BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
On December 6th, 2011 in Gallery
The first Battlefield 3 expansion, Back To Karkand, has been released on the PlayStation 3, and some members of the GameStop Power-Up service have received a mini strategy guide for Back To Karkand, which includes map overviews of all four maps, and for all versions of the maps.
It looks like Strike At Karkand will be more limited than in Battlefield 2, and will only have 5 capture points in its largest version. Wake Island will have 5 flags as well, while Sharqi Peninsula and Gulf of Oman on the other hand, will support 7 flags in 64 player mode. Full map overviews below.
So by looking at this map overview, this means that consoles will get 3 out of those 4 maps with 5 flags right? looks like the only map we’ll get with 4 flags is gulf of oman, this correct??????
they should make a map on a sky scraper and introduce a spec ops class with all ninja shit like rappelling tear gas and the likes
Good idea. A map that goes vertical between a couple of skyscrapers would be fun.
Let’s hope mikey….let’s hope.
well……. not as bad as i thought itd be :/
I wanted 7 caps point for Karkand. Not saying they ruined it. But why did they have to fuck with it.
Agreed! I mean you still see that little island on the map, still you can’t access it?
I wonder whether they actually remade that little island in BF3, but I assume they did. So it would be a waste of not opening it up!
Let’s all remember that this is the PS3 version of maps! PS3 cannot do 64 players. Strike at Karkand WILL include across the river play. I repeat, WILL include 7 points and all the bridge battle 64 player glory that comes with it!
im so glad i can play this now
SWEET!!!! Can’t wait to play!
the strike at karkand trailer showed 7 flags on pc,no need to worry.Whats interesting though is that bf 2s karkand had 8 flags,why did they cut it?
Because the last flag on karkand sucked. It was wide open and no cover and barely anyone ever went back there.
Matt = truth
:-/ i went there tons with my squadies purely because the defending team tended to forget about it, there was nothing wrong with its placement it served its purpose loads of times.
Couldn’t agree more Mike. The last flag absolutely served it’s purpose. Anyone who says anything otherwise, doesn’t have a clue.There’s a reason why Karkand is one of the most popular maps in Battlefield.
To be perfectly honest, none of the new maps in BF3 hold a candle to any of the maps found in BF1942 or BF2. They are poorly designed maps with horrid flag placements, and it’s all done in order to satisfy the CoD crowd.
At this point, I’m just hoping they don’t screw up the B2K maps. Simply put, they work and they need nothing else other than a fresh coat of paint. That’s it.
What the guy above said.
More importantly – It seems some of these Maps are mis-labeled, so where you see 5 its probably just 32-Players, with the obvious exception of Wake Island which is always 5.
This is NOT legit screens of the maps. Strike at Karkand 64p version is with SEVEN flags. I’ve seen GAMEPLAY of Strike at Karkand over the bridge.
Please, BF3Blog, don’t post unofficial shit that confuses people.
On PC it’s 5 flags for Wake (as originally) and 7 for Sharqi, Karkand and Oman.
I bet they used the wrong picture for Karkand 64.
Even the 32 is missing gatehouse, 64 is missing factory, warehouse and the other one that I forgot the name for because I stayed away from it due to grenade spamming.
So, there are 2 identical images for Karkand… was the 64 not uploaded?
Fake. Honestly why have this been posted? DICE themselves have stated (and this site quoted) that ONE flag has been removed from Karkand and another one was added to.. Oman I believe. Anyway we’ve also seen gameplay with 7 flags in both Karkand and Sharqi so please do tell me why we should take these images at legit. Unless they only show the console version of the maps.
.. which would be fake aswell, because the consoles won’t feature more than 5 flags, as it was stated by DICE.
I’d say that we just wait ’til there are some official pics released by DICE.
huh? i can see clearly 7 flags on some of those images :s not all of them are going to display all 7 flags there are smaller flag conquests ya know! anyhow i downloaded on ps3 and we have standard still with the exception of oman with 5 flags i can see why everyone wants 5 flags on ps3 its rubbish with only 24 players! dice need to bump this limit to 32-34 at least and dont tell me they cant i heard it all before of course they can they are pure lazy even dice have tested and said they ran 100+ player online on ps3 for tests. :/
Seriously… even if they are allowed to limit it to 32(they are not lazy, they are not allowed to), it will kill the framerate in a lot of situations. Believe it or not, but the consoles are getting old and this game has high requirements.
And I want a link to prove your statement that they’ve done 100+player tests.
Now that would be a FUCKIN game 100 v 100 crazy as hell just like a real war well almost but still u get my point.
Yeah, they’re totally just being lazy, its got nothing to do with the fact that the Game can’t even run at 720p on Consoles. Get real.
Oh man, if only they put these maps in the game and not that blue transparent stuff.
Should not Sharqui Peninsula be night?
Been playing for last couple of hours the maps are great so much better than most of the other bf3 maps. the destruction is much improved the assignments are fun, my only complaint is its a bit of a tankfest on every map. other than that am well happy
Dude, how the fuck do you get B2K?! Me and my friends have been navigating on the store and playstation store for minutes looking for it, it doesnt show up and it doesnt ask for my code/online pass. D:
you can get it from “store” in the menus in bf3
Doesn’t show up.
Wait, can you explain me how the destruction is improved?
This is ONLY PS3, you should clarify in your post Toshiro, some might get confused.
PC will have 7 flags – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjTmieRMKjo
Dear BF3Blog,
Two thumbs up for this post. I prize these layout views of the maps. You guys posted a fantastic layout view of caspian border a while back – can you post these for all the maps in a single shot? The dark background with highlighted flags is ideal.
I doubt the console fanboys are doing much of this but I’m sure a good handful of PC players would agree with me and my squadmates that they are perfect for drawing up battle plans for AA’s, SOFLAM placement, sniper drops and so forth.
You and your “squadmates” are sitting around “drawing up battle plans for AA’s, SOFLAM’s, sniper drops” with the map sheets. LOL Now THIS I gotta see.
Seriously, funniest shit I’ve read all day. +10 internets to you sir.
Agreed, please post a video!
Are there people really that sad? I sit down, play the game, get up.. that’s it. I would never waste time meeting up with “squaddies” and drawing out battle plans for a GAME lmfao.
Play the game, switch it off, go upstairs at 3am, wake up the Mrs, play time game, go to sleep
That’s how the plan goes, and it works fine
These overviews suck… They appear to be CQ Assault, not straight CQ. Just confusing people more.
All of you stop fucking complaining. You don’t get the same gameplay as in BF. So STFU!
Does anyone know how we are to get the strategy guide for Back to Karkand? How do we get our hands on it?
So first dice and Ea had major problems with thier servers on launch day of BF3 for weeks and weeks of constant disconnections and failed to connect issues, now with back to karkand on PS3, i cant even log onto 1 server, it boots me of every single one, it wont even accept my online code pass, such B.S!!!! Dice is never prepared for nothing when it comes to launching stuff, BF2 days hardly use to ever be like this, get ready for another 20 hour maintenance, thanks dice!!!!!!!!!!
So first dice and Ea had major problems with thier servers on launch day of BF3 for weeks and weeks of constant disconnections and failed to connect issues, now with back to karkand on PS3, i cant even log onto 1 server, it boots me of every single one, it wont even accept my online code pass, such B.S!!!! Dice is never prepared for nothing when it comes to launching stuff, BF2 days hardly use to ever be like this, get ready for another 20 hour maintenance, thanks dice!!!!!!!!!!
@mikey, ya your right, nothing ever works on day 1 launches, its EA wat u expect? the worst company ever with online server problems!!!!!!
I’m a ps3 owner I bought battlefield 3 limit edition but for whatever reason back to Karkand expansion pack doesn’t show up in the psn store does anybody have any idea of what going on? :/
Yea, according to the official battlefield link on facebook, they announced that it wont be out till between 2-6 pacific time, sux!!!!
B2K doesn’t come to North America until this afternoon 2-6 PST
we have to wait for the psn store to update (U.S.) Then will be able to play!!!!
@BLOODY GHILLIE just go to the store in the game itself select purchase and it will download i never used the ps store it may ask for a code if it does its the same as your online pass which came in the box. good luck mate
Damn, people are retarded. Karkand 64p will come with 7 flags. This overview was just a typo.
I played BTK for like 2 hours today (PS3) Sometimes I played sharqi and oman with 5 flags on console and some games with only 3 flags per map. Anyone? The destruction is awesome and have inproved alot. The maps are much more detailed in my opinion. You can enter almost ervery building, especially in Karkand! I love the buggy and the new aircraft tho. cya on the battlefield
Agreed; much more detail, all looks very good… Wake Island felt kind of empty with only 3 flag points though.
@robinhoo. so ur saying that we get 5 flags on all B2K maps depending on which map size u choose, small or large?? so far i saw wake island only with 3 flags which is BS, cause wake island always had 5 flags!! did u find any servers with wake having 5 flags?????
From what i’ve played, Gulf of Oman; Karkand and Sharqi all have two map sizes on console:) Wake only has the one, with three flags I’m pretty sure
Guys calm down, the expansion got released for PS3. These screens are for the PS3 version that are in a mini guide sent out to all PS3 game owners. This is not the plan for the PC version; and yes Karkand will be the whole map just as before.
im currently downloading 3.9 gb file from ORIGIN related to battlefield 3 …
its now 10 pm December 6 …in portugal !
what is it ? KARKAND ?
no
Yes this update is including a big Patch and the files for BtK! But you won’t be able to play until they officially release it