Picked up BF3 yesterday, and I after playing a round of online multiplayer, I can conclude that this is the most satisfying realistic shooter I have ever played. I have never played a battlefield game; I started with Halo, and got into the CoD franchise with World at War, which I thoroughly enjoyed. After being constantly disappointed with the amount of BS that happened with the CoD series, I decided to switch to BF3, and am I ever glad I did.
The BEST things about BF3 are the superior graphics, large-scale immersive environments, realistic sound events, and everything destructible. Enemies as well as allies actually blend in to the scenery, so say goodbye to the exact same lighting and texturing of avatars sticking out like sore thumbs among the different environments. The sound immerses you into the game at a level that I have never experienced before. You can actually hear every single shot that's fired in the level, and there's always a thrill when an RPG screams by your ear as it barely misses.
Here's a video on ultra and high settings of my own play-through.
Keep in mind a slight drop in quality from the video recording device and exporting of the video.
I personally play the campaign on Ultra, but move down to High settings for online play in preference of a slightly faster improvement without any reduced visuals.
Here's my comp specs.
Nvidia 2x GeForce 560ti SLI
I7 2600k quad core
2x 4 gig RAM (8gb total)
Solid State Drive
You ULTRA Jelly?
If you want to play BF3, you don't need a super expensive computer, It can run on almost any tech from the past 3 years on normal settings, but if you want Ultra, then you need top-of-the-line gear.
Here's the official requirements from BF3
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
OS: WINDOWS VISTA (SERVICE PACK 2) 32-BIT
PROCESSOR: 2 GHZ DUAL CORE (CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ OR ATHLON X2 2.7 GHZ)
MEMORY: 2 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD (AMD): DIRECTX 10.1 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (ATI RADEON 3000, 4000, 5000 OR 6000 SERIES, WITH ATI RADEON 3870 OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
GRAPHICS CARD (NVIDIA): DIRECTX 10.0 COMPATIBLE WITH 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 OR 500 SERIES WITH NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER PERFORMANCE)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
OS: WINDOWS 7 64-BIT
PROCESSOR: QUAD-CORE CPU
MEMORY: 4 GB
HARD DRIVE: 20 GB
GRAPHICS CARD: DIRECTX 11 COMPATIBLE WITH 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR ATI RADEON 6950)
SOUND CARD: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
DVD ROM DRIVE
~Djr7
