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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
king3vbo at 12/11/2007 14:54
Meh it gave me a few chuckles
DeusPayne's Avatar
DeusPayne at 12/11/2007 14:57
epic meh.
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EternalDarkWing at 12/11/2007 14:58
Unreal Tournament has smiley faces on the grenades that shoot from the Flak Cannon.
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Jordan Grim Devore at 12/11/2007 15:02
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 12/11/2007 15:05
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
Rockvillian at 12/11/2007 15:05
His exaggerated movements don't match the lack of imagination that exists all around him.

TF2 wins!
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 12/11/2007 15:06
Oops, I said Jim and not Grim. My bad. "The more you know..." ya ya ya.
WDot's Avatar
WDot at 12/11/2007 15:25
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
Corncobtacular at 12/11/2007 15:29
just in case anyone is wondering: "meh"
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 12/11/2007 15:39
Wasn't bad. Wasn't great, but certainly not bad. I'd give it 6/10 firetrucks.
Twosixteen's Avatar
Twosixteen at 12/11/2007 15:43
Wow, that was bad.
Zeal404's Avatar
Zeal404 at 12/11/2007 15:51
Mediocre
Polish Hill's Avatar
Polish Hill at 12/11/2007 15:58
It could've been worse but it certainly won't earn anyone a bonus.
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loki d20 at 12/11/2007 15:59
It's at least better than their typical trailers that don't even try.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 12/11/2007 15:59
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
Harknett at 12/11/2007 16:03
I kept waiting for the lulz and they never came :(
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 12/11/2007 16:08
I don't know what to feel.
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Eschatos at 12/11/2007 16:13
I thought it was pretty good.
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Choo Choo 3000 at 12/11/2007 16:20
Gosh, I'm in a pickle! I can't decide which game looks shittier - Battlefield: Bad Company or Army of Two. Total douchery.
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Sphinx 13 at 12/11/2007 16:43
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
Samit Sarkar at 12/11/2007 17:53
That was less funny than the fat comedian who performed at the Spike VGAs.
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Jonathan Kerr at 12/11/2007 18:01
That was on par with Carlos Mencia.
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RJG at 12/11/2007 20:34
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.
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Necros at 12/11/2007 20:55
It was okay. Still not anywhere near as good as the TF2 promos.
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Velt at 12/11/2007 22:10
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
Zeal404 at 12/11/2007 22:25
Band of Ocean's Company?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 12/11/2007 23:13
@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.
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Technika at 12/12/2007 02:11
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
Zeal404 at 12/12/2007 03:09
EA Link...

Gratz EA on being horrible
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Fading Star at 12/12/2007 05:08
No thank you.
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Holyetheline at 12/12/2007 09:22
It fell massively short in my book.
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loki d20 at 12/12/2007 20:46
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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