introductionArmored kill is the third expansion pack for battlefield 3.
It was released on the november 11th for premium members and on the 25th for the regular players for pc and xbox. This pack has been announced in E3 and Gamescom and everyone was all exited about the AC-130 gunship and the quad bike. So now, lets see what this pack brings us. |
My score: 5.0 medium |
The ac-130 gunship
The AC-130 has been always been present in war themed shooters. It has appeared in Call of Duty, Medal of Honor and now appears in battlefield 3.
When I first heard about this i was like "woahhh a flying battery of cannons that we can use in mutyplayer to shoot 100mm rounds and blow shit up!!!!!!!"
But in the game, things couldn't be more different.
1st. This thing lookes like it is made out of wood.
Dice made the gunship stupidlly fragile, so, because you have all of the other team trying to shoot you down, this is what you are going to see most of the game:
When I first heard about this i was like "woahhh a flying battery of cannons that we can use in mutyplayer to shoot 100mm rounds and blow shit up!!!!!!!"
But in the game, things couldn't be more different.
1st. This thing lookes like it is made out of wood.
Dice made the gunship stupidlly fragile, so, because you have all of the other team trying to shoot you down, this is what you are going to see most of the game:
The gunship lastes like 2 seconds in a 64 player server. You have an AA gun but while you are shooting down the jets, you are recieving shots from the ground. And when you are shooting the tanks and aa guns in the ground you are recieving shots from the jets. And the plane itself is so fragile that i once destroyed a gunship with a light machine gun from a tank!!!
So this is a death trap.
2nd The gun system its stupid.
You might think that 2 players in the gunship are 1 pilot and 1 shooter. But you can't pilot the plane!!! It is controlled by AI. But thats not a bad thing because a bad pilot in a wooden gunship could have major consequences. So now you say "oh then thats one for the AA gun and one for the main guns right?" NO!!!!
Both players have access to the aa guns but a player has only access to one anti-ground gun. So you can either only control the minigun or only control the cannon that shoots tank shells. And in a 2 seconds flight, good luck trying to hit something with the cannon:
So this is a death trap.
2nd The gun system its stupid.
You might think that 2 players in the gunship are 1 pilot and 1 shooter. But you can't pilot the plane!!! It is controlled by AI. But thats not a bad thing because a bad pilot in a wooden gunship could have major consequences. So now you say "oh then thats one for the AA gun and one for the main guns right?" NO!!!!
Both players have access to the aa guns but a player has only access to one anti-ground gun. So you can either only control the minigun or only control the cannon that shoots tank shells. And in a 2 seconds flight, good luck trying to hit something with the cannon:
You can't see shit and the round ends up somewhere completly different from the place you wanted it to hit.
After sometime, players will no longer worry about the gunship and so you will problably have more time to try to shoot. And you can kill 1 or 2 foot soldiers before the plane blows up, so it is not THAT bad.
But still, it is a great disappointment.
After sometime, players will no longer worry about the gunship and so you will problably have more time to try to shoot. And you can kill 1 or 2 foot soldiers before the plane blows up, so it is not THAT bad.
But still, it is a great disappointment.
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The gunship's main cannon's reticle has been fixed and you can now actually do something to help your team. Also, has I predicted, people have started to pay less attention to the gunship, meaning that you can now stay in the air for some time.
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The gunship's main cannon's reticle has been fixed and you can now actually do something to help your team. Also, has I predicted, people have started to pay less attention to the gunship, meaning that you can now stay in the air for some time.
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New vehicles
Like the gunship, every other new vehicle looks like its made out of wood.
The tank destroyer has as much power has the tank but has less armor, so it is like an IFV with a bigger gun:
The Mobile Arltillery is like a mortar at the back of a truck but you need lots of training to be able to hit anything, and driving it in first person its impossible cause you can't see shit:
The tank destroyer has as much power has the tank but has less armor, so it is like an IFV with a bigger gun:
The Mobile Arltillery is like a mortar at the back of a truck but you need lots of training to be able to hit anything, and driving it in first person its impossible cause you can't see shit:
The only good vehicle is the quad bike. It is fast, it is cool, you can have a guy shooting in the back and if anyone locks a javelin in your bike you are dead.
So Armored Kill should be called wooden kill.
So Armored Kill should be called wooden kill.
Tank superiority mode
The tank superiority mode should be called the "Get Bored As Fuck" mode.
You have one flag to capture and some tanks and tank destroyers to do it.
In the game you will be sitting around waiting for a tank to spawn 'cause there are like 8 tanks and 32 players so you will be writing in the walls with torches and blowing the shit out of the your home base if you don't wanna be running through a lot of tanks to get some kills has a sniper. Then when you get a tank you will be killed by a camper in another tank in like 5 seconds.
So the tank superiority mode is horrible unless you are on a 16 player server.
You have one flag to capture and some tanks and tank destroyers to do it.
In the game you will be sitting around waiting for a tank to spawn 'cause there are like 8 tanks and 32 players so you will be writing in the walls with torches and blowing the shit out of the your home base if you don't wanna be running through a lot of tanks to get some kills has a sniper. Then when you get a tank you will be killed by a camper in another tank in like 5 seconds.
So the tank superiority mode is horrible unless you are on a 16 player server.
New Maps
The maps are the only thing that is good about armored kill.
There are four new maps, all of them beutifull (except death valley) and huge.
1. Death Valley
There are four new maps, all of them beutifull (except death valley) and huge.
1. Death Valley
This map is a bunch of stuff from other maps assembled in one ugly night map. You have the tower and crane from back to karkand, the checkpoint from caspian border and other things that i did not identify yet.
I am not saying that this map is bad. No, It is a big vehicle map, but night vision is obsolet 'cause there is as many light as there is in operation metro.
2. Armored Shield
I am not saying that this map is bad. No, It is a big vehicle map, but night vision is obsolet 'cause there is as many light as there is in operation metro.
2. Armored Shield
I always though that this map was gonna be caspian border 2 but this is completly different. It is an agricultural map with some canals. It is good for tank fighting as there are only tank destroyers, so you don't have to worry about encountering a non-wooden tank.
3.Bandar Desert
3.Bandar Desert
This is the biggest map in battlefield history but it doesnt feel that big. Most of the map is desert so it is easy to navigate on it. I didn't play a lot in this map but i think this might be a good air map as there are not many objects in wich you can crash your aircraft into.
4. Alborz Mountains
4. Alborz Mountains
This is my favourite map. It is gorgeous and it feels huge as there is a mountain and you have things on each side of it. It is hard to navigate with tanks in that area so that makes tank duels very interesting.
And so these are the maps in armored kill. This is the only reason why to play armored kill and i have to congratulate the Dice art team 'cause this maps are gorgeous .
And so these are the maps in armored kill. This is the only reason why to play armored kill and i have to congratulate the Dice art team 'cause this maps are gorgeous .
Assignments
Now the strangest thing about this pack.
In E3, the game developer said that there were gonna be some weapons related to vehicles. So where are they? THERE ARE NO NEW WEAPONS IN THIS PACK!!!!!!! And insted of 10 you have only 5 assignments that lead to vehicle upgrades. 3 of them are for the tank destroyer, and 2 are for the artillery. This is kinda stupid because you can complete these assignments without eaven using those vehicles. And these vehicles were already under powered, so, why did dice need to underpower them more by locking some upgrades in some assignments?
In E3, the game developer said that there were gonna be some weapons related to vehicles. So where are they? THERE ARE NO NEW WEAPONS IN THIS PACK!!!!!!! And insted of 10 you have only 5 assignments that lead to vehicle upgrades. 3 of them are for the tank destroyer, and 2 are for the artillery. This is kinda stupid because you can complete these assignments without eaven using those vehicles. And these vehicles were already under powered, so, why did dice need to underpower them more by locking some upgrades in some assignments?
THe best parts-The maps are huge and gorgeous.
-the quad bike is awesome |
the worst parts-The AC-130 is crappy as hell
-The vehicles look like they where made out of wood -The Tank Superiority mode is horrible |
Final score: 5.0 Medium
final notes
Is AK worth buying?
If you want more maps like caspian border and karhg island and you are ready to pay 15 dollars for them, then be my guest!
However, for everyone else, expecially the ones who like close quarters combat, it is not worth it's price.
Now everithing we can do is wait for Aftermath but after the disappointment this expansion pack was for me, i am not that much excited about it.
By: trombiman
If you want more maps like caspian border and karhg island and you are ready to pay 15 dollars for them, then be my guest!
However, for everyone else, expecially the ones who like close quarters combat, it is not worth it's price.
Now everithing we can do is wait for Aftermath but after the disappointment this expansion pack was for me, i am not that much excited about it.
By: trombiman