Battlefield 3
Battlefield 3 is a PlayStation 3 shooter game released in 2011 developed by DICE. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, combat encounters, and area and route exploration, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 3 or Sixaxis twin sticks, triggers, and face buttons, with PlayStation Move only where explicitly supported.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
Battlefield 3 is a PlayStation 3 shooter game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, combat encounters, and area and route exploration. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while HD 3D scenes, Blu-ray data streaming, surround audio, and cinematic presentation need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include Blu-ray loading, HDD installs, system software, DualShock 3 battery life, Move accessories, resolution and frame rate, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Battlefield builds military shooters around team objectives, infantry and vehicles sharing a changing battlefield. Finding a useful role, moving with your squad and helping take or hold ground are central pleasures across its historical and modern settings.
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PlayStation 3AI review
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Impactful presentation remains inside a heavily scripted solo campaign.
Battlefield 3 on PlayStation 3 now makes its case through the remaining single player campaign. Strong weapon feedback and dramatic battlefield presentation still create memorable moments, while an interrogation framework connects changing locations and viewpoints. However, prescribed routes, quick time events and heavily scripted squad behavior leave relatively little room for independent tactics. Spectacle cannot entirely compensate for repetitive encounters and limited lasting value. PS3 presentation includes occasional frame rate drops and visible object pop in during busy scenes. Online services closed in November 2024, so historical multiplayer and cooperative content are excluded from this recommendation. Existing owners seeking a military campaign may still find some appeal.
Strengths
- Weighty weapon feedback
- Strong battlefield atmosphere
Weaknesses
- Limited tactical freedom
- Online content closed
Who it is for: Existing owners seeking a military campaign.
Play notes: Official online play is no longer available on this platform.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The remaining campaign offers limited variety for repeated play. | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Competent shooting is constrained by heavily prescribed encounters. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Audiovisual impact exceeds the campaign’s narrative originality. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Reliable basic controls coexist with drops in visual smoothness. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- DICE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2011
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- ShootingExplorationReplayableReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyMain Story Under 10 HoursPlayer versus EnvironmentThird PersonLinear Levels3D GraphicsDodgeFast-paced
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opSingle playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third personTop-downFirst person
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2011
- Xbox 360Worldwide2011
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2011
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