First Battlefield 3 Patch is Live; Combats Dozens of Reported Issues
The Battlefield 3 beta earlier in the month was notably wrought with issues which affected gameplay in a series of ways, with some even crippling the experience. After some controversy, a major patch was announced to be made available in time for launch. DICE has released it just in time for the upcoming war between Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3.
Battlefield 3‘s first patch, numbered v1.01, has been published by DICE and will be immediately available for those who get the game on launch day. It clocks in at a hefty 222 megabytes, and includes fixes for bugs and glitches which were reported by players across all three platforms during the beta.
DICE has asked reviewers of the title to refrain from posting reviews until after v1.01 has been made live, indicating some serious game-impacting issues. Since the game is releasing on Tuesday, it looks like it was released just in the knick of time.
38 Responses to “First Battlefield 3 Patch is Live; Combats Dozens of Reported Issues”
this just says how crappy the games was before the beta, and how likely the final product will also be crap. i canceled by pre order
Batman AA is a real finished high quality product
Who compares FPS to Action-Adventure games?
Troll harder next time.
what a ridiculous statement…just by having the DICE name attached to this game you should know better.
quality can be compared across genres
“just by having the DICE name attached to this game you should know better.”
lmao what a tool
How exactly did you think they were going to fix any issues in the beta that only ended 2 weeks ago? Let me guess, you thought they were going to recall all of the printed disc and re-write them? moron.
Almost all games come with day one patches, this allows devs to work on games right up until release.
Secondly, you didn’t cancel your preorder.. you never had one, your Mom wouldn’t let you. I have to assume that your mother is also a troll and no one wants to buy a troll-whore.
Your a moron with a troll-whore mother, that is your life, deal with it.
“Batman AA is a real finished high quality product”
Yeah? And what about Batman AC?
It is not any worse than any other MP online FPS. Even CoD: MW3 has its detractors since they were expecting a different game from Sledgehmmer/IW but they have admitted to only moving the bar .5 to 2.5…
It doesnt really matter how the game is during beta, or even launch day. DICE will continue to support the game releasing numerous patches and addons. If DICE released a broken game and abandoned all support, like what SEGA did with Aliens vs Predator, then it would be a different story.
Just in time I guess. I’m gonna play the MP first instead of the SP
Bwahahahahahaha!
it’s already shaping up to be the garbage game I predicted it to be, idk why anyone would support this other than having the childish mentality of ‘sticking it to the man’(activision), this will be another fart in the wind flop like medal of honor before it which everyone claimed would dethrone CoD but it ultimately failed big time; they should have taken note of what eat.sleep.play did and set the release date back by a few months to fix issues but they’re too interested in beating mw3 to launch. I bet mw3 will get better reviews and be a much more polished game than bf3.
At least in the UK they have an escape plan in place when everyone realizes how crap it is they can get a better game: http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/gamestop-trade-in-battlefield-3-for-modern-warfare-3-9055
Okay Nostradamus, try not to get in over your head.
Childish mentality is claiming something purely based on your opinion; which is what you did.
Now go have fun playing A remake of a remake of COD4, and leave the big boys alone to play a real mans game.
Sorry you’re confusing me with someone else who uses logic on this site.
I find it hilarious how every COD fan seems to have forgotten the immense number of issues the online multiplayer had in both Black Ops and MW2. They must all be children since they have the attention span of a 3 year old.
Heh, exactly. As I recall it was these large number of issues that caused me to sell MW2 and buy BF:BC2. I’ve never looked back.
wow jroc i suppose everyone should listen to you… a garbage game?? ur kidding me right. i bet day one you buy this game and do nothing but complain bout it, i guess if u wanna play a game all 12 year olds can play then go play COD, any two toned deff retard can play COD. I hope Battlefield 3 does great but if it beats out COD then i only see one outcome all u sorry COD players are going to come to our game and ruin it. Stick to your kiddy games and leave the real games to the professionals kid.
I won’t be buying it at all because it is trash and I won’t be getting CoD either for the same reason; I merely stated CoD will be a better game which when the reviews start rolling in will show just that.
I’ll be buying uncharted 3 and playing it until twisted metal comes out, you know from devs who launch games that require no launch day patches or(*snickers*) pre-launch patch Bwahahahaha!
bwahhaahhaa..? *Snickers*…?
can you be anymore of a douche? and bro, please tell me that isn’t actually you in that pic.
This game and cod are both just terrible
+1
Still can’t believe people defend this kinda crap. Day one patches are bad enough but pre-launch patches that’s just ridiculous. So basically you realize that DICE just admitted to releasing an inferior product before the release. Hell I was bummed at id and their day one patch for Rage. What happened to the days when patches were used to make a game better? Not fix issue’s that it should have never launched with in the first place. And to all those who defended the beta with the old it’s an old build argument or its just a beta one. Just seems funny that they need a patch to fix a lot of issues that are present in said beta. Your gonna get the beta defend it to your last breath and buy the next DICE title that has battlefield in it. Not that it matters to me just felt like stating the obvious. EA won’t get a dime from me for any of their MP games tll they A)kill this online pass thing B) release Timesplitters 4 or B) every other publisher decides to do this pass scam and its either give in or quit gaming. BTW still might just quit gaming instead of giving in to this fat cat scam to help the rich get richer at the expense of the poor.
Those days are gone because of online play. As soon as you have two devices communicating things start to get complicated. When you have 24 it’s even worse. Check out my recent Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One review for example – that game is EXACTLY the same game online or offline – however tons of glitches arise online that you’ll never see while offline.
PC games have been doing this for a long time, it’s just console users need to get used to it. Generally speaking a day one patch isn’t an indication of quality. In fact, I’m fairly certain Batman: AC had a day one patch, and it’s the best game I’ve played all year.
Are we on TrollLifeStyle.net or what? DICE are said to be perfectionism. A day one patch in these circonstances seems good news for me.
If you’re referring to my article, I hope you know that I have it pre-ordered and fully intend to play it a LOT. My article might seem slightly negative because beta feedback was slightly negative. What truly matters is how it is after release. We’ll see what happens!
Hey…at least they were aware of it before the game came out. I don’t mind the patch at all. It’s not like the game automatically sucks because there were some problems with the final game imo.
I couldnt care a less which game does better i just like the Battlefield experience better. I like being able to play as a squad and if i want i can play as a lone wolf. either way dont matter which one you choose to play or what you choose to play. If u have fun playin who cares, as for patches on day one or pre-release is better than having the problems that plagued MW2. Boosting, presitge hacks, and modded lobbies?? tell me that isnt a problem. I enjoy playin a game where i dont have to worry that there are two noobs in the back of the map boostin to get a nuke and finish the match within minutes. A good game is one you can play over and over and play in matches for more than 5 minutes before its over. Battlefield gives you the chance to play a game without boosting or some killstreak just demolishing your team. Both games will do great but what u prefer to play is what you prefer to play, i dont care if some COD player talks s**t to me or not, look out your window and realize its a game. if ur that obsessed get a life.
This what I predict will happen by Dec. 1st (when both MW3 and BF3 will been out for a while:
(1.) MW3 will be hacked (suprised?) but none of the fnboys will notice.
(2.) BF3 will have about 3 patches, and MW fnboys will say its proof that BF is inferior.
Yup, though Dec 1st is giving CoD the benefit of the doubt, I give it 2 weeks to get hacked.
I thought DICE said that they had fixed numerous issue that were reported in the build that was used in the beta?
Anyways a few more days and then we can actually enjoy the game
I plan on playing the SP without the patch to see what it’s like, I assume the patch might be to tweak some things probably… Or actually fix bugs… X_X
The only reason some people slag it off is because SONY is backing BF3 & M$ is backing MW3 LoL
I will get both but next year when they are cheaper.
I think BF3′s gonna be great, but I’m not gonna do the whole midnight release thing. Walmart usually has limited editions for up to a week and a half after the release, so I’ll wait and watch gameplay and reviews.
i just got my copies of BF3 – 24 to be exact (got them for me and my friends). can’t wait for the midnight opening online!!! this is gonna be epic! single player will be less awesome than online multiplayer. but the game a a whole will be great. to the trolls that say otherwise. i feel sorry for you, enjoy ur mw3. you won;t be missed in bf3. this game ill sell itself and prove how awesome it is and how much more you’ll be getting for your $$ with bf3. the only thing missing is an actual game manual in the case! it says that the game manual can be accessed through the game’s interface. so now we have a digital manual instead.
I find it hilarious that there is so much debate over all of these “war simulator” FPS’s. They are all the same game. I went to a friend’s house and was talked into play Black Ops and some other stupid army FPS and I honestly couldn’t tell the difference. You run around frantically and shoot anything that moves. That’s the entire game. Stop debating. They are the same.
herp derp ^^ you must be trollin’ trollin’ trollin’. clearly you do not play FPSs! if you can say something that stupid. so then that means all RPGs are the same too. in fact by your logic all platformers are the same. what an idiot! they may all be in the same genre but that is where the similarities end. gameplay makes the difference
Actually, I can’t say that about all RPGs because I don’t play RPGs. I have played Call of Duty and the last Battlefield game, and minor differences aside, they were in effect the same experience. I’m not “trolling” which seems to be a favorite term to throw around whenever someone says something that is contrary to what you believe. In my opinion, they are way too similar for all of this debate to be going on. I am not making a generalization based on no experience. I have actually played both previous entries in both series, and found them to be incredibly similar. So I find it funny that people are so passionate about two incredibly similar games. It’s like debating Pacman and Ms. Pacman.
I completely agree.
I’ve read every comment on here so far and some of these guys are basically saying if Battlefield 3 has more patches via fixing problems and/or for updates/dlc that makes MW3 better? Can someone help with this one here? Because last time I checked patches don’t determine if one games better then another. It’s the quality,story,game play, graphics, and how much fun you have playing it that determines things like that. Play both then talk shit later. Right now you COD fan boys sound real stupid when you speak.
When I posted that the point I was trying to make was that the “patches make a game worse” logic DOESN’T make sense. I agree that it is about quality and gameplay. My older comment was purely a “that makes no sense” comment.