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Battlefield 3™

by EA Digital Illusions CE

  • Released Oct 25, 2011
  • $39.99
  • 5 h to beat
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 3
  • Xbox 360

72%positive reviews

14,177 positive5,454 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Great shooter with strong gunplay

  • Fun, dense multiplayer maps

Cons

  • Launcher problems make the game hard to play

  • Multiplayer population is small

Mixed

  • Some call it better than the newer game, others say the launcher ruins it

Media

Caspian Border Gameplay (YouTube)Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)Launch Trailer (YouTube)Teaser (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 64-bit

Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz)

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): DirectX 10.1 compatible with 512 MB RAM (ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series, with ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance) Graphics card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)

DirectX: Version 10

Storage: 20 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

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In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York. As a U.S. Marine in the field, periods of tension and anticipation are punctuated…

Ratings

  • 80IGDB players1,074 ratings
  • 85Critics10 reviews
  • 82Overall1,084 scores

Time to beat

  • 5 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 6.5 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 55.5 hCompletionist100%

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