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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in singleplayer not as good as you might think

The source published a preview about the singleplayer-campaign of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Xbox 360. They say, that it has some very cool moments but the most of the time it is nothing more than a bit above average.

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Maddens Raiders5203d ago (Edited 5203d ago )

a bit above average can go a long way toward garnering a 10/10 for fps's these days *cough* cod6 *cough*.

Day one.

-Alpha5203d ago (Edited 5203d ago )

SP is a nice fat bonus. I thought MW2's SP was fine. Nothing spectacular, and certainly nowhere the greatness of COD4, but it was fine.

I'm sure BC2 will be better. Besides, I didn't really have a high opinion of the SP anyway so "as good as I might think" doesn't really apply. I don't even think the large majority even had an opinion of the SP as all the focus has been on the fantastic MP. Battlefield has always been about MP. I know they are trying harder with the SP so more power to them, but at the end of the day the MP is what's going to keep me coming. Sniping a pilot in an Apache, owning tanks with tracer darts and teamwork are some of the great things with this game. The teamwork is fantastic and the way every class needs to rely on one another is great too. What I love about MP games is variety and aside from Halo 3, BC2 is offering it in spades.

Now if you were talking about the MP, then I would be worried if it wasn't as good as I am thinking, because I am thinking this game is MP Shooter of the Year right now.

socomnick5203d ago (Edited 5203d ago )

Single player sucked in Bc1 so I wouldn't be surprised if the SP sucks in Bc2.

Lets face it folks DICE sucks at SP.

They were in their prime back in the day when they focused only on multiplayer and SP was not even though about.

Bf1942-bf2 = DICE's prime - no sp to worry about only complex multiplayer that is far better than bc2, it had 64 players, commanders overseeing the battle for each side, squad leaders to control spawning and more classes.

2142-bc1 = Horrible years.

Bc2 = Decent games

Bf1943 however is still their best game in the last few years, its a shame its only a DLC game.

Whoever made 1943 or was incharge of that project needs to be promoted and make the next Battlefield game.

The bc2 guys are lazy as hell , no iron sights on shotguns, reusing the same weapons from bc1, only 2 new vehicles, reusing weapons from bf1943 etc.

Its just a lazy rush job.

Hoolock5202d ago (Edited 5202d ago )

BFBC1's campaign was a pretty basic affair with some really bad jokes. Its a lot less canned then most FPS games like COD so it tends to leave less of an impression without lots of perfectly framed explosions and slow-mo scenes. My one hope (I don't know if this has been covered yet) is the presence of a CO-OP campaign. BFBC1 lent itself so well to CO-OP it was shocking it never turned up in DLC. The one thing that makes sandbox FPS games so fun is the CO-OP and its kinda proved with Halo and Borderlands.

EDIT:@socomnick, I honestly cant believe that you think that BFBC2 was a rush job. The game has taken massive improvements all over the place and the demo alone is swaying me from playing some of the full release games I have recently bought. The game is graphically superior to all other FPS games on console bar Killzone 2, it has the best audio and realistic sounds behind it of any FPS, it's got a completely open map experience, vehicles which many games cba trying to put in as well as having a very balanced and fair class system. Honestly I cant find any prejudice towards any class (apart from the fact people feel awesome playing sniper). DICE have done a top notch job with their multilayer and I see no reason why anyone would buy COD or even MAG over BFBC2. The level of polish and variety (a word that cant be used by many other FPS) is stunning.

Dave13515202d ago

First comment is right, I didnt even read the article im gonna play it myself first to see if I like it

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pwnophobia5203d ago

If you're playing BFBC2 for the single player you're doing it wrong

krisq5202d ago

Not even once I played single player in previous BC. It was straight-to-multi for me.

Mo0eY5203d ago

Who cares? Battlefield games are and always have been multiplayer. Bring on the epicness.

AstroZombie15202d ago

Considering this is their second shot at doing single player ever i'll give them some slack.

BannedForNineYears5202d ago

If it's anywhere near BFBC1's single player. It'll be tight. =D

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20 Amazing Games That Have Completely Disappeared From Storefronts

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.

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TheEnigma31386d ago

I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.

EvertonFC86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

Fantastic game,.so underated

Cacabunga86d ago

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!

LordoftheCritics86d ago

Spec Ops: The Line was super dark.

Incredible story.

SheenuTheLegend86d ago

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.

Yi-Long86d ago

Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.

melons86d ago

yes! incredible rain effects; so good to drive along in rain with your Spotify playlist blaring

Skuletor86d ago

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.

ravens5286d ago

Yes indeed. May just install it on my PS5. You know, physical copy and all.

monkey60286d ago

I adored Driveclub and the Bike expansion. I also loved Motorstorm. Evolution shutting down was a crime

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darthv7286d ago

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.

Skuletor86d ago

I have quite a few of these. Timed licenses suck.

Terry_B86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

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.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX161d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled160d ago

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

DaReapa160d ago

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.

Inverno160d ago

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.

1nsomniac160d ago (Edited 160d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast159d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial159d ago

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!

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

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."

darthv72424d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel424d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon424d ago

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...

Shane Kim424d ago

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.

isarai424d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane1341424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

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.

isarai424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

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.

zidane1341424d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma313424d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

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.

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DankSinatra423d ago

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.

isarai423d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra423d ago

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.

ManMarmalade423d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

@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?

Inverno424d ago

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.

badz149424d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop424d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb423d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole424d ago

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

SonyStyled424d ago

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.

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