SitRep: Battlefield 3 (Game Informer)
Battlefield 3 launched to critical praise from game journalists, but as with
most online-based games, once the public jumped into the fray several issues
surfaced. EA’s servers had trouble accommodating the heavy demand, and many
people decried the new web-based Battlelog service. Now that the game’s been
patched a couple times, we checked in to see how the game is performing.
**Triumphs**
* **Big Battles:** Ask PC players what Battlefield 3′s best feature is, and
most will respond with “64-player conquest.” Given how long DICE made the fans
go without large-scale skirmishes (the 2005 release Battlefield 2 was the last
modern military game in the series that accommodated this many people), this
response wasn’t a surprise. This is the way the game is meant to be played.
* **Controls:** As an 11-year veteran of the genre, DICE knows controls.
Everything from the smallest handgun to the largest missile launcher feels
great and responds well. The ground vehicles are easy to use, and the air
support options are justifiably more difficult to control but not impossible
to learn if you put in the time.
* **Audio:** I don’t think a shooter …
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