User blog comment:Bovell/Lots of new Battlefield 3 details via Twitter, DreamHack festival, PSM3, and interview/@comment-216.81.81.81-20110623194251/@comment-1990578-20110624032103

@anon asking about suppressing fire being OP and such: I can imagine that would be more helpful on Valparaiso. Because whenever I've played there in both console and PC, the first two bases are insanely difficult to attack since no one uses the Black Hawk effectively or uses smoke grenades.

As for why I feel BF is greater than CoD... well... because Battlefield. Its a more team-based shooter. People actually will try to help each other, rather than go about their own business. Plus destruction is the most awesome thing to include in game. I love being able to blow up a building and kill campers hiding inside, and being able to mousehole through urban environments like Oasis and Arica Harbor is too useful. And the last thing is that the game is fairly well balanced, with only a few things being OP (M60/PKM, Magnum Ammo, AN-94, circles of death). Most of the weapons and vehicles follow a rock-paper- shotgun scissors style, having advantages and disadvantages

As much as I hate the series, CoD is at least doing something right. Its certainly making vidjya games a more accepted form of entertainment, compared to back in the day (just look at some of Nintendo's commercials for the NES, you'll see what I mean). The series also made perks, which are seen in BC2 as specializations. I hate how they have stopping power, juggernaut, sonic boom/fireworks/danger close, martyrdom, and last/final stand, but there are fun ones like bandolier/scavenger, ghost/uav jammer/camouflage, sleight of hand, nija/dead silence, deep impact, and steady aim. The weapons are usually interesting and fun to use, but there's always a few that are just ridiculously OP (M16 in CoD4, MP40 in W@W, UMP, Intervention, ACR in MW2, Famas and AK-74u in BlOps among others). Also, despite MW2 ruining them a bit, killstreaks are a fun idea. They just need a little work. And MW2 needed to not have a fucking nuke.