Infantry only modes in BF3 any good?

^Title

I am considering picking up either BF3 or MW3 and this will likely be the decisive factor. I HATE vehicle combat in shooters, be it Crysis Wars, BF series or any number of other games. So does BF3 have decent Infantry only modes without vehicles or are the popular ones always going to be vehicle heavy? I know MW3 is mainly infantry only.

They were good in BF2. There is also now a team death match with no vehicles.

Battlefield is all about large scale vehilce warfare but I have to admit...I will miss the infantry action of Arica Harbor Conquest on BC2.

^Title

I am considering picking up either BF3 or MW3 and this will likely be the decisive factor. I HATE vehicle combat in shooters, be it Crysis Wars, BF series or any number of other games. So does BF3 have decent Infantry only modes without vehicles or are the popular ones always going to be vehicle heavy? I know MW3 is mainly infantry only.

SerOlmy

Yeah that's what I figured. Plus the whole Origin nonsense I'l probably just get MW3. TF2 is getting stale after so many years, I need another multiplayer game to play.SerOlmy

How will BF3 be any different if I don't like vehicle combat?SerOlmy

How will BF3 be any different if I don't like vehicle combat?SerOlmy

[QUOTE="SerOlmy"]How will BF3 be any different if I don't like vehicle combat?yellosnolvr

How will BF3 be any different if I don't like vehicle combat?SerOlmy

Because graphics.

Ok, so how does the infantry combat between MW and BF3 differ? I only have experience playing the first MW and I've never played any of the Battlefield games. Will there be a decent number of infantry maps or only Metro?

I know passions run deep on the whole MW vs BF stuff, but I'm genuinely trying to decide between the two. I may despise Origin, but other than that, I don't have a preference at present.

Ok, so how does the infantry combat between MW and BF3 differ? I only have experience playing the first MW and I've never played any of the Battlefield games. Will there be a decent number of infantry maps or only Metro?

I know passions run deep on the whole MW vs BF stuff, but I'm genuinely trying to decide between the two. I may despise Origin, but other than that, I don't have a preference at present.

SerOlmy

Vehicles are essential to BF.Steameffekt

[QUOTE="SerOlmy"]

Ok, so how does the infantry combat between MW and BF3 differ? I only have experience playing the first MW and I've never played any of the Battlefield games. Will there be a decent number of infantry maps or only Metro?

I know passions run deep on the whole MW vs BF stuff, but I'm genuinely trying to decide between the two. I may despise Origin, but other than that, I don't have a preference at present.

C_Rule

[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="SerOlmy"]

Ok, so how does the infantry combat between MW and BF3 differ? I only have experience playing the first MW and I've never played any of the Battlefield games. Will there be a decent number of infantry maps or only Metro?

I know passions run deep on the whole MW vs BF stuff, but I'm genuinely trying to decide between the two. I may despise Origin, but other than that, I don't have a preference at present.

SerOlmy

Dude who are you the forum police? Stop derailing the thread. I asked the question to start a discussion not to be told what I should be doing. And FYI I know exactly why I don't want to use it, so keep your higher-than-thou crap to yourself.SerOlmy

Wow, no need to get so upset.

You come here asking what BF3 gameplay is like, when there is an OPEN BETA out.

derp derp it does use steam derp:roll:

If you hate vehicle combat then you should definitely get MW3 instead of BF3. Unless you only tell yourself you hate it because you're afraid you'll just love the jets too much. Don't be afraid to love the jets.

I've had both BF3 and MW3 pre-ordered on PC for a long time, although I have a much better idea of what BF3 will be like since I played the alpha and beta whereas MW3 I've only seen the X360 videos for it, but if you're not sure about the games, just watch some videos for it and read up about them. There's more than enough information on the internet for you to not only figure out what game you want to play, but possibly other things as well.

Here's MW3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkgdNMSY7bQ

BF3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRJnz00KU8s

It's as simple as this, BF3 offers vehicle combat and excels in these areas while MW3 offers gun-on-gun competitive gameplay. If you judge BF3 in terms of what MW3 does well, of course it will look mediocre, but on the flipside, MW3 doesn't even have vehicle combat so it works both ways. I'm getting BF3 in the hopes that the ultra setting will look much better than high(it's disabled on beta) and since I've wanted an MP focused game that could challenge my system. I loved BF 2142, BC2 I didn't enjoy so much for obvious reasons since they were far inferior in quality to the previous BF games, but I'm hoping the major changes DICE is making during crunch time will make BF3 the first real BF game since 2142(although personally I'm still looking forward to seeing a sequel to 2142). MW3 it's hard to say, I never had too much of a problem with the COD series but when I began perusing the internet I found that it tends to get bashed a lot, but all I can say is that it's the most polished, highest quality shooter out there of its kind, so it suits "COD type" gamers very well although well rounded gamers like me(e.g people who play all kinds of games ranging from combat/flight simulators to RTS to X4 to MOBA to FPS to TPS to puzzle to indie, etc.) tend not to have an issue with it, although we are quite cautious not to call it the be-all-end-all of FPS as it caters to a very specific set of play types as does Battlefield, and on the same note, as do games like ARMA, Red Orchestra, and I'd like to mention Day of Defeat as well.

Personally, I think everyone should buy BF3, MW3, Saints Row: The Third, RAGE, and so on, I think any serious gamer should have all AAA titles in their library.

I've had both BF3 and MW3 pre-ordered on PC for a long time, although I have a much better idea of what BF3 will be like since I played the alpha and beta whereas MW3 I've only seen the X360 videos for it, but if you're not sure about the games, just watch some videos for it and read up about them. There's more than enough information on the internet for you to not only figure out what game you want to play, but possibly other things as well.



It's as simple as this, BF3 offers vehicle combat and excels in these areas while MW3 offers gun-on-gun competitive gameplay. If you judge BF3 in terms of what MW3 does well, of course it will look mediocre, but on the flipside, MW3 doesn't even have vehicle combat so it works both ways. I'm getting BF3 in the hopes that the ultra setting will look much better than high(it's disabled on beta) and since I've wanted an MP focused game that could challenge my system. I loved BF 2142, BC2 I didn't enjoy so much for obvious reasons since they were far inferior in quality to the previous BF games, but I'm hoping the major changes DICE is making during crunch time will make BF3 the first real BF game since 2142(although personally I'm still looking forward to seeing a sequel to 2142). MW3 it's hard to say, I never had too much of a problem with the COD series but when I began perusing the internet I found that it tends to get bashed a lot, but all I can say is that it's the most polished, highest quality shooter out there of its kind, so it suits "COD type" gamers very well although well rounded gamers like me(e.g people who play all kinds of games ranging from combat/flight simulators to RTS to X4 to MOBA to FPS to TPS to puzzle to indie, etc.) tend not to have an issue with it, although we are quite cautious not to call it the be-all-end-all of FPS as it caters to a very specific set of play types as does Battlefield, and on the same note, as do games like ARMA, Red Orchestra, and I'd like to mention Day of Defeat as well.

Personally, I think everyone should buy BF3, MW3, Saints Row: The Third, RAGE, and so on, I think any serious gamer should have all AAA titles in their library.

Zubinen

You don't have to be a pro with vehicles in battlefield games, and it's still very fun gunplay playing as infantry only. However you will most definitely end up using them regardless, because being driving or being a passenger will help you get to your objectives much faster than on foot which can be impractical.

And if you do decide to get BF3 it might slowly change your opinion on vehicles, because DICE implements them quite well.

[QUOTE="Steameffekt"]Vehicles are essential to BF.HoosTrax

You should really try the beta out, its still there, for some 18 hours. get it and play the metro map, the feel of the guns imo is better than mw, the pace is a little different , imagine it as when you play the biggest map of MW. I dont know why ppl are saying that there arent going to be anough infantry only servers, on bf2 there were a lot of them, same thing for bf2142, and on bad company 2 wasnt like that because it already was an infatry oriented game with 2 vehicle per side, on most maps.

Now its not going to be any different. And the good thing with bf3 is that you will have the option to try playing with a jet, or a heli, with MW3 you dont.

I've played the beta of BF3 and I can tell you the gunplay, the feel of the weapons and the environment are awesome. You could say, well MW3 gives me that, but the teamwork that BF3 gives you most of the times is incredible, since you will feel that you are indeed battling your way up with your team, making a push for the objective with all of them. Thing that is missing in my experience with COD games.

I hope this mini experience will help you decide. I might be wrong about my personal opinion on MW, but im certainly correct with BF3.

And as someone said b4 try it. its free and you can unistall as soon as beta is over.

[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="SerOlmy"]

Ok, so how does the infantry combat between MW and BF3 differ? I only have experience playing the first MW and I've never played any of the Battlefield games. Will there be a decent number of infantry maps or only Metro?

I know passions run deep on the whole MW vs BF stuff, but I'm genuinely trying to decide between the two. I may despise Origin, but other than that, I don't have a preference at present.

SerOlmy

1.) Download beta

2.) Take 5 min to install origin while beta is downloading

3.) Play beta

4.) ????

5.) Profit

C_Rule is right, if you want to know what it's like then try it. Don't sit there going "OH NOEZ, NOT TEH ORIGINZZZZZ". You know you can uninstall it when you finish with the beta? Don't see what the big deal is, it's no different to using steam.

EDIT: Forgot that the beta ends in a couple of hours so you have missed your window to really get a feel for it.

I actually think the infantry combat in BF3 is the best it has ever been in a BF game. Its very solid and visceral/physical feeling. It has a nice fluid feel to it and its very satisfying. there are times when I don't want to play with vehicles at all and just run around in squad deathmatch rounds.

Infantry combat is great fun in BF3 but the jets are just jokes, i have never laughed so much flying those things around the map and nearly scraping the floor and watching the comments pop up in the chat!

I will prob be playing quite a few infantry only modes as i always wait a few months before puchasing the next installment of COD.

Download the Beta and play the metro map and make up your own decision is the best answers as everyone has an opinion.

Infantry only was great in the beta. In some respects I enjoyed Metro more than the vehicles in Caspian Border. I feel pretty useless when a couple of tanks are shelling a capture point,unless I have a setup to deal with it. No need to worry about that with infantry.