Battlefield 3 Grand Bazaar Map on PS3: DICE Has Made Improvements

Posted In Featured, Gaming Articles, Gaming News - By Madusha On Saturday, October 8th, 2011 With 1 Comment

Patrick Bach from DICE released a commentary run through of the Grand Bazaar map in Rush and a number of other videos have also appeared of the same map which displays a more recent build. The Playstation 3 gameplay is looking very good and clear improvements since the beta are evident. “This is a beta and not representative of the final product” – despite all doubts from players, this statement is very true.

First of all, the visuals seem to have undergone a slight makeover with textures receiving higher details and overall play looks to be smoother. Obvious improvements to lighting and shadows have been made and tress are looking a lot better than what we saw in the beta. DICE stated the beta was a build that was more than a month old and this claim has been reinforced with what appears to be an improved overall game.

DICE has also listened very carefully to player feedback with a number of new features being added which were not present in the beta, including:

Kit names when switching: When picking up a weapon kit from a downed solider, the name of the kit has been added.
Heartbeat Monitor: A little heartbeat monitor has been added in right next to your hitpoints
The Map: The mini-map seems to have been slightly improved in terms of clarity. Many have complained about the clarity of the map with some going as far as calling the map useless.
“Enemy Killed”: Instead of “Enemy Down”, it’s now “Enemy Killed”.
Point Accumulation Sound: A little sound has been added in whenever you kill an enemy or accumulate points for other activities. (unconfirmed).
Time to Deploy: the ‘time to deploy’ counter has been moved to the top right hand corner of the screen and the look has been changed (see deployment screenshot below).
M-Com Stations: A little counter below the M-Com station letter (A, B etc.) has been added which will show how far away you are from the station, in meters.
Glitches: The glitches seen on the beta have disappeared as DICE stated in their latest blog post.

VIDEO SCREENSHOTS (LOW QUALITY) – See videos below.