it. I also want to say that I'm not a CoD fanboy, over the years I've played both BF series and CoD series. Last year for example Battlefield won the epic battle with Black Ops (barely imo).
    This year...I haven't bought CoD yet (gonna get it tommorow) but I'm pretty sure CoD will crush Battlefield 3 (it's only my subjective opinion).
    Graphics are really good, physics too but where is this revolution that trailers promised us? Oh there isn't any, it's just improved BC 2. Shame on you EA. But still I think the look of this game is in fact it's strongest point.
    Next audio, BF 3 lack any good music but everybody propably listen to their own music while playing. Guns,explosions and other sounds are very realistic.
    Now lets get to the point of my review, the things I hate about this new BF.
    The gameplay. ALL THE TIME YOU ARE EXPERIENCING BACK SHOTS, SPAWN KILLS, THERE ARE STUPID MORTARS THAT KEEP SPAMMING YOU FORCING YOU TO GO BACK SHOOTING. Yeah I know the game tries to be realistic but here's my theory: There is a line of realism in shooters that can't be crossed. You can make guns powerfull killing you in 2 hits, you can make it all very realistic but you won't change one thing. In real combat people feel fear. They won't go berserking at a group of enemies hoping to get a frag or two and then die, they won't leave their teammates to try go backshooting behind the enemy line. But in BF 3 you respawn in few seconds so it's all risky but worth a try. This game is no exception, but in BC 2 this problem wasn't so big. Here there is no front line or anything like this, you can die from a headshot from the back any second. That's very very dumb and spoling the fun.
    Next thing is improving your soldier's gear. WHat the **** Seriously, you can't choose your upgrades. You just play for hours to unlock them to every single weapon, and when u unlock new one you have to use unmodified one and keep dying. This is really retarted. I don't recommend this game to anyone, unless you are more about graphics. And one more thing, it's said that BF 3 is all about startegy and team play. Well there is none, it's just chaos and everybody doing as they please. The in-game quick voice chat as well as normal chat are completly broken and nearly impossible to use, there is no voice chat (with mics). I don't know why it's so ****ed up but it's imho worse than BC 2. Buy CoD. Thank you.    … Expand
  37. QuiterRaga
    Mar 8, 2012
    7
    Decent game.Not as good as everyone claims though.You currently have a tton of fanboys on boths sides of these war FPS games that need to cry out on metacritic beacuse of a dislike for a certain franchise instead of rating the game on how they see fit.
  38. Str4toFortr3ss
    Nov 7, 2011
    7
    This game is the best multiplayer FPS that I've played so far. The environment is beautiful, the sound effects are amazing, there are a lot of weapons, and really good maps. The physics are also really impressive.
    But there are issues with the running of this game... "BF3.exe stopped working" after 15-20 minutes and that's ruining the game experience... not just for me, for many people...    This game is the best multiplayer FPS that I've played so far. The environment is beautiful, the sound effects are amazing, there are a lot of weapons, and really good maps. The physics are also really impressive.
    But there are issues with the running of this game... "BF3.exe stopped working" after 15-20 minutes and that's ruining the game experience... not just for me, for many people...
    So I think it could be perfect if these bugs would be solved. I hope they will fix these issues.    … Expand
  39. AndreyE
    Nov 8, 2011
    7
    7. Because it lacks such a basic feature as in-game ping, that makes game laggy. Every new patch brings new glitches. But still it's the best game up-to-date. You won't be able to play anything else after you encounter it. It needs a lot of work. But still it will be the best out there for a year for sure. Only GTA5 can make players disappear for a while.
  40. tropolek
    Nov 9, 2011
    6
    well just bought CODMW3 coz liking both games but Im very disappointed but BF3 sucks as well ,they have to fix all **** asap,cant play ,I got a gtx 580 and a new driver but game looks awful,crashing very often,bloody origin doesnt work properly.WTF,Dice.fix it bastards.
  41. MasterT
    Nov 8, 2011
    7
    I'm not seeing that much of an improvement over the previous Battlefield Bad Company 2 and I have to say that I haven't had the chance to notice the supposedly big changes regarding the buildings destruction. The reason why I think I didn't see these is because they all appear in the solo campaign and I'm not gonna waste my time playing a 5 hour campaign that I felt was very disrespectfulI'm not seeing that much of an improvement over the previous Battlefield Bad Company 2 and I have to say that I haven't had the chance to notice the supposedly big changes regarding the buildings destruction. The reason why I think I didn't see these is because they all appear in the solo campaign and I'm not gonna waste my time playing a 5 hour campaign that I felt was very disrespectful of EA to put in. I mean what the hell if you wanna claim that the solo campaign is gonna be improved don't put in a 5 hour joke. Seriously the story sucks. Thankfully the multiplayer makes up for it, I gave it a 7, but it would be 10 for multiplayer and 4 for the singleplayer. The graphics do look very nice and I'm glad there isnt as much knifing as there was in BC 2. Overall you'll enjoy the multiplayer mode, but don't bother buying it otherwise. 32vs32 games rock!… Expand
  42. TheYeIIowDucK
    Nov 9, 2011
    6
    Overall, to put it in short, Battlefield 3 is a well-done and well-polished game. Its multiplayer is a very solid experience, and for the most part it is the better of the two major FPS releases this year (Battlefield 3 and, obviously, Modern Warfare 3) in the long term.

    Its singleplayer, on the other hand, is a great example of the modern rail shooter: The player is forced into a certain    Overall, to put it in short, Battlefield 3 is a well-done and well-polished game. Its multiplayer is a very solid experience, and for the most part it is the better of the two major FPS releases this year (Battlefield 3 and, obviously, Modern Warfare 3) in the long term.

    Its singleplayer, on the other hand, is a great example of the modern rail shooter: The player is forced into a certain sequence of scripted events hand-crafted by the development studio while running from one scripted event to the next to little to no free choice in where you go, when you get there and what do you do once you're there.

    On top of that, as polished the game is, it doesn't introduce anything new to the gaming world. Not a single element of its gameplay, both singleplayer and multiplayer, wasn't seen in any other video game. In fact, I suspect that if it wasn't for the hype and brandname, Battlefield 3 would have been labeled as "generic" and "bland".

    In short: Multiplayer's good, singleplayer's bad, entire game is rather stale.    … Expand
  43. y3ivan
    Nov 10, 2011
    7
    Its a multiplayer game with bonus of singleplayer addon campaign. SP looks like its a 4 months job, lots of clipping/ragdoll issues, non destructible environments, and a cut and paste story from most Modern war games and movies to date. Some mission in SP like F15 bombing runs and tank combat breaks the dull moments of a 3 hrs long campaign. MP plays like BF2 with MOH addon, a new shinyIts a multiplayer game with bonus of singleplayer addon campaign. SP looks like its a 4 months job, lots of clipping/ragdoll issues, non destructible environments, and a cut and paste story from most Modern war games and movies to date. Some mission in SP like F15 bombing runs and tank combat breaks the dull moments of a 3 hrs long campaign. MP plays like BF2 with MOH addon, a new shiny graphics engine. In addition, a broken Squad management and GUI and a non existent commander system and a sloppy 'parkour' movement. Also Destruction is scaled way back to 30% not to what DICE promised of 70% and some maps barely have any destructible environments and some feels its been rushed out with bad design. Quality of the maps vary from open battlefield and the best "caspian border" to the worst "Grand Bazaar" COD like funnel chokepoints. With a slightly more realistic bullet dmg and health system and ablitiy to prone, thus benefit campers whos looking for cheap kills and spawn killing to boost their K/D ratio. DICE did try to innovate new idea to freshen up FPS genre but somehow backfired, "who need flashbang grenades when theres 1000w flashlight". Bullets dynamics in the otherhand have been refined and that is the only thing which kept me interested.
    If you love BFBC2 tight firefight, great teamwork and Epic destructible environment, you will skip this game unless you have friends playing to prevent you from rage quit. If you hate BF2, you will hate this too.    … Expand
  44. TECSmith
    Nov 10, 2011
    7
    Having collected all releases within ths series I was understandably hyped to get my teeth into this title!
    However, after being invited to take part in the alpha testing, and then gaining early access to the beta trial a few weeks prior to the official game release, I felt slightly let down and (frankly) disheartened by some of the desicions that were made in the creation of this    Having collected all releases within ths series I was understandably hyped to get my teeth into this title!
    However, after being invited to take part in the alpha testing, and then gaining early access to the beta trial a few weeks prior to the official game release, I felt slightly let down and (frankly) disheartened by some of the desicions that were made in the creation of this (supposed) follow on from 'Battlefield 2'...

    The single-player story mode is really poorly told, and the cutscene after cutscene button mash stupidness leaves you feeling a bit robbed -- I want those few hours back you stole from me EA/DICE !!!
    To be fair, the game engine is beautiful. But it is far from complete! This game had so much potential for an epic storyline, but alas, it just wanted to be a multi-player shooter really...

    Leading on to multi-player, I am still frustrated (along with others within battlelog) at some glaringly obvious problems and niggles that were shipped on the official release prior to many of the community giving expressed opinions that they should be addressed.

    All in all, this game just feels like it was rushed to market to release before MW3 so to try and attempt to steal customers from Activision. Which, I might add, I am in no way saying is either right or wrong. That's a whole different 'review'!    … Expand
  45. HiddenName
    May 10, 2013
    6
    It's hard to express opinions. I like Battlefield 3 but its not old BF. Small maps i think designed for console 24players/rush gametype. Great graphics, good optimalization so dual core players can play. But yee better fun i got from BC2. Game use engine Frostbite, but destruction is weaker than BC2. Lots of DLC it's good, but no free maps..
    7 or 6 dilemma.. Sorry only 6. DICE try again.
  46. Invader-Nik
    Dec 11, 2012
    7
    This game is amazing, amazing graphics and to me the single player is good. I don't play bigshoot FPS games like COD. This is pretty much my first ever FPS game that is popular. Multiplayer is absolutely epic, teamwork is the key to winning, unlike the COD series where people don't even bother working together. However there are a few annoying issues. I have a NVIDA GTX 560 Ti and uponThis game is amazing, amazing graphics and to me the single player is good. I don't play bigshoot FPS games like COD. This is pretty much my first ever FPS game that is popular. Multiplayer is absolutely epic, teamwork is the key to winning, unlike the COD series where people don't even bother working together. However there are a few annoying issues. I have a NVIDA GTX 560 Ti and upon running this game it crashes my PC. I have to use a program called MSI Afterburner to downclock my PC to make it run perfectly. This can be a pain since I don't have admin rights and the program requires it. Another is Origin. I don't mind it, since I only have two games on it (BF3 and Mass Effect 3) but in terms, it is a piece of sh*t. It's slow, annoying and is not as smooth as Steam is, plus all the games are overpriced. If it was put on Steam, this would be a fantastic game. But while it's on Origin i'm giving it a 7… Expand
  47. LucidChaos
    Nov 12, 2011
    7
    I Really enjoyed the single player, the sound was fantastic, I felt myself getting scared for the character. Short game though, and tried to play it a second time and was fantastically bored. I also hated the story line, it was the same thing i have seen as every FPS. Further more the game often forced me to stop playing in mange through prompt based action sequences. Walk through, aI Really enjoyed the single player, the sound was fantastic, I felt myself getting scared for the character. Short game though, and tried to play it a second time and was fantastically bored. I also hated the story line, it was the same thing i have seen as every FPS. Further more the game often forced me to stop playing in mange through prompt based action sequences. Walk through, a door Action sequence !oh no a guy! , (game asks you to hit e) you hit him, fight him, trip fight him again and (now the game asks you to hit space) you punch him in the face and the fight goes on for a while asking you for more input once in a while, You can skip these, and they made me feel like I wasn't playing the game anymore. Multi player was underwhelming, and tedious gave it 2-3 hours of my life. I have plaid the single player once and gotten all this games worth out of it. I give it a 7 to support the new graphics engine and the great sound, but I also asked for my money back.… Expand
  48. LittleTomTit
    Nov 14, 2011
    6
    I was really looking forward to this (I loved BF BC2 thought it was awesome), the graphics are great but found this single player game short and very glitchy what I am really dissapointed about is the fact that they have removed the colourblind option, I can't say how pi55ed I was at this after buying this twice on Pre-order once on the xbox360 and once for PC only to dicover it was nextI was really looking forward to this (I loved BF BC2 thought it was awesome), the graphics are great but found this single player game short and very glitchy what I am really dissapointed about is the fact that they have removed the colourblind option, I can't say how pi55ed I was at this after buying this twice on Pre-order once on the xbox360 and once for PC only to dicover it was next to unplayable for me as I could not distinguish between team and enemies.
    If the developers seemed a bit more eager to fix this I would have rated it much higher. Everyone else seems to be enjoying it, lets hope they fix it for the 1 in 10 coloublind players out there!    … Expand
  49. SimonOverlord
    Nov 14, 2011
    7
    Very super horrible Single Player design, some none sense plot, some boring moment, THAT'S ALL FINE. What I can't accept is the miserable saving point design: if you died at certain part, you simply have to run through all those COOL FIRST IMPRESSION cut scenes again, and again, and again. Drives people crazy especially in HARD difficulty. Anyway, SP, is an Epic fail, and ruin my day.Very super horrible Single Player design, some none sense plot, some boring moment, THAT'S ALL FINE. What I can't accept is the miserable saving point design: if you died at certain part, you simply have to run through all those COOL FIRST IMPRESSION cut scenes again, and again, and again. Drives people crazy especially in HARD difficulty. Anyway, SP, is an Epic fail, and ruin my day.

    What truly saved this game is MP, of course, not surprised. After five years of waiting this is how it should be done, and for that it got a 7. But for the SP part, which only count 3 in the total score, BF3 simply doesn't know what is the right way to make a great SP.    … Expand
  50. Interdependent
    Nov 14, 2011
    5
    Nothing really improved. To be honest, think of it as another BF2. Don't get me wrong, the trailers and the hype made the game what it is today, but lets all be serious. Top notch graphics? I disagree, taking a deep look at the graphics, the game is just simply using Battlefield Bad Company 2 graphics. Also, the graphics STILL are similar in the beta. The game is simply just BF2 with newNothing really improved. To be honest, think of it as another BF2. Don't get me wrong, the trailers and the hype made the game what it is today, but lets all be serious. Top notch graphics? I disagree, taking a deep look at the graphics, the game is just simply using Battlefield Bad Company 2 graphics. Also, the graphics STILL are similar in the beta. The game is simply just BF2 with new maps and slightly improved graphics.
    Review:
    The Good
    - Destruction
    - Vehicles - Realism to the max.
    - Animations for everything.

    The Bad- Too similar to BFBC2.
    - Patches everytime
    - Cliche scenes and soldiers
    - Little amount of weapons.
    - Graphics are a little too similar to BFBC2
    - Jets and Vehicles
    - Terrible Campaign

    However, don't hesitate to buy the game by this review, but, like many players, if you don't want big maps and less lone-wolf status, don't buy it. If you're a veteran, and played BF2 series, this is the game for you.    … Expand
  51. Highwind_Hiatus
    Nov 14, 2011
    6
    The game looks beautiful, the environment is astonishing, the sound is intensifying and things seem to be on a good track. But the gameplay doesn't stick out as much as the predecessors did. Maybe recycling the same style isn't the best approach? We've all seen how **** Modern warfare 3 is. I guess the best part of this game is C4 shenanigans and knife killing.
  52. smisek
    Nov 21, 2011
    7
    Love the graphics and sounds.. BF3 = great MP----X---- MW3 = great storyline and characters. So please stop comparing these two games they are totally different games. RIP Sandman, Soap, Ghost, Yuri
  53. stinkipete
    Nov 21, 2011
    6
    Ok, so BF3 has been out for awhile and I wanted to throw in my 2 cents. The graphics and gameplay are amazing and everything we all expected. Flying, driving and the reactive environment. Even the level ups seems decent, however, all the props stop there. The use of Origin seems a waste of time and often frustrates me trying to find an open server. Some of the weapons and equipmentOk, so BF3 has been out for awhile and I wanted to throw in my 2 cents. The graphics and gameplay are amazing and everything we all expected. Flying, driving and the reactive environment. Even the level ups seems decent, however, all the props stop there. The use of Origin seems a waste of time and often frustrates me trying to find an open server. Some of the weapons and equipment are completely overpowered such as the IRNV scope. The constant disconnects in game losing your score (constantly is an understatement). And finally the insane number of blatant cheaters who are not stopped by PB. Kinda of a shame. I would save your money for Call of Duty. BF3 is definitely a disappointment.… Expand
  54. Acaerus
    Nov 22, 2011
    5
    They rushed with release to beat MW3 with no thinking about buyers. We have very incomplete game with tons of bugs and inbalances. First patch made it even worse. new bugs for majority of players.
  55. ShowbizFTW
    Nov 25, 2011
    7
    As much as like this game, I'm going to say this, the game is overrated
    First, the SP is god awful; Generic storyline, lack of FB 2.0, and quick time event, oh yes quick time events. Hell the short co-op is better than it.
    Second, the MP turning into to EA's CoD; It was good at the beginning, but now is camp-ops all over again, but maps are good, all but CB god I hate that map. And I love    As much as like this game, I'm going to say this, the game is overrated
    First, the SP is god awful; Generic storyline, lack of FB 2.0, and quick time event, oh yes quick time events. Hell the short co-op is better than it.
    Second, the MP turning into to EA's CoD; It was good at the beginning, but now is camp-ops all over again, but maps are good, all but CB god I hate that map. And I love jets.
    Over all its overrated but I like it. Oh yea, It's still better than MW3, so get this game, NOW!    … Expand
  56. Fede-lasse
    Mar 11, 2012
    5
    It's fun, but it has flaws. For instance: levels, ranked servers, no custom hosting, no voice chat, badly placed chat box, and almost unhearable voice commands. Levels and ranked servers make sure that once you reach the top levels, the game likely starts to become boring, and ranked servers mean that all servers are rented and hosted for some sort of payment. If you want to (legally) hostIt's fun, but it has flaws. For instance: levels, ranked servers, no custom hosting, no voice chat, badly placed chat box, and almost unhearable voice commands. Levels and ranked servers make sure that once you reach the top levels, the game likely starts to become boring, and ranked servers mean that all servers are rented and hosted for some sort of payment. If you want to (legally) host a small server (for free) with just your friends, you're screwed. No voice chat and nearly invisible text chat means almost no communication at all in the game. So the game all in all is a strangers-game. You don't know the people you join, and communicating with them is impossible. There are no bots to balance out the servers, either. Even if there were, I can imagine they'd be pretty **** like the ones in RO2.

    I'll note BF3 for its very good graphics and nice dynamic sound range, however, and the thus far okay-working matchmaking.    … Expand
  57. Mouse
    Sep 25, 2012
    7
    The campaign was a missed opportunity to tell a poignant/choice-driven/realistic story, the epic graphics are ruined by crappy lens flare (to hide what few mistakes/shortcuts they had to take), weapon selection is a bland soup of point-and-click, Frostbite 2 is revolutionary but monopolized by EA, premium and DLCs by EA serve to support Marx's arguments (and EA's finances),The campaign was a missed opportunity to tell a poignant/choice-driven/realistic story, the epic graphics are ruined by crappy lens flare (to hide what few mistakes/shortcuts they had to take), weapon selection is a bland soup of point-and-click, Frostbite 2 is revolutionary but monopolized by EA, premium and DLCs by EA serve to support Marx's arguments (and EA's finances), Battlelog is a **** Facebook wannabe, and Origin is a pathetic attempt to compete with STEAM.
    But STILL better than Call of Duty (yes, I have to mention it) and most games being released anymore. Gameplay is smooth with small innovation (the parkour), vehicles run excellent and have well-balanced combat, personalization is fun but not overdone, and balancing features are decent (scope reflection).
    Honestly, it's worth the money to get the game vanilla, and only get the DLCs you see you'll like. DON'T GET PREMIUM. But if you're looking for a truly great place to spend your money, find a way to donate to the Black Mesa Team (legally impossible, since it's a mod). EA has become the evil empire of gaming, and is going to strangle us dry.    … Expand
  58. Not_Casual
    Feb 16, 2012
    7
    Overall very well done. It's only a few critical aspects that cripple this game. Such as the inability to practice in aircraft without having to hinder your team as you learn. The massive glare off of EVERYTHING is simply painful and Intolerable. II also find the class change menu to be scientifically designed to be difficult to use. also just doesn't feel right. Bad Company 2 wasOverall very well done. It's only a few critical aspects that cripple this game. Such as the inability to practice in aircraft without having to hinder your team as you learn. The massive glare off of EVERYTHING is simply painful and Intolerable. II also find the class change menu to be scientifically designed to be difficult to use. also just doesn't feel right. Bad Company 2 was defiantly better, faster, and much more fun.… Expand
  59. Sub-Human
    May 7, 2013
    7
    Great multiplayer. Great visuals. Great sound effects. Unfortunately, team playing is non-existent, and the options for such are not provided. A step-down from Battlefield 2 in that regard.
  60. psychotic
    Aug 31, 2012
    6
    if there was 6.5 then thats what it deserves premium queue cutting bull **** i dont want that crap in a game god can this year get any worse no stalker 2,sequels look like cod , ok im getting off topic but the game play is good few improvements are needed maybe they will fix it in MoH WF but idk the multiplayer is top notch single is good ive seen better the graphics are almost as good asif there was 6.5 then thats what it deserves premium queue cutting bull **** i dont want that crap in a game god can this year get any worse no stalker 2,sequels look like cod , ok im getting off topic but the game play is good few improvements are needed maybe they will fix it in MoH WF but idk the multiplayer is top notch single is good ive seen better the graphics are almost as good as crysis very well rounded game but if i where to recommend anything i would say wait till warfighter… Expand
  61. ZootMan
    Mar 3, 2012
    5
    Note: This is only a review for the single player offering......so with that said, it's uh...a BIT rough. And by a bit rough I mean offensively bad scripted sections that will be instant death for any non-psychic player. Bad Company 2 was so good, that I had hopes for this narrative arc. I absolutely loved a few set pieces, including the excellent dog fighting section. The game looksNote: This is only a review for the single player offering......so with that said, it's uh...a BIT rough. And by a bit rough I mean offensively bad scripted sections that will be instant death for any non-psychic player. Bad Company 2 was so good, that I had hopes for this narrative arc. I absolutely loved a few set pieces, including the excellent dog fighting section. The game looks amazing, runs very well considering the visual fidelity and...it's quite sad because none of it matters when you take a dump all over it.… Expand
  62. ReBootEd
    Feb 29, 2012
    6
    A vast improvement over the previous train-wreck Battlefield 2, still is plagued with bugs and now suffers from a severe case of next-gen, DLC and eye-burning graphics which would be fantastic otherwise.
  63. dprkforum
    Dec 10, 2012
    5
    I will say first and foremost the graphics are very pretty. Beyond that, it is a decent multi-player game. The single-player is very bad, and the story line is even worse. It was helpful for learning the basics, but that is about it. It played more like a cheesy action movie than a game with fancy shooting gallery fill-in's. If you like multi-player war games, you will like Battlefield 3.I will say first and foremost the graphics are very pretty. Beyond that, it is a decent multi-player game. The single-player is very bad, and the story line is even worse. It was helpful for learning the basics, but that is about it. It played more like a cheesy action movie than a game with fancy shooting gallery fill-in's. If you like multi-player war games, you will like Battlefield 3. Otherwise, do not waste your time or money. Oh, and one more thing - the DRM is very annoying, and is worse (yes WORSE) than Diablo III's.… Expand
  64. Psyentist
    Mar 3, 2012
    5
    What a neat CoD Mod! now to get back to BC2...

    But seriously... what did they do to my beloved Battlefield. Campaign is a linear, confusing snooze fest. "who am i killing all these soldiers for?" i ask myself.. " wait, how did we get into this attack chopper?" is the next question.. then followed by hmmm "ok im going to do some laundry or something"... I later return to try some    What a neat CoD Mod! now to get back to BC2...

    But seriously... what did they do to my beloved Battlefield. Campaign is a linear, confusing snooze fest. "who am i killing all these soldiers for?" i ask myself.. " wait, how did we get into this attack chopper?" is the next question.. then followed by hmmm "ok im going to do some laundry or something"... I later return to try some Multiplayer. 64 person server.. sweet! I stand around watching my teammates base-raping and mortar spamming the enemies spawn point.. wtf.. BORING...

    Where the hell are my unlocks? what am i working towards? I am overcome by a desire to go work on my next gold star with my M-14 Mod 0 on some HC Conquest in BC2.

    I just dropped 60 bucks on this and I'm already bored? Needs more focus on UNLOCKS, TEAM INTERACTIONS, INTERACTIVE CAMPAIGN.

    Less focus on trying to be someone else's game.. Come on guys.. seriously..    … Expand
  65. DarkRiver
    Mar 20, 2012
    5
    I'm no gaming expert but I know instinctively when a game feels like a chore than engaging experience.

    I did not bother playing the single-player because this is not even what this game is about right? Bad Company 2 was the first Battlefield game I owned - I've played games that were tactical like ARMA and played arcade games like COD so I know what works and what doesn't. Let's just put    I'm no gaming expert but I know instinctively when a game feels like a chore than engaging experience.

    I did not bother playing the single-player because this is not even what this game is about right?
    Bad Company 2 was the first Battlefield game I owned - I've played games that were tactical like ARMA and played arcade games like COD so I know what works and what doesn't.

    Let's just put it this way. I played Bad Company 2 for 2 years solid - every day every game was fun even if you lost. Intense matches resulted from players using a combination of helping their fellow team mates and scrumming against the other side. I played Battlefield 3 for 2 weeks and put it away. This game is a **** boring flashy piece of **** Oh I have played it with the updates alright - didn't make a hellaovadifference.

    I would have to first say is - Seriously what is the **** up with the "Paid Reviews". Majority are all 90% - Did they even **** play the damn game!!? - this is BULL**** this game is not fun.

    The delicate balance of Tactical and Arcade (Fun) has been sorely lost on the developers of this game.

    You can not be tactical in this game because getting from one place to another without being seen is not easy. Prone command gets used to be more annoying than tactical. Squad mates don't stay together for some reason and i don't think it has to do with being in different cities from another. Rush is now pointless - the game is so disadvantages based on the TERRIBLE MAP DESIGN that the defense has a huge advantage. Pistols don't do anything unless your using the G17 (a OP automatic pistol that only kills because it fires 20 bullets in 4 seconds). Every new weapon makes no difference and gives you no advantage in different scenarios. They destroyed the awesomeness of the AN-94. Jets do what? Nothing - the Laser bombs suck because you can't see the enemy planes when your in those modes to be able to defend yourself so apart from having fun destroying planes you are completely useless to 95% of your team who are on the ground.

    The Graphics are nothing special - but more annoyingly I can't even run this game on all High settings with my Radeon 6950 ($400NZ Video Card) and a Six Core CPU. Lag lag and more lag. And more bull****. of course. but anyways graphic glitches include throwing grenades which "look rediculous" when you throw them. When you drop a med kit its a **** hassle to watch because it's not "smooth". It's got some rickity look to it - I don't know but it looks **** annoying to me. BC2 dropping a med kit it would bounce and move around - but it looked and felt good to do it. Not to mention...oh christ I can't believe I have to explain this but....it's now March of 2012 and they STILL HAVEN'T FIXED THE **** PARACHUTE BUTTON. YEP 6 months later. Seriously - don't even bother to jump off a 2 story building or jump out of heli at 10m because it just "won't" open.

    Sound Design is horrible. Seriously this game may sound "realistic" but as a Sound Engineer myself "Realistic" means leaving every frequency flat no matter if it sounds **** Doesn't work here. Gun sounds have no body and the super high frequency's pierce my ears and make me want to vomit. But wait, You can't change the volume of the FX individually can you because the Audio menu has only "Volume and Speaker Type" - Christ... *Clap Clap* Dice.

    And what the hell is up with the "Setting". Seriously are DICE completely insensitive about the international community. The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars were started almost 10 years ago. What they had no other ideas other than to make ANOTHER game situated in the Middle East? I mean come on. Iran? Geez DICE you really want to piss a "certain" people off don't you. I know this isn't a big deal but seriously Kids and Young adults aren't going to learn anything by placing a game in a Country that two super powers in different regions threaten to attack on a weekly basis. Anyways

    This game sucks. Seriously. I'm playing BC2 again because I realized that realism does not make fun especially when *you* as a player can make NO impact on a game at all. Skill does not matter in this game. Nope. Might as well crawl everywhere because Running just makes you target practice for the other snipers 500m away.

    This game has no soul - it's all FLASH no BANG!

    Waiting for Bad Company 3 or Battlefield 2143    … Expand
  66. wood431
    Mar 29, 2012
    6
    Disappointment. Mediocre. These are two words that respresent the entire game. I have played the Battlefield series since 2005, and the game that this is meant to be a sequel to. Where do I start? I upgraded my PC expecting a fairly similar game (I thought Bad Company mechanics stayed in Bad Company), and have been consistently disappointed by both the execution and post-release attitudeDisappointment. Mediocre. These are two words that respresent the entire game. I have played the Battlefield series since 2005, and the game that this is meant to be a sequel to. Where do I start? I upgraded my PC expecting a fairly similar game (I thought Bad Company mechanics stayed in Bad Company), and have been consistently disappointed by both the execution and post-release attitude of the dev team. The singleplayer is generic and pointless, but this is Battlefield. So, once you navigate battlelog (no gripes) and past the 720p loading screens (lazy console port) you get to the game. The UI is simply pasted from console. The gameplay is also generic (low TTK, awful client-side hit detection) and the vehicles feel like an addition, rather than the core of the game. The maps are large, but the flags are cluttered (Operation Firestorm). The small meatgrinder maps are a clear example of the type of console audience EA are trying to appeal to. I have playerd 140 hours online to reach this conclusion, and I am by no means a bad player. These are simple truths. In addition, it has taken the dev team 6 months (ish) to patch the game to what it should have been at release (and STILL not implementing VOIP) and they have alienated their core community. Lazy, rushed and disappointed. Another franchise ruined by the cash-cow FPS genre. The rating of 6 is generous.… Expand
  67. metalmechanic
    Apr 13, 2012
    5
    Battlefield 3 is what I would call a functional shooter if it was called something else I would probably rate at a solid 6. The fact that it is part of the Battlefield franchise and was built up to be a return to its roots is where most of the problems stem from. First lets look at what the game from outside the Battlefield universe. It comes out the great with very nice looking graphics.Battlefield 3 is what I would call a functional shooter if it was called something else I would probably rate at a solid 6. The fact that it is part of the Battlefield franchise and was built up to be a return to its roots is where most of the problems stem from. First lets look at what the game from outside the Battlefield universe. It comes out the great with very nice looking graphics. Although lots of things seem to be way overdone, such as the almost mirror surface of the aircraft carriers. Why are they so shiny? The sun is overwhelmingly bright at times. Other than some bad art direction the game has some very good graphics. Destruction, I've always been kind of torn between how much there should be in a multi-player experience. To much breaks the flow of the maps and to little can be very limiting. The base maps have it just about right. Some obstacles can be removed while mostly keeping the flow of the map as it was intended. The level design on over half the maps make it very clear that this was a multi platform launch, and that they have very different player numbers. All the city maps are extremely over crowded at 64 players, and the larger air maps seemingly have all the flags clustered in the center of the the playable area. This tells me that the hype during the development cycle built as PC first only went as far as the engine and did not effect level design very much. The games biggest downfall though is its net code. How such a high profile game can have such poor hit detection is laughable. Depending on your ping and that of the player shooting at you, a person can find them self dying up to a few seconds after reaching cover. Players often register kills before they fire a shot from your view. Players might also find that after being revived there gun will have almost a full magazine despite the fact that on their end they unloaded over half a clip into the opposing player. This is without a doubt one of the more frustrating things about the game.

    Now if we step back into the Battlefield universe, we find a whole new list of problems mostly coming from empty promises from the marketing department. The claim of largest maps we have ever created: False. The claim that they waited making a true squeal to BF2 until the could do it right and do the original justice:False. That the game play in general would be much more like BF2 than BC2: False. Let me start by saying just how poor the flight model is in this game. After stating they would be much like Battlefield 2 and not just the hover craft of the Bad Company series. I was very disappointed to find that the choppers still cannot do flips or rolls, and even worse the jets can do a back flip but for some reason cannot do a front flip. Jets become disabled at half health and must be landed to be repaired, a mechanic that simply leads to everyone bailing as soon as they start to get hit. Bringing unlocks to the vehicle side was another huge mistake. Players should not be forced to unlock basic equipment. Inexperienced players should not be further handicapped against veteran pilots. Flares and Air to Air missiles should be standard equipment. Same goes for smoke and coaxial machine guns for tanks and Smoke and Guided missile for APC's. Vehicles as a whole feel as if they are an after thought. No maps feature every vehicle type. Air maps exclude APC's with the standard cannon and instead just simply have the AA variant. Now lets quickly hit on Back to Karkand Expansion. This is a fine example of new mechanics breaking the flow of old map design. Take Sharqi Peninsula for example. By the end of the battle the area around the surveillance area has been reduced to a open field. Snipers have rode their MAV's to roof tops that are other wise unreachable turning the open area a instant killzone for any poor soul dumb enough to try and venture across to the next flag. Gulf of Oman was reduced to a fight over the large construction area for snipers and Laser spammers. Karkand itself flows much slower than before due to the fact that areas to camp in have increased by an astronomical amount due to all the building being open on multiple levels, add to that the previously mentioned MAV riding snipers and its not even the same map as before. They also excluded the Factory flag for some reason. The map that holds the most true to its old form is Wake island. A formula that is hard to get wrong. Although for some time it was reduced to Laser/javaline tag on the pilots. With the infantry getting revenge for years of abuse from the pilots of BF2. In closing as the word count is running low. Battlefield 3 as a whole is a shell of what it could have been, with the game feeling rushed and unfinished. The poor netcode and flaws in map design over shadow some very nice graphics and Amazing sound. If you are hardcore fan of the classic Battlefield titles 1942-2142 steer clear of this game. Its but a shadow of the series former glory. Thanks EA!    … Expand
  68. heAd3r
    Apr 22, 2012
    6
    Im a big fan of battlefield since battlefield 2 also played this for over 4 years without a break, so i was looking forward for battlefield 3 for a long time, but as I first got the beta and later the game i was first excited but after after 3 or 4 weeks I was sure it's just not what it could have been, sadly it's just a new mainstream title, don't get me wrong it is still a greatIm a big fan of battlefield since battlefield 2 also played this for over 4 years without a break, so i was looking forward for battlefield 3 for a long time, but as I first got the beta and later the game i was first excited but after after 3 or 4 weeks I was sure it's just not what it could have been, sadly it's just a new mainstream title, don't get me wrong it is still a great multiplayer experience but not a real battlefield!… Expand
  69. NerV-0-sol
    May 5, 2012
    7
    Game gives much fun and looks really good, but I think BF2 was better in terms of strategy, team play, responsibility of the players, and there was traditional game menu (launching through a web browser is really irritating).
  70. kane148
    Oct 27, 2012
    5
    I've heard that the multiplayer on this game is good, and so I was more generous than I would otherwise be. But the fact is that this game also features a single player campaign which was just terrible. I made myself stick with it for a couple of hours, but it was mostly tedious and boring. The story seemed very cliche and the voice acting was bad. There were plenty of interestingI've heard that the multiplayer on this game is good, and so I was more generous than I would otherwise be. But the fact is that this game also features a single player campaign which was just terrible. I made myself stick with it for a couple of hours, but it was mostly tedious and boring. The story seemed very cliche and the voice acting was bad. There were plenty of interesting gameplay ideas present, but they were virtually all failures in the execution. A game that manages to make flying a jet fighter boring is really in trouble, and that is exactly what BF3 does.… Expand
  71. Someguy151015
    Aug 23, 2012
    6
    I was a COD fan, but then I played MW3 and hated it and now I will never buy COD games ever again. I played this and it was a little better. Not the best game, but certainly not the worst(*cough MW3).
  72. von_Werra
    Sep 25, 2012
    7
    En términos generales, es un juego que ofrece poco más que su predecesor con referencia a argumento o guión. Supone un avance de destaque la calidad visual en ciertos episodios como la misión abordo del Hornet aunque muchas texturas resultan genéricas y de poca calidad. Recomiendo este juego para los amantes de los juegos de disparos que sóloEn términos generales, es un juego que ofrece poco más que su predecesor con referencia a argumento o guión. Supone un avance de destaque la calidad visual en ciertos episodios como la misión abordo del Hornet aunque muchas texturas resultan genéricas y de poca calidad. Recomiendo este juego para los amantes de los juegos de disparos que sólo buscan eso, disparar y poco más.… Expand
  73. Expospeed
    Dec 7, 2014
    6
    BF3 is a mediocre game. My breakdown is as follows:

    1. Graphics: 8/10 - excellent, even on low-end rigs
    2. Gameplay: 7/10 - great controls and satisfying experience with good sound effects. In campaign, excessive lighting occasionally affects gameplay.
    3. Story: 2/10 - not interesting or engaging at all
    4. Multiplayer: 7/10 - competitive and fun

    Overall, an average game.
  74. evry1isacritic
    Nov 12, 2012
    6
    I pre-ordered this game after spending 500 hrs playing bad company 2 on the PC. After seeing the previews I really had high hopes for this game. Unfortunately, EA once again pumped up a buggy piece of crap on day 1. There were so many bugs in there that made the game unplayable for the first month. Also, there were so many day 1 AIMBOTS around (probably some DICE employee leaked outI pre-ordered this game after spending 500 hrs playing bad company 2 on the PC. After seeing the previews I really had high hopes for this game. Unfortunately, EA once again pumped up a buggy piece of crap on day 1. There were so many bugs in there that made the game unplayable for the first month. Also, there were so many day 1 AIMBOTS around (probably some DICE employee leaked out the network code) that did not make the game fun at all.

    Granted, most of these bugs were fixed, but not until the game's price dropped by half. I am never going to pay full price for EA games anymore to be their beta tester.    … Expand
  75. AseriousReview
    Nov 14, 2012
    5
    before you rage about the score i will tell you something.

    A. This Game suffers alot with the fact that it has a completely stupid, cliché and extremely irritating. B. Co-op mode seems rushed, but is fun to a certan point, but hey. BF3 Fanboys does not care about the campaign and the lack of depth in the game and major bugs. Their Highlight is Multiplayer! Multiplayer is    before you rage about the score i will tell you something.

    A. This Game suffers alot with the fact that it has a completely stupid, cliché and extremely irritating.

    B. Co-op mode seems rushed, but is fun to a certan point, but hey. BF3 Fanboys does not care about the campaign and the lack of depth in the game and major bugs.

    Their Highlight is Multiplayer!

    Multiplayer is good to a point that this game can get a 8/10. For the first 2 weeks.....
    until you find that you cannot even join a game with your friends without constantly getting in separate teams, but it can be fixed. You can change team and squad in BF3.

    But the fact that the weapons are extremely unbalanced is okay... until i get blasted in the head constantly by the USAS explosive rounds, but it only happens in the small maps, SMALL MAPS. Which is the biggest mistake DICE ever made. The small maps are irritating and stupid way to bring COD fans to this franchise.
    It does not WORK with the mechanics and slow movements of the Soldier you are in BF3.
    While the big maps is epic and rewarding, the small maps suffers really much.

    But the fact that this game costed 5.99    … Expand
  76. monkeyspunk
    Apr 3, 2013
    7
    This game could have been so much better I was going to give it a lesser marks because I think BF3 isn't what I was truly hoping for. But saying that its still one of the best wargames out at the moment and looks beautiful.
    But Battlefield games in the past were known for being a big beautiful Multi player game with large conquest maps, a good adequate selection of weapons and they were    This game could have been so much better I was going to give it a lesser marks because I think BF3 isn't what I was truly hoping for. But saying that its still one of the best wargames out at the moment and looks beautiful.
    But Battlefield games in the past were known for being a big beautiful Multi player game with large conquest maps, a good adequate selection of weapons and they were slowly building teamwork etc into the series... But Battlefield now is no different to other games except bigger and with vehicles, the single player is alright but I never buy BF games for single player so for me its a waste of time which should have been spent on the multi player. Its gone all stats, attachments and unlock crazy, singleplayer, millions of game modes etc etc on and on.. just does my head in and kills my enjoyment. Plus things like being killed when you have just got cover or ran out of view then you suddenly die I could go on and on but i cant be assed.. it could have been so much better.    … Expand
  77. strav
    Feb 13, 2013
    6
    ***This is a review of the solo campaign, it may not apply to the multiplayer mode. I don't feel like saying much about this game except that this is perhaps the most linear and restrained solo campaign I've played in the last few years. In each mission, it feels like you could sit back and let your buddies do all the work and the objectives would be accomplished all the same. There also***This is a review of the solo campaign, it may not apply to the multiplayer mode. I don't feel like saying much about this game except that this is perhaps the most linear and restrained solo campaign I've played in the last few years. In each mission, it feels like you could sit back and let your buddies do all the work and the objectives would be accomplished all the same. There also are numerous missions where you're in "control" of some vehicle (tank, plane) and there again it's as hard as clicking a few places. Sure the graphics of the Dice engine are something but there is way too much post-processing effects and it makes the whole thing disturbing. If you want a good FPS experience, try Far-Cry 3 or Black Mesa. They're perhaps not as visually compelling but hell they deliver a better experience.… Expand
  78. WhiteReaper
    Feb 16, 2013
    6
    I have been playing BF games since BF1942 was out and, although this game seems to be everyone's favourite shooter, I really can't bring myself to like it. Oh, of course, being a BF fan I preordered the limited edition.
    After the first 8 hours (which, to be honest, I enjoyed a lot) I started noticing that this game plays like a CoD with vehicles and big maps. To confirm my thoughts, all I    I have been playing BF games since BF1942 was out and, although this game seems to be everyone's favourite shooter, I really can't bring myself to like it. Oh, of course, being a BF fan I preordered the limited edition.
    After the first 8 hours (which, to be honest, I enjoyed a lot) I started noticing that this game plays like a CoD with vehicles and big maps. To confirm my thoughts, all I saw around were idiots "trolling", campers sitting in a corner and people successfully running and shooting around the map like it was some sort of run-and-gun game. Ok, the previous BF's weren't realistic games but this one feels A LOT different and more on the "casual" side. It's not a fast shooter, it's not a realistic shooter and it's not a tactical shooter, to me it feels like a generic in-between I can't bring myself to like; although I'd really want to, I just find it boring. I also don't like the Premium system which is very unfair to people who pre-ordered the Limited Edition and also to subscribers themselves, since the content of the DLCs has been changed in these last months. I have to admit the graphics are amazing. The SP is quite bad but, in my opinion, this game should be judged for its MP. I'd give it a 6.5/10.    … Expand
  79. Mannerheim93
    Feb 18, 2013
    5
    First I want to say that I will almost only talk about the multiplayer here as that is what this game is all about. The single player campaign is not as bad as many said it would be, it's just that it feels like a whole other game compared to the online action. The six co-op missions are also a bonus and they are especially fun to play if you use a headset to talk to your friend you areFirst I want to say that I will almost only talk about the multiplayer here as that is what this game is all about. The single player campaign is not as bad as many said it would be, it's just that it feels like a whole other game compared to the online action. The six co-op missions are also a bonus and they are especially fun to play if you use a headset to talk to your friend you are playing with.

    Now then for the multiplayer. Battlefield 3 is one of the best looking games and one of the best games when it comes to audio I've ever played. It has 9 great maps, a lot of weapons and other things you can customize. But there the good things ends. This game would be awesome if it wasn't for the balance issues that Dice don't fix because they will introduce Battlefield 4, which comes out next fall, as "the new and more balanced battlefield experience ever". I mentioned there are a lot of weapons, which is true, but among them are some weapons that are ridiculously overpowered. Another thing that makes the big maps unbalanced are the jets and attack helicopters; both deals an insane amount of damage and especially the jets are almost impossible to destroy as the flares (which of course hinders a locked-on missile from hitting you) have a very short reload time and as the stingers (at-launcher which locks onto air targets) have a very short range and it takes several seconds to get a lock-on to a jet. The only good things to destroy a jet with is another jet or AA-guns (which missiles have a very short range and each team only gets 1 at a time).

    This game would be great if Dice (the makers of the game) wouldn't have sold their souls to EA. EA has proven that they are only in for the money in every recent games they have been involved in, including this one. BF3 balance issues could easily be fixed by Dice within minutes but I am 100% sure that EA stops them from doing that because they want more money from BF4. Battlefield 3 Premium is not either worth it's money, 5 bad dlcs is what you get (EA/Dice promised 5 DLCs, they said nothing about their quality.

    Battlefield 3 is a very expensive Beta to Battlefield 4. Unfortunately there are not any better shooter games either on the market so all we who wants a war game or a shooter have to rely on this (CoD is seriously not even near this even if this isn't a good game).

    Let us all hope that a new company would introduce a game that reminds of BF3, but that hasn't EA behind it and that concentrates on the players and not on the money. Graphics: 9
    Audio: 8
    Maps: 8
    Weapons: 2
    Vehicles: 3
    Single player: 7
    Co-op: 7
    Game play: 4
    Overall experience after 300+ hours: 5    … Expand
  80. lach1223
    Jun 14, 2013
    7
    BF3 is a pretty good game although it is not without its flaws. The campaign for the most part is quite bland and to be honest most of the maps for multiplayer are weak. In my opinion, only Caspian Border, Operation Firestorm and Kharg island are true battlefield maps. The others generally involve ridiculous corridor fighting which is not the essence of what a Battlefield game is meant toBF3 is a pretty good game although it is not without its flaws. The campaign for the most part is quite bland and to be honest most of the maps for multiplayer are weak. In my opinion, only Caspian Border, Operation Firestorm and Kharg island are true battlefield maps. The others generally involve ridiculous corridor fighting which is not the essence of what a Battlefield game is meant to be and rather a take off COD. Gameplaywise the game is quite solid with many vehicles and weapons. The flaws I mentioned prevent the game from soaring.… Expand
  81. TheMzingReview
    Jun 17, 2013
    7
    Great visual and sound assets. Campaign is boring and very linear. I would have preferred they kept the Bad Company story. They also reduced a lot of the destruction from BFBC2 which is very disappointing. This game could be greater, but now it isn't as fun anymore.
  82. xxdiyxx2
    Jul 3, 2013
    7
    A single company is secondary and uninteresting, but the multiplayer is just super. Graphics 9/10. Animation 10/10. The story of 4/10. Multiplayer 9/10.
  83. Dizrawr
    Jul 28, 2013
    7
    This game is fun, and to follow that up I will be truthful, the multiplayer is fun, and no more than that.
    The story was extremely lackluster and kind of silly, the co op was short, pointless, but on harder difficulties it is challenging. The multiplayer on PC is amazing, 32 on 32 on massive maps fighting over flags, intel, or just slaughtering the other team, it's balanced, entertaining,    This game is fun, and to follow that up I will be truthful, the multiplayer is fun, and no more than that.
    The story was extremely lackluster and kind of silly, the co op was short, pointless, but on harder difficulties it is challenging. The multiplayer on PC is amazing, 32 on 32 on massive maps fighting over flags, intel, or just slaughtering the other team, it's balanced, entertaining, and worth a play for anyone new to the battlefield series, The multiplayer alone deserves an 8 or a 9, but the singleplayer and the co op kind of bring it down.    … Expand
  84. SplatMan_DK
    Aug 22, 2013
    5
    Not being a multiplayer buff I played the Campaign only. I found the story pleasant, but the extremely linear gameplay boring beyond belief. Step slightly off the script and you die. Some scenes are like playing Dragons Lair; click this key, followed by this key, followed by this mouse button. Miss one and you die (and get to watch the introducing cinematic all over again). I will not beNot being a multiplayer buff I played the Campaign only. I found the story pleasant, but the extremely linear gameplay boring beyond belief. Step slightly off the script and you die. Some scenes are like playing Dragons Lair; click this key, followed by this key, followed by this mouse button. Miss one and you die (and get to watch the introducing cinematic all over again). I will not be buying the 4th edition. I am sure someone will cut the cinematics together and put them on youtube so I can watch the story. And hey, if I want to play Dragons Lair i can always buy THAT game instead?… Expand
  85. runner
    Nov 8, 2015
    6
    Unlike most FPS players, I have the strange habit of not paying much attention to multiplayer, but just playing the single player campaign. And therefore my review is mainly about it.

    Battlefield 3 is very well received and very well baked product (mostly), and the campaign is (as expected) not breathtakingly good, but is actually above decent and passes many others I've tried withing    Unlike most FPS players, I have the strange habit of not paying much attention to multiplayer, but just playing the single player campaign. And therefore my review is mainly about it.

    Battlefield 3 is very well received and very well baked product (mostly), and the campaign is (as expected) not breathtakingly good, but is actually above decent and passes many others I've tried withing the COD-BF-MOH-and alikes-family.

    Best feature in the game which is worth mentioning first is the graphics, which are truly amazing and actually ARE breathtaking, even on low graphics setting which I had to play with (which would lead me to an issue with BF3 later on). I really enjoyed wandering the various battlefields throughout the levels of the game, watching the very fine details and environment.

    Story is alright, nothing too good, nothing too bad, it surrounds various characters which is cool and is an excuse for trying to vary your same old banal FPS gameplay with some (rather weak) aircraft mission, and also some tank driving and stealth missions (which, on the contrary, I greatly enjoyed).

    You'll find that the campaign always tries to be cinematic, and it is, I personally enjoyed these efforts but I believe that it also comes at expense of the gameplay, when at many occasions throughout the game you'll just find yourself simply running around, following your squad-mates and witnessing some dramatic pre-scripted explosions or other noisydamaging events.

    Again, I actually liked the cinematic feeling, but am not sure the hardcore players would find it very enjoyable.

    Multiplayer seems good enough, if it only was my thing.. But it isn't. Anyway it's very active until this very day and there are many servers to join, beware that you'd usually need PunkBuster to play multiplayer and that can currently be a nightmare on Windows 10 (from my experience).

    And now for the (not very minor) complaints about the game which made me drop the grade to 6:
    First and worst, some issue with sound stuttering caused on dual core processors. After researching around I figured out the issue is not so uncommon, and the only solution is to let BF3 use ONLY ONE processor unit. WHAT THE HELL, EA? That terribly reduced the game performance and made me drop the graphics to the lowest settings possible, or else the game wouldn't be playable at all for me.
    Rather Annoying.

    Second, which I guess is quiet common among FPS, but I'll still indicate it. The maps gives you the illusion of very large areas, and as I already mentioned, the magnificent graphics of BF3 just made me want to explore the maps some more than what the scripted events of the campaign let me.
    Alas, there's nothing to explore, whenever you find the time to do so (and at many times you won't) you'd find that the maps are actually not as big as you may feel, and when there are some corners to turn and some untaken roads to venture, they are very empty and insignificant.
    I guess that explorations is really not the main attraction in such game as BF3, but I think it could be great with such amazing graphics to add some collectibles and let the players do some searching around, if he wishes to.

    One last thing, the difficulty seemed unbalanced at times, as on NORMAL difficulty, I've faced some sections which felt insanely difficult. At least for me.
    Don't get me wrong, I do like challenges. But I picked NORMAL for a reason, I still want the game to flow, and not replaying the same portion for over 15 times of dying over and over.

    I guess that BF3 deserves more than a 6, but based on these experience, this magnificent looking game which I'll probably never ever play again would have to do with a 6.    … Expand
  86. dabyd1304
    Jan 12, 2017
    5
    *Análisis de la campaña individual.
    No tiene mucho misterio. Es otro shooter bélico moderno del montón. Con una trama de las mas flojas de todas pero algunos episodios medianamente bien construidos. Entretenido para un par de tardes pero sin que nadie espere nada que sorprenda por su calidad.
  87. ugura
    Sep 22, 2015
    7
    good game nice, graphic have potencial with bad company 2 go and buy it, this is good ea game game. yes ea its not more good, but thx dice from your work on bf3 but your fails bf4
  88. muzmuz
    Jul 3, 2016
    7
    One of the most realistic shooters ever published in the history of gaming. Most gameplay elements resemble the usual Call of Duty-style game mechanics, but Battlefield 3 stands on another ground.
  89. MetaSucks
    Jan 24, 2021
    6
    (Disclaimer: This review is Singleplayer only)

    While Battlefield 3 may be to this day a fun shooter with a somewhat aged but still responsive and intriguing gun play, It is in my opinion overall not the best choice anymore, when it comes to Singleplayer shooters. The story, while not super important, is somewhat simple and nothing to set focus on, but considering that most games like    (Disclaimer: This review is Singleplayer only)

    While Battlefield 3 may be to this day a fun shooter with a somewhat aged but still responsive and intriguing gun play, It is in my opinion overall not the best choice anymore, when it comes to Singleplayer shooters. The story, while not super important, is somewhat simple and nothing to set focus on, but considering that most games like Battlefield and Call of duty have a higher focus on gameplay, rather than story telling, it is admittedly nothing I would judge the game on too harshly. I just wish to mention that point, since there will be lots of people who seek to play a fun shooter, with a focus grabing story. Beyond that as already mentioned the gun play is solid and works well enough despite feeling somewhat aged, but the overall game feels too easy, making you focus less on actually utilizing the gun play or to try to play as tactical as possible, but rather makes you want to just run through the game, while spraying aimlessly towards the enemy, because you can. This may sound as a weird critique at first, but having played this game on hard difficulty and still having no problem whatsoever, makes this game not feel like you are in constant danger, having to play as tactical as possible, or else you will be in trouble, but rather it makes you feel like you are in a nerf battle. Also worth mentioning are the bugs. While there may not be any game breaking bugs in there, they are certainly still noticeable and in some cases even quite annoying. Less noticeable bugs would be your allies standing inside objects or even straight up running in and out of walls, but those that are more annoying are when you get stuck inside an ally, or try to run down the stairs, but get stuck on nothing, or you have to interact with a character, but he won't respond, so you have to die in order to go back to last checkpoint in order to finally progress. Worst bug of them all though was one, where my whole game at one point randomly set it's difficulty to normal, which may not be a problem, if it weren't for the fact that in order to change difficulty back you have to replay a mission or rather in my case, replay the whole game. I looked up the bug btw and I found out, that I am indeed not the only one that had to deal with this bug and those that did already had to deal with it back in 2011, when the game came out, making this somewhat inexcusable to be still in the game. When it comes to graphics though, I do have to admit that it does indeed holds up to this day quite well. Yes it does look aged in some parts and you can sometimes see, that this game is almost 10 years old, but overall it certainly does look great and certainly will still look great in the future, though I believe that a game does not need to have the best or rather most realistic looks possible in order to be enjoyable. The sound design though, while the background sound is ok and serves it's purpose, the gun sound definitely does hold up fantastic to this day and makes gun play feel a whole lot more satisfying. Overall conclusion, do I think I would recommend this game? It depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a shooter with really good story telling, play something like half life,
    Metro, Bioshock or. If you are looking for a shooter that demands you to actually play tactical, then play Metal Gear solid V, Halo or Battlefield bad company 2, or if you want a game with a super satisfying gun play, then play doom or wolfenstein. But if you do seek a fun Battlefield exoerience or just wish to play a laid back shooter, then yes Battlefield 3 would still be a good choice. Despite me speaking mostly negative about this game, beyond that I could recommend this game a lot more based on the mulitplayer, since it does have a very solid and enjoyable multiplayer mode, but since I prefer to just review the game based on singleplayer, because I have not played multiplayer during my session, I will just say that it is definitely still one of the better multiplayer shooters out there. Thus I will conclude my review with a 6/10 for the Singleplayer mode. (Multiplayer mode would be an 8.5 or 9/10).    … Expand
  90. Yelov
    Jul 22, 2018
    7
    Really liked most of the maps, graphics were good for it's time, shooting mechanics are satisfying. Fun game, but grenade spam can be really annoying, suffers from infamous lens flares and blue color grade, and suppression is extremely annoying.
  91. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    6
    Оценка только за кампанию
    Наслаждайтесь полной свободой и сражайтесь в напряженных боях Battlefield 3 так, как вам хочется. Исследуйте девять масштабных многопользовательских карт, используйте богатый арсенал техники, оружия и устройств, чтобы повысить накал боя. Каждая секунда сражения приближает вас к новым доступным предметам.    Оценка только за кампанию
    Наслаждайтесь полной свободой и сражайтесь в напряженных боях Battlefield 3 так, как вам хочется. Исследуйте девять масштабных многопользовательских карт, используйте богатый арсенал техники, оружия и устройств, чтобы повысить накал боя. Каждая секунда сражения приближает вас к новым доступным предметам.
  92. DeathKillerNOR
    Jan 9, 2021
    7
    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Driving/Combat, Game Theme/Mechanics,}
    8/10 - Great.
    {Narrative: Dialogue, Cutscene, Voice Acting} 8/10 - Great. {Visuals: Graphics, Animations, Motion Capture} 6/10 – Average. {Technical: Bugs, Performance} 4/10 - Bad. {Story: Plot/Ending, Character Development} 8/10 - Great. {Replayability: Replayability (Alternate Endings, Secrets,    {GamePlay: World/Level Design, Driving/Combat, Game Theme/Mechanics,}
    8/10 - Great.

    {Narrative: Dialogue, Cutscene, Voice Acting}
    8/10 - Great.

    {Visuals: Graphics, Animations, Motion Capture}
    6/10 – Average.

    {Technical: Bugs, Performance}
    4/10 - Bad.

    {Story: Plot/Ending, Character Development}
    8/10 - Great.

    {Replayability: Replayability (Alternate Endings, Secrets, etc)}
    ☑ 10/10 - Good.
    ☐ 5/10 - Bad.

    [The Level Design is great, The Combat is how you would expect from an FPS.

    The Narratives are good, The Cutscene is well made and the voice acting is fantastic.

    The Visuals are great for a 2011 game, I would say it's still a decent game to play in 2021.
    The animations are alright, but motion capture is slightly bad, especially facial capture.

    Encountered a lot of Bugs during my PlayThrough, from T-bone animations to unclickable NPC when i was supposed to climb over walls. And also had multiple full-on game crashes.

    The story is still great, it's not like its changes in the past 9 years.]

    The single-player part of the game isn't that replayable, you will get the same outcome every time.
    I couldn't find a match in Co-Op, and on Multiplayer everyone is basically in a vehicle all the time.
    But yes, the replayability is good, you can theoretically spend hours upon hours in this game, but if it will be enjoyable, that i don't know.

    "7/10 – Good
    Playing a Good game is time well spent. Could it be better? Absolutely.
    Maybe it lacks ambition, or is too repetitive,"
    ~DeathKillerNOR~

    ⚠️ IN MY OPINION ⚠️    … Expand
  93. zNeverSleeping
    Jun 23, 2019
    7
    - Graficos: 8
    - Jogabilidade: 8
    - Historia: 5
    - Direção: 5
    - Trilha Sonora: 7
    - Densempenho (RTX 2060 + Ryzen 1600): 9

    Comentario: A jogabilidade é muito boa, os graficos são lindos até hoje e ele é muito bem otimizado.
  94. r03vg
    Apr 17, 2020
    7
    В отличие от современных Battlefield здесь есть вполне себе цельный сюжет. К тому же есть отличный мультиплеер с кучей карт с огромной тактической свободой.
  95. Alex_Stone
    Jul 8, 2020
    7
    В принципе, за 10 лет игра потеряла свой вкус. Перестрелки однообразны, враги не слишком-то умны. В моменты, когда стрельбу пытаются разнообразить, весь геймплей заключается буквально в нажатии двух кнопок (миссия на самолете и танке), что не играет на руку интересности. Киношные моменты не особенно впечатлили в 2к20. Сюжет, являясь вишенкой на торте показался немного скомканным к концуВ принципе, за 10 лет игра потеряла свой вкус. Перестрелки однообразны, враги не слишком-то умны. В моменты, когда стрельбу пытаются разнообразить, весь геймплей заключается буквально в нажатии двух кнопок (миссия на самолете и танке), что не играет на руку интересности. Киношные моменты не особенно впечатлили в 2к20. Сюжет, являясь вишенкой на торте показался немного скомканным к концу (предполагаю вмешательство издателя), и не слишком интересным, плохо прописанные персонажи и их химией. Не дожали, короче. Графически выглядит хорошо, если обновить текстуры на 4к, то игра будет смотреться лучше некоторых новинок. Встретились пару багов, связанные с совместимостью с современными системами, что не украсило картину. Ностальгия игру не спасла. Конечно, все эти претензии относятся к 2020 году, что не мешает игре оставаться одной из лучших 2011, где все эти моменты не замечались, а все достоинства работали на все 100%.… Expand
  96. Awanka
    Nov 24, 2020
    5
    I just finished this today in 2020, and I'm only rating the single-player experience, and it's the essence of "meh" mediocrity. The gameplay can be frustratingly clunky sometimes, and the story is by-the-numbers. There's more variety than most FPS games here, as you can play gunner in a plane or tank, but those experiences are actually kind of dull, albeit realistic.
  97. shostakn
    Oct 16, 2020
    7
    Summary: As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe includingSummary: As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Europe, Middle-East and North America… Expand
  98. Mazma
    Dec 25, 2020
    7
    Comparto tecnico impressionante, trama fiacca ma giocabile. Multiplayer tra i migliori della saga, ancora oggi!
  99. Comp_Enth
    Jun 17, 2013
    6
    A terrifically balanced game in general. However I do find that it's too easy to hack and thus contains way too many hackers, including subtle ones. It does tend to be a bit glitchy with newer updates etc. (I still can't access the crossbow) and I've noticed that public games tend to use only a few of the maps which gets kind of dull after a while.
  100. Dco326
    Apr 14, 2023
    6
    Im talking about campaing only. Bila je ajde kud i kamo okej ajde XD Ali prica, kraj i kampanja su bila sve gore i gore XD Ocajni pisci kampanje definitivno :D
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 61
  3. Negative: 0 out of 61
  1. Computer Games Online RO
    Mar 7, 2012
    86
    It's all a matter of taste, after all. They each provide a certain type of entertainment – when talking about Battlefield 3, it involves a bigger game, more open in its possibilities and more spectacular. But on a longer timeline, less frantic and with fewer Bruce Willis scenes than the mass appeal beast it set itself to dethrone.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 20, 2012
    80
    No, Battlefield 3 is not the best game of today. But good looking – definitely. It also has an absolutely addictive multiplayer. Who needs more? [Dec 2011]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Dec 4, 2011
    90
    Both a triumphant leap forward and a return to form for the Battlefield series. This is the best multiplayer shooter on PC. [Christmas 2011, p.58]
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