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The above video for EA's Battlefield: Bad Company may have gotten a few chuckles from me, but this is the Internet -- a place where people are accustomed to laughing so hard that their asses literally fall off.

If this clip seems at all familiar to you, perhaps you saw Valve's "meet the (insert Team Fortress 2 class here)" installment of videos from a while back. They are incredibly similar to one another in theory, but if you've witnessed the two videos for yourself, you can easily see who the victor is.

That's not to say you shouldn't watch it anyway though. To EA's credit, it's an admirable shot at revealing a character from Battlefield: BC. Whoever came up with the idea of slapping a smiley face onto a grenade deserves a huge Christmas bonus.


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king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 14:54
king3vbo
Meh it gave me a few chuckles
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 14:57
DeusPayne
epic meh.
EternalDarkWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 14:58
EternalDarkWing
Unreal Tournament has smiley faces on the grenades that shoot from the Flak Cannon.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:02
Jordan Devore
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:05
B-Radicate
I was gonna say, I think it was Epic there, Jim.

Also, this wasn't funny at all. I never even smiled. It was so derivative of the TF2 clips it was sad.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:05
Rockvillian
His exaggerated movements don't match the lack of imagination that exists all around him.

TF2 wins!
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:06
B-Radicate
Oops, I said Jim and not Grim. My bad. "The more you know..." ya ya ya.
WDot's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:25
WDot
Meh. I thought it was kind of funny that they censored everything, but not enough to illicit smiles or laughter. Graphics looked nice though.
Corncobtacular's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:29
Corncobtacular
just in case anyone is wondering: "meh"
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:39
MechaMonkey
Wasn't bad. Wasn't great, but certainly not bad. I'd give it 6/10 firetrucks.
Twosixteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:43
Twosixteen
Wow, that was bad.
Zeal404's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:51
Zeal404
Mediocre
Polish Hill's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:58
Polish Hill
It could've been worse but it certainly won't earn anyone a bonus.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:59
loki d20
It's at least better than their typical trailers that don't even try.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:59
Cheeburga
Christ, you guys seem like you're expecting the pinacle of hilarity from a video game trailer.
Least it was funnier than that fat guy at the VGA's.
Harknett's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 16:03
Harknett
I kept waiting for the lulz and they never came :(
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 16:08
Sharpless
I don't know what to feel.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 16:13
Eschatos
I thought it was pretty good.
Choo Choo 3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 16:20
Choo Choo 3000
Gosh, I'm in a pickle! I can't decide which game looks shittier - Battlefield: Bad Company or Army of Two. Total douchery.
Sphinx 13's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 16:43
Sphinx 13
If you guys remember E3 a few years back, there was an announcement trailer for BF:BC which was kind of like someone fallowing them around in a firefight and they blew shit up. I could be wrong in this, but I'm pretty sure it came out way before the TF2 ones. Granted the TF2 ones are awesome.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/17334.html
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 17:53
Samit Sarkar
That was less funny than the fat comedian who performed at the Spike VGAs.
Jonathan Kerr's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 18:01
Jonathan Kerr
That was on par with Carlos Mencia.
RJG's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 20:34
RJG
WiiSucks and MechaMonkey seem to be using the 7-10 scale that IGN uses, in which case I heartily agree. It really does deserve less than a zero. Didn't even crack a smile.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 20:55
Necros
It was okay. Still not anywhere near as good as the TF2 promos.
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 22:10
Velt
Not near the TF2, but is another kind of thing after all.
Is like that George Clooney movie, do you guys remember the name?
Zeal404's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 22:25
Zeal404
Band of Ocean's Company?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 23:13
Samit Sarkar
@Velt: You’re going to have to be a tad more specific than that, but because Three Kings is the only war movie that I can think of with George Clooney in it, I’m going to assume that’s the one you’re talking about.
Technika's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 02:11
Technika
Meh, I lost all faith with EA and Battlefield after BF: Vietnam. Regained it with BF2 and lost it again when they broke the game further and further with each patch.
Zeal404's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 03:09
Zeal404
EA Link...

Gratz EA on being horrible
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 05:08
Fading Star
No thank you.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 09:22
Holyetheline
It fell massively short in my book.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 20:46
loki d20
Not that anyone is ever going to see this post, but if you download the Bad Company Frostbite video from the PSN, it's a pretty good watch. The people there seemed to have had a lot of fun making it and it actually talks about their engine and what they're trying to do with it.

It's a free download, as well.
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