While it won't be something we can exactly track, I am so interested in seeing how successful Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be now that so many people are pissed over the botched PC version of Modern Warfare 2. Or could it be they aren't really boycotting anything? Exactly! Hence my excitement.
When Infinity Ward announced there would be no dedicated servers, a bunch of other developers followed suit by announcing the opposite for their respective games. One such game was Bad Company 2, which appears to be gaining a new fanbase from ex-IW fans.
Now, according to MTV Multiplayer, DICE is taking it up a notch. Unlike Infinity Ward, this studio feels using party chat in multiplayer to cheat isn't "that big of an issue." As such, Bad Company 2 won't have any restrictions on when and where you can use Xbox LIVE's private chat system.
Was this a good move? I happen to think so.
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6:20 PM on 12.09.2009
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At least with BC2, we'll be able to kill people AND have a private conversation without some jackass trying to interject themselves into it.
The times they are a changin'. (they've been a changin' since 2007)
Just not quite as good as the MAG beta.
Next year is going to be awesome.
Probably not.
Really? I can't stand the MAG beta. It feels like the world's most generic FPS with a HUD that's far too busy and a really unappealing visual style.
I've really loved the BC2 beta, though. I can only hope they end up balancing the classes a bit better so Engineers aren't so overpowered. I also really hope they'll offer a new map soon.
And using private chat on the 360? It's all good. It's not Socom or MW2's Search and Destroy or anything like it. It probably doesn't even help you that much.
So yeah, bring back party chat.
All I need now in BC2 is leaning :D
On the other hand, I loved Modern Warfare's combat system. I think it's great fun, and an awesome mix of arcade and tactical gameplay. I enjoyed CoD:MW's multiplayer far more than Bad Company's (or, in all honesty, any Battlefield game that came before it).
In short, I don't get the whole "I hate Modern Warfare, because I'm so indie" mentality.
Oh wait...I guess I do....
Though i still frequently play BC after a stint of six months away from it, it's still lots of fun.
But yeah, when you're on the winning team this game is freakin' amazing. I just finished a match where four of us defended the last A objective like champs, running down their ticker from the 40s. My hands are still shaking a bit haha.
Not even the arcade game, what other game could have you shoot down an Attack Chopper with a MBT from half a mile away?
*BOOM, FIZZLE, CRASH*
I fucking loved the mag beta! It felt like counter strike, but on a massive scale!
I was only in the beta for the last two weeks but put way over 30 hours in.
I found the gritty art style a little off putting at first but once i was used to the lack of "shine" from mw2 it was awesome!
Plenty of squad leader action was had too, and wow.
Each to their own like, but i had moar fun in the mag beta than bc2. But bc2 is damn good nevertheless.