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Midstate01

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Oct 25, 2011 7:44 PM
Anyone got it yet? What do you think. I preorder it but won't be able to pick it up till thursday.
Oct 25, 2011 7:44pm
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TigerNation10

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483 posts
Oct 25, 2011 7:52 PM
Love it so far. Much more challenging than COD. Probably start campaign later.
Oct 25, 2011 7:52pm
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wes_mantooth

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17,977 posts
Oct 25, 2011 7:59 PM
Too many games coming out...I decided to pass on Battlefield and COD in favor of Saints Row the Third and Uncharted 3
Oct 25, 2011 7:59pm
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stroups

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3,223 posts
Oct 25, 2011 8:12 PM
Just picked it up at Best Buy. Multiplayer is fun but I am having connecting issues
Oct 25, 2011 8:12pm
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Midstate01

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Oct 25, 2011 8:19 PM
wes_mantooth;945282 wrote:Too many games coming out...I decided to pass on Battlefield and COD in favor of Saints Row the Third and Uncharted 3

Why??? Skipping the wrong 2!
Oct 25, 2011 8:19pm
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stroups

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3,223 posts
Oct 25, 2011 8:26 PM
EA's servers suck balls I keep getting this message and it wont let me play multiplayer "Failed to connect to EA Online. Please try again"
Oct 25, 2011 8:26pm
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raiderbuck

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Oct 25, 2011 8:27 PM
stroups;945313 wrote:EA's servers suck balls I keep getting this message and it wont let me play multiplayer "Failed to connect to EA Online. Please try again"
same...I just have the demo, but I can never get on. FU Sony and EA...took me 87 years to download and I can't even play it.
Oct 25, 2011 8:27pm
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Midstate01

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Oct 25, 2011 8:29 PM
raiderbuck;945315 wrote:same...I just have the demo, but I can never get on. FU Sony and EA...took me 87 years to download and I can't even play it.

The demo is offline now.
Oct 25, 2011 8:29pm
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raiderbuck

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Oct 25, 2011 8:40 PM
I downloaded the demo the day after it was released...I've never been able to connect.
Oct 25, 2011 8:40pm
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Midstate01

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Oct 25, 2011 9:05 PM
raiderbuck;945337 wrote:I downloaded the demo the day after it was released...I've never been able to connect.

Oh ok. I played it for a week or so. Never really had any issues.
Oct 25, 2011 9:05pm
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I Wear Pants

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16,223 posts
Oct 25, 2011 10:00 PM
There um, isn't a demo? Never was one either. There was a beta. Big difference between that and a demo though.

I'm installing the texture pack right meow.
Oct 25, 2011 10:00pm
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hoops23

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Oct 26, 2011 12:05 AM
Picked it up today.

Sadly, I'll only get to play it for a week, because then I'm going to be tied up in Uncharted 3 which looks like the best of the series, and that is saying something.
Oct 26, 2011 12:05am
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Glory Days

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Oct 26, 2011 7:13 AM
hope to get in the next few weeks.
Oct 26, 2011 7:13am
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TedSheckler

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3,974 posts
Oct 26, 2011 7:46 AM
Played a few hours last night on PC. It's great.
Oct 26, 2011 7:46am
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MontyBrunswick

Oct 26, 2011 9:04 AM
Not buying it for PC. Refuse to install Origin.

If it were on Steam, I'd consider it.
Oct 26, 2011 9:04am
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wes_mantooth

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Oct 26, 2011 9:08 AM
Midstate01;945306 wrote:Why??? Skipping the wrong 2!

Just getting tired of the first person shooters lately....change of pace
Oct 26, 2011 9:08am
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TedSheckler

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Oct 26, 2011 10:00 AM
dlazz;945716 wrote:Not buying it for PC. Refuse to install Origin.

If it were on Steam, I'd consider it.
Origin isn't bad. I would prefer it on Steam as well, but I don't see it happening. Maybe you should start an online petition. :rolleyes:
Oct 26, 2011 10:00am
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MontyBrunswick

Oct 26, 2011 10:02 AM
TedSheckler;945771 wrote:Origin isn't bad. I would prefer it on Steam as well, but I don't see it happening. Maybe you should start an online petition. :rolleyes:
Origin may not be bad, but I refuse to install it for one game.
Oct 26, 2011 10:02am
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bradmaynard

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Oct 26, 2011 10:08 AM
Couple of things about console version

- EA servers are still horrible. Matchmaking options and party system (squad) are horrible. Halo 2's social and matchmaking interfaces make this look outdated, and they came out in 2004. Good news is both these issues are fixable, bad news is EA has known about them since Battlefield 2 released on consoles and never bothered changing them.

- Yesterday the server crashed periodically throughout the day, presumably (hopefully) due to day one population and day one bugs.

- When you can get in the game is ridiculous. Absolutely gorgeous with the HD pack. The multiplayer maps are gigantic. Won't go too in detail with all of that considering most of you probably already knew all that. But I have to get one thing off...

- I was running down a grassy sort of hill on my first rush match and some kid in a fighter jet flew over my head about ten feet up, clipping a tree with his left wing and disintegrating in to pieces all in about 1.5 seconds. No way you replicate that experience with anything other than a Battlefield game in multiplayer. Between the new engine and the hard work put in to the sound which is as amazing as ever, prepare for a lot of instances that look nearly scripted in multiplayer.
Oct 26, 2011 10:08am
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McFly1955

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Oct 26, 2011 12:33 PM
My Amazon preorder was waiting for me when I got hom yesterday...

Loaded all of the updates, installed to the HD (360) then went on to play around 8pm...Connection problems....I tried for an hour, gave up, watch a movie, went to bed.

I will give it a go again tonight for a few hours, really looking forward to the multiplayer, I don't give a crap about the single player.


Seriously, though....Way too many games just came out or are coming out soon...I don't have the time.

Bought Gears 3, Battlefield 3...Preordered Skyrim....Still debating MW3

Want to play the following when the price drops and I have more time: Deus Ex, Batman, Uncharted 3.

Where were all these games in the summer when there was absolute shit getting released?

Skyrim will own me for a few months, so forget all the other games.
Oct 26, 2011 12:33pm
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hoops23

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Oct 27, 2011 2:40 AM
Just running around Caspian Border is amazing. So many spots on that map to ambush the other team as they come to control certain points.

It's great to see a battles going on in the distance of a map, as explosions can be seen and gunfire can be heard from a good distance away. Especially witnessing the Jets and helicopters whiz by overhead.

Last night a guy in a fighter jet ejected just as the plane blew up ... I picked the bitch off midair and watched his lifeless body fall to the ground.

I also got owned by a tank when I was running through a building in another map.
Oct 27, 2011 2:40am
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Glory Days

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Oct 27, 2011 7:52 AM
hoops23;946547 wrote:Just running around Caspian Border is amazing. So many spots on that map to ambush the other team as they come to control certain points.

It's great to see a battles going on in the distance of a map, as explosions can be seen and gunfire can be heard from a good distance away. Especially witnessing the Jets and helicopters whiz by overhead.

Last night a guy in a fighter jet ejected just as the plane blew up ... I picked the bitch off midair and watched his lifeless body fall to the ground.

I also got owned by a tank when I was running through a building in another map.
I just got a hard on reading that...cant wait to get it.

Oct 27, 2011 7:52am
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stroups

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3,223 posts
Oct 27, 2011 10:55 AM
Good news is I played all last night without any connection issues.

Bad news is that it has been a while since I have played a first person shooter game and I got absolutely destroyed.
Oct 27, 2011 10:55am
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bases_loaded

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6,912 posts
Oct 27, 2011 10:57 AM
I haven't had any issues on PS3.

The game is awesome. So much going on at one time, when you sit back and take it all in, its amazing.
Oct 27, 2011 10:57am
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MontyBrunswick

Oct 27, 2011 11:14 AM
bases_loaded;946719 wrote:I haven't had any issues on PS3.

The game is awesome. So much going on at one time, when you sit back and take it all in, its amazing.
It has 3x the amount of "stuff" going on in the PC version. 64 player battles.
Oct 27, 2011 11:14am