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Battlefield 3 teaser gets us hot and bothered

By David Hollingworth
13:33 Feb 24, 2011 | 27 Comments
Tags: battlefield | 3 | online | fps | goodness | trailer | news
Battlefield 3 teaser gets us hot and bothered

Video: We don't want to alarm anyone, but Battlefield 3 could well re-write the FPS landscape. Too soon?

It's in the nature of game journos to get excited. By and large, we're gamers ourselves, so when a game comes along that's bang on what we've been waiting for, it's easy to lose any sense of perspective and just rant. We, as an industry, must all times strive to be fair and balanced.

This, is not one of those times. The new Battlefield 3 trailer has us pants-tentingly happy.

As gameplay teases go, this very much errs on the side of tease, but what it does show us - and yes, early days and all that - is a game engine that looks to be one of the must stunning on the market. Frostbite 2, we want your anti-aliased babies.

But enough loving - you have a look...

Battlefield 3 is out later this year.

 
 
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27 Comments
Meowkitty
Feb 24, 2011 1:46 PM
pants-tentingly
for the win!!!
Ekythump
Feb 24, 2011 1:50 PM
I just had an accident in my pants.
jdog
Feb 24, 2011 2:04 PM
is it just me or does that trailer look alot like COD?

i hope they dont screw this up...i love battlefield.
Krispy89
Feb 24, 2011 2:07 PM
I loved Battlefield Bad Company 2. And I'm certain that this will make me want to love it too.
nesquick
Feb 24, 2011 2:10 PM
lol jdog it looks nothing like COD, COD graphics look terrible in comparison to even the first Frostbite engine.
Schaden
Feb 24, 2011 3:27 PM
Jizzed in my pants. on another note the lighting and textures look so hawt
m1stics
Feb 24, 2011 3:43 PM
The graphics do look swell, but i hope the game has more going for it than that.
wraith676
Feb 24, 2011 4:04 PM
naw i want to play it now damn it :P
xXJackXx
Feb 24, 2011 4:26 PM
oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh wow
m_a_g_e
Feb 24, 2011 4:46 PM
yeh but are they gameplay or cut scenes?
Mr.Twinkie
Feb 24, 2011 4:49 PM
Sometimes i truly think cod is like a mini Battlefield. Cod is like a easier version of counterstrike but games like BATTLEFIELD ultilises much more bang for your buck as you run around in a match. In such a bigger arena where pros and noobs wont be as easily bothered with eachother. This game is sure to triumph if they make sure they can still give the pc some tender love and care. They owe it to the pc for their success anywais like Crysis.
Hagore
Feb 24, 2011 4:49 PM
@xXJackXx: I hope you typed every character there, without any cut and paste tricks, else your excitement has been voided. ><

That seems suspiciously pretty. I hope it is tasty. :)
xXJackXx
Feb 24, 2011 4:54 PM
@Hagore I did actually type it all out
GhostFaceKilla
Feb 24, 2011 5:38 PM

Where are my tissues . . .
GhostFaceKilla
Feb 24, 2011 5:44 PM

Sorry its worth a double post. The world looks awesome. I can see now why the developers were saying that a Windows 7 64Bit OS would be highly recommended.

sirtrancealot
Feb 24, 2011 5:59 PM
less time making teasers with 4 secs of gameplay and more time making the game imo! a great game is like crack..
addictive.. and it sells itself..
Metasynaptic
Feb 24, 2011 6:13 PM
Back to Karkand? surely we haven't played that map enough...
GhostFaceKilla
Feb 24, 2011 6:39 PM

@Metasynaptic - wait till the inevitable 'Back to Wake Island extra rape edition'.
Martyr
Feb 24, 2011 9:02 PM
oh man! def gonna have to update system for this. Cannot wait!
Bodie_CI5
Feb 24, 2011 9:22 PM
Every positive reply receives a x10 from me. WOW!
philo-sofa
Feb 24, 2011 10:23 PM
This is... awesome. Hopefully combattesting gets to do the PC testing. OMG...... seriously, this could be the ruin of me if this game lives up to its potential.

FUCKING A.
Acintai
Feb 24, 2011 10:59 PM
what are you all on about it doesnt even preview anything except graphics? i dont get it.
Sasquatch972
Feb 25, 2011 12:10 AM
looks brilliant! i hope it has alot of maps and vehicles though, i think it was sated there would be about 5 maps and 34 vehicles.
philo-sofa
Feb 25, 2011 9:59 AM
@ Acintai - if you've been following it (is a good exclusive by another gaming mag out there) it does bring a few things together with regards to promises of squad play, expansiveness and animation etc. Still, you're right in that it shows off nothing per se (without being obsessively up to date on the dev) other than graphics. But at the end of the day to us Beef players, this game has the potential to be the hugest release ever, and they've not only promised to honour that, but seem to be on the right track, so simply seeing it for the first time is a huge thing.

And it actualyl just... *looks* like Beef :)
sirtrancealot
Feb 25, 2011 12:04 PM
big question is.. are they going to screw the pooch by removing Lan functionality...?
AnthraxPants
Feb 25, 2011 3:15 PM
All my mind cogs just broke. MEDIC!
jdog
Feb 26, 2011 11:13 AM
i bloody well hope not!

no LAN = fail (on one part)
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