'Leaked' BF3 Details

[Meadow]

Breaking: Battlefield 3 Leaked Info » DigitalBattle

A tipster sent us PDF document which looked like an outline of features for Battlefield 3. The three page document is apparently prepared for investors which should get it by December of this year. It details basic features of BF3, and are as listed:

• Release in late 2008
• Powered by “Frostbite DX”
• Set in year modern day (just like BF2, ed.)
• Will ship with 8 maps, each supporting up to 40-players per team
• Two playable factions, NATO and MEC (Middle Eastern Coalition)
• Same “ticket-based” gameplay style as before
• Maps are mostly urban, based in Middle East
• Squads and Commanders are present, introduced are “Battalions” which consist of three to four squads.
• Five playable classes; Sniper, Assault, Engineer, Medic and Support
• Will feature 48 different vehicles (24 for each faction)
• Will feature 34 different weapons (17 for each faction) and another 22 unlocks (for both factions), in total 56 different weapons.
• Other unlocks include different types of ammunition, body armor, helmets, camouflage and accessories.
• Possible public beta in “Summer 2008″
• Online stats tracking, awards and “real world ranks”
• “Soldier” feature, looks like MMO-styled characters and avatars
• Ranked servers will be available for resellers weeks before the game ships (for testing, apparently, ed.)
• In-game replay and recording feature
• VoIP, friends list, in-game IM-client and “extensive clan support”
• Built-in auto software updater (no more patches!, ed.)
• Widows Vista and OS X (no XP?!, ed.)
• Announcement and teaser trailer in January 2008.

Personally I'm not convinced, seems like a simple remake of BF2... I would hope that DICE, being the game company they are (they ARE good, EA are the bad guys) would want to try something more ambitious.

EA responded with a 'no comment', so it may be true

Thoughts?

[[79th]Sgt-D]

I spit on EA, the BF series ends with BF2, that's it

now it's the big arcade show for teen agers, screw the hardcore 1942 fans

[Big Lebowski]

wow! im so excited...

[LIGHTNING [NL]]

It sounds like Battlefield 2 light. Personally I'm not convinced these details are real.

[Leopardi]

If that is real, I hope Forgotten Hope 3 will be introduced. Otherwise I might not buy it. Imagine WW2 on that engine, destroyable houses and all! I just wish they would make a WW2 battlefield again, but they'll only listen the 11 year-old-gotta-catch-em'-all-rank-pussy BF2 kiddies whining on the EA forums.

[Stefan F]

the first strike devs visited the DICE HQ in sweden , and saw something they were very exited about but couldnt tell us anything about .

so i think its partly credible....

but just as BF2 and BF2142 , they wont earn a penny from me on that game either .

i could write a long rant about what bugs me about them , but im too tired , maybe tomorrow .

[Meadow]

To be fair to modders - such a game would be something to be excited about if it's on the Frostbite engine. Even if the core game is shite they can still mod it.

[Kradovech]

Originally Posted by Leopardi

If that is real, I hope Forgotten Hope 3 will be introduced.

By the name of everything thats holy I sure hope not!! The last thing we need is that after 2-3 releases for FH2, devs would move on to a slightly better engine. Seriously. If (IF) there will be FH3, it better be on an much-much better engine, I personally hope we can see FH2 v1.0 this time around.

I don't even know if I want DICE to do WW2 again... They seem to be persistent on adding stats, unlocks and all that shit, and in ww2 concept... I can see it now: marines holding back Japs on Wake with FG42's

[Meadow]

Unlocks would indeed be tricky in a WWII game... then again, it's totally unrealistic to see Chinese soldiers with PKMs and M95s, or Americans with L85A1s in a modern environment.

I for one do really hope that if there is a BF3, it's WWII again. Of course, a part of me says that that would kill a large part of FH2's fanbase (the die-hard WWII fans who don't care if it's realistic or not)...

[Kradovech]

Hmm, looks like I failed to show how much I despise any sort of unlocks system, including the one in BF2. Its insanely stupid and boring to have G3 vs G3 type of combat. And trying to put something like this into WW2 theme - even worse.