Battlefield 3 or where I have been for the past few months…
Featured, Video Games — By kurteng on December 31, 2011 8:05 pmFor awhile now, I’ve been steadily gaming… whether it was League of Legends (LoL and it is free), Team Fortress 2 (TF2), or Call of Duty: Black Ops (CoD:BO), I was waiting for anxiously for October and November to come. Battlefield 3 (BF3) came out October 26th and I was fortunate enough to play the beta for a little bit. Here, I wanted to finally go over some reactions, post some pictures and videos as well as my server info for those who want to join/add me!
I can’t tell you how frustrated I was when I joined the beta. After playing CoD:BO for months (getting to 9th prestige), I entered back into the world of PC first person shooter (FPS) gaming. The learning curve wasn’t too hard as I’ve always been a PC gamer, but the learning curve for BF3 was incredibly harder than I had imagined.
I had a couple of weeks to enjoy BF3 until Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) came out. Like CoD:BO, MW3 was fast paced, easy and required some strategy, but not to the level of BF3 did. And within a week of MW3′s release, I played the game twice. The rest of my gaming December was filled with BF3. Why?
Tanks, helicopters, jets and more tanks!
In MW3, the game is very linear. You worry about your other opponents who are also ground forces. Once in awhile, you’ll get the killstreak helicopter or airstrike, but those can be easily shot down with a rocket launcher. Otherwise, you worry about those on the ground. Fast forward to BF3! Tanks, helicopters and jets that you as a player can drive/pilot. You can blow up buildings, collapse them and all inside. You can destroy barricades, lay down anti-tank mines or hop in an anti-air vehicle and shoot down those pesky choppers. In the case of BF3, you not only need to worry about ground forces (other players), but you need to also watch out for tanks that patrol, light-armored vehicles (LAVs) that can transport others to objectives, or even jeeps that can run you over! And that’s not mentioning helicopters that can spot you, shoot you down or blow up the building you are hiding in. Battlefield 3 adds that extra dimension and strategy that Modern Warfare 3 can’t and that is vehicles. How do you defend or attack your opponent who is steam-rolling you in an M1 Abrams tank?
Alright, enough about the game. I’ve spent entirely way too much time playing but I’ve had a lot of fun. If you’d like to add me, check my stats or play with me, feel free to shoot me a message and I’ll be more than happy to join you. I now leave you with some screenshots and a short video by jackfrags!
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