Worth it for the right player.
On sale at $3.99, but it has been as low as $1.99.
- Story and characters: 146 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 77 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Servers and matchmaking: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Cheating: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 19k player reviews · updated 2 days ago
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The single-player campaign in Battlefield 3 is also worthy of a special compliment, with a very good plot, musical accompaniment.
I've heard the multiplayer is outstanding, and with it being a Battlefield game, I would expect nothing less.
As for the graphics, it is kinda unbelievable seeing this beautiful game was released in 2011 running at stupidly high framerates, while today we have to rely on DLSS and FrameGen to even get 60fps on some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cell-shaded game.
But I was surprised it showed some gameplay on russians side, even though I wanted it to be more fleshed out.
This is the best FPS with tactical simulator elements (arcade war simulator) of its kind.
The sound design is great and the guns do feel realistic, however the hit detection is sometimes spotty and enemies often get back up after eating 4 shots from a rifle.
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Currently $3.99 (−90%). The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.
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