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Platform: PC | Edition: Standard Edition
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Get ready for the most spectacular FPS multiplayer experience ever! Battlefield Bad Company 2 brings the spectacular Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of next-gen consoles and PC - featuring best-in-class vehicular combat set across 8 huge sandbox maps each with a different tactical focus. New vehicles like the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and the UH-60 transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics in the warzone, extensive tuning ensures that this will be the most satisfying vehicle combat experience to date. Tactical destruction is taken to new heights with the updated DICE ‘Frostbite’ engine. Players can now take down entire buildings or create their own fire points by blasting holes through cover, thereby delivering a unique experience in every match
Better known simply as DICE, this Swedish developer started life making the Pinball Dreams series on the Amiga. Their big break was the ground-breaking Battlefield 1942 and its many spin-offs and sequels. They were bought by EA in 2006, for who they made first person platformer Mirror's Edge.
Players can also compete in 4-player teams in 2 exclusive squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive team awards and achievements. Spawn on your squad to get straight into the action, and use gadgets such as the tracer dart in-conjunction with the RPG to devastating effect. Excellence in the battlefield is rewarded with an extensive range of pins, insignias and stars to unlock along with 50 dedicated ranks to achieve. Variety also extends into the range of customisable kits weapons and vehicles available. With 4 distinct character classes, 46 weapons, 15 gadgets, 13 character specializations and over 15000 kit variations to discover and master players will be able to fine-tune their preferred fighting style to give them the edge in combat.
All of these features combine to deliver spectacular and unpredictable action moments found nowhere else in the genre. Battlefield Bad Company 2 is all-out multiplayer warfare at its absolute finest!
The modern battlefield is evolving and once again "B" Company are caught on the front line. Already one of the most popular online shooters ever, this latest game adds greater variety and greater destruction than ever seen before.
 On this battlefield, if you can see it you can destroy it |
 The variety in locations is much greater than before |
 Working as a team is vital to success on and offline |
 Taking control of a tank is as easy as firing a pistol |
For the first time you will be able to raze buildings to the ground, with almost every object on the map being completely destructible. It's not just the scenery that takes damage more realistically though, as this is the first Battlefield game since Vietnam to feature blood wounds.
Despite all the new vehicles, weapons and specialist equipment though the game is more accessible than ever with preset equipment kits that let you choose a basic style of play (assault, engineer, recon or medic) and immediately get started. With an improved single player and story mode too this is ready to take its place as one of the definitive online shooters of modern times.
Key Features- Modern warfare: More destruction, more weapons, more vehicles and more variety await in the biggest and most complete Battlefield experience so far.
- Total annihilation: New Destruction 2.0 technology allows you to level buildings and engage in "micro-destruction" by chipping away at an enemy's cover.
- Packing heat: More than 46 different weapons which can be customised to create 200 different firearms and over 15,000 possible kit variations.
- Army transport: Take control of 15 different vehicles on land, air and sea - from the new UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to boats, tanks and armoured cars of every description.
- See the world: The biggest variety in locations ever for a Battlefield game, from icy mountaintops, to dense jungles, arid deserts and dusty villages.
Better known simply as DICE, this Swedish developer started life making the Pinball Dreams series on the Amiga. Their big break was the ground-breaking Battlefield 1942 and its many spin-offs and sequels. They were bought by EA in 2006, for who they made first person platformer Mirror's Edge.
Product Description
Get ready for the most spectacular FPS multiplayer experience ever! Battlefield Bad Company 2 brings the spectacular Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of next-gen consoles and PC - featuring best-in-class vehicular combat set across 8 huge sandbox maps each with a different tactical focus. New vehicles like the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and the UH-60 transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics in the warzone, extensive tuning ensures that this will be the most satisfying vehicle combat experience to date. Tactical destruction is taken to new heights with the updated DICE ‘Frostbite’ engine. Players can now take down entire buildings or create their own fire points by blasting holes through cover, thereby delivering a unique experience in every match
Players can also compete in 4-player teams in 2 exclusive squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive team awards and achievements. Spawn on your squad to get straight into the action, and use gadgets such as the tracer dart in-conjunction with the RPG to devastating effect. Excellence in the battlefield is rewarded with an extensive range of pins, insignias and stars to unlock along with 50 dedicated ranks to achieve. Variety also extends into the range of customisable kits weapons and vehicles available. With 4 distinct character classes, 46 weapons, 15 gadgets, 13 character specializations and over 15000 kit variations to discover and master players will be able to fine-tune their preferred fighting style to give them the edge in combat.
All of these features combine to deliver spectacular and unpredictable action moments found nowhere else in the genre. Battlefield Bad Company 2 is all-out multiplayer warfare at its absolute finest!
- 8 Huge Multiplayer Maps: Each with a different tactical and gameplay focus and set across a variety of environments.
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87 of 93 people found the following review helpful
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Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most of the reviews of Bad Company 2 quite rightly concentrate on the multiplayer aspects of the game. after all, it's what it's all about.
However, I thought I would say a few words on the single player experience for those players, like me, who only play single player games.
I bought BC2 at sale price. I wasn't expecting too much from it. I was expecting a single player version of multiplayer style games. Wow! I was wrong!
It's easy to describe it as a "Poor Man's Call of Duty". Indeed, much of it is very similar to "CoD Modern Warfare". The keyboard layout is very similar too. However, it would do it an injustice. It is far better than that description would suggest.
Graphically, it's excellent (but not quite as good as CoD). The battles are smaller than the biggest CoD battles. However, they are challenging (at least for me!) and exciting.
There is a huge variety of scenarios. Every avenue seems to be explored. You fight in jungles, deserts, snowy mountains, streets etc. You fight on foot. Call in air and artillery strikes. You fight in motor vehicles, boats, helicopters and tanks. Sometimes you drive. Sometimes you're the gunner. Sometimes both!
The weapons (about 30 variations of assault rifles, sub machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, shotguns and light machine guns)compare very favourably to CoD. The grenade launchers on the assault rifles are very powerful and capable of taking out lightly armoured vehicles and helicopters.
Some have criticised it for being too scripted. It's certainly very linear and the corridor is quite narrow but it certainly ensures that the action is relentless and exciting.
There are two big bonuses. One is that everything that you can see, you can use. It might be a gun but it could be a motor vehicle. If you shoot the driver, it's yours! The other is that everything that you can blow up in real life can be blown up in the game. You can blast every house to pieces and clear out the enemy. Of course, they can do the same to you!
It's much longer than I expected. It's slightly longer than a Call of Duty campaign and very replayable.
To any single players who wonder whether it's worth it, I say: "Yes!" it's a little gem, giving a CoD style experience at a third of the price.
However, I thought I would say a few words on the single player experience for those players, like me, who only play single player games.
I bought BC2 at sale price. I wasn't expecting too much from it. I was expecting a single player version of multiplayer style games. Wow! I was wrong!
It's easy to describe it as a "Poor Man's Call of Duty". Indeed, much of it is very similar to "CoD Modern Warfare". The keyboard layout is very similar too. However, it would do it an injustice. It is far better than that description would suggest.
Graphically, it's excellent (but not quite as good as CoD). The battles are smaller than the biggest CoD battles. However, they are challenging (at least for me!) and exciting.
There is a huge variety of scenarios. Every avenue seems to be explored. You fight in jungles, deserts, snowy mountains, streets etc. You fight on foot. Call in air and artillery strikes. You fight in motor vehicles, boats, helicopters and tanks. Sometimes you drive. Sometimes you're the gunner. Sometimes both!
The weapons (about 30 variations of assault rifles, sub machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, shotguns and light machine guns)compare very favourably to CoD. The grenade launchers on the assault rifles are very powerful and capable of taking out lightly armoured vehicles and helicopters.
Some have criticised it for being too scripted. It's certainly very linear and the corridor is quite narrow but it certainly ensures that the action is relentless and exciting.
There are two big bonuses. One is that everything that you can see, you can use. It might be a gun but it could be a motor vehicle. If you shoot the driver, it's yours! The other is that everything that you can blow up in real life can be blown up in the game. You can blast every house to pieces and clear out the enemy. Of course, they can do the same to you!
It's much longer than I expected. It's slightly longer than a Call of Duty campaign and very replayable.
To any single players who wonder whether it's worth it, I say: "Yes!" it's a little gem, giving a CoD style experience at a third of the price.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
By ToR
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I will break the review into two sections!
SinglePlayer
This is roughly 6-8 hours long and involves a variety of different locations. The graphics are simply amazing! I have a decent computer and it runs very smoothly on medium settings and still looks gorgeous, the back drops and draw distances are very very impressive.
The shooting mechanics are very enjoyable but the big letdown for me in singleplayer was I really didn't like the characters! In Call of duty 4 the characters are much more...serious. Battlefield bad company 2 has a more light hearted approach which is fine but it really bugged me at times.
Talking of bugs...! I have come accross a fair few in the single player such as audio dropping out, not being able to enter a vehicle and getting stuck in walls. It's forgiveable however as the action is quite intense. The AI is smart and challenging but most of all quite fun to play against.
Multiplayer
The main reason why I purchased this game! Unlike many others on here I haven't had a single problem running or connecting to a server (really hope it stays that way) The server browser does take quite a while to load but a tip is to cancel the search after five seconds and quite a few servers will populate the list.
There are different game modes but unfortunatly most of them are rather dull. The only mode I have enjoyed is "rush" which has two sides fight against each other. One side has to defend locations on the map whilst the other attack and destroy these locations. It's hectic and fun! There is a very "epic" feel to the battles and it feels like you are actually in a warzone.
Another complaint with multiplayer is snipers! Yes I know they are part of the game but when you are attacking bases and two thirds of your team is glued to the top of a big hill it can get quite disheartening. So if you hate snipers you may want to look elsewhere as it is quite easy to master and as a result is a very popular choice in all game modes.
The other three classes are medic, assault and engineer which all have their own perks which are unlocked by gaining experience points. Therefore if your just starting out in the game it can be tough at first as nearly everyone will have more powerful equipment and perks.
I really enjoy playing assault and engineer which brings me neatly to another point..vehicles. Vehicles are fun to use and involve team effort to use effectively.
This is very much a team game...if you try to play rambo it can be very difficult.
Overall I expected more enjoyable game modes! The range of maps is good, the graphics excellent and the gameplay fun..worth a look =)
SinglePlayer
This is roughly 6-8 hours long and involves a variety of different locations. The graphics are simply amazing! I have a decent computer and it runs very smoothly on medium settings and still looks gorgeous, the back drops and draw distances are very very impressive.
The shooting mechanics are very enjoyable but the big letdown for me in singleplayer was I really didn't like the characters! In Call of duty 4 the characters are much more...serious. Battlefield bad company 2 has a more light hearted approach which is fine but it really bugged me at times.
Talking of bugs...! I have come accross a fair few in the single player such as audio dropping out, not being able to enter a vehicle and getting stuck in walls. It's forgiveable however as the action is quite intense. The AI is smart and challenging but most of all quite fun to play against.
Multiplayer
The main reason why I purchased this game! Unlike many others on here I haven't had a single problem running or connecting to a server (really hope it stays that way) The server browser does take quite a while to load but a tip is to cancel the search after five seconds and quite a few servers will populate the list.
There are different game modes but unfortunatly most of them are rather dull. The only mode I have enjoyed is "rush" which has two sides fight against each other. One side has to defend locations on the map whilst the other attack and destroy these locations. It's hectic and fun! There is a very "epic" feel to the battles and it feels like you are actually in a warzone.
Another complaint with multiplayer is snipers! Yes I know they are part of the game but when you are attacking bases and two thirds of your team is glued to the top of a big hill it can get quite disheartening. So if you hate snipers you may want to look elsewhere as it is quite easy to master and as a result is a very popular choice in all game modes.
The other three classes are medic, assault and engineer which all have their own perks which are unlocked by gaining experience points. Therefore if your just starting out in the game it can be tough at first as nearly everyone will have more powerful equipment and perks.
I really enjoy playing assault and engineer which brings me neatly to another point..vehicles. Vehicles are fun to use and involve team effort to use effectively.
This is very much a team game...if you try to play rambo it can be very difficult.
Overall I expected more enjoyable game modes! The range of maps is good, the graphics excellent and the gameplay fun..worth a look =)
55 of 59 people found the following review helpful
By GraemeH
Platform for Display:PC|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Like everyone else I've experienced one of a couple connection issues (either constantly failing to join games with vacuous messages such as "Failed to connect"(duh)) or getting kicked for Punk Buster not initializing (it's running fine).
The day after release though it's got several hundred percent better, rather than being able to join 1 of 20 servers attempted it's now more like 10 of 20. Sure that's still bad, but that's a big improvement for one day of work on the server back-end, so I'm confident it'll continue in the right direction at a rapid pace.
As for the game itself;
-Singleplayer; a shallow overly scripted experience, but decent quick-fix fun, like a rollercoaster rather than a great piece of story telling. Actually I didn't find out it had single player until after I pre-ordered, so this was just a bonus anyway.
-Multiplayer; awesome awesome awesome. Once you do get into a server it's fairly solid and being dropped is rare. The gameplay itself is everything it sets out to be; teamwork is encouraged subtly enough that you don't feel tethered to your buddies artificially (I'm looking at you, Operation Flashpoint 2 with your "tether distance") but strong enough that even people not used to team games naturally gravitate towards helping each other out. ~8 maps may not sound like a huge number, but like Counter-Strike the fun comes from repeating the theme with new players and new experiences each time. The unlocks are perfectly paced so that when the same map comes around on a rotation, you're playing it with a new set of weapons and gear than before, so nothing ever feels stale. The game dynamically creates those breathtaking moments you just have to rush to tell your gamer friends about, just from the well honed mechanics. Tears of joy do pour forth after you take down a tank on foot, or capture a control point after killing the 6 enemies guarding it by jumping your flaming quad bike over a ramp into the base and landing on them, or any of the other "that was SWEET!" moments the game throws up hour after hour.
Knocking a star off because although it has dedicated servers, you can't host your own. Way to NOT capitalize on the ill-sentiment towards MW2, geniuses. You could have made a massive steal of all of those disgruntled gamers away from Activision/IW.
As for the complaints of it running slowly I really don't see an issue with that, even with one of my graphics cards turned off it feels smooth and well optimized (relative to how good it looks - it's still an advanced modern game, it's not Peggle - bear that in mind). Remember that extra options to turn off/down such as SSAO and AA can only be accessed when the graphical preset is turned to Advanced(or Custom?) - otherwise they're hidden.
The moaning that it's developed for consoles primarily I don't see as having any merit; DICE themselves have revealed that there are more people playing the PC version online (even with the connection issues) than either console. I have a pretty sensitive Consolification Detector, and nothing in this game really sets it off. What does go off is the irony detector when PC gamers complain about system specs then moan that developers are moving in a console direction. You don't own a Ferrari then complain about the service intervals.
Conclusion; The connection issues are something to struggle through for now to uncover the awesome game underneath - and those issues will only lessen over time(and quickly, given the volume of outcry), leaving nothing but the awesome game left over. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to sink a few more hours in...
The day after release though it's got several hundred percent better, rather than being able to join 1 of 20 servers attempted it's now more like 10 of 20. Sure that's still bad, but that's a big improvement for one day of work on the server back-end, so I'm confident it'll continue in the right direction at a rapid pace.
As for the game itself;
-Singleplayer; a shallow overly scripted experience, but decent quick-fix fun, like a rollercoaster rather than a great piece of story telling. Actually I didn't find out it had single player until after I pre-ordered, so this was just a bonus anyway.
-Multiplayer; awesome awesome awesome. Once you do get into a server it's fairly solid and being dropped is rare. The gameplay itself is everything it sets out to be; teamwork is encouraged subtly enough that you don't feel tethered to your buddies artificially (I'm looking at you, Operation Flashpoint 2 with your "tether distance") but strong enough that even people not used to team games naturally gravitate towards helping each other out. ~8 maps may not sound like a huge number, but like Counter-Strike the fun comes from repeating the theme with new players and new experiences each time. The unlocks are perfectly paced so that when the same map comes around on a rotation, you're playing it with a new set of weapons and gear than before, so nothing ever feels stale. The game dynamically creates those breathtaking moments you just have to rush to tell your gamer friends about, just from the well honed mechanics. Tears of joy do pour forth after you take down a tank on foot, or capture a control point after killing the 6 enemies guarding it by jumping your flaming quad bike over a ramp into the base and landing on them, or any of the other "that was SWEET!" moments the game throws up hour after hour.
Knocking a star off because although it has dedicated servers, you can't host your own. Way to NOT capitalize on the ill-sentiment towards MW2, geniuses. You could have made a massive steal of all of those disgruntled gamers away from Activision/IW.
As for the complaints of it running slowly I really don't see an issue with that, even with one of my graphics cards turned off it feels smooth and well optimized (relative to how good it looks - it's still an advanced modern game, it's not Peggle - bear that in mind). Remember that extra options to turn off/down such as SSAO and AA can only be accessed when the graphical preset is turned to Advanced(or Custom?) - otherwise they're hidden.
The moaning that it's developed for consoles primarily I don't see as having any merit; DICE themselves have revealed that there are more people playing the PC version online (even with the connection issues) than either console. I have a pretty sensitive Consolification Detector, and nothing in this game really sets it off. What does go off is the irony detector when PC gamers complain about system specs then moan that developers are moving in a console direction. You don't own a Ferrari then complain about the service intervals.
Conclusion; The connection issues are something to struggle through for now to uncover the awesome game underneath - and those issues will only lessen over time(and quickly, given the volume of outcry), leaving nothing but the awesome game left over. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to sink a few more hours in...
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DO NOT BUY SECOND HAND COPY!!!
CD Keys are permanently linked to EA accounts so your second hand copy will not work for online multiplayer. Single player will work but no online.
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