Game: Battlefield 3
Genre: FPS / First Person Shooter
Age: PEGI 16+
Developer: DICE
Publisher: EA / Electronic Arts
Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360, PS3
This is Knights Gaming World review of Battlefield 3. This review was done on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms, yep all three, reason being, i got it on Xbox first long ago, then did hear how good it was on PC so got it on that, then got it for free on PS3 by PS Plus. so lets get on with the review.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay side of the FPS parts are very well made. The land vehicles are well made to, they all control well, tanks can feel slow and sluggish but they are tanks so they would feel like that i guess. Sea vehicles seem a bit pointless, it is very rare to use them at all in online and you never use them once in single player. Flying vehicles can be the most hard to control, most that there is nothing to teach you to use them or let you learn how to use them, as you only get to use them online, as they are never once in single player, as in a let you use them way, but we will talk about that in the single player / story part. but overall this part of the game is very well made, it is an army FPS game that plays very well.
SINGLE PLAYER / STORY
Ok I'm going to say the start of the game was good, it just throws you into something making you think what is going on, then it goes back in time to a point where you are being questioned about the events that did lead up to this point, and then it will flash more back in time as the gameplay parts are in the past most taking part in the events up to the start of the game. The story itself is nothing special, but i liked it, it is not awful, it is just not something you will remember much after, and it is not that long to as it only took me 6 and a half hours to complete on hard difficulty. There are also a few glitches / bugs in single player that made me restart from last checkpoint, cause there was points where i would be stuck cause of an AI or something and would have to restart to move pass that point. Also there are a few boring missions in single player, the most boring being the one when you are in a jet, you don't fly the jet, you are the gunner, and it is so boring as it is just a aim at that, hold, still hold, now fire, now do that again a few more times, until someone aims at us. One thing that is odd, in a game like this, i find it odd that there is only two missions that you get to drive a vehicle and that was with a tank.
GRAPHICS
The graphics on PC are brilliant, but on consoles they are just ok, but, there are some places with things that are so low res and bad loading textures, it did make me wonder did they even try, it was that bad. Overall the graphics are good, even on consoles, it is just them low res parts.
SOUNDS / SOUNDTRACK
The sounds and soundtrack is brilliant, i love the theme for this game, the sounds of the weapons and vehicles are brilliant to. the voice acting in single player is ok, it does the job.
SOUNDS / SOUNDTRACK 9.0 / 10
The sounds in this game and soundtrack is brilliant, with ok voice acting that do the job.
Final Score PC 8.8 Consoles 8.4
A good game all round, but it is still best on PC.
Genre: FPS / First Person Shooter
Age: PEGI 16+
Developer: DICE
Publisher: EA / Electronic Arts
Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360, PS3
This is Knights Gaming World review of Battlefield 3. This review was done on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms, yep all three, reason being, i got it on Xbox first long ago, then did hear how good it was on PC so got it on that, then got it for free on PS3 by PS Plus. so lets get on with the review.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay side of the FPS parts are very well made. The land vehicles are well made to, they all control well, tanks can feel slow and sluggish but they are tanks so they would feel like that i guess. Sea vehicles seem a bit pointless, it is very rare to use them at all in online and you never use them once in single player. Flying vehicles can be the most hard to control, most that there is nothing to teach you to use them or let you learn how to use them, as you only get to use them online, as they are never once in single player, as in a let you use them way, but we will talk about that in the single player / story part. but overall this part of the game is very well made, it is an army FPS game that plays very well.
SINGLE PLAYER / STORY
Ok I'm going to say the start of the game was good, it just throws you into something making you think what is going on, then it goes back in time to a point where you are being questioned about the events that did lead up to this point, and then it will flash more back in time as the gameplay parts are in the past most taking part in the events up to the start of the game. The story itself is nothing special, but i liked it, it is not awful, it is just not something you will remember much after, and it is not that long to as it only took me 6 and a half hours to complete on hard difficulty. There are also a few glitches / bugs in single player that made me restart from last checkpoint, cause there was points where i would be stuck cause of an AI or something and would have to restart to move pass that point. Also there are a few boring missions in single player, the most boring being the one when you are in a jet, you don't fly the jet, you are the gunner, and it is so boring as it is just a aim at that, hold, still hold, now fire, now do that again a few more times, until someone aims at us. One thing that is odd, in a game like this, i find it odd that there is only two missions that you get to drive a vehicle and that was with a tank.
GRAPHICS
The graphics on PC are brilliant, but on consoles they are just ok, but, there are some places with things that are so low res and bad loading textures, it did make me wonder did they even try, it was that bad. Overall the graphics are good, even on consoles, it is just them low res parts.
SOUNDS / SOUNDTRACK
The sounds and soundtrack is brilliant, i love the theme for this game, the sounds of the weapons and vehicles are brilliant to. the voice acting in single player is ok, it does the job.
MULTIPLAYER / REPLAY VALUE
Ok I'm going to say this game has a Co-Op mode, but it is pointless, not that much fun, and boring. The online competitive multiplayer on the other hand, is one of the best multiplayer games out there, as this game was made with it's multiplayer in mind first, most on PC with it's 64 players, but consoles are just a low 24 players, what is not as much fun. Another thing i will have to point out is that, if you got into the game late, you will not do good at all for a few games as you have to unlock a lot of things, now i like the unlocking stuff in this game, but the things you have to unlock for jets, tanks and a few other things, are needed as without them you are pointless. But there is one thing i hate most of all about this games competitive multiplayer right now is the player run servers, you pay, yes pay to buy a server then you set up you're own rules, and some of the rules are so bad and say not to use a lot of the gear, and yes you can use them and if no one is on the server to kick you, you can do what you like but there should never be a thing where you can't use something in a game with worry of being kicked, when that thing was in the game before player run servers. Now i know player run servers are a normal thing on PC, but not on console. And there is even another part to the hate part that i hate, and that is that there is no skilled based matchmaking, meaning if you are a new comer to this game, you will for sure face off with max level players, what is not fun at all.
Ok I'm going to say this game has a Co-Op mode, but it is pointless, not that much fun, and boring. The online competitive multiplayer on the other hand, is one of the best multiplayer games out there, as this game was made with it's multiplayer in mind first, most on PC with it's 64 players, but consoles are just a low 24 players, what is not as much fun. Another thing i will have to point out is that, if you got into the game late, you will not do good at all for a few games as you have to unlock a lot of things, now i like the unlocking stuff in this game, but the things you have to unlock for jets, tanks and a few other things, are needed as without them you are pointless. But there is one thing i hate most of all about this games competitive multiplayer right now is the player run servers, you pay, yes pay to buy a server then you set up you're own rules, and some of the rules are so bad and say not to use a lot of the gear, and yes you can use them and if no one is on the server to kick you, you can do what you like but there should never be a thing where you can't use something in a game with worry of being kicked, when that thing was in the game before player run servers. Now i know player run servers are a normal thing on PC, but not on console. And there is even another part to the hate part that i hate, and that is that there is no skilled based matchmaking, meaning if you are a new comer to this game, you will for sure face off with max level players, what is not fun at all.
SCORES
GAMEPLAY 9.7 / 10
Fun gameplay. A really well made FPS gameplay, with it making it hard to learn how to use vehicles. But still overall, very well made.
Fun gameplay. A really well made FPS gameplay, with it making it hard to learn how to use vehicles. But still overall, very well made.
SINGLE PLAYER / STORY 6.1 / 10
A ok story that is not long, that has glitches / bugs, a few boring missions and never lets you drive any vehicle besides the tank.
A ok story that is not long, that has glitches / bugs, a few boring missions and never lets you drive any vehicle besides the tank.
GRAPHICS PC 9.4 / 10 CONSOLES 8.0 / 10
Graphics on PC are brilliant with a few odd bits. Graphics on consoles are still good, but lacks in places and the low res parts and bad loading textures are awful.
Graphics on PC are brilliant with a few odd bits. Graphics on consoles are still good, but lacks in places and the low res parts and bad loading textures are awful.
SOUNDS / SOUNDTRACK 9.0 / 10
The sounds in this game and soundtrack is brilliant, with ok voice acting that do the job.
MULTIPLAYER / REPLAY VALUE PC 8.7 / 10 CONSOLES 7.9 / 10
Co-Op mode is pointless and you would never play it again or at all, where competitive multiplayer is good fun all round, most on PC. But it is not without problems.
Co-Op mode is pointless and you would never play it again or at all, where competitive multiplayer is good fun all round, most on PC. But it is not without problems.
REVIEWER'S BONUS SCORE +0.3
Reason for +0.3 is that i have had fun playing this game, yes it has problems, but it was still fun.
Reason for +0.3 is that i have had fun playing this game, yes it has problems, but it was still fun.
Final Score PC 8.8 Consoles 8.4
A good game all round, but it is still best on PC.
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