Juz Finished: Battlefield 3 (PS3)

From time to time, I revisit some of my PS3 backlog, thanks to the monthly PS+ offerings. This time round, I just finished the single-player campaign. Yes, I actually play the campaign story of these multiplayer shooters.

Battlefield 3's stronger suit is actually in its multiplayer but with each iteration, DICE keeps improving the single player story missions. Essentially, most missions are basically boiled down to go here shoot some stuffs, or survive the waves of enemy attacks, sprinkled with a basic narrative or in some cases, plain excuses for Michael Bay-level spectacle.

Nevertheless, I find Battlefield 3's narrative surprisingly better than my recent shooter campaign, Call of Duty : Advanced Warfare. It has several interesting characters and the underlying drama is told through a series of flashbacks during an investigation. DICE did a good job here, especially when more than 90 percent of the shooter audience may not even play the single player campaign.

I hope to see more well-written single-player campaigns from the big studios in future.
My copy of Battlefield 3 is courtesy of my US Playstation Plus subscription.