Story- The story follows a marine by the name of Sgt. Blackburn and a Spetnaz operative Dimitri Mayakovsky. It starts off with you being interogated by the CIA for a unknown Crime. Right off the bat i was annoyed as the games major competitor Call of Duty already used this in the campaign in Black Ops. Although i continued playing it felt strangely like i was playing a knockoff of black ops and i was not ingrossed in the story because of this. I also felt diasconnected from the main characters as there was no real character devolpment and with you constantly jumping around in different people. Even though black ops was alltitle unrealistic i felt masons pain as he lost his best friends right in front of him while in Bf3 you really dont feel any response from Blackborn and even though his teammates die like crazy. This is where the story really fell short for me as there was nothing to pull me into the experience. There is also a problem with length where the game is 3 to 4 hours long. Although many other shooters are short they usually have good story or engross you in the experience i felt with Battlefield 3 the campaign was just tacked on with no real effort put into it. This is the studio that brought us bad company 1 and 2 how could they just not care about the story
Presentation- With the inclusion of frostbite 2 the game footage that i have seen is gorgeous. The character models look great and there are awesome set pieces. But as this game was made for PC sacrifices had to be made to port it to consoles. Some textures look old and don't quite blend in with the new and there are still issues with with the engine that a patch could fix. For example the AI tends to glitch out in the single player flying through walls and getting stuck in place. There is also the issue of bodies clipping through the floor and stairs which can ruin the immersion it tries to give. There has also been some wonky physics such as floating objects and bodies flying in the air. I also encountered a freezing glitch on one of the missions but has since been patched.
Game play- Like all Fps it is in the first person and uses a hud to display your ammo and health. While using the guns i noticed they all had realistic feel and didn't feel floaty and recoiless which is something i haven't seen in a long time for a shooter. The explosives are also balanced and although you may not die with a rpg hit you ll probably be so injured that you ll die soon anyway from other enemies. There are also vehicles such as tanks and airplanes you can use for your online and single player pleasure. I found these vehicles also had a realistic feel but found them really hard to control especially the jets but others may find them easier. I also enjoy the fact that this allows for more versitile battles and since the maps on Bf3 Multiplayer are Huge theres plenty of room for large scale battles in the air and small tank battles on the ground.
The Verdict- The game is a blast to play whether or not you are a Battlefield Fan or a Cod Fan. There is plenty of variety of the multiplayer that will allow for Unlimited replay value IN my Book its A 9.0 Out of 10
due to some minor techinical hitches but overall Perfect
