Battlefield 3 Preview

The Battlefield series has been one of the most successful war titles since the early 2000s, and the third instalment (eleventh in the complete series) will be no different. The title will feature stunning graphics with realistic physics, which will draw the player closer to the combat.

In terms of gameplay, the title will feature a single player campaign, which is a slight departure from the previous Battlefield games, which were multiplayer only. Other additions come in the form of fighter jets, the prone position and 64-player battles on PC that were absent from Battlefield Bad Company.

Most of the combat will take place in familiar locations like Paris, Tehran, Sarajevo, Sulaymaniyah (Iraq), New York, Wake Island and Oman, and it will mainly involve urban warfare in streets and back alleys, while some open maps will lend themselves to vehicle battles.

In multiplayer combat, gamers can take control of a class-based soldier, namely Assault, Support, Engineer or Recon. A few changes have been made with the Frostbite 2 engine, which will now allow players to blind others with the engineer’s flashlight, while LMG fire will blur the vision of suppressed players.

Release Date: Oct 2011

Platforms: PC, PS3, X360