It’s like saying Anna Kournikova doesn’t need to play well to be a great pro tennis player simply because she looks good on the court. I find it hard to swallow that a seasoned triple-A developer such as DICE (Mirror’s Edge, Battlefield series–including the story-driven Bad Company spin-offs) should not be expected to deliver single-player campaign in their biggest release yet just because they’re not good at it. One of the most common things you’ll be hearing (or saying, if you’re a rabid Battlefield apologist) is that Battlefield 3 didn’t need single-player, and that it’s all about the multiplayer anyway.

I’m not going to spend too much time on the single-player portion of the game, since obviously the developer didn’t either. Single-player offers tons of expletives, not much else 25, on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

Unfortunately, a host of technical shortcomings and a disappointing overall package make Battlefield 3 not only one of the biggest blunders of 2011, but it also positions rival Activision Blizzard’s upcoming blockbuster to be the clear winner of the first-person-shooter fight that, ironically, EA picked.

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