![]() ![]() With this change the mini map has been altered slightly to reflect these changes. One of the things that Close Quarters has a huge focus on is verticality, each of the maps has more than one level, some have more than others and there are plenty of stairs so you can go from floor to floor with ease. Ziba tower is the smallest map in this expansion and it generally offers the most action. The map has three floors with stairways that connect them together, it has good sightlines so it is suited for many different play styles. You can go into the middle parts for flanking opportunities and get to the other side of the map easily. Ziba Tower is located at a Sky bar on top of a skyscraper, the map has a horse shoe design where the most of the action takes place. The size of the map is in-between Operation 925 and Ziba Tower. ![]() Scrapmetal is also the most vertical map in this expansion. As this map takes place in a factory setting there is a lot of concrete so there isn’t as much HD destruction as the other maps. The map offers plenty of ways to get to the adjacent building, controlling the routes to buildings is key and the rooftops offer a great vantage point. Scrapmetal is a factory map that is spilt into two: one side being old and unused, the other showing some signs of life. Operation 925 is the biggest map in Close Quarters. The garage level is a big part of this map as it has multiple routes to the level above it can be used as a way to sneak past players on the above level. This map has the most destruction in Close Quarters offering many different play styles as there are more open areas compared to the other maps. Operation 925 takes place in an office space that offers full offices, a car park and a cafeteria. Donya Fortress has a lot of stairs that lead to objectives and good vantage points, there are multiple routes to the objectives so it is always good to keep and eye out for enemies. More than often you have to hip fire at enemies, which does go against what the vanilla game has taught many players due to the close combat sometimes you do not have the time to be accurate and ADS, granted there are sightlines which allow you to ADS and get some longer distance kills most situations you get will come across is purely hip fire only.ĭonya Fortress is an old fortress located on a hilltop, it has a nice mixture of old and new, you have catacombs and above them a very nice looking palace. The Gameplay that Close Quarters offers is quite different compared to the vanilla Battlefield 3 experience, its more action packed and offers HD destruction which enables you to create more openings for flanking opportunities this adds a new element to the gameplay as you can open up more routes, quite often you will be killed through the destroyed walls so it is always best to keep your awareness up at all times especially on the more destructible maps like Ziba Tower & Operation 925. A downside to the HD destruction for consoles is that the maps only support 16 players compared to the normal 24, it goes to show that the console hardware is outdated, not to fear for those with PC’s you can still have up to 64 players on these maps but it is not supported by DICE. In the second themed expansion for Battlefield 3 DICE scaled things back compared to Back to Karkand which was focused on rebuilding classic maps, vehicle warfare mixed with infantry warfare, Close Quarters is 100% infantry combat set in four smaller maps, each map has its own distinct style and size.ĭICE have done a lot within this expansion, In Close Quarters all explosives act differently due to the nature of the expansion, lets say if you would fire a RPG on Ziba Tower and it worked how it would on Operation Metro or any of the other maps there would be a lot of lingering smoke that could potentially ruin the close quarter gameplay, so DICE toned down the visual effects and put a lot more emphasis on debris and creating destruction with weapons instead of just explosives, check out this link to the Inside DICE blog that details a whole lot better than I about the changes in visual effects for Close Quarters.
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