Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer Oscar Mike

The third part of the Battlefield gameplay trailer series is on the move today, with reckless bomb disposal and quick-time event melee combat.

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The third part of EA's Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer series is on the move (or 'Oscar Mike,' as we say in video games) today, continuing the action-packed tale from the first two.

The two minutes of snippets including shooting faces, rather reckless bomb-defusing, running for cover, and some quick-time event-tastic first-person melee combat.

EA promises a "full 12 minute reveal" on April 17, which may well be the presentation we previewed at GDC. Battlefield 3 is scheduled for release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall, developed by DICE.

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    March 30, 2011 6:00 AM

    Comment on Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer Oscar Mike, by Alice O'Connor.

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      March 30, 2011 6:12 AM

      Can't wait for this.

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      March 30, 2011 6:27 AM

      Who is this Oscar fellow and why is he shooting everybody???

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        March 30, 2011 11:22 AM

        Shortly after the Ghost Busters saved New York (again) Dana Barrett married a man by the name of Sir Ebenizer Cornwallis Mike, Esq, and took his name. As such, so did her newborn son Oscar (named after a hot dog). Unfortunately, Vigo the Carpathian was never fully exorcised from his infantile soul and he began his 1000 year reign of terror shortly thereafter.

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      March 30, 2011 6:32 AM

      I just really hope they add a health system. I'm tired of regenerating health.

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        March 30, 2011 7:42 AM

        bad co2 had a nice mix of both. although health regenerates, it is quite slow which makes med packs useful.

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      March 30, 2011 6:44 AM

      Looking awesome.

      But... also... super scripted. :(

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        March 30, 2011 6:47 AM

        PRE-ALPHA

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          March 30, 2011 7:10 AM

          Do you think they are going to add good gameplay after in the beta version?

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        March 30, 2011 6:47 AM

        Who the hell cares about SP in these games?!

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          March 30, 2011 6:55 AM

          I'll be buying it regardless for the multi-player. However, they haven't shown any of this, and I'm commenting on the parts they have shown. Is that so strange?

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          March 30, 2011 7:01 AM

          I do. I'd like to play an enthralling single player game for a change, mostly everything that has come out recently is instantly forgettable.

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          March 30, 2011 7:06 AM

          OMG people care about other stuff than you??!

          I don't

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          March 30, 2011 7:10 AM

          This guy right here. I rarely play multiplayer games anymore.

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            March 30, 2011 7:13 AM

            Likewise.

            If I do play multi I don't use a headset and I mute everyone else.

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            March 30, 2011 7:44 AM

            Me too

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            March 30, 2011 7:52 AM

            Same. And BC2 had a really fun single player campaign so I have faith in these guys.

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              March 30, 2011 7:58 AM

              I thought BC2 was a terribly generic single player experience. :[

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                March 30, 2011 8:01 AM

                there are so few games that do both SP and MP well. usually one or the other is just tacked on out of obligation. in most cases these should just be separate products.

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                March 30, 2011 8:27 AM

                that's what crysis 2/bulletstorm/homefront are for. it's time for an MP focus. it's good to see which ones can highlight the SP strengths and tack on multiplayer, then have MP focus and a tacked on single player.

                you gotta remain flexible enough to augment your gaming

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                March 30, 2011 8:46 AM

                I played it after COD Black Ops and it was refreshing to me. The gameplay felt far more solid and fun to me.

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              March 30, 2011 8:08 AM

              BC2 singleplayer was terrible. I played over 500 hours of multiplayer before I was able to finally muscle through the 10 hour SP campaign.

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            March 30, 2011 9:08 AM

            CrustaR, just curious...how come?

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              March 30, 2011 10:55 AM

              I like having story in my games. Multiplayer is just mindless killing. I can only stand so much of that. I guess I got it out of my system in the Quake 1/2 days.

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                March 30, 2011 11:08 AM

                The 'story' of these games is pretty much an afterthought...you're in a war. You're going to do the same things in SP as in MP, just MP will be more dynamic, so I would think that'd make for cooler 'stories'. I know what you're saying, it's just that hoping for a cool story from a modern military FPS...

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                  March 30, 2011 11:17 AM

                  Yeah, I dunno, at least there's something there. I played the first CoD and thought it was okay. Never even tried the multiplayer, though. Not my bag o' tea.

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                March 30, 2011 11:16 AM

                I do like a good single player storyline, but I just don't like on-rail type games :\

                Good SP Storyline with elbow room - Witcher, Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls, Diablo etc

                On-Rail type Storyline games - CoD, Metal Gear etc

                I don't think shooters have very good storylines, but there are rare ones such as Half Life, Bioshock. Crusta, I think you are burnt out on Multiplayer because you play over the internet, something I rarely do these days. I like my multiplayer on a LAN with a few good friends. Makes things really fun and not frustrating beyond belief. I recently bought Monday Night Combat, played with a few buds on a LAN, had a BLAST. Tried playing online, got wiped all over the floor. I mean, it's just not fun. I also get wiped all over the floor in Quakeworld recently with these guys but the difference is I feel like I know them, more on a personal level, so I guess that's a good middle. But I know what you mean.

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            March 30, 2011 1:49 PM

            Same here. Give me some good scripted SP action and I'll gargle your sperm!

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        March 30, 2011 6:49 AM

        To be fair there wouldn't be much open-ended gameplay to show since they're telling a, uh, "story" in these trailers. But I doubt they'll pursue a more Crysis-like experience, either.

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          March 30, 2011 7:01 AM

          I think he's referring mostly to the cut-scene fight... thing... whatever the fuck that was.

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            March 30, 2011 7:05 AM

            Right, the "quicktime event" clicking just the two mouse buttons. Fair enough.

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        March 30, 2011 7:08 AM

        It's NOT! Oh my GOD! Scripted? This is an outrage. How dare they make the single player scripted.

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          March 30, 2011 7:18 AM

          Ehhhh the fear is justified after CODBLOPS that you'll be able to walk around and duck once in a while, not fire a shot, and pass the level.

          Obviously it has to be linear and scripted for SP, but I hope it doesn't make a mess of it and turn into a movie.

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            March 30, 2011 7:27 AM

            How about we just get a 2 hour movie on the disc and then multiplayer. Not a SP campaign. An actual movie. Just sit back and watch. I'd be down for that.

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        March 30, 2011 7:09 AM

        SINGLE PLAYER SCRIPTED? HOLY SHITTTTT!!!!!!

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        March 30, 2011 7:21 AM

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      March 30, 2011 6:47 AM

      thats some specular on the street....

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      March 30, 2011 7:07 AM

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      March 30, 2011 7:11 AM

      These videos still do nothing for me. Put some actual gameplay in them please.

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        March 30, 2011 7:39 AM

        ...

        That probably is real gameplay. From the single player.

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        March 30, 2011 7:45 AM

        errr that IS gameplay

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          March 30, 2011 7:50 AM

          If you consider that playing a game then I guess so!

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      March 30, 2011 7:36 AM

      looks good but time to show off the multiplayer

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      March 30, 2011 7:39 AM

      Their reluctance to show multiplayer gameplay thus far seems like a strange decision to me, for two reasons:
      1) It's what the Battlefield series is best known for, and what most of the PC users are probably waiting for.
      2) The single-player, while featuring great graphics, really doesn't look innovative or, for that matter, particularly fun.

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        March 30, 2011 7:41 AM

        What are you talking about? Firing at a nearly endless number of enemies from an elevated position? Where has that ever been done? /sarcasm

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        March 30, 2011 7:42 AM

        Exactly.

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        March 30, 2011 7:55 AM

        they already know they have the PC multiplayer fanatics following the game closely. They don't need to drum up hype from that crowd yet. They're busy trying to draw in more of the CoD/MoH singleplayer crew first. I would think it's also significantly easier to create a vertical slice that demos well for singleplayer earlier in development when multiplayer is still undergoing plenty of changes/tweaks.

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        March 30, 2011 8:05 AM

        $10 says they are waiting until E3 to show that.

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        March 30, 2011 8:27 AM

        DICE are sending out weird signals with this. They've said previously that the reason for 1943 and some DLC for Bad Company 2 not making it to PC is a question of resources. Then they go and dump so much into the single player of BF3. It had better revolutionize the fps genre because otherwise its all a waste in my view.

        BF3's big draw is multiplayer, I don't give a shit about the sp.

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          March 30, 2011 9:26 AM

          Why, because 43 was soooo desired on PC? It was a pick up and play console mp game from the start.

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          March 30, 2011 10:57 AM

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            March 30, 2011 11:00 AM

            Which is at such odds with what people do in CoD... play MP only.

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              March 30, 2011 11:14 AM

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                March 30, 2011 11:33 AM

                Color me skewed, but of the 6 individuals (friends / coworkers) that I personally know purchased CoD MW1/2 and blops, two of them played maybe 2 hours of the sp, and the rest of their time was spent in MP. I can't believe there are individuals that get CoD for just the single player. All of the record breaking stats are tied to sales and how many cumulative hours gamers have been logged in the MP. The news stories rarely mention anything about the single player unless it's related to SHOCKING section of the game that will give mothers across the world nightmares that their darling baby bastards are going to become murdering psychopaths as a result of this new-fangled game coming out.

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        March 30, 2011 8:35 AM

        I think it's because it could galvanize people. they don't want to stir up shit, so it's carefully controlled. instead of releasing things that would suggest something to latch onto to spin up negativity, keep it generic and safe.

        they've seen a lot of marketing produce a PR meltdown and nightmare, so i think it's wise to play it safe

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          March 30, 2011 11:36 AM

          Can someone list any of the PR that worked negatively against BF2? Or BFBC2?

          Nothing DICE / EA have done to compare to the ineptitude presented by Robert Bowling and Activision regarding the antics they pulled with promoting CoD MW 2 and the great IW.NET debacle.

          Unless mum is the word and they are going down this road as well...

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      March 30, 2011 7:40 AM

      So basically it's like Call of Duty but with better graphics and some technology. I think calling this BF3 gives people some really false expectations about what this game is going to be like. If you miss BF2, Battlefield Play4Free is in beta.

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        March 30, 2011 7:41 AM

        Meant to say "some destruction technology"

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        March 30, 2011 9:22 AM

        As has been pointed out by myself and others... The SP is being shown off to entice those that don't buy BF games for MP only. Those that buy BF games are going to buy it for the MP regardless of what these videos are showing off. Because prior to BF3's release, we'll all be in the public demo beta anyways SCREAMING WITH JOY!!

        I think it's a very poor marketing decision by EA to go this route, and it's really doing nothing more than keeping the game fresh in everyone's minds every two weeks.

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      March 30, 2011 7:42 AM

      HOT!

      I am looking forward to this.

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      March 30, 2011 8:09 AM

      Looks great. The 12-minute reveal isn't just going to be all these vids together right?

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        March 30, 2011 9:23 AM

        Yea it is in all likelihood. Go find the leaked GDC video which is pretty much everything we've seen, plus a whole lot more of the SP animation, scripting, and destruction tech.

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      March 30, 2011 8:22 AM

      It's really a weird dynamic happening with those military shooters. For a long time we await a new game (COD, BF, Homefront, etc) and we get previews of the single player and that's what we discuss, critique, etc.

      Then the game comes out, people play the single player for a few hours - if at all - and then they play the multiplayer which is a completely different experience, it shares the same engine and that's about it. I really think the single and multi aspects of those games should be considered different games and thus discussed separately. I think that would be a much more honest way to go about things.

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      March 30, 2011 8:24 AM

      I love all these people making up their minds that there must be something wrong with the multiplayer already or how the game is going to be shit.

      Unless you see more than a few 1:30 videos, you don't know WTF.

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      March 30, 2011 8:49 AM

      GET ME SOME MOTHER FUCKING MULTIPLAYER SHIT AND STEAM PRE-ORDERS YOU FUCKS!!! I HAVE MONEY!!! I WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU!!!

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        March 30, 2011 9:24 AM

        what he said!

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        March 30, 2011 9:26 AM

        Don't be a retard. You've got 6 months to give them money before you'll even be able to play the game. We're all old enough to know how this marketing shit works.

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          March 30, 2011 11:13 AM

          Yeah I'm waiting until a month before release to pre-order, just so a steam pre-order doesn't catch me off guard.

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      March 30, 2011 9:26 AM

      SHUTUP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

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      March 30, 2011 9:28 AM

      Looks pretty fkn epic to me. Can't wait for this, got my adrenaline all pumping lol. As far as the haters go..... I'm trying harder and harder to ignore you fucks that sit and complain about every game that comes out besides shit fuck Minecraft or something....

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        March 30, 2011 10:57 AM

        LOUD NOISES! - Brick Tomlin

        The haters gonna hate. I have a really hard time ignoring them too.

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      March 30, 2011 11:11 AM

      battlefield games are always fun but are also always buggy as shit. every single BF game I've purchased (all except BF BD1 and BF2142) were buggy messes at launch. ie BF BC2 crashes my system oretty much every 30 mins or so

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        March 30, 2011 11:37 AM

        And doesn't crash any other Shacker's system like the way you've mentioned... Even my problems related to the latest patch / win 7 SP update, were corrected with a quick restart / driver update.

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          March 30, 2011 11:47 AM

          it's common enough that there's a 100+ page thread on the official forums

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            March 30, 2011 1:29 PM

            Then fix your shit. A 100 page thread should have a fix / multiple fixes by the time it gets to page 50.

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              March 30, 2011 1:33 PM

              unless it's BLOPS, which had a whole army of armchair tweakers, and it was just a fucked up console dump that the devs had to patch

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              March 30, 2011 1:42 PM

              I've tried everything ..on the first page. hey I've been busy!

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        March 30, 2011 1:43 PM

        To each his own, I guess. I've rarely encountered serious bugs in Battlefield games. The only one I can recall bothering me at all is the crappy server browser, and that wasn't bugs so much as bad design.

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          March 30, 2011 1:49 PM

          BF vietnam was buggy too but lots of fun at the time. I love bf games but hate the bugs/shitty network issues

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          March 30, 2011 1:55 PM

          the worst bug is the red/blue bug. holy shitballs.

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            March 30, 2011 5:00 PM

            I still have limited sympathy for people who got seriously fucked up by the r/b bug. Shoot the guys in the other uniforms.

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      March 30, 2011 11:20 AM

      me like

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      March 30, 2011 11:46 AM

      what's with duct work in games and miraculously being able to crawl through it to objectives? Otherwise... awesome!

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      March 30, 2011 4:35 PM

      I am ready to place my preorder on Steam but fuck EA and bioware for not using Steamworks thus mandating yet another account login to their worthless ea.com and bioware.com backend. It fragments the PC platform and is just another hassle to deal with.

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      March 30, 2011 11:45 PM

      Man. I am so glad battlefield has a story now.

      It's the one thing I was waiting years and years for since Battlefield 2 and 2142.

      Actually, I don't really care about the single player reveals. It's some sort of bizarre marketing push meant to butt heads directly with CoD's strong point instead of just. I dunno. 1-upping them in multiplayer by putting these resources into MP-based DLC, some of it free.

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      March 31, 2011 11:17 AM

      Single player campain is confirmed to be 12 hours long!

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