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IansLuck
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TA Score for this game: 1,520
Posted on 26 October 11 at 20:39, Edited on 19 February 13 at 20:29 |
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Battlefield 3. Is it the realistic war game that gamers were so excited about to play? Is it honestly the "Call of Duty killer"? Or is this game just a fad that will fade off in a week? Let's find out.
First things first, the single-player campaign. I will try my best to explain this without spoilers. For starters, the length. The length of the campaign is somewhat short and honestly not as long as I wanted. You can probably beat it within six or seven hours. Now, that's not to say that this campaign isn't good. The story really grips you and keeps you on your toes. I frankly enjoyed it. Let me sum up what the campaign is about. You are a soldier named Blackburn and the game actually starts you off at the end. Now, before that gets too crazy, after the first couple minutes of the campaign, the screen fades to black and you flashback to eight hours earlier. You are in a room with two detectives that are trying to find out the backstory of Blackburn and the player has the feeling of finding out what he is being interrogated by detectives. Well, at least 3/4 the game is flashbacks to what happened weeks before the interrogation. *SPOILER SPOILER* To sum it up, you basically find out that the PLR (terrorists) were screwed out of a deal from a Russian named Solomon. In a bank vault of Solomon's you find a suitcase with one nuke in it, but there is a two more slots that could hold two other nukes. On a table in the same vault, you find maps to Paris and New York. If that just clicked in your head, good job. A couple weeks later, a nuke goes off in Paris and basically the detectives don't believe it is Solomon that is causing it, they think it is the Russians. Although, in certain missions of the game you actually play as some Russian agents that are tying to stop Solomon as well, because they don't want Russia and the United States at war. So Blackburn breaks out of his prison and tracks down Solomon and kills him.
Honestly, it is better if you play it yourself than just having me explain it.
Second, the multiplayer. The definitive multiplayer of Battlefield. A lot of gamers consider this to be the best multiplayer on the planet. Is that just fanboy talk? Or is that the truth? Let's see.
To start off, there are only nine maps. But honestly, that is not a bad thing. The maps are actually mixed between large maps with jets, tanks, humvees, etc. and the smaller sort-of C.Q.C maps with either few or no vehicles. It's good to mix it up a bit as I prefer not to play on large maps all the time. The vehicles are somewhat difficult to maneuver as they're different from other Battlefield games. Nonetheless, the vehicles are fun as all hell to drive/pilot. The guns are not too overpowered or too underpowered. They are actually perfect. You don't see any overused guns like Call of Duty where people only use the Galil, Famas, etc.  There are a HUGE number of unlocks for you to earn. Whether it be medals, ribbons, attachments for guns, camoes, or vehicle unlocks! Lots of stuff to do to keep the player playing. The game modes in multiplayer include the traditional Conquest mode, where the objective is to deplete the other team's life tickets while capturing flags to spawn off of; and the Rush mode where teams take turns attacking bomb-based objectives and moving on to the next stage. A new mode, Team Deathmatch is where the only objective is to deplete the enemy's life tickets. The only downside to the multiplayer so far, is that the EA Online servers (the servers that keep the game online) have already failed four times since the game launched. Maybe it's because so many people are playing the game, or maybe EA's hardware just sucks. Who knows. The multiplayer is amazing nonetheless.
Third, the co-op campaign. Now, I've hardly touched the co-op campaign because I've been so busy playing multiplayer.  But basically what it is is what is says it is! You and a buddy go across nine (God save me if I'm wrong) different levels attempting to complete various objectives. There really isn't much to say to this mode so just imagine it as a single-player campaign, but with a buddy.
Fourth, the graphics and overall gameplay. The graphics are outstanding. EA/Dice really made good use of their new Frostbite 2.0 engine. Some animations you can tell are from other Dice games like, Mirrors Edge. The only downside to the Xbox 360 version is you have to download an HD texture pack to make the graphics look great. The download is 1.5 GB so for those who don't have a hard drive cannot download this. With the texture pack, the game looks great; from the flowers on the ground, to the sun that glares into your eyes when you look at it. The gameplay is easy to master as it is most like traditional first-person shooters. Right trigger to fire, left trigger to zoom, things like that. I think that Battlefield is trying to appeal to a casual audience but I think only us hardcore gamers are playing it.
Campaign Score: 4/5 - I noticed some choppy bits during the campaign, but great nonetheless.
Multiplayer Score: 5/5 - Amazing multiplayer, tons to unlock, fun with friends.
Co-op Score: 4/5 - A single-player campaign, with a buddy.
Graphics/Gameplay Score: 5/5 - Outstanding. Good work with the Frostbite 2.0 engine.
That is the end of my review and thank you for reading. 
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