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In the six years between the second and third installment of the series of Battlefield DICE did not remain still, and even securities rep before turning out the miniseries with Battlefield 2142 and then with the great success of Battlefield: Bad Company , which established the explosion of the saga also on HD game consoles.

We have deliberately omitted mention of the single player campaign because the Swedish team, apart from the protagonists of the two spot on Bad Company, has never shone at the level of plot, narrative and characters, suffering quite clearly the superiority of Call of Duty. Battlefield 3 things have not changed much and it is clear that DICE, a little 'for convenience, a little' to focus more on the multiplayer, it is now addicted to a way of thinking about the game in single payer of last episodes too Activision's rival franchise. The plot of the game is seen through the eyes of an American and a Russian (but also two other characters to play as short stretches of the game), both involved in different parts of the world to prevent a series of devastating terrorist attacks on nuclear forces to be organized base in Iran. The "assembly" narrative and visual continually jumps between past, present and the two protagonists with different results than pleasant, but ultimately it is hard to really feel part of the plot and create an empathy with our alter ego.

The same approach "Hollywood" when it comes to war and fighting is a bit 'end in itself, with spectacular sequences (earthquakes, air raids) but that are so scripted and forced to become a mere decorative element. The twelve missions that make up the campaign in a single attempt to change the game play as much as possible, but if we exclude the interesting interlude of tanks in the desert is very little that was new even compared to the past series. The breakers on board a fighter than a bomber, and the location of attack seem to put a little 'haphazard and half-heartedly for the small time, for both the banality of the actions to be performed and objectives to be accomplished.

The main problems of the campaign, however, respond to the name of linearity, scripts, enemy intelligence and longevity. The road ahead is almost always required, with the inability to leave the area determined for more than a few seconds (on pain of instant death) and "paths" with no alternatives, which means very little space (if any) for sorties or attacks on other sides. The situations also tend to be repeated continuously, follow their companions, breaking down doors, defending a point on the map to be an attack, destroy a tank with anti-tank weapon, use a fixed location, wait for the wave of enemies and the trigger ' inevitable trigger to continue the mission and avoid an infinite respawning enemies. No upgrade or improvement of weapons, no means to drive (if not required in their time), no chance to get out of the game imposed sown.

Then we spread a veil on the Quick Time Event, totally unnecessary as well as a free and easy embarrassing, but also in understanding the enemy is unsatisfactory: the opponents almost never advance to flush them out, their movement patterns are very predictable and their reactions to our sight or a grenade make a little 'funny. Of course, if he played some difficult level of fire barriers are really impressive (especially those in the open field) and no coverage will often die, but on the whole do not expect anything hard or with some kind of tactical depth. On average we have finished the campaign in about six hours, even more than what is offered in single Call of Duty: Black Ops, but still a long life medium-low for a title like that. Despite all these shortcomings, the single player campaign is not to be thrown away completely. Some hit the mark are scenic, fun sniping missions, the locations are quite different (except the usual garages, offices and corridors of power) and the defense of strategic points suggest a certain state of apprehension, but there is no escape from the model now prevailing in the "scripts and shooting" and those who expected something different and more detached from the dogma of "CoD" will be quite disappointed.