Mom's Minute

Written by Ms. H

Battlefield 3 battle scene.

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If you have played Battlefield 3 for the Xbox 360, you may agree that the battle scenes are action-packed, riveting, and overall engrossing!   You may feel as if you are really battling in a war-torn location -- you and your war comrades, fighting together as a team against enemies to achieve victory! And to top it off, Battlefield 3 has, in my opinion, an interesting war story line.

Battlefield 3  is "Practice Makes Perfect" for me  since I will be sharing with you my playing experience with  Battlefield 3 as I played it in the single player, "practice", tutorial mode. 

If you are a veteran first shooter video game player, and consider yourself an expert, I applaud you! I plan to one day soon move further up the ranks in these type games and compete in multiplayer challenges -- not only in Battlefield 3, but other battle-type video games as well!

Here is a scene from Battlefield 3.

Battlefield 3 video game comes with two discs -- one is the multiplayer disc, and the other, the single player disc.  I played the single player mode with plans to advance to the multiplayer mode soon! 

After the game and Xbox 360 were set up, I  played the tutorial mode of Battlefield 3 which showed instructions along with the game play including the correct buttons to execute moves, and exactly what to do, for example, "follow", "crouch," and other actions.

My family member mentioned the importance of using the cross-hairs to target enemies, instead of shooting indiscriminately -- which I was doing at first to make sure I hit the targets!  The downside of constant shooting without aiming is the loss of ammo quickly.   I soon learned how to position the cross-hairs and to aim before shooting the enemy while playing this video game.

Once I got the hang of using the controls with the help of my family member, I became immersed in the game.

The graphics were realistic, from the war entrenched environment, the ever presence of enemies, and the constant barrage of fire used for enemy confrontations and my team's protection. I learned to resist seeking cover alot and instead sought out the enemies! 

I was impressed by the realistic movements of the Battlefield 3 characters, especially while in battles!  There was a scene where my war comrades had to do a "belly crawl" across the top of a tall builiding while clutching a weapon in one hand and using the other hand to move forward.  I noticed how realistist the movements were, down to the bending of the rubber soles of the war boots!

Because of the intensity of the game play, I was ready to take a break from playing after a few minutes, and at the encouragement of my family member I continued on and completed the tutorial level!

I learned a lot from watching my family member continue with the game play of Battlefield 3!  Some pointers were to be aggressive and seek out the enemies; to be on the offensive as well as the defensive, and to always look around to see where the enemie were, including shooting objects that could possibly hover the enemies.

This is a Mature +17 rated video game. I had to tune out the strong language, which to me did not serve a purpose.   On the plus side -- The graphics in the game were not  as bloody as I expected. 

Of course, it goes without saying that my familly member played the game expertly, was able to hit the targets on the first shots and followed through with the overall game play!

I enjoyed playing Battlefield 3!  I have yet to play some of the other recent war battle-type games, and should be able to give you a review of those games should I play them.

Before long you will see Ms. H, or The Real Ms. H as a member of a warfighting video game playing team. In the mean time, I will continue to hone up my skills and  practice, because I do believe that "Practice Makes Perfect!"

Enjoy playing your video games! 

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Ms. H

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