Battlefield: Bad Company 2 USA Beta is a Go

The official Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta is finally underway on the PlayStation 3 platform. Only hours ago, the ability to enter the promotional key and download the client became available. However, login issues have prevented anyone from playing this highly-anticipated beta up until now.

[Lifewish]

please use this beta to fix possible issues in your game, which i am sure there will be.

[taco_tom237]

anybody that wants the beta go here..... http://www.fileplanet.com/p...

its free just sign up..it works im downloading now

[NoBias]

My roomates and I are havin a blast with it.

[deadreckoning666]

The betas a blast. Very addictive, but the stats are broken. I ranked up in my first 2 games but after that the game put me back at 0.1. No upgrades at this point. When u get the XMB at Level 7, the game becomes a mix of twitch and skill. Its awesome!

[Millah]

Loving this game so far. The graphics are incredible. Gameplay is a ton of fun too, despite some issues with stats right now.

[Bubbles_Kitty_Cat]

I played the beta for around half an hour and came away unimpressed.

It looks and feels no different than the first Bad Company.
I suppose that is fine if you loved the first one, but for people like myself that thought it was just so-so, Bad Company 2 looks like it might be a big letdown.

I should also add that that many people are hyping this game that otherwise wouldn't be, simply because they want to see it surpass Modern Warfare 2.

After playing 30 minutes of the Bad Company 2 beta, I can promise you that ain't gonna happen. lol

[Lionsguard]

You're playing a CLOSED BETA. Jesus when are you smacktards going to realize that Beta=/= final release. They're on a new engine that needs tweaking, why the hell do you think you're playing? They need testers and constructive feedback, not whiny "OMFG WHY ISN'T THIS MODERN WARFARE 2?!?!? EPIC FALE" people like you.

[Bubbles_Kitty_Cat]

Settle down, Buck-o. lol
That was just my opinion.

Having said that, I'm fairly confident that most gamers (outside of N4G, of course) will tend to agree with me, and that the game will sell rather poorly as a result.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Anyone else not able to rank up? when i first played it let me rank up, but then i turned off the ps3 for 2 hours, tried again and suddenly no more ranks, did they disable ranking?

[evrfighter]

Actually as a bf fan since 1942 demo. I can tell you this puts mw2 to mega shame. I was only able to play mw2 for one round before it felt like cod4. Battlefield has ALWAYS put cod to shame when it was released on pc. From what I've seen in the beta. IW is about to be taken to school by DICE. Again I should add

[Bubbles_Kitty_Cat]

Gamers vote with their wallets, my friend, and they have consistently voted for the Call of Duty series in droves. ;)

[K__L__U__T__C__H]

I just got done playing this beta and it is awful.IMO. The graphics are horrible! I know its a beta, but seriously there pretty bad. It plays exactly like BFBC 1 to me and nothing special at all. I'll go ahead and tell you this game isn't dethroning MW2. Now i'm not hating, because i was hoping for alot out of this game, but it let me down. Hopefully the final retail version will be much better.

[S4NDM4N]

What do you mean constantly voted for Call of Duty series?

Buddy, before COD4, BF was the king of online gaming. Most people still think BF2 is one of the best online games.

COD4 is just more accessible. Name me one really popular game that isn't accessible..

Halo, Mario etc..

Sales = accessible

[Nikuma]

This beta is siiiiick! Haven't had this much fun in an online FPS in a while. Very addictive.. went way past my bedtime playing not even realizing the time. Destructible environments are awesome, and the single map in the beta is awesome. It's big but not TOO big and it doesn't force you into any narrow choke points like some FPS.

Can't wait for the retail release of this game!

[Marceles]

You guys are retarded to think the beta is awful. This is the most fun war FPS I've played in a long time. The only complaints I heard were from MW2 fans saying the game was too slow...the maps are large so of course it's gonna be slower, but when the action heats up it feels like Black Hawk Down. When you shoot a rocket or a tank next to a building, the windows shatter from the force of the sound, almost everything is completely destructible from the trees to all the buildings...awful? get out of here with that

[TheReaper42]

only complaint i have is that there're no customizable control schemes. They have a couple preset schemes that doesn't fit my taste. Everything else about the beta so far impresses me.

[pixelsword]

it's a blast; but the gameplay is not far off from the first one at all; except the animation and background chatter is improved a little more. The graphics are mixed now (leaning towards great to incredible if they polish it up) but it's a beta, so I'll cut it some slack for sure. The ground looks a little flat (as in very flat) and on some things like some rocks you can see edges of skinning (the pattern wasn't overlapped effectively) but other than minor things like that, everything looks very polished. My one graphical gripe is that it's very hard to see enemies and/or identify them when you're starting off; several times I was standing next to my enemy for a few seconds (maybe around four or five) before I knew he/she was my enemy for certain. After getting a mouth full of "own", you'll realize who's who and adjust accordingly.

One thing I noticed right away is that this map is very similar to one of the maps from the original B:BC demo on the PSN... minus that luscious gold.

[INehalemEXI]

WooT, I has it....I freaking has it
! Downloading. + bubs @ 1.1

[pimpmaster]

i just played it and i dunno, i feel kinda mixed about it. its better than bc2 but i totaly prefer playing MW2 to playing this beta. the maps are too big and its just a snipe fest. you end up running across the map for too long instead of in combat.

[Noctis Aftermath]

maps are too big? sigh... i guess the gamers who were introduced to FPS by COD4 or Halo just can't comprehend how great Battlefield is.

Snipefest? i get killed by a sniper as often as anything else, the main problem i have with other fps games is that the maps usually don't allow snipers to snipe.

[Consoldtobots]

the BETA is a ton of fun, the guns feel more visceral, the graphics are sharper and now you can actually see a lighting engine at work over the whole map. That being said nothing beats blasting the heck out of a house the other team is holed up in with the wrong end of an M1 Abrams tank.

BC2>>>>>>&g t;>>>>>>>& gt;>MW2 and the only ones who disagree are two die-hard 360 trolls...lol.

[Celeras]

"Gamers vote with their wallets, my friend, and they have consistently voted for the Call of Duty series in droves. ;)"

If they bought Call of Duty, they aren't gamers. They're casuals. I suppose you think the Nintendo Wii is the best of the three current-gen consoles just because it sold the most?

[raztad]

I played my first Battlefield: Bad Company 2 match. The objetive was to protect a building.

Graphic wise, game looks pretty underwhelming. It's pretty much BC1. I really was expecting more, after those sick (BUT small, low res videos). I'm sure PC owners are enjoying much better graphics.

Gameplay wise It feels pretty good. Weapons and movement feel right. Not floaty but not too weighty. The map wasnt very crowded so I couldnt see any tank or vehicle. I'll try it later. The big plus is game buildings destructibility.

In conclusion: This game (as any other shooter on the console market) is FAAAAR from even be close to KZ2's visuals, on the other hand it got a very slick gameplay that makes it worth a try. COD lovers better stay away from this game, it's not KZ2 weighty but for sure it's slower than your MW.

[The Captain]

Bubbles_Kitty_Cat you are incorrect. Have you ever purchased a game that was not good. Just because a game has great sales does not make it better. That statement is ridicules!!!! Some games sell better due to hype and media, not because of the game itself.

I personally enjoy the beta(alpha) and look forward to see this game grow.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Great beat. About to play with a buddy of mine.

[DoucheVader]

This is pretty impressive graphically. Maps are pretty big.

[Bobby Kotex]

And there's something refreshing about how open they are. This game definitely has a 'battlefield' feel to it. This definitely brings me back to Battlefield 2 but with evolved gameplay.

[ebpmanitoba]

It is very different from the original

Online is still awesome.

[decimalator]

the original Battlefield? Or BF:BC?

[BigPete7978]

Got my code, downloading now :)

[ZombieAutopsy]

FPS of the year 2010.

[decimalator]

I didn't really like the multiplayer aspect of BF:BC, hopefully this version is better. I just don't like vehicles in MP.

[evrfighter]

better pick up a pc then. I'm not sure about consoles but pc is going to have infantry only mode.

[Noctis Aftermath]

what.... you don't like vehicles... wtf.... you never played battlefield before have you? it is one of the best features, and just cause you get owned by a tank a few times isn't enough reason to hate it.

But if you are dead set against vehicles this is not the game for you, stick to MW2.

[Delta]

This game is way better than MW2. (IMO)
The beta is awesome.

[GamerPS360]

I prefer PC on my FPS gaming but I played beta(PS3) over an hour and I am loving it. You can play this game with so many strategy and also, game kinda forces you to play together if you want to win.

Not really big fan of Modern Warfare 1 or 2 (zero strategy). I can't wait for PC version BC2.

[Eldon3]

this is frustrating, the stats are broken.. a select few can rank up, (including my friend) everybody else has 0 stats, no matter how well you do. no ranking up, no upgrades, and stats that say 0. I know is a beta, but its annoying watching my friend rank up when i cant.

[QSPR]

call it "BETA" you can report and submit any problem or bogus and they can fix it before release day

[ZombieAutopsy]

If it makes you feel any better when they fix it they will most likely reset everyone stats, but if not its no big deal its easy as all hell to go up levels in this game.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Dammit, i was able to rank up earlier, but i stopped playing and come back and now i can't rank up *facepalm

[foreverflame]

Droids thanks you for beta testing my game come march this game will be lag free on xbl thanks too you idiots.

[taco_tom237]

thanks for beta testing ngs2!!

[shutupandplay]

Indeed. The ps3 beta will help the XBL community. The ps3 version will be up and running that way DICE doesn`t need to hear their b!tching. They will be able to focus on the bigger, better, more supportive community of XBL.

[ZombieAutopsy]

lol arent most betas held on xbox normally...cod4/cod5/bfbc1 and im not even mentioning the "exclusives" i beta tested on my xbox

[Lionsguard]

It's the least we can do! Thanks for beta testing Tales of Vesperia and NGS2 for us! But we all know you guys will never buy it unless it's renamed Halo: Master company 2. So please don't kid yourself.

[cereal_killa]

Maybe Sony should have Beta tested Gears of War for Live...

[mistajeff]

I'm seriously, seriously impressed. Even after watching those awesome videos I didn't think it'd be this good. I've never been legitimately excited for the multiplayer aspect of a game, but I really can't wait until I get my hands on the final game. They aren't fu@king around, this is some incredible multiplayer.

[ZombieAutopsy]

Ea/Dice I am falling in love with you all over again, just please please please give us the clan system BF2MC had.

[playnation]

yeah this game is EPIC!
the only bad thing at the moment is that stats are broken
in my first play i ranked to lvl 3 and got the xmb then after a game
all my stats went to 0, and i lost the xmb =(,
something i noticed is that when the game finishes the xp you earn to rank starts counting from negative numbers and finishes at 0, instead of start at 0 .

[ZombieAutopsy]

Yea i noticed the stats messing up too, I was rank 11 i believe earlier when i signed off then a little bit ago i sign on to play and im back to lvl 1 and cant go up a rank no matter how good i do.

They'll most likely have them fixed tomorrow though at some point.

[YLOD Service Tech]

Just played it on my PS3. Wow, the graphics are crap. Could it be because I'm playing on the inferior console? Maybe. I'll wait for the only worthy version, the version that is on the Xbox 360.

[Lionsguard]

First of all, no matter how much you sit in front of your xbox pretending it's a PS3 it's not a ps3 but I will say that the graphics are bad but this is a closed beta, if you're going to talk sht please do so intellig...wait what the hell, reasoning with a trolling xbot lol omfg im so sorry, I thought you were human for a second and not a pile of steaming horse crap. Move along, nothing to see here folks.

[YLOD Service Tech]

Believe what you want. Doesn't change the fact that you are just as blind as every other PS3 fanboy out there. I bet you'll still deny that I have a PS3 even if I showed you proof of it.

[CernaML]

lol Except no one would care. You're the one being butthurt about owning one, not us. :)

[Noctis Aftermath]

It's in BETA FFS, they just want it working for now, graphic improvements will come later.

[cereal_killa]

Whats you PSN ID let me guess Coryweb93... You Muppet's keep thinking everyone is as stupid as yourself you don't own a PS3 and if you did WHY would you even buy one if you hate it so much your a pathetic little child.

[Obama]

Very fun. The only thing missing is helicopters! Is there just 1 map as I have been playing the same map for hours. Well actually there's a helicopter drone that I use and it's fun to use it to take out snipers.

[ZombieAutopsy]

yes i believe its just one map but who knows maybe theyll throw us another before the beta ends...or at the very least a different game mode.

[M0t0rBreath]

This map doesn't have them. The other maps do though. If you remember, the Atacama and Port Valdez maps had them. Each map will offer different game play, which is very good.

[GamerPS360]

hey, You can control RC helicopter for now :D. I killed 2 people with RC ahhaa.

[Obama]

haha look at the jealous bots here.

[boss_killa]

i never played any battlefield games before but this one is pretty awesome. i just finished a 2 hour session.

it has that weighty feel that killzone 2 has and the weapons have a ton of kick to them. i had no idea what to do at first and i kept getting owned but i got used to it.

this game really feels like there's a war/battle going on. the vehicle gameplay is awesome. i felt super nervous driving a tank into a suburban area and boom i got hit with rpg's. LOL. most fun i had getting blown up.

im sold on this game. it has a better feeling than MW2, and there is a ton of strategy involved. i cant wait for this one to come out. im gonna sell my copy of MW2 as soon as it does.

edit: i hope guerrilla games takes a look at what dice is doing here. an fps can have weight without being too "laggy". i'd also like to see what guerrilla could do with mech gameplay/vehicle gameplay in killzone 3.

[Socomer 1979]

Buy it for your 360.
Who da fck cares?
LoL!
You gotta do something with it right?

I'm buying it with the greatest friends ever on PSN.
My friends are better than your friends because they all have jobs that pay over 50,000
a year & your friends carry pokemon cards.

[darx]

....

[CrippleH]

Couldn't rank up at all. I got negative points instead of all the positive points I gathered.

[ZombieAutopsy]

Hey someone with a video capture card do a comparison of BFBC and BFBC2 so we can see them side by side.

[OrganicMachine]

Beta =/= Demo

Beta is not a DEMO

Beta is part of Production phase It goes from Concept to playable to Alpha to Beta to Gold(FIN! FINISH!)

so don't treat this beta as a demo but test it, exploit what you can exploit and let the Devs know so they'll be able to fix, tweak and balance stuff!

p.s. If you're one of those peeps who hated IW and CodMW2 and love the BF:BC2 then this is your chance to make this game better than CodMW2... multiplayer wise that is.. since I don't think any devs can 1UP the single player action/drama/suspense on MW2... although it's scripted and short, it was a thrill ride.. a short one.. that is..

[Nuclearwinter]

This game is awesome. I can't wait to get it on the PC, it'll be even better.

[peeps]

yep. i myself will pick this up for ps3, just cus thats where my clan will be playing but i may also have to get the pc version for a true bf experience.

my only worry is that since bfbc1 was console only (and obv bfbc2 is highly influenced by the first) that they don't just port the console versions to pc and actually work on a 'pc version'

what i mean is they could easily just make the same game across all 3 platforms, but i hope they remember their pc roots and actually make use of the extra power that pc's can give them. tbh tho with dedicated servers we should get the mods, large player counts and so on of previous pc bf games.

don't get me wrong, the ps3/360 versions will still be great, but theres nothing like playing conquest on a large map with tons of players. + i think they said they are included but the need to bring back black hawks so u can actually carry several ppl making things drastically different to just using choppers for kill but actually using them for transport

[M0t0rBreath]

Yes, this is a beta. Devs take a lot of info from these beta's and have time to fix things. As where a demo, usually is more to show off the game. But man the game runs pretty awesome and it's in Alpha stage.

[CrippleH]

It would be nice to have an ingame feedback reporting, so we can actually contribute and not just stress out their servers but help the game overall.

[peeps]

" But man the game runs pretty awesome and it's in Alpha stage."

the fact that it's in a BETA surely means it's in beta phase haha

pretty much an alpha test is the tests conducted within the company before they get to the beta phase. an alpha phase is a very rough around the edges version that no company would give out to the public...

[acere]

almost time to change name and account

[The_Nameless_One]

The MP is kinda Meh, not really impressive.

- Characters are rather sluggish.
- Transition from hip to scope is way too slow.
- Campers galore (but thats any MP game)
- Broken Stats
- Broken Rank system
- Really odd spawn points

[Giant_Chibi]

I understand all your other complaints, but I didn't find spawn points to be an issue.

If you join a squad you can spawn on your teammates, and they are always in a general position that is quite fair. For me, i like to spawn on a sniper, who's typically in a concealed vantage point, away from enemy fire. That way I don't spawn into open fire.

[GamerPS360]

this game might be too complicated for him.

[MajestieBeast]

Not impressed so far.

[roybatty]

Not as annoying as modern warfare's 'dead before you even know wtf is going on' bs, the sound is the best I have heard yet in a game but stats on my game at least show ZERO!? No unlocks or anything. Is anyone else getting rank progress etc? I'm not :(

[monstrado]

Phenomenal game and it's only in beta. I am a die hard PC FPS fan and I'm actually *enjoying* this on the PS3.

Please stop comparing this game to MW2, it's quite embarrassing. Yes BC:2 is an FPS but it's a totally different genre inside of that...

MW2 = Small Quarters Fighting, Limited Strategy
BC:2 = Large Quarters Fighting, Strategy Required

The problem is 90% of MW2 players are "casual gamers" who don't want to think, they just want to get in a game and "kill" somebody. I just wanna thank DICE for bringing back a true FPS.

I can't imagine this game on DX11 (confirmed) with 3-4 months BETA improvements.

[peeps]

good to see someone as annoyed as me about the comparisons i see between the 2 games.

i personally enjoy both games for the fact that as you stated, they're different types of fps 'small quarters and large quarters fighting' not to mention bfbc2 hasa heavy influence on vehicles.

this constant comparison of the games just seems pointless and i'm not sure what ppl wanna prove. i mean right now i'm playing mw2 and bfbc2 beta but by the time bfbc2 releases next year i'll have played mw2 to death and will want a new game.

anyway enjoying it a lot more having played some more games. i just think i still have a hatred for gold rush and would much have prefered conquest, plus give me a better map with choppers/black hawks. used to love on bf2 how you could just get 1 really good pilot who would take several guys and just fly em around the map to wherether the team needed help.

[divideby0]

LMAO at all the silly MW fanboyz....go cry somewhere else....
geez.....

[Bengoshi-San]

awesome, got the beta code!

[divideby0]

I disliked BC1....
MAG Beta was meh....
Hoping for BC2....but it has to be 10x better than BC1...

[Morituri]

Just got my beta key here at the office. Can’t wait to get home and try it out for myself.

From what I’m hearing, your character has some weight to him, so I’m getting excited. If this plays anything like KZ2 I will probably come away a happy camper. Been really looking forward to a good fps to come along with some solid gameplay.

[STRAIGHTASL]

IT'S BLOODY BEST THAN MW2!!! MW2 SUCKS! BFBC2 WILL RIP MW2 OFF!