Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360)

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Description

Battlefield 3 is the direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2 and is the 11th overall entry in the Battlefield franchise. Powered by the Frostbite 2 engine, Battlefield 3 aims to provide the fast paced, team oriented online multiplayer the series has made its name upon while also providing the first true single player campaign in a numbered Battlefield game, and for the first time in any Battlefield game numbered or not is a cooperative mode. The game also introduces the Battlelog feature, an in browser service which gives in-depth statistics for individual soldiers such as their Win/Lose ratio, their favourite weapon, how accurate they are - and so forth. Battlelog also allows players to create Platoons which are not unlike clans which track the stats of a combined group, allows for scrimmaging, voice communications, and parties which will attempt to bundle friends and platoon members into squads together if possible. The game is also launched from Battlelog although settings are altered in game.

The campaign is set in the not-too-distant future of 2014, in which players take on the role of Staff sergeant Henry Blackburn and occasionally other members of his 5 man squad. For the majority of the story, Blackburn is being interrogated about knowledge of an attack on New York and as such the missions take place in a disjointed, flashback fashion as Blackburn recounts his encounter with the PLR - a dangerous terrorist organization who may be after chemical and nuclear weapons. The campaign plays like most other shooters, as the player uses various weapons to dispatch enemies and push to the end of each scenario often aided with AI companions. The campaign does offer some variety though, occasionally allowing the player to ride inside tanks, jets, and helicopters - but unlike multiplayer, it is rare that the player gets a chance to actually drive these vehicles.

The multiplayer suite contains Conquest, the classic Battlefield mode in which teams compete to control various points on a map and drain the enemy teams tickets - Rush, in which attackers attempt to destroy M-Com stations and the defenders must dwindle their tickets to 0 to win, Team Deathmatch which is self explanatory, and a Squad based variation of Rush and Deathmatch in which individual squads try to take the M-Com Stations for themselves or wipe out other squads. Like in past Battlefield games, there are multiple classes. The Assault class uses assault rifles and carries medic kits and defibrillators to heal and revive teammates, respectively. The Support class uses light machine guns and carry Ammo packs to resupply teammates and C4 which can be used to destroy tanks or crumble buildings. The Engineer class uses sub-machine guns, has a blow torch for repairing vehicles and a rocket launcher for destroying them. Lastly, the Recon class carries long range rifles and uses motion detectors and mobile spawn points to detect enemies and allow friendlies to spawn anywhere on the map. All classes can unlock new gadgets and specializations, each weapon also has an unlock tree that unlocks weapon specific items based on how often and how well that particular weapon has been used. The same applies to vehicles, which consist of tanks, IFVs, Armored personnel carriers, hummers, jeeps, helicopters and returning from Battlefield 2 are Jets.

Console editions of the game support a lower amount of players and smaller maps. Only 24 players can meet up online in the Console iterations. The PC version also only supports Windows Vista or Windows 7, as it cannot run without a DirectX 10 or 11 card.

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Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Frostbite 2
• Battlefield series
• Gameplay feature: Freely destructible terrain
• Gameplay feature: Quick Time Events / QTEs
• Games made into books
• Middleware: Enlighten
• Middleware: FaceFX
• Middleware: Nvidia 3D Vision
• Middleware: Scaleform GFx SDK
• Middleware: SpeedTree
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Tank: M1 Abrams

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The Press Says

AllAboutTheGames.co.uk	Nov 01, 2011		100
IGN	Oct 25, 2011	9 out of 10	90
Canadian Online Gamers Network	Oct 31, 2011	85 out of 100	85
GameAspect.com	Nov 29, 2011	8 out of 10	80
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Oct 28, 2011	8 out of 10	80
MMGN	Oct 31, 2011	8 out of 10	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Oct 25, 2011	8 out of 10	80
GamingLives	Nov 14, 2011	8 out of 10	80
OMGN: Online Multiplayer Games Network	Dec 23, 2011	7.3 out of 10	73
Gamesbeat	Oct 27, 2011	69 out of 100	69

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Trivia

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2011 – Best Graphics of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2011 – Shooter of the Year
• GameStar/GamePro (Germany)
  • 2011 - PC Action Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2011 - Console Action Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2011 - Multiplayer Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2011 - #2 PC Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2011 - #2 Console Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
• PC Games (Germany)
  • Issue 01/2012 - Best Game in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 01/2012 - Best Single-Player Shooter in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 01/2012 - Best Multiplayer Shooter in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 01/2012 - #1 Surprise in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 01/2012 - Best Graphics in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 01/2012 - Best Sound in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
  • Issue 01/2012 - #2 Biggest Disappointment in 2011 (Readers' Choice)
• Xbox 360 Achievements
  • 2011 - Best Multiplayer

Related Web Sites

• Battlefield 3 (Game page on the series' official website (Multilingual))
• Wikipedia: Battlefield 3 (article in the open encyclopedia about the game (English))