If anybodys game is crashing to the desktop (like mine was) you can "repair" the installation by right clicking in origin on the BF3 picture and choosing repair (Was a suggestion from EA tech support and fixed mine, takes about 5minutes to complete)
If (like me) suddenly you BDOD every time you try and start BF3 since the patch came out perhaps try the above and if it doesnt work download a free program called "whocrashed".
The "whocrashed" program looks at your crash logs windows makes after a BSOD and translates them to you in english (and even tells you what caused the crash - *In my case* it told me "ULCDRDrv.dll" caused the crash - I chased that file down to the Ulead burning software that came with Cyberlink Powerdirector so uninstalled that - and now my game will actually start instead of a immediate BSOD when I try to join a server)
Ive played about 50hours sofar of bf3 I guess (1000+ hours of BF2)
Its not really a proper sequel to BF2 in my opinion - the maps are much much smaller (even the 2 biggest maps would only be 32player sized *max* if it was in BF2) and it has a whole different "feel" and plays much much more like COD - more a shoot em up now than anything tactical (squad tactics has been killed due bad voip).
They may as well have left the jets out as well as the maps are just too small to accomodate them properly and they have been left crippled and bombless lol
If you love BF2 and hate Call of Duty - This is probably not the game for you.
If you love Call of Duty and BF2 then BF3 is your game (seems a mishmash between the 2 gameplay wise - its way more a "shoot em up" type game now than anything tactical like BF2 was - the tiny map sizes in BF3 has made it more a fast paced first person shooter like COD)
I like it personally
- but buggered if I think its a BF2 sequel its completely different really - even conquest is more a shoot em up now than anything due to the map sizes.
BF3 has lots of extra gametypes to play which is great for longevity I think - along with individual upgrades on guns which is AWESOME lols.
Worth buying - but dont really treat it as a sequel - so much is different now its really a different category kind of game IMO at least
Now go out and buy it lol
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