New Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Map's Opinion's From A Gamer's View

Today MercuryNews got to play the 6 announced Battlefield 3 multiplayer maps. And he gave us his impressions on them. But most of them are in different game modes so they opinions might vary depending on game type. Here is two map previews below, but for all of them, click here. Enjoy.

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Map: Seine Crossing, Mode: Team Deathmatch – I only got to play this for a few minutes, and it was hard for me to nail down the structure of the map. It takes place in Paris, but there’s more narrow alleyways and passages than the other Paris map — Operation Metro. What impressed me the most initially was the sound. It was excellent. You could tell where the firing was coming from and about how close you were to the gunfight, just be the audio.

Although I didn’t spend much time in the map because of technical issues, I did have a chance to check out what a fully loaded Battlelog looks like. I was impressed by how DICE created a social platform that melds perfectly to the game. It’s basically like Facebook but for Battlefield 3. Players can leave messages on each other’s walls and see their friend’s achievement. It’s a good way to talk smack, which I am apt to do.

Map: Noshahr Canals, Mode: Squad Deathmatch – So what’s the difference between Squad Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch? The former pits four squads of four people against each other while the latter simplifies that by splitting the group of 16 into two teams of eight. Of course in Squad Deathmatch, groups don’t have to kill each other in a free for all. They can be split into two teams and compete via frag count.

Noshahr Canals takes place in a port. There’s one tank and everyone is rushing to get it because it grants a major advantage. The tank can blow away cover that’s vital to the other the team attacking from a ridge above the port. One of the disappointing things is that you can destroy barricades and walls of buildigns but you can’t wreck fork lifts and cargo containers scattered through the map. It’s for balance I suppose, but at the same time, it ruins the realistic consistency of the world. Why are walls descructable if crates aren’t?

I do like the mix of long- and medium-range combat on the map. There’s opportunity to flank opponents who may be holed up in buildings or clustered around the hill. The tank advantage isn’t overwhelming because the map is large enough and the topography varies so much that you can get away from it easily without being blown up.

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