Quick review of the beta:
Game plays pretty well in the beta. Graphics are awesome and the game play is pretty smooth. The only map for most beta testers is Operation Metro and it's pretty small with no vehicles. One of the weak points in the past Battlefield games is the close combat has always felt to me as an afterthought. In BF3 I think it's on par with the COD games (that are all close combat style). I prefer to drive stuff around and blow up the environment but since you can't really test that yet its pretty fun to shoot at other players close up. One of the additions this time around is that sniper scopes reflect and you can easily see snipers positions (not sure if they only flare if they are zoomed in or if it's always). On large maps I am sure as a sniper you would still get tons of kills but at least you can see where the fuckers are hiding and go kill them.
I haven't unlocked many load outs or weapons yet but it looks like some really cool stuff can be unlocked and there are many specs you can pick from.
One thing I don't like is to zoom in you have to hold down the right mouse button it's not a toggle like most BF games. I could not find a option to change this maybe it will be added in the release.
The browser based "origin" client turns out to not be as horrible as I first thought. It works pretty well and it's nice to see if your friends are online without going into the game like BFBC2. Not sure if the origin client can pop up a notification when a friend joins a game like you can do on Steam. Also the webpage gives you tons of statistics.
Updated beta out today:
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