Battlefield Tri-hard

[ODX]

Official Info so far:
- 64 players in the PC version.
- The ability to go prone.
- JETS.
- Will use Frostbite Engine 2.
- Cutting edge animation provided by the team from EA Sports.
- Sea, air, and land vehicles.
- Urban Combat in some open and enclosed spaces.
- Does not support Windows XP.

(Ah, so here was the thread...hiding in the damn Tech Talk >_>)

[Ifafudafi]

I remember reading somewhere (I'll dig up the link later) that FB2 was built around DX11, and will be compatible only down to DX10 (meaning XP users/people with old cards are SOL until somebody hacks it.) A modified version will run on consoles.

Adjust your expectations accordingly

[ODX]

Whoops, I just edit-sniped you on that Infafudafi xD

[ICEE]

God damn it. I really wish there were fewer excellent looking games coming out this year, I am so broke.

also,

Call of Duty isn't much of a benchmark.

+ rep

[ExAm]

@EJburke: Lone Wolves can go fuck themselves in this game. And they can go fuck themselves in BF3. This is not COD, nor should it be anything like COD.

[Warsaw]

Warsaw, next time you play BC2's single player, sit around during a lull and wait for them to start talking. There's over 12 fucking minutes of hilarious conversations that you never hear during battle. Some of them depend on the area, too, so listen in on every level.

I did this. This is why I love the characters. It's also why I love the game so much; it doesn't take itself too seriously which is awesome.

As for lone wolves: they ruin Battlefield. No, seriously, fuck them. I have lost too many matches because 30-70% of the team thought it would be awesome to be a sniper, and so they don't join a squad. Not. Cool.

[CN3089]

Watching the trailer for a 10th time, I'm getting the feeling that the map's going to be something along the lines of a massive city.


Fill that with 64 players on the Frostbite 2 engine...add jets to fight overhead...


Boom.

tehran, new york and paris already confirmed friend <:-]

[Cortexian]

be a sniper, and so they don't join a squad. Not. Cool.

What the fuck? Why would you not join a squad as a sniper? If you're in a squad and you get sniper you can strategically spawn on a squad member to counter-snipe. If you're not on a squad you can't do shit.

[ejburke]

I'm not talking about jackoffs that are just in it to rack up kills and don't care if their team wins or loses. I'm talking about people that ARE trying to win the game, but do not want the added stress or obligation of a squad.

In my experience with BF2, I capped WAY more territory by myself than in a squad. The problem was, a squad would roll in and take it back and there was not a lot I could do about it. Maybe that's what should happen, but squads had a larger advantage than numbers and teamwork.

But when you don't want to be in a squad and you can't effectively compete in the game, what's left for people? Oh yeah, sniping solo! Personally, I never went that route. I just quit playing BF2.

Lone wolves aren't what's ruining these games, it's the fucking pressure and hostility that teammates have toward other teammates. Nobody is allowed to figure out a game, anymore. So, the good, conscientious lone wolves have been driven off, leaving only the lone wolves who don't give a fuck.

[Amit]

The only way we got shit done was by being in a squad. I like to join servers where you have to be in a squad. The problem is when you get a commander who doesn't know what they are doing.

They'll order your squad to take an objective and we'll get pwned by entrenched enemies. Then he'll tell us to continue assaulting and don't try to flank. Alright, so eventually we break through and start securing the point. Then the one sniper that was hiding there pops up on the commander's screen and then he orbital bombards the place to shit while we're cappin the flag. From the position where the sniper and his squad was situated, it would have made perfect sense to attack from the side because they had no cover on their flanks. That's why I don't give a fuck anymore and just command my squad where I damn well please.