Battlefield Tri-hard

Although I like Steam, I only see it as a benefit when the multiplayer is actually integrated with Steamworks, i.e. you can join servers that Steam friends are on just by right-clicking their names and selecting Join Game.

BC2 on Steam still required me to manually log into its own friends list, and from time to time it also forgot that I saved my EA credentials so I sometimes had to type in those too. And of course BF3 will be the same (about the friends list). In a situation like that I don't see how it is much different from just having the shortcut as a non-Steam game in the library.

whining about not being on Steam is like whining that the box isn't your favorite colour. Get a grip.

also, pirating this game is stupid when all you're going to get to play is a likely-mediocre single player campaign. The way BC2 handled its dedicated servers ensured that pirates can't have their own 32 player cracked server fragfests like they could with older pirated games. BF3's doing the same. Unless someone actually takes the effort to enable the online mode in a cracked copy (like with AlterIWnet that ironically improved the legit copy too), you might as well save your time and bandwidth (or fork over the cash for the damn game during a sale).

I finally put in a pre-order for the disc version btw. I found out from a friend that the BC2 disc version has the option of removing the disc check after the install is done, so assuming that's retained in BF3, I don't have to bother with the disc until I change my computer.

btw, this community was founded around Halo PC, which isn't and will never be on Steam...

I don't exactly understand your last comment. Although this place was founded on Halo, everyone here has pretty much grown up a lot since then and integrated themselves heavily with other games which they mainly get from Steam (or so I'm guessing).

As much as I'm dismayed by the fact it won't be on Steam, I really don't think it'll be too big a deal to just get it from Origin or buy retail and hope the game doesn't get fucked over by some anti-piracy measures.

AlterIWNet was made for the legit MW2 players. It just happened to work for the pirates too.

Has anyone here actually tested out Origin to see how well it works? I'm curious. The last EADM was a joke and actually frustrated me enough to buy a Steam version of BC2, but I'm willing to give DICE/EA the benefit of the doubt and see if they learn their lesson.

Official recommended specs are out.

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• OS: Windows 7 or Vista (SP1)
• Installed: Origin
• CPU: Quadcore @ 2.0 GHz or faster
• RAM: 4GB or more
• Hard Drive: 7.25 GB free disk space
• Video: 256 MB or greater
• DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card with latest drivers (AMD 11.5 or later, nVidia 275.33 or later)
• Sound: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible card
• Internet: broadband connection

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Alpha Gameplay footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TALhQkHHs

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Originally Posted by arbiter901

I haven't complained about this. The thing that bothers me is not being able to have my entire games library in one single service.
Yeah steam is indeed its own DRM this is why I don't want another form of it with Battlefield 3. We'll see how it all comes along, until then its out of my buy list.

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Desktop Icons.....
http://www.cnet.com.au/story_media/3...reddesktop.jpg

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BF3 not on Steam

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Also, first world problems....... man life's tough

Above ground footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvUH0_1hCI

bwah.

Looks good. Can't wait for open beta in September.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MW2Addiction

This guy has some stuff up. The main video shows a knife first-person kill and him blowing up the side of a building randomly.
Pretty sweet.

Don't really care for the sniper footage, but damn, that was one b-e-a-UTIFUL wall jump.