Here's the real way to play Battlefield 3

by Justin McElroy on Oct 18th 2011 10:00AM

If you're looking for the perfect gift for your favorite gaming website this holiday season, why not consider this Battlefield 3 simulator constructed by Channel 5's The Gadget Show? With an omni-directional treadmill, a wireless gun system, five HD projectors and a massive dome, it would strike just the right balance between you looking chintzy and us being embarrassed by your generosity.

Our friends in the UK can find out just how much they'll be spending on this touching, affordable gift when the episode premieres there on October 24 at 8 p.m. on Channel 5.

[Thanks, Dhexodus.]

Tags: battlefield-3, dice, ea, microsoft, pc, playstation, ps3, the-gadget-show, xbox

Reader Comments (53)

This is srs bsniss...

This is srs bsniss.

@Maunder so nice, you had to say it twice?

@Spookimitsu

Splendid!

Holy crap....

You get hit by paintballs? That's...actually a really cool idea! Couldn't help but laugh at the "YOU AIM...YOU FIRE" text though.

It's so realistic, your legs will get stuck in the ground after 3 minutes of playing.

IT'S JUST A JOKE, PEOPLE.

The omni directional treadmill is the biggest innovation...

It solves the big problem of...how would someone move without actually moving....

@Timjoy Seems like you might fall while strafing though :/

@T24

do marines and army personnel in the field strafe in a real life gunfight? i've always wanted to know if they do. running/jogging while shooting is, though.

@balbonits Soldiers are trained to shoot as the move if they have to, in general, just as you would assume, you don't want to move when shooting because you are far less likely to hit anything. As for calling it 'strafing', I think that is just a video game usage. Strafing's original definition is "To attack with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft."

@nandokun

i see, but i'm actually concerned about the
"walking sideways (like a crab) while shooting a rifle (M4, AK47) or a shotgun (pump-action, AA-12)" part. can they really do that? i haven't fired a gun all my life, so i sometimes do question if the "realism" that games add, are they at least accurate to a person who has experienced it in real life?

@balbonits Don't know for certain. I would imagine, if you are shooting while walking sideways, it is in order to get into cover. I don't think you'd ever see this on a real live battlefield:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Circlestrafing_animation.gif/250px-Circlestrafing_animation.gif

Looks interesting will watch this even though I am not a fan of the gadget show.

So, if your character gets shot, a paintball hits you... what happens when your character gets stabbed?

@Arrowsmith Beat with a paintbrush.

@Once known as Shadsy
ha

@Arrowsmith

What about when a you get Blown Up? xP

@PornOfBabylon

You get thrown from the treadmill.

@Arrowsmith

Red marker pen

@Arrowsmith

maybe the treadmill comes to a halt, then on the direction of the stab, a bamboo stick coated with paintball paint slaps you from there. sonds like a painful way to "die", right?

that'll teach you not to camp for too long on one spot. :D

The gadget show is quite popular in the uk.

@byaboy best thing channel 5 make for sure.

I wonder if it realistically handles jumping out of the ground when you're stuck, jumping up and down like an idiot hoping for salvation but it never comes.

EA is quite peculiar on who it will let review BF3, it would seem:

http://static.e24.no/drpublish/images/article/2011/10/18/20111138/1/default/130898.jpg

Usually not a good sign.

@Pure Black World Tendency What the shit. That's gestapo tactics right there.

@Pure Black World Tendency Nydalsveien! I worked there.

@kalmis

I live close to there, actually. :D

Here is the (google-translated) article. The header is "Game journalists furious at EA" but google translated it to something quite different and funny. :)

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fe24.no%2Fmedia%2Fspilljournalister-raser-mot-electronic-arts%2F20111124

Strangely I haven't seen anything about this on any US gaming sites yet.

How would you similate vehicles? And what would a missle feel like? o.o

@(Unverified)
Missile is simulated by a falling tree branch at your chest!

I notice it didnt show him running...

It seems that everyday DICE is publishing more and more about BF3. And it seems that everyday I grow more and more tired of it. BF3 is like that annoying kid in grade school who would always raise his hands to answer eery question. "Oh! Oh! Look at this gameplay! Isn't it awesome! And it would be even more awesome if you had this tech!"

I stand by my statement that BF3 isn't a BF title based on the gameplay from the beta. No not the bugs, but the core gameplay. I didnt experience any bugs in the 3 hours I tried the game out. And so I'm still waiting on the true sequel to BF2.

@PeteZahutt Possibly they looked at the low sales of BF2 and the high sales of BF:BC2 and decided to go with a single character at a time FPS rather than the switch characters approach. Also makes it easier to create a story for people to get immersed.

So what happens when someone does this to him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Hrr3tz_Cw

yeah id be curious to see the running aspect..only thing stopping me from plopping down 100k. really. ive got it. no i dont.

That is awesome. I would love a realistic shooter that actually involved physical agility to win.

"a wireless gun system" I am glad they didn't go for any CR*P Kinect waving your hands in the air rubbish LoL

"This promotional video brought to you by your friends at the Pentagon."

"The Pentagon, pissing your tax dollars away on war toys that we'll sell you twenty years down the line since 1943."

Dang I hate that Gadget Show guy

Sweet.

I'd love to see how it simulates you getting killed by debris though.

When you crash a plane, an army of fire ants crawls out of the gun and into your clothes.

I'd love to play with this thing once or twice. But I couldn't do it all the time... it would get tiring. Though probably also get me into shape.

We are one step closer to the holodeck. How long until I can build this on my basement.

Getting shot with paintballs is a nice touch. Suddenly rushing like a headless chicken doesn't seem so appealing!

thatd be cool if its real

Woot! I made it in.

Hmm, what a waste of money, no one wants to play battlefield 3, its all about the Modern Warfare!

I actually invented this type of simulator in my head, although the treadmill type floor is significantly different. So every time i see some technology news related to an invention of mine that i have not patented, prototyped, or developed in any way due to having insufficient funds and knowhow, i get incredibly angry. This has happened to me on no fewer than three occasions. probably many more. Well i guess it validates my ideas, but it is annoying that i don't have money/spare time/a large house in America to do all my crazy ideas. ARRRRRRGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how you solve obesity in America.

Let's see people try to use the Marathon perk in CoD now.

@(Unverified)

oh cool! Modern Warfare burns calories! a fine addition to 24 Hour Fitness!

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