alright, so after finally being able to play all the maps without getting dropped/kicked etc I can only say one thing: I FUCKING LOVE THE MAPS!!!
sadly though, the map I was looking forward to the most is the worst of them. I'm talking about wake island. you just don't get that old feeling playing on this map now. they also pretty much flattened every base, removed a lot of cover and things like the aa gun aren't there etc. favorite map is strike at karkand!
oh yeah and unlocking those new guns seems quite bad for me. you have to play those useless modes like sqdm or stuff like destroy a vehicle with your torch. like wtf who is going to stay in the vehicle if it loses like 2health/sec zzz
fix link, had to go through another vid to get to it
Anyways I watched the Oman one, I completely agree 100% that its one of the best maps ever made for any FPS personally. Mainly because theres so much variety due to the differences in the landscapes. I've played it as Infantry and as a helicopter flying around in the city, the map is really really cool (Although I prefer the city area moreso than the coast). It was the first map I played in BF2 and first I played in BtK ^>^
Had a few rounds on Oman this morning... I swear half the opposing team were sitting up that crane by the construction site at one point, like a frigging bird watchers club up there. If I have time I'll try the others later.. but snowed under with uni work unfortunately.. (he says while browsing team liquid...)
On December 14 2011 22:50 askTeivospy wrote: fix link, had to go through another vid to get to it
Anyways I watched the Oman one, I completely agree 100% that its one of the best maps ever made for any FPS personally. Mainly because theres so much variety due to the differences in the landscapes. I've played it as Infantry and as a helicopter flying around in the city, the map is really really cool (Although I prefer the city area moreso than the coast). It was the first map I played in BF2 and first I played in BtK ^>^
Anyone having trouble with losing some FPS since the last patch. I was playing before this on the same settings with no FPS lag, low and behold I update it this morning and now my game seems to run a lot less smooth... Anyone know if this is a known issue?
On December 15 2011 00:53 Jhax[IRE] wrote: Anyone having trouble with losing some FPS since the last patch. I was playing before this on the same settings with no FPS lag, low and behold I update it this morning and now my game seems to run a lot less smooth... Anyone know if this is a known issue?
Same issue here, though it went away the later it got into the night. My money is on Origin or Battlelog traffic increase caused by people flocking to try the new maps.
I couldn't even remember Oman the first time I was playing it because it was on a smaller PS3 map with only three flags... then I played on PC yesterday and it looks like they threw in two extra flags for Conquest Large.
I am really surprised they made the 2nd assignment Assault gun what it is (iirc, the L85A2 was a spec ops gun for EU in BF2 and was not utilized all too often). I think they should have switched them around, making the FAMAS the more difficult gun to obtain. If the FAMAS is anything like it was in BF2, I expect mass usage in BF3.
On December 15 2011 04:18 Zen5034 wrote: I couldn't even remember Oman the first time I was playing it because it was on a smaller PS3 map with only three flags... then I played on PC yesterday and it looks like they threw in two extra flags for Conquest Large.
I am really surprised they made the 2nd assignment Assault gun what it is (iirc, the L85A2 was a spec ops gun for EU in BF2 and was not utilized all too often). I think they should have switched them around, making the FAMAS the more difficult gun to obtain. If the FAMAS is anything like it was in BF2, I expect mass usage in BF3.
I've got a question for the regular posters in this thread: what did you guys think of the campaign? Every review for this game says the campaign is trash, and they paint it in a light that it has zero redeeming features. As such, I've held off playing it until last night. I got rightly stoned and decided "why the fuck not?" and started playing, and I gotta say that is wasn't what I was expecting.
Being high, I found the action sequences enjoyable, and the graphics were outstanding (other than character faces, they looked way too CGI and the lip-synching was way off). Was bugged me most was the plot. I just didn't give a shit what was going on or who any of these people were. Every teamate you have looks similar, except for the one guy who reminds me of a not-so-fucked-up looking Steve Buschemi. The voice acting was real bad... maybe amplified by my ingestion of weed, which causes me to notice little things I'd otherwise gloss over.
Another issue I had was the objectives, they were pretty damn random and sometimes non-sensical, in a "kill the story" kind of way (what little story there is). But other than bad acting and bad writing, the campaign is solid IMO... and fucking tough (again, maybe because of being stoned, but that doesn't affect my online play, so I dunno). Sometimes shit would just randomly explode on me from nowhere... that was aggrivating, but I couldn't stop playing, I just wanted to push further.
A lot of people were pissed because the jet mission doesn't involve actually piloting the jet yourself, but I had my fill of that in multiplayer, so I didn't mind much.
All in all, I'll keep playing through it, just to see what comes next. What did you guys think?
campaign was good, not great but not terrible. The main thing i liked were how all the levels were varied and nothing was similar to the other. Voice acting was great, idk what you're talking about get off the wEED
On December 15 2011 04:54 askTeivospy wrote: campaign was good, not great but not terrible. The main thing i liked were how all the levels were varied and nothing was similar to the other. Voice acting was great, idk what you're talking about get off the wEED
It just really felt like they were reading off a script, and I thought that some of the voices didn't match what the character looked like (big marines with teenage voices, monotone voices with expressive characters, etc.)
B2K is out to kill my PC lol. Could/can play the main game with no problems, but then the game decided "Fuck you" and the auto-setting put everything on Ultra - hello there, BSOD. XD
Still, I like the expansion, for the whole 5 minutes I managed to play on it.
On December 15 2011 00:53 Jhax[IRE] wrote: Anyone having trouble with losing some FPS since the last patch. I was playing before this on the same settings with no FPS lag, low and behold I update it this morning and now my game seems to run a lot less smooth... Anyone know if this is a known issue?
Check your graphics setting, the update set my anti-aliasing to 16x for some odd reason.
On December 14 2011 15:44 Torte de Lini wrote: I have no idea how someone who has the same amount of time to get the money we do, can complain about not getting something who had an equal chance to get.
The bar was set, if you can't reach, that's fine, you still got the full-game, there is nothing missing.
Put your ego aside, you're wrong. If the game was a failure I would have wasted 60 dollars and had a useless DLC. I took a risk by preordering so DICE gave me a bonus on my preorder, you didn't take a risk since you didn't have faith in the company so you get nothing.
Bingo.
How the hell am I getting the full game? How is missing 4 maps + a couple guns the full game?
How is it not? You're missing additions to the game that alter the overall gameplay or mechanics.
What, so when someone kills me with a gun I am unable to get from playing normally, you can use the FAMAS on regular maps, that is getting the full game?
How does that change your gameplay and experience?
I honestly do not understand how you can say its not different. The guns are different maybe I have to abuse the fact that the FAMAS sucks long range or something similar, that would be changing the experience, no?
The ironsights on the famas blows. DW You're not missing much
Finally able to install this game, but I didn't know that I would be required to download 4 GBs before playing. With my slow internet connection, this is going to take all day.
On December 15 2011 00:53 Jhax[IRE] wrote: Anyone having trouble with losing some FPS since the last patch. I was playing before this on the same settings with no FPS lag, low and behold I update it this morning and now my game seems to run a lot less smooth... Anyone know if this is a known issue?
Check your graphics setting, the update set my anti-aliasing to 16x for some odd reason.
Thanks for the tip. I also have this issue that my FPS has dropped down after updating.
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