Battlefield 3

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5642 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 767 out of 5642
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  1. Scribblette
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    Multiplayer so far has been as incredible as always. Needs to have colorblind support added - but they've already said they will do this. Remember, singleplayer action is always meant to be a tutorial! The action was fine, the fighter jet sequence BLEW ME AWAY and had me cheering. However, the single player story ending was very weak IMHO (it didn't actually even 'end' properly, it justMultiplayer so far has been as incredible as always. Needs to have colorblind support added - but they've already said they will do this. Remember, singleplayer action is always meant to be a tutorial! The action was fine, the fighter jet sequence BLEW ME AWAY and had me cheering. However, the single player story ending was very weak IMHO (it didn't actually even 'end' properly, it just cuts to black and you're left without any resolution). I definitely preferred the story in Bad Company 2 - there was much more love for the characters.… Expand
  2. Trucu
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    Unlike most people, I waited until after completing the campaign and singleplayer while also ranking 15 levels in multiplayer before posting this review. Let's start with the singleplayer. Remind you of Black Ops? Well it didn't remind me of it. That doesn't mean it was any more entertaining though. You spend the first two-thirds of the campaign on boring, linear, on-rails missions thatUnlike most people, I waited until after completing the campaign and singleplayer while also ranking 15 levels in multiplayer before posting this review. Let's start with the singleplayer. Remind you of Black Ops? Well it didn't remind me of it. That doesn't mean it was any more entertaining though. You spend the first two-thirds of the campaign on boring, linear, on-rails missions that lack any creativity or interest. The only good thing about these missions are the graphics. I was mildly amazed with them. However, if you can grudge past the first two-thirds, you arrive to a nicely thought out and interesting portion of the campaign that I thoroughly enjoyed. To name other issues, I disliked the AIs ability to instantly knife you if you went with 5 feet of them. No, I hated that. Then, I seriously disliked how the only jet mission was a on-rails shooter of boredom. While the plot might have been similar to Black Ops, I felt no connection between the two, which was refreshing since all I heard was talk about how similar it was to Black Ops. I also mildly disliked the quick time events. Why? Well for one, they didn't give me the impression like I was actually there struggling with another person. Another why? The action was slow and when you took hits, typically, the screen slowly turned sideways (no concussive effect to immerse you). The could have improved those QTEs by moving the indicators a little higher on the screen so they are clear and evident. As it is now, if you attempt to immerse yourself in the fight, you miss a key press and watch yourself get killed. That ends my singleplayer review, I would give it a 7/10 as it was mostly boring and linear, so it lacked replayability. However, it was a nice graphical showcase and the ending was pretty good.

    Now for the multiplayer portion. As all the fanboys claim, "This is what Battlefield is about!" and they are right. The game really shines (when the servers aren't down, which isn't common luckily) here. The infantry/vehicles are well balanced (except for the helicopters) and the gameplay flows smoothly. You have plenty of unlockables and gamemodes/maps to keep you entertained for quite a while too. Now to the helicopters or should I say blimps. Why(I'm tired of this word)? Well, it isn't that they are particularly slow or weak, it is just that there are so many threats for them that they can't be used effectively. Every engineer with an RPG/Stinger, every vehicle that shoots, jets, other helicopters, and AA are all very strong against helicopters. So, while you attempt to make your first attack, you almost always have a lock on you from an engineer, almost always are being shot at by some MG, and a jet is almost always about to fire a missile or shoot you. I have seen some excellent helicopter pilots, but they never last longer than a minute or two. The best helicopters are the ones like the VENOM (I think) where infantry use mounted miniguns to fire from the sides while engineers repair it from the inside. The other main issue I have with the multipayer (beside the occasional bug) is the lack of a piloting tutorial for helicopters and jets. While there is a co-op mission that allows you to pilot a helicopter, you risk wasting someone's time. I would have implemented a map similar to Coral Sea where all players can fly jets and dogfight to their hearts content. Overall, the multiplayer gameplay is extremely fun and should keep anyone interested for at least a few months (Probably around the release of Back to Karkand). I give the multiplayer a score of 10/10 due to very few problems and extremely fun gameplay that has great replayability. I weigh out the two scores 66% multiplayer 33% singleplayer and reach my score of 9.    … Expand
  3. swannblack
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    Best shooter in years, unmatchable multiplayer, singleplayer story is good, co op, also adds to this, its just a little cream, the meat is multi, multiplayer is incredible.....
  4. 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.
  5. DaN_HouSeR_82
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    BF3 has a complexity and variety never seen before. I've been a COD fan since 2004, but I'm a grown man now. I needed something more. Like jumping in a helicopter loaded with your buddies shooting buildings apart while you land on the ROOF of that building and then all running out shooting everything in sight. Nothing compares. Not even close! Look at the reviews and how you can justBF3 has a complexity and variety never seen before. I've been a COD fan since 2004, but I'm a grown man now. I needed something more. Like jumping in a helicopter loaded with your buddies shooting buildings apart while you land on the ROOF of that building and then all running out shooting everything in sight. Nothing compares. Not even close! Look at the reviews and how you can just picture kids crying about how their favorite game is nothing but the same crap every year. Why? BF3 is a better game, PLAY IT and stop crying!… Expand
  6. mrpeanut
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The rest of the game is tight as **** but I experienced glitches on the first mission on single player and through out the game but its worth it.......................................................................… Expand
  7. Hamz
    Oct 28, 2011
    8
    I see a lot of people put this game down because it doesn't have a great single player. If you are looking for a single player game with plot I suggest the infinite amount of FPS and RPG based games such as ME2, the HL series and so on. No one can honestly say that they have played a CoD or BF series single player that wasn't immediately forgettable and utterly pointless. And someone wasI see a lot of people put this game down because it doesn't have a great single player. If you are looking for a single player game with plot I suggest the infinite amount of FPS and RPG based games such as ME2, the HL series and so on. No one can honestly say that they have played a CoD or BF series single player that wasn't immediately forgettable and utterly pointless. And someone was pointing out that servers were already filled with hackers, which sounds like a rubbish assertion to me, since I have played for more than 10 hours already and haven't seen any obvious hacking at all.
    However, stunning as the visuals are, I am running this game on medium settings on a slightly low resolution, which makes the game less than appealing graphically. I wish also that they would also use a queueing system to join servers and fix squad joining/creating since it seems more complex than helicopter controls.    … Expand
  8. lingeringguns
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    While the singleplayer campaign may be uninspired it is still an excellent showpiece for the amazing things the Frostbite 2 engine can do and it's an entertaining enough tutorial for the real meat of the game, the multiplayer.

    Multiplayer is where Battlefield has always excelled and this is without a doubt the best multiplayer shooter experience to date, and most likely the best you will    While the singleplayer campaign may be uninspired it is still an excellent showpiece for the amazing things the Frostbite 2 engine can do and it's an entertaining enough tutorial for the real meat of the game, the multiplayer.

    Multiplayer is where Battlefield has always excelled and this is without a doubt the best multiplayer shooter experience to date, and most likely the best you will see this year. Aside from some issues with the operation of the server browser the game gets everything right. The sound design is incredible, maps are beautiful to look at and exquisitely balanced, shooting feels spot on and the class system provides enough depth and strategy to keep you playing for a very long time.    … Expand
  9. ToxicMonkey
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    Do NOT listen to any review rating this game below 7. They are NOT honest. They will rate it low because they are upset with either their inability to play the game well, or because they had problems with it upon launch.
    Had to register just to review it a 10 to outweigh these trolls somewhat.
  10. Mad_gamer
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    It is funny to sit here reading all these reviews and see all these people give it such a low score. Most of sound like spoilt little brats who wouldn't really know what a real game was if it bit you in the a***! It frustrates me to read all these bad reviews when most of you think that you can just give it a bad wrap because of the fact that you can. Its supposed to be about the gameIt is funny to sit here reading all these reviews and see all these people give it such a low score. Most of sound like spoilt little brats who wouldn't really know what a real game was if it bit you in the a***! It frustrates me to read all these bad reviews when most of you think that you can just give it a bad wrap because of the fact that you can. Its supposed to be about the game overall and as far as I am concerned if you rate a game 0 you shouldn't be allowed to post up reviews.
    Anyways I loved this game. So Battlefield isn't known for its campaigns but I actually really enjoyed it. Im not big on multiplayer and getting online in fact I NEVER get online to play but this is the first game I did and you know what I loved it even though I did get owned a few hundred times. I'll get there in the end. Its funny that some of you have posted up whinging about the prone position but in real battle can you not do that or is that just not an option?? And i did a bit more homework where I looked at a few games some of you have reviewed and some gave this game 0-3 yet gave Portal 2 10 go figure. Need I say more. I say good job to Dice and EA considering all the media hype around this game it was a little disappointing when I played it but overall still loved this game. Smooth gameplay like when your leaping over it made me feel like it was more realistic ok so its not as good as Rage in my eyes but I still highly rate this game based n the multiplayer and speaking of that Im going back to that now. This game is highly recommended and I hope you will actually play this game and give it a go.    … Expand
  11. DrNooooo
    Oct 28, 2011
    0
    Origin even spies your return of tax or cellphone backup, battlelog is the biggest crap ever. The game is full of bugs, the Singplayer is watching most of the time (without being able to do anything) boring - stolen from other FPS - scripted scenes and missions. The MP offers nothing new compared to BC2 and MoH - besides Maps, Perks for every crap, Textures and some (ok they are good)Origin even spies your return of tax or cellphone backup, battlelog is the biggest crap ever. The game is full of bugs, the Singplayer is watching most of the time (without being able to do anything) boring - stolen from other FPS - scripted scenes and missions. The MP offers nothing new compared to BC2 and MoH - besides Maps, Perks for every crap, Textures and some (ok they are good) animations. Overall the game would be O.K, but Origin and Battlelog let the score crash into the negative (if it would be possible). 0/10… Expand
  12. pickledcheez
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    This game is ****** awesome. It has all the components of a good game. Whoever rated this below a 8 is being payed by Activision to make this game get bad reviews. This will kick the *** out of Modern Warfare 3.
  13. SniperControl
    Oct 28, 2011
    3
    I have been looking forward to this game for months, really excited as i am a big battlefield fan. Got the game this morning, took it home and then proceeded to spend nearly 3 hours trying to install it!!!!! I had heard Origin was a pile of steaming **** from countless other users but nothing prepared me for this. Cut a lony story short, i ended up downloading a crack which bypasses originI have been looking forward to this game for months, really excited as i am a big battlefield fan. Got the game this morning, took it home and then proceeded to spend nearly 3 hours trying to install it!!!!! I had heard Origin was a pile of steaming **** from countless other users but nothing prepared me for this. Cut a lony story short, i ended up downloading a crack which bypasses origin and battlelog compleatly. Only problem with that is i cant frickin go online, only single player is availible.
    Single player is a total joke to, my rig runs 2 GTX570s graphics cards in SLI (with new Nvidia driver) but the graphics are frickin awful, what is with that water droplet/dirt effect on screen during game play?? Another bug bear i have as well is the poor gamepad support, i have by PC rigged upto my 55" TV so i use a wireless 360 controller, now the game recognises that i have the controller attached and lets me play with it in game, however there are some parts in the game which i have to press a certain button at certain time, only problem is these buttons arent on the gamepad but rather on the mouse or keyboard!! What is the point of that?? After speninding 15 mins remapping the keys, i carry on playing the game only to be prompted with a instruction to press Z to go into the prone postion, having gone into prone by pressing a remapped button on the gamepad the message stayes on screen, during this time i am unable to pick up a RPG to blow up the hotel in the first level, only when i press Z on the keyboard am i allowed to pick up the RPG!!! Sloppy Dice sloppy. i am giving this game a low score purely because of origin and a very poor single player plus the points mentioned above. I refuse to have origin on my PC and am sure i will miss other EA games because of it, there loss not mine. If the game ever makes it's way to Steam i will be happy to reload it and give multiplayer a go. Rockstar tried a similar thing with GTA5 and Social Club and we all know how that eneded. For now the game has been uninstalled and will be heading back to the store for a refund. Cmon EA i love some of your stuff, but for the love of god, get rid of the mandatory use of origin and battlelog please!!!!    … Expand
  14. Hidden
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    Under normal circumstances I would give the game 9/10 but here are a lot of reviews, which are way to low, so I give 10/10 to balance the score :)
    The multiplayer is awesome, and deserves the 10/10. There is nothing to complain about.
    The singleplayer is completely scripted which is really annoying (even a CoD is not scripted this bad), but it's a Battlefield, the Singleplayer doesn't    Under normal circumstances I would give the game 9/10 but here are a lot of reviews, which are way to low, so I give 10/10 to balance the score :)
    The multiplayer is awesome, and deserves the 10/10. There is nothing to complain about.
    The singleplayer is completely scripted which is really annoying (even a CoD is not scripted this bad), but it's a Battlefield, the Singleplayer doesn't matter. If someone really wants to buy this game only for SP: Don't buy it.
    Origin is annoying, but it hasn't really anything to do with the game itself, so it should not appear in the rating. Battlelog is less annoying than I initially thought, and as a stats page its awesome.
    The game is exactly what I expected it to be when buying: Big maps, vehicles, tons of enemies to shoot -> Battlefield.
    btw: Sorry if my English isn't perfect, but it's not my native language.    … Expand
  15. roboticsun
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    Simply put Battlefield 3 is great. If something can actually be called subtly awesome, Battlefield 3 is the case. Partly because of the generic art design, it's difficult at first to distinguish exactly what the game does better than comparable shooters, but the attention to detail, abundance of reflecting surfaces and complex lighting stands out the more you play it. Light in particularSimply put Battlefield 3 is great. If something can actually be called subtly awesome, Battlefield 3 is the case. Partly because of the generic art design, it's difficult at first to distinguish exactly what the game does better than comparable shooters, but the attention to detail, abundance of reflecting surfaces and complex lighting stands out the more you play it. Light in particular is used to good effect. And the other part makes battlefield 3 truly shine is the sound design. It just feels so real sometimes you even feels you are actually in that situation. I personally think this is truly an achievement in interactivity.… Expand
  16. ttocs
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    A decent, but overall mediocre single player game gives way to a crazy addictive and absolutely perfect multiplayer experience that all fans of shooters should give a try. If you were looking for that one great online experience to trump the rest, this is it.
  17. orionismud
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    I bought this game for the multiplayer, and I love it! It's exactly what I wanted it to be, which is a better version of Bad Company 2. Better graphics, more destructible environments, amazing sound. It's the immersive, semi-realistic shooter I've always wanted. The classes are all different and all useful, and it's slower paced than MW.

    I might eventually play the single player campaign.    I bought this game for the multiplayer, and I love it! It's exactly what I wanted it to be, which is a better version of Bad Company 2. Better graphics, more destructible environments, amazing sound. It's the immersive, semi-realistic shooter I've always wanted. The classes are all different and all useful, and it's slower paced than MW.

    I might eventually play the single player campaign. Maybe. I never got through more than an hour of Bad Comany 2's single player. Don't buy this game for the single player.

    I will buy MW 3 for the single player, but I will play a lot more BF3 multiplayer.    … Expand
  18. Vi-Pe
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    BF3 is awesome! Story is good, graphics are super awesome. Multiplayer is a versatile and have lots of unlocks and vehicles is working perfectly. It have few bugs but DICE will fix them. New game engine is wonderful. Game is hard what is good. I have to say only BF, (if it comes) is remake of 1942 to frostbite 2 engine. But this is best Bf for now. I recommend this.
  19. btxbmbr
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    I register to do something against this flaming. You know, itâ
  20. Meldron
    Oct 28, 2011
    0
    Summary: Battelfield 3 + Origin = Fail! This game is really the last. I was really looking forward to it such a long time but realizing what EA is trying to do with me and my PC is more than bold. I couldn't even install it as I don't agree with Origin. At least, i could send it back to Amazon. Sometimes I really wonder what the publisher think about us, theirs costumers ...
  21. Ahabmnf
    Oct 28, 2011
    0
    1.origin,spying,scanning you pc and not even working,yes steam does the same but at least it works
    2.nehhative mouse acceleration,cant bind some jeys,no difrent sensitivity for vehicles,keyborad left key problems etc.
    3.pathetic visual effects that will damage your eyes and give you a headache blinding lights,glare,bloom,high contrast,blue filter,headbob and other constant screen shakes    1.origin,spying,scanning you pc and not even working,yes steam does the same but at least it works
    2.nehhative mouse acceleration,cant bind some jeys,no difrent sensitivity for vehicles,keyborad left key problems etc.
    3.pathetic visual effects that will damage your eyes and give you a headache
    blinding lights,glare,bloom,high contrast,blue filter,headbob and other constant screen shakes
    4.pathetic sounds,sniper sounds like a toy gun and it has that damage also
    ugly guns and animations
    5.they cut a part of the game and then sell it as an expansion
    crashing,bad optimization,lag and a ton of other problems    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. JLF
    Oct 28, 2011
    1
    As always, EA doesn't impress. The singleplayer plot was boring. More boring than black ops. But it's alright, the game is supposed to shine in multiplayer, right? It doesn't. While the game IS a step up from BC2 and CoD, it's pretty much the same garbage as it was before. Except this time it has "new engine" slapped on it. I'm giving it one above minimum, because I'm sure it's concurrentAs always, EA doesn't impress. The singleplayer plot was boring. More boring than black ops. But it's alright, the game is supposed to shine in multiplayer, right? It doesn't. While the game IS a step up from BC2 and CoD, it's pretty much the same garbage as it was before. Except this time it has "new engine" slapped on it. I'm giving it one above minimum, because I'm sure it's concurrent is going to be even worse… Expand
  24. Sanguinesun
    Oct 28, 2011
    1
    Preorderd this game expecting to play a few days after shipped from release on the 25th. Unbeknownst to me, Pacific region customers are restricted from the game until November 2nd. This in itself was bad. What made it worse was when querying EA's customer service via live chat, the first agent more than once ignored questions I posed and instead kept saying "May I help you" (this wasPreorderd this game expecting to play a few days after shipped from release on the 25th. Unbeknownst to me, Pacific region customers are restricted from the game until November 2nd. This in itself was bad. What made it worse was when querying EA's customer service via live chat, the first agent more than once ignored questions I posed and instead kept saying "May I help you" (this was after a 40 min wait to speak to them and 5-10 min wait between each response that was written to them which dragged out the conversation.) When I asked the last to answer the question I posed, they actually hung up on me and I spent another 40 minutes waiting to talk to another agent who took over an hour and a half (due to the 5 to 10 minute delays in their responses) to eventually escalate a complaint to a supervisor.... who wouldnt be addressing the issues until next week(28th of October was the date of the conversation). Completely have no interest in the game now because of this experience and wish I'd never bothered with it.… Expand
  25. Someonesatan
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    Normally It doesn't really bother me when I see a game get review bombed, but when i see reviews for this game in the 0-4 for this game it really gets on my nerves. Let me start by saying, this is the best game I have ever played period. I started playing fps' 10-12 years ago with medal of honour allied assault and was a HUGE raging cod fan boy before this game launched. I tried it out onNormally It doesn't really bother me when I see a game get review bombed, but when i see reviews for this game in the 0-4 for this game it really gets on my nerves. Let me start by saying, this is the best game I have ever played period. I started playing fps' 10-12 years ago with medal of honour allied assault and was a HUGE raging cod fan boy before this game launched. I tried it out on the recommendation of a friend and I damn near **** my pants every time I load this baby up. The single player is not nearly as linear as some of these reviewers give it credit for. YES, it is linear in the sense that it's not Crysis. However, there is a flanking option for nearly EVERY encounter in the game. You don't just sit behind cover and pop your head up every 2 minutes like the Call of Duty series. Some people say campaign is too short... play it on hard. Some people say there are lots of bugs. I have encountered a handful sure, but nothing that the patch in one week won't fix. People are quick to get their bullhorns out because of how hyped this game was, they were expecting pure gold. Give them time to patch! This game is **** brilliant! I literally just have nothing else to type but that, this game is **** amazing, its **** beautiful, play with friends you will LOVE it. Jets,Jeeps,APC's, Helicopters,tanks,boats. Come on people, get the stick out of your ass. THIS GAME IS **** GREAT. I know Dice doesn't really look at user score on metacritic and they shouldn't... because cod fanboys everywhere bombing it. People with SMALL ass tiffs giving it a 4. This game is **** great, buy it already. I dunno how many times i have to tell you how much i love it. GO **** buy it. I made an account SOLELY to tell you people how much i love this game. I would write more, but im going to play now… Expand
  26. Dilbert1
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    Simply Jaw-dropping. The visuals (due to the new Frostbite 2.0 engine) are gorgeous, and the multi-player experience is second to none. DICE have outdone themselves once more.
  27. HASHISH_LV
    Oct 28, 2011
    0
    multiplayer lacks skill and teamplay, russian announcer speaks english, and battlelog is a satan's gift. ....................................................................................................
  28. CLUTCH
    Oct 28, 2011
    10
    I am pretty amazed by how well this game performs on my system. It is the best looking and best optimized game that I have played, perhaps ever...

    I just finished my first few rounds and I am very impressed. Don't listen to anyone saying that this is a console port or all the other haters. The game is stunning. Definitely a major step forward from BC2 and way ahead of it's competitors in    I am pretty amazed by how well this game performs on my system. It is the best looking and best optimized game that I have played, perhaps ever...

    I just finished my first few rounds and I am very impressed. Don't listen to anyone saying that this is a console port or all the other haters.

    The game is stunning. Definitely a major step forward from BC2 and way ahead of it's competitors in terms of multiplayer.

    I'm running on a Core2Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz, HD5850 1GB and 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 RAM at 1080p and it auto-configured itself to run on high/ultra settings.
    My fps are solid and really smooth, even on big maps like Caspian border with 64 players.

    Reviewers are rating the game down for the singleplayer campaign (which I haven't tried yet), which I think is really unfair, considering if you ignored the singleplayer, the game is arguably the best online FPS game out there to date.

    TL/DR: Seriously, anyone complaining about this game are full of it....    … Expand
  29. John1
    Oct 28, 2011
    0
    This game has a lot of potential, but it feels like it was rushed and the network code is terrible, even with super low latency and minimal packet loss you tend to experience glitches throughout the game.
  30. Mystril
    Oct 28, 2011
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game's campaign, I must admit, isn't all that great. It is heavily scripted, to the point where it assumes your just going to do what the game wants you to do, without telling you to do it. I was supposed to follow some guy called Matkovic when attacked by Russians, to cover that area, so, ofcourse, I go to him and start shooting, immediately afterwards I get a headshot to the face, whilst in cover... from straight in front of me. So I decided to try and go against what the game wanted me to do, and it was piss easy, just picked em off as they came running. The problem is, when your playing it, many times you are forced to do exactly what the game wants you to do, if you do anything else, you die. More often than not, it doesn't explain what you ARE SUPPOSED to do either, another time I was to escape with a guy carrying a bad guy on his back, in addition to "support the marines outside the building". Now, I am inside this building, and what I am actually supposed to do is sit in my little corner and snipe all the soldiers trying to go out, until my partner has the bad guy in the chopper. There are quite a few of these incidents and it is deadly frustrating, I almost smashed my screen last night whilst playing because I got so frustrated with the game.

    That said, there are moments that are very good, also in the campaign. Thunder Run is a pretty cool mission, albeit a rather standard rail shooter experience. This would be okay, and actually awesome, were it not for the fact that this game consists of rail shooting and corridor shooting, only. It gets tedious. The campaign then, wouldn't really be worth the 50â    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#8 Best PC Game of 2011
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#6 Most Discussed PC Game of 2011
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#5 Most Shared PC Game of 2011

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 61 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 61
  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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