Battlefield 3 (Xbox 360)

Description

Manufacturer's Description Feel The Battle. This autumn, prepare to feel the most physical shooter ever created, powered by the all-new Frostbite 2 gaming engine. Battlefield 3 leaps ahead of the competition with the power of Frostbite 2, the next installment of DICE’s cutting-edge game engine. This state-of-the-art technology is the foundation on which Battlefield 3 is built, delivering superior visual quality, a grand sense of scale, massive destruction, dynamic audio and incredibly lifelike character animations. As bullets whiz by, walls crumble, and explosions throw you to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines where they will experience heart-pounding single player missions and competitive multiplayer actions ranging across diverse locations from around the globe including Paris, Tehran and New York.Key Features:Frostbite 2 - Battlefield 3 introduces Frostbite 2, the incredible technology that takes animation, destruction, lighting, scale and audio to new heights. Built upon this powerful game engine, Battlefield 3 immerses players physically and emotionally to the world around them like never before. Feel the Battle - Feel the impact of bullets and explosions, drag your fallen comrades into safety, and mount your weapon on almost any part of the terrain. Battlefield 3’s cutting edge animation, spectacular visuals and real as hell battle gameplay attack your senses and make you feel the visceral warriors experience like no other FPS. Unparalleled Vehicle Warfare - The best online vehicle warfare experience gets even better with a fitting sonic boom as fighter jets headline impressive lineup of land, air and sea vehicles. Urban Combat - Take the fight to iconic and unexpected places in the USA, Middle East, and Europe including claustrophobic streets, metropolitan downtowns, and open, vehicle-friendly landscapes as you fight your way through the war of tomorrow. Review: Battlefield 3 vs MW3- who wins? - I must start off this review by saying that I have had this game for quite some time now and I am able to analyse how each of the game works and how each feature makes the game better. I start off with Battlefield 3 since this is the item I am reviewing. In terms of when you start the game, I absolutely LOVE how the introduction menu is laid out and the music for the beginning of the game is exciting and thrilling. Now the menu. You have campaign, multi player (requires Xbox LIVE) My Soldier (requires Xbox Live) and settings. Here are the negative and positive about this. Positive: it allows the player a wide arrange of things to do on the menu and it is not boring. Negative: I don't like the fact that there are 2 discs for the game, 1 for campaign and 1 for multi player. Just use one? It is VERY annoying that I have to keep opening the game case each time and put the discs back each time and it is very annoying. Comparing this to MW3, the start of the game (game menu) is very tedious. There's no real exciting music like BF3 and it starts of with a character ( I think it's Soap) talking about modern warfare or something. Not really my cup of tea. When you skip the boring speech, there is a choice of Special Ops (a bit like extra missions), campaign mode and multi player mode. Positive: I like the fact that it is one disc and that it tells you how long you have spent on the campaign mode and multi player. Negative: Its quite boring there's not much to do if you want to do something different and MW3 doesn't offer that. Battlefield 3 wins round 1 Next is campaign mode. At first the prologue was VERY good (BF3) but im very sorry to say this, overall the campaign was awful, it felt fake, there was no realism into it, the campaign did not meet the concept of the purpose of the game (which is war). However the graphics were fantastic and at least the atmosphere was good too. MW3's campaign however was different. CoD series ALWAYS has a fantastic campaign and out of all the CoDs I have had not one failed to disappoint. The story line was easy and it followed on through perfectly from MW2. On that basis MW3 wins round 2. Next up is multi player. Now here is where thing changes. Battlefield 3 on line is amazing! It is very engaging, and especially team death match, it definitely feels like being as part of the team and there is no way I can fault BF3 online mode and the maps are equally good, there is a variety of big maps and medium sized maps so you can kill your opponents easily (in the sense of your skills) and also there is no time limit as such, which is a good thing if time is on your side. However it does take some time to get used to the new controls if you have converted to CoD to BF Comparing this to MW3 the on line mode is very tedious and boring. You die VERY easily, the maps are more or less exactly the same to MW2 and the gun selection is confusing. Team death match I didn't find very engaging and the maps are quite broad so there is no team effort in MW3. Therefore without a shadow of a doubt battlefield 3 wins round 3. (how ironic..) Overall Battlefield 3 is an amazing game, well worth your £25, and if you only care about multi player, waste NO time in buying this and forget MW3. Review: Mindblowing - Decided to buy this a few weeks after I bought the book based on the game by Andy McNab. The book is one of those which, if you're a bookworm like me, you just can't put it down. Obviously being impressed with the book I was excited to play the game. The service from desertcart was actually a little slow for once, but hey, it's bank holiday/jubilee weekend so they've probably got their work cut out. Anyway, on to the game. To be honest the opening of the game is quite slow and just seemed like a replica of the boring Call of Duty campaigns we've become so familiar to over the last couple of years. I was familiar with some of the characters particularly from the US Marines, because that's what the first few missions from the game version are about. The thing that's pleased me is that the game situation is entirely different from the books storyline, in fact, the story of the book is based earlier and revolves mainly with the Russians. I'd guess that I'm about half way through the campaign now and the story and gameplay is phenomenal, better than anything you'll play until 3D gaming is introduced to the major platforms. Believe me, this is no exagguration. The multiplayer also looks promising but I'm still getting to grips with the different features and so. The gameplay altogether is so realistic, its very tactical based and you have to rely on yourself to get missions done and not your ingame squad. The EA engine has none of this stick man movements, jumps are far more true to life and it is more capturing to real life warfare. Anyone would be daft to contemplate not getting this game. It has nothing on Call of Duty, Mass Effect etc. You can see the effort EA have made into making this their own game and its a very satisfying experience so far. If you have the book, get the game. If you have the game, get the book. If you don't have neither, get them both. £25(ish) is an absolute steal