If a huge GWJ contingent goes PC, I'll upgrade to play them. Not sure how this will feel on the 360 (particularly the choppers).
Day one for me too. Haven't decided which version but probably 360 due to friends.
Does anyone know if this is basically "Battlefield 3" re-branded or if that is also in the works?
Day one for me too. Haven't decided which version but probably 360 due to friends.
Does anyone know if this is basically "Battlefield 3" re-branded or if that is also in the works?
BF3 is separate.
There have been SP preview videos? Everything on the site is multiplayer.
Yeah, I'm referring to the more recent multiplayer vids, which are full of authentic battlefield chatter like "HOLY F*CK!"
I found it a bit startling after the mostly "T for Teen" nature of the first BC game. It doesn't bother me, really, but based on the promo stuff it does look like DICE is dialing down the goofiness a bit.
Of course it is coming from EA, creators of some of the most crass and obnoxious video game marketing since Daikatana.
edit: from what I understand, BF3 was announced separately and is a different game that is still in development.
EvilDead wrote:Day one for me too. Haven't decided which version but probably 360 due to friends.
Does anyone know if this is basically "Battlefield 3" re-branded or if that is also in the works?
BF3 is separate.
Well that makes it easy for me:
BF: BC2 = 360
BF3 = PC
In, on both PC and 360.
Have they even officially announced Battlefield 3 yet? I couldn't find anything, just rumors that it is being worked on along with BC2.
Have they even officially announced Battlefield 3 yet? I couldn't find anything, just rumors that it is being worked on along with BC2.
Some EA suit said he saw it when visiting DICE. Is BF:BC1 worth a singleplayer playthrough if I can find a cheap copy?
RichyRambo wrote:Have they even officially announced Battlefield 3 yet? I couldn't find anything, just rumors that it is being worked on along with BC2.
Some EA suit said he saw it when visiting DICE. Is BF:BC1 worth a singleplayer playthrough if I can find a cheap copy?
DS recommended it to me the other day, so played through the demo today. I was looking for a shooter to download onto my 360 hard drive. BF:BC is $20, and seems to be what I am looking for. If I get plenty of fun out of this, then I'll probably be up for BC2.
DSGamer wrote:some other zach wrote:I'll also be downloading this when I get home.
MW2 is driving me up the wall so hopefully a multiplayer game with some semblance of team play will make me happy.
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Hey, I'm not alone. I'm playing BF:BC for this very reason, right now. Played MW2, didn't like the lack of team play. BF:BC2 is day one for me.
I love me some BF:BC. I'll by this day 1 for the 360. Hell, if DS is playing, it may be time for me to dust off the original for some MP action. If I can tear myself away from Borderlands...
I'm playing all the time right now. This is my MP game of choice, currently.
The single player is good. Not great, but good. It's got a bit of humor in it, which is good. It's got all sorts of vehicle sections -- these are actually good, though, not like the Gears of War vehicle sections.
The MP is more fun, though! There's still a good community on BF:BC. At least there was a month or two ago.
The single player is good. Not great, but good. It's got a bit of humor in it, which is good. It's got all sorts of vehicle sections -- these are actually good, though, not like the Gears of War vehicle sections.
The MP is more fun, though! There's still a good community on BF:BC. At least there was a month or two ago.
There still is. Seem like great people. They play the game the right way, teamwork, etc. I had assumed it had died when 1943 came out and that I'd missed the window. Happy to say that isn't the case.
This sounds like such a douche-y FPS Centric Gamer thing to ask but anyone know if BF: BC 2 will run at 60fps? At least in multiplayer?
I bet it will on PC.
This sounds like such a douche-y FPS Centric Gamer thing to ask but anyone know if BF: BC 2 will run at 60fps? At least in multiplayer? That was my objection to the first game (well that and the terrible single player) -- felt slow. Slower than Halo even.
I'll probably end up giving Bad Company 2 at least a rental. Would be nice to have a second goto Multiplayer game with a decent community in the library. I had hoped 1943 would've filled that void with a constant stream of re-worked maps but that never materialized.
RichyRambo wrote:Have they even officially announced Battlefield 3 yet? I couldn't find anything, just rumors that it is being worked on along with BC2.
Some EA suit said he saw it when visiting DICE. Is BF:BC1 worth a singleplayer playthrough if I can find a cheap copy?
I would say definitely yes. I really enjoyed it, the story doesn't overextend itself in any parts and the characters, while not particularly original, are still a lot of fun to be around. Even though they're obviously lifted directly out of certain movies, DICE still managed to characterize them so that they weren't just teammates (e.g. Rainbow Six) but good companions (e.g. Alyx). It's a nice light action caper, and a great antidote to, say, Modern Warfare 2.
The actual moment-to-moment action is here and there. The AI is marginally less stupid than the AI in BF1942: their tactical movement consists of getting to cover, standing up, and crouching back down. They won't push forward or fall back, flank, hop into vehicles, or do anything else but stand in one place or futilely run and back and forth. It's not a tactical brain-bender. It is, however, a hell of a lot of fun to blow sh*t up, and the maps are huge, open, and quite beautiful in my opinion.
And the sound in the game deserves special mention, and you might not notice it in frenetic multiplayer. Quiet moments in singleplayer give you the opportunity to hear all the reverb effects, whether you're tromping around in an abandoned house that sounds so perfectly abandoned (there is one, in fact, repeated ad infinitum), or hearing gunshots echo across a kilometre-wide field.
Even specialer mention, sound also travels at the speed of sound! Launch some mortars or call in an airstrike on a target a few hundred metres away and the sound will rumble in well after you see the explosions. Distant sniper fire will ring out after you see their rifles recoil through your scope. So well done, BF:BC holds a special place in my heart just for that.
I feel like they've taken a few steps back.
The colors are much more washed out, giving the game a more "realistic" look and feel but also a less interesting one, IMO.
Artillery is gone. Instead there are UAVs that can call in simple missile strikes, which seem about on par with the anti-tank missile the sniper class had in the first game.
On that note, tanks seem FAR more troublesome. The sniper used to be very efficient at taking them out, or a good artillery strike could take out one or two at once. No longer.
Mortar Strike has been moved to Recon. I'm sad to see that go, as I loved using that as support in the first game. It's yet another reason to play sniper, and one of the biggest problems with the first game is that everyone wanted to be a sniper, sitting back and getting a kill or two now and then but doing very little to actually help.
The unlock system is far more linear now. Instead of getting points to unlock what you like, you unlock weapons and items in a linear fashion depending on which class you're playing (with vehicles counting as a separate class). I can see why they did it but it prevents people from playing how they like right off the bat. The class system on the whole seems to have been simplified, which seems to be a pretty steady trend for the Battlefield franchise, and a real shame.
People are still idiots. I still had to go lone wolf because I couldn't stand listening to my squadmates. Vehicles still drive off with only one person in them. Tanks still run away from engineers that are repairing them.
Worst of all, in their eagerness to make buildings fully destructible they actually seem to have gutted the "tactical destruction" feature. So that the entire map isn't flattened in the first two minutes, buildings are FAR more durable now. My tank couldn't drive through a thin concrete wall, for instance, even after blasting it wide open. In the first game there were very few walls a tank couldn't plow through, making for some great surprise attacks. I've also found a surprising number of structures and features are totally non-destructible.
That said, it is still pretty good and I'll probably get it on the PC. Destroying stuff is still fun and the sound is spectacular. It's so good it really reminds me of how lackluster Call of Duty 6's tinny explosions seemed.
It's still a beta right?
So I'm hoping you're letting DICE know about your thoughts on the game...
And the sound in the game deserves special mention, and you might not notice it in frenetic multiplayer.
I thought the sound in the first game was great. I loved that all the battlefield sounds you heard were all due to the sounds created by the players, no canned background.
It's still a beta right?
So I'm hoping you're letting DICE know about your thoughts on the game...
Most of my problems have been around since the first game, and people complained about them very vocally. If DICE hasn't fixed them yet, they're either low priority or filed under "not a problem."
And the sound in the game deserves special mention, and you might not notice it in frenetic multiplayer.I thought the sound in the first game was great. I loved that all the battlefield sounds you heard were all due to the sounds created by the players, no canned background.
I too loved the sound from the first one. The ambient sound is some of the best I've heard in a multiplayer game.
Anyone hear anything about BF3? I'm real wary about picking this game up because the first one on the 360 was a disaster from my point of view. Absolutely hated it.
Are there going to be a beta for other platforms beyond the PS3?
Anyone hear anything about BF3?
Nothing official although it keeps appearing now and then in the company's financial and employee portfolio postings.
Some shameless self promotion here, but I penned a psuedo-review for this on TacticalGamer.com that may be of interest to some of you. I've put in several hours and tried to write some basic reflections.
Nice write-up, thanks!
Double post!
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