Battlefield 3 Details Emerge

Battlefield 3 Details Emerge

Nachiket Mhatre, Feb 08, 2011 1523 hrs IST

Might see a possible Q4 2011 release

The latest issue of Game Informer carries a lot of dope on the upcoming Battlefield game and much of the euphoria is spilling all over the Internet. The next game in the franchise after Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3 will continue the series' trademark large scale skirmishes involving fighter jets and heavy armor this time around. The destructible environments will be souped up even further with a scenario involving an earthquake that causes entire buildings to collapse. The game will also feature enormous maps suitable for vehicular combat.

However, don't expect any photo goodness coming your way, due to the tough and justifiable line imposed by Game informer on illegal scans surfacing on the internet. In the mean time, you will have make do with the specifications listed down at NeoGAF.

Aiming for CY Q4 2011 release
Concept for BF3 has been in the works for years, waiting on proper tech to seamlessly come together
Frosbite 2.0 is the culmination of this tech, entirely rewritten
Lighting sounds neat, one "probe" contains more lighting information than an entire BFBC2 level.
Level destruction is going to be "believable" but basically everything is destructible.
Character animations powered by ANT, what EA Sports uses.
AI characters and multiplayer characters have different animation sets
No more "gliding" animations that look off, animation realism is a focus
Captured their own war audios (bullets, tanks, helicopters, etc) at different distances to ensure realism
Better audio cues for certain actions, more easily able to listen for threats
Plan on better, more immediate post release content
More unlocks than BFBC2
Dice trying to find a good balance between customization of your character and not having "pink rabbit hat(s)"
4 classes
Will talk about squads "later"
Looking into a theater mode but can't talk about it
Will have coop
There will be a killcam but it can be turned off
BF3's team is almost twice as big as the team for BFBC2
They want the pacing of the single player mode to be balanced, with highs and lows. Makes the comparison to a song vs a guitar solo.
Part of the single player mode takes place in Sulaymaniyah Iraqi Kurdistan.
"F**k" will be used often, so M rated for sure
There will be an earthquake in a level. The destruction sounds very impressive. 7 story building collapses, looks very well done
Significant narrative that goes with the SP mode
More than one setting, you're not in the middle east for the whole game
PC version is lead version
Why 64 players for PC only? No complains from the console crowd.
No mod tools at release. Maybe none down the line either. Frosbite 2.0 is complex and mods tools would have to be dumbed down, so does Dice really want to put their time to that or would it be better spent elsewhere?
Original story, not based on Bad Company at all.

Battlefield 3 Details Emerge

Might see a possible Q4 2011 release

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