Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 is one of the greatest multiplayer first person shooters of all time. There is just one problem. When you rent it, it doesn't come with multiplayer. The game was focused around multiplayer. You can tell as the campaign can be finished in a matter of 3 hours. The multiplayer maps are massive and there are a lot of things to do in them. The graphics are some of the best I have seen in a game and thanks to Fronstbite 2, the scenery can be destroyed in any matter of combinations. If the rental version of Battlefield 3 contained a code for multiplayer, this game would be five stars. But with a weak campaign and no multiplayer, it is not a very good rental.

i only rented this game to play with a friend but i have to have a code to write in so i could not play

Loved this game a while back, but disappointed with having to buy points to go on multi-player having already having Gold membership, i was looking forward to being online for more experience :'( 5 star for everything else...if you had the expansions then that's just a even more brilliant! i cant give a low rating for what i personally think is a brilliant game...p. s you'll love the jets!

my son was looking forward to play this game but then he realised that he had to pay for multiplayer so I said I'm having that so I'm sending it of as soon as I can:(

Battlefield 3 is a first person shooter game released on October 28th 2011in the E. U. for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This is a direct sequel to 2005’s Battlefield 2, despite being the 11th game in the battlefield franchise. I’ve had just over a week to play this game now, trying each of the different game types in multiplayer, completing the single payer and co-op campaigns. Let’s start off with the single player campaign. It’s quite short at 5 to 8 hours long depending on your skill and willingness to explore, not that there is much impetus to search around in this game as the Intel and pick up items are no longer part of the campaign. This does however mean that the frenetic pace isn’t affected as you’re swept along the Tom Clancy-esc story line beginning on the Iran-Iraq border, through Europe and ending up in the states. There are a few stand-out moments in the varied campaign, one being a particularly tense mission where you have to as the co-pilot defend your F16 from repeated missile attacks with flare counter-measures on your way to a bombing run over an Iranian airport. Eventually your pilot gets the drop on your winged assailants, leaving them bailing out of burning wrecks as they plummet to the dessert below. They really have upped the ante with the new Frostbite 2 game engine as well, weapons feel weighty and the feedback through the controller spot on. Graphically it’s a master class as the destruction of buildings, cover and terrain during a battle is a wonder to behold. EA used the same technology as they do for their football games to animate your squad mate’s movements; they react to the terrain, duck under obstructions and slide into cover realistically. The co-op is surprisingly good as well, spanning most of the different types of combat available in Battlefield 3. From protecting a convoy of Humvees as earthquakes shake the surroundings to flying close fire support in an Apache Gunship for two fire teams on the ground. My favourite mission was as a sniper team in Paris trying to save a group of hostages, having to closely work together and time shots to keep the terrorists unalarmed as you cover a breaching team moving in. There is a scoring system that unlocks weapons for use in multiplayer that ensures longevity of this mode. Finally we reach the multiplayer portion of the game, featuring the most extensive array of features to date in any Battlefield game. The Xbox version features 12 V 12 class based warfare on many varied maps, set up for either conquest, rush, death match and smaller 4 V 4 squad based versions of each. The four classes are: Assault with assault rifles, med packs and defibrillators to revive fallen comrades. Engineer with sub-machine guns, repair tools and an array of anti-tank/air rocket launchers to deal with vehicles. Support with light machine guns, ammo packs, mortar’s and c4 explosives or claymores for area defence. Recon with Sniper rifles, mobile spawn beacons and Unmanned Arial Vehicles to spot enemies and vehicles for their teammates. Depending on the size of the map there are also attack helicopters, heavy tanks, fighter jets, anti-air vehicles, jeeps, light armoured tanks, armoured personnel vehicles, boats, fixed emplacement anti-tank/air weapons and light helicopters at your disposal. Each class, weapon or type of vehicle has associated perks and unlock able weapons or abilities that you earn points for as you play, these range from zoom optics for tanks to bipods for light machine guns or sniper rifles. With the amount of content and options available to you in each battle and upcoming downloadable content with extra maps this has a lot of replay value. As an overall package there are many other games that wouldn’t offer even half the fun and longevity of Battlefield 3, a must buy for any shooter fan. 9/10