So after getting Bad Company 2 (bc2) on launch day, I can say as a fact that this game is better than modern warfare 2. Well, for most people at least. I know a couple people who hated BC2′s multiplayer because they don’t know what the word “teamwork” means. But i really enjoyed the teamplay aspect of BC2 and it’s a good break from MW2′s (and frankly all the CoD games) arcade-ish run and gun gameplay.
There are many good things about this game. One, being that it looks great. A lot of people tell me graphics don’t matter, but i beg to differ. Graphics add the the experience, and I’d like to commend DICE for being able to make a very good looking game, and make everything destructible. Speaking of destructibility, that is one of the game’s strongest features. Nearly everything can be destroyed and you can even make craters in the ground that you can take cover in (it’s not that practical, but it works.) The game also sounds great. No, more then great, more like AMAZING. DICE has implemented a technology called HDR audio (High Dynamic Range) which automatically prioritizes which sounds you want to hear and which sounds don’t really matter. (Ex. an explosion sounding louder than environmental noises.) In one game a horn was going off warning that my team was low on reinforcements, and i actually looked out the window to see where it was coming from until i realized it was the game (FAIL).
Okay, onto single player. I really enjoyed the way DICE implemented the sound and destructibility into adding to the experience. There was one level where you had to use the sound of thunder to hide your gunshots. I thought that was genius and, the thunder sounded amazing too. The game has all real time cutscenes which really impressed me taking into account that all the campaign levels are built into an open world environment. One complaint i do have is that at the end, you could kind of tell that DICE was going for a very “epic” feel but didn’t quite nail it. The beginning, however, was very epic and i could feel my heart pounding. I know it sounds cheap but that’s what happened.
Multiplayer is, in a word, SPECTACUALLY FANTABULOUS! Two words, i know, but it is. If you’re like me, and weren’t really a fan of the first BC’s multiplayer, this game is for you. I really didn’t like the first BC’s multiplayer because, 1: it took too long to kill someone. And 2: It was very slow, probably because it took too long to kill someone -.- But that all changes in BC2. This game’s multiplayer is much more intense and fast paced. It’s like a perfect mix between MW2′s system, and Battlefield’s famous teamplay mechanics. You can spawn on squadmates, piss people off by noob toobing them (complimented even more by the destructibility and even do a “one button knife attack” that was obviously heavily influenced by MW2. This game also has something many games do not. And that is vehicles that DON’T suck. The vehicles are VERY balanced. They take about maybe three RPG hits to destroy. That may sound a little cheap, but believe me, it’s not. Somehow DICE managed to keep it easy enough to survive in a tank, but also make it easy enough to destroy it too. I’d also like to mention the feeling of scale in this game. I assume everyone has heard of MAG correct? Well, i’ve played it, and i never really got the sense of scale that it promised. 128 vs 128 multiplayer matches felt no different that BC2′s 12 vs 12 player matches. To be honest, i felt like there was much more than 12 people on the opposing team. But by no means is the game perfect, though it comes pretty close. So on to the problems i had with the game. The first being that the knifing is WAAAY to slow. It takes about 2-3 seconds to take out your knife, do the complicated screen-shaking stab, and then finally kill the damn guy. I can’t even count how many times i came at a guy from the front and he shot me before i was even at the “stab” faze. On the other hand, i also can’t count how many times i killed someone trying to knife ME from the front so it balances out. Another problem i had was with the “killcam”. Instead of showing how the person killed you, it shows them in REAL TIME after they killed you. Now, I’m not much of a sniper, so this doesn’t really affect me, but it still pissed me off sometimes when i was camping and the guy i killed knifed me in the back, but i guess that it’s a better anti-camp system than MW2′s (Pun intended).
So what do i think about this game? Well, it’s a HELLUVA LOT OF FUN. It has its flaws, but not nearly enough to take away from the experience. Campaign is about 5-7 hours depending on the difficulty. Multilayer offers 50-100+ hours of fun unlocking new things, and experimenting new strategies on the wide open maps. This game is a MUST HAVE for people who love teamplay and even people who may want a break from MW2. I give this game a 9.75/10 for its massive amount of replay value, and fun multiplayer. I hope this review helped, and stick around! Thanks!
~NOOB STRATEGIZE~ Taking down buildings on teammates and/or M-COM station really pisses people off.
Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.
I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.
Yes great game spec ops! Since the time we’ve been asking sony to make one:/
Auto Modelista.. a PS2 capcom racer!! A blast to play and great graphics!
Maximo!
Rival Schools!
all the games in the above list are bang on. this is the only reason we need backwards compatibility and physical presense of games for the upcoming future, no matter what.
Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.
yes! incredible rain effects; so good to drive along in rain with your Spotify playlist blaring
I really wanted a MotorStorm using the same engine, Driveclub is easily one of the best looking games on PS4 and I'm surprised they didn't even give it a PS4 Pro patch.
I adored Driveclub and the Bike expansion. I also loved Motorstorm. Evolution shutting down was a crime
Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.
wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.
Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.
Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.
I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥
I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April
BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.
I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.
Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!
Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!
EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."
This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.
And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...
Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.
Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.
Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.
Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.
The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.
This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.
Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.
Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.
I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.
@ManMarmalade
No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games
So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:
“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“
So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?
On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.
Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game
The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.
Good review, I wish they would make single player campaigns like they used to though. They just aren't long enough anymore.