Battlefield 3 – PS3 Game + StrategyGuide Combo
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Battlefield 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video gamedeveloped by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. It is a direct sequel to 2005's Battlefield 2.
In Battlefield 3's campaign, players takeon the personas of several military roles: a U.S. Marine, an F/A-18F SuperHornet weapon systems officer, an M1A2 Abrams tank operator, and a Spetsnaz GRUoperative. The campaign takes place in various locations and follows thestories of two characters, Henry Blackburn and Dimitri Mayakovsky.
The game sold 5 million copies in its first week of release, and receivedmostly positive reviews.
Battlefield 3 features the combined arms battles acrosssingle-player, co-operative and multiplayer modes. It reintroduces severalelements absent from the Bad Company games, including fighter jets, the proneposition and 64-player battles on PC. To accommodate the lower player count onconsoles, the ground area is limited for Xbox 360 and PS3, though fly spaceremains the same.
The game features maps set in Paris, Tehran (as well as other locations inIran), Sulaymaniyah in Iraq, New York City, Wake Island, Oman, Kuwait City, andother parts of the Persian Gulf. The maps cover urban streets, metropolitandowntown areas, and open landscapes suited to vehicle combat. Battlefield 3introduces the "Battlelog"; a free cross-platform social service withbuilt-in text messaging, voice communications, game statistics, and the abilityto join games that friends are already playing (though both players need to beon the same platform).
A demo featuring the new co-op mode was featured at Gamescom 2011. Splitscreen is not available. Battlefield3's new Battlelog social network, DICE noted,would be tied to all co-op matches, allowing players to try to beat friends'scores and to track their performance. Participating in co-op mode allows theplayer to collect points that unlock additional content that can be used inmultiplayer.
Battlefield 3's multiplayer matches seeplayers take on one of four roles: Assault, Support, Engineer and Recon. TheAssault class focuses on assault rifles and healing teammates. The Supportclass focuses on light machine guns and supplying ammunition. The Engineerclass focuses on supporting and destroying vehicles. The Recon class focuses onsniping and spotting enemies. The mechanics of the weapons have been changed toutilize the new engine: compatible weapons may have bipods attached which canthen be deployed when in the prone position or near suitable scenery, andprovide a significant boost to accuracy and recoil reduction. Suppressive firefrom weapons blurs the vision and reduces the accuracy of those under fire, aswell as health regeneration. The Recon class can put a radio beacon anywhere onthe map and all squad members will be able to spawn on the location of thebeacon.
Several game modes are present, including Conquest, Rush, Squad Deathmatch,Squad Rush and for the first time since Battlefield 1942, TeamDeathmatch. However, more game modes are available through the purchase ofextra downloadable content packs. ThePC version of Battlefield 3 is by default launched via a web browserfrom the Battlelog web site. A server browser is present in console versions ofthe game.
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