User blog comment:Bovell/Lots of new Battlefield 3 details via Twitter, DreamHack festival, PSM3, and interview/@comment-216.81.81.81-20110623194251/@comment-1990578-20110623203655

I'll attempt this... WARNING: May contain a lot of details that cause tl;dr syndrome. Read at own risk.

1. Commander mode, the thing everyone is raving about to be included is a feature in Battlefield 2 and 2142 where one player from each team gets to essentially command the entire battlefield. They can give orders to squads, such as attack or defend an outpost, call in UAV's to scan an area for enemy locations, and call in vehicle and supply drops to drop a heavy jeep (HMMWV, Vodnik, etc.) to help squad move bout easier or resupply ones low on ammunition/no support soldier, or call in artillery strikes on a location marked by a player. They don't have any special weapons or abilities (other than calling in stuff), spawning as a normal soldier, but they are usually back at base, using a special commander map to overlook the battlefield. In 2142, the commander can also move their Titan about the battlefield in the Titan game mode.

2. The player count on both consoles will be 24 players -12 to a team - just as in BC2. That's because MS and Sony's servers can't handle more than that considering how large and detailed the maps will be. They will be scaled down in according to this for ground combat, but jets will be able to traverse the entire 64-player size.

3. Yeah, they probably are the starting weapons. I believe DICE said there were more unlocks than in BC2 since everyone pretty much got to 25 and got bored, thus leaving.

4. Opting out of being revived will be added in. Although if more people played as a smart medic, it wouldn't be much of a problem.

5. It certainly will. The fear factor being added in for being suppressed will be interesting.

6. Bad Company catered more to the console gamer, as five or six years ago, consoles were the most popular system. BF2 had a lot more features than BC1 or BC2 and played a lot differently. BF2 is more mil-sim and tactical than the BC series that still try to emulate that, but focus more on run-and-gun style. Plus DICE just only made their new engine, meaning they didn't have much of an idea of what their limits were.

7. I hear that! BF3 looks better than any game out there currently (IMO), even on what we've seen from the console. So what if its 30 FPS rather than 60? It's running on 5-6 year old tech, and CoD's graphics can't hold a candle to BF3's in comparison.