So I get a free game... which one should I get?

[son_of_montfort]

So, since I bought SimCity and got burned (like my city with improperly working firefighters), EA is "graciously" offering a free game from a fairly limited number of games on their catalog. I have narrowed the choice down to the above three (because I am not wasting a free game on a $7 copy of Bejewled or PvZ).

I wanted to get into Battlefield 3, but I suspect that the buzz for it has died down. I've never played Dead Space, but the third one sounded sort of neat and got reasonable reviews. I also don't have any racing games, and I imagine that I would have fun with Need For Speed (and this one seems to be fairly well received). I'm leaning toward NFS.

So, what would you all get?

[Jarhead0331]

Battlefield 3 is great, and I think you'll still find a lot of action with the recently released DLC Endgame.  Personally, I think I would pick Deadspace 3, because I already have the other two and knowing you, I'd think you'd like Deadspace the best of the three, as well...

[Gusington]

I played the first Dead Space and loved it. If that s any indication, I too would go with Dead Space 3.

[Tpek]

I'd go eith Deadspace 3 as well.

BF3 probably doesn't come with all the dozens of DLCs and expansions, and in any case BF4 is just around the corner.

[son_of_montfort]

Dead Space 3 also stiffs EA the most, as it is the highest listed price...  ;D

[Gusington]

Everyone wins!

[Yskonyn]

I'd go eith Deadspace 3 as well.

BF3 probably doesn't come with all the dozens of DLCs and expansions, and in any case BF4 is just around the corner.

Just around the corner?? The reveal only is. Beta doesnt start until Fall. :)

Regarding the choice; I am torn between DS3 and ME3.

[sandman2575]

A quick aside if I could -- I haven't played any of these games but have wondered about BF3. 

Is BF3 at all worth the investment if you do not play multiplayer?  I generally don't do multiplayer, and I hear that BF3 multiplayer in particular is an arena for remorseless semi-professional FPS death merchants, thus making me even less inclined to move away from my low-stress single-player comfort zone.

And yet BF3 does look like a lot of fun.

?

[Tpek]

When BF4 comes BF3 won't have very long to live.

Also, no bots in BF3, so you're stuck trying to find a good server for hours only to be immediately kicked out by a group of jerks who have taken over it.
(Which is pretty much the experience I had whenever I tried to play).

And the SP campaign is bland, boring and too much like CoD lite with QTE. :P

[Arctic Blast]

A quick aside if I could -- I haven't played any of these games but have wondered about BF3. 

Is BF3 at all worth the investment if you do not play multiplayer?  I generally don't do multiplayer, and I hear that BF3 multiplayer in particular is an arena for remorseless semi-professional FPS death merchants, thus making me even less inclined to move away from my low-stress single-player comfort zone.

And yet BF3 does look like a lot of fun.

?

No. the single player content that is there is pretty lame and shouldn't have existed in the first place. Battlefield has always been about the multiplayer.

SoM : I'd go Dead Space 3. I really enjoyed the first 2 games, and it seems like something you'd enjoy playing.

[LongBlade]

I haven't played any of them recently, but I don't think you're much of a FPS guy so I voted for Dead Space 3 :)

[Nefaro]

I haven't played any of them recently, but I don't think you're much of a FPS guy so I voted for Dead Space 3 :)

Isn't Dead Space 3... an FPS?

[Jarhead0331]

I haven't played any of them recently, but I don't think you're much of a FPS guy so I voted for Dead Space 3 :)

Isn't Dead Space 3... an FPS?

Negative. TPS/over-the-shoulder.

[Yskonyn]

A quick aside if I could -- I haven't played any of these games but have wondered about BF3. 

Is BF3 at all worth the investment if you do not play multiplayer?  I generally don't do multiplayer, and I hear that BF3 multiplayer in particular is an arena for remorseless semi-professional FPS death merchants, thus making me even less inclined to move away from my low-stress single-player comfort zone.

And yet BF3 does look like a lot of fun.

?

No. the single player content that is there is pretty lame and shouldn't have existed in the first place. Battlefield has always been about the multiplayer.

SoM : I'd go Dead Space 3. I really enjoyed the first 2 games, and it seems like something you'd enjoy playing.

Shelling out for singleplayer only in BF3 would indeed not be my advice, but claiming that it is lame and should never have existed is exaggerating. You're probably talking about BF1942, which indeed had crap SP.
BF3 however, just like BFBC2, has a pretty cool SP campaign, but it's super short and you'll be done within 12 hours or so. That's the reason I would not advice anyone to buy BF for singleplayer only.
But if you're interested in the whole package (so you also like multiplayer) I think the added SP campaign is a nice extra. Especially since the game series have always been about MP in the first place.

[Arctic Blast]

A quick aside if I could -- I haven't played any of these games but have wondered about BF3. 

Is BF3 at all worth the investment if you do not play multiplayer?  I generally don't do multiplayer, and I hear that BF3 multiplayer in particular is an arena for remorseless semi-professional FPS death merchants, thus making me even less inclined to move away from my low-stress single-player comfort zone.

And yet BF3 does look like a lot of fun.

?

No. the single player content that is there is pretty lame and shouldn't have existed in the first place. Battlefield has always been about the multiplayer.

SoM : I'd go Dead Space 3. I really enjoyed the first 2 games, and it seems like something you'd enjoy playing.

Shelling out for singleplayer only in BF3 would indeed not be my advice, but claiming that it is lame and should never have existed is exaggerating. You're probably talking about BF1942, which indeed had crap SP.
BF3 however, just like BFBC2, has a pretty cool SP campaign, but it's super short and you'll be done within 12 hours or so. That's the reason I would not advice anyone to buy BF for singleplayer only.
But if you're interested in the whole package (so you also like multiplayer) I think the added SP campaign is a nice extra. Especially since the game series have always been about MP in the first place.

I honestly thought it was garbage. It was clearly an afterthought. I think I made it an hour before just tossing it aside and getting into the MP. The Bad Company games had much better single player, and the campaigns were obviously better thought out since they were going to have single player campaigns from the beginning. the straight out Battlefield games should just be Battlefield games...stop trying to be Call of Duty and just make a great MP shooter.