Created by a relatively small team of 32 members, and some additional contributors, the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod is a complete overhaul of the classic 2011 game, designed to be the most immersive and realistic version of Battlefield around. With over five years in development, the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod is finally available to download, and it’s quickly becoming a highlight of the waning franchise.
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Battlefield 3’s Reality Mod Explained
The team behind the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod has made its goals explicitly clear on its website. This mod is designed to be the most realistic and immersive version of Battlefield ever released, and every gameplay tweak and design decision has been made with that goal in mind. Similar to military simulator titles like Arma, the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod puts an emphasis on slow, tactical, team-based gameplay, where just one shot can mean instant death. Players need to traverse across massive maps and use teamwork to maintain the advantage over their opponents. Only the most tactical, patient teams will conquer everything Battlefield 3’s Reality Mod has to throw at them.
Set at the end of the Cold War going into the modern day, the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod breathes new life into this decade-old title, bringing a plethora of brand-new features that completely transform the Battlefield 3 experience. This mod completely overhauls the game’s UI and builds it from the ground up to focus on team mechanics. The stakes have also been raised pretty significantly, with servers now allowing over 100 players per match and brand-new custom maps pushing even the most die-hard Battlefield fans out of their comfort zone.
The Battlefield 3 Reality Mod also adds multiple in-game radio channels, including proximity chat. On top of all this, a slew of brand-new textures, character and vehicle models, weapons, and game modes have been added to the game, with some dynamic weather elements and a day-night cycle making Battlefield 3 feel even more realistic than ever.
The Future of The Battlefield 3 Reality Mod
While the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod is now out and available to download for any keen player, the development team is far from finished. According to the team’s website, its is quite a ways off from being done with the mod, with a whole roadmap highlighting everything the team intends to add over the next few years, including a vast selection of gameplay tweaks and new content.
The team behind the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod plans on introducing a slower movement speed and some tweaked weapon handling mechanics, which should go toward making the mod feel even more realistic. The classic Battlefield spawning system is also being reworked, with the team planning on scrapping squad respawns and replacing them with player-placed spawn points. A brand new medical system is coming to the mod, introducing a bleedout mechanic, limited revives, and some new healing items. The development team is even planning on overhauling the game’s vehicle physics system so that air vehicles feel more weighty to control.
With a plethora of gameplay tweaks already in the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod, and much more to come, it seems as though this might be the Battlefield experience that dominates fans’ play-time. Battlefield fans either want the franchise to truly return to its roots or completely change for the better, and the Battlefield 3 Reality Mod certainly does the latter, giving veteran Battlefield players an experience unlike any other.
Battlefield 3 Reality Mod is available now on PC.
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