In case, you’re a veteran Battlefield gamer, you’ll immediately notice that there’s no medic class. The beta may have a few graphical issues, but where it counts, the weapons are remarkably balanced. The focus of Battlefield 3 is beyond any doubt squad-based, and the point is driven home, with bonus points for squad spawns. It makes for strategic gaming at its best.
In Battlefield Bad Company 2, the only thing for your trouble would have been a tiny assist bonus (and maybe a spotting bonus if you marked them), but in Battlefield 3, you’re rewarded with not only an assist bonus but also a generous suppression and marking bonus.
Dog tag collectors will be happy to know that the old Battlefield favourite of dog tags has been improved over previous Battlefield games. There were hints of customisation of dog tags in previous DICE updates to the media, however the feature is not included in the beta, however your current rank and gamer tag are printed on them, and your dog tag changes with each level-up. You have to be in the right position for a knife kill, but the kill animations that go with it are perfect. The PS3 version of the beta is by no means perfect.
There are the usual beta issues, like the occasional (but not frequent) disconnects. I can honestly say that the beta is a pleasure to play. Veteran PS3 gamers will obviously compare it to Killzone 3, and where Killzone unquestionably surpasses Battlefield 3 in the graphics department, the BF3 beta has a more intuitive control scheme and smoother gameplay (which ultimately is really what’s important).
Battlefield 3 beta is underway and - as with all good betas - there are flaws in the game. Daniel Matros, community manager at DICE, revealed in his latest post on Battlelog that there will be a set of fixes to the Battlefield 3 beta servers. Since they're server side fixes, however, you won't need to download a patch, though the beta will be temporarily disabled while the fixes are installed.
A fix will be in place in time for Battlefield 3's release date.
The Battlefield 3 beta was released to the full, non Medal of Honor public today. Every level 1 to 50 will unlock something, each of the 4 classes have their own tree of unlocks as well. New is the addition of weapon unlocks. Every single gun seems to have 3-6 unlocks, ranging from scopes to stabilizers to laser pointers. So if you unlock the good site for the first sniper rifle in the sniper class, you only unlock it for the team that you are currently playing for. A big selling point of Bad Company 2 was Destruction 2.0. For me, this kept Bad Company 2 from getting old, as the players got a chance to shape the battlefield throughout the game. Now, new to Battlefield 3 is Destruction 3.0. I am reluctant to call this a game flaw though, since this IS a beta. In games like battlefield, unless you are a sniper, you are going to die a lot. In a whole day of playing, I probably saw that animation well over 100 times. Maybe 150 times. It didn't matter if I was gunned down, if my brains were scooped out by a sniper, if I was fragged or blown 10 feet in the air by a rocket. Well then what was good about this game? Mostly I am looking forward to playing a new shooter again. It became less a game and more a process. Why can't the menus be more like the Battlefield Vietnam menus? To quote my friend Sheogorath, "boring, boring, BORING!!"
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