BF3 Leaked Alpha footage

Found a bunch of leaked alpha vids from one guy on youtube they're quite interesting. There's a bunch check em out.

Random footage nothing too special

Taking out a bunch of guys to disarm an mcom

Some semi auto sniper gameplay

Bolt action sniper, semi auto shotgun and a little LAV-25 gameplay...also you can see the new defib process in here

LMG and bipod gameplay

A quick "tour" of the operation metro map and some examples of destruction on buildings

More extensive LAV-25 gameplay

I wish I could be the one posting this stuff for you guys, but I don't want to risk getting banned.

I could get banned for posting this? Crap I didn't know that...if it's a problem I can take it down

HydrasBreath wrote:I could get banned for posting this? Crap I didn't know that...if it's a problem I can take it down

Nonono, I'm talking about EA would ban my alpha account. There's an NDA for anyone playing the alpha that says you can't post footage of it anywhere. Unless you're the one who made those videos, you're fine.

oh ok...no I'm not the one who made the vids my comp couldn't even begin to handle BF3

If you go to UsamaFTW page he has good shit

yeah that's where I got the vids from badger...I posted everything he had for BF3 when I was browsing his channel.

Good stuff, Hydra.

That dude also posted a 13 minute montage:

At about 9:30, it gives you an idea of how useless carbines are at range. I personally love this.

Noticed that myself, Ante. The guy also keeps shooting like it may improve or something.
Ante, does the game really look that blurry or bloomy or is that just a crappy copy?

Vinyl Scratch wrote:At about 9:30, it gives you an idea of how useless carbines are at range. I personally love this.

I honestly thought he was shooting at a squadmate, the marker looked green.

And wait.... why the hell are you on here, shouldn't you be playing this? -_-

He must be rendering his videos in poor quality because it's very easy to see for me. There's no bloom bomb (cough atacama rush) when you try to aim at something far away.

What's bloom?
Is that the hazy effect that you see when you scope in on Nelson Bay Conquest and Atacama Desert?

See, I thought it was just the lighting qualities of the levels or something, but I noticed while looking through the mortar binoculars that the contrast was a lot more tolerable than compared to a scope.

HAL 9000 wrote:What's bloom?
Is that the hazy effect that you see when you scope in on Nelson Bay Conquest and Atacama Desert?

See, I thought it was just the lighting qualities of the levels or something, but I noticed while looking through the mortar binoculars that the contrast was a lot more tolerable than compared to a scope.

Yes, it's that hazy effect.

Like vasoline smeared on your screen. Some games you can turn it off in the settings.
Thank goodness because if it was like that vid I wouldn't play it.

I'm a bit worried about the damage. Seems like everyone died very quickly.

You may laugh...but the #1 thing I've noticed about the BF3 Alpha...is the fact that you can actually see your feet and legs in this game. >_>

xD

Also, I'm going to need a better TV if I'm going to play this game; my SD, 90's TV with a 20-in screen isn't going to work for this game, something tells me.

OMG G36c is in the game! I is a happy panda! Looks great, though it looks like the recording program or whatever they were using was having issues keeping up sometimes.

Can't wait to see what they'll change in beta!

you can actually see your feet and legs in this game. >_>

Complete Halo rip-off.

The one thing that caught my attention was when he assassinated the guy who was prone. Kinda disappointed there's no special animation for that.

ah he must of posted that 13 minute montage shortly after I made my original post

from that montage it looks like laser sights are in and you can sort of blind people with them. that's pretty cool!

Couple things I've noticed...

Handguns actually sound like guns now instead of party poppers.

Mounted LMGs look very effective.

Takes more than 3 RPGs to take out a LAV

FEET

I can see grenades becoming a problem with every having 2 of them.

Jumping over things looks very smooth

Degradable environments look greeeaaaat.

I can't wait for jets gameplay footage

something I noticed aswell was the ammo counter when you're in the LAV...I think it's only to know how many shots you have left in the Volley...I didn't see anything indicating total ammunition the counter is always 6/0 or whatever so maybe no vehicle ammo after all.

And yeah I can't wait to see gameplay of the other vehicles like jets and choppers and such.

Seeing this alpha footage has got me pumped...I know I am gonna love this game can't wait till the sept. beta!!!

Zillah, the handguns sound terrible. Actually all the guns are waaaaay too quiet.

Seriously? I mean, DICE is just awesome when it comes to SFX... Maybe they're still polishing it?

Damnit, really? Is there a war tapes setting or something like that? <3 war tapes

Not yet, but I hope there will be.

They will probably get better, it's just Alpha. It's most likely a bunch of filler sounds until they can get better ones.

Also, I wish they had better voice actors for actual player characters (radios and such sound fine), such as the death screams being a lot more convincing.

Kitsune wrote:They will probably get better, it's just Alpha. It's most likely a bunch of filler sounds until they can get better ones.

Also, I wish they had better voice actors for actual player characters (radios and such sound fine), such as the death screams being a lot more convincing.

Oh man, the radio chatter is -perfect-! Taking/losing MCOMs is very cinematic, as the voice over for each one is unique.

Im kind of hoping there'll be a new alarm sound on the mcomms. No biggie.

And I hate you ante for putting bf3 in your current games!

I like the fact that they made it so that many of the weapons have the glowing dots on the irons so you can actually see where you're aiming in dark areas. Can't count how many times I've died because I was having issues finding where my irons were.

Artimise Flare wrote:I like the fact that they made it so that many of the weapons have the glowing dots on the irons so you can actually see where you're aiming in dark areas. Can't count how many times I've died because I was having issues finding where my irons were.

Tritium sights ftw!

Ante, why are you posting? You should be playing BF3 24/7!

Now, get back to play, mister!

I had been considering whether to get a gaming PC for BF3 or just get a good laptop and BF3 on 360... Gaming PC it is.

Anyone else notice that they got the reload animations right this time? When changing a magazine that has round still in it they don't pull the charging handle to chamber the next round .

It's the tiny details that help immerse you into the game. Way to go DICE! I can't wait to see what other guns they'll be adding to the game! Now if only they would bring back the L85A2 I'd be a happy camper.

Artimise Flare wrote:Anyone else notice that they got the reload animations right this time? When changing a magazine that has round still in it they don't pull the charging handle to chamber the next round .

It's the tiny details that help immerse you into the game. Way to go DICE! I can't wait to see what other guns they'll be adding to the game! Now if only they would bring back the L85A2 I'd be a happy camper.

You also end up with an extra round in the chamber, which is pretty sweet. NOW IF ONLY THEY WOULD TONE DOWN THE DAMAGE. *huff*

I can't wait.BF3 and Skyrim make me a happy taco :3

Gah, Skyrim releases 4 days before I'm supposed to leave for basic

Usama FTW posted another video showing some MP7 gameplay check it out here

Also I noticed something from his vids whenever he assassinates someone with the knife and gets their tags the number 300 always pops up on screen under the tags...does this mean you get +300 for a stealth knife kill? which means you'd get 400 points for knifing someone in the back? seems like a bit much no?

I doubt it. I think that's where the player's name is meant to go, but for whatever reason, it's replaced by 300.

I hope you're right fox

Vinyl Scratch wrote:

Artimise Flare wrote:Anyone else notice that they got the reload animations right this time? When changing a magazine that has round still in it they don't pull the charging handle to chamber the next round .

It's the tiny details that help immerse you into the game. Way to go DICE! I can't wait to see what other guns they'll be adding to the game! Now if only they would bring back the L85A2 I'd be a happy camper.

You also end up with an extra round in the chamber, which is pretty sweet. NOW IF ONLY THEY WOULD TONE DOWN THE DAMAGE. *huff*

I asked demize99 for a damage chart and he said that they've already tweaked the game so much in the alpha that any damage chart would irrelevant. Im pretty sure things will be sorted out by the time the beta comes out.

No, you don't get 300 points for an assassination.

ah awesome cause that seemed really excessive to me if it was to be true

Ante
How many points for a kill and how many for the objective in the Alpha?

from the videos I saw a kill is 100 arming/disarming an mcom is also 100 and destroying it is 200

I think many of these numbers will change but I think Hydra had it right. I would imagine most of these numbers, sounds, and guns will see some sort of change before release. I'm sure they will change a bit after the Beta testing too.

I hope so those points sound really, really light for taking objective.

Metalzoic wrote:I hope so those points sound really, really light for taking objective.

Yeah I was surprised at the low score compared to say just a regular kill I was expecting at least 300-400 if a kill is 100. If things stay the way they are it would seem like DICE is putting the focus on just killing people. But I have faith they will tweak things and fix it.

HydrasBreath wrote:

Metalzoic wrote:I hope so those points sound really, really light for taking objective.

Yeah I was surprised at the low score compared to say just a regular kill I was expecting at least 300-400 if a kill is 100. If things stay the way they are it would seem like DICE is putting the focus on just killing people. But I have faith they will tweak things and fix it.

There's no need for them to put the focus on killing people since they're adding a straight up team deathmatch mode.

here's a new video of a full rush round https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0djf23itXAA&feature=channel_video_title

makes it seem like there are lots of routes/side passages in the subway and lots of buildings you can go in in the last section. Seems like a really sweet map with lots of possibilities. And it seems pretty big contrary to what people where complaining about initially at E3. Seems like a decent sized infantry map to me.