BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
With the Battlefield 3 beta set to end tomorrow, DICE has learned quite a lot from it, stressed tested their servers, looked at some gameplay tweaks, and so on. Most of the issues in the beta will be fixed before the game ships, however, a game usually has to be completed several weeks before ship date, in order to be certified by console manufacturers, and have sufficient time to be manufactured. This is usually referred to as “going gold”. But that doesn’t mean developers stop working on their products.
According to DICE’s Patrick Liu, Battlefield 3 will “probably” have a day-one patch, which will include feedback from the beta. Liu also pointed out that the beta is a real beta, and not a glorified demo as “betas” have become over the past few years. DICE has gotten a lot of feedback on Battlefield 3 gameplay, tested the servers and has received feedback on Battlelog as well (which has been updated during the beta).
As the beta ends tomorrow, we’ll have an in-depth article giving our impressions of Battlefield 3 over the past few weeks.
Glad they are going to keep the patching going immediately upon release. Cant Wait!
Some people may think that as a bad thing, But I dont give a f***, its only a good thing that they’re fixing and patching the game from day 1 ^^
It sucks having to go through the additional process of patching on Day 1. That means I’m downloading the game through Origin then downloading the patch. That’s extra time not spent playing.
But if it makes the game better then I’m all for it. I’m willing to wait a few extra hours if it makes the game kick that much more ass. I’ve already been waiting since 2005…
You, sir, get the coveted “dumbass of the day” award.
Glad to hear it!
Hooray.
In other news, there will be a presidential election in 2012. You heard it here first!
In other news,we will discuss on December 22
UGH….I can’t take it anymore *passes out in a coma, hopefully waking up on October 25th……while I am still writing on a laptop during a coma….*
Amazing news FUCK YEA DICE
Winner: Dark Sould
Souls*
Souls
shut up
what the hell are you talking about WTF?
dark souls wins for being a linearish but open RPG
battlefield wins for being a blow shit up badass shooter
Play Game ->
Loading ->
Please Download and Install Better Textures ->
Downloading->
Installing ->
Console Turns Off ->
Turns Console Back On ->
Play Game ->
Please Download And Install Patch ->
Downloading ->
Installing ->
Console Turns Off ->
Turns Console Back On ->
Play Game!
And the probable 1hr wait will be well worth it!
Never said it wouldn’t be worth it, in fact I’d rather they do a day one
Patch instead of a month later. I was just joking about how long it will take to start up the first time. And I forgot, the ps3 only has to restart after firmware updates; my bad.
Your console has some weird issues if it turns off after every install.
Better than no patch I guess.
I had thought this was how they would fix the problems with the game anyway but glad to hear it will likely have an update onto of other fixes on day 1-2, great job DICE!!!
im sorry, u started slurring your words and i have no idea what you were trying to say.
iFind myself not understanding ppl on here either. Punctuation people! lol
Holy fuck man, I apologize, I was tired when I wrote that lmao
I’m gonna be honest, I couldn’t read what I wrote when I re-read that
Wow, battlefield 3 has over a THOUSAND pre orders in our little Texas town. I didn’t realize so many people around me want to play it…
where are u in Texas? near Beaumont?
I’m in Houston and going to a BF3 release party in Austin the weekend of the 28th. Awwww yeah!
Little Texas town with 1000 preorders, not bad. Where you from man? Waco here.
great, but don’t make those patches huge like they where in bfbc2. :/
took me forever to download it.
Better overall less Patches, but more downtime, than more Patches, less downtime. Once whatever Bugs are left are squashed with first-second Patches, all we’ll probably get after is Content/New Content Patch Fixes.
So people would rather have several small Patches than get all the Patching downtime over with with one or two big ones.
Ok…..
Well that’s cool, but after every one of my plans to get it at 12 o’clock, i can’t now. I ended up pre-ordering the limited edition from gamestop but it also includes some 100 dollar vault for my ps3, it looks cool and you get it like 50 dollars off so i might be able to sell it for 100 bucks on ebay. But yeah since this thing doesn’t have a in store pick up i won’t be able to play it on day 1 which is a major bummer, but what ever.
Why does everyone think that every crappy item that comes with a game will make them a fortune on ebay?
You won’t even make back cost
Well, I never thought i would make a fortune, but getting 80 dollars back on it would be nice, any way that is called a 20 dollar profit buddy, i already planned on buying the game anyway so, 20 dollar profit is nice.
We <3 you DICE no homo.
*All kinds of homo…. Or is that just me? O.o
who would take that as a homo comment?
Apparently you’re not intune with your sexuality if you felt the need to say no homo… Then you put the <3 style heart? lol
anyways, Keep it up DICE!!!
No Homo is a great song
does anyone here actually realise that saying no homo after saying something that could have been interpreted as such is a giant internet meme thats existed since like the internet began? I obviously wasnt serious.
or was I…
I<3 you dice no homo now I need to pre-order
May I ask why in almost every fansite, blog and the like they use the BATTLEFIELD 3 logo with a red 3? I can’t find any official logo from EA or DICE this way (please post such if I am mistaken)
Its because the Battlefield 2 logo had a red 2
I remember the red 2 but I find it kind of…awkward
I can’t F***IN WAIT!
… That is all
So this will fix the problem with the detonation of C4 freezing the game? A couple of friends had the same problem.
PC patching should be ok along as it’s made available to ISPs or Origin. I hated steam patching as it tools days.
Never saw this coming.
/s
Hah, I can already hear the people who dont keep up with BF3 news and will start complaining having to download a patch on launch day….
I would rather install a patch than play a broken game.
*COUGH* Rage *COUGH* Dead Island *COUGH* Blops on release.
I’d rather play an already fixed game instead of installing a patch…
(troll face)
yeah the c4 freeze has been patched, its on that list of fixed bugs on this site somewhere.
no they didnt, played second to last day of beta, and my game froze, trying to see what i chould blow up like all the cars,any way fear not day one patches are great to hear. LONG LIVE BF3!!!!!
you are an idiot.. he didn’t mean that it was patched in the beta..
They already said the beta was a 2 month old build.. That issue has been fixed since the time that the beta build was finished. It will be fine in the full game release clown
that’s because beta never had any updates except for battlelog
They also could have done the Beta a month earlier, then they wouldn’t have to patch at all!
actually o they couldn’t. the beta had to be tested and authorized for release before they could put it up for download. and that took about a month for consoles.
Does the patch replace Battlebook with a proper main menu.
Ask nvidia to make real driver and SLI support ! 80 fps drops to 15fps sometimes on caspian border :s
Like others said I also agree. “I would rather have a patch then play a broken game”. So who is pumped for 3p1c 1337 graphics, 64 players, and destruction 2.0? I AM BISHES!
*Destruction 3.0