Battlefield 3: Aftermath

« Second best of the Battlefield 3 add-ons. [Feb 2013] »

« Aftermath is the best out of all Battlefield 3 DLCs. Its maps tend to favor infantry, but the experience is as tense as ever. »

« Aftermath retains most of the polish present in DICE's previous expansions. [March 2013, p.79] »

« Aftermath is so much more than a mediocre new gameplay mode. Every one of the four new locations is of high quality - there's something for the lovers of infantry battles, as well a map that should please fans of Teheran Highway. All in all - Aftermath is a very good add-on, that expands on the ideas from the basic game and is worth recommending to supporters of middle-sized maps. »

« A DLC surprise for Battlefield 3. The Iranian environment devastated by an earthquake has created an excellent map pack along with an entertaining new mode and a nicely inventive crossbow. This DLC proves that Battlefield 3 has still things to offer, it is not depleted yet. »

« At first I was a little disappointed by small number of new weapons introduced in Aftermath. However it turned out that one of them – the crossbow – is a very versatile piece of equipment and can replace a whole bunch of other toys. I might have pictured this DLC differently but after all I got hooked for long hours. [CD-Action 02/2013, p.60] »

« The last Playable and decent Battlefield game of the series. Everything afterwards is a dumpster Fire! »

« Disclaimer: Due to the behavior of premier servers, buying BF3 DLCs individually doesn't allow you to play on them even if you own the DLC of the map that is currently in rotation. In other words, none of the DLCs are worth buying over premium. If you want a specific DLC, get premium or don't bother getting it at all. Definitely the best DLC that introduced 3 new vehicles, the XBOW, and 4 new earthquake-struck urban maps. Despite all of them taking place in an earthquake struck city, the diverse amount of gameplay that these levels facilitated is amazing. Destruction was toned down in order to provide the maps with a level of detail never before seen (or after). New vehicles: the Phoenix & Barsuk are two of the new vehicles that feature a driver and two gunners (an MG and a grenade launcher). They are part of the post earthquake theme and appear to have been created using their respective faction's MRAP. The 3rd vehicle is the most unique and powerful, the RHINO whose driver and gunner are the same. It's heavily exposed but has a lot of firepower. XBOW and Scavenger: The XBOW is the new all-class gadget firing 4 different types of bolts unlocked via assignments. It's everything you want in a gadget: not as good as the other kit specific gadgets but not useless. Scavenger is the new game mode that combines Conquest Domination from the CQ DLC and Team Slayer from Halo. Maps: Aftermath has the best urban map design of any Battlefield game ever. Despite all maps having the same theme, they facilitate diverse gameplay and are very different from each other on a technical level. Markaz Monolith and Talah Market make my top 10 best BF maps of all time and Azadi Palace makes my top 15. The only map that has any notable flaw would be Epicenter which is still excellent but is prone to spawn trapping. »

« If you want a good infantry experience this is the expansion pack for you. The maps aren't very open but you'll find quite a lot of flank routes which you can use. »

« New 4 city maps are very good, New game mode unexpectedly good. New transport vehicles are well made. This dlc brings us new weapon to unlock - Crossbow, which is piece of ****. Summarizing aftermath is a successful expansion. I like it ! »

« I must say, before the DLC's came out, I absolutely hated Battlefield 3. Small maps or maps with too much buildings, almost no vehicles on most maps... I also hated the DLC's. Since I bought Premium, I played all of them. But Aftermath is something different. I really enjoyed it. Scavenger was great and fun, and the maps were large and beautiful. This DLC revived Battlefield 3. Unlike the "This is how Small Maps really should be, CoD" DLC, the "Gunship ruins everything" DLC, "Just ported some maps, nothing special" DLC and "Base **** on the enemy base so they can't get the flag" DLC. »

« Promising in theory, lame spam fest riddled with campers in practice. These maps are perhaps a bit better and more interesting than some of the vanilla BF3 city/infantry maps, but are a very distant 2nd to the Back to Karkand maps. For my money, these maps are not really representative of what Battlefield has traditionally been all about, but are perhaps indicative of what Battlefield is to become. Whilst I don't enjoy these maps, I know that lots of people do for some reason. Probably, if you enjoy playing 64 player Metro Conquest, spamming rounds, rockets, grenades etc into choke points, and racking up brownie points in the most mind numbing manner on the most mind numbing, yet most popular BF map ever (Metro), then this expansion pack could definitely be for you. »

« Don't buy this. The gamplay is good but one thing that destroyed it for me is the publishing company EA. If you want Battlefield to be destroyed by the greed of this company go ahead and buy it otherwise spend your money to help someone who really deserves it. For example an Indie dev studio or Valve but don't fund them. I regret buying this. »

« After the disappointment of Armored Kill (at least for me) Aftermath was a breath of fresh air. With some really great map designs, and a new unique game mode, Scavenger, it's something that will keep me entertained for a while, well until End Game shows it face. I would definitely recommend Aftermath over the other DLC, unless you already have premium »