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Stop the bitching - Derailing a good thread about a (presumed) great game.

Hey, don't look at me, I just posted that I'm not all that interested in this game. Not my fault halonachos took offense at it

A sub genre is still part of the genre though. If you say that Metro 2033 isn't Sci-Fi, but post apocalyptic then you just made a seperate genre.

If I say Metal I can diffirentiate it into Heavy Metal and differentiate that into Black, Death, and Speed Metal. Its all Metal though so a post apocalyptic game that is based on science and fake is Sci-Fi.

Now comparing your shooters depends on where you place the levels of differentiation.

Is it Shooter-->FPS vs 3rd person----->Era(modern, past, sci-fi)--->multiplayer?

Or

First person----> Shooter vs Adventure----->Era------>Multiplayer.



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Melissia wrote:Hey, don't look at me, I just posted that I'm not all that interested in this game. Not my fault halonachos took offense at it

Hey we're still talking about the game, we're just doing it abstractly.

Battlefield 3 - Gameplay Debut Teaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-oK7Vy0pM&feature=player_embedded

Intense!

As pretty as that looks, it does appear to follow the same formula as BFBC/BC2

Until I know it has a single-player skirmish mode like the true Battlefield series, then I'll be skipping this.

Wow, looks better than MW2 graphics wise. I agree with metallifan though, there needs to be the single-player skirmish that was the traditional Battlefield formula.


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Apparantly they removed commander mode and the multiplayer limit is supposedly 32 for console. It will be PC focused.


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They said that single player will have a 'significant narrative' so they're going to have a campaign, oh joy...

halonachos wrote:Wow, looks better than MW2 graphics wise. I agree with metallifan though, there needs to be the single-player skirmish that was the traditional Battlefield formula.


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Apparantly they removed commander mode and the multiplayer limit is supposedly 32 for console. It will be PC focused.


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They said that single player will have a 'significant narrative' so they're going to have a campaign, oh joy...

So what you're saying is they're sliding further and further down the "EA Downgrade Ladder"?

It's gone from the awesomeness of Battlefield to a matter of "Herp! look how much bettr we is at beating Call of Dutie at there owen game! Derpa Sherp!"

Well, at least we can hope for deliverance when it comes time for Battlefield 4...

I'm saying that it looks better in my own opinion which is cool. But it is going away from the traditional battlefield formula which is bad.

Don't know if they're challenging CoD at their own game or just changing the formula of the Battlefield seriesl. They did say something about having 'press x to save your life' moments as well.

I will remain hopefully optimistic and see how the game turns out.

I'm saying that it looks better in my own opinion which is cool. But it is going away from the traditional battlefield formula which is bad.

Don't know if they're challenging CoD at their own game or just changing the formula of the Battlefield seriesl. They did say something about having 'press x to save your life' moments as well.

Sacrificing replayability for great graphics sounds a lot like CoD... minus the replayability

As for the formula, it seems like they're changing the formula to be more... CoDish. Well, generic cookie-cutter FPS, but they're just the most generic example.

It does seem like it, but like I said; I remain hopefully optimistic. I think we should all pray that the 'significant narrative' is a good story and that they have superb multiplayer.

What about those of us that hate Multiplayer due to the abundance of retards that Natural Selection and MMO addiction haven't killed off yet? If I buy a Battlefield game, I want it to have the replayability of the earlier titles, not this "Renter Campaign" gunk that makes CoD singleplayer so dull. At least Battlefield has Dedicated servers and punkbuster, which is more than Activision's cheap ass is willing to pay for.

metallifan wrote:What about those of us that hate Multiplayer due to the abundance of retards that Natural Selection and MMO addiction haven't killed off yet? If I buy a Battlefield game, I want it to have the replayability of the earlier titles, not this "Renter Campaign" gunk that makes CoD singleplayer so dull. At least Battlefield has Dedicated servers and punkbuster, which is more than Activision's cheap ass is willing to pay for.

They may throw in something like the 'combat training' mode that Black Ops finally added for the CoD series or what the first Killzone game had where you fight against bots in multiplayer maps. Of course this is old news for the Battlefield series but so far they haven't said anything about it.