Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer is 2:50 of awesome

David Kenkel 3 Mar, 2011 at 12:09am ET Article published in Gaming

Comments

1. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 1:00am pigflipper DO WANT NOW
2. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 1:09am fatcat

   pigflipper wrote:

   DO WANT NOW
3. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 2:00am Chooch I am going to need a new vid card to play this...
4. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 2:02am Chooch also my gf just said "love it!" we both want the game now!
5. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 9:18am CyrixInstead I just can't believe how realistically the humans move. Remove the gun and HUD and I would have thought it was a real film.
   
   I am years behind on my PC tech these days so HL2 still looks awesome to me, and I have a Wii for console games. I just couldn't believe how realistic everything looks, even down to the way the people sway about in a completely realistic manner.
   
   This could be a good excuse for many to upgrade their PC...
   
   ~Cyrix
6. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 9:30am Thrax Even I'm interested in this game, and it's not my kind of game.
7. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 11:20am Shorty My thoughts match yours Cyrix. The guy stops and his feet slide. The one who scaled the wall and landed in a squat position. Everything seems much more "human like". That is REALLY impressive!
8. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 1:10pm Jokke Tsk, tsk. He points his gun directly at his teammates several times during the video. What an amateur. Game looks good though.
9. 
   3 Mar 2011 ~ 2:23pm fatcat

   Jokke wrote:

   Tsk, tsk. He points his gun directly at his teammates several times during the video. What an amateur. Game looks good though.

   
   lol, and we don't call it a gun either, it's a weapon. your gun is between your legs
10. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 2:28pm Jokke And the grammatically correct sentence would be "your guns ARE between your legs, or "your gun is between your legs" but hey, nobody's perfect. J/K.
11. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 2:35pm Gattsu I have so many great memories of playing Battlefield 2. I have been waiting for Battlefield 3 for a long long time. I always liked to think that the Bad Company games were just testing grounds for Dice, and their real focus was on Battlefield 3.
12. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 2:40pm AlexDeGruven Want this game so bad right now.
    
    Seconding the "Looks like it's time for a new video card" sentiment, as well. Something tells me my 4670 won't like this very much.
13. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 3:01pm pigflipper

    AlexDeGruven wrote:

    Want this game so bad right now.
    
    Seconding the "Looks like it's time for a new video card" sentiment, as well. Something tells me my 4670 won't like this very much.

    
    I don't know how well my 5850 is going to fare either.
14. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 3:38pm Snarkasm More like two graphics cards.
    
    When I saw the teaser trailer (the 30-second one with all the static), I said there was no gameplay in that. It looked entirely like scripted cutscenes. This is a glorious rebuttal to my objections. Well played. I will be saving for a hardware upgrade in anticipation.
15. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 4:05pm NiGHTS IIRC there is no dx9 option for this release; newer cards will be a must for this level of awesome. DICE has put much of its development team on the PC release (including pulling the Mirror's Edge team OFF that project), vowing to focus 'on the roots' that the BF franchise was born from, rather than continuing the consolification of the COD series.
    
    I'll try to put a rundown together of what's known about the BF3 project as is - I'm surprised this got the attention it did and feel kinda bad for not including it in the OP.
16. 
    3 Mar 2011 ~ 5:43pm fatcat

    Jokke wrote:

    And the grammatically correct sentence would be "your guns ARE between your legs, or "your gun is between your legs" but hey, nobody's perfect. J/K.

    
    especially vikings :jokke:
17. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 2:33am UPSLynx Looks fantastic and all (outstanding animation), but I am 100% only interested in the multiplayer. Can't wait to see some footage of the MP in action.
18. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 10:26am GHoosdum Wow! It's like Durka3D, only done right.
19. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 12:38pm BlackHawk <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mWjBBWU3m4Q&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
20. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 1:03pm Ryder Booo, already down due to copyright by EA, Blackhawk.
21. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 1:15pm _k NiGHTS from what I read the team for Mirror's edge had the project canned after they had some kind of demo ready for the next game. Then the team got moved to other current projects.
22. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 1:27pm CB Modern setting with modern weaponry in modern conflict. Yawn...
    
    The only video game setting less compelling than this one is World War II.
23. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 1:37pm Gate28

    CB wrote:

    Modern setting with modern weaponry in modern conflict. Yawn...
    
    The only video game setting less compelling than this one is World War II.

    
    If you were making an FPS, where would you have it set, CB?
24. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 2:29pm Jokke I'd like to see a WWI FPS. Could be fun.
25. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 2:30pm CB I don't know... Feudal Japan? Post-colonial Alpha Centauri? Renaissance Europe? The Moon? The inside of a giant whale?
    
    Anywhere but here and now in our real world. There are an infinite number of more interesting options.
26. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 2:33pm Cliff_Forster

    CB wrote:

    I don't know... Feudal Japan? Post-colonial Alpha Centauri? Renaissance Europe? The Moon? The inside of a giant whale?
    
    Anywhere but here and now in our real world. There are an infinite number of more interesting options.

    
    True Dat!
    
    I'm with you on this one. I've played this game a few too many times now.
27. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 2:52pm GHoosdum

    CB wrote:

    Anywhere but here and now in our real world.

    
    But this is the FUTURE! it's 2014.
28. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 3:12pm Canti Seconding the inside of a giant whale idea. Just think, missing the enemy causes you to shoot the whale. The whale starts the game with 100% health and if you drop it to 25% he starts to bleed to death and you have to move faster to finish the game before the whale sinks. The number of headshots you get in each level will somehow give the whale a health boost. I think this idea will really encourage accuracy and teach players about the negative effects of collateral damage.
29. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 3:14pm Cliff_Forster

    Canti wrote:

    Seconding the inside of a giant whale idea. Just think, missing the enemy causes you to shoot the whale. The whale starts the game with 100% health and if you drop it to 25% he starts to bleed to death and you have to move faster to finish the game before the whale sinks. The number of headshots you get in each level will somehow give the whale a health boost. I think this idea will really encourage accuracy and teach players about the negative effects of collateral damage.

    
    That is actually ingenious. :thumbup
30. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 3:35pm pigflipper

    Canti wrote:

    Seconding the inside of a giant whale idea. Just think, missing the enemy causes you to shoot the whale. The whale starts the game with 100% health and if you drop it to 25% he starts to bleed to death and you have to move faster to finish the game before the whale sinks. The number of headshots you get in each level will somehow give the whale a health boost. I think this idea will really encourage accuracy and teach players about the negative effects of collateral damage.

    
    Would it be the rare Bearded Whale and would you be fighting pirates inside of it?
31. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 3:56pm Basil I can already see the headlines...
    
    'Greenpeace calls for boycott of video game featuring animal abuse.
    Our children need to know it's not OK to conduct gun battles inside marine mammals.'
32. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 4:32pm Jokke

    Basil wrote:

    I can already see the headlines...
    
    'Greenpeace calls for boycott of video game featuring animal abuse.
    Our children need to know it's not OK to conduct gun battles inside marine mammals.'

    
    To top it off you could have a baby-seal clubbing minigame
33. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 5:42pm BlackHawk

    RyderOCZ wrote:

    Booo, already down due to copyright by EA, Blackhawk.

    
    http://rutube.ru/tracks/4170084.html?v=e4490d30c0f8c943ad72079ed12808c6
34. 
    4 Mar 2011 ~ 8:58pm NiGHTS

    _k_ wrote:

    NiGHTS from what I read the team for Mirror's edge had the project canned after they had some kind of demo ready for the next game. Then the team got moved to other current projects.

    
    Yeah, if anything it's probably safer to say the project is in limbo - sources have recanted after saying the project was canned. Apparently, while impressive, EA wasn't ready to go that route and instead wanted DICE to focus on BF3. With that, they moved the team to that project instead.
35. 
    5 Mar 2011 ~ 12:01am primesuspect I like this FPS set inside a whale idea. I want to subscribe to the dev diary.
36. 
    5 Mar 2011 ~ 5:11am Snarkasm Even deleted from shady Russian site.
37. 
    5 Mar 2011 ~ 6:03am Snarkasm Looks like an Italian site still has it up, and Kotaku side-posted it.
38. 
    7 Mar 2011 ~ 9:14am AlexDeGruven That's amazing. The pavement and building collapse effects are incredible. Looks like I'm looking at 3 new vid cards, heh.
39. 
    7 Mar 2011 ~ 9:47am Shorty

    Jokke wrote:

    And the grammatically correct sentence would be "your guns ARE between your legs, or "your gun is between your legs" but hey, nobody's perfect. J/K.

    
    Your gun is digging in my hip
40. 
    8 Mar 2011 ~ 12:54am Austin Jeeze, this has got to be the coolest thing since sliced bread!
41. 
    10 Mar 2011 ~ 12:12am RyanFodder I have been waiting for a new FPS game to get everyone involved like you wouldn't believe.
    
    Could this be that game?
42. 
    11 Mar 2011 ~ 11:22am CB Nope. It may be a pretty game, but I doubt it has the multi-player depth to hold this community for very long.
43. 
    11 Mar 2011 ~ 3:08pm Canti

    CannonFodder wrote:

    I have been waiting for a new FPS game to get everyone involved like you wouldn't believe.
    
    Could this be that game?

    
    I'd play it.
    
    Then again I'd also play this.
    
    http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville
44. 
    11 Mar 2011 ~ 3:35pm CB

    Canti wrote:

    I'd play it.
    
    Then again I'd also play this.
    
    http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/mlp-adventures-in-ponyville

    
    It's not multi-player.
45. 
    13 Mar 2011 ~ 10:44pm RyanFodder

    CB wrote:

    Nope. It may be a pretty game, but I doubt it has the multi-player depth to hold this community for very long.

    
    TF2 did?
46. 
    14 Mar 2011 ~ 12:05am CB Apparently.