Aloha!
My original plan to post on here the next day went out the window, mainly due to me becoming somewhat hooked on Battlefield 3's sublime multiplayer. I ummed and ahhhed about buying it, the trailers/youtube vids/EA's aggressive marketing made it look very good indeed, but I normally pass on the military shooters.
After a shopping trip to Meadowhall, my missus surprised me with a shiny new copy of BF3!!
Safe to say I was chuffed! After the large update and install, I fired up the game.
Initially, it reminded me why I don't like these types of game. Too many options for a noob to pick from, class/starting weapons even game type... my head-eggs were a little scrambled to be honest. I jumped into a random game and spent the next 45 minutes cursing as I was picked off constantly while running around like a headless chicken.
It must have been hilarious to be on the opposition's team and watching me as I literally had no idea of where to go or what to do, shooting at anyone who shot at me first. Safe to say 9/10 I died before they did.
Even funnier when I stopped in the open, trying every button on the pad to figure out how to equip my bazooka! (and when I finally got the right one, some twat ran up and knifed me in the back!!).
But now I am starting to get to grips with the game, understanding how Conquest mode works. Understanding that it doesn't play like CoD (which I have never really been a fan of) or Resistance 3! and slowly but surely it has begun to sink it's claws in.
I don't have the same amount of time to invest into it as most, it seems some people must literally live on the game to get their play time up so high in such a short space of (real life) time. As such, I am ranking up slowly, picking up a few ribbons in the matches...which leads to more xp...which leads to new unlocks...
I think it's the sense of slow and steady progression (even though I am still a bit shit) that endears me to it. The awesome feeling of "hahahaha have that ya bastard!" as I knife someone and take their dogtags after being pinned down or killed several times by them!!
Anyhow, written enough for now, it's my day off (well, from one job anyway) and I am losing some valuable Battlefield time!
I feel like that with most MPs. I've never got on with FPS and only really tried out MP on AC: Brotherhood. I too got knifed in the back, but lots. I had issues with people not getting in to the spirit of it; i.e. running around like loons, instead of being sneaky-sneaky. I guess that's less of an issue with full-auto carbines!
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