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#1 Prexxus
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So as everyone probably knows BF3 will be unlocking tonight. For me, it's at 3:00 eastern. Was wondering if anyone from the forums was gonna be staying awake late to play this beast of a game tonight :)

We could all squad up and experience all those new ( and old! ) maps together. Reply if you're interested i'll probably be up all night playing this :)

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#2 gameofthering
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Friday for me :(

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#3 lambalot
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Friday for me :(

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I hate the EU :( Why do we have to wait those extra few days.

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#4 Steameffekt
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Inferior console version for me. :cry:

Nah, jokes aside. I'm gonna wait for some PC reviews to roll in and see how it performs.

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#5 Iantheone
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Nah, jokes aside. I'm gonna wait for some PC reviews to roll in and see how it performs.Steameffekt
Performance charts are up in the Hardware section already. I get it tomorrow night at midnight.
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#6 Steameffekt
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[QUOTE="Steameffekt"]Nah, jokes aside. I'm gonna wait for some PC reviews to roll in and see how it performs.Iantheone
Performance charts are up in the Hardware section already. I get it tomorrow night at midnight.

Thanks for the heads up.
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#7 Phoenix534
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Unlocks, whenever is unlocks for east coast. But I won't be playing for a while. I have school tomorrow and then some things after school and then I have to go pick up my copy and install it. Hopefully I can get started on the campaign by 7:00.

Inferior console version for me. :cry:

Nah, jokes aside. I'm gonna wait for some PC reviews to roll in and see how it performs.

Steameffekt

The reviews I've seen have said performance is fine as long as you don't expect to run it completely maxed out a 460 and an Athlon II.

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#8 DevilMightCry
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I'm currently playing. On my setup it is running 60fps and sometimes dipping in the 40's on ultra settings, minus AA and no AA on post processing. 1920x1200, vsync is On but it doesn't seem to work well. Game runs better than beta, and is a blast to play.
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#9 flipin_jackass
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I don't feel like spending $60 to get pwned online :(
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#10 MyopicCanadian
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Umm I'm already playing, lol. I'm "luckyjam" on Battlelog & Origin, feel free to add me if you guys wanna play a few. I'll be squadding with a friend of mine or two for a good while.

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#11 -Wolfy-
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I was playing earlier I posted some pics in the screenshot thread.
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#12 The_Capitalist
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I am mostly playing the single-player at the moment. Great game.

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#13 Prexxus
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All of you playing used the korean proxy trick? Do you have access to NA servers?

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#14 DevilMightCry
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All of you playing used the korean proxy trick? Do you have access to NA servers?

Prexxus
That trick is just for validation, after that revert back up settings and it's all like a release game with full NA servers.
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#15 kozzy1234
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Been playing coop the last 2-3 hours its AMAZING. The sound the grahics the atmosphere just really well done. Also the performance is very good. I have a very old Quad core, 4gb of ram, 460 GTX Cylcone OC Edition and it has ran extremely well so far and my PC has not got very hot yet either. Very well optimized at least from the coop experience.

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#16 -Wolfy-
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There are many NA servers up right now.
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#17 Prexxus
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[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"][QUOTE="Prexxus"]

All of you playing used the korean proxy trick? Do you have access to NA servers?

That trick is just for validation, after that revert back up settings and it's all like a release game with full NA servers.

What files do you actually have to back up and replace after the valid.?
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#18 G13RainbowSix
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wait so does it realease 12am pacific?!

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#19 Prexxus
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wait so does it realease 12am pacific?!

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Yeah.
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#20 Elann2008
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I'm west coast but I'll stay up pass 3 eastern. If you haven't added me already on Origin, send friend request to: spartan1down. Hope to see you on the BF.
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#21 Elann2008
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How are some of you guys already playing it?
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#22 deactivated-59f03d6ce656b
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Using a proxy. Would have unlocked at 3 am for me but im playing it right now instead.

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#23 deactivated-6127ced9bcba0
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They have Midnight releases all across the country, yet the only people who benefit from it are people on the West Coast. Thanks EA. :roll:

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#24 Prexxus
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So everything is working great and the game runs so much smoother then beta but... WHERE ARE THE BACK TO KARKAND MAPS?!

Want to play Wake Island :(

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#26 Prexxus
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If I'm not mistaken, BTK isn't available yet and won't be for a few weeks.Zubinen
WHAT?! NUUUUUUUUUU
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[QUOTE="Zubinen"]If I'm not mistaken, BTK isn't available yet and won't be for a few weeks.Prexxus
WHAT?! NUUUUUUUUUU

Disregard that, Karkland is meant to be one of the day one DLC's. Not sure why I don't see it on the server list...
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#28 with_teeth26
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How are some of you guys already playing it?Elann2008

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20387641&postcount=28851

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#29 Cwagmire21
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I don't feel like spending $60 to get pwned online :(flipin_jackass

Yeah, I find competitive online shooters to be more stressful than fun, but to each his/her own.

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#30 lil_d_mack_314
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I don't get off work until 11:00pm so I'm def staying up until 5 or 6 am!

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#31 MyopicCanadian
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How are some of you guys already playing it?Elann2008
Used this proxy info: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20387641&postcount=28851 Just to activate, then removed it. There are a ton of people playing already :o
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#32 lil_d_mack_314
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[QUOTE="Elann2008"]How are some of you guys already playing it?MyopicCanadian
Used this proxy info: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20387641&postcount=28851 Just to activate, then removed it. There are a ton of people playing already :o

Wish I was at home :cry:
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#33 kozzy1234
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[QUOTE="Elann2008"]How are some of you guys already playing it?MyopicCanadian
Used this proxy info: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20387641&postcount=28851 Just to activate, then removed it. There are a ton of people playing already :o

Yup, I did the proxy thing, then unlocked the game then turned proxy info off. Been working all day :)

What a nice surprise!

Some of my friends got an email from Origin/EA saying they could unlock the game a day early becasue they bought it on Origin. I didnt get one of those emails so I tried the Proxy, been playing since ;)

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Been playing coop the last 2-3 hours its AMAZING. The sound the grahics the atmosphere just really well done. Also the performance is very good. I have a very old Quad core, 4gb of ram, 460 GTX Cylcone OC Edition and it has ran extremely well so far and my PC has not got very hot yet either. Very well optimized at least from the coop experience.

kozzy1234

What settings are you running it on? I had wierd performance in the beta running at high with texture quality set to ultra and was hoping that was just beta BS.

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#35 IxX3xil3d0n3XxI
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I got a email saying my BF3 release date has changed O_o. The time they gave me is actually earlier than midnight. The email was from Origin.
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#36 mike4realz
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i got it pre-loaded on origin...tried playin it, it didn't work...it says i gotta wait till 2100 :( 1 more hour
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#37 Zubinen
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[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

Been playing coop the last 2-3 hours its AMAZING. The sound the grahics the atmosphere just really well done. Also the performance is very good. I have a very old Quad core, 4gb of ram, 460 GTX Cylcone OC Edition and it has ran extremely well so far and my PC has not got very hot yet either. Very well optimized at least from the coop experience.

Phoenix534

What settings are you running it on? I had wierd performance in the beta running at high with texture quality set to ultra and was hoping that was just beta BS.

The game uses very simplified geometry and you might be surprised how low the actual polygon count per screen is. It's the brand new FB 2.0 exclusive lighting, and bloom(it doesn't use the standard bloom that most games do) technology that allows for the visuals to look great, and DICE is basically proving that you can make a great looking game with clever methods like using tons of low resolution light maps to greatly enhance the graphics as opposed to brute force and this comes with the benefit of giving a cinematic experience as well as giving the developers an engine that can handle all types of lighting without taking up too much memory, and one of the benfits of this is that we see less input lag on BF3 than expected with better visuals to boot, another being that it allows developers to create more detailed and better content since FB 2.0 makes it so artists can do what they want without needing to constantly bug the programmers.
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#38 Ghost_702
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Definitely gonna play it, but I always do story mode first.
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#39 Megadeth_basic
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So is this worth a crap on consoles or is it still a primarily pc franchise?

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#40 Elann2008
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Well guys, after playing about 3 "acts" or "chapters" in single-player campaign, I could see why it would be BF3's weakpoint. Derp. Scripted events galore. The jet level, you don't even get to pilot the jet! Seriously lame. Although certain parts did give me the chills like "Long Night of Solace" in Halo Reach. That's a GOOD thing. Overall, I'd say the campaign is on par with MW2's but probably not as good as COD4. I hate to use the comparison but I can't think of any other good SP first-person shooters. A lot of BF3's campaign, in terms of DESIGN, reminds me badly of Medal of Honor 2010.

The game is scripted down to the core. There is chapter where you need to man the turret. If you don't man the turret and choose to fire at the enemy with your own gun, the enemies will infinite spawn on you. If it wasn't for the indicator, I would have kept kill enemies. Stupid. It's exactly like that suppression level where you suppress the enemy turret while your teammate A.I. flanks the enemy.

I wasn't wrong when I said that this game borrows heavily from Medal of Honor 2010. EA Danger Close probably consists of DICE employees, I bet. Oh well. Still high production. Oh, another level where you bomb, destroy jets and enemies from up above.... just like Medal of Honor 2010. Man, that isn't good. I can now see why they ding'ed the game for the SP campaign, because it didn't even try to be BF3. It tried too hard to be MOH. I would even go as far as to say that Bad Company 2's campaign was better. Or MW2's campaign was better. Oh well I guess. This is why I only care for the multiplayer now.

As far as the technicality and graphics goes.. it reminds me so much of MOH mixed with Crysis 2... but sharper and more crisp. Games nowadays borrows each other heavily on HDR, bloom, and lighting. It's no wonder why one reviewer said, BF3 is located on the SUN. :P

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#41 MyopicCanadian
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^^ I noticed that the likenesses BF3 shares with MoH are also found in the multiplayer component. In fact, the two games play SO similar, I am quite positive that the MoH multiplayer component was in-progress BF3 multiplayer code that was changed around a bit for small maps. The weapon feel, the hit detection, hell down to the weapon upgrades, the way materials break apart, and even the hit indicators and overall HUD are all incredibly similar to eachother.

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#42 Elann2008
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^^ I noticed that the likenesses BF3 shares with MoH are also found in the multiplayer component. In fact, the two games play SO similar, I am quite positive that the MoH multiplayer component was in-progress BF3 multiplayer code that was changed around a bit for small maps. The weapon feel, the hit detection, hell down to the weapon upgrades, the way materials break apart, and even the hit indicators and overall HUD are all incredibly similar to eachother.

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I agree.
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#43 -Unreal-
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#44 -Unreal-
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Just shot a guy in the face from point blank range with a shotgun and he didn't die. (the hit registered since it showed the X icon on the crosshair)

Awesome.

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#45 frankopan
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Just shot a guy in the face from point blank range with a shotgun and he didn't die. (the hit registered since it showed the X icon on the crosshair)

Awesome.

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OMW to the hardcore servers if that is the case...

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#46 AutoPilotOn
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I cant even get game to work this is making me upset. I tried 5million names says the one I have it taken and also says I need to switch my soldier to pc soldier
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#47 -Unreal-
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This sums up my BF3 experience so far:

Edit: Straight after posting this, I went and tried to join a server, here's what it told me:

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#48 Kevz0
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Why do they release it in the US 2 days before the EU release, it´s made by a Swedish dev ffs.

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#49 AutoPilotOn
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Why do they release it in the US 2 days before the EU release, it´s made by a Swedish dev ffs.

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Dont worry your not missing anything game is pissing me off anyways. I been on chat support for the last 2 hours.
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#50 with_teeth26
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I spent some time on Tehran Highway (or whatever its called, the 64-player conquest night map) and I got strong BF 2 vibes from it. I also got strong rubber banding despite having good ping.