This is a beta and is “not representative of the final product.” These are the cliche words behind every video game beta and demo. The phrase has been so overused that we no longer consider this to be the truth and only a marketing scam. Now this is not because no changes are made, the reason is the changes are so miniature, it really has no purpose. With Battlefield 3, DICE really mean it.

We got access to the beta early last night and the game was looking very good. Nice gameplay, good visuals but one little thing kept putting its annoying fingers in our face. While  proned, our soldier disappeared below the ground in a weird terrain glitch. This is the most common of the lot and has appeared many times whilst proned in lifted terrains in the first spawn locations of Operation Metro. Fortunately, a quick fix is on the way as stated by Daniel Matros, the DICE global Battlefield community manager.

The terrain deformation on metro. We are working on a fix to implement in the beta as soon as possible

If you haven’t yet come across the glitch, here you go:

Wait! There’s more. A YouTube user spotted a humorous glitch that caused an un-intentional “last stand” (sort of) perk. A dead corpse lying on the floor manages to fire his RPK and grab a kill!

UPDATE: A new glitch as been encountered by Jacob who sent us a this clip. His soldier is stuck on zero hit-points after being revived.

 

This soldier got himself stuck -inside- a tree! No way out from this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHG-HMW_hfA&feature=player_detailpage#t=138s

Snakeman has also made an appearance:

Putting all the funny glitches aside, there has been more simple and serious glitches as well. The main one being again terrain related. When approaching very small steps, your soldier will sometimes be forced to literally jump over to get through. This can get quite annoying, especially if you’re in a rush. Getting unexpectedly stuck behind a two inch high step is never nice.

This beta is definitely not representative of the final product. DICE and EA will make sure every spot of Battlefield 3 is perfect before the game launches on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC on October 25. However, the game mechanics from the beta will unlikely see change. If they see change, the changes are likely be near unnoticeable.

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