Battlefield 3 Best Game of 2011
Its official. Battlefield 3 will be the best game released this year. So says EA CEO John Riccitiello.
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, Riccitiello conceded that EA lost the market leading position it once had with Medal of Honor, but added, "were after it now.
"Ive made no excuse for the reality that I want market leadership in the first-person shooter game business, he said. "In many ways I feel that we created the first mass market first-person shooter with Medal of Honor and unfortunately with the transition to the PS3 era we lost that. Were after it now.
"Theres a great thing about an annual franchise, whether its us or our competition; when youve got that annual franchise its a meal ticket, it can generate a great deal of income.
"One of the problems with an annual franchise is you dont take the time to reengineer the underlying codebase so that its as next-generation as it can be, he added.
"We think theres a window of opportunity here. Weve been investing for three years to build Battlefield 3. I think it will stand up as the best product in the industry this year and were going dead at em.
Battlefield 3's impressive Frostbite 2 engine has been described by EA as "incredible technology that takes animation, destruction, lighting, scale and audio to new heights.
Battlefield 3 will feature 64-player multiplayer on PC and 24-players on console.
yeah that really sucks unless the replacement is awesome
the auto commander on homefront seems like it might be cool(ish), maybe they are going that route with more AI aides
I'm thinking the squad leader will get some commander-ish functions. That's more people, right?
Of the new gaming rig? 130w idle, huh? I'd think you could get that down to 110w even with the dual 5870s. What is it? The high-speed fans? The fancy lights? The jet engine???
I'm thinking the squad leader will get some commander-ish functions. That's more people, right?
The worldwide interest in Battlefield 3 is very high so I made a summary of the most important information of the GameStar cover story (Issue 04/2011). First of all let me start with a comparison to the article Matt Bertz wrote for GameInformer. German editor Fabian Siegismund also played the demo level but describes it in another way and gives more detail to the destruction. Here is an example: when the huge building collapses during the earthquake it buries and destroys a Blackhawk helicopter. Patrick Bach says that debris can hurt characters. Important here: we are talking about the singleplayer. Not tested or confirmed for the multiplayer (Bach: "We'll see")!
Talking about the multiplayer the text contains a short summary about the multiplayer aspects editor Siegismund was able to see. I’ll give you that aspects in form of a list.
* Most important fact but most likely a typo or mistake: 32 players for the console.
* At a screen there were four classes with five slots for equipment. No further word about the details of the equipment ist given
* Siegismund says that he has seen a F-16 and a Su-27 Jet. Important here: there is a render / picture at the article that shows a F1-8 Super Hornet and not a F-16. Don’t know if this means the existence of both jets or a typo.
* Siegesmund talks about a “Replay-Function which was also included in Battlefield 2”. In our opinion he is talking about the Battlerecorder (as a function to replay whole games). His statement concerning this function: “DICE is playing around with a feasible version for BF3”. The function is not confirmed.
* Sound: DICE is working with a revised system for the sound that enables players to detect from where a vehicle or enemy soldier is coming. Every object (aka tank, helicopter has up to 80 soundchannels with different sound from different angles.
* Singleplayer: there will be Quicktime-Events where you have to push the mouse buttons to win a fight. The example here: an enemy tries to stab you with a knife and you have to defend you (knock him down / kill him).
That’s it for now. I may add some aspects (SP) later but I wanted to get the news out quickly.
Update
* One of the player models has a tattoo at the right forearm (SP possibly). Looks really cool.
* The M16 at Page 22 has no notch and is adjusted to semi fire (1st Picture of this news) (Thx MaxFragg)
Tense scene waiting for the Battlefield to new information about Battlefield 3 , and hopes are also drawing on the forthcoming cover story of the game star. As hardcore fans of course we have no ways and means spared to get the report in the March edition of the fingers. And thanks to a nice magazine vendor has even worked. We have worked through the nine pages and compared them with the report from game informer. Is it right not to read much news, but one is addressed the most hotly debated issues: the classes.
Four classes in multiplayer
As expected, editor Fabian Siegismund same demo mission as your colleagues from game informer has played, but the report offers at least some pieces of information to the multiplayer. In a start-up screen during the presentation of four classes were to be seen with (text) "five equipment kits. Probably Siegismund mean by that secondary slots for weapons and specializations, as well as in Bad Company are 2 available. There are, however, six slots.
Replay function aka Battle Recorder
Another extremely important initial information on the Battle Recorder, the victories of mouth as a replay function is called. The text here reads: "The already existed in Battlefield 2, DICE is now experimenting with a usable version for Battlefield 3. A real confirmation that's not, but both fans of machinima and the eSports community and anti-cheat can hope again. For all three groups, the recording of demos is extremely important.
F-16, F-18, Su-27 and Solo Mission
Another point in the multi-box is the first confirmation of specific aircraft. Here is made to the General Dynamics F-16 and Sukhoi Su-27. What is interesting about this statement is the following aspect: in the article is a fighter jet imaged at it but not an F-16 is but an F/A-18 E / F Super Hornet (thx MaXFraGG). Also important: in the report as a solo single-player mission is mentioned in one of the jets.
More details on the Sound
For many players also extremely important to the topic of sound is also here, the report includes more details. As a picture is clear, objects such as tanks or other vehicles are assigned to multiple sound channels that play depending on the position of the player to the object. There are about 80 of these objects for individual channels to make the soundscape as realistic as possible. The article does not address the question of whether Battlefield Bad Company 3 as 2 no longer relies on hardware acceleration.
Confusion over number of players for the console
For most discussions of the contribution will not make the multiplayer issues and sound, but the little details. The image of the jet that does not match the description in the text, the lack of sight on the screen shot of the M16 (see scan), but above all, a sentence is only 64 players on our favorite platform Konsoleros have to make do with 32. And that's not the point is hidden, but rather the number is officially responsible for the console that is not 24 and 32nd
Last words - or why the purchase is worth
On the contribution we have said and actually most of you might think the walk to the kiosk would not pay anymore. As a true fan of the series, I must disagree vehemently rejects. The screens of the player models (which shine next to the overall look by the way, details such as tattoos) simply give printed from a very different image than scanned. This is the description of the demo mission by Fabian Siegismund the same way that Matt Bertz, but in some places, rich in detail. Off in a duel (right and left mouse button), the bombers: For example, in describing a Quick Time Events defuse the bomb before the earthquake.
Two sides to Play4Free
Final argument for the purchase are two sides of Battlefield Play4Free, that ends the report. Once a site has an editor Siegismund also looked at the Battlefield online clone and structure and procedure describes the game, which is by DICE and EA still under an embargo. Again, there are some nice screens.