The action, when it comes, is eerily realistic players are advised to take in the contents of their surroundings when the echoing pops of gunfire sound off, as tactics, cover and high ground can all be crucial factors in establishing supremacy in any gun battle. They could drop in right in the middle of a gun-battle, or land near a couple of vehicles and have to cross some distance to pick a fight.
More than any other online multiplayer shooter (with perhaps the exception of MAG), Battlefield 3 makes the player feel like they're engaged in an ongoing ground war.Īrriving in the conflict zone via a spawn point or parachute, players are immediately aware of the size and scope of the battle zones they'll be traversing. DICE has taken what made the franchise great to begin with in the seminal Battlefield 1942 and then refined and polished everything until it gleams with a diamond-tipped edge. It's not surprising, then, that this mode is Battlefield 3's strongest asset – and is indeed one of the strongest examples of this mode in the medium. With Battlefield, the multiplayer was present and correct long before CoD's sales figures became the brass ring to shoot for. While there are similarities between the two franchises, they couldn't be more different in the one area most shooters rely on to keep the affections of the faithful tightly in their grasp – the online multiplayer. To wit, there is now the expectation among some gamers, whether fair or not, that Battlefield 3's success depends, to some degree, on it beating CoD at its own game. Of course, all of EA's Activision-baiting can't help but impact negatively on Battlefield 3 now it's been released. The only way you could not be aware of Battlefield 3 is if you have no interest in video games, or if you've been locked in an isolation ward for the past year and a half.
Thus, nearly every single CoD: MW3 feature and preview so far has had to address EA's game in some way. "Above and beyond the call," claim the billboard ads that currently clutter major US cities. This approach has doubtless provided an awareness boost for DICE's military shooter, its advertorial wagon hitched sturdily to the zeitgeist surrounding Activision's mega-selling shooter. F or the better part of a year, EA has been hyping Battlefield 3 as the game that will bring down Call Of Duty.
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