I have never played any earlier games of any of the series.

I could use a little help with reccomendations, thanks.

how about ban

BUY ALL THE GAMES!

what games do you like, what games do you dislike?

MW3. Its the easiest to get into.

Why?

I'm pretty open to all games. My favorites include RDR and the God of War series. I've never played a game as in depth as Elder's Scroll but I think i looks pretty cool.

Shooters are cool, but single player rarely has replay value and online can get boring after a while. Like I said, I've never played COD or BF, but I have heard mixed things about them. I'm an old school type shooter, my favorite game was Socom but that series went to hell.

It's too bad you titled this thread so poorly because I'd really like to hear some arguments of BF3 vs. MW3. I really liked playing MW2 with 2p2ers but I was considering BF for a more strategic approach.

ive played MW3 more in one day than i have played BF since it came out. You can tell me all you like how amazing flying jets or helicopters is but when it comes down to it MW is like crack, its so more-ish.

There are threads for both. There will probably never be a concrete discussion because it all boil down to personal chocie and fanboyism. It also depends LARGELY on what device you play. PC or console?

The merits of each game are eaisly available on multiple review sites. The rest you gotta try out on your own unfortunately.

A friend of mine tells me the same for Farmville.

I have a 360. If I had a PC I would gt BF3 but the limitation on players on the Xbox kind of turned me off...I wanted BF for the wide open playing fields and large matches.

Yeah, those limitations are really big ( and take a huge chunk of merits away), and tbh I would go for MW too if I only had a console. If you have never played any of the series, it will probably be a blast getting into a new and easy game like MW.

If you are a veteran of the whole series, you might want to go gor a different and slower approach like BF.

Obv it's a little more complicated than that, but a general distinction of arcade vs realism sure applies.

lol weird that you chose these 3 games. I posted gameplay footage of MW3 and BF3 on my youtube channel. Keep in mind, I have never played any Call of Duty of Battlefield before so my opinions in the video are of someone who hasn't played these series' before. Send me a PM if you want the like and I'll give you the link, or just search for "solsek7" on youtube, I don't want it look like I'm spamming the thread. My first 15-25 Battlefield videos are really terrible because I was getting used to recording, playing and making commentary at the same time. I think I improve on the 2nd or 3rd day though, so check out the later Battlefield 3 videos.

BTW: I will be playing Skyrim tonight and posting probably 4-5 hrs of footage after midnight. (Also never played a Elder Scrolls game before)

If you don't play FPS games a lot but want to try them out, get MW3. If you've played CoD before but you are tired of the series, get BF3. If you are unsure if you want to play an FPS for a while and want value out of your money, get Skyrim.

Battlefield 3:

Battlefield 3 is a pure and simple all out war fighter. It's about as close to real war as you're going to get. You have tanks, helicopters, jets, and other vehicles.

The tanks are my favorite to drive as I can do some serious work with them. It's also pretty awesome when you know an enemy is in a building and you send a tank round to blast out the wall. Destructible environments, ftw!

Helicopters are fun to fly and if you're good at it, you will be extremely valuable to your team. Although, it's very rare for me to get into a helicopter as a passenger, with a random, and have it not crash. You can't rely on other people to know how to fly so if you want to be a part of the minority - LEARN HOW TO FLY!

The jets are cool, but very hard to fly (imo). It's going to take awhile to be really effective with the jets, but I think it's a great addition into the game. Usually the jets are just flown by people who want to screw around as they don't really affect the game too much on the ground.

There are some quirks to the game like the laser sight and flashlight, but it's not a huge problem. Sniping isn't that fun at all. You have to deal with bullet drop so it changes the game quite a bit.

The variation in gamemode is pretty much nonexistant. You're probably going to play either Conquest or Rush. Team Deathmatch is kind of stupid and shouldn't be a part of a Battlefield game, imo.

The graphics and audio are pretty amazing. I suggest playing in High Definition as it makes the game a lot more fun to play - and easier. I tried playing on a non-HD tv and it was horrible. Maybe it's just my tv though.

BF3 is more strategic as it's not very wise to just run out into the open. You're going to get blasted from all angles and not stand a chance. 1 vs 2 means you die.

I'm probably missing a lot, but overall, BF3 is a great game and it's a fun game all on its own, away from the comparison to MW3.

Modern Warfare 3:

Modern Warfare 3 is fast paced, gun-on-gun, nonstop action. It's fun. It's exciting. There is a lot of variation in the game modes and the new Kill Confirmed is amazing. I don't think I've heard a negative comment yet.

New in MW3 are the strike packages. Assault, Support, Specialist.

Assault is like what you had in other games. Deadly killstreak rewards that are meant to slaughter the other team. When you die, you reset.

Support is new and was implemented for the casual gamer. These killstreaks help your team, UAV, cUAV, Recon Drone, Sentries. You're not going to get a ton of kills running Support, but you're going to help your team out a lot. When you die, you continue on with your killstreaks. They only reset once you get to the top end of your killstreaks. So if you run 4-5-8, they reset after you get your 8th kill in the game.

Specialist is also new, but instead of killstreaks, you gain perks. At 1 kill you get a perk. At 3 kills you get another perk. At 5 kills you get another perk. At 8 kills you get every perk. However, when you die it resets. I think it only adds the perks according to what you have unlocked, so it's sort of pointless to run Specialist if you're a low level.

The maps are nice, but they are small. A lot of buildings, streets, and things getting in your way, turning corners, people hiding in buildings and in corners, etc.

I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot here as well.

Put it this way--

I played the BF3 beta and absolutely hated the game. I was telling one of my friends how there is nothing fun about the game.

Then I decided to go out on a whim and preorder the game anyways, having faith that things would be fixed.

I got the game and hated it because I was sniping and sucking. Then I switched to the Engineer class and fell in love with the game. It's an awesome game. Once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun. It's slower pace, but you have to find what you want to do in the game.

Engineer - repair tanks, helicopters, etc. Blow up **** and be a badass.
Assault - do work with the assault weapons, also have a medic kit to revive teammates and give them back their health.
Support - Run with a heavy machine gun, have extra ammo, and can use Mortars. Also have C4 to blow up vehicles.
Recon - Sniper, but be ineffective for the most part. You will get hunted down if you stay in one spot. I haven't found the right way to play Recon, but I don't play it because I don't enjoy it. If you want to play Recon, though, I would suggest getting the PP2000 unlocked and then just use that to unlock your other equipment.

Then MW3 came out. Back when Black Ops first came out I thought it was cool, then I hated it. I was pretty frustrated overall with FPS games and Black Ops turned out to be a huge failure.

I waited for MW3 and from the first minute I played it I loved it. I think it's a lot of fun. There have been some frustrating moments, but I'm sure everything will get fixed. I like the fast pace and when I'm in the flow of the game I can really help my team out a lot. I find myself looking forward to playing again.

So yeah, that's my review on both of them.

Skyrim should be pretty popular. I'm not going to play it, but I have no doubts it's going to be a great game. I read last night that there will be an INFINITE amount of quests in the game.

My suggestion, decide what you want in a FPS game, and then pick one and get Skyrim also.

From your last comment, I would suggest getting Skyrim. It sounds like you are more into action/adventure games. BF3 and MW3 aren't meant for their single player experience.

So go with Skyrim since that seems to be where you're at right now. You can always pick up one of the FPS games.

FPS games come out every year, games like Skyrim are few and far between.

more or less what the big dude above me said...

Thanks guys! I think for me, I'm just going to do MW3 (that lack of giant multiplayer matches really ruins the appeal of BF for me). I'm definitely getting Skyrim, just at a later time.

OP, I loved both MW2 and Oblivion, although the latter took more getting used to. I would recommend getting both of the newer versions if they are even nearly as good as the previous ones. Since I'm in school and have break coming up, I went with the multiplayer game since this is one of the few times of the year I can play multiplayer. If you are going to play mainly single player, DEFINITELY go Skyrim as you'll get way more hours out of it.

it baffled me just now how accurate that comparison is.

I looked a few games that look interesting to me and narrowed it down to these 3. I know online shooters are a lot of fun and playing with actual people and making online friendships/clans/etc are what makes those type of games so great imo.....

A few months ago it was initially was between BF3 and MW3, but then I discovered Skyrim and was absolutely blown away. The game looks amazing and sounds like a lot of fun.

At the moment these are the only 3 games that appeal to me I suppose...

Thanks for the in depth reply, you bring up a lot of good aspects. I've seen some of my buddies playing BF2 and the game looked like a lot of fun. I wanted to go buy it at the time but had 2 or 3 other games I was already playing and felt I wouldn't have the time to play yet another game. I think I am narrowing my decision more towards BF3 and Skyrim...

I didn't have to open the poll to know that Skyrim would win this. BF and MW are just rehashed and derivative. You played MW1 right? Well, you don't really need to play any others.
Though Skyrim isn't totally orginal, I believe it offers a newer and fresher experience than the others.

Also, if you must buy one FPS game in the future that will be the best bang for your buck...buy CS:GO (Counter-Strike Global Offensive) which comes out early next year. They've added enough content to keep CoD and BF baddies entertained with stats and achievements but didn't sacrifice too much in gameplay mechanics. So if you like that type of stuff, you will get it with this new counter strike game (can't believe I just said "new counter strike game").

have you considered trying one of the older games. you could get elder scrolls and pick up BFBC2 pretty cheap, especially if it goes on sale.

So a game that hasn't been released yet is the new holy grail?

Well, I went ahead and bought Battlefield 3 and "pre-ordered" Skyrim and am going to pick it up tonight at midnight. The decision was too tough to choose only 1 so I went with what I thought were the best 2 choices.

Thanks for the help.

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