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Battlefield 3 for PlayStation 3
Battlefield 3 for PlayStation 3 is a military first-person shooter in which Sergeant Henry Blackburn recalls earlier operations during an interrogation. His memories form the basis of a story about an impending terrorist attack. You do not only follow Blackburn: other military perspectives add to the events. Urban battles, night operations and scenes with heavy military vehicles alternate. The campaign follows a fixed sequence and gradually reveals how events connect.
You aim down sights, move between cover and respond to your squad’s instructions. An open street requires a different approach from a building with short sightlines. Grenades, different firearms and support equipment help you break through enemy positions. Battles alternate with vehicle sequences that require a different task from simply moving forward and shooting. Lighting, smoke and environmental sound make it important to look beyond the target directly in front of you.
You play the offline campaign alone. You can replay a completed mission on another difficulty level. The original online component and separate online cooperative missions are no longer available on PlayStation 3: EA ended those services on 7 November 2024. This release is therefore described on the basis of its story campaign. It is the original PS3 version from 2011, with the presentation and capabilities of that console.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
This is Battlefield 3 Limited Edition for PlayStation 3. The story campaign is the same as in the standard release. The original Back to Karkand offer concerned additional online content; we do not promise an unused or working download code with this second-hand release. PS3 online services have ended.
Manual
Battlefield 3 for PlayStation 3 was originally released without a printed manual. This edition therefore does not come with a separate instruction booklet. Its absence does not mean that an item from the original packaging is missing.
Instructions for the controls and rules are provided in the game. Any additional leaflets or advertising inserts are not manuals and are only included if stated in the product details. We use the label “No Manual” for copies missing a manual that was originally supplied. You should therefore not expect a printed booklet with this game unless a special edition explicitly states otherwise.
The history of Battlefield 3
DICE developed Battlefield 3, and Electronic Arts released it in 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. After the two Bad Company games, the studio chose a new military campaign and further development of its technology. Frostbite 2 played a central role. The engine combined lighting, animation, sound and destruction to give combat a different presentation. The PS3 version was built for that console and does not automatically have all the technical capabilities of the PC release.
Blackburn’s interrogation gives the campaign a retrospective structure. You see events while his account and the impending attack are investigated. Other protagonists broaden that view, allowing you to experience different sides of the conflict. DICE combined the more serious tone with infantry battles and striking vehicle scenes. This distinguishes Battlefield 3 from Bad Company’s jokes and fixed squad, although modern weapons and powerful explosions appear in both.
A Limited Edition launched alongside the original release with an offer for Back to Karkand. This was additional online content rather than a different story campaign. A used Limited Edition therefore does not mean a usable code is included. After PS3 services ended in November 2024, the offline campaign remained available. It now also provides the clearest view of the original story and the technological step DICE took in 2011.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 also offers military vehicles, explosions and destructible cover on PlayStation 3. Its campaign stays with a fixed squad and familiar exchanges. Battlefield 3 tells a more serious story through an interrogation and multiple perspectives. You therefore feel less as though you are constantly travelling with the same unconventional team.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare also follows different soldiers during a modern conflict on PlayStation 3. Both campaigns alternate focused operations with larger battles. Battlefield 3 uses its Frostbite 2 presentation for striking lighting and vehicle scenes. Modern Warfare builds its missions around a different cast and the events that establish that storyline.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 also moves its action between varied locations in an international conflict on PlayStation 3. First-person controls, checkpoints and teammates’ instructions are familiar. Battlefield 3 frames its story through Blackburn’s interrogation. Modern Warfare 3 instead continues Price and Soap’s earlier adventures and offers additional separate Special Ops challenges.
Medal of Honor from 2010 focuses its PlayStation 3 campaign on American soldiers in Afghanistan. Modern weapons, radio instructions and different military roles are shared elements. Battlefield 3 spreads its story over more locations and uses Blackburn’s memories for an impending attack. Medal of Honor keeps the focus closer to operations and conditions within one conflict zone.
Killzone 2 also combines a military squad with intense firefights and impressive sound on PlayStation 3. The science-fiction war on Helghan uses a different arsenal and a weighty cover system. Battlefield 3 chooses recognisable modern equipment and alternates infantry with vehicle scenes. Its story concerns a terrorist threat rather than an invasion of another planet.
