I’ve spent over 45 hours with the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but if this kick-ass gameplay footage is any indication, EA DICE’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 may become my new favorite multiplayer FPS when it launches on March 2, 2010. Everything I’ve seen so far of this game can only be described as “intense,” and the game has a realistic look like few others before it.
We’ve taken some extensive looks at Bad Company 2. In November, Hamza wrote up a multiplayer preview, and Brad gave you his impressions (along with a Ten Minute Taste) of the PS3-exclusive multiplayer beta. In December, Ben PerLee got his own hands on the game’s multiplayer mode. The minute-plus of gameplay footage above is Episode 3 of EA’s “Battlefield Moments” series, and it’s set in the Panama Canal map. (For more Panama Canal action -- if you can handle it -- head here.)
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that looks stunning :-) I'm just a bit jaded after the 128 vs 128 I experienced in the MAG private beta... everything else feels so small and calm since then...
This looks pretty awesome, but I'm confused about that part where the players on the same team are "helping" and "supporting" each other. I was under the impression that in team play FPSs you just run around on your own and ignore your teammates.
the beta is great. cant wait for more maps. as expected from dice the sound is so freaking good. hdr sound that bounces on surfaces just like in real life. you can feel the weight of your soldier with gives 100+ to the feeling. the guy weighs a ton. and the upgrades are good, also the vehicles are awesome. and the shockpaddles are back yay, another reason to play in squads. sure, im a battlefield fanboy. played and loved them all, except vietnam, since bf 1942. bring on the pain, dice.. bring on the pain..
Can't wait for this. Need my modern shooter for my pc as I got mw2 on the 360. The more I see of this game the better it looks. I just hope to god the hitboxes aren't like BF2.
The one round weapon is the tracer ... allows RPGs to home in slightly on tanks and other vehicles. Pretty nice ... beta was amazing and it was just one map!
Awesome, this is why I prefer B:BD than MW2 most of the time. The multiplayer is superb and because of the even use of vehicle makes the gameplay more compelling. MW2s use of aerial vehicles doesn't cut it for me, and feels too one sided.
Be sure to watch Brad's 10-minute taste for the real experience... run a few hundred yards on foot looking for someone to shoot, get sniped along the way, repeat.
It's not the player count that matters. It's the amount of control vs chaos. I like battlefield because I feel like I have more choice as to how I'll spend each 'life'. More variety. I love setting up C4 traps and blowin shit up. Then after I get pwnd I might take a helicopter for a ride. and nothin beats those insane 15+ kill lives.
its thats simple... COD is a nice time pass for 35-70 hours of play but BF gets 300+ for many people.
i'm not sure why someone would buy COD6 when COD4 has servers with 70+ custom maps and has 95% of the same game play. Seems like a waste of $$ to me...
so wait.. was this multiplayer? If so then why did the other team suck so bad? They never got shot at once. When you are playing for real no team is going to be THAT organized (in public matches) and you will be dying a lot more. Seems pretty controlled just for the videos.
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Someone let you get jockey raped on L4D2, didn't they?
Is prone really that important?
He's just crying because he won't be able to drop to the floor and f with his hitbox like he does in MW2.
at least 64 players shooting each other!
8vs8? camon MW2...
Btw, what was that pistol with one bullet?
also this video is really old, anyway, this game is gonna kick MW2 ass!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait for preorder on steam!
Defo buy for me on March 2nd.
Until then, get B:BD and indulge, people.
Oh and baseball is still boring
its thats simple... COD is a nice time pass for 35-70 hours of play but BF gets 300+ for many people.
i'm not sure why someone would buy COD6 when COD4 has servers with 70+ custom maps and has 95% of the same game play. Seems like a waste of $$ to me...