BFBC2 you could'nt lie down - only crouch. BF3 has prone again. Its "more" realistic.

Why the hell do people still bother with fps there all the same. At least the battlefield series tries to take a step forward graphically, cod on the other hand is same old XXXXX different smell.

At present I refuse to buy what really is the same albeit slighty different game year after year.

Oh and bfbc2 was a sniper fest even without prone so I'm guessing unless they have added realistic ballistics or a sniper limit then it's only going to get worse lol

So my prediction of bf3 yes graphically stunning with hi res textures but when you get down to it you will realize its the same turd that you brought the year before and that was what you discovered last year as well.

Definition of insanity, doing the same thing again and again but expecting a different result. Yes far cry 3 looks cool.

Unfortunately you are correct.. I enjoy the usual fps shooters, but no matter what, I always get that same feeling of 'been there, done that' with each subsequent 'new version' I buy.
Yet, just as in IL2, of which I have bought literaly everything that came out that the team produced as I am a fan and wish to support the genre.. there are exactly the same type of people who just love their call of duty or battlefield or arma series, and will buy everything that is produced.. and kudos to them for doing so!

I agree with everything but the kudos, there a bunch of fools that are stifling the industry so instead of making innovative games a few publisher seem to push fps after fps out and make a silly amount of money in the process :(.

Again unfortunately the developers are using a tried and tested method which sells games, and lets face it, they are there to make money, its their business.
However, don't knock the blokes that buy it because they get enjoyment out of it, it's their money and they can spend it for their gaming pleasure any way they choose.
Just because you or I don't agree with the direction the devs are taking their games, you can't berate people who choose to spend their hard earned cash on what they want.

If 1C released clod again next year but with new textures would you buy it :D

...True, which is probably why I like a game like Stalker or the original Crysis so much. The original Bioshock as well. They offered something different to the standard fps game.
I like fps games a lot though, but I agree that in general there isn't much difference from one to the next.

Agreed some games like stalker, metro 2033 and bishock blew me away.

Nevermind new textures.. if they rewrote the whole game so that it actualy 'worked' properly, I'd bleedin buy it..

Lol my post was meant as a stab at cod which just uses the same engine but with new textures and are able to sell millions of copies :D. In the perforance poll thread I asked if you could post your specs, let's try and find out why your game is running so poorly.