BF:BC 2

[pevergreen]

I didnt know that >_>


Single Player so far: Bad story, unlikeable characters. Apparently only gets worse.

If you want Single Player, definately go for MW2...unless you already have that, in which case, save your money.

[Vuk]

I didnt know that >_>


Single Player so far: Bad story, unlikeable characters. Apparently only gets worse.

If you want Single Player, definately go for MW2...unless you already have that, in which case, save your money.

Is the singleplayer anything like the original BF: BC? I really liked what they did in the first one, so I hope that they did not change that.

[pevergreen]

Never seen/touched/played the first BC, so no idea.

[Kekvit Irae]

Is the singleplayer anything like the original BF: BC? I really liked what they did in the first one, so I hope that they did not change that.

Health injectors are completely done away with. Instead, it reverts to the lame Call of Duty style of health regeneration.

[Fragony]

Demo is great fun, but for some reason I am having a real hard time with it, in World at War I end up being DA MASTER most of the time but these guys slap me around like it's nothing, just mob me up and throw me in a bucket, thx. But the look and feel of the game is great, especially the graphics are spectacular, really sharp and clean even on my ancient tv. Who is -playing/thinking of getting it- on the PS3

[Kekvit Irae]

Demo is great fun, but for some reason I am having a real hard time with it, in World at War I end up being DA MASTER most of the time but these guys slap me around like it's nothing, just mob me up and throw me in a bucket, thx. But the look and feel of the game is great, especially the graphics are spectacular, really sharp and clean even on my ancient tv. Who is -playing/thinking of getting it- on the PS3

I'm currently playing it, and here are my thoughts:

I didn't know anything could be worse than MW2... but BF:BC2 is. CoD Health regeneration, the same BS building destruction from BC1 returns (EA, take a hint from Red Faction: Guerilla and make FOUNDATIONS and CORNERS destructable), checkpoints are so sparse that if you die, you lose a good five minutes of gameplay, loading times each time you die take about ten to fifteen seconds (and you will die, A LOT), less humor than BC1, the gunfire and explosion echos drown out everything, etc, etc, etc...
The only thing that saves this game are the vehicles... and only barely.

[edyzmedieval]

And I wanted to get it for PC...

I hope that there's some good reviews before the Deluxe Version goes out of sale - a.k.a. 16th of march because I'm getting it on Steam.

[Fragony]

I'm currently playing it, and here are my thoughts:

I didn't know anything could be worse than MW2... but BF:BC2 is. CoD Health regeneration, the same BS building destruction from BC1 returns (EA, take a hint from Red Faction: Guerilla and make FOUNDATIONS and CORNERS destructable), checkpoints are so sparse that if you die, you lose a good five minutes of gameplay, loading times each time you die take about ten to fifteen seconds (and you will die, A LOT), less humor than BC1, the gunfire and explosion echos drown out everything, etc, etc, etc...
The only thing that saves this game are the vehicles... and only barely.

I don't care about the story-mode mind you, I doubt I will even try the campaign. The demo is loads of fun and I want a new shooter. World at War is starting to get old and it's annoying how they force upon you their map-pack, and I am not so sure MW2 is my thing, everybody loves Modern Warfare but me it seems, I miss the 'war is hell and you are in it' approach in the campaign and the WW2 weapons are just more fun. Love the bayonette *schwob* so gruesome hehe.

[Husar]

I got it for PC, only played some MP so far, can be hard to get a connection but so far I like it.
It has the auto-regeneration but it takes longer than in MW2 and reviwers actually mentioned that as a good point, like getting up to shooter standards of today, so it's obvious why they made that. May post more after exploring more of it.

[Kekvit Irae]

I don't care about the story-mode mind you, I doubt I will even try the campaign.

Let me guess... you're one of those people who only buy games for the multiplayer. Am I right?

[Secura]

Health injectors are completely done away with. Instead, it reverts to the lame Call of Duty style of health regeneration.

It's ironic because more and more games are leaning towards the CoD style of health.

Recently, Peter Molyneux stated that the health bars (among other things) of Fable III had been dropped in favour of the damage being more noticeable to the player. He said the screen would increase in red hues as you drew closer to death, and would return to normal over time; it's hoped that this immerses the player further in the game.

Since when did this become the de facto means of health management? :<

[Azathoth]

I don't see why regeneration is getting so much flak for being overly simplistic. It's no worse than health packs, anyway. In 5 or 10 years a new system willl replace it, just in time for the first serious immersive virtual reality consoles.

[Husar]

Uhm, someone is missing the point here, and a bit more.
First off I don't have any problems with "serious" shooters on a console, really serious ones like ARMA probably have too many controls anyway.

Secondly, you seem to have missed out Battlefield: bad Company, which was console exclusive, the Bad Company Battlefields are not a serious shooter continuation of battlefield 2 and I thought that was pretty clear, instead it's a more humorous take on shooters(although not as humorous as Battlefield Heroes, try that if you want to complain about BF becoming unrealistic ) and it also introduced a single player campaign, if you expect Bad company 2 to be a "serious" save-the-world-from-the-evil-bad-people-with-bad-weapons/nukes-MW2-like-shooter then you will get disappointed. enemies are bullet sponges but I actually appreciate that after playing MW2 where you don't have vehicles but the G18 akimbo(which isn't very realistic in the first place) turns anyone into a walking Wirbelwind(that's the WW2 tank, try CoH for reference). Well, I'm not claiming it's for the realism freak but then neither are DICE afaik.

And there are still medics, and once the critical blood splatter goes away your screen corners stay red for quite a while before you are fully regenerated, a lot of time for a medic to help you for example, or an enemy to shoot you. It's not the instant regeneration after 5 secs that MW2 has.

So yeah, if you're looking for a realistic shooter, try Arma 2 or something, but Bad Company isn't that kinda game, never was and never wanted to be. IIRC there is a Battlefield 3 in the works, sort of indicating that Bad Company is a bit of an offshoot of the original BF series.

[Hooahguy]

i plan on getting this game. my old clan, L13, is getting back together, so i thought id pick up a copy and join in