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[JokerMM]

dude, fps games peaked

that game was some straight up witchcraft shit

 

[EverydayBeast]

Dice was under high pressure from the recent modern warfare success and made an awesome game like BF3 exist.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Devs were more talented back then, I guess.

 

[Valedix]

And then in 2021 they somehow managed to regress 10 years. Classic EA.

 

[SJRB]

DICE had god-tier engineers and designers back in the day.

 

[Imtjnotu]

i remember going from Bad company 2 which had collapsible buildings that deformed,

to battlefield 4 which dumb ass PS4 couldn't handle the destruction and buildings just crashing your framerate and breaking in a controlled manner.


PS4 and Xbone cpu set Battlefield back

 

[amigastar]

Is this on Xbox One and PS4?

 

[baphomet]

How did they what?

Make those bull shots you posted?

 

[SkyHighTrees]

How did they what?

Make those bull shots you posted?

not bullshots, look at the low res buildings on the background. game looks like that

 

[AlteredForms]

Motionnnn blurrrrrrr.

 

[Spyxos]

How did they what?

Make those bull shots you posted?

It looks pretty much like this on pc at 4k ultra settings.

 

[baphomet]

not bullshots, look at the low res buildings on the background. game looks like that

Here's what the actual game at max settings looks like.

 

[winjer]

Very talented artists and programers.
Not the muppets that are now at Dice.

 

[GamesDontSuck]

In my opinion, Battlefield peaked with Battlefield 3. Bf4 wasn't bad just 3 was better. But after 4? Forget about it.

 

[adamsapple]

Is this on Xbox One and PS4?

No, Battlefield 3 doesn't have a PS4 or XBO version.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

In my opinion, Battlefield peaked with Battlefield 3. Bf4 wasn't bad just 3 was better. But after 4? Forget about it.

Battlefield 1 was the best in the series.

 

[twilo99]

Devs were more talented back then, I guess.

The current cultural/political environment has had a detrimental effect on game development. Just an opinion of course.

 

[GamesDontSuck]

Battlefield 1 was the best in the series.

Each to their own.

 

[Varteras]

Talent. Pure and simple. As I understand it, somewhere around 80% of the team responsible for BF3 was gone shortly after BF1 released. I believe Tom Henderson was the one who said that. They were replaced with far less talented individuals who were more concerned about being politically correct than being good designers. The team of engineers responsible for the Frostbite engine were mostly gone earlier than that if I recall correctly. Which likely is one explanation why EA trying to switch all of their studios to that engine ended up being such a disaster. They just didn't have the minds behind it to work out the issues.

 

[[Sigma]]

I wish we could get a remaster on PS5. I miss this game so much.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Have fun

https://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/siggraph10-arrdestruction-maskinginfrostbite2
https://www.gamedevs.org/uploads/rendering-in-battlefield3.pdf
https://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/terrain-in-battlefield-3-a-modern-complete-and-scalable-system
https://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/modular-rigging-in-battlefield-3
https://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/spubased-deferred-shading-in-battlefield-3-for-playstation-3
https://www.slideshare.net/DICEStudio/shiny-pc-graphics-in-battlefield-3

 

[TwinB242]

Not trying to downplay DICE's ability at the time, but the full game did not look as good as the original screens/footage they released. It was still an extremely impressive game though. Not just visuals but the audio as well.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Back when people were taking bets that BF would compete and possibly surpass COD with the follow-up game.

Then we got the follow-up game.

 

[ANDS]

Not sure what we're meant to be wowed by here. This looks exactly like a top of the line shooter from ten years ago running at maximum settings on PC.

 

[qbxwhi]

i remember going from Bad company 2 which had collapsible buildings that deformed,

to battlefield 4 which dumb ass PS4 couldn't handle the destruction and buildings just crashing your framerate and breaking in a controlled manner.


PS4 and Xbone cpu set Battlefield back

does seem like there was some sort of step backwards in games from ps3/360 era to ps4 era .

 

[rofif]

Overrated

 

[TGO]

You can say this about almost everything, and you know the answer...

 

[BennyBlanco]

how the FUCK did Namco make this in 1998 and it ran at flawless 60 fps on a $200 console?

 

[nightmare-slain]

I loved this game. I wish I could still play it. Recently I tried downloading it but Battlelog wouldn't launch any matches. Must be an issue with my browser or something. They should fix it or remaster it. Id definitely buy a remastered edition...imagine this game with 2023 graphics and RTX

 

[RyanEvans21]

Battlefield 3 & 4 (The best Battlefield for me).

 

[nightmare-slain]

This was the game that made me want to build a gaming PC. As far as PC gaming went for me at the time I was playing on a shitty laptop. I can't remember the specs but I do remember I had to play WoW at 720p 15-20fps with everything on low settings lol.

I used to watch videos on YouTube of people playing the alpha and then I bought a copy of Battlefield 2 and my laptop struggled with that but I played the shit out of it.

The latest GPUs at the time were the GTX 500 cards. I wanted a 570 or 580. I didn't build my first PC until 2015 so I was playing BF3 on PS3 until then. BF3 was the first game I played when I built my PC.

 

[Inviusx]

The right technology at the right time. Other studios caught up eventually. Unfortunately current DICE aren't industry leaders anymore.

 

[PSYGN]

That series and Red Faction pushed the boundaries of games and are both still impressive in their own rights today.

 

[Chiggs]

The tank level is gorgeous. Imagine my surprise when I played more modern Battlefield games and thought they looked worse.

 

[NightmareFarm]

Looks about right for high end late 7th gen graphics.

 

[Pelta88]

BF3 & BF4 were ahead of anything we've had since. I dropped way too many hours into both. Had a whole clan that would show up on weekends and obliterate others.

All on console. Zero cheating. Pure gaming bliss.

I've dabbled in some COD releases since but never found that same immersive spark.

 

[Chronicle]

Awesome game. Yup just good graphics and war please. Leave all else. It's not hard.

 

[The Cockatrice]

no mp ever is going to surpass what i felt seeing this for the first time. It had a rough launch, buggy mess but god damn, it was a technical achievement and such a fun game. The things you could pull in that were holy fuck.

 

[Thabass]

No, Battlefield 3 doesn't have a PS4 or XBO version.

I did have a PS3/Xbox 360 version and it still looked incredible. Certainly makes you think.

 

[Pimpbaa]

how the FUCK did Namco make this in 1998 and it ran at flawless 60 fps on a $200 console?

Thats the arcade version of Soul Calibur that ran on arcade hardware that was an advanced version of the PS1. PS1 only got Soul Blade which ran at 30fps.

 

[JakeWolf]

BF3 still the best Battleifeld game no contest.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

BF3 still the best Battleifeld game no contest.

Someone forgot about Bad Company 2

 

[Zok310]

That was dice in their prime. I played the fuck out of BF3

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

talented people that are not there anymore?

 

[Northeastmonk]

BF3 had the bells and whistles. It felt like a great product. BF4 was pretty awesome too, but I think it was BF3 that had me think the franchise had something special. It’s crazy how far the franchise fell. It’s like they got sick of what made them great in the first place. It went to hardline, back in time, and then into the future. It made me not want to play BF anymore.

 

[fatmarco]

Only issue with Bf3 was that it played like shit compared to Bad Company 2. Shooting was garbage.

It is sad realising that Battlefield is now a dead franchise.

 

[acidagfc]

Battlefield 3 & 4 (The best Battlefield for me).

That Armored Kill trailer and the wup-wups always make me hype af. I so wish to go back to BF3 times

 

[Vick]

Personally, it's a tie between this and Battlefront 2015 as DICE most impressive endeavor.

Battlefront at times is still:

Whereas at the time, excluding some chapters like Thunder Run and especially Going Hunting, I thought Crysis was still the king in many ways.

 

[Boss Mog]

They probably hired based on talent and not diversity back then.

 

[hemo memo]

Severe competition. They lost the war though. That’s why you see the effortless yearly Cod as no one is competing.