Battlefield 3 Speculation and Wishes

1UP: What We Want For Battlefield 3

All we know is that BF3 seems to be a multi-platform release (by virtue of being bundled with Medal of Honor), so it will not only be on PC, but also on PS3 and 360. That, and it's likely to use the Frostbite 2.0 engine (as good as Bad Company 2 was, it was still technically Frostbite one-point-something). So it's safe to expect even more destructible terrain, and perhaps better tools for supporting more user-mods on PC. But what else do we actually want in it? In basic terms: a delightful blend of Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 2.

Basically, we want the aesthetics and destruction of BC2 with the scope and scale of BF2. At the moment, we're going to roll with a near-future setting; even though BC2 does a pretty good job with the modern-to-future gear, we'd like those aesthetics to be brought into a deeper and more interesting game in BF3. Anyhow, here are some more of our humble suggestions to DICE.

EuroGamers: Why BattleField 3 will be a success

It's official, BattleField 3 is on the way! The beta should be with us sometime on or before October 2011. If you've missed the announcement, have a look at this news piece.

But will it be worth buying? Much of the feedback on the current title, Bad Company 2, has been poor simply because it's been compared to BattleField 2 and BattleField 2142. To see why that is an unfair comparison, please read this blog post.

Now that's cleared up, the burning question left is very simply can BF3 match it's predecessors BF2 and BF2142? The answer, I think, is yes. Here's why...