BF3 Teaser Trailer and News

[AlbinoKalle69]

These new videos are impressive...but somehow they created a growing thought in my mind
Should a shooter look that realistic?

[AusbilderSchmidt]

Wow...what graphic...thunderun is awesome

[Donkey_Strike]

Time to start building a new rig.

[sushi]

These new videos are impressive...but somehow they created a growing thought in my mind
Should a shooter look that realistic?

good question ... what is the thrill of realism anyway?

For me it is standing in that BC2-Africa harbour map watching the plastic bags been blown around by the wind, looking up at the sky in that heavy metal map watching the vultures flying up ahead, standing at a shore watching the waves move ... only to be shot while doing so.

We all know it is a game we are playing, if you think back at DOOM hurt me plenty mode or left 4 dead you have tons of blood and gore. I guess we will never see brains being spilled in the BF-series. So I would say the more impressive the scenery the more fun to run from one spawn point to the next since it is not only flat green/brown ground you are covering but a landscape that is living (think about the butterflies in the singleplayermode of BC2). It will be way harder to detect enemies in the wild the more realistic the game graphics will become - unless you happen to run into me standing there in the open staring at some bird/bee/whatever

[AlbinoKalle69]

I agree with you sushi. I only came up with this caus I had a discussion with a friend of mine who won't play shooters with a realistic background (like Battlefield, CoD, etc., he has no problem with l4d or team fortress 2 though). When I showed him the new BF3 trailers he was stunned and disgusted at the same time. Stunned because the graphics are awesome and disgusted because the game looks so realistic (especially the commander view) which left him kind of speechless at first...

[.Sup]

If you lower graphic settings quality it will look like BF42

[sushi]

So you are saying, that a player with lower graphic setting will see his enemies sitting in the open - since the bushes and grass will not be displayed - while the other players with higher settings will not see him hiding behind a small bush.

I guess I will still go for ultra high setting that send my graphic card fuming and watch out for butterflies

[AlbinoKalle69]

If you lower graphic settings quality it will look like BF42

I hope that I'll be able to play the game in high settings but yeah, I will give my friend a hint.
So far the system requirements look promising. I'm not willing to upgrade my system right now...I planned to keep it two years at least.

[.Sup]

These are now confirmed specs:

Minimum:
Hard Drive Space -- 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System -- Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor -- Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM -- 2GB
Video Card -- DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card
Recommended:
Hard Drive Space -- 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System -- Windows 7 64-bit
Processor -- Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM -- 4GB
Video Card -- DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 6850

[AlbinoKalle69]

Phew, seems like my rig fullfills the recommended specifications...

[.Sup]

Phew, seems like my rig fullfills the recommended specifications...

Rig is one thing, skill is another. hehe j/k

[matsif]

Phew, seems like my rig fullfills the recommended specifications...

I'm in trouble if that is the minimum.

[Goggles]

These are now confirmed specs:

Minimum:
Hard Drive Space -- 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System -- Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor -- Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM -- 2GB
Video Card -- DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card
Recommended:
Hard Drive Space -- 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System -- Windows 7 64-bit
Processor -- Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM -- 4GB
Video Card -- DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 6850

I like how the recommended hard drive space for the disc version is 50% greater than the downloaded version

[.Sup]

These are now confirmed specs:

Minimum:
Hard Drive Space -- 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System -- Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor -- Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM -- 2GB
Video Card -- DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card
Recommended:
Hard Drive Space -- 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version
Operating System -- Windows 7 64-bit
Processor -- Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM -- 4GB
Video Card -- DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon HD 6850

Hmm...interesting. I wonder what the catch is.
I like how the recommended hard drive space for the disc version is 50% greater than the downloaded version

[AlbinoKalle69]

Phew, seems like my rig fullfills the recommended specifications...

Rig is one thing, skill is another. hehe j/k

Nah, as long as guys like Sushi who are looking for butterflies play BF3, I'll be able to frag some guys
I could also imagine that the recommended hardware specs turn out to be the minimum specs...and then I'll have to think about overclocking.