Second Battlefield 3 Gameplay Trailer has a Good Effect on Pants

Post by Dan @ 11:41pm 16/03/11 | 48 Comments

We'd had word that this one wasn't supposed to go live until late tomorrow night, but the official EA Battlefield site seems to have other ideas as a new trailer "Battlefield 3 Fault Line Episode 2: Good Effect on Target" is currently streaming away over there.

The new trailer shows yet more of that breathtaking graphical capability we saw in the first gameplay video, this time in a picturesque urban-skyscraper rooftop scene. Of particular note is the intracacy of the animation system seen in the incredibly fluid movements of your teammates.

Follow our squad of U.S. Marines as they move to the rooftops to eliminate an enemy sniper in an abandoned hotel. This in-game footage from Battlefield 3 shows off the ANT animation technology from EA Tech in all its glory, with a climactic ending that speaks volumes of how the Frostbite 2 engine handles destruction

We'll hopefully have a nice as-high-as-possible resolution version available for local download tomorrow, but don't wait for that, head over to EA.com and check this bad boy out now.

Battlefield 3 is due in Spring 2011 (U.S. Fall) for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. For more juicy details, check out our recent interview with with EA DICE CEO Patrick Söderlund

Update: We now have this one available locally. Watch the embed below, click here for the 720p streaming option or head over to our files library to download the 1080p source file.

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Dan
Posted 11:45pm 16/3/11

Discussion continues from :3025380

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Reverend Evil�
Posted 11:47pm 16/3/11

Should be awesome fun

Speaking of Modern Warfare 2. I was gonna buy it off Steam and it's still $90. F*** that.

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carson
Posted 11:52pm 16/3/11

Tried watching it on the EA site but that bloody buffering bar wouldn't disappear. Will wait for local one tomorrow.

Looks so hottttttttttttttttttt (from what I saw)

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Eorl
Posted 12:00am 17/3/11

Here, youtube for ya all. Only 720p though, but by god it's f*****g awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLf3bV0Ueyw

S*** is gonna be so damn f*****g cash. F*** need a new pair of pants.

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Dan
Posted 12:00am 17/3/11

@Carson: I had that issue in Firefox, but played fine in Chrome. Going to bed now, otherwise I'd look into what might be causing it (suspect it's a FF add-on).

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Fixah
Posted 12:08am 17/3/11

STOP.

Just take my money and give me the game.

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bepatient
Posted 12:58am 17/3/11

Oh god, this game. Ill sell my soul to have it now.

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Kf
Posted 01:58am 17/3/11

Looks very nice, gonna have to get a DX11 card or two.... this game has to be played at max details and settings.

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Superform
Posted 03:04am 17/3/11

most immersive trailer i have seen - and the gfx look pretty good..

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trillion
Posted 03:25am 17/3/11

intense.

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Crakaveli
Posted 03:37am 17/3/11

hmm think i'll buy a second gfx card ;)

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infi
Posted 07:31am 17/3/11

holy f*** thats moist.

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TiT
Posted 09:11am 17/3/11

looks good when can we pre order on steam?

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E.T.
Posted 09:16am 17/3/11

Vnice :)
Cant wait.

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glynd
Posted 09:46am 17/3/11

I came

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Dan
Posted 09:58am 17/3/11

Added local-hosted vid to the OP.

The peek at destruction tech as the rocket hits the opposing building at the end is pretty goddam lush.

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kirkoswald
Posted 10:05am 17/3/11

looks awesome! God i hope they combine the best of bf2 with the graphics of bc2!

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agro
Posted 10:08am 17/3/11

inside my pants... its so happy

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Eorl
Posted 11:25am 17/3/11

I remember hearing DICE say buildings will be even more destructible then BC2. TAKE MY MONEY NOW PLEASE!

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Running_With_Scissors
Posted 11:48am 17/3/11

AWWWWWWESOME!

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mas
Posted 12:39pm 17/3/11

that my friends is pure PoRN!!

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csirac
Posted 01:09pm 17/3/11

not to be picky but they were kicking up dirt as if they were walking on a dirt road while on the roof. figured all the effort they put in already tehy would fix that before releaseing this jizzmatic video

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Martz
Posted 01:28pm 17/3/11

I noticed that too csirac. video still made me jizz myself though.

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TiT
Posted 01:28pm 17/3/11

not to be picky but they were kicking up dirt as if they were walking on a dirt road while on the roof. figured all the effort they put in already tehy would fix that before releaseing this jizzmatic video

Yeh i notice that too, it was a bit of fail... the other thing i was slightly upset about was when sniper shot and the leaves went everywhere they disapeared when it hit the ground :( would be nice if it was left on the ground..

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Enska
Posted 01:36pm 17/3/11

I liked it apart from the f***** nong that was playing.
I'm guessing all that awkward standing around out of cover was to show us the animation of the team mates but f***, It fully ruined any kind of epic feel I would have otherwise gotten from that trailer.

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trillion
Posted 01:39pm 17/3/11

do you guys also go around having rainman moments over cracks in the sidewalk?

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Enska
Posted 01:44pm 17/3/11

sure it wasn't too violent for you trillion?

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infi
Posted 01:48pm 17/3/11

haha trilion

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Trauma
Posted 01:52pm 17/3/11

Yea the use of cover was terribad, also when he handed the AT to the other to show off animations (which were good) he never actually took it off his shoulder, just plucked it out of mid air... unlimited ammo!

Still hot though.

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trillion
Posted 01:55pm 17/3/11

wheres the violence?

all im seeing is GPU juice

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Pinky
Posted 02:01pm 17/3/11

Looks good. So is this the campaign or what? I only care about multiplayer TBH.

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Tollaz0r!
Posted 02:32pm 17/3/11

Not much has been said about multiplayer. Hopefully Harrier jets will be involved for all kinds of lols.

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Bah
Posted 03:07pm 17/3/11

Love how all fps games have motion blur meaning you can't see anything while turning, first thing i turn off.

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Eorl
Posted 03:16pm 17/3/11

That would be the campaign. Multiplayer would be shown later on, as it says pre-alpha.

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deadlyf
Posted 03:25pm 17/3/11

That has to be the worst sniper ever.

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Khel
Posted 04:24pm 17/3/11

Hrmmm, time to buy a second 5970 maybe?

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Dazhel
Posted 04:43pm 17/3/11

That has to be the worst sniper ever.

QFT

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csirac
Posted 04:49pm 17/3/11

notice also the point of the explosion wasnt even close to where the rpg was heading towards. its these little things!

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HyperJ
Posted 06:05pm 17/3/11

That sniper had wall hax...

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Garai
Posted 07:46pm 17/3/11

Can't wait to play it.

That scenario was very lame and lowered the feeling of realism for me.

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Midda
Posted 08:01pm 17/3/11

Hrmmm, time to buy a second 5970 maybe?

I'd be surprised if the 5970 didn't run it smoothly. I'm sure you shouldn't need 4 GPUs to get a decent framerate.

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Eorl
Posted 11:00pm 17/3/11

The sniper most likely saw a flash of helmet, and proceeded to shoot. And then the yelling from the soldiers confirmed that people were there. The sniper is just hitting off cover areas trying to get shots at the squad.

The AT was actually pulled off his back, as you could see it before hand. It was slid to him quite well. You can never get animations to look as realistic as possible however.

Also, I believe the person actually playing the demo was obviously trying to show off models, animations, lighting and destruction. That is why the stood out in the open and were getting nearly taken out by the sniper.

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Bah
Posted 11:06pm 17/3/11

"Snipers" in these third world s***holes are usually just 16 year olds with 30 year old ak's sitting hidden in some window somewhere, not some uber 1337 spec ops guy with a $50000 rifle firing $1000 rounds.

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Enska
Posted 11:07pm 17/3/11

Also, I believe the person actually playing the demo was obviously trying to show off models, animations, lighting and destruction. That is why the stood out in the open and were getting nearly taken out by the sniper.

^^ yeah I realized that, it just made the feel of the trailer feel so tacky as a result.

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Boki
Posted 11:15pm 17/3/11

Looks damn good, am excited about this game as I was about battlefield 2.

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koopz
Posted 08:49am 18/3/11

yeah - looking forward to seeing the new Karkland.

'hope they fix the ingame comms

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HyperJ
Posted 11:01am 18/3/11

"Snipers" in these third world s***holes are usually just 16 year olds with 30 year old ak's sitting hidden in some window somewhere, not some uber 1337 spec ops guy with a $50000 rifle firing $1000 rounds.

16 year old kids with 50 cals?

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Eorl
Posted 12:36pm 18/3/11

Haha yeah, they yell out .50 cal, so I don't think it was some 16 year old. I just imagine, like I said, that the sniper was taking pot shots to get them out of cover.

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