BF3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Origin, EA online game distribution service is offering a big incentive for gamers to preorder Mass Effect 3. Anyone who preorder ME3 through Origin will get a bonus copy of Battlefield 3.
According to the Origin website, the offer expires 5th March, 2012 and is applicable to people who do not have a digital copy of BF3 (Meaning the free BF3 copy is the PC version). Customers will be emailed the code by 8th March, 2012. The offer is only valid for US and Canada.
As you can see from the screenshot above, it seems the ME3 pre-order bonus applies regardless whether you are ordering the PC or console version. This isn’t the first time Origin is having this type of promotion.
Still, we think it is still a pretty good deal considering BF3 has only been on the market for a couple of months.
Source : Origin
i would do that
0 is the price this game is worth IMO
what happened to the screenshot of the day
Can you preorder, then wait for BF3 code, then cancel preorder?
no because the article said they will email the bf3 code by march 8th by that time me3 would have came out already so you have to buy the game regardless
EA YOUR GAY. you dont deserve DICE,,, YOU TURNED BATTLEFIELD 3 INTO hackersfield 3.. YOU BRAINS+WASHED DICE to forget about US… DICE common mate! ….
WE PAY FOR YOUR GAME….. comon! forget about EA….
EA IS JUST A money nuts. they dont need customers.. ea cares about money.. like in mister crabs in spongenob.
if the game is still exploited, i will fade like an angel.
More like “Buy battlefield 3 and recieve it with Mass Effect 3 on release” That’d get people to buy it
I live in ASIA (India)
i already own BATTLEFIELD 3 for ps3
if i pre-order Mass Effect 3 for ps3 TODAY
will i get BATTLEFIELD 3 FOR FREE? ??
(will that be online download content or a DVD ) ?
UM WUT
Digital copy = Download through Origin only.
Think its US/NA Exclusive, I’m outside North America, can’t even see the offer on Origin.
Also, its been several Months since Battlefield 3 Launched, that’s far more than a couple. Couple would have been back in December, now its more like, 4-ish.
I think its frigging sad.
They release BF3 and it has its fair share of problems, but those problems only became bigger and bigger and with the h@ckers it became EVEN BIGGER.
Nothing has been done and that ‘anti cheat’ job that they posted on the net is pure bullcrap. There are several people in my community that has sent their resume but absolutely nothing has been done with them. Not even a courtesy e-mail or not even an auto e-mail with a confirmation or whatever. Nothing.
A crapload of people have stopped playing battlefield 3 and all of that because of the hackers mainly.
The bugs are there but they are nothing too serious.
And now they give away a broken ass game for free.
People on the ea forums who wanted to purchase bf3 got replies that they shouldn’t.
I also think its sad for the people who already purchased bf3, they played a little, had to deal with ALL of the crap in the game so far (bugs/hackers) and gave most of the feedback to ea/dice and now they give it away for free….
Anyway here’s my two cents.
screw dice imo
I hope you feel a little better after rolling your face across a keyboard like that and no idea why they wouldn’t have (or should I say HAS) sent you an email thanking you profusely for spamming your resume. No idea.
The game is broken, deal with it. Bugs, glitches, hackers, exploiters, and, most recently; Punkbuster kicks.
You sure are slaying the truth today, TruthSlayer…..
Well, that’s what happens when you give people the anticipation to the possibility of mod tools and then saying. No
I bet you there would be alot less hackers if we were given mod tools.
Doubt Mod Tools would have made a big difference. We’d have had the ability to have Player-Hosted Servers yeah, we could be playing Custom-Made Maps by now, yeah, we could have had Community Patches to fix most of the Issues a long time ago (like Commo Rose… >.>) but Hacking? Nope. That’s all Client-Side, not Server-side. Mod Tools only work for Client-Side stuff, just like Hacking Tools.
Why “screw dice”? EA is the one giving the free BF3 w/ ME3 pre-order deal.
the game is such a piss poor excuse that they have to use such tactics to prolong it’s lifespan
talking about BF3
And your name is Screw Life
This offer almost makes me want to buy the game….. almost
So once word on the street gets out that the game (BF3) is crap they now they have to bundle it with other titles to get people to “buy” it.
what a joke, bf3 is such a let down compared to previous titles. Just goes to show that a little lipstick and polish isn’t what makes a title; its the actual game mechanics and features… go figure dice. I personally blame Lars Gustavsson and his team for ruining the battlefield franchise for me.
Wow. Seems like EA know BF3 is crap, so now they have to bundle it with ME3? On top of that, I’m pretty sure ME3 will also require Origin to be installed in order to play.
It’s sad that it has come to this, bundling this crapware BF3 to get people to play it. The guys at EA should die a slow, extremely painful death.
I’m still certain this game isn’t as much of a letdown as you all complain that it is. Battlefield isn’t perfect, but I still love it. I love the good things about it and do not get lost in the minor bugs. I play on console so it doesn’t look beautiful, but I feel there are maybe less problems to deal with. I’m usually enraptured in the gameplay and I play with friends which ups the experience too. I mean seriously, are all the comments on this bf3blog site going to be anti-bf3? I find it too pathetic that you all have to blame EA or give DICE the middle finger. These guys designed one hell of a game, that works well with teamwork. THERE ARE NO OTHER SHOOTERS LIKE IT. EA isn’t the best for customer service, but they havent had failing servers or hidden fees that we know of. Really what I think everyone needs to do is find a friend and just play the game and enjoy what it is and how far it’s come from bf2.
minor bugs??? seriously dude take off the blinders. nonetheless, put all the bugs aside and look at the game strictly judging the game mechanics and feature set compared to previous games in the series (And No, NOT BC!!!) you said it all when you told us you play on the console. I’m not hating and will prob sound like a PC fanboi here, but there was something very very special with BF2 was lost with BF3… I much like many gamers have gone back to BF2 just out of pure frustration. I made the mistake of preordering bf3 but believe me, that will be the LAST time I ever preorder any BF game from now on… I can’t trust DICE like I’d used to…
Here’s the plain and simple truth. Ignoring graphics and sound, if BF2 were released tomorrow, everyone would think it was a SEQUAL to BF3. It has so many more features and was much more finely tuned and balanced with far less glitches.
BF3 was a step backwards. Plain and simple.
*sequel
I have bf2 for the pc, so In all respect I’m not just praising consoles. However, when I play on the 360 all of the things I’ve heard people complain about don’t appear at all to me. I believe the issues are mostly of oriented and I feel bad for you all, and wish that you could enjoy the game as I do. For those of you who whine on consoles; I do not understand. There are few bugs like character motion defects and strange vehicle behavior, but for the most part it’s problem free. To add to my point the game came out late October and there is still plenty of time for issues to be fixed. My primary focus is just playing the game, and glorifying it, not as a sequel but as DICE FPS. For everyone that plays on the 360 feel free to hit me up my gamertag is my posting tag, and my stats are all up on bf3stats.com if you question how seriously i like this game.
A lot of people are comparing it to previous Battlefield titles, and comparing them to older titles…BF3 lacks quite a bit. The players have every reason to be frustrated.
Battlefield 3 during development was always portrayed as being the TRUE Battlefield 2 sequel, but when this long anticipated game was released, players found out that it was far from a true BF2 sequel. The game that was once glorified for its team work, game depth, and uniqueness was stripped of the the very things that makes it Battlefield (6 player squads, commander mode, team-work, etc) turned into a run and gun lone wolf kill-death ratio fest, just like a lot of today’s first person shooters. Personally, I feel lied to. Battlefield 3 was said to be the true sequel to BF2, which turned out to be complete crap. So, I’ll call Battlefield 3 a true BF2 sequel when they bring back teamwork, commanders and 6 player squads, and when they stop trying to make a CoD Cross over so they can become the “CoD killer”.
Don’t get me wrong though; I do have fun on Battlefield 3. I personally think it’s a decent game. But my point is that DICE should keep what makes Battlefield such a great game. In Battlefield 3, they took out major mechanics that defined the Battlefield experience we were all looking forward to, which is a slap in the face to all of its players.
I think you’ll find most game sequels like anything else never come out to be a true rewritten original. I feel DICE put in features to boost teamwork and took some out as well. I think it is just the players that have really changed, it’s been year since BF2 and hate to admit it but Call of Duty and other titles sped up our games, taught us to sit in corners and be afraid, or go beserk and ditch the team. I use the shit out of teamwork in BF3, fixing friendly vehicles, reviving, supressing, spotting, laser designating, useful spawn beacons, and even waitin those extra seconds at the beginning so I can get everyone in my Humvee to capture the first objective. Honestly, I know a lot has changed from the original as far as mechanics and familiar tactics, but there is a lot to be done with this game and once you stop judging it as a sequel, I find it a much better title.
BF2 forced the player to use teamwork, otherwise you won’t have much fun.
BF3 let’s you choose if you want to be a lonewolf or a teamplayer, sad but true the current generation is a bunch of spoiled teens who only care about stats and play as lonewolfs.
I’d rather have a game which rewards teamplay and more or less forces the player to use teamwork instead of a CoD like game with teamplay elements which aren’t as rewarding as doing it all by yourself.
With the lack of squad voip! Screw battlecom, and no I shouldn’t have to download some 3rd party freebie for DICE’s laziness of a quality one!
BF3 is a good game, just not a good Battlefield game. Its still fun nonetheless.
So………why the hell are you people on this blog AND commenting if you think BF3 is a crap game??? Your lives are THAT pathetic??
Several reasons.
1) News on the alleged DLC.
2) To see what (if any) improvements will be made to BF3.
3) People like you make me LOL.
4) BF3′s gameplay is ‘crap’ compared to previous BF games, which is what they should be trying to improve on, not dismiss.
Somewhat for the similar reason people slow down to oogle a car wreak, “fascination of the abomination”
But mostly because this game has so much potential to be great, it just missed the mark on many many levels it’s a bit sad to long time gamers of the franchise. it obviously wasn’t ready when they shipped it but DICE must have been hog-tied by the suits at EA to make sure it was out before MW3. That or they were smoking some seriously dank in Sweden throughout the development. I’d like to think that DICE hasn’t lost their Mojo just yet…
But honestly I think BF3 is a lost cause. It would be great if they could fix it but we’re talking about core issues with this game.. Reality is that I will just have to wait and hope they go back to BF’s true roots for BF4.
BF3 should have been released about 2 years after BC2, in other words, Q1 2012 Timeframe, not Q4 2011. It got shoved in the Fall Season with a bunch of other AAA Titles after a Horrible Beta which spooked off a bunch of people, and shortly after the entire Origin Spyware Scandal.
Instead, EA did the retard thing and figured “Oh yeah, let’s push it out 2 weeks ahead of MW3. We’ll steal a bunch of their sales!” /Facepalm. Tbh Game is dead right now. DICE should just bring out the next Patch already and start Launching DLC, not to mention start cracking down on Hackers hard, otherwise they’re screwed.
I’ve burned through BF2 last few weeks and now I’ve got nothing to play. Can’t do Crysis 2 since its basically Call of Duty: Crysis, can’t do CoD since it sucks ever since Post-CoD 4, can’t do BC2 since I’ve burned that one out. Guess Global Offensive Beta it is. Least Valve won’t let us down.
Its only Us -Canada I already got BF3,its not fun anymore. I will just play me3 demo til it is not avaible anymore
More proof that this game is dead.
DICE should read this blog. Every comment on every article is about how crap BF3 turned out to be, yet on their facebook page they won’t shut up about how much everyone loves it.
I wish dice could make a “Fallujah” or “Iraq” type of looking map i mean atleast 1
They giving bf3 for free because it is a broken game…greedy bastards selled 10+ mil.copy of the game so they don’t give a shit for those hacking problems with game…that is because jews own usa…
Sorry but why is it because of the jews? 0_0
Disliked it just for the last sentence…
It’s sad how current humanity is ignorant, racist and not peaceful… I wish, humanity still has a chance to get good again…
Cant believe that somebody liked his comment (Vidoviti Milan’s)…..
It’s that same racist that they kicked twice, I think his last one was charlie scheen.
You remind me of Herbert Moon from RDR lol. Blaming it on the jews, homosexuals, blacks, everything! (You’re just blaming on jews) They have got nothing to do with this!
You know im an Israeli, im used to those kinds of insults.
But WTF blaming the Jews for the acts of EA?!
thats new lol.
I’m going to pirate ME3 so bad.
“This looks cool” *US and Canada only* “Oh for fucks sake, theres more than 2 countries in this damn world”
I really love bf3 no matter what you say..
Too many CoD assholes have moved to the damn game, there killing the game by exploitations and CoD tactics. Conquest and Rush is no longer about Cap’n flags and armin M-coms, its all about Team Death match. So basically it’s a CoD players paradise. EA has targeted its game at the CoD audience too much!! Remember when the game was released and all the players were using the kits the way it should be used and all the teammates were happy when they won a game fair n square? Well now its CoD asses on the top of the leader boards camping with a USAS-12 and spamming people with the SMAW, not listening to teammates, and not handing out ammo/health packs. I can’t wait for the next Cod so they can GTFO!!!!
They need to implement Bonuses that provide much higher Points than anything else, specifically, Bonuses that reward you when someone picks up your MedKit (and actually needs it) or Ammo Kit, and you Repair a Vehicle (depending on % repair needed) etc. etc. etc. Bonuses that convince you its better to play your Class rather than just go Shoot-Em-Up all the time.
Its a Band-Aid Fix, but it would really be a start. They also need to stop wasting time dealing with the FAMAS or whatever else a bunch of Buttfucking Noobs want Nerfed and sort out the USAS. Like, Now. Not next Month, not next Patch, Now. Yesterday. LAST-FUCKING-YEAR.
They need to make all the weapons available to all the kits, and the kit selection is purely for the gadgets you get. Fuckwits always just pick their class based on the gun they want to use and not te role they want to fill. I play recon 2/3 of the time but it’s not because I want to stand in the back with an m98b point click adventure. I pick recon because I find the t-ugs and spawn beacon invaluable for my team, and run around with the AS VAL so I can be effective at close range, which is the only range the t-ugs and spawn beacon have any real benefit.
All the fuckibg medic just pick medic cause HURR it’s the class with the assault rifle. Or recon cause DURR it’s the the class with the sniper rifle. So every game there medic who stand on their teammates corpses and fire fruitlessly at enemy lines, or multiple recons but only 0-1 t-ugs and if they web bother to plop down a spawn beacon it’s way in the back.
more copies outside – more money will be spent on (broken) DLC’s… fuc*ing hillarious
No more games from EA!!!
WHY ONLY USA?!
So sad, first of all they force us to use a game manager program called origin, which is in beta stage afaik. Then they totally mess up the franchise, makes the worst and messiest serverbrowser/social “hub” (It is even alone so ridicilous that i can’t even start to understand why in the hell they use precious resources to do that). And on top of all, these kinda deals are only offered in North-”God bless America, and only”America. Those Swedish game developers sure know how to piss ppl off.
lol we want dlc not free copy of bf3 -.-
We wanted the equipable Knife and grenade. Wanted also, the faction-based weapons.
What DICE did to keep us partly satisfacted:
You can equip the grenade, but no one does this. You don’t need to equip the grenade to throw them. Same whit the knife: you just press F
for the Kill, like COD.
The ‘faction-based weapons’ are only the first, and after all, you will unlock them for the other team.
DICE, stop trolling us.
DICE, you can take your broken Battlefield 3 and stick it where the sun don’t shine!
so we’ll all wait and be stay calm, maybe this DLC will give us a change for the better.bout some all u.s. cities maps…wait, where the hell is that dlc, a week ago????