Rating: 8.5/10

It’s  been out for around 3 weeks now and after much playing I feel that I can give this game a proper review. For simplicity I’ll refer to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as BFBC2. I’m not going to bore you with long paragraphs about gameplay and sound.

You can see from the video’s that it looks good. My PC (which is not state of the art) can run it on medium at 1920×1080 fine with no lag. Sound is fantastic. Nuff said. Let’s talk about the cool stuff.

Comparison to previous Battlefield games on PC

• While the max server size is only 32 players, the maps are designed so that 32 still feels like 64.
• Having scenery to hide behind that doesn’t disappear from a distance provides hundreds of sniping positions making the sniper an actually useful class.
• While there are general unlocks for your player, class specific unlocks can only be realised by playing that specific class. This makes it a bit rough at the beginning until you get some better weapons and things like a Med Kit, Ammo Kit and Defibrillator Paddles, but it also serves to toughen you up for whats to come.
• A new points system gives you points for just about any team action.

tanks provide an integral part of all Battlefield games

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Ok guys, so I just had to jump on here and tell you about this site I find. Some of you may already know it, but I had never seen it before.

A couple of weeks ago I was looking around on the internet for some shirts with some cool nerdy slogans. I found some funny ones but none that I felt truly expressed my  inner nerdiness. My unfortunate problem is that I don’t look much like a nerd. Fitness is my other hobby and so I spend a lot of my time active and working as a Personal Trainer. Don’t get me wrong, I love being fit and healthy but I also love throwing people for a six by being awesome at games or wearing some ridiculously nerdy clothing.
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Well Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been out for nearly a week and what a shaky week it has been.

EA is still putting out fires in regards to issues with online play. The demand on the game has been a little stronger than initially anticipated and as a result the servers have been down around 20% of the time.

But enough about the usual problems that accompany an EA game. I was hoping to highlight a few points that I like a dislike about the game. If you are like me, you have played every Battlefield game to come to PC since the beginning with Battlefield 1942.

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The Battlefield series has finally returned home in it’s latest release. Supporting a whole new single player story line as well as up to 32 player online gameplay, Battlefield Bad Company 2 has really brought a new edge to gaming.

While the single player mode follows a linear, yet action packed story line, the online gaming mode offers a brand new leveling system. Points are awarded for kills, kill assists, reviving, healing, repairing and achieving objectives. Bonus points are awarded for specials like head shots and achieving objectives.

Rather than earning unlocks as you progress up the ranks like Battlefield 2 and 2142 you must play with a specific class to earn unlocks with it. As you continue to earn points with that class you unlock new weapons and gadgets.

At this point in time there are still some bugs being ironed out with the online play as there tends to be when these games are first born. Nothing like a few 100,000 gamers to give a game a thorough thrashing.
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