17-07-2011, 20:49 | #1 |
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Battlefield Series - COD beater for me
So after getting a little bored with the COD series, I didn't fancy picking up MW3 so preordered Battlefield 3 instead. To wet my appetite, I took a look at Battlefield : Bad Company and started playing online...my god, this is too much fun. The maps are vast areas ranging from close battle in amongst buildings stretching out to open fields where you find yourself launching rockets at tanks a distance away. Having caught the bug for this game, I picked up BF:BC2 and it's just far far superior to MW in almost every way as far as I'm concerned. The gameplay in each game is so varied. You can have the usual styles of recon, medic, mechanic and assault but each one can play a decent role in every game, it really doesn't matter which one you choose. There are quad bikes, jeeps, tanks and helicopters all with multiple roles so you can drive or be a gunner or just get transported across the map and in to the battle zone. There's so much in this game that I can't list all the good points, you really just have to play it but if you want a far more realistic and tactical game compared to MW, Battlefield is the way to go.
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17-07-2011, 21:08 | #2 |
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Think I might be joining you in Battlefield 3, just been watching some of the videos and it looks great fun. I do find with a lot of the cod games you play inm unless we're playing together, people just bugger off and do their own thing.
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17-07-2011, 21:33 | #3 |
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BF has four man squads you are put in. When you enter the game and you choose a spawn point, you can pick to join your squad again and dive right back in the action if that is where they are. You also get bonus points for doing things with and helping your squad members. Much more of a team based game.
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17-07-2011, 22:07 | #4 |
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Yeah I remember you explaining this, quite happy to be a medic
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18-07-2011, 10:22 | #5 |
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I enjoyed the COD:MW series but it's just running out of steam and I don't think it was particularly well suited to my abilities. I'm not too hot at these games...I'm too slow and not accurate enough and regularly had my arse handed to me on a plate, no doubt by some 9 year old kid.
But with Battlefield it seems to be more my pace. I can hold back and attack at my own speed, flank around the back of the enemy and attack from behind...I can use a different skill set that I DO have instead of being stuck in the middle of mayhem. Preferring the team player style, I can make choices that still benefit the team like being a medic or mechanic and holding back from the main battle a little. Yesterday for example a chopper appeared in our base. Did I run up and jump in the pilots seat? Nope. I left that to somebody more capable and I jumped on a gun instead. Don't get me wrong, I don't hold back from the fights, but I'll choose a time and place depending on how well our team is doing overall. If we're winning convincingly then I'll dive in the pilots seat of a chopper and have a bit of fun I just think that there are so many varying styles of game play, if I'm having a good day and can be fast and accurate then I'll dive in. If I'm having a bad day then I'll play more of a supportive role
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18-07-2011, 10:28 | #6 |
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Used to love Battlefield 2 for all of the reasons you described Desmo. Flying helicopters and jets with a joystick, then parchuting out to get into keyboard / mouse fps was just great fun in a game.
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18-07-2011, 11:48 | #7 |
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I think a highlight of FPS gaming was in BF2- successfully firing missiles from a jet into an incoming boat of people, kamikaze crashing the jet into an aircraft carrier whilst sneakily parachuting out on to the control tower and sniping the spawn points as team mates invade via boat, protecting the top of the ladder with claymores!
COD is boring for me - it was great fun on release and I enjoyed some super multiplayer with you chaps but it wouldn't hold my attention for more than half an hour now; if I get time I may try BF3 when it comes out (or BC2 in the meantime!) as I greatly enjoy the team play and seeing different classes in action
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18-07-2011, 14:05 | #8 |
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Put me in the battlefield camp too please. BF2 was my game of choice for quite some time, can't wait to see what they do with bf3. Especially with PC being lead platform and 64-player battles coming back, eeeee.
COD was always good but rarely for anything other than a quick blast. Battlefield has longevity on its side.
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18-07-2011, 14:23 | #9 |
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Massive maps & 64-player battles sound great - is that only on PC though?
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19-07-2011, 11:59 | #10 |
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I've played BF2 since day 1, Any time I've got a bit bored I just start a new char. I mostly play on 64 man Infantry only servers. Any time I try another game about 20 minutes into it I think **** this I could be playing BF2 so quit & go play BF2.
The only COD game I really got in to was the original COD but then I clanned that & it was the best of times as far as gaming goes. To this day so far though nothing even comes close to 64 man Infantry only BF2 on PC. |