Battlefield 3 Karkand maps revealed

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• Can hardly wait! : re-verse
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  Gulf of Oman! So many hours spent there =) : leadgold
  • Yes I love me some Oman : Begawkiness
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  how are we going to be able to pick a GOTY with this, rage, ES5, and diablo 3? WHAT A CONUNDRUM!!!!!! : eeeealmo
  • i seriously doubt D3 will be in contention this year. : radio_babylon
• Summary: You know those Karkand maps included in the Limited Edition? Now we know what they are! Wake Isl... : SporkyReeve
• I love the new video player. So much better than the old one. : razlebol
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  anyone else very pissed that they fully embrace the DLC system and are trying to squeeze the customers li... : Vogerl
  • whatever helps them develop the games i like, i support. : eeeealmo
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    BF2 was no better with the booster pack : HisKillSkill
    • It was probably worse since it enabled some OP unlocks, like the G36e. : JarEme
  • Welcome to gaming. : saunders45
  • They have been doing this since the beginning of the BF franchise, but they were called expansion packs b... : maulla
  • no but they've also been pushing DLC since before the series was on the "eivil console" so i don't really... : dantastic
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    we will miss you : watcherxp
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      no we won't : deject
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  • not really. More content, easier to get to said content, cheaper than expansion pack prices. HOW DARE THE... : Fyunch Click
  • nope : Hemtroll
  • What would be the choice of scripts to permanently hide all front page poster's comments? Friend or Foe? ... : dedgecko
  • how is this a DLC, if you pre order the game you get it. Its a pre order bonus. DLC's are the future, I d... : Sgtfraser
  • All it takes is DLC to have your world come crashing down? Also, DLC turns games into console-ports with ... : TrptJim
  • Evil consoley DLC-packed pile of boring military shooter with no real innovation! You really don't kno... : MercFox1
  • if anything it combats used sales pretty effectively. thats what release day dlc is all about, you buy t... : grendel
  • Mate, you're stuck in the past. I love these games and embrace the offer of more content. Plus, DLC IS FU... : niceguynick
• Man I am excited. : zohar79
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  Old video, don't get excited : watcherxp
  • The video is from an old post, yes: http://www.shacknews.com/article/67604/battlefield-3-gets-first-gamep... : XAVdeMATOS
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  It's become a lot more apparent that EA/Dice is shooting to re-take the FPS crown from Call of Duty, but ... : SkipperMcG
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    Really? care to elaborate how this is "more apparent"? : watcherxp
    • The look of the game particularly. The footage that can be seen in the trailer really shows a more cinema... : SkipperMcG
    • 4 classes, no commander, elaborate singleplayer focus. Probably will have offhand knife again and other C... : gyokuro
  • Bad Company 2 style gameplay in a BF2 setting on large maps with 64 players sounds fucking dandy to me. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  They should funnel some people into fixing BC2. http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=+site:forum.ea... : Mystery0000
  • they probably are and it's likely related to Win 7 SP1 which just released publicly. : dedgecko
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  what's the likelihood this will be on steam and use steamworks? : eeeealmo
  • what's the likelihood that hell will freeze over? i'm sorry, can you re-state the question? : 00-bracken
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    Steamworks: very low Steam: 50/50, probably not at release but a few months later : deject
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      BC2 was released on Steam on release day, why would BF3 be any different? : ArcKnight
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        Logic has no place here. : Duffman8369
        • Oh. Well then let me be the first to say RABBLE RABBLE : ArcKnight
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        why is everyone yelling at me today for not making assumptions about steam releases. im just asking for ... : eeeealmo
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          What developer has stopped releasing on Steam after starting? : ArcKnight
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            EA didn't release NFS Hot Pursuit on steam until a month after it launched on PC. : LoioshDwaggie
            • EA is kinda starting to hate on Steam because they didn't come up with it and it makes EA look dumb. : deject
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        It was? I could have sworn it wasn't right away. I am wrong a lot though, so it wouldn't surprise me. : deject
        • I preordered Bad Company 2 on Steam about a month before launch or something. It was on Steam's catalog w... : MercFox1
        • preordered on steam, came out same day. not sure if it preloaded but few games do : retarded talking dinosaur
  • no way it uses steamworks, but I'm sure it will be sold on steam : maulla
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  Steve, it's 25,000 years, not hours ;p : ChromeBallz
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    Thanks a lot for the catch. Fixed. : XAVdeMATOS
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      Mr Watts isn't really, is he? : Durajim
      • :| Really real. REAL. : Durajim
• Sharqi Peninsula! w00t! My second favorite map in BF2. : deject
• HOT! : tangles
• Okay fine, I'll upgrade my PC for this. : BouillonCubes
• hey steve watts, get the scoop on the commander function plz : Downforce
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  Are snipers gonna snipe from rooftops covered by claymore mines at the ladder? : Marrbe
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    Yea there needs to be some way to counteract this. : Medster
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      blow the fucking building up : sreyes22
      • This will be my solution to everything : Begawkiness
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      it's called throwing a grenade up onto the roof : riptyde
      • This was near impossible for some areas in BF2. The grenades were hard to precisely aim, and some buildi... : Medster
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      1) countersnipe 2)commander artillery 3) if there's a killcam ur fucked : Downforce
      • #2 is key. Call out the sniper to your commander, have him bring down the pain. : riptyde
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        commander doesn't exist in BF3 --- but recon will likely be able to call in mortar strikes or something s... : dedgecko
        • oh I'm sure it will exist at some point. it has to. this is full scale battlefield again. : Downforce
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          The most retarded aspect of BC2 was giving the counter for snipers to snipers. Sweet jesus. They already ... : Beady
          • A new Challenger Approaches!! CAAARLL Goooose--TAAAAAAAAAV : dedgecko
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            Yea it should have been given to the assault class imo. Pick grenades or mortar not both. : ant_hillbilly
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              Its not just that though. They also get the ability to see people trying to sneak up on them. I guess ... : Beady
              • and? there's also the auto spotting scope. people don't use Q at all, so when I get pissed off, I get to ... : Downforce
          • I always rolled with the G3 in my recon class. An assault rifle and the motion mines makes one hell of a... : deject
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      It would be awesome if I could toss c4 onto the ceiling and take out what they are laying on. : ant_hillbilly
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        That seems like a very plausible solution in BC3. It also sounds fucking awesome! : Navy Spitfire
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          This was probably the biggest disappointment with the destruction 2.0 stuff in BC2 --- exterior walls cou... : dedgecko
          • Not to mention every single building had the same interior layout. Lazy : ant_hillbilly
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      Jump from rooftop to rooftop like Morpheus! : Vorlonesque
      • well in all seriousness, if a sniper gets way up high from bailing out of a friendly chopper, the enemy w... : Downforce
    • Call a mortar strike on the building. : Rauol Duke
  • probably, but that's every modern FPS : riptyde
  • blow up the damn building. : MercFox1
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  WHERE THE FUCK IS MY STEAM PRE-ORDER!!! I AM READY TO PART WITH MY MONEY EA!!! : RyDogg1
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    DukeNukemForever.exe first please

    Feb 25, 2011 10:48am PST
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• everyone says "dont do prone other wise the snipers will be too powerful" but actually when you are getti... : gyokuro
• Been waiting for this game for nearly 6 years. DICE has always produced an excellent game, but it is exc... : Frraksurred
• So this is what sacrificed my onslaught mode? I hope they include one with this and I'll forget all about... : X-Nice