First Ingame video of Battlefield 3

[Mad1723]

Enjoy the power of Frostbite 2!

http://www.ea.com/battlefield3/videos/gameplay-debut

Can't wait for it!

[zalbard]

The video is very short, sadly...
Either way, the models look great, nice animations, the textures are fine... So far so good!

[RPGWiZaRD]

Prone. \o/ There now it's said. :p

It does like expected look very much similar compared to BC2 (no I can see there's improved textures and animations look great but it does have a similar look/feel to it) but yea I bet gameplay will be a lot better. Finally some small glimpse of hope for PC gaming.

[Postmodum]

Must buy!

[Tha Last Meal]

EA

[Olivon]

Impressive graphics. Can't wait

[Particle]

Very good looking. It's nice to see detailed textures. I'm glad they went for a DX10-minimum engine this time around instead of making compromises for legacy DX9 gear.

[bamtan2]

meh. if the game is a homosauce of unlockable items it won't matter how nice it looks.

[deathman20]

Very good looking. It's nice to see detailed textures. I'm glad they went for a DX10-minimum engine this time around instead of making compromises for legacy DX9 gear.

Well if its being played on X360 or PS3 it will be DX9 still.

Where is the specs for the game?

[antiacid]

meh. if the game is a homosauce of unlockable items it won't matter how nice it looks.

dude I predict unlocks, achievements and grinding until late next year

[Syn.]

Well if its being played on X360 or PS3 it will be DX9 still.

Where is the specs for the game?

I believe those shoots where taken from the 360 version. Watch it on Youtube at @1080p and you will see that the textures, polygon count and AA is quite low compared to a PC game. The shot that made think its on the 360 is when the bloke pokes the map on the table.

Besides that.... LOVE IT!!! Cant wait to play some real BF

[Particle]

Well if its being played on X360 or PS3 it will be DX9 still.

Where is the specs for the game?

That doesn't say much. The Frostbite 2 engine does not run on DX9, so the console version would have to be backported to Frostbite 1.5. In other words, you wouldn't be able to compare render paths. What I said is valid.

[Sgt.McRuff]

That guys hip is still on fire... poor guy.

I can wait for BF3, but do not want too.

[[XC] hipno650]

Prone. \o/ There now it's said. :p

It does like expected look very much similar compared to BC2 (no I can see there's improved textures and animations look great but it does have a similar look/feel to it) but yea I bet gameplay will be a lot better. Finally some small glimpse of hope for PC gaming.

i dunno man from the short flashes it looked to have a much higher LOD and higher res textures compared to BC2. hard to tell though till we see for sure

meh. if the game is a homosauce of unlockable items it won't matter how nice it looks.

QFT thats all that needs to be said about the MP. every FPS now is trying to be like COD multiplayer. to bad that COD multiplayer is total garbage now...

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

BR3 looks like a game I'll actually buy.


I have avoided "realistic" war games like COD & BF b/c I want unrealistic game play (like the old UT games, Quake, even Halo).

I wonder what kind of rig you'll need to run this w/ max settings.

[RPGWiZaRD]

BR3 looks like a game I'll actually buy.


I have avoided "realistic" war games like COD & BF b/c I want unrealistic game play (like the old UT games, Quake, even Halo).

I wonder what kind of rig you'll need to run this w/ max settings.

+1. You're in the same boat as me then. So far I haven't really enjoyed "realistic" (feels weird even typing that :p) warfare games but I wish I could get into them, altough I was too late with BF2 and felt like I just jumped on that train too late and every1 were so great at the game by then and I felt easier going back to what I do great, the homocide running bunny jumper in UT. :p The strategies are so different for these kind of games, it feels so different when you can't run out in the open without immediatly get HS'd or exploded to bits or something the few seconds later. In fast paced scifi shooters you survive simply by moving around and the more the merrier and there it can be actually useful to stay out in the open so the strategies are like totally different and I haven't quite adopted to the gameplay of these modern shooter type of games.

[eXa]

Im the opposite. I prefer "realistic" shooters, even tho they arent really that realistic. Never been a big fan of Quake and UT and the like, but CS ive played since the beta and also played some COD and quite alot of Battlefield.

[SubZero.it]

Nice...more than all that doesn't seem a console port (good textures)

[ChinStrap]

I’m sick of DX9, this looks refreshing.

[Macadamia]

That doesn't say much. The Frostbite 2 engine does not run on DX9, so the console version would have to be backported to Frostbite 1.5. In other words, you wouldn't be able to compare render paths. What I said is valid.

Ehh that's invalid either. Consoles using their close to metal shader APIs can make up/exceed the set definition of DirectX. DX is just a set of standards that apply to the PC for generations of GPU, but outside of that, with a specific GPU you can do much more with lower level stuff.

[Locke]

i'm thinking of upgrading my video card for this! But still im wary... gaming companies ahve ways of messing things up... im scare this will be closer to bfbc2 then bf2. I like some bfbc2 elements, but it needs a bf2 feel over all.

it needs to be more team oriented like bf2 where bfbc2 is more squad oriented... and squads have no way to communicate with each other...

[Particle]

Ehh that's invalid either. Consoles using their close to metal shader APIs can make up/exceed the set definition of DirectX. DX is just a set of standards that apply to the PC for generations of GPU, but outside of that, with a specific GPU you can do much more with lower level stuff.

How is it invalid? Frostbite 1.5 has a render path for consoles as we know. It's the engine Bad Company 2 is on, and I believe it runs on consoles. Frostbite 2 would have to have a very DX9-esque render path if it wants to do the 360. It would be very much more likely that the game will be backported to 1.5 or ported to some other engine entirely. One of the core ideas of the Frostbite 2 engine is to build an engine from the ground up that is DX10-style. If you want it to do DX9, you have to make the same general compromises that the previous engine had. This new engine isn't supposed to be like that.

So no, what I said isn't invalid. I know the 360 doesn't run a standard version of DirectX. Calling it DX9(ish) is solely done for referential convenience. I thought that was common enough knowledge that nobody would misunderstand.

[InCredible]

i think ill be purchasing this as well. I never got into BF .. i played one(bf2 i believe) for a few hours and uninstalled and gave it away. But this looks much better

[mrkram]

haven't been excited for a PC release in a loooong time. lets hope we get gameplay over ANY graphics path(dx9/10/11)
graphics get old. gameplay that is good now will still be good in 20 years(not saying improvements can't ever be made to gameplay but think quake 3....still great game just cause of gameplay)

[Psykocyber]

How is it invalid? Frostbite 1.5 has a render path for consoles as we know. It's the engine Bad Company 2 is on, and I believe it runs on consoles. Frostbite 2 would have to have a very DX9-esque render path if it wants to do the 360. It would be very much more likely that the game will be backported to 1.5 or ported to some other engine entirely. One of the core ideas of the Frostbite 2 engine is to build an engine from the ground up that is DX10-style. If you want it to do DX9, you have to make the same general compromises that the previous engine had. This new engine isn't supposed to be like that.

So no, what I said isn't invalid. I know the 360 doesn't run a standard version of DirectX. Calling it DX9(ish) is solely done for referential convenience. I thought that was common enough knowledge that nobody would misunderstand.

Frostbite 2 has a render path for consoles and what about the PS3? No DirectX there now or ever.
BF3 will NEVER be ported to some other engine.
And DX10 isn't some wonderfull new thing that suddenly produces magic. Its just an API, nothing more nothing less. The difference is its a much more clean & mean than DX9. There is next to nothing (if anything) that DX10 can do, that DX9 can't. DX10 is just a much(!) better way to do the same thing.