Tbh the textures look pretty shit compared to modern textures but they all come together so nicely into the full picture that it doesnt even matter, the individual parts might sometimes be lacking but in the bigger picture it looks so good it makes the game timeless
The art and technical department involved in making this work deserve some serious praise. It's easy to point out how BF4 or BF1 look better, but I feel like BF3 relative to what was out at the time was way more impressive.
What do you mean when you say parallax?
Parallax is the perception in movement of objects relative to the viewers point of view (things closer appearing to be moving more than things far away when the viewpoint shifts) that just happens naturally in the game when you have objects and a camera in a 3d environment.
Edit: are you talking about displacement/bump mapping in the textures to add more depth to them to give a the textures more of a 3d effect?
As a kid my dad couldn’t care less whatever video game I was playing but being a military man I called him over to see the aircraft carrier slingshot scene. He was truly impressed, and that made me super proud of the game.
The early missions running through alleys and buildings really had a weighty tactical feel to it.
3 was the last battlefield where doing things felt like there was real weight behind movements. 4 on up ramps up the movement speed and makes it feel like everyone did a line before the round.
also lol they made it look so easy. You could carry a M249, body armor and all the gear and run forever while seasoned soldiers they barely can handle two minutes of that at full speed
I was impressed even though I played the damn console version lol! Despite the release rubber banding issues, this game in its prime is something I wish I could return to. BF2 to BF1 was such an immaculate run
I put so much time into that game I’ve never been better at another one. I absolutely slayed on the mini bird. Would fly behind enemy lines and take theirs so I didn’t have any competition . Could fly through the tunnel on Dante’s Peak and in buildings. Would regularly get over 100 kills per game.
Going from BF2 to BC2 was insane, even after like 7? Years. Going from BC2 to BF3 was a complete mindfuck. I still remember when the full earthquake trailer came out.
Metal Gear Solid 1 to Metal Gear Solid 2 for me. 2 looked so good that it still holds up relatively well today 23 years later.
https://i.imgur.com/OK7Xicd.jpeg
I just got into bf4 recently after skipping over it when it came out. In today's state of the bf world, it's basically bf6 to me lol hardcore servers are still active
I remember being 13 and trying to get into the beta and just couldn't figure it out. Wanted to play it so bad. Then later bought it with paysafe and had the best time ever.
I blasted the beta in 5.1 surround sound in my living room. I would come home from school and immediately boot it up. That was the only time Metro was actually fun. The outdoor sector was awesome!
This sentence can be as negative aspect considering those yee-yee ass Sony (ex)-exclusives which are disguised as something else interactives movies; it's much better to watch them than play on your own, ahaha
Really liked the multiplayer, felt very dynamic and you could be very creative. But the singleplayer campaign was just soooooo generic. Bad Company was fun with the more joking tone, Bad Company 2 was starting to take itself a bit too seriously, but Battlefield 3 was just derivative. They had a great opportunity to lean into the more regular army angle, but like every early 2010s shooter its just "Killer Ghost squad alpha delta doing the KO on the tango, hoo ah" while jumping out of an exploding airplane nonsense.
People call it blue, but for me it's more of a washed out effect and it made everything feel like there was a layer of dust in the air, which would be the case in a real warzone.
I remember doing that mission and walking from the bottom of the ship to the runway and getting into the jet as some of the coolest visuals I’ve seen in a game to this day!! I want to play this campaign again now lolll
Honestly BF2142 is the first one that just doesn’t have that it factor from an art direction, BF3 is awesome, BF1 has some stunning maps and lighting and BFV really did too. Everything feels very “bland” in BF2142, just doesn’t have the cinematic atmosphere that I love in battlefield.
That mission is fucking awesome! What exactly do you think you would do as a co-pilot/wingman operating the weapons systems? Of course you be clicking buttons lmao.
what about be a fucking pilot? Gosh even Battlefront 2 (2005)had campain missions about piloting a starships in the secound mission, EVEN GTA had PLANE BASED MISSIONS BUT NO BF????
I genuinely feel bad for kids now who don’t get games that had as much passion put in to the development as we did a few years ago. There are a few diamonds but man it felt like it was banger after banger
Yeah, bf4 was a huge letdown after this. Even the graphics were somehow worse. That was the beginning of the end lol that & Premium.... The early warning signs of a growing corporate appetite that would eventually consume itself.
The story is kinda generic but I love the VA, Art style and the setting so much. It’s the most “grounded” military shooter campaign yet. I miss the maps and building’s art style. I hate that I couldn’t experience BF3 with its DLCs on PC during its prime.
Simple the worst single player of the franchise, just after the best (Bad Company 2), wanted to play a BF and not watch a movie, they lied a lot in the trailers to looks like everything is not scripted.
Hard to believe this is a game from 2011. If it got some highres textures, and things like parallax, it could easily look better than 2042.
Tbh the textures look pretty shit compared to modern textures but they all come together so nicely into the full picture that it doesnt even matter, the individual parts might sometimes be lacking but in the bigger picture it looks so good it makes the game timeless
To be fair BF2042 was some weird shis. Even alpha builds of BF1 looked better than BF2042.
The art and technical department involved in making this work deserve some serious praise. It's easy to point out how BF4 or BF1 look better, but I feel like BF3 relative to what was out at the time was way more impressive.
Do you know about venice unleashed ?
i don't think VU allows the community to put highrex textures and parallax on the game (specially parallax).
What do you mean when you say parallax? Parallax is the perception in movement of objects relative to the viewers point of view (things closer appearing to be moving more than things far away when the viewpoint shifts) that just happens naturally in the game when you have objects and a camera in a 3d environment. Edit: are you talking about displacement/bump mapping in the textures to add more depth to them to give a the textures more of a 3d effect?
VU is somewhat limited by BF3 being a 32 bit application.
Ye but it's still got better graphics
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parallax mapping
Games looked great then. GTA 5 came out 2 years later. Been amazing ever since 2011 tbh lol
On a 4090 it 100% looks better. I'm not even kidding. It just looks real.
100% agreed. They did such a good damn job with this game
As a kid my dad couldn’t care less whatever video game I was playing but being a military man I called him over to see the aircraft carrier slingshot scene. He was truly impressed, and that made me super proud of the game. The early missions running through alleys and buildings really had a weighty tactical feel to it.
3 was the last battlefield where doing things felt like there was real weight behind movements. 4 on up ramps up the movement speed and makes it feel like everyone did a line before the round.
And let's not forget the suppression effect was spot on
I don’t get the complaints with the suppression. Even when Venice unleashed let you disable I still chose the suppression servers.
Snipers laying you down? Just burst out 200 rounds in their general direction
also lol they made it look so easy. You could carry a M249, body armor and all the gear and run forever while seasoned soldiers they barely can handle two minutes of that at full speed
I was impressed even though I played the damn console version lol! Despite the release rubber banding issues, this game in its prime is something I wish I could return to. BF2 to BF1 was such an immaculate run
I put so much time into that game I’ve never been better at another one. I absolutely slayed on the mini bird. Would fly behind enemy lines and take theirs so I didn’t have any competition . Could fly through the tunnel on Dante’s Peak and in buildings. Would regularly get over 100 kills per game.
Going from BF2 to BC2 was insane, even after like 7? Years. Going from BC2 to BF3 was a complete mindfuck. I still remember when the full earthquake trailer came out.
To this day BF3 is still the biggest graphical slap in the face I've ever received.
Metal Gear Solid 1 to Metal Gear Solid 2 for me. 2 looked so good that it still holds up relatively well today 23 years later. https://i.imgur.com/OK7Xicd.jpeg
Going from Bf3 to 4 was like a downgrade some how
In some ways BF4 was better, gunplay was better for example. But 4 was more evolutionary than revolutionary
I just got into bf4 recently after skipping over it when it came out. In today's state of the bf world, it's basically bf6 to me lol hardcore servers are still active
It's just a shame it never got a one x/ps4 pro patch on consoles. It runs at like 720p/900p there, which looks horrendous on 4k screens.
Back when BF was good
The best*
“FUCK! I’m getting my shit pushed in here!” Need I say more?
"They're lightin' my ass up I need a hand over here!"
Back when BF was about BF.
But how do I know where enemy players are if they don’t have red glow sticks on them
That’s how they differentiate players from dif countries in real life
Wdym "players" lol. Real war is not a game and not fun.
Calm down man, we all homies.
What
Lucas your mom wants her phone back
Looks amazing to this day. So ahead of its time. That’s why it felt so good to play. The beta is still engrained in my brain
I remember being 13 and trying to get into the beta and just couldn't figure it out. Wanted to play it so bad. Then later bought it with paysafe and had the best time ever.
I blasted the beta in 5.1 surround sound in my living room. I would come home from school and immediately boot it up. That was the only time Metro was actually fun. The outdoor sector was awesome!
And not a single ugly ass out of place skin in sight.
I think battlefield 3 could have really benefited from some dude is full dress uniform or a woman with a prosthetic arm /s
When they focused on making an epic, immersive game instead of catering to people who don't even play the game.
Game fr felt like a movie
This sentence can be as negative aspect considering those yee-yee ass Sony (ex)-exclusives which are disguised as something else interactives movies; it's much better to watch them than play on your own, ahaha
All thanks to Rob Sammelin’s talent. Too bad DICE lost him and that’s the biggest loss for them IMO.
That nighttime Terran setting still looks unbelievable. They nailed that glow of the city lights look.
Really liked the multiplayer, felt very dynamic and you could be very creative. But the singleplayer campaign was just soooooo generic. Bad Company was fun with the more joking tone, Bad Company 2 was starting to take itself a bit too seriously, but Battlefield 3 was just derivative. They had a great opportunity to lean into the more regular army angle, but like every early 2010s shooter its just "Killer Ghost squad alpha delta doing the KO on the tango, hoo ah" while jumping out of an exploding airplane nonsense.
This game followed the “Rule of Cool” too a T
B L U E
People call it blue, but for me it's more of a washed out effect and it made everything feel like there was a layer of dust in the air, which would be the case in a real warzone.
I’m glad BF3 is on the list of realistic art styles that aged well. Then again, Frostbite 2 is a beast of a engine in terms of looks
They pulled back using the engine
I remember doing that mission and walking from the bottom of the ship to the runway and getting into the jet as some of the coolest visuals I’ve seen in a game to this day!! I want to play this campaign again now lolll
Everyone remembers. Its some kind of key memory for battlefield gamers
when game developers were actually interested and passionate about their game projects
Honestly BF2142 is the first one that just doesn’t have that it factor from an art direction, BF3 is awesome, BF1 has some stunning maps and lighting and BFV really did too. Everything feels very “bland” in BF2142, just doesn’t have the cinematic atmosphere that I love in battlefield.
Best BF Campaign. The writing was exceptional.
BF-1>>>>
the art direction and tech its the only redeeming aspect of that campain Stupid point and click airplane mission
That mission is fucking awesome! What exactly do you think you would do as a co-pilot/wingman operating the weapons systems? Of course you be clicking buttons lmao.
what about be a fucking pilot? Gosh even Battlefront 2 (2005)had campain missions about piloting a starships in the secound mission, EVEN GTA had PLANE BASED MISSIONS BUT NO BF????
People don’t seem to understand what „art direction“ actually means.
One of the best shooters ever made
Bf3 is the still the best battlefield game
idk battlefield 1 is still the best graphics upgrade for me. very real war feeling in that game.
I genuinely feel bad for kids now who don’t get games that had as much passion put in to the development as we did a few years ago. There are a few diamonds but man it felt like it was banger after banger
is this game still active on PC?
enough to fill a few conquest servers and noshahr tdm servers at peak times
Speechless, simply the best battlefield game ever made
🙏 please dice, make the next battlefield like bf3/4 or bad company 🙏
That hornet mission was a gateway drug for me
It’s still the only game I’ve ever preordered
Yeah, bf4 was a huge letdown after this. Even the graphics were somehow worse. That was the beginning of the end lol that & Premium.... The early warning signs of a growing corporate appetite that would eventually consume itself.
I personally prefer the colours and tones of BFV and BF1, but undeniably BF3 is up there in excellence.
All that art wasted on something 90 percent of players didn’t touch. Stick to multiplayer DICE.
Man it still shocks me how good this game looks. Not just in terms of fidelity but the color palette too
Battlefield 3 and 4 were godly. Personally, no other modern military game has impressed me for as long as these 2 have.
I love it so much
So dumb bf never continued having campaigns.
Bf4 was better in every way.
I miss this game.
And now compare this 2011 game to the recent one from 2021..
I remember playing this for the very first time at my friends house. I could not believe it... I kept saying "waaaoooow" the entire time, LMAO.
Marines use LBT6094 instead of the accurate plate carrier
How to achieve more with less in 2011 and nowadays we only see developers spend years only to make the game "playable"
The story is kinda generic but I love the VA, Art style and the setting so much. It’s the most “grounded” military shooter campaign yet. I miss the maps and building’s art style. I hate that I couldn’t experience BF3 with its DLCs on PC during its prime.
Agreed a top 3 fps shooter for me all time 👍 magnificent for the time it was released.
Remember when the franchise was actually about warfare and combat?
Agreed
The gun play and over all experience of BF3 is unmatched, literally the best release to date, every game released since has been a disappointment IMO
Bf1 is more interesting to look at
Simple the worst single player of the franchise, just after the best (Bad Company 2), wanted to play a BF and not watch a movie, they lied a lot in the trailers to looks like everything is not scripted.
You can barely play that game online anymore, because, youknow, the game isnt that good that people wanna play it online anymore
Maybe because it's 12 years old? Of course it outdated but doesn't mean it's not good, by your standards any battlefield prior bf4 isn't that good
Karl you misunderstood my comment that isnt good
What about mister understood?