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Overview

Title | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Bf:BC2)
Developer | DICE (Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment)
Publisher | Electronic Arts
Genre | first-person shooter
Release Dates | US: 2 Mar. ’10, CA: ? ? ’10, UK: ? ? ’10, AU: ? ? ‘10
Ratings | ESRB: ?, PEGI: ?
Official Site | http://www.battlefield.com/badcompany2/

CAG Night: To Be Determined

*Note: CAG Night will only take place if Bf:BC2 allows private rooms or a 12 person party for matchmaking.*

Prominent Features

Destruction 2.0
^ Micro destruction. | Fences and concrete barriers can be chipped.
^ Macro destruction. | Demolish buildings.
Regenerative health.
Campaign to be more serious.
Alaska location confirmed.
Blood.
Preston, Sarge, Sweetwater, and Haggard return.
24 player online.
Squad names are green and appear on HUD.
Kill Cam.
Parachutes.
4 Classes | Deeper kit customization for each; ranging from wider firearm choices, scopes, grenade launchers, and silencers.
^ Assault
--> Traditional foot soldier.
^ Engineer
--> Repair vehicles.
--> Ammo Packs (no more Ammo Crates).
^ Medic
--> Defibrillator: Revive teammates.
^ Recon
--> Traditional sniper
Gamemodes
^ Rush | 2 teams.
--> Attackers v. Defenders. Attackers need to destroy pairs of objectives at each base (6-8 total) to win. Defenders need to protect them and kill all Attackers till their respawn ticket gauge is depleted to win.
--> Map expands and Attackers gain more respawn tickets with each base taken.
^ Conquest | 2 teams.
--> First to exhaust all their respawn tickets loses.
--> Controlled flags on the map accelerate enemy respawn ticket depletion.
^ Unrevealed gamemode.
Maps
^ Rush | Port Valdez
^ Conquest | ?
New Vehicles | No playable jets.
^ Blackhawk | 1 pilot. 2 minigunners. ? passengers.
^ ATV | 1 driver. 1 passenger (can shoot).

News

4 Jun. '09
^ E3 Demo/Interview
--> http://video.ign.com/streaming/e3-20...oxign/5625.qvt
22 May '09
^ "Leaked" Mp. Gameplay | 2nd video down.
--> http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com....php?id=158363
21 May '09
^ Mp. Trailer
--> http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3...ield-bad/49570

Bf:BC is the game I hands-down, logged the most time-on this console generation so it does irk me when I see regenerative health and they cut 1 class from multiplayer. I kind of expected the Frostbite engine to be more optimized with their ample experience with Bf:BC, Mirror's Edge, and Bf:'43 to at least add 8 more players in the mix for a total of 32 (desperately needed for Conquest), especially with the Blackhawks playable this time. I'm not the guy that says regenerative health is dumbing things down, but I just don't think it'll be Battlefield with regenerative health since it relied heavily on Health Kits (at least reviving people is back... I guess).

I need more convincing from DICE, Bf:BC2 is not a day one buy.

This is what I wanted to see for classes.

Assault \ Assault Rifle -\ Fragmentation Grenade x5 or M203 Grenade Launcher x8 --\ Grappling Hook Launcher x2 ---\ Auto Injector xINFINITE Specialist \ Submachine Gun -\ Smoke Grenade x3 --\ Satchel Charge x5 ---\ Tracer Dot x10 Support \ Light Machine Gun -\ Repair Drill xINFINITE --\ Mortar Strike xINFINITE ---\ Ammo Pack xINFINITE Medic \ Assault Rifle -\ Sidearm --\ Shock Paddles xINFINITE ---\ Health Pack xINFINITE Demolition \ Shotgun -\ Sidearm --\ Mine x5 ---\ Rocket Launcher x6 Recon \ Sniper Rifle -\ Sidearm --\ Motion Sensor x3 or Claymore x2 ---\ JDAM Binocular xINFINITE

Ugh, I can't say I'm excited for these changes, but I'm still too excited for this game not to buy it day one. I have to question the class changes (it essentially sounds like they took out two classes (Demolition and Specialist) and split the support class into two different ones), especially since the medic class seems unnecessary with regenerative health. And I loved the story of the first game because it was so hilarious, so I'm not too excited to hear it's more serious this time around (but at least Bad Company is still around).

I was also hoping for a raise in the player count for multi, but even if they just add support for private matches (the squad system is pretty lame, honestly) it'll be better in the long run. But even with how negative I may be sounding in this post, I'm still super excited for this game. BF:BC is my favorite game from this gen, so I can't help but be excited for the sequel.

They need to add a mute button.

Here's off-screen gameplay from multiplayer (2nd video down): http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com....php?id=158363

I'm done crying over the regenerative health, though I sincerely hope DICE reconsiders upping the player count to 32, Conquest maps really need that extra 8.

Video reveals a lot from minor details like how sprinting now shows the gun jostling. If that's a UMP (looks like one) then that means they didn't half-ass the iron sights for them this time, yeah! Though I wonder how balanced it'll be once classes get a wider selection of weapons since I've been conditioned with the large Bf:BC hours logged that each class should be limited to a single firearm family. Looks like no more red dots over enemies, but maybe that's due to the over-exposed quality of the video. Overall, HUD looks cleaner with no more eye-throbbing red overlay for when you're low on health, just shaded corners. As far as the Kill Cam is concerned, they should just make it so when you flop to the ground, waiting to be revived, the camera pans to your killer's general direction instead of seeing where he's hiding/running to.

hopefully they actually do include more than one game-type this time, dont get me wrong, I think gold rush is fun, but I wish they would have included more modes in the first one.

just played through the first one and I'm disappointed to hear that they are making the campaign more serious, it was an excellent change of pace (from COD or other serious FPS titles) and made the game much more enjoyable in my opinion.

4 Jun. '09
^ E3 Demo/Interview
--> http://video.ign.com/streaming/e3-20...oxign/5625.qvt

Not really a demo, more of a montage of the one map they're letting people play at E3 which is fine by me since it shows someone competent playing and a lot of revealing gameplay - ie gun attachments (2 different scopes), micro and macro destruction, brutal stab animation, and new vehicles.

@3:50
Here's a weird APC; the driver can shoot grenade launchers and the gunner can control an anti-air attachment.



@4:30
Shouldn't need this Med Pack since they put in regenerative health.

30 Sep. '09
^ Mp. Gameplay Trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ba...ield-bad/57022

Glad to see shells kicking to the right and not left (it did in the first). Still bummed it's a 24 player cap, the first needs at least 32 (24 was fine for the small maps, but I left those maps in favor of the helicopter enabled maps).

Not that I don't like the MP stuff, but I wish they'd release a SP trailer already. I'm definitely curious to learn more about the story.

I'll be getting this for the 360, but anyway... This game actually looks worth the time. It reminds me a lot of when BF2142 came out. That game was the LEAST fail from EA in this series.



Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlQ4WiOq1QE

LE announced! Same price as the regular edition and sounds like the only difference is 6 unlocks from the start in mp.

Taken from http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61056

Four vehicle warfare unlocks Improved Vehicle Armor - An up-armor package is mounted on all vehicle types, decreasing the effect of both explosive and penetrating warheads, significantly improving vehicle survivability. Supreme Vehicle Firepower - Additional weapon packages are mounted for the driver of all armored vehicles, greatly expanding the range of targets the vehicle can successfully engage and destroy. Vehicle Motion Sensor - Use this electronics warfare package to locate enemy units in direct proximity to the vehicle. Tracer Dart Pistol - This magnetic dart attaches to any vehicle surface, allowing squad members to track, lock on, and fire rockets onto moving targets even beyond line of sight. Two classic Battlefield 1943 weapons M1A1 Submachine Gun - Reliable but heavy this classic weapon is a powerful force in the hands of any Battlefield veteran. M1911 Pistol - Highly customized M1911 are favored for its dependability and the power of its large .45 caliber round.

It sounds about as lame as the Gold Edition of the first game, but at least it's free this time.

If I knew that I could get the LE from amazon I would pre-order on amazon already.

Now I have to wait for my $20 MW2 gift card.

Who else is going to pick this up at launch in a few months?

Originally Posted by NamPaehc Who else is going to pick this up at launch in a few months?

i am. its basically paid off at gamestop cuz i traded in brutal legend for $31 while they had their 30% extra credit promo. on top of my old pre orders of u2 and r&c (bought them at tRu with their promos) i only owe like $5 on the game.

Already pre-ordered at Ama.

I have a bunch of gift cards to Target ready to go.

I think there is an open demo coming to both systems around the end of the month, but I can't find any concrete info on it.

The apparent shortness of this thread is worrying.

Pre-Ordered a long time ago, and here's hoping to a lot of people picking this up ...