History VideoGame / Battlefield3

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Yes, laser-guided bombs exist (they're called Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or [=JDAMs=]), and yes, the Hornet's backseater can cue all the weapons.

* TechDemoGame: ''Battlefield 3'' doesn't support UsefulNotes/DirectX 9, hence it can't run on Windows XP. It was one of the first applications to have a real impact in driving people to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7. The console versions have 4 rows of pixels on the top and bottom of the screen blacked out to speed up performance while maintaining graphical fidelity, since you mostly won't notice the blacked-out rows anyway.

* OldSaveBonus: As with ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany 2'', becoming a ''Battlefield Veteran'' unlocks three versions of the [[CoolGuns/{{Handguns}} M1911]] for use in multiplayer.

** For a ridiculously [[RareGuns rare]] and futuristically complex gun, the game got the reload for the Pancor Jackhammer ("[=MK3A1=]") correct. A full description of the reload can be found on [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Battlefield_3#Pancor_Jackhammer IMFDB]].

* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: You play as elite force from both factions, partially justifying how they get access to RareGuns.

* RareGuns:
** The MP 412 REX, which didn't go to full production because of lack of market, as Russia for the most part does not permit handguns to civilians, and lack of interest from Western countries (between the top-break mechanism possibly being too weak for a Magnum cartridge, and an agreement between Presidents [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]] and [[UsefulNotes/BorisYeltsin Yeltsin]] banning importation of Russian firearms into America). This time however, they properly show the automatic ejection mechanism.
** Both the AEK-971 and AN-94 were participating in the same "Abakan" trial contest which was aimed to find a replacement for the current AK-74M service rifle. Their advantages were considered insufficient for their increased production cost and complexity and both ended up in the arsenals of elite Russian forces and the Ministry of Home Affairs. This could be considered a justified example, as the Russian team in multiplayer ''is'' Russian special forces.
** Back to Karkand brings back the PP-19 Bizon-2 from ''Battlefield 2'' as a PDW, as well as the [=MK3A1=] shotgun (AKA the Pancor Jackhammer), a gun that never went into production.
** Close Quarters brings in the LSAT LMG, which is only in the prototyping stages in the real world.
** The Magpul PDR (called the PDW-R) never went into production. It is purely a prototype, and its development was halted in 2011.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Before his throat is cut, the tank driver Miller is the hostage in a video of a terrorist who calls shame on the Americans for invading their country and killing their people and having the gall to call them terrorists, yet these same terrorists later set off a nuke in Paris and used the opportunity of an earthquake to launch a terrorist-sponsored coup.

-->'''Cole''': I do not want a bin Laden-style resolution here.

* CoolHat: Russian recon and American engineer.

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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Cole is actually a subversion of this. He's the only black character in the story, and he has a deep, strong voice not unlike [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Sergeant Foley's]], but he turns out to be TheNeidermeyer and [[spoiler:gets countless Marines killed and most likely causes a major international incident before being fragged by Blackburn.]]

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How do you deal with a sniper shooting at you from another building? Blow up that entire building! This is actually the standard method of dealing with snipers in real life too.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Iran is shown having a large number of Su-35BM Flanker-E's in the mission "Going Hunting". However, in real life the Iranian army famously wields a large range of older American fighters like F-14. Iran has little to no Su-35BM Flanker-E's in their inventory, instead having different russian jets.

* {{Qurac}}: Averted. All locations are real and named.

It was released on PC, Xbox 360 and [=PlayStation=] 3, although as the console hardware had become long in the tooth, with PC bing the lead platform. Its multiplayer has the ability to have 64 players in a server, with the console versions only supporting 24.

It is a FirstPersonShooter with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer action and the use of all types of combat vehicles including tanks, jets and helicopters, as well as improving on the infantry experience of its predecessors. It has deep persistence using the Battlelog internet server browser and game manager. Despite the emphasis being on the multiplayer, it also includes a 6 to 8 hour long singleplayer storyline campaign, set in [[NextSundayAD 2014]]. It involves a new faction taking power in Iran and weaves an international story through a series of flashbacks based on the recollections of Staff Sergeant Henry "Black" Blackburn, a US Marine. He is trying to stop an attack on New York City, but locations involve Iraq, Iran and Paris, among others. It also includes a Co-Op game mode.

It was released on PC, Xbox 360 and [=PlayStation=] 3, although as the console hardware has become long in the tooth, PC is the lead platform. Its multiplayer has the ability to have 64 players in a server, with the console versions having only 24.

* UniversalDriversLicense: Back again in ''3''. Buggies, cars, [=IFVs=], tanks, helicopters, and jets are free to be driven by anyone. The "Back to Karkand" expansion even allows you to drive a ''[[CrazyAwesome skid loader]]''.

It was released on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation, although as the console hardware has become long in the tooth, PC is the lead platform. Its multiplayer has the ability to have 64 players in a server, with the console versions having only 24.

* AcousticLicense: Averted in some scenes, notably in ''Going Hunting'' where the first Iranian fighters are encountered. You don't hear their planes' cannons until well after you see the bullets.

** There's also a [[http://www.pcgamesn.com/battlefield/there-live-flying-pterodactyl-battlefield-3-endgame pterodactyl flying around the Nebadan Flats in mulitplayer. ]]

** ''Battlefield 3'' on release is a very obvious late beta. It's simply not stable enough, especially in the online modes, to really be called a polished product. The integration between Origin, Battlelog, the game and the online servers is flaky and constantly being brought down for "maintenance." The reason was EA pushing the game for an early release out to beat the latest ''Modern Warfare'' game.
* ObviousRulePatch: Parodied in the [[http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/view/2832654789470390175/ patch update]]:

* OneBulletClips: Barring the ''[[VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany Bad Company]]'' spinoffs, it's notable that this is the first main entry in the series to implement this instead of the traditional magazine count. Unlike most games however, ''Battlefield 3'' does keep track of whether or not there's a round in the chamber, meaning reloading from empty will net you only, say, 30 rounds instead of 31 and take longer due to the character chambering a round.

* QuickMelee: There is the standard version of it, the "press the button and stab with one motion". It's done in a different manner than usual, however: it only deals 50% damage normally, requiring at least two swipes to kill someone. However, if the player does it from behind their victim, they will perform a takedown move instead, in which they stab the victim for an instant kill and steal their dogtags.

** PLR and Russian forces will usually call out whenever reloading, being shot at, dying, or throwing a grenade. They usually shout out [[OhCrap whenever a grenade lands near them,too.]]

* [[FatalFamilyPhoto Fatal Family Dinosaur Figurine]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Before his throat is cut, the tank driver Miller is the hostage in a video of a terrorist who calls shame on the Americans for invading their country and killing their people and having the gall to call them terrorists, yet these same terrorists have set off a nuke in Paris and used the opportunity of an earthquake to launch a terrorist-sponsored coup.

** One of the government agents that investigates Blackburn is a spitting image of voice actor Glenn Morshower.

** Perhaps a better example is when Dima and Kiril find what they thought was the suitcase nuke primed to initiate a large urban redevelopment of Paris, only to discover it was a '''decoy'''. [[spoiler:Then the real one goes off...]]

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Solomon wants to nuke two major cities and start World War III because...umm...revenge. Revenge for ''what'' exactly is never so much as foreshadowed, hinted at, or even HandWaved.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' reveals, even if Blackburn saved New York, Solomon's plan to "set the world on fire" ultimately succeeded and now Russia and the U.S. are locked in a bitter global war for which neither side was actually responsible for, all because of the will of a single man.]]

* [[spoiler:HowWeGotHere: The starting mission, "Semper Fidelis," starts near the end of the game, and the interrogation itself is set before the final level, "The Great Destroyer," slightly before the start. The rest of the campaign is told in the form of flashbacks during the interrogation (just like ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'') of Staff Sergeant Blackburn's events in chronological order.]]

* TheDogShotFirst: [[spoiler: Cole ''will'' kill you and Dima if you don't shoot him. Then again, you and Blackburn have absolutely no way of knowing this if you do shoot first like you're supposed to.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' reveals, even if Blackburn saved New York, Solomon's plan to "set the world on fire" ultimately succeeded and now Russia and the U.S. are locked in a bitter global war for which neither side was actually responsible for, all because of [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare3 the will of a single man.]]]]

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Averted. The US military is not the only group involved in battling against the PLR. [[spoiler:Russian FSB Spetsnaz commandos are also involved in trying to stop Solomon from bombing Paris with a nuke.]] The French get the Gendarmerie Nationale involved after the PLR attacks the Euronext's Paris branch.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Averted. The US military is not the only group involved in battling against the PLR. [[spoiler:Russian FSB Spetsnaz commandos are also involved in trying to stop Solomon from bombing Paris with a nuke.]]

** The same thing is true of Blackburn, who looks like GideonEmery with shorter hair.

** It probably doesn't help that [[spoiler:Blackburn]] doesn't call for assistance at any point during the fight.

''Battlefield 3'' is the sequel to the 2005 game ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} 2''. Despite being the third numbered game in the series, and not fitting into the same timeline as any other game in the series, it is the 19th installment in the overall Battlefield [[CashCowFranchise franchise]]. It was released on October 25, 2011.

* QuickMelee: There is the standard version of it, the "press the button and stab with one motion". That takes at least two swipes to kill someone however. If the player does it from behind a player, they will preform a takedown move instead, which kills in one stab and awards the player with the victim's dogtags.

** Some of the Assignments released with Back To Karkand and Close Quarters are shout outs. "Professional Russian" to unlock the [=L85A2=] is a shoutout to Website/YouTube gun and weapon video maker FPS Russia. The PP-19 and Jackhammer assignments were called "Familiar Territory" and "Scarred Veteran" as those guns were from ''Battlefield 2''. The SCAR-L assignment in Close Quarters is called "[[VideoGame/ZeroWing Set us up the bomb]]".

* UnorthodoxReload: Averted. Every weapon is reloaded correctly. From the .44 Magnum, with which the player will properly eject the casings with the ejector rod and insert new cartridges with a speed loader, and close the chambers with his thumb to prevent misalignment; to every shotgun, where when loaded from empty the first shell is put directly into the chamber via the breech. The only thing that could be considered unorthodox would be reloading of the AN-94 or AEK-971, where the player pushes the magazine release with a new magazine and flicks the old magazine out of the way, but even this method of reloading is legitimate, as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz9n3ABm1S0 demonstrated]] in the training video for Russian Ministry of home affairs.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Yes, there are laser-guided [=JDAMs=], and yes, the Hornet's backseater can cue all the weapons.
* AmericaSavesTheDay: Averted. The US military is not only involved in battling against the PLR. [[spoiler:Russian FSB Spetsnaz commandos are also involved in trying to stop Solomon from bombing Paris with a nuke.]]

* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: When Blackburn meets Dima, you have to kill the friendly soldier that discovers the two of you in order to continue. Granted, the said "[[AssholeVictim friendly soldier]]" is TheNeidermeyer who has just got the majority of your comrades killed and all-but-certainly kickstarted World War III [[InsaneTrollLogic in a desperate bid for a promotion]], but still......]]