Review of Battlefield 3

When Battlefield 3 was announced I had high hopes for the game and wanted an equal, if not better successor to Battlefield 2. When it was released, I couldn't actually play the game due to some strange system requirement which required me to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista/7. Well of course I wasn't going to get Vista, especially since everyone has something bad to say about Vista... My thoughts were I would rather go to a Mac than Vista...

So I upgraded to Windows 7.

The only problem I've had so far is that I don't have Office so I can't type things up. This will probably be resolved soon but whatever, I got Battlefield 3.

So after the three hours of downloading Battlefield 3, I start it up. Oh man, oh man, oh man, it was awesome. The graphics were stunning, the vehicles were cool, the weapons were sleek. Everything seemed to be awesome. Even prone was back, which was one of the greatest things they've ever done for themselves in Battlefield 3. I don't think I can even overstate how AWESOME PRONE IS. Before in Bad Company 1&2 you could only crouch, which caused awkward moments when you couldn't get under cover and your head was sticking out, just waiting to be shot. Jets are back too, so now you can finally do that Top Gun impersonation that you've always been wanting to do.

So lets get on to the technical stuff.

Graphics

Let me just say, the graphics are amazing, you can see the entire map and beyond. The textures are very high detailed, and it doesn't lag on my system, even on pretty high graphics. The explosions are awesome and the destruction is rendered very well and it almost seems like the building you're in is actually falling apart, oh wait it is.

Guns

Battlefield 3 has a wide array of guns. It has both factions standard rifles, like the M4A1 and the AK's. There are a wide variety of guns you can unlock, like the Barrett .50c sniper rifle or a coaxial machine gun for tanks. The way you can modify these guns are amazing as well. I can put a bi-pod on my rifle and basically fire it fully automatic into an enemy and expect to kill them pretty fast. They got foregrips, grenade launchers, laser pointers, flashlights, and other cool stuff as well to put on your gun so you can always be prepared.

Vehicles

The vehicles in this game are really powerful and fun to play around with. Jets are basically the kings of the sky, you can always have fun in a jet, doing things like dogfighting and precision bombing are really some of the most intense things you can do in Battlefield and that's the reason why so many people wanted them put back into the game. Helicopters are a lot less powerful than the ones in BF2 but they are still very hard to deal with. The specializations you can use with helicopters can extend their deadliness to unseen levels, for instance, I could get guided missiles and start taking out enemy vehicles quicker than they can roll out of their base in 'em. Tanks are also pretty good, since they changed how vehicles blow up, first getting disabled, then completely blowing up, getting into a tank is a lot less of an express ride to death and now more of a ticket to victory. Jeeps are jeeps and they've always been a fast and vulnerable way to get around the field of combat.

Maps

Battlefield has always been about huge maps to play around in, and it still is. You have maps of varying size, from small ones to ones so large it would confuse a CoD player almost instantly. While it does seem like a much more compact map, the density of the map is so much higher that it makes up for itself.

Destruction

This... is... awesome. Destruction is a great addon to the previous, and current Battlefield games and destruction in Battlefield 3 is taken to new heights as you can destroy almost anything. I'm serious, there is a hilltop control point and throughout the course of the game it's completely leveled.