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DICE is showing off Battlefield 3 at GDC, and I hear it's gearing up to be pretty [embargoed]. They're sharing the love for us non-attendees too, thankfully -- take a look at this first "Fault Line" video installment.

Seem sort of familiar? Snippets of this footage were used for the recent teaser trailer. The first half is spent essentially asking "Guys, how awesome do I look?" just so that we can geek out over the eye candy, if we so desire. Nothing wrong with that, this early on in the marketing cycle. (More substance next time, please?)

If the multiplayer is even close to comparable in terms of visuals, we're going to have some riled up Battlefield fans on our hands. Even more so than usual.

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Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:06
Monodi
It might be because I am sleepy, but... I am not impressed. I didn't feel like I was watching anything fresh or really impacting at all.

The last seconds were interesting, but everything else... man...
~JnRx Teh Jokester~'s Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:09
~JnRx Teh Jokester~
@Monodi I agree :~/
RagingStormX's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:16
RagingStormX
Wow... and here I was guessing the opposite since I am sleepy also. If that is console footage, that might just be the best looking shooter ever. Seriously, from the two trailers I've seen of this game so far, they look amazing. Chances are those vids are from the PC version, running on ubber hardware. I will be keeping a close eye on this.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:21
Monodi
I'll watch it again tomorrow I guess. Being tired destroys my set of mind easily.
Charl3z523's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:27
Charl3z523
Hmm, that video was very interesting. Seems like the beginning of that mission was made to kind be more realistic with today's war. Not just constant traveling and non-stop shooting.
dci260's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:29
dci260
Call of Duty just got a bounty placed on its head...
McDoug8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:29
McDoug8
Raging~
It's PC footage.
You can see the WSAD in the bottom left once the firefight starts.

Maybe it's because I'm not sleepy, or my standards for FPS are generally nonexistent, but I'm pretty excited.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:30
Monodi
Seems like I just started a meme.
wutang4ever's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:35
wutang4ever
I think that takes KZ3 in the graphics department for console FPS. Of course there are good odds that the trailer is from the PC build but man, lets see how violent this game is if they're going for the "realistic" route in art design
Hohojirozame's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 02:58
Hohojirozame
gotta love the sound effects every time they say *truck horn*. I'll wait for the multiplayer vids to make a legit decision about the game, graphics look good. It'd be nice to have some "realistic" tactical combat instead of an all out firefight every second for a change, but we'll see...
RagingStormX's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 03:00
RagingStormX
I love Killzone, but so far on the PS3 I haven't seen any shooter look better than MGS4. Killzone in native 720p < MGS4 in 1080p. I wonder how this game will look on consoles.
Sean Daisy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 03:24
Sean Daisy
I liked the kind of atmosphere they're going for - if they continue with the kind of slow build up, high impact, grittier edge of warfare portrayl in a kind of "Hurt Locker" style, rather than the usual pulp hero one man killing machine stuff we're used to, then we could have something interesting here.
Bobthecatlol's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 03:50
Bobthecatlol
So what's this on Ultra High? I'm interested to see what the specs are as for graphics like that I don't think most people will get anything like that quality and especially not on console.
Wrenchfarm's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 04:05
Wrenchfarm
Wow, those graphics are flat out impressive. That said, the gameplay is looking very CoD, run of the mill, scripted occurance type of stuff that we have seen many many times now. I would like to see them break out of that mould. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see too much use of the Destruction 2.0 (?) engine that made BF:BC2 so awesome.

Whatever, show me the multiplayer! If it can be as hype as BF:BC2 with those graphics, they have my money.
Scaraba's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 04:09
Scaraba
All of the Light Effects have sold me. This game looks gorgeous, and probably plays just as. So, sold I am. I am upgrading my PC for this.

And yes, there is no way its gonna look this good on the ps3/360. That's just a sign of the times.
sofik88's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 04:10
sofik88
holy crap i wish i had 2k$ PC. also if this is poart of actual campaign, i'm so getting it - i love this more realistic approach of this game.
Malfegor's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 04:16
Malfegor
Cant say i give a shit about the singleplayer campaign, but the graphics certainly are pretty.
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 05:19
Rammstein
As soon as I saw this video: "Fuck. I've got to get a new PC." As much as I hate the elitist asshole PC people, I just don't know that I can fully enjoy this game on 360/PS3. That could be because I have such fond memories of playing the shit out of the PC-exclusive BF2, or maybe because I am still in mid-orgasmic hype over what I have just seen.

Also, lol @ the "CoD" comparisons. BattleField 2 was Modern Warfare YEARS before modern warfare even existed. I always scoff at the idiotic console-only-kiddies who make these baseless comparisons. You wouldn't have military-themed shooters in the first place if not for games like BF2.

BF3 HYPE GET!
Epic-Kx's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 06:22
Epic-Kx
@Rammstein
Not as Good as Timesplitters :L

Also, HYPE.
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 06:27
Rammstein
@Epic-Kx: You are comparing apples to oranges, friend.
Bertje's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 06:41
Bertje
"i'm fucked up, but i'm up" made me chuckle
Alexander Farber's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 06:53
Alexander Farber
I play both CoD and BFBC on Xbox360 and PS3

And I'm not impressed by this video.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 07:12
fetusmilk
wow. id have to say thats the first time ive seen an fps that made me feel like i was actually watching a war.
geezyj's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 07:36
geezyj
damn nice
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 08:15
runtheplacered
Well, I think it's safe to say that Monodi and ~JnRx Teh Jokester~ have no idea what they're talking about. Sleepy or not, I don't even get what difference that would make. If you're looking at awesome footage you should be aware of that, regardless! Oh well, I don't care.. there always has to be jaded (reaD: senses dulled) gamers at the top of the comments section. It's some sort of unnamed law of nature.

Anyway, this game has me so ready for fall 2011.
Fenrir151's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 08:54
Fenrir151
this looks good. never played a battlefield game before but it looks like i might have to buck that trend with this release.
MIKEnJELLO's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 10:04
MIKEnJELLO
this is still frostbite 2 engine, its not a "i need to build a monster rig" game. it is probably more optimized for dx11 than bcbf2 was. so i suggest go sli/crossfire and you should be fine
Mr Kind's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 10:16
Mr Kind
I am excite!
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 10:34
mix
I want to see what it looks like on PS3 as that will SERSIOULY impact my purchase and my purchase includes a fucking expensive PC and a game, or just a game.....

This, to me, looks amazing.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 10:42
Mr Andy Dixon
My brother-in-law just walked by and asked me what movie I was watching.

I agree with runtheplacered; you people are fucking nuts.
themizarkshow's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 13:04
themizarkshow
That looks amazing. If it plays as well as BF:BC2 then I'm buying it for sure.
Wintersocks's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 15:15
Wintersocks
Please, Destructoid, stop using your video player and switch to youtube or Vimeo.
AfroWalrus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 15:42
AfroWalrus
"Team gone missing..."
"Possible chemical weapon..."
"You're the only resource we have to send..."
"Meat market..."

...Battlefield: Resident Evil??
NotoriousBIG420's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 16:11
NotoriousBIG420
hail to the king baby...
ObjectiveBelow's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 17:54
ObjectiveBelow
I hope the hud is this simple in Multi-Player, No "YOU KILLED AN ENEMY, YAY! +10" bullshit. I was ok with it in COD4, but now it's getting ridiculous.
d3v's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 21:11
d3v
Needs less COD ripoff, and more multiplay pls.
SynthJunkie's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/02/2011 21:59
SynthJunkie
@MikenJello, Frostbite 2.0 has never been used in a Battlefield game until now.
Pityflame's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2011 01:01
Pityflame
oh look


a shitty game
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2011 02:09
TheToiletDuck
Well, this game is going to stress the fuck out of me
adacprocan75's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/14/2011 17:24
adacprocan75
circumstance of my once looking at him very fixedly; for the slight buy prandin
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