Battlefield 3

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1893 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 288 out of 1893
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  1. east_stand
    Mar 27, 2012
    0
    Untill you bring us back the previous way to play the game is COMPLETELY useless!!! Guys don't let you be blackmailed by the game dev. Simply because the wake-up one day and thought:"Oh, lets make some more money, from the gamers!!!" Great game, ruined by its creators!!! TRAGIC!!!
  2. Wikked75
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    this game is terribly boring. the maps are too big for the amount of players on console. there are way too many bugs and glitches for this game to be a final product. absolutely ridiculous. the campaign is a joke, and very glitchy as well. the people you play against in multiplayer are a bunch of self-righteous windbags who say you aren't playing right or you aren't good enough, yet theythis game is terribly boring. the maps are too big for the amount of players on console. there are way too many bugs and glitches for this game to be a final product. absolutely ridiculous. the campaign is a joke, and very glitchy as well. the people you play against in multiplayer are a bunch of self-righteous windbags who say you aren't playing right or you aren't good enough, yet they are terrible and sit and camp and snipe. it's a complete waste of money. if you are into vehicle warfare, team based games, go for battlefield:bad company 2. that game is much better.… Expand
  3. hadooken
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is slow and heavy, the characters feel like they are running with 10kilo boots on each foot.
    Graphics are great of course, PC WISE! not PS3 OR XBOX. Trying too hard to catch up with COD series. Obviously, EA is dying to get a share of the 'Modern' cake.    … Expand
  4. Gegrory
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    This game is more of a prototype than a fully finished FPS. The frostbite 2 engine needs to work out some major kinks. If you're on the fence about which military shooter to pick up this year, do yourself a favor and get MW3. Maybe next time around battlefield will be the better online shooter, but for now there are far too many glitches to enjoy. Truly a shame, game had tons ofThis game is more of a prototype than a fully finished FPS. The frostbite 2 engine needs to work out some major kinks. If you're on the fence about which military shooter to pick up this year, do yourself a favor and get MW3. Maybe next time around battlefield will be the better online shooter, but for now there are far too many glitches to enjoy. Truly a shame, game had tons of potential. Little bit of a disappointment, but hoping for a better game next time.… Expand
  5. xuzhu
    Nov 10, 2011
    0
    This game is a mess, and EA once again proves to the world that they havent got a clue. Please, EA, let another publisher take over Bioware before you ruin them as well!
  6. Rammari
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    It has terrible single player mode and bad, empty spec ops mode. Multiplayer mode is full of campers. It has lots of unfixed bugs. Maps are not enough. Frames per second is under 30, unplayable.
  7. Revolver68
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    Another year and not surprised at all EA has dropped another massive DUMP on those foolish enough to buy this Buggy, steaming pile of CRAP. They will never get a Cent from me, not suckered in by the hype like so many LMAO
  8. DonaldTrump
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    This game sucks hard. Squads doesn't work, microphones cuts in and out and the servers is laggy as hell. Just buy MW3 if you're thinking about buying new FPS game.
  9. Battlefield3sux
    Nov 12, 2011
    0
    I've been a gamer all my life since NES days and first got into 1st person shooters with PS3's Resistance, not counting N64 Golden Eye, etc. That transitioned into COD4, one of the best shooters of all time. Next came COD World At War which was nowhere as fun. Then followed something a little better, COD6 (MW2), but not quite great due to annoying perks and sub-par maps. Battlefield 1943I've been a gamer all my life since NES days and first got into 1st person shooters with PS3's Resistance, not counting N64 Golden Eye, etc. That transitioned into COD4, one of the best shooters of all time. Next came COD World At War which was nowhere as fun. Then followed something a little better, COD6 (MW2), but not quite great due to annoying perks and sub-par maps. Battlefield 1943 was actually tons of fun and I enjoyed it very much, but I found less and less people online. Black Ops came out and is holding me up until today. Not quite like COD4, but better then its successors. Now comes out MW3 and Battlefield 3. I'm not a killing machine but my K/D ratio is at 2.58. I decided I wanted a game where I didn't have to kill like crazy and use more strategy, more like Battlefield 1943. So I went with BF3. Here are my thoughts ....

    BF3: Graphics are great, air/ground vehicles are amazing. I was really pumped. After 2 weeks of playing all maps, and all game modes, I came to the conclusion this game is simply terrible.

    +PROS:

    -Graphics amazing -Guns variety, attachments -Choppers, jets, tanks, cars -Map variety, sizes -Cinematic (chopper flying over you and unloading, etc)

    +CONS:

    -Strategy. You get in a tank and the guy driving it is a retard. Probably a 5 year old playing it. This normally doesn't happen in the PC version as you need a $2000+ computer to even support this game and not too many parents are going to give their "kid" this to play video games. Way too many little kids playing this that are loners like me. Unless you play with friends, it's useless. Everyone does their own thing.

    -Shooting. This is a mess. I swear to you I shot a guy twice with a sniper rifle and he did not go down!! Clearly I made contact because the landing bullet showed a red hit. I can't kill a guy next to me to save my life either. My K/D in every shooter has been between 1.86 - 2.58, not spectacular, but enough to say I'm pretty decent. I try shooting from the hip and aiming down the sights, and it is impossible. I tried several guns, still looked like a NOOB. I try camping, everything. Again, not saying I need a great K/D. I just want to be able to kill the guy I have in sight very close to me when he's not looking at me. Hell, I can have a great time being 5 kills and 8 deaths one game. Battlefield 1943 was awesome. Now that was a real simulator.

    -Stabbing. The cinematic stabbing scene is great but seriously, when I stab, I just want a guy to go down and that's that. Not here, no way. A couple of times I tried stabbing a guy from behind while he was sniping and nothing would happen. I was hammering R2 and it looked like my guy had a stuttering movement. Finally after 6 secs, the guy turned around and killed me. Like I said, this happened more than once! Now I can stab a guy prone and it shows all this great action scene where I flip him over and stab him, but who cares? When I stab, I just want to kill the guy and move on! This is super annoying. I'm not saying I want to stab on the fly like COD but still, when the other guy has his back towards me, he should die.

    FINAL THOUGHTS:

    You either make this a hardcore simulator all the way, or you don't. It shouldn't take more than around 4 shots to kill a guy. This is a game where you need to get inside a tank to do anything. I don't mind camping but this is ridiculous. You can camp for literally 5 mins waiting for a kill in a great spot, but you either wait longer or get killed. SHOOTING AND MOBILITY IS THE MOST ANNOYING FEATURE ABOUT THIS GAME. It's like spending $60 to watch a movie not play a game. Yes, it looks beautiful but plays like crap. If you want to buy this game, I suggest getting on blu-ray "Blackhawk Down" or "Saving Private Ryan", looks just as great and much cheaper.    … Expand
  10. GregoryGoblin
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    About as much fun as treading dog sh*t all over your new carpet.

    Dull, Dull, Dull!

    Everyone raves about the graphics, yet calls MW3? I don't get it, this looks inferior to all 3 iterations of MW3 that Gregory has played! But to be fair, they're both negative and glorify death!

    Avoid this dreary negative tat. Buy a nice family game with Christian values!!
  11. MrHitstick
    Nov 11, 2011
    0
    There isn't much to say about this game, it looks better on PS3 than Xbox but the campaign is slow, multiplayer is terrible (not sure why you all think its fun) and the additional side games are of no interest. Glad I rented this. On another note, bought MW3 obviously and have missed 3 straight days of classes because of it. Game of the year for sure.
  12. TheLastRaver
    Nov 19, 2011
    0
    what are your people on, this piece of **** is suppose draw every two frames? but it still keeps dropping frames.

    killzone 3 draws every 2 frames the game looks great, plays great.

    battlefield 3 looks ass, its sluggish. i had low expectations, the were fulfilled by DICE.
  13. Bobbyb373
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    What an incredibly bad game. Single player is cliched and quite frankly boring, whereas multiplayer is infested, yes infested, with campers, hackers, boosters, and the lowest forms of gaming life. As for the gameplay the guns are pathetically weak, the graphics trying desperately to hide the ugliness that is the real Battlefield 3. Save your money and buy MW3, Uncharted 3, or Skyrim.
  14. Panam-pl
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    na konsoli gra jest beznadziejna w single player a w multi też do niczego , każdy wystrzaÅ
  15. Catatau
    Nov 14, 2011
    0
    There is no fun playing this game. Only campers around the maps and there is nobody helping each other like I heard , no team working together. Modern Warfare 10 x 0 Battlefield 3.
  16. fortySIXnTWO
    Nov 16, 2011
    0
    Did anyone else get as sick of the stupid light glare affect? Dumb campaign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. feliciafan89
    May 28, 2012
    0
    This game is completely broken and unplayable. It's the same thing it's always been. The frame rate is sketchy, bullets sometimes don't hit even at kissing-close range when you're aiming RIGHT at the enemy due to lag, the story is extremely boring and repetitive. The FPS genre is dying because of games like this. These days, you're given a choice of picking your poison instead of pickingThis game is completely broken and unplayable. It's the same thing it's always been. The frame rate is sketchy, bullets sometimes don't hit even at kissing-close range when you're aiming RIGHT at the enemy due to lag, the story is extremely boring and repetitive. The FPS genre is dying because of games like this. These days, you're given a choice of picking your poison instead of picking what's actually a good game. So once more, I find myself going back to Counter-Strike.

    It's basically another series of spawn, then die. I find myself sneaking around, trying to be careful and checking my corners, (as in, NOT playing this game like Call of Duty, as some fanboys will no doubt tell me not to) only to get sniped from someone on another continent. When I'm not getting sniped, I'm getting blinded by taclights used by idiots who think they're being funny by keeping me blinded for five seconds just to piss me off. That, or I'm getting killed by vehicle hogs after burning through three rockets trying to kill them. I have to suicide just to switch to the class with the rocket launcher, because I either have no teammates with rocket launchers, no teammates who can be bothered to take care of it, or no teammates nearby, period. It's like I get a hundred deaths for every one kill I get. The only consolation is that I got to sell it to someone else for the price I bought it at. I hated this game so much I wouldn't accept what GameStop would've offered me for it.

    I'm really, REALLY surprised that anyone likes this game. It's like some people will just fanboy a series all the way to the end, go all the way to it, and will never, ever admit that a game has flaws. Not that MW3 doesn't (believe me, I know it does), but this game has even more flaws.

    Furthermore, EA insists that a used copy constitutes buying a new online pass to access multiplayer. Their official statement was along the lines of "it hurts us when you buy a used game, and that's why we're doing this".

    Here's the deal, EA: Your cash cow is officially broken. Make a game that isn't a steaming pile of crap, and you won't have to deal with that. I'll be more than happy to buy a new copy. Considering how awful your track record has become in the last five or so years, good luck with that. o_o    … Expand
  18. Narrh
    Nov 16, 2011
    0
    A game for kids where you can camp, camp, camp, camp and drive tanks till the fkn end boringness. Disappointed. I bought this and after buying mw3 i sold my bf3 to a friend at 40% price. I Regret that you dont know what a good FPS game is.nAt least in MW3 you train your skills, reflex, fastthinking and abilities to orient and predict. But yea, keep camping and camping and camping, simplyA game for kids where you can camp, camp, camp, camp and drive tanks till the fkn end boringness. Disappointed. I bought this and after buying mw3 i sold my bf3 to a friend at 40% price. I Regret that you dont know what a good FPS game is.nAt least in MW3 you train your skills, reflex, fastthinking and abilities to orient and predict. But yea, keep camping and camping and camping, simply wasting your time, There is 0 tactic in this game, stop comparing this "0" to the best game ever made. BF3 is like total waste of time unless you like to fly jet planes.… Expand
  19. Coreyod386
    Jan 7, 2012
    0
    I Have a few words for this: OVERRATED PIECE OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God this is terrible I only played it for a few minutes of this and I was already bored. look just don't buy this game plz don't.
  20. Visegrip117
    Jan 9, 2012
    0
    Wow what a let down.

    This game is completely broken on PS3. It is plaited by controller input lag, and severely broken mics.
    The input lag makes aiming a pain, and the broken VoIP system makes communication with your team nearly impossible .
    If given the chance to do again, I wouldn't buy this game. Nearly 3 months with no fix in sight. Pathetic support DICE
  21. sonnas_sonnas
    Jan 10, 2012
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This has to be the most disappointing game ever released. Riding on the classic that was Battlefield 2, DICE/ EA have rushed out a game (pre-xmas, as to beat Call of Duty's release) that is unfinished, full of bugs. For a game that sells itself' strengths on teamwork, they cannot even get VOIP to work on the PS3 version. Issues way too many to list, go on any forum and you will see for yourself. Forum after forum have been trying to get answers out of DICE, but guess what. Not a single reply. And quoting directly from DICE, on their views on how the game came out.. "We've nailed it.."… Expand
  22. Broxigar
    Apr 27, 2012
    0
    More of the same, nothing but FPS garbage. This genre has single handedly destroyed gaming and turned the entire industry into one that favors "safe" shallow gameplay with good graphics instead of games that are actually enjoyable.
  23. MeteorRed
    Sep 13, 2012
    0
    This is a boring and simplified version of PC-edition... This means that EVERYTHING is worse... and the game cost So HIGH... That it is better to buy PC version and be happy... $)
  24. Aryzing
    Nov 23, 2012
    0
    Why a 0? Input lag simply causes too much interference on to many occasions. It is pretty ridiculous that something as essential as aiming in a FPS is troublesome... Worth the buy? No.
  25. Nerdbasher2000
    Jan 21, 2013
    0
    I loved this game when it came out, I played it for hours and hours and hours and apart from some technical glitches I had a great time, if I had written a review then I would have scored it a 10, HOWEVER.... Then EA/Dice came up with a greedy money making scheme and decided to rent out the games multiplayer servers to private users.... bad move guys because that single act of greed hasI loved this game when it came out, I played it for hours and hours and hours and apart from some technical glitches I had a great time, if I had written a review then I would have scored it a 10, HOWEVER.... Then EA/Dice came up with a greedy money making scheme and decided to rent out the games multiplayer servers to private users.... bad move guys because that single act of greed has ruined your game completely and as a result I will never play it online again. For that I give BF3 a big fat zero.… Expand
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#23 Best PS3 Game of 2011
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#4 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2011
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#20 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2011

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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Push Square
    Feb 10, 2012
    80
    Hopefully EA reconsiders its approach to toppling Call Of Duty in the future, and allows its games to develop their own personality, rather than imitate something else.
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  2. Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
    Jan 4, 2012
    80
    Despite its incredible competitive online play, we can't ignore the shortcomings of its campaign and Co-Op. [Jan 2012, p.66]
  3. Official PlayStation Magazine Benelux
    Jan 2, 2012
    90
    The nine multiplayer maps seem to be designed specifically to let players come up with their own creative strategies. Compared to COD, this gives the player a real sense of freedom. There is no such thing as a perfect strategy or a trotten path. [December 2011, p.74]
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