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Battlefield 3: Faultlines pt1 - made of win

Video: If it's wrong to be calling Battlefield 3 game of the year material this early, we don't want to right.

Getting motion in a video game right is a bloody giant challenge. With all the clock-cycles in the world, and years of development, CG characters are only just now starting to look and move real, and even then they often look their worst when they try and interact with their environment.

Games, by comparison, would seem to have no chance in this regard - which is why the latest trailer for Battlefield 3 is so damn jaw-dropping.

And it's a gameplay trailer to boot! Just check out the way the soldiers get out of their APC, or they way they weave as they run through that back alley. It's perfect - no foot-gliding at all. They look absolutely a part of their environment.

Oh, and the action looks pretty tight, too - it's all campaign play, by the way. Check it out.

Battlefield 3 is out later this year on all major platforms.

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25 Comments

stuub27 Mar 3, 2011 2:19 PM	"The video you are trying to watch is currently unavailable. Please check back soon." Not a drama for me, but thought you might need to check it at your end or something...I'll come back later :)
jdog Mar 3, 2011 2:25 PM	and guess what? its played on PC! just look for a mouse pointer....
Hawkeye Mar 3, 2011 2:25 PM	Odd - plays just fine for me. Anyone else?
stuub27 Mar 3, 2011 2:31 PM	Problem solved- works fine now! I KNEW I should have been a little patient before my last post :) Cheers
philo-sofa Mar 3, 2011 2:35 PM	Pure secks.
Ekythump Mar 3, 2011 2:35 PM	Plays fine for me.
phatbeat Mar 3, 2011 4:37 PM	Check out the dev interview, made for PC from the ground up and scalable for the console versions. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-11-battlefield-3/711179
Mudg3 Mar 3, 2011 4:42 PM	copy and pasta from the forum.
somemadcaaant Mar 3, 2011 5:01 PM	Phat, that's the way games should be designed; sounds like they have gone back to grass roots tactics with all the hassles of the pc version of bad company 2. Guess it sucked having to give the PC community free dlc. -smc
Acintai Mar 3, 2011 5:12 PM	now thats a good trailer, I cant wait.
AnthraxPants Mar 3, 2011 5:20 PM	Think of the lulz :P
Dan_2 Mar 3, 2011 6:22 PM	I really hope DICE stick to their guns here the game play looks excellent.. Atomic is spot on with the level anticipation.. And EA owe the gaming world after a half baked MOH reboot. So yes I have very high hopes for this can't wait for the BETA (knew that MOH pre order work come in handy for something).
CK Mar 3, 2011 7:18 PM	Yeah definitely looking forward to the inclusion of things they missed with bad company. Prone and good old 64 player madness being some of the big perks. Probably not really looking forward to the flyboys that own the maps with jets though.
AMD AKIMBO Mar 3, 2011 7:44 PM	i wet myself.....help send pants.
Krispy89 Mar 3, 2011 8:13 PM	Brilliant!
Mr.Twinkie Mar 3, 2011 8:31 PM	Against Call of Duty, Battlefield 3 will have so many reasons why it can blow Call of Duty away! Its time boyz.
RandomWally Mar 3, 2011 8:46 PM	Damn this looks good. Wonder what kind of system we'd need to actually get that performance? Guessing that was an optomized version of the engine running on a 6-8 core CPU, quad GPU system with a team of guys managing the LN2 cooled overclock :P.
V1RUS Mar 4, 2011 1:18 AM	I will gladly spend what ever money is needed to run this beautiful looking artwork
neX Mar 4, 2011 2:05 PM	C'n'P again? Hawk, give a bit of credit in these 'articles' if you really want to promote the community. /rant I can't wait for this title to be released. DICE are the premier FPS developers - this will surely be GOTY!
Hawkeye Mar 4, 2011 2:31 PM	neX, what are you talking about?
Eclipse93 Mar 4, 2011 2:58 PM	NICE! cant wait, just reinstalled BC2 to get get back into the swing fo things.
DoshiN Mar 6, 2011 10:58 AM	"I'm fucked up but I'm up." Love it :D Oh and it looks pretty good too.
Timmeh Mar 6, 2011 12:15 PM	Would love to play again but cheaters have ruined it.
Nyobium Mar 6, 2011 4:02 PM	Any news if the game is 64 bit? I remember playing the 32 bit Crysis Vs the 64 bit Crysis and the latter was so much more stable. Be nice to know that the game development community is making use of the modern code that is now available.
AnthraxPants Mar 6, 2011 6:45 PM	Hey, do we have 18+ now?

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