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Thoughts on the Battlefield: Bad Company Beta
skins0304 | 10:32 AM on 03.25.2008 23 comments


So after playing the Beta for a few hours, I think I can form some opinions on it.

- Plays a lot like the other Battlefields. But I guess that is to be expected. And I'm not
entirely sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

- Sniping is quite difficult. Maybe I'm just used to Call of Duty 4, but it seems like your
bullets don't travel as fast as they should. There's often a second or two delay when
sniping. Not sure if it's first day lag, or if the physics are just off. I guess I'll find out.

- It can be really intense. 4 tanks firing at each other, while someone launches artillery,
and people come flying at you in Humvee's. I never got into the other Battlefield on 360, so
maybe this isn't new. But wow is it fun.

- The destructible environments are insane. Just about every building can be almost
completely destroyed. Along with every fence, tree, etc. Nothing beats driving through a
wall with a tank and killing two people on the other team.

- Maybe it was just the early crowd, but I only heard a handful of people speaking through
my games. Hope that changes.

- Graphically, it's nice. Nothing special, but the destructible environments look really cool.

- The servers are still very jumpy. Took me 10 tries to get into my first game. But once I
was there, I stayed in the same lobby for all of my games so it wasn't too much of a
hassle.

I don't remember agreeing to an NDA, so hopefully no one at Activision kills me.



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big filth's Destructoid Blog
"It can really intense."

good job.
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
I am at work...hence why I am not there...speaking. But if you mention the servers are still jumpy and what not, I guarantee that is probably why you can't snipe?

Beta's like this don't require NDA's. I mean there wasn't one for the Halo 3 Beta, was there?
skins0304's Destructoid Blog
@big filth

No idea what you're talking about.
weedgan's Destructoid Blog
I'm gonna say that big filth can't read.

Whut?
covah's Destructoid Blog
I wasn't too impressed but I did only play for 2 matches, so I'll have to try it again after class
bmdubya's Destructoid Blog
I'm enjoying it as well. It takes a while to get used to, especially after playing Call of Duty 4. The destructible environments are awesome though. One thing that I don't like is it is sometimes hard to tell where you are getting shot from, or getting shot at all. But I'll get used to it.
skins0304's Destructoid Blog
@ BlinsideDork

I assume that is probably part of the reason. Granted I was doing a decent job of sniping anyway. My last game I was 24-9, with 22 sniping kills. Just hitting a moving target was insanely hard. But I guess that might be what they're going for.

There wasn't much lag though. Never saw the frame rate drop or anything stutter.
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
Clever edit and fix to hide evidence? snaps?
big filth's Destructoid Blog
^

a definite edit.

gonna act like there wasnt a typo??? what a loser.

ohhh no, I made a typo and someone called me out on it, let me edit it and act like it never happened..

@ weedgan

yes. I cant read.

also at whoever posted this.

FAIL
skins0304's Destructoid Blog
@big filth

Go ahead. Keep making things up.
big filth's Destructoid Blog
"So after playing the Beta for a few hours and jerking off to midget porn, I think I can form some opinions on it."

^

you're really gross.
skins0304's Destructoid Blog
Now that's what I call making shit up!
Gato's Destructoid Blog
You fail Filth.
big filth's Destructoid Blog
@ gato

kill yourself

@ skins

youre welcome for helping you fix your typo ridden blog.
skins0304's Destructoid Blog
@big filth

You win at capitalization.
bmdubya's Destructoid Blog
Yo skins, are you able to get into any games right now? I haven't been able to connect to a game in for about half an hour now.
big filth's Destructoid Blog
@ skins

THANKS
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
Someone's hate has been quenched!

Can I have some?


skins0304's Destructoid Blog
@bmdubya

I tried about 10 min ago and it didn't work. I'll try again tonight.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
It looks fun
weedgan's Destructoid Blog
@Filth

I hope you get hit by a large vehicle today...not going to be to picky, but i hope it hits the HELL OUT OF YOU.

U R GAY
BlindsideDork's Destructoid Blog
I can't get in...I pick ranked or unranked and it says it is looking for a game and when it starts joining, it just stops.

-1/10
DaedHead8's Destructoid Blog
I can't get in either, I guess I'll just try again tomorrow.


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