Battlefield 2042 Caspian Border vs Battlefield 3 - Direct Comparison! Attention to Detail & Graphics 

its unreal how bf3 looks for a game from 2011, Mindblowing!

This only makes me even more realize how advanced was BF 3, 10 years ago.

The original has dust, flag blowing, leaves flying off and trees swaying to make the map feel a bit more realistic. The trees are completely static in the new game, no leaves floating around. Theres a small bit of dust and the flag flaps a little but BF3 definitely nailed it

There is something special about that high-contrasted BF3 look. The new instalment has a distinct “video-game feel” to it.

I guess in the year 2042, there's no wind. Look at how the trees move around in battlefield 3

Bf3 has life, new games just feel empty.

the models, the animations, the atmosphere and dude, the art direction from bf3 is just beautiful, loved the blue tint of the game.

It seems that the turnover at DICE is a massive problem since Frostbite is allegedly a hard platform to use for new hires (according to Bioware). A bunch of the core devs left after BFV.

BF3, BF1 and BC2 will always be legendary battefield games 🙌

BF 3 OLD BUT GOLD! NEVER FORGOTTEN ALWAYS BE THE BEST BATTLEFIELD!

BF3 is better because of lighting. It cleverly uses simple dark and light contrasts to show depth and realism, even though the graphics are limited. Where I find BF2042 by default the graphics are awesome but the lighting is flat and lack of depth. You should try another comparison but modify the BF2042 brightness, contrast , and colour to match BF3. Bet you it will look better

Over 10 yrs old game can be compared with the new one. What a masterpiece! It was still hyped a year after it was released. Maybe more.

Coming from BFBC2 to BF3 truly felt like next gen update back then. BF3 still is the king. Also tank reloading and pistol shots are better too🕵️‍♂️

bf3 was such a HUGE step forward in...everything,., graphics, sound, gameplay, etc....this just proves that dice has stagnated in many ways

I feel like they sacrifice a little bit the graphics for the 128 player count, is very noticeable when comparing it to bf1 and 5, the effects, the destruction and the overall gameplay, it feels like a step back But I don't want people saying that bf3 looks better than 2042, it's an upgrade in almost every aspect

I was like: "Yeah BF 2042 is definitely better!" But then I realized: "Oh shoot BF 2042 is on the left side!?"

Some times bf 3 looked better

A decade later and this is what we get...

Grass physics and water reflections seem to be better in 2042. Other than that almost everything actually looks nicer in bf3 imo. The detail of the ground,the way the skies look,the big chuncks of rubble falling during destruction(as opose to a building's wall magicly disapearing without a trace in a puff of smoke),bf3's visuals overall have a much more gritty,realism,polished kind of feel to them,where as 2042 is a bit more colorfull and kid friendly. It's funny,comparing how bf3 look compared to how shooter games looked in 2001 and than comparing how bf3 looks compared to modern games in 2021 :)

Its amazing how much better BF3 sounds

as i said in many other videos, BF2042's lawn is very clean, free of small stones and dirt and weeds, like a golf course, the grass grows very evenly, no wildflowers and weeds, tall grass and low grass. , BF2042's lawn looks like it has just been trimmed and watered, the soil is also too clean without the patchy color patches formed by moss like BF3, which makes the environment of BF2042 look a bit unnatural

Maybe it's just me but after 10(!) years I can't see an awful lot of improvements. Battlefield 3 hold up well despite the obviously higher poly count in 2042 that means that the developers didn't really care about actual development.

1:28 - BF3 has more detailed Clouds 1:35 - BF3 has better lighting, BF2042 looks flat and unshaded 2:50 - BF2042 forgot to turn on bullet effects on shallow waters 6:18 - BF3 has more epic explosion effects 6:49 - BF3 has more realistic water effects 7:09 - BF3 has more pronounced fire effects 10:02 - BF3 has wind physics on trees, Wind doesn't exist in BF2042

And it's actually not just the graphics. BF3 FEELS like a much better game to play, it's just vastly superior. Every time I forced myself to play 2042 I realized how good BF3 actually is. Which is why it's still the main FPS game I play after almost 10 years. It's just better than anything else that came after it.

Battlefield 3 was the ultimate and last, true Battlefield.

i cannot for the life of me fathom how one could possibly say after watching this comparison that the 2042 version looks better. in almost every scene bf3 took the crown from the swaying of the trees and shadows of the clouds on the ground to the overall art direction, it's all superior. the only thing bf2042 has any merit is when it comes to finer details due to higher poly count..

the physic is better in BF3.. even the antenna of tank was moving.. in every action of tank..

I miss the UH-1Y Venom, AH-1Z Viper and the AH-6J Little Bird

Oh my god the sounds in BF3 vs 2042…it’s actually embarrassing how much of a downgrade it is

It’s crazy to think battlefield 3 is like 10 years older but looks better in some shots. It’s like the old Dice team left and got their interns to make bf2042.

Bro BF3 better than the new one 🔥❤

As a massive BF3 fan, honestly they did great with the maps, destruction/details are all revamped and fit very well. If only the gameplay was as good, the jeeps for instance are so painful to drive in BF 2042. And let's not get into gunplay/animations, god what have they done.

The biggest thing that stands out to me is the way BF3 has waaay better wind mechanics in the environment. Look at the trees swaying in high wind.

Water, sky, fire and details are better in the third, and in 2042 only the textures are beautiful

Well BF3 wins in almost all the comparisons, they launched BF 2042 so soon, there are a lot of details like the movement of the trees, leaves and smoke with the wind, etc. BF3 has a lots of details that together make a huge difference. When I played BF 2042 I was like "its ok but it is missing something" that kind of details make the game more inmersive. BFV looks so much better than 2042 I always use my Bayerdynamic 990 pro 250 ohms and belive me, BFV sounds and feel amazing.

El Battlefield 3 es del año 2011 , 10 años de diferencia con este Battlefield 2042 y sigue siendo el mejor Battlefield de la Historia . Además de que gráficamente sigue siendo superior a muchos shooter nuevos

Hate how bf2042 UI ruins all the remade content. Especially crappy when playing bf 1942 with future turquoise HUD.

Bf3 is actually the only multiplayer fps I play with counterstrike since 2011. I thought I was crazy to still play on close quarters map 10 years later but thx for this demonstration. BF3 is still to this day one of the (if not the) greatest multiplayer fps game.

It is incredible how BF 2042 looks like it came out just a few years after BF3 in terms of visual quality. No one would even imagine that they are 10 years apart. DICE has really grown complacent thou... not only in graphics but realism. I remember that since the first BF DICE always tried to make each next release more realistic and with more features, specially features that favored teamplay. But for the last 5 years all that DICE has done is copying other franchises and forgetting their roots, motto and original goals! Money and success can really corrupt and destroy passion I guess.

the sound is so inmersive in bf3, the eco of the explosions and shots, the enviroment sound like you could hear the water of the river moving, the shadows, and the wind effect on trees... vegetation.. BF2042 looks just so flat with the sonds and phisics !! takes a lot of inmersion away... and they take less time to make this games, but charge us MORE everytime...its not about the game anymore but about the MONEY

This guy knows how to open a border, we should send him to Belarus

Considering it's 2021 BF2042 looks like a mobile game . A massive downgrade in visuals and effects from previous titles, it's not even debatable . The "improvement" in 10 years is basically unnoticeable. 2042 has this terrible hazey/blurry/ washed out look which takes away from immersion so much!

I put so many hours into battlefield 3. One of my favorites.

BF3 seems to look better in most scenes. The lighting and the overall detail is amazing! The clouds still have shadows on the ground. There’s dandelions and other flowers and stuff when you crawl on the ground, the environment reacts to the wind and grenades and stuff, (trees swaying and dust) there’s contrast, it’s just amazing. 2042 has slightly higher-poly models and better detail in the foliage in the trees, but I honestly don’t think it looks better. The lack of detail and flat shading isn’t great. The fact that BF3 looks better in most aspects while still being able to run great on nearly anything makes me question what they’re doing. No, I’m not “hung up on nostalgia”. I’m more of a call of duty guy. I think BF3 quite literally looks better than the new game. 😂😂

Destruction looks more powerful but seems more can be destroyed in 2042 but at a slower rate

I like that the trees shake from the recoil of the tank blast in BF 2042…… and that’s pretty much it.

Is it just me or is the sound much better in BF3 compared to BF2042?

It is crazy how well BF3 holds up. If you compare BF3 (2011) to 2042 (2021) there is a difference but it isn't noticeable at a glance. Then you compare BF3 to BF2 and the difference is extremely obvious. And they are only 6 years apart. If you compare BF3 to BF 1942 (2002 - 9 years apart) the difference is even more extreme. Bad Company 1 and 2 also hold up reasonably well too. They really turned a corner with the Frostbite engine.

BF3 best action, best sound shooting and some shooting.

BF3 has more texture especially for the trees, river and the rocky road.

BF3 looks way better, you can tell the devs put their heart and souls into it. 2042 has no soul

BF3 was crafter with passion and love, BF 21-42FPS on the other hand was crafted with greed an deception in mind...

Yep, I knew it. A game from 11 years ago can look better in many (but not every) aspects from a game being made now. BF3 holds up PHENOMENALLY! I dont know what it is with the foliage, but the changes made in BF2042 make all the trees have this wierd stretching look to them. It might just be me but they dont look right. Compared to BF3, they look much more vibrant.

Just realized at 8:55 that the sky is the exact same too

One thing i love about the remade maps is that their color palette is mostly close to the originals, instead of a grittier tone of BF4. They even went as far as recreating the sun flare

Tbh i really like that they replaced the AH-Z1 by the AH-64 Apache, not like the original but I was tired of having the same heli in BF3 and BF4

The sound design in BF3 was awesome.

Why does the handgun look like a toy in bf 2042? Also the revolver in 2042 looks incredibly weird, I'm surprised people aren't appalled by it. Every revolver ever in battlefield looks miles better than the one in 2042

It is astounding that BF3 still holds up after all these years.

Bf3 will always be the best battlefield game. Perfection. And you can’t top perfection

Everyone says how advanced BF3 was, but no one realize that bf2042 didn't do anything to get better. Tech improved over the years but most games don't. Direction nowdays suck, now we get worse than mediocre games that can't even be compared to their older iterations. We are in the best and worse moment of videogames history.

When a game from 10 years ago looks and plays better than a current AAA title you know something isn’t right

BF3… one of the greatest games ever made. Been playing since the beta and will never stop.

it is an improvement of course, but does it seem that these games are 10 years appart?

2042 obviously has better models, meshes, and textures, but BF3 is definitely easily holding its own for a 10 yr old game. It's quite impressive.

I know this is a tiny detail compared to the rest of it and not actually that important, but I really appreciated the tactical shotgun reloads in BF3. I remember seeing a competition shooter emptying the tube, then rapidly firing off a couple of single rounds by loading them through the ejection port like that... then a few months later seeing that in BF3 blew my mind and made me appreciate that they had some gun nerds there for a while who enjoyed putting in those kinds of things.

Guys all of the previous battlefield game will always be in our heart and i will never forget all of them Bonus Buy old battlefield game such as this Bad company 2 Battlefield 3 Battlefield 4 Battlefield 1 Battlefield 5 Other battlefield series Battlefield 1942 Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2 modern combat Battlefield 2142 Battlefield bad company 1 Battlefield 1943 Battlefield Vietnam Deleted game mode Deathmatch Team deathmatch Gun master (a.k.a armsrace) Tank superiority Air superiority Conquest assault Scavenger (i guess) Obliteration Conquest small Domination Capture flag Chain link (from bf4) Battle royal (from bf5 if fans want)

I'm curious if there is a good population still on BF3 or is BF4 or Bad Company 2 more popular?

I also hate how they’ve replaced even the Arabic writing on the transport containers with English words, it’s small details like that which really take away from the immersion. Not to mention hearing women screaming left right and center but I guess the community is used to that by now :/

bf 3 e lindo demais, muito além do seu tempo

BF3 looks so much more natural. BF2042 looks like fortnight. So colorful. Clearly shows the direction they are going in....

BF2042 is a massive joke

Think of it like this: there were six years between BF2 and BF3, there were 10 years between BF3 and BF2042...

I showed this video to my girlfriend( she have never played in shooters before), she said that bf3 sometimes looks better and finally she though that bf3 was newest and bf2042 oldest. This is all what you must know about bf2042 :D

Ok nobody gonna talk about how Battlefield 3 even had FLOWERS?? Not even 2042 got that

Old one looks much better 😲

I haven't played either of them but I like how picturesque BF3 is in comparison to BF2042, look at 4:55 for comparison. The distant mountain ranges look really cool.

The remakes of the old maps doesn't had so much going on like the new ones with alot of dynamic weather and stuff going on. I like both for what they are with the good and bad.. I have a problem with the buggs in the last bf and I dont mean insects😊.

Why does battlefield 2042 have a more vibrant "cartoony" appearance filter and Bf3 has a more authentic realistic filter

2042 is more like a game released in 2011.

I've only taken out BF3 out of the PS3 a dozen times- it's been in there for 10yrs plus

BF3 winner.

holy crap, i thought the one on the right was newer. That is insane.

Why does BF3 look only a little worse even though it is 10 years older than 2042. And the animations in BF3 look more 2021 anims than 2042's dogshit portal animations

It's a joke how much better bf3 looks than 2042. I went back and played bf3 maybe 3 months ago and the game itself in my opinion the best Battlefield ever made. Mind you I didn't play 2

BF3 looks waaay better.

I vote for Battlefield 3, even with my eyes wide shut!

bf3 is better tan bf2042

The jet mechanics of BF3 have been my favorite out of all them and i wish they would just implement them again. The camera that rotates with the jet is annoying AF since bf4

Bf3 better

Can't help myself but BF3 looks better, movement is better and more natural, it sounds better

4:11 that truck has been on fire for 30 years... Jesus :D

There is something extremely off about 2042's reload animations. They seem stiff as as fuck, but it's hard to really put into words why they're so fucked looking. It's weird.

BF3 and crysis games were way ahead of their times ...

BF3 give that feeling of reality. BF2042 that feeling is not exist at all. What have i said, is obvious in this scene at 5:46.

DICE and EA should be ashamed of themselves. The new BF game is not what I was expecting. BF3 is graphically on point and still holds for it's age.

That side camera with the shopper was superb as fuck. Makes the game cool as fuck

"It's great for you son that you're learning" Battlefield 3 to battlefield 2042

That Parallax Occlusion Mapping does wonders!

Whats crazy is that a game from 2011 is still competing with most AAA games that have released ever since.