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Battlefield 3 : PS3 | REVIEW pt.1

I’ve been stoked for this game for quite some time. The MAG servers just don’t have enough people on them anymore, so playing without a full squad of proper players or clan members is an exercise in futility. I love the game, and especially the developers for putting so much time and effort into an amazing piece of technical work, but its time to move on…

In moves BF3! I decided to put in my pre-order on the 24th, and to take my nerdism to the next level head out to my local EB/Gamestop for the midnight launch. It was a smooth and easy process, the staff from EB @ Queen West did a great job and got everybody served in a matter of minutes. I was home with the game installed, activated, registered on battlelog, and had all my pre-order bonus gear set before 1am. This is where things get a little, DICEy. (Pardon the vicious pun.)

I jumped straight into multiplayer, though was met by some errors trying to use the “quick match” setting. After refreshing the browse list though, I found a game and launched. My first impressions from those 2 weeks with the beta were confirmed, this is an absolutely incredible looking game. The models & textures are detailed for maps this large, and the giant scale of things create environments that allow for massive adrenaline rushes during tense moments in play.

All is well, I’ve run around and shot somebody, booted to an objective in a humvee, and got shot in the face. Dead. No big deal though, this is a game! Time to spawn again and take another stab at it! Too bad though, when I respawn, I’m lacking a weapon.

This is a horrible state of affairs for any FPS fan, let alone the developers of the software. I spent the better part of the week blowing up @Battlefield on twitter trying to get an acknowledgement of the issue. I’ve also posted on numerous boards & bug-report sites, and found a couple handfuls of others afflicted withe the same problems. Here is a list for convenience sake:

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/0/7674866.page#17859648
http://getsatisfaction.com/battlefield3/topics/no_weapon_respawn
http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/forum/threadview/2832654489420862290/
http://battlefield3forums.com/showthread.php?3300-No-guns-multiplayer
http://battlefield3forums.com/showthread.php?3212-Gun-Doesnt-Show-%28Xbox360%29
http://battlefield3forums.com/showthread.php?3321-No-weapon-

< The evening & morning I was taking notes for this, they responded! Here’s a little snapshot of their somewhat uniform reply to my tweet.

Apologies for my foul language, but honestly I’d been raising a stink about this for a few days. Sometimes I get a little grumpy. Add to the fact I haven’t been able to play the game to its full potential while watching my friends level-up… Yea…

As of right now, I’ve played less than 10 complete rounds of BF3. I’m clearly not pleased, but I’m also restraining myself somewhat. I know that this is a huge undertaking, especially across 3 different platforms, so I don’t want to freak out on the devs.

Single player “Campaign” mode isn’t what I bought this game for, but I’m not one to leave a stone un-turned, and want the most out of my purchase. Seeing as multi-player is no fun because of the no-weapon glitch (always followed by a kick from the server @ end of round) I fired it up and cruised through the first short mission. The game switches between cut scenes & actual play, and during the first transition of the second level, the game froze. In disbelief I restarted, only to be met with the same circumstance. WTF.

I spent some time on the forums (most in the above list) and checked out the twitter feed for potential answers to this new morale-crushing glitch, and found the devs retweeting a post suggesting “rebuild PS3 database”. So I did that. And it worked! The campaign continued through another level or 2 and set me up in another half cinematic/half gameplay sequence. See video below.

Right now, Co-Op play is the best thing battlefield 3 has going for it. Its challenging (except the helicopter mission, “I’m a GOD on the stick” said clan-member Erip420) and really shows diversity in the presented scenarios. Is it weird that I feel lucky to have not faced any glitches? Either way, its fun to play, and there are clear differences between easy/normal/hard playthroughs in most cases I’ve seen.

I’m really looking forward to this game when its truly completed. Battlefield 3 will truly be a masterpiece in FPS games when all the kinks are worked out, because the bits I’ve had the pleasure to enjoy are mind bending. I run my PS3 through a 40″ Samsung LCD TV in “game mode” with an optical connection to my Edirol FA-101 for audio conversion, feeding pair of 8″ Tapco near-field monitors. If I have to explain to you how rowdy this is, you’re probably not much of a gamer… The whole building shakes with explosions, AA fire stings the ears, ricocheting bullets have me literally looking to the left and right to see “what was that”… It’s wild.

Stay tuned for pt.2 of my review, that hopefully won’t be so long-winded. I’ll wait a couple of weeks for a proper patch, and hopefully won’t be making a video of the multiplayer no-weapon glitch… Guess we’ll see!



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Saturday, October 29th, 2011 Random, Video 4 Comments

From the desk of Skynet

We are Skynet. Welcome to our world. Global Digital Defense Network.© Account activated on April 19th, 2011

https://twitter.com/#!/OfficialSkynet



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Thursday, April 21st, 2011 Random No Comments

Are you using Twitter yet?

Social Media is driving promotion campaigns of all shape & size, with Twitter leading the pack… Rapidly picking up steam in Canada, this free micro-blogging service has quickly become a hot-topic of discussion. Just this past weekend over christmas dinner it was brought up by some family members, and I think its only a matter of time before at least a few of them pick it up…

I’ve been using it for a little while, am constantly posting links to music & events & random quotes & other assorted madness, and follow a bunch of awesomely funny & interesting & informative & exploitative & semi-insane users… And the list is always growing. Hopefully you’ll be on my list next, so add me and I’ll add you!

http://www.twitter.com/dubcomm



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Monday, December 28th, 2009 Random 2 Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-09-14

  • new machine is in house, being upgraded & prepped, installs all night, TEKNO TOMORRO #
  • studio lockdown approaches!! #
  • no DCS905 Radio tonite, pre-empted for the Jazz Festival… check http://www.DCS905.ca for your tekno fix #
  • RT @nuka_cola is giving away MAG Beta Codes! Go here to enter. http://bit.ly/1YdigP #
  • @Sidequesting hook up a MAG beta code! I'm itching to get started!! in reply to Sidequesting #
  • antimatter #
  • where's my passport? #
  • @Masheen w00t! see you this week chum in reply to Masheen #
  • iDrink #
  • test tube identity #
  • @ChefCreezle welcome to twat.. err, twitter #
  • has to stop giving a fuck. #
  • another day, another batch of fuckery. I wonder what the world has to offer today…. #
  • life is pain. #
  • ftw #
  • web 2.0 is painful. #
  • ultrablaaaahhh #


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Monday, September 14th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-09-07

  • ANGER! #
  • sporting a salmon golf shirt to chris' gay party for homos tonite. #
  • @CruzDemon haha cheers fucker! in reply to CruzDemon #
  • there is no love. #
  • to merge, is to explode! #
  • basically full of rage. #
  • tights and bacardi, that's my kind of party #
  • battle cry of a hawk make a dove fly and a tear dry #
  • i wrote that song you wanted. its called 'faker' #
  • the best defense is being 5 points ahead #
  • unknowable! dammit! PS. rock opera is dope shit. repo my heart, etc, #
  • startle others awake #
  • http://www.dcs905.ca/radio >> new sets up in the archive, check em out! #
  • words aren't weapons, I am. #


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Monday, September 7th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-08-31

  • bruises and broken bones are the only souvenirs we collect here… #
  • I'm with the band… I play the 'harmuffica' #
  • headbanger heartattacks #
  • steel packed tight in microchip #
  • Sea sickness in the ocean of wickedness, Set sail to the sun set, No second guessing #


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Monday, August 31st, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-08-24



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Monday, August 24th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-08-23

  • is broken in a bazillion different ways. i <3 techno. #
  • lazers #
  • its a holiday? ok! #


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Monday, August 10th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-08-03

  • BLABLABLABLABLA. enough already! http://www.dcs905.ca/dubcomm #
  • canaDNBa coming soon! #
  • if you are not moving, you are blocking. #
  • hamilton tekno murder tonite: absinthe @ 2am with the TDSK fam #
  • drankD #
  • DRANKS! #
  • same shit, different day… I'm on the hustle like never before… stay out the way! #


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Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-07-27



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Monday, July 27th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-07-20



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Monday, July 20th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-07-13

  • techno war is in effect. fuck you upstairs neighbor. #
  • ufc tonite. parking lot fights. #
  • http://www.dcs905.ca/dubcomm – brand new mix, hard as fuck tekno dnb. gwan. #
  • dubcomm – KILLBOX ALPHA : promo set http://a2a.me/Wru #
  • KILLBOX ALPHA #
  • what a fuckin day… bring on the kush & anime #
  • I uploaded a YouTube video — Xofer DR cameo http://bit.ly/wSABL #
  • SERIOUSLY, YOUR CANDY IS SHIT AND YOUR BLOND HAIR IS SHIT. #


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Monday, July 13th, 2009 Random No Comments

Weekly Twitter Garbage, 2009-07-06

  • YOUR CANDY IS SHIT. #
  • sunday hangover. proper. #
  • DARKRAVE TONITE #
  • gunna fuck up darkrave like an underage goth slut : http://bit.ly/15TmMO #
  • motherfuckers better realize, now is the time to self actualize #
  • , the pride of the cybertron war academy. #
  • Hurt Feelingshttp://bit.ly/Tl0gO #


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Monday, July 6th, 2009 Random No Comments

Should Medicinal Marijuana be easily accessible in Canada?

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