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Another detail revealed was that the melee system was going to be considerably different than the standard knife stab. Battlefield 3 will instead have a quick-time event process that allows the player to throw left or right punches at an opponent, or counter an attack.

"So basically battlefield 3 will be a mix between mirrors edge and battlefield" = COOL MEGA COOL HYPER COOL