the low down on bf3!

[smelly]

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* 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 re-written
* 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 setsNo 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 co-op
* There will be a kill-cam 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.
* "Fuck" 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.

[CapsLoc]

PC version is lead version <-- that my friend's, is the key here!

I'm totally gonna build a PC soon to be able to play BF3

[smelly]

yeah im hoping to buy a new pc at the start of next year. cant do it this year but i will at the frist of next year 4sure. so ill have to wait till then.

[Dumbfinger]

Cite your info source please...

[smelly]

the internet...aka world wide web

[Dumbfinger]

the internet...aka world wide web

lol...nub

you don't write stuff like that without telling us where/who the info came from....

a link or something dude...it's just what you do...doh

[Outlaw]

Can't wait for a gameplay trailer

[smelly]

i might can get some beta keys, if anyone wants one

[Outlaw]

i might can get some beta keys, if anyone wants one

ummm yes please

[Dumbfinger]

i might can get some beta keys, if anyone wants one

hook it up! Pronto!