Battlefield Bad Company 2

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » February 23, 2010, 9:08 pm

I'm getting it for the PS3 this time around. Anyone else picking it up?

I traded in 13 games today (8 PS3, 5 360) today and EBGames was running trade 3 get it free for both BFBC2 and Final Fantasy 13. 6 of the lower value games (between 8 and 15$) got their value upped because of this trade. Walked out with 2 fully paid pre-orders and 165$ on my edge card.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » February 23, 2010, 10:33 pm

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » February 24, 2010, 1:20 am

Getting it for 360, already have my Amazon preorder in, with release day delivery. I'm really looking forward to this game!

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » February 24, 2010, 2:09 am

I need to remember to reserve this, GoW and FF13 on Friday. I'll be getting BC2 for the 360.

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 24, 2010, 11:03 am

Yeah ill prolly get this for the PS3 as well.

Also Castle Crashers, Hvy Rain and Yakuza 3 seems interesting this month.

Borderlands Expansion tomorrow as well!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » February 24, 2010, 11:51 am

How to not be a noob in BFBC2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsJwrHIGGnk

Give that Youtube a listen in preparation for multiplayer. He speaks the truth.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » February 24, 2010, 12:06 pm

Played the demo/beta last night on the PS3. This is going to be great.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » February 24, 2010, 12:18 pm

Was Shadowrun the only game that you could play with people on the xbox through Games for Windows? I would grab this one on the PC just to have a newer shooter on the pc, but only if I could play with friend on the xbox.

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 24, 2010, 12:26 pm

Some Bad Company 2-events from the Demo

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » February 24, 2010, 12:28 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:Was Shadowrun the only game that you could play with people on the xbox through Games for Windows? I would grab this one on the PC just to have a newer shooter on the pc, but only if I could play with friend on the xbox.

Sadly no, I don't thing there have been and cross-platform shooters since Shadowrun.

Had a ton of fun times playing that one.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » February 24, 2010, 1:04 pm

Animalor wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:Was Shadowrun the only game that you could play with people on the xbox through Games for Windows? I would grab this one on the PC just to have a newer shooter on the pc, but only if I could play with friend on the xbox.
Sadly no, I don't thing there have been and cross-platform shooters since Shadowrun.

Had a ton of fun times playing that one.

Well that sucks

Siji · Post by **Siji** » February 24, 2010, 7:37 pm

Just FYI since I don't see it mentioned.. pre-ordering gets you day 1 DLC ala Mass Effect 2 and gets you the "Limited Edition" for the same price.

Should you not care about playing this online or are adventurous enough, do a search for bfbc2-ccclx. It was leaked/released today.

Fun info:

No Avatar Awards

Achievements: 50 Achievements totaling 1000 Gamerscore
01. I knew we'd make it 15 G
Campaign: finish Operation Aurora
02. Retirement just got postponed. 15 G
Campaign: finish Cold War
03. It's bad for my karma man! 15 G
Campaign: finish Heart of Darkness
04. They got all your intel? 15 G
Campaign: finish Upriver
05. Salvage a vehicle. 15 G
Campaign: finish Crack the Sky
06. Alright, here it is. 15 G
Campaign: finish Snowblind
07. Nobody ever drowned in sweat 15 G
Campaign: finish Heavy Metal
08. Ghost rider's here! 15 G
Campaign: finish High Value Target
09. Sierra Foxtrot 1079 15 G
Campaign: finish Sangre del Toro
10. Thanks for the smokes, brother! 15 G
Campaign: finish No One Gets Left Behind
11. Save me some cheerleaders. 15 G
Campaign: finish Zero Dark Thirty
12. Turn on a light. 15 G
Campaign: finish Force Multiplier
13. P.S. Invasion cancelled, sir. 30 G
Campaign: finish Airborne
14. It sucks to be right. 50 G
Campaign: finish Airborne on Hard
15. New Shiny Gun 15 G
Campaign: find 5 collectable weapons
16. Guns Guns Guns 50 G
Campaign: find 15 collectable weapons
17. Link to the Past 15 G
Campaign: destroy 1 satellite uplink
18. Communication Issues 15 G
Campaign: destroy 15 satellite uplinks
19. Complete Blackout 50 G
Campaign: destroy all satellite uplinks
20. Ten Blades 15 G
Campaign: 10 melee kills
21. Taxi! 15 G
Campaign: drive 5 km in any land vehicle
22. Destruction 15 G
Campaign: destroy 100 objects
23. Destruction Part 2 30 G
Campaign: destroy 1000 objects
24. Demolish 15 G
Campaign: demolish 1 house
25. Demolish Part 2 30 G
Campaign: demolish 50 houses
26. Assault Rifle Aggression 15 G
Campaign: 50 kills with assault rifles
27. Sub Machine Gun Storm 15 G
Campaign: 50 kills with sub machine guns
28. Light Machine Gun Lash Out 15 G
Campaign: 50 kills with light machine guns
29. Sniper Rifle Strike 15 G
Campaign: 50 kills with sniper rifles
30. Wall of Shotgun 15 G
Campaign: 50 kills with shotguns
31. Multiplayer Knowledge 15 G
Online: reach Rank 10 (Sergeant I)
32. Multiplayer Elite 50 G
Online: reach Rank 22 (Warrant Officer I)
33. Assault Expert 15 G
Online: unlock 3 weapons in the Assault kit
34. Engineer Expert 15 G
Online: unlock 3 weapons in the Engineer kit
35. Medic Expert 15 G
Online: unlock 3 weapons in the Medic kit
36. Recon Expert 15 G
Online: unlock 3 weapons in the Recon kit
37. Battlefield Expert 50 G
Online: obtain all unlocks in any kit or all Vehicle unlocks
38. 15 Minutes of Fame 15 G
Online: play for 15 minutes
39. Mission... Accomplished. 15 G
Online: in a round do one kill with the knife, the M60 and the RPG-7
40. Pistol Man 15 G
Online: get 5 kills with every handgun in the game
41. Airkill 15 G
Online: roadkill an enemy with any helicopter
42. Et Tu, Brute? 15 G
Online: knife 5 friends
43. Demolition Man 15 G
Online: get 20 demolish kills
44. Careful Guidence 15 G
Online: destroy an enemy helicopter with a stationary RPG
45. The Dentist 15 G
Online: do a headshot kill with the repair tool
46. Won Them All 15 G
Online: win a round in all online game modes
47. Squad Player 30 G
Online: obtain the Gold Squad Pin 5 times
48. Combat Service Support 15 G
Online: do 10 resupplies, repairs, heals, revives and motion mine spot assists
49. Award Aware 15 G
Online: obtain 10 unique awards
50. Award Addicted 30 G
Online: obtain 50 unique awards

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 25, 2010, 7:18 am

Not care about playing BC2 online? Who would not care about the online-portion?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » February 25, 2010, 10:49 am

Dr. Pepper is doing an EA promotion right now. Every cap gives you points that can be used on the EA site to buy/unlock items for various DLC for EA games, including BFBC2 and ME2.

Here are some codes:

http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/Hel ... -DLC-Codes

Some details:

In Spore, a dozen Cyborg-themed body parts – such as eyes, heads and arms – can be redeemed and used in the Spore Creature Creator. These parts allow players to mix robot and organic creature body parts to design their own Cyborg creatures. The exclusive Cyborg parts will be usable by all owners of the Spore PC game and anyone who downloads the free Spore Creature Creator Trial Edition from the Spore.com website.
In Mass Effect 2 (shipping January 26th for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, PC), a shooter RPG from EA’s award-winning BioWare™ division, there are three unique pieces of armor: two helmets and a visor. The game was recently named by The New York Times as one of 2010’s most anticipated games.
In Battlefield Heroes, there are four sets of unique character clothing, and consumers get a pair of outfits per download, one for each side.
In Battlefield: Bad Company 2 four kit upgrades allow you to become a unique Special Activities soldier, with new camouflage and a modified weapon. Kit upgrades also contain new awards and an additional achievement.

miir · Post by **miir** » February 25, 2010, 11:04 am

I need to fucking clone myself so I can have time to play all these badass games that are coming out.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » February 25, 2010, 11:04 am

miir wrote:I need to fucking clone myself so I can have time to play all these badass games that are coming out.

The world does NOT need two of you!

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 25, 2010, 12:34 pm

Two Miirs would be BRUTAL on all the Liberals out there!

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 25, 2010, 2:47 pm

Hitler tells the truth about Bad COmpany 2's Port Valdez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbHEAM3pN2o

miir · Post by **miir** » February 25, 2010, 2:55 pm

I despise internet memes.
not funny

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » February 25, 2010, 3:35 pm

The Hitler thing was funny for the Jazz Band one and it's just got progressively less funny since then

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 25, 2010, 4:40 pm

Link me the Jazz-band one!

Siji · Post by **Siji** » February 27, 2010, 1:12 am

I realize this is one of those 'meant for multiplayer with a single player run through tossed in' games, but after about 5-6 hours of playing I have to say that I'm disappointed in the graphics but enjoying it more than any of the COD games lately. I'm constantly annoyed at the uh.. I don't know the proper term, but where it looks like the texture tiles don't match up properly and there's that bright white line.. there's a *lot* of that. The mix so far of snow to jungle and such has been ok and distributed pretty evenly (which is good because snow gets old fast). One of the dialog lines made me bust out laughing.. there's this spot where something needs done and one of your crew says you should do it yourself because the commanding officer type would only send in some special ops with some pussy ass heartbeat sensors on their guns - clearly a jab at MW2.

The multiplayer demo everyone has probably played along with the video posted above should give you an idea of how much more involved MP seems to be than MW2, and the single player so far is better as well imo. You're able to more freely roam around and choose the path you want to take to get where you're going. (Which you'll need to do in order to get the extra points and such anyway)

I'm glad I pre-ordered it and will finish up whatever I haven't done by then with that copy and then be heading to Live to see how it goes. If you've got a flashed 360, by all means snag it and start playing. It's worth the download and burn imo.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » March 2, 2010, 1:54 pm

Turns out, at Best Buy at least, that there's no difference in the pre-order copy and the copy that's on the shelves. The VIP code you receive does expire April 1 however, so I guess as long as the SE copies last till then you're good.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 2, 2010, 2:42 pm

I just now picked up my copy of the PS3 version of the game.

Will be online this evening!

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 2, 2010, 2:49 pm

I was gonna get this today, then realized starting next week I won't have time for anything besides WoW/FF 13 anyhow, so I'm gonna wait :\

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 2, 2010, 2:54 pm

WoW? Is Cataclysm coming out soon?

miir · Post by **miir** » March 2, 2010, 3:16 pm

Animalor wrote:WoW? Is Cataclysm coming out soon?

LOL... Q4 2010 maybe.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 2, 2010, 3:56 pm

Yeah I think it's supposed to be Q4 this year. Why is that lol miir? Because Blizzard takes their time and puts out a kick ass product?

miir · Post by **miir** » March 2, 2010, 4:07 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:Yeah I think it's supposed to be Q4 this year. Why is that lol miir? Because Blizzard takes their time and puts out a kick ass product?

Because they announce games YEARS before they release them.

It's like they intentionally delay releasing shit just to build hype.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 2, 2010, 4:22 pm

True, but it comes out and it's a great, finished product. In a market where rushing shit out to make as much money as fast as possible is wrecking or at the very least stunting the games we play, I'll gladly take the Blizzard way.

Back on topic: game is getting good feedback. I'll have to pick it up eventually fo sho.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 2, 2010, 4:31 pm

True, but it comes out and it's a great, finished product.

Which explains why they are constantly fucking with the core mechanics of the game?

In a market where rushing shit out to make as much money as fast as possible is wrecking or at the very least stunting the games we play, I'll gladly take the Blizzard way.

Here's how I see the 'Blizzard Way'...
Don't release new content but fuck with game balance and classes until players start growing restless. Then announce an expansion/sequel and let the hype build for 12-36 months... when the hype shows the first sign of falling off, release it!

I don't disagree that they make quality games, but I'm just not a fan of their development cycles.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 2, 2010, 4:42 pm

Got my limited edition preorder!

Can't wait to try it tonight.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » March 2, 2010, 4:50 pm

Whats best is that you can destroy walls / buildings filled with campers!

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 2, 2010, 5:13 pm

miir wrote:
True, but it comes out and it's a great, finished product.

Which explains why they are constantly fucking with the core mechanics of the game?

In a market where rushing shit out to make as much money as fast as possible is wrecking or at the very least stunting the games we play, I'll gladly take the Blizzard way.
Here's how I see the 'Blizzard Way'...
Don't release new content but fuck with game balance and classes until players start growing restless. Then announce an expansion/sequel and let the hype build for 12-36 months... when the hype shows the first sign of falling off, release it!

I don't disagree that they make quality games, but I'm just not a fan of their development cycles.

To you first quote: No, they are fucking with the core mechanics of the game constantly to make the game as casual player-centric as they possibly can without making the games existence an insult to intelligent people around the globe. This is potentially still a down side depending on where you sit, but says nothing about the "quality" of their finished product. Last time I checked the WoW servers don't go down for a week and a half after a expansion comes out

To the second - I think this partly fits in with the first part. You could be partly right on your theory but I'll still take that over the rushed out garbage that a large portion of games are.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 2, 2010, 5:16 pm

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Whats best is that you can destroy walls / buildings filled with campers!

I am kinda curious though if that will multiply the amount of noob tubing that takes place. I want a entire FPS game to come out with no sniper rifles and no rocket launchers. That would own

Siji · Post by **Siji** » March 2, 2010, 7:11 pm

Online play is definitely more challenging than MW2, but in a good way. Still sucks to be a lowly ranked "new" player.

One thing that disappoints me now that I think about it is that during the single player game, there's no point where you're practicing the activities that are so important in online play - and that make it so different from MW2. There's no point where you're using paddles to revive teammates, there's no dropping supplies, there's no marking enemies (like in online play), etc.. It would have been smart to include those in the game so that it wasn't completely foreign to everyone that logged on to a server and started out playing like MW2.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » March 2, 2010, 7:16 pm

btw: the video from above has been removed. Here's the "official" link that works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4fkH9qC4M

Siji · Post by **Siji** » March 2, 2010, 11:38 pm

Going to do my best to give it more time, but at the moment I'm going to predict that BC2 online play is never going to reach MW2 status. It's simply not as player friendly. For example if you don't have a squad that works together and one of the other 3 is, you may as well just log off. You're (A) not going to get any worthwhile points to boost up your rankings or unlock stuff and you're (B) going to spend more time waiting to spawn than anything else. Plus, if people happen to log off in the middle of the match, you could be fucked with having only 2 or 3 (or none!) other people on your squad, making it that much more impossible to do well.

I definitely don't understand the 4 squads per death match game idea. Listening to people get pissed off on Live chat is kind of amusing. I understand there's a learning curve, but how many people are going to be willing to do it.. cooperation amongst strangers isn't easy to get. Especially when you've got 3 other people that want to be snipers and sit back doing nothing the entire game.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 2, 2010, 11:53 pm

MW2 definately spoiled me by having zero wait time after death.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 3, 2010, 1:05 am

I skipped the whole MW2 myself so I couldn't have been spoiled my it.

The one thing I did tonight that I usually never do is jump straight into MP without even touching the SP. Had an absolute blast playing the game and even managed to get into squads of people that played together and collaborated. Didn't manage to get to Level 1 yet however I did manage to unlock my med kit before having to log out.

Great great fun!

Siji · Post by **Siji** » March 3, 2010, 3:01 am

I was able to finally get into MP with some friends and when working together, the experience is much much better. The mode of online play where you're after targets (think MW2 demolition) is much better than deathmatch also. People tend to work together since there's a common goal - plus, it's not 4 squads against each other - it's 2 squads vs the other 2. I still don't agree with the 4 squad separation, but we'll have to see if they add free for all or 2vs2 type modes at some point. I managed to get up a level and ranked up my assault class so it doesn't take a whole clip into someone to kill them now. The amount of snipers is crazy though. And as much fun as sniping is in BC2, it's somewhat understandable.

Definitely play through the single player at some point, it's a really enjoyable game. (Play the last mission on the hardest setting (or go back and do so) for extra achievement points).

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 3, 2010, 12:27 pm

I really like what I've seen so far in this game. I've played 2 online matches and I just started the second mission on single player. It's a great game so far.

miir · Post by **miir** » March 3, 2010, 12:56 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:I really like what I've seen so far in this game. I've played 2 online matches and I just started the second mission on single player. It's a great game so far.

I've played about the same and agree with you 100%

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 3, 2010, 1:14 pm

I'm on the 3rd chapter of SP and played 4-5 online matches last night. Had a great time

Quick note - on the PS3 at least the VIP coes are case sensitive and require the dashes to be entered to redeem the VIP stuff.

Last I read, the in-game Store section was still down and EA is working on fixing that. This means that any pre-order bonus can't be redeemed yet.

http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/ph ... aqid=46456

(their site is dog slow atm.)

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 3, 2010, 1:24 pm

Animalor wrote: on the PS3 at least the VIP coes are case sensitive and require the dashes to be entered to redeem the VIP stuff.

360 version too, which took me ages to figure out, each time having to start over from scratch...

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 3, 2010, 1:34 pm

I finished the single player campaign. It wasn't bad but I think my favorite SP campaign game is probably Call of Duty 2 or even Modern warfare. I do like that you didn't have to replay the whole game just to earn the 'Hard' trophy/achievement.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » March 3, 2010, 3:21 pm

The servers kept going down on Live last night, not sure what's up with that. As for the VIP code, I didn't have to use dashes but I did put it in all caps to start and didn't have any problems.

I'm not exactly clear on how to access the premium weapons you get in game. I heard about an M1 rifle for veterans, which I believe defines anyone that has more than 1 EA war game which I don't.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 3, 2010, 3:58 pm

EA's servers took a dive once last night on the PS3 at approx. 9:30PM EST last night. The rest of the evening till 11:30 EST(when I logged off) was fine.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » March 3, 2010, 10:44 pm

Playing PC version. As a novice FPS player, I'm completely disgusted by the multiplayer experience of this game. Trying for 10+ minutes to get into a game just to get kicked is retarded. Guess I'm not the kind of player that's wanted.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » March 3, 2010, 10:59 pm

Yeah tried the MP for a bit. It's awesome dying 5 seconds after spawning. When it comes to FPSs I don't think multiplayer is really my sort of thing