%embed1% Okay, so...we finished campaign play over the weekend and ended the game wrung out. This game is bad ass. Bad. Ass. Not like one of those strippers in the Pegasus Club near Ft. Polk with all…, BF3-1, Hard to say what's more unnerving...massed Russian airdrops or graphics that allow you to count your expended brass ., OPERATION SWORDBREAKER:, Having come off a long stretch of Modern Warfare, we’re still not quite familiar with the BF3 controls. The starting level launches with a suitable amount of tension and mayhem. There’s a steep…, ., UPRISING:, Complete combat immersion.  Heavy use of OPFor weapons, lots of incoming.  Dark environment.  Environment is phenomenally interactive, at one point we actually watched a grenade near a tree splinter…, BF3-2, Who doesn't like surfing on a subway train with a gun?, GOING HUNTING:, Get comfortable with gender ambiguity. You operate (or we did anyway) as a female backseater launching on an F-18F from a Navy carrier (CVN-77). Yep, you gotta play a chick, and don’t ask us why your…, OPERATION GUILLOTINE:, Start your mission as a recon marine doing BDA.  Naturally, higher HQ sees an opportunity to be seized, tosses you a FRAGO and your squad is sent in under heavy fire to secure an apartment complex. …, BF3-3, Ground attack run; picture courtesy of Holy Hand Grenade's YouTube jet tutorial., COMRADES:, Gargle a little ahead of time to get guttural. You start out speaking in German with authentic Spetnaz weaponry..it’s a great start to this round, but the icing on the cake is your comrades’ initial…, BF3-4, Running with Dima and Kiril...good movements mostly, but everyone sounds like Ensign Chekov., THUNDER RUN:, Thought flying a Hornet was fun?  This level gives the player the opportunity to lay waste and destruction on a grand scale through the wanton use (and misuse…we played this one a couple times just…, FEAR NO EVIL:, Getting close to the end. Tanks, explosions…more explosions, capture.  This one hits uncomfortably close to home. This is the chapter that leaves you feeling just a little uneasy In this scenario you…, BF3-5, The clatter and racket of small arms fire is disturbingly realistic. Sadly you don't have the option to stay in your tank the whole time., KAFFAROV:, What modern FPS would be complete without a HALO jump?  It wouldn’t be, of course. Thankfully BF3 removed the player’s ability to plunge to their death by making the jump part of a video break at the…, BF3-6, Fighting in and around a mall at night was challenging; would've been nice if they'd put as much effort into the Marines' tactics as they did their profanity during the cut scenes and cinematics, but…, THE GREAT DESTROYER:, Put a bow on this thing and wrap it up.  We’re not going to give away the end. As you might expect, there is more than a fair amount of shooting here, and if you’ve built up some tension or angst you…