Battlefield 3 will be bringing back select maps from Battlefield 2, and now we know which ones. Word came from DICE community manager Daniel Matros on the EA forums (via NeoSeeker) that Wake Island, Strike at Karkand, Gulf of Oman, and Sharqi Peninsula will all be bundled in the "Back to Karkand" expansion.
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The pack remakes the old maps with the spiffy new Frostbite 2 engine, and will be included as a one time use code with the Limited Edition. Matros says that the altogether, players have logged over 25,000 years in these four maps.
PC fans were disappointed recently by the cancelation of Bad Company 2's Onslaught Mode DLC on PC, and the Battlefield 1943 port. Those teams were funneled into the Battlefield 3 push, which is leading on PC.
I always rolled with the G3 in my recon class. An assault rifle and the motion mines makes one hell of a one man army. ...
So this is what sacrificed my onslaught mode? I hope they include one with this and I'll forget all about that.
Bad Company 2 style gameplay in a BF2 setting on large maps with 64 players sounds fucking dandy to me.