EA Takes a Stab at the Call of Duty Franchise… Again
EA’s development team DICE has made it perfectly clear that they are going after the Call of Duty franchise with all they’ve got, and their latest promotional tagline for Battlefield 3 takes it one step further.
This witty little phrase attached to Battlefield 3′s beta test PR reads: ”Go Above and Beyond the Call”, clearly implying that Battlefield 3 will go “above and beyond” Activision’s franchise. Let’s also not forget what EA’s outspoken Labels president Frank Gibeau said several weeks ago, basically throwing down to gauntlet to Activision:
This Christmas we’re definitely going to take market share in the FPS category from those guys. Customers like competition, they like these kind of heavyweight fights so we’re going for it.
You can’t bag them for having confidence, but all of this smack talk is getting a little silly. Competition is fun and all, but Electronic Arts is toeing a very fine line. They better hope that Battlefield 3 performs like they’re promising, otherwise they’re in for a very embarrassing holiday season. However, judging our previews of game thus far, Battlefield 3 will deliver one heck of a compelling experience.
29 Responses to “EA Takes a Stab at the Call of Duty Franchise… Again”
I hope the game performs as well as they say, I learned from previous Call of Duty games (except CoD 4 that was a great game) and this time I won’t be getting it, just Battlefield 3. Enough silly talk, let the games do the talking.
Yea….it’s pretty much “put your games where your mouth is” at this point. I wonder how many people are playing the beta…
* I wonder how many ppl are playing the beta when it comes out
Go for it EA! But you will still FAIL!
BF SUCKS!
That right… you heard it alright @noob, EA has slaughtered your family across the room with a single blow unlike unrealistic COD knife that you play. So your Ex-parent can’t produced any more kids that will end up like a cobble wobble @noob………….Hey don’t forget get in the queue line at midnight, Heavy bullshit is coming on your way
Damn i do feel sorry for you, you just about to fell in old trick…. MW3 Monthly Subscription Fees…. only noobs people does that.
But your honor! You can’t send me to jail for patricide. I’m an orphan!
Sorry, saw the EA murdering a family comment and brought that to mind.
Go back to your troll hole and stay will ya??
i’m sure battlefield will turn out stellar in the end, and while i’m busy shooting, stabbing and unlocking stuff in BF3, the cod crew are gonna be begging for map packs bcuz that game gets old extremely fast. @n00b i’m sure 3/4 of your games are made by EA, so who’s really sucking who? and i’m sure you’ve never even played a battlefield game before in the puny little time you’ve existed.
all you know is – spawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, respawn, run, gun, get killed, -that my dearest n00b is the gameplay of COD
You just described the whole shooter genre. Want a cookie?
I disagree only because with BF it is fully possible to get a more in depth experience if you play it the way it is meant to be played…as a team, using strategy. The problem is very few people are willing to do that because they’ve been brain-washed and turned into run and gun fools by games like COD.
Spawn camping is common in every first person shooter multi-player.. Team work can also be a part of any genre. It all depends on the players your with not the title you are playing. As for giese’s comment about COD being repetitive that goes for all multi-player.once you learn all the maps. Even random objectives end up cycling through..
I don’t spawn camp! I just put landmines outside their bases and steal their tanks, or helis if they got ‘em.
did i ever tell you what the definition of insanity is….
Killing your family and claiming clemency because you’re an orphan?
let me say this i’ve bought i copy of bf3 and 3 copies of mw3 1 for my ps3 1 for my 360 and 1 for my brother.
oh and i forgot the mw3 360 bundle comes with a copy of mw3 so that make 4 copies to 1
excuse my spelling errors im drunk
Haha at least your being honest… I think lol
one more thing the copies ive pre ordered r the hardened edition
all I have to say is…to each their own. Some people like a simple, run and gun, repetitive experience like in COD. It’s easy to jump in and play and it’s easy for all of your friends, even if they hardly ever play games to start playing with you…Some people like a challenge (one that uses your brain not just seeing who can get the most kills) and that is where BF comes in…if you play it right you become a singular unit with your squad and it becomes a much more in depth, strategy based, and more satisfying experience. In fact, in BF you may even sacrifice yourself to provide your team with a chance to win…something that won’t happen in a game where everyone is only out for themselves and trying to get the best score.
my copy of bf3 is for pc and im lucky enough to own a rig that will run it a full specs no problem , reason im getting it on pc is because its going to play and look alot better then either of the console versions if you get it on console your a fool and you dont need a brain to play bf its a fucking video game
@nsixx go drink some pepto – dude you NEED it. you sound like a babbling drunken fool. you do know it is a BF3 thread right, psssh you probably can’t even read right….. moving on…go do some jumping jacks with your kinect – u may feel better about yourself
the early beta access for buying MoH was well worth it… What a laugh!! Fk war..! Yawn….
@kyuubi_clone ha kinect suxs and my rig probably cost more then the car u drive u tool
@nsixx I’m pretty sure that you’re pc is one hell of a machine if you fixed it up. Point is, people like me do not have the time or money to fix up a cutting edge pc, so consoles work just fine.
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Well, I’d be glad they have the confidence to keep talking shit, because if they keep doing it you gotta think they’re going to be able to back it up…
But then again, they did this before MoH came out. And I didn’t really like MoH, it felt like it was trying to fuse CoD and BF, which just didn’t work for me. Hopefully the results are better this time around, and fortunately everything I’ve seen looks like they’ve got it right this time.
i think bf3 is going to be great it will sell great and i love the cod mw series but we all know that activision has and is going to run it into the ground . so ea and bf will be on top sooner then later because of how great the game is granted ea doesnt drive it off a cliff go bf3 deep down inside i cheer for u