Battlefield 3 vs Call of Duty

[Trunks]

IGN rated both BF3 and MW3 as 9's.
G4TV rated MW3 a 5 and BF3 a 4.

[paecmaker]

fz.se thought that mw was 4 (out of five) while BF3 was 5(out of five)

Aftonbladet(newspaper) thought that mw 3 was only 3 stars(out of five) whole BF was 4 stars(out of five)

[Adam5]

In the past, BF has always been plagued by lag, overcrowded maps and oh yeah - LAG.

I do find that this installment has been pretty solid. Well-sized maps, a wide-array of vehicles and weapons, and very little lag.

However, in regards to a true FPS, I find COD has taken the cake year after year. Strong gameplay, great weapons and great longevity.

I'll be playing both most likely, but I expect to gravitate towards COD.

[CraeSC111]

I get a good deal of lag from both games (meaning battlefield games and CoD games not just BF3 and CoD MW3). You'll probably get a varied range of lag depending on the servers you play on, the population, etc

[ChandlerSing]

BF3 came a litle more natural

[CraeSC111]

BF3 came a litle more natural

Could you elaborate more on what you meant by that post? It might just be me but I don't really understand what you mean.

[Jayhmmz]

So I played MW3 at a friends house yesterday. What a pile of wank. It ended up exactly how I thought it was gonna end up; same old, unchanged drivel. I won't be wasting my money on that lazy excuse for a "new" video game.

Activision and their developers need to show me some innovation, new ideas and creativity, and then maybe I will give the Call of Duty series a second look again. They're ruining the franchise with their boring campaigns and age-old graphics engine.

BF3 wins hands-down for me from my experiences. I will continue to play BF3 until EA DICE release their next BF game.

[Fr0stByte]

after playing the BETA for BF3 i was more inclined to MW3. Im not saying BF3 isnt a good game, because it is really realistic and everyone seems to be playing seriously and to the objectives....but i just didnt 'enjoy' playing. Having seen some mw3 footage im deffo gonna buy it over bf3

[CraeSC111]

So I played MW3 at a friends house yesterday. What a pile of wank. It ended up exactly how I thought it was gonna end up; same old, unchanged drivel. I won't be wasting my money on that lazy excuse for a "new" video game.

Activision and their developers need to show me some innovation, new ideas and creativity, and then maybe I will give the Call of Duty series a second look again. They're ruining the franchise with their boring campaigns and age-old graphics engine.

BF3 wins hands-down for me from my experiences. I will continue to play BF3 until EA DICE release their next BF game.

Can you elaborate more on why you feel it is pretty much the same game? Did you check out any of the new features? Are there differences from the previous installment? Also what did EA bring to BF3 that makes it fresh?

[Jayhmmz]

Can you elaborate more on why you feel it is pretty much the same game? Did you check out any of the new features? Are there differences from the previous installment? Also what did EA bring to BF3 that makes it fresh?

They have done nothing to improve the look of the game, the campaign and multiplayer gameplay is getting old, and the new features are not enough. I refuse to pay £40 for MW3. It's worthy of being MW2 expansion pack, and nothing more.

EA DICE have improved the visuals, using a new graphics engine which looks stunning (which IW haven't done with CoD since CoD2), the gameplay feels fresh whilst still making it feel like a Battlefield game, the maps are much more intense and well designed, the destructible environments are even more fascinating than in BC2, and unlocks and medals system is much more in depth which offers a massive amount of longevity. The classes in BF3 have an effect on how well squad play works and how the battle is won (more so than in BF2, BC and BC2), and the campaign is much improved upon, with the edition of co-op giving you a nice balance between campaign and multiplayer. The attention to detail is generally phenomenal