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Too bad that DICE has slipped into "bullshit" territory since the release of BF3. The total and utter lack of patches to fix glaring issues, cozying up to the idea of charging for "premium content" or a subscription model plus (what looks like at this point, maybe we will eat our words later) a crappy map pack in order to appeal to the CoD crowd.

So screw "subtle" differences in the new mode and "different tactical layers". All the advanced praise and goodwill received for BF3 has been used up.

Looks like one of those games with the new "I can't see shit" graphic effects engine. Half the time the screen is shaking like crazy and everything is obscured by smoke, explosions and debris, making each and every combat encounter an exercise in futility, unless you plink away at enemies from the distance (aka "BF3 sniper syndrome").

The future of gaming, ladies and gentlemen.

Meh.
I just started playing through 1st and 2nd Encounter HD after having both titles sitting in my backlog from some steam sale last year. 1st one was one, but by the time I way halfway through 2nd Encounter it became extremely tedious and decidedly un-fun. Enter a hub, go left, activate some lever/drop or take an item, go right, repeat, gate to next yard opens.

All the while the same monsters spawn around you and use all of their mighty AI to zero in on you in a straight line or shoot green/orange blobs at you from half a mile away.

Something tells me that BFE will be more of the same...

Now throw in enforced regional locks to control content and violence levels and we're good to go, EA!

Even better, block retail versions from other countries completely.

Hey, great job on messing up regional pricing, EA.

Euro prices are roughly three times higher.
Most games are cheaper at amazon.co.uk, that's including shipping to the EU mainland.

Thanks, but no thanks...

Looks gooood.

But crawling through vents?
Really?
1998 called, it want's it's gaming trope back.

Am I the only one who is concerned that even the trailer material appears to sport some serious fps issues? Just saying, this is promotional material and if THAT already runs at what looks like 10 fps at times, how will it run on the average rig at home?

Mimicking recoil in shotgun mode (1:03) is optional :-)

Aaand the countdown to the first awkward porn software utilizing the Kinect has begun ticking.