Battlefield 3

[Thomas 'Leroy' Crof]

I'll await the Open Beta to see if my PC can run it. If so, I'll pre-order.


Btw Philip_McRay: Nice avatar, great music

[Trey_Johnson]

I'll await the Open Beta to see if my PC can run it. If so, I'll pre-order.


Btw Philip_McRay: Nice avatar, great music

When will the open beta be opened, and will it be free to anyone or only the medal of honor limited edition buyers?

[Wolfe]

Closed beta, will be MoH only, Don't know if there will be an open beta.

Current Alpha Trial Required System Specs:

Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
EA Origin
CPU: quad core 2.0 GHz or faster
RAM: 4 GB or more
Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
Video RAM: 512 MB or greater
DirectX 10 or 11 compatible video card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
Internet: broadband connection

Hopefully the tweaking and everything, will reduce that CPU to Dual Core..Or else i'mma have to cash out money, and only get this game next year.

[Pandalink]

PC version will not include ingame server browser.
lolololololol

[Wolfe]

PC version will not include ingame server browser.
lolololololol

No not ingame, but you can still search on a server list..Don't quite mind it.

[Trey_Johnson]

wait what do you mean? there wont be any server browser? I'm having difficulties at finding matches in the 'find match' thing.

And what does the origin means? Original EA account or?..

[Wolfe]

wait what do you mean? there wont be any server browser? I'm having difficulties at finding matches in the 'find match' thing.

And what does the origin means? Original EA account or?..

If you mean Origin, it's a program like steam, where you can buy games and download em.

There will be server browser, but not just ingame, you'll have to close the game, and go to battlelog, which is a program where the servers will be listed, and contain other informations.

[Trey_Johnson]

If you mean Origin, it's a program like steam, where you can buy games and download em.

There will be server browser, but not just ingame, you'll have to close the game, and go to battlelog, which is a program where the servers will be listed, and contain other informations.

So I'll have to close my game, go to the website, copy a server's information and the paste it in-game?
That's retarted.

And about origin, it's like steam them? We get it with the game? Beacuse I saw some dude from machinima going mad about it, he said something about his EA account that is 7 years old or something.. Can you explain me more spesificly what it is?

And I also heard you'll only be able to have 1 soldeir per copy, what does that means?

[Allison]

Hm.. I'd get it for my laptop, but I'm not bothered to mess with the lag. Xbox ftw.

[Wolfe]

So I'll have to close my game, go to the website, copy a server's information and the paste it in-game?
That's retarted.

And about origin, it's like steam them? We get it with the game? Beacuse I saw some dude from machinima going mad about it, he said something about his EA account that is 7 years old or something.. Can you explain me more spesificly what it is?

And I also heard you'll only be able to have 1 soldeir per copy, what does that means?

No, Battlelog is a program, you'll have to Close the game, go to the program, and join the server through it.

Origin is pretty simple, it's exactly like Steam, i think I saw that video aswell, What he was pissed was EA's attempt to keep the game only sold at their own place, instead of putting it through steam and other sources of digital distribution.


I'm really hoping I can run this on my PC. 64 players on PC, 24 on Xbox/PS3.

[Dabbs]

I heard you can't even run BF3 without Origin.

[Wolfe]

I heard you can't even run BF3 without Origin.

Yeah, I don't blame EA though, Steam pretty much made EA do that..Not like it's much of a pain having a program. noone bitches about steam, why would I bitch about Origin, specially on such epic game.

[Dabbs]

I assumed it was part of an anti-piracy thing :/

[Trey_Johnson]

No, Battlelog is a program, you'll have to Close the game, go to the program, and join the server through it.

Origin is pretty simple, it's exactly like Steam, i think I saw that video aswell, What he was pissed was EA's attempt to keep the game only sold at their own place, instead of putting it through steam and other sources of digital distribution.


I'm really hoping I can run this on my PC. 64 players on PC, 24 on Xbox/PS3.

Yeah that's the one, we saw the same vid.
Now about the battleog, you'll just chose a server and it will get inside the game and then inside the server automaticly?
And about the origin thing, ok, a thing like steam is fine with me, but what does that '1 soldeir' per copy means? like 1 profile? beacuse the guy who made the video was mad about that too.
Oh and to check if your PC can run it - go to the BF3 website, insert your computer details there, and then click the "check if my computer can run it" Or something like that.

[Pandalink]

noone bitches about steam, why would I bitch about Origin

Because Valve is a highly reputable company, and also only a developer.
EA is well known for being decidedly less than reputable (especially given their recent immature shit slinging at Activision) and is also a publisher, so will likely take down multiple developers with it when it tries to push Origin and inevitably fails.

Not to mention that Origin is just shitter than Steam in design structure.

The lack of ingame server browser is one small factor, but the mandatory Origin is the reason I won't be buying this game.
Although, key word being "buying", to be honest. Developers who turn their back on Steam should be actively discouraged from ever doing so again.