Year 2011 is special. To me. Every dork and geek, which are fans of the more familiar titles which have been creeping up slowly from E3 is about to make us cum buckets. However, even though over hyping something is what generally most people do, I tend to look at the more finer points of such products - most importantly what to save and give you more bang for your buck. Lets look over the more anticipated titles for the year, and hopefully they do get released within the year.
FPS - Battlefield 3
The battlefield series for me, is the reminisce of my madden glory with guns blazing through a persistent online multiplayer mode with 64 people competing against each other in an objective based game. During the time when WW2 (World War 2) themes were simply poping up like mushrooms due to the recent success of the first MoH (Medal of Honor).
Fast forward now, to the present. A couple of years ago, Frostbyte under EA released what has been the most popular battlefield game to date. Bad Company 2 takes off where the first Bad Company left off. This time however, BFBC2 (Battlefield: Bad Company) is multiplaform unlike BFBC1 when it was exclusive to the console. Although it did not reach the staggering amount of sales pitch and volume like Modern Warefare 2, hardcore fans and new budding players alike have somehow fell in love with it.
Why so? In BFBC we were introduced to destructible elements of the game. See that bush with the wookie (Sniper in a Ghille suit) in it? Lob a grenade and his cover is gone. A wookie in the house? Plant C4's around the pillars or get a tank and blast it to kingdom come and Chewbacca does not have the terrain advantage to hide from your iron sights. You certainly can't do this in Modern Warfare 2. The maps are design for some good amount of teamwork and tactical play. Introducing armored warfare maps and transitioning to tight and fierce infantry battles while holding choke points and repelling the enemy from destroying the objective.
Realism. Okay, not totally real. However, the mechanics of the game is more interesting due to bullet drop. After a couple hundred meters, the bullet which exited the gun you fired will drop due to the center of gravity. This makes long range shots with sniper rifles, cannon shells and missiles more of a matter of skill rather than point, click, kaboom.
Then what is so special about BF3 (Battlefield 3)? BF3 takes off with the middle east conflict raging (similar to what is happening right now). All the elements of its predecessor are incorporated into the game play elements, so expect to blow buildings to kingdom come! But what is the new deal here? Frostbyte 2 is the new deal here ladies. Its the upgraded game engine which Frostbyte themselves have made for Battlefield 3. If you haven't watch some videos, youtube for more info. Fault Line and Thunder Run video actually sold me to this game. The graphics are a huge upgrade and it is comparable - no, not comparable - even Modern Warfare 3 paled in comparison.
Why do I say so? MW3 is using a dated graphics engine, I have recently watched the trailer and I was not too impressed. They have to step up to their game if they want to win the hearts and minds of those whom are already enticed by the new freshness which BF3 is offering. MW3 is made for the casual gamer - it is due to its arcade-ish nature, that any idiot which have never played a game in his life can hop in and enjoy the game after a few hours screaming his e-peen and nerd raging on how pro he is. BF series... is a whole different world. I still remembered it took me a good week to get use to playing Battlefield, because I was so busy wondering : Where the fuck is he shooting from? Death was quick, merciless and just plain shocking and my KDR (Kill/Death Ratio) plummeted faster than the Wall Street Stock Exchange.
TBA(To be Announced)? Its not official yet, but many are speculating that it may come out at the near end of Q3 (End of August) or somewhere in Q4. Not much information have been released yet. I can't say much as multiplayer alpha and trailers haven't been release yet, but I'm keeping tabs on this game like a hawk. Because after playing BFBC2 for about a year now, I'm hungry for more.
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