Battlefield 3 trailer sneaks across rooftops, avoids giant bullets
by Ben Gilbert 
on Mar 16th 2011 10:35AM
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Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:39AM bimmy said
I don't usually pre-order games but I may have to pre-order this
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:45AM LionheartAce said
@bimmy Stay thirsty my friends... oh, wrong commercial.
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Posted: Mar 16th 2011 4:51PM LEONLEONLEON said
@JIAGPOS EA have a bunch of awesome games coming out. Your loss. A horrible loss.
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Posted: Mar 16th 2011 8:37PM Crayola Q Pants ESQ said
@bimmy I don't usually preorder games but when I do I preorder GalGun games
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Posted: Mar 17th 2011 4:51AM This Little Man Says His Name Is said
@JIAGPOS
So because you pre-ordered a game and got some extra bonus content, you're not going to pre-order a game again?
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So because you pre-ordered a game and got some extra bonus content, you're not going to pre-order a game again?
Posted: Mar 17th 2011 8:50AM JIAGPOS said
@This Little Man Says His Name Is
No, b/c that "bonus" content was already on the disc and instead of just saying so and releasing it Day 1 they BS'd us over several months. It would've been better if they said "We want you to buy this game new. If you buy it new day 1 you get 10 extra maps. If not, then you have to pay $15."
They didn't do that. They dragged us on for months, each time releasing only 2 maps with each update that didn't even take 10 seconds to download. They were "unlocked".
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No, b/c that "bonus" content was already on the disc and instead of just saying so and releasing it Day 1 they BS'd us over several months. It would've been better if they said "We want you to buy this game new. If you buy it new day 1 you get 10 extra maps. If not, then you have to pay $15."
They didn't do that. They dragged us on for months, each time releasing only 2 maps with each update that didn't even take 10 seconds to download. They were "unlocked".
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:40AM stolen73 said
sweet.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:40AM Trogdorwhore said
AWESOME
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:41AM walls99 said
It would be cool, if they gave us the option to use our own sniper rifle along with using the rocket launcher.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:43AM Ballistic H said
Destruction 3.0!
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:48AM Kiichi said
"an effing 50."
I am not a nativ english speaker, nor am I a weapons fetishist, but ain´t that supposed to be "an effing .50"?
I am not a nativ english speaker, nor am I a weapons fetishist, but ain´t that supposed to be "an effing .50"?
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 12:37PM R Planteer said
@Kiichi
Its very common in military slang to refer to guns by their caliber. I.E. "He's packing a 9 milimeter" or "Get on that .22 and surpress the target."
Because its a lot easier to say "fifty" or "fifty cal" than "fifty caliber sniper rifle" when people know what you are talking about.
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Its very common in military slang to refer to guns by their caliber. I.E. "He's packing a 9 milimeter" or "Get on that .22 and surpress the target."
Because its a lot easier to say "fifty" or "fifty cal" than "fifty caliber sniper rifle" when people know what you are talking about.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 1:06PM Kiichi said
@all of you
These were my thoughts just by reading what Joystiq wrote about the video while waiting for it to stream.
I was merely pointing out that joystiq set the dot wrong. A 50 cal is shortened ".50" and not "50." as far a I know. Just a little grammar nazi like thing.
My thoughts after watching the video...well, even the joystiq commentsection is the wrong place to properly express that...might get banned for obcenety.
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These were my thoughts just by reading what Joystiq wrote about the video while waiting for it to stream.
I was merely pointing out that joystiq set the dot wrong. A 50 cal is shortened ".50" and not "50." as far a I know. Just a little grammar nazi like thing.
My thoughts after watching the video...well, even the joystiq commentsection is the wrong place to properly express that...might get banned for obcenety.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 2:15PM Altrix said
@Kiichi But where the hell does militia find .50 cal sniper rifles?
Anyway, this piece was also really BAD like the first one. Fancy graphics, ye sure. That guy just brings his head up but doesn't get shot makes the fear of a sniper just disappear... which seems just as horribly designed and thought out as many of the singleplayer scenes on Homefront.
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Anyway, this piece was also really BAD like the first one. Fancy graphics, ye sure. That guy just brings his head up but doesn't get shot makes the fear of a sniper just disappear... which seems just as horribly designed and thought out as many of the singleplayer scenes on Homefront.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 8:42PM WiredKnight said
@Altrix
Sniper's gotta reload sometime.
But I agree, you can tell they make it intentionally one sided to make it more cinematic. I mean look at those awful shots that hit stuff around them.
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Sniper's gotta reload sometime.
But I agree, you can tell they make it intentionally one sided to make it more cinematic. I mean look at those awful shots that hit stuff around them.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:13PM cuda010 said
@Epoque
Actually Kiichi is correct and the "decimal" IS in the wrong spot. Since the "50" being mentioned is a unit of measurement, The decimal goes in front if the number.
The correct tagline should have read ..."an effing .50".
on a side note, I own one. If anyone would like to see a pic of me holding this massive weapon, send me a note :-)
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Actually Kiichi is correct and the "decimal" IS in the wrong spot. Since the "50" being mentioned is a unit of measurement, The decimal goes in front if the number.
The correct tagline should have read ..."an effing .50".
on a side note, I own one. If anyone would like to see a pic of me holding this massive weapon, send me a note :-)
Posted: Mar 17th 2011 2:34AM WiredKnight said
@cuda010
Actually you're both wrong. Since it's a spoken abbreviation, it doesn't matter who it's transcribed. If you *really* want to be a grammar nazi about it, the correct term would be "fifty," because that's what he actually says, not "point-fifty" or "point five-oh."
Are we done yet?
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Actually you're both wrong. Since it's a spoken abbreviation, it doesn't matter who it's transcribed. If you *really* want to be a grammar nazi about it, the correct term would be "fifty," because that's what he actually says, not "point-fifty" or "point five-oh."
Are we done yet?
Posted: Mar 17th 2011 2:35AM WiredKnight said
@WiredKnight
Hah. That should totally say "how" not "who."
XD
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Hah. That should totally say "how" not "who."
XD
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:49AM MauriceG said
You may want to fix the video, joystiq.
The framerate is terrible.
The framerate is terrible.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 10:54AM Epoque said
The urge to climb those AC units to look for a yellow bag would be too much for me. I'd be a pretty easy kill.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:07AM photonicboom said
Game changer for sure.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:07AM Godslegion said
Unfortunately, the only BF games I have indulged in are BF Bad Company, BUT this looks like it IS/WILL be the most legit modern military FPS to ever hit the shelves.
I will definitely be a preorder monkey on this one!
I will definitely be a preorder monkey on this one!
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:09AM trent steel said
GOTYAY
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:13AM xFenixKnightx said
WANT!
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:15AM C1 said
I'm less impressed with this video as compared to the last one. Still will be a great game.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:19AM Patton said
My pants haven't been this tight since before my gastric bypass surgery.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:20AM prodigy69 said
POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER!
/pre ordered
/pre ordered
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:27AM Lerkero said
This might be the shooter game that makes me stop hating shooter games. It's definitely got my attention now.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:38AM SpaceFox said
That was amazing! But, I think they over did it with the sniper fire. IRL a sniper wouldnt fire that frequently without having a good view of his target, to decrease his chances of being spotted. A sniper is only effective when you dont know where he is.
Then again, the sniper in this trailer was probably just some noob.
Then again, the sniper in this trailer was probably just some noob.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:48AM blingximus said
@SpaceFox its safe to say hes a noob, especially if u cant at least get a lucky shot off 4 soldiers passing through AC units, could have at least anticipated one of them.
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Posted: Mar 16th 2011 11:57AM LaughingTarget said
@SpaceFox
Also wouldn't use a 50 cal as a normal round. They can't be suppressed as they're a supersonic round. Plus, the cost makes them poor anti-personnel rounds and are more regularly used for extreme range, static targets.
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Also wouldn't use a 50 cal as a normal round. They can't be suppressed as they're a supersonic round. Plus, the cost makes them poor anti-personnel rounds and are more regularly used for extreme range, static targets.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 12:01PM SisypheanLife said
@LaughingTarget
He should've taken advantage of the penetrating power of the 50 and punched through the AC units when the soldier were clearly lined up at the corner. Easy pickings.
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He should've taken advantage of the penetrating power of the 50 and punched through the AC units when the soldier were clearly lined up at the corner. Easy pickings.
Posted: Mar 16th 2011 1:27PM MiceInATank said
@SpaceFox
Obviously the sniper's been playing too much CoD and was trying to see if he could get a 360-quickcope-wallbang-collateral for his Machinima Montage.
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Obviously the sniper's been playing too much CoD and was trying to see if he could get a 360-quickcope-wallbang-collateral for his Machinima Montage.
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