Battlefield 3 developer DICE has thrown down the gauntlet in the raging battle for first-person shooter supremacy, warning its rivals: We're coming for you.
Speaking in the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine - which is arriving with subscribers now - DICE general manager, Karl-Magnus Troedsson was more than confident in his stunning FPS, cautioning the competition: "they had better watch out".
"We are doing that now. They had better watch out. We are coming for them."
If it was any other developer of course we'd scoff, but Battlefield 3 is looking like seriously hot stuff, running on the stunning Frostbite 2.0 engine which DICE claims allows for essentially a 'next-gen' game on current-gen systems.
But of course the shadow of Call of Duty looms large over every military shooter - especially those confident enough to tread all over its modern day, middle-east territory.
But DICE is still bullish - and it should be. "Our competitors keep building very, very high tempo games. We want to tell a story with more drama curves. It's not about pumping round after round for six hours," Troedsson told OPM.
Read what we thought of Battlefield 3 in our recent eyes-on preview. It's looking special.
Read the full article in issue 56 of OPM. Order it here and have it delivered straight to your door
Comments
41 comments so far...
Barca Azul on 11 Mar '11 said:
i think they are right!
ilovenewtech on 11 Mar '11 said:
Hey come on guys at Dice. To say lazy is just so negative. We should all encourage each other and feel the love flow through us all. I believe that is the attitude to make all games fun, family friendly and super, super awesome!!!! Go positive attitude for DICE yeah!!!!
monty_79 on 11 Mar '11 said:
I don't think even the most diehard COD fan can honestly say battlefield 3 isn't looking very exciting. The only question is will this game get an aggregate 9 or 10 score?
For the first time this gen, I can see COD not quite running away with the FPS crown ..
Headsrinker on 11 Mar '11 said:
Very true, im sick of the COD games that look and play the same every time. I do play COD but its wearing very thin now, change is-a coming!
justforkicks101 on 11 Mar '11 said:
im getting pretty bored of all the tub thumping.
slaney on 11 Mar '11 said:
dude, you high?
not complaining though! sorry this is off-topic.
justforkicks101 on 11 Mar '11 said:
bless, enjoy it while it lasts ..go team ilovenewtech yeah!!!!
TheLastDodo on 11 Mar '11 said:
I kinda agree with the second comment, however i'm going to maintain a neutral point of view on this story as to side with DICE or to side against DICE would be fanboyish. Just make a game that absolutely everyone in the world likes so then people will have the same opinion as each other.
StonecoldMC on 11 Mar '11 said:
It might be the better Game but the chances of Battlefield 3 ousting COD as the No1 FPS on the market are slim to feck all.
altitude2k on 11 Mar '11 said:
Me too. I'm all for someone coming along to put Activision in their place, but these comments are getting quite tiresome.
Joe90_Remy700 on 11 Mar '11 said:
it doesn't matter who makes what but it matters what is made. call of duty's style is getting worse, be it activision or treyarch it doesn't matter (it just so happens WaW and BLOPS were more cartoony IMO) and after playing BF1943 and MoH it was refreshing but hard to adjust to aftert the arcade game. BF3 should be a refreeshing change, as too will homefront so i can finally put CoD to rest (but with naff all else out what else is there to play?)
Headsrinker on 11 Mar '11 said:
Joe90_Remy700
BF3 should be a refreeshing change, as too will homefront so i can finally put CoD to rest (but with naff all else out what else is there to play?)
I agree 100%, the competition isn't strong enough at the mo to prise people away from COD, hopefully Battlefield 3 will change this. I recently bought MOH just to give it ago now its reduced. I was pleasantly suprised and have enjoyed it so far. The multiplayer is VERY similar to battlefield BC2, but i love BC2 so thats not a problem.
Joe90_Remy700 on 11 Mar '11 said:
if homefront fails my expectations then i'm going to get BC2. i sold my xbox before BLOPS and BC2 vietnam came out but after playing MoH on release i was 100% for BC2. now i have got another xbox its still on the cards (i'd nearly get it now to see me through the next week)
widgy82 on 11 Mar '11 said:
sshhhhhhhhhhh, keep it down will you we dont want all the cod douchebags converting 2 bf3. they not welcome!
Jimmy Luxury on 11 Mar '11 said:
I've been part of the Battlefield faithfull for quite some time now and I love it. I just want more to do in a shooter than just 'frag the noobs'. I like being able to heal, repair. spot, assist, re-arm. destroy, create diversions and fight on more than one front. So whatever tubthumping DICE do, i'm not interested. I'm staying with Battlefield for the forseable future anyway. This is not the way to get new customers, though. And they wont with BF3. This is because most CoD players want that repetitiveness. They want that familiarity. Battlefield will never provide this, BF3 will be different again to BC2. It wont sell as well as Cod for this reason, and the better it will be for it. I just want them to make a decent BF game, that is all.
master warrior on 11 Mar '11 said:
from what we have seen from BF3 i have yet to see anything new either to be fair. As for the inevitable MW3 it will still outsell BF3 especially if the talk of 256 maps is true how will that reflect on console's where you will prob get 20 on 20 max.
The way i see it is that COD still offers the 60 FPS on console as well as the better maps and the ability to play on your own or as a team and still have fun. Not only this but it makes new players and more experienced players feel rewarded for what they are doing. This is something that BF3 needs to address if it really wishes to "de-throne" COD as it were.
The whole squad thing is outdated and annoying when you cannot communicate with the whole team, do not get me wrong they may be able to pull it off but, seeing as they are focusing on the PC it would seem i do not see it happening as the PC is so different to the console's in terms of power and graphic ability.
TykerD3 on 11 Mar '11 said:
what does TUB Thumping mean/stand for?
I havent bought the last cod and will get this instead. when is it out?
TheLastDodo on 11 Mar '11 said:
256 maps
? You gotta be s**tting me.
master warrior on 11 Mar '11 said:
sorry i meant players on the map.
TheLastDodo on 11 Mar '11 said:
Ahh thats ok.
@DICE: STFU and get on with making the best game possible on all systems, and when you start feeling cocky and think you can run your mouths again I'll be waiting with three little words. Medal.....of......Honor.
Very_Silver_Ownz on 11 Mar '11 said:
I'll be honest I haven't felt this excited for a shooter since CoD 4. BF3 looks amazing. RIP CoD hopefully you die a slow and painful death
Chief Predz on 11 Mar '11 said:
Ok first off, by competitors they obviously mean COD & Activision. Robert Bowling said making a new engine for COD would be counter-productive and DICE saying they're being lazy and using the same engine this is blatantly a swipe at the former comment.I've got to admit though, DICE is probably right...COD does need a new engine built and rest assured that when that happens it will p**s all over the Frostbite 2.0 engine.Either way, new engine or not MW3 will play better than BF3 and still sell millions more copies.
TheLastDodo on 11 Mar '11 said:
I'll believe it when I see you playing it on the XMB Silver, I'm still waiting to see you with Killzone 3 after you went gaga over the beta
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Very_Silver_Ownz on 11 Mar '11 said:
'' I'll believe it when I see you playing it on the XMB Silver, I'm still waiting to see you with Killzone 3 after you went gaga over the beta ''
gaga googoo ?
BenThomasFoster on 11 Mar '11 said:
Well DICE is also lazy tbh... they done nothing amazingly new since being silly with BC1 and even then it was just being new with the forstbite engine and sillyness rather than being unique and foreve game changing
wasted-again on 11 Mar '11 said:
Nobody wants a "story" from a Battlefield game, just give us a great Multiplayer FPS experience.
the elz on 11 Mar '11 said:
yeah, most people are sick of COD now & see it for what it is, long in the tooth & the improvements over the last 2 releases have made the game worse in my eyes, since MW1 its pretty much been downhill.
I really enjoyed battlefield: Bad company 2 & the vietnam add on. so im interested.
ilovenewtech on 11 Mar '11 said:
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kimoak on 11 Mar '11 said:
The COD series has gotten to a point where they seem to be very blase about the next game.They expect it to sell millions and don't make as much effort as they maybe could do. Saying that, they have such a short timeframe to build the games they don't have the chance to do too much different. They take a risk, if it doesn't pay off then they'll possible delay the game. I kinda feel for the developers. It's all very production line nowadays. The best guitars are handmade, not from a conveyor belt.
COD is the McDonalds of the fps world.
The Bossman on 11 Mar '11 said:
ILNT, f**k off you hippie t**t.
BF3 looks great, if the gameplay can match COD4 then move over COD because we have a new king.
wasted-again on 12 Mar '11 said:
Haters still hating, wake me up when they've moved on.
TOKEN on 12 Mar '11 said:
Its not just IW there are a few getting lazy and are milking their game engines,i feel next gen needs to come now,time for a change.
Joe90_Remy700 on 12 Mar '11 said:
i am a cod player, but not a fan
cod4 was my first step into the online fps world and i loved it, made alot of friends on there and we all got waw but went back to cod4 and waited for mw2. i didn't get blops but my online friends for the last 2 years did and traded it back after a week, i tried it recently and hated it. they are trying to throw more and more gimmiks in like putting some scratches on your gun to make it individual and paint your face like they do at carnivals. whats the point? so i give up i dont care what they do with mw3/cod8 but i want something new, something to think about and something where teamwork can win - as hard as we try in mw2 to use team work it is effective but the game style favours the lone jammy git and campers. a few of us got moh it was a hard transition but far better than cod, and only for the fact homefront is round the corner i'd get bfbc2 (although this is still on the cards)
we loved of2dr co-op so bf3 should be our new love after homefront. sorry activision you have lost a fan because the only new things your devs put in games are gimmiks for kids, i want to go back to proper shootin games like cod4 had and moh nearly nailed
if they want to do something great with cod they should go back to the simplicity of cod4 and improve the maps and play style not give monetary points to buy rainbow coloured shoelaces for your character
Augustus_aka_AG on 12 Mar '11 said:
Don't take this personally, but your posts make me want to punch you in the face.
Joe90_Remy700 on 12 Mar '11 said:
no, his posts make me want to give big hugs to everyone
gmcb007 on 12 Mar '11 said:
ilovenewtech is what this site needs! Lets make him moderator to do away with the fanboys,trolls and haters! Make CVG a happy place!
TheLastDodo on 12 Mar '11 said:
100% agree. I don't care if its a regular having a joke, just keep bringing the positivity ilovenewtech, fed up of all these angry gamers
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Joe90_Remy700 on 13 Mar '11 said:
he types a little jedwardy... but not so t**ttish!
SavageEvil on 14 Mar '11 said:
Why the whinging? Dice can talk since their games don't spawn a new iteration every year and actually come out fairly balanced, with a Beta ahead of the final game. Sorry but Activision likes to slam bam you and take your money and run. DICE does have a pretty balanced game in BFBC2 in spite of not being able to go prone, but it was built that way for a reason, the visuals would make it impossible to hit prone targets on many of the various types of terrain. But gameplay is phenominal and very well balanced between human and vehicles, now BF3 is maximizing what they already had on BFBC3. The visuals are a step into Ghost Recon type territory without looking sterile, now lets see if they keep the pace realistic. CoD can remain a twitch shooter, just needs to quite being shoveled out the door every November with a change of paint, spit shine and little else added. Just as long as there is competition, someone will always try to innovate...Activision and EA need not get to full of themselves though. EA...NFL thing drives me mad, talk about lame.