Battlefield 3

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i knew SP would suck...

We all know the single player isn't the main focus of these games so why even talk about it? And honestly, I played about 3/4 of the BC2 single player and it was fine, not buggy at all. So his experience with BF3 may have been bad and that sucks (the game isn't even out yet...yeah...) but I wouldn't say that's how it will be for everyone.

Either way, the single player isn't why *most* of us choose to get the games we do.

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We all know the single player isn't the main focus of these games so why even talk about it? And honestly, I played about 3/4 of the BC2 single player and it was fine, not buggy at all. So his experience with BF3 may have been bad and that sucks (the game isn't even out yet...yeah...) but I wouldn't say that's how it will be for everyone.

Either way, the single player isn't why *most* of us choose to get the games we do.

cause DICE was?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMuqCeDH6F0

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rajputwarrior

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Not entirely sure how that video is relevant to what I said to be honest.

you said why talk about SP when it's a part of the game? DICE seemed to be hyping it, so why not alk about it. to be honest, you seem kinda butt hurt that battlefield just got a negative review on an aspect of a game that is a prevelant part of it cause DICE was hyping it like a mother and then all of a sudden stopped (probably cause they knew it sucked...) Why not talk about SP. a lot of people love good SP campaigns...

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trag3dy

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holy crap that gun does ALOT of damage to buildings

It's fairly realistic damage. I take you've never shot a gun before?

you said why talk about SP when it's a part of the game? DICE seemed to be hyping it, so why not alk about it. to be honest, you seem kinda butt hurt that battlefield just got a negative review on an aspect of a game that is a prevelant part of it cause DICE was hyping it like a mother and then all of a sudden stopped (probably cause they knew it sucked...) Why not talk about SP. a lot of people love good SP campaigns...

I think you misunderstood me. I meant, why are we talking about it? I think anyone with half a brain knows the single player won't be an award winner. I haven't slept in over 24 hours so I'm having issues conveying my point as I would like to. I know the point I want to make I just can't put it into words. :rofl:

And no, I'm not butthurt that the SP might or might not get bad reviews. My official stance on a single player for battlefield 3 since it was anounced the game would have one was that I felt it shouldn't have been made at all. I personally think the time creating the single player could have been devoted to creating more maps for multiplayer and perfecting it. That being said, I certainly won't mind if it turns out to be decent and because I didn't want it in the first place I couldn't care less if it turns out to be bad.

Either way I'll find out on my own and not take the word of someone who got/played the game through very questionable means.

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Single Player is indeed disappointing. Especially the Jet Mission. The whole mission is on rails.

The pacing seems off a bit. Some parts are just too stretched out.

AI is TERRIBLE! I literally stood behind a spawn and knifed countless enemies in the back as they all walked by me.

I shot them all in the back and none bothered to turn around. And this was just on the first mission lol.

At close range, there were times also where they'll just stand in front of you for a couple seconds before lunging at you with a knife. This wasn't even on Easy.

The game crashed once so far. Just doesn't seem well polished. Sadly, another EA rush job.

Agreed on SP not even having to be made. MP is where this one will shine.

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This was on the 360 btw.

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rajputwarrior

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^ no wonder they still stopped talking about SP, cause even they knew it was garbage. how can you be a CoD killer if your SP sucks?

deep down i still want this game to suck so EA can eat their own words for a third time. maybe it does and that's why they are filtering reviews? they only want BF fanboys reviewing the game...

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deep down i still want this game to suck so EA can eat their own words for a third time...

I don't think that would make a difference at all. Look at CoD...that series has sucked since MW1 and they've seen nothing but success.

There would have to be groundbreaking flaws (I'm talking about the game not running at all on 95% of user's PCs, constant server outages, etc.) for something significant to happen.

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rajputwarrior

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I don't think that would make a difference at all. Look at CoD...that series has sucked since MW1 and they've seen nothing but success.

There would have to be groundbreaking flaws (I'm talking not run at all on 95% of user's PCs, constant server outages, etc.) for something significant to happen.

mw2 was brilliant... the MP was awesome too. and if you look at metacritic numbers, they would agree on that. none of the games suck, just treyarch ones suck compared to infinity ward ones. all the games are always well reviewed. the games always have awesome SP ans awesome MP. DICE can only get one right apparently.

also console games should never crash at release... PC sure. dif configs etc etc. consoles, no excuse.

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mw2 was brilliant... the MP was awesome too. and if you look at metacritic numbers, they would agree on that. none of the games suck, just treyarch ones suck compared to infinity ward ones. all the games are always well reviewed. the games always have awesome SP ans awesome MP. DICE can only get one right apparently.

Modern Warfare 2 was a mess on the PC. Peer-to-peer hosting was a horrible idea and gave the host massive advantages over the rest of the players. That wasn't fun at all.

The real problem is not that the games are "bad", per se. It's the fact that they're almost exactly the same year after year. They just make some new models and maps and call it a new game.

If you like playing almost the same game over and over be my guest, but I'd much rather play something different.

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Im not sure why battlelog has got all this hate tbh. At first i thought i would hate it, but seriously looking at it i couldnt find many faults, it was just as quick actually getting in a server than it is for black ops etc. In a way it was slightly quicker as i like to use my 2nd monitor to display temps, pings, ts etc so while normally i would set that up before i loaded the game, now with battlelog i can join a server, set up everything how i like and then when im ready to play i can just click go to game and im there.

Plus i always have firefox/chrome open so i can just have it open on a tab all the time, and whenever i fancy playing, all i have to do is go to that tab and press join server, which is again is quicker than opening up a game/steam, well for me anyway

Also granted i have a new pc so alt+tabbing between the desktop and a game has no issue, i have no idea if this is sluggish on lower spec pc's which is the only problem i can really see

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rajputwarrior

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Modern Warfare 2 was a mess on the PC. Peer-to-peer hosting was a horrible idea and gave the host massive advantages over the rest of the players. That wasn't fun at all.

The real problem is not that the games are "bad", per se. It's the fact that they're almost exactly the same year after year. They just make some new models and maps and call it a new game.

If you like playing almost the same game over and over be my guest, but I'd much rather play something different.

100 percent, it was a **** PC game. it's why i played it on my ps3. MW3 looks as if it's going to be a true PC game. i play them for the MP mainly and the SP for it's crazy over the top story with awesome scripted action. works for me. new one has real dedicated servers (Y) (Y)

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100 percent, it was a **** PC game. it's why i played it on my ps3. MW3 looks as if it's going to be a true PC game. i play them for the MP mainly and the SP for it's crazy over the top story with awesome scripted action. works for me. new one has real dedicated servers (Y) (Y)

I've glad we're on the same page there. Call of Duty is without a doubt a console game. I simply don't find the multiplayer to be interesting enough (because it's mostly the same every year) to warrant me re-buying it.

Call of Duty SP campaigns have been pretty good, I'm not going to deny that. I'm not too impressed with the launch trailer for MW3 though.

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I've glad we're on the same page there. Call of Duty is without a doubt a console game. I simply don't find the multiplayer to be interesting enough (because it's mostly the same every year) to warrant me re-buying it.

Call of Duty SP campaigns have been pretty good, I'm not going to deny that. I'm not too impressed with the launch trailer for MW3 though.

that's fair too. i just stoked that we get real dedicated servers (in terms of we can make our own) with this one which will only make PC communities for this game better. i'm still getting it for PC this year cause i'll be playing with people who will be doing the same.

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that's fair too. i just stoked that we get real dedicated servers (in terms of we can make our own) with this one which will only make PC communities for this game better. i'm still getting it for PC this year cause i'll be playing with people who will be doing the same.

Sounds good to me. I'm glad they're at least making an effort to deliver a decent PC title.

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TheLegendOfMart

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Finished campaign. Very disappointed I was hoping DICE would step it up a notch, if you had stamped a Call of Duty name on it instead of Battlefield I would have been convinced it was a CoD game with all its trite clichés. The second half of the game picked up a bit but I cant really complain I only want BF3 for Multiplayer

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Finished campaign. Very disappointed I was hoping DICE would step it up a notch, if you had stamped a Call of Duty name on it instead of Battlefield I would have been convinced it was a CoD game with all its trite clichés. The second half of the game picked up a bit but I cant really complain I only want BF3 for Multiplayer

Did you finish it on PC or console if on PC how? Lol, I am dying to play BF3 SP...

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