Author Topic: Battlefield 3 Alpha (Read 4974 times)

ds dude · « **on:** July 24, 2011, 05:22:03 pm »

Modern warfare 3 can kiss my ass, I've been playin' bf3 all night. This is the greatest game all year, seriously.

Anyone one else in the alpha?

Shard · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2011, 06:09:50 pm »

How'd you get in? I tried and I wasnt eligible or something.

ds dude · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2011, 07:05:11 pm »

EA sent it to my email address, I didn't do anything.

BUT, I did get the medal of honor limited edition but people say the beta code has nothing to do with it, since this is the alpha version. So I really don't know, I guess I was just lucky.

chutem · « **Reply #3 on:** July 24, 2011, 10:43:39 pm »

This is a limited alpha, where you have to receive an email from EA to participate, afaik, it is to find problems like bugs or network issues.

There will still be a beta, which you can be part of with the medal of honor limited edition.

Psycho · « **Reply #4 on:** July 24, 2011, 11:00:56 pm »

They had a thingy where if you pre ordered the newest medal of honor you would get beta access later on. Is this connected to that in any way, or just completely random?

chutem · « **Reply #5 on:** July 24, 2011, 11:59:06 pm »

This is the alpha, and participants aren't decided by beta access.

People eligible for beta access will still get their beta access, some time after the alpha.

Chariot · « **Reply #6 on:** July 25, 2011, 12:00:01 am »

Quote from: Psycho on July 24, 2011, 11:00:56 pm

They had a thingy where if you pre ordered the newest medal of honor you would get beta access later on. Is this connected to that in any way, or just completely random?

This is an alpha, so it has nothing to do with the MoH beta. The DICE community manager said it has a lot to do with your veteran status (how many previous BF titles you have linked to your account), but there are other factors involved.

Espadon · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2011, 11:28:06 am »

Does it feel like the Middle East?

ds dude · « **Reply #8 on:** July 25, 2011, 11:40:18 am »

Quote from: Espadon on July 25, 2011, 11:28:06 am

Does it feel like the Middle East?

Scratch that. I don't know, Operation Metro is a map based on Paris. So I don't know how the Middle Eastern maps are.

So far the only map available is Operation Metro. I don't think they are going to put more maps.

You can shoot while getting up too. Like I was proned, and some guy was shooting at me, and then while I was getting up I was shooting. I never knew you could do that. It's f**king epic.

Espadon · « **Reply #9 on:** July 25, 2011, 04:30:05 pm »

How much of the gameplay feels scripted? The animations in the previews seemed like they could only be pulled off with some heavy console style scripting [Crysis 2] and I'm not a fan of that.

ds dude · « **Reply #10 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:11:18 pm »

Destruction feels a bit scripted but only some of the biggest destructions feel like that, when you shoot walls and stuff it doesn't feel scripted. Other than that, everything feels nice.

I don't want to go way into it because it's on alpha. It's expected to change a lot once it comes time for beta,

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #11 on:** September 16, 2011, 02:12:36 pm »

Just saw this Battlefield 3 trailer that shows vehicles (including aircrafts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgJv8UnBWEE

Wow, just wow. It's like epic epicness on top of itself. And when piloting a jet it doesn't feel crammed like in previous battlefield games where you could fly from one end of the map to the other end in a few seconds. I reeeeeally hope I'll have a powerful enough computer to run this by the time it comes out...

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #12 on:** September 28, 2011, 02:44:41 pm »

Another video - not a teaser, not a trailer, but an actual gameplay done by TotalBiscuit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ndz13zUms

Yeah, he's a noob, but at least we get to see whole 20+ minutes of pure gameplay, and it's just part 1.

Chariot · « **Reply #13 on:** September 28, 2011, 09:03:45 pm »

I played Caspian Border last night and some today when I uh...discovered the password. It's fucking fun as shit. Don't let Op Metro's shittiness mislead you; there are TRUE battlefield maps in this game. Balance issues and bug fixes aside, this is going to be worth the money.

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #14 on:** September 28, 2011, 10:38:22 pm »

Personally I don't mind infantry-only maps too much, I think they're a nice bit of variety. I don't get why so many people complain about them. But yeah, I'm definitely buying it as soon as I get a new comp (which I hope will happen soon enough).

I have a few questions:
1) Is it true that you don't get flares and jet missiles at the start, and have to unlock them later on?
2) What are chopper controls like? I heard they're "like in BC2", but I don't know what they're like in BC2. :S

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Bonecrusher · « **Reply #15 on:** September 29, 2011, 03:27:41 am »

damn i gotta buy a new pc

Chariot · « **Reply #16 on:** September 29, 2011, 05:11:16 pm »

Quote from: L[0ne]R on September 28, 2011, 10:38:22 pm

I have a few questions:
1) Is it true that you don't get flares and jet missiles at the start, and have to unlock them later on?
2) What are chopper controls like? I heard they're "like in BC2", but I don't know what they're like in BC2. :S

1. True, you have to unlock everything, which is kinda lame and atm makes stingers kinda OP. All you start with is the cannon. The first unlock is called stealth, and my guess is it makes it harder to spot or harder to lock onto you.
2. Hard to say...I think somewhere in between bf2 and bc2 maybe. I didn't have much trouble figuring them out, but I've spent some time flying in both bf2 and bc2 (and Project Reality if that counts). Both the rockets and the gunners cannon are pretty damn strong against tanks. One salvo of rockets can disable a tank, maybe even destroy it if you get good hits. Here's a video of a chopper wrecking a tank on caspian. Seems wayy too easy, but I think we won't see any real balance until more perks are available.

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #17 on:** September 29, 2011, 09:58:33 pm »

Quote from: Chariot on September 29, 2011, 05:11:16 pm

2. Hard to say...I think somewhere in between bf2 and bc2 maybe. I didn't have much trouble figuring them out, but I've spent some time flying in both bf2 and bc2 (and Project Reality if that counts). Both the rockets and the gunners cannon are pretty damn strong against tanks. One salvo of rockets can disable a tank, maybe even destroy it if you get good hits. Here's a video of a chopper wrecking a tank on caspian. Seems wayy too easy, but I think we won't see any real balance until more perks are available.

Eh, I haven't really played battlefield 2 (only tried it with bots for a little bit) but I did play 2142 and Play4Free, and in both of those games you can pretty much destroy an enemy tank if most of your missiles get a good hit, so I don't think it's unusual for BF3 either.

regarding chopper controls: I did some googling and apparently in BC2 there were pretty harsh limitations on how far you can roll, how fast you can pitch, things like that. So you couldn't do barrel rolls and some other advanced maneuvres. Do you know if same applies for BF3 choppers? I couldn't find too many vids with chopper gameplay. :S

Chariot · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2011, 02:56:57 am »

Quote from: L[0ne]R on September 29, 2011, 09:58:33 pm

regarding chopper controls: I did some googling and apparently in BC2 there were pretty harsh limitations on how far you can roll, how fast you can pitch, things like that. So you couldn't do barrel rolls and some other advanced maneuvres. Do you know if same applies for BF3 choppers? I couldn't find too many vids with chopper gameplay. :S

Haven't tried an entire barrel roll, but that's cause I'm playing with mouse + keyboard and I get freaked out if I can't see forward. All I can say is there is definitely much more freedom with choppers than in BC2.

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2011, 12:31:27 pm »

You can easily do barrel rolls with a mouse and keyboard, though it's preferable to have yaws assigned to mouse and rolls to A & D. That's how I play in Play4Free, and all it takes to do a barrel roll is hold A or D and use mouse to keep your nose above the horizon during the entire roll. And high enough altitude of course.

Also judging by this vid looks like there IS at least a roll limit.. :/ I really hope it'll at least be an option by the time full version is released..
I also hope they'll change around that clunky cockpit view in the Havoc. It's like you're looking through a box. D:

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