official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[SMELTN]

From my understanding if someone has the Gamestop one we can play with them. And I know a few people who are going the Gamestop route. I did Amazon awhile back since when I ordered it was $55 for LE and I also get game day delivery.

You are correct. As long as you have a friend who purchases the Gamestop version, they can invite anyone to join them in a squad deathmatch game.

So apparently, the new client has worked wonders for dual core users.

Major FPS improvement.

YAY!! I can't wait to get home and try it.. Maybe I can even take it off DX9 now

[SMELTN]

GameStop BFBC2 Celebrity Tournament Tonight!

• BY: matthewpruitt
• POSTED: Feb 18, 2010, 10:46AM
• COMMENTS: 7

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is making a huge splash in the celebrity realm tonight. The GameStop Bracket Challenge is now open, so make sure you fill out your bracket and follow along tonight to see if your chosen celebrity or professional athlete wins!

We'll be LIVE from the event in West Hollywood tonight and you'll be able to follow along using these methods:[/url]

Battlefield Blog: You're already here reading this post, so the hard part is over! We'll be blogging live from the event and posting photos of the tournament action.

Twitter: We will also be tweeting throughout the night! If you're on the move, you can still see what's going on. Make sure to follow and .

We hope that you join us tonight for the Bracket Challenge!

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

So apparently, the new client has worked wonders for dual core users.

Major FPS improvement.

Interesting. I'm about to play so I'll report back if there are any performance improvements.

[Livin in a box]

I played it for 4 hours before- God it's good. Definitely getting the 360 version.

It's so much better than MW2- no idiots running around grenade launching and glitches!

[Blackhearted]

- Improved hit-detection - We've gone through the hit detection logic, and client+server will now give more consistent results.

So... Less somehow missing a direct sniper shot on a standing still player now?

[trag3dy]

Now they just need to speed up the server browser. :laugh:

Anyhow, testing out the new patch now.

[:: Lyon ::]

Will try the patch later tonight after work

Do I still have to force the DX9 mode to get a good FPS though?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Overall performance seems like its been improved. And I definitely noticed the improved hit detection. It's much easier to snipe now. Oddly enough, I've been getting a lot of one-shot sniper kills that aren't headshots. Also, connecting to a server seemed a little faster.

[trag3dy]

It's kind of funny, the patch mentions fixing a CTD when dieing in a vehicle...I never experienced that until after the patch. :pinch:

[Blackhearted]

The newest build seems a little bit unstable to me.

[trag3dy]

One thing that really bugs me is that when I'm trying to change my kit because the situation calls for something else or I'm out of ammo and someone on my team keeps rezzing me. That's really annoying. One situation I even told the guy to stop and he kept doing it.... :angry:

[HostileGamer]

Just for everyone to see actual game play I recorded some the other night a threw it on youtube. As you can see for the most part it runs smoothly & just remember I take a huge performance hit when im recording in full HD.

The specs of my system are in the video notes to the right.

[trag3dy]

Just for everyone to see actual game play I recorded some the other night a threw it on youtube. As you can see for the most part it runs smoothly & just remember I take a huge performance hit when im recording in full HD.

The specs of my system are in the video notes to the right.

Cool video. Also I gotta ask...music?

[Guest]

I pre-ordered the PC version from Play on Thursday and still haven't received a beta code

[Sethos]

I can't believe the changes to the hit detection, it's amazing! So spot on. I was downloading and almost maxing out my connection, I was lagging around but hit detection was still perfect.

(Y)

[Spookie]

well I was in a similar situation as yourself, I downloaded the demo going into it with the same " military shooter time GO " mentality,

needless to say I caught 10 tankshells to the face and then said " **** it this game sucks "

a couple of days later I thought I'd give the game another chance and thank god I did, I hate to use the word but bc2 is an military sandbox fps

You can do whatever you want as long as it pertains to "war". That is you cant have a teaparty but you can pick

the recon class parachute down to the spawnpoint

toss some c4 on an atv , jump on said atv

drive the atv over a cliff while you parachute down to safety

watch as your flying bomb strikes an already damaged tank

the tank blows up but the drivers escape,

not soo fast

you shoot one of them in the face with your rifle, slide down the cliff

and pop the other one with your m9,

sneak by some pipes and get control of a UAV-drone station

hover above the map as you wreck havoc and terror on your enemies

spot the ones you cant reach, your friendly bradley will shoot out the walls of the house theyre hiding in and watch as the place crumbles and kills everybody inside

your medic buddy takes a sniper shot to the head, quickly grab his kit and use that defibrilator on him and bring him back to life, he'll thank you later

use your ghilliesuit to its full potential as you hide in some bushes and shoot the guys defending the base with stationary MGs,

Now you and your medicbuddy are heading to that sweetass apache AH-64 that the defenders are stupid enough to reject. Youll pilot that sucker as your buddy turns the remaining enemies to swiss cheese with that minigun of his.

And then it hit me, " wait, wait...this is just the demo! A demo shouldnt be allowed to be this god damn awesome "

Then I sit back and think of all the classes and kits, of all the modes and maps, every single game will turn out differently. Just like a fighting game, dynamic, fluid, each round different from the next.

Oh and it has SP

Reposting from somewhere else for justice. :P

[Sethos]

Who wrote that pile of garbage?

EDIT: Typo

[Spookie]

Who write that pile of garbage?

It was over on neogaf. Written by a member too. :F

[Sethos]

Please tell me you posted it for teh lulz and not for the brilliance in writing :p

[Spookie]

Please tell me you posted it for teh lulz and not for the brilliance in writing :p

Half lulz and half if even this retard can work out how to play this excellent game so can you kinda thing. :D

[John Freeman]

Kinda reminds me of this - http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=9539658

I mean - first comment :D

[HostileGamer]

Cool video. Also I gotta ask...music?

Thanks. The music should pop up at the ad spot in the video, but oh well. It's a band called Volbeat & the song is called "Still Counting"

[Sethos]

Thanks. The music should pop up at the ad spot in the video, but oh well. It's a band called Volbeat & the song is called "Still Counting"

Oh god, not Volbeat - Another blemish on Danish history :p

But Excellent video, Fiver. A suggestion though - When you convert the movie, do it by using a profile that holds the exact resolution of the footage you have, then you will avoid the black borders and have the video take up the entire player, like on YouTube.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

That song took a turn for the worst halfway through. :s

I can't believe the changes to the hit detection, it's amazing! So spot on. I was downloading and almost maxing out my connection, I was lagging around but hit detection was still perfect.

(Y)

It's much better eh. I love it! :)

Reposting from somewhere else for justice. :p

Hahaha. Talk about being excited for a game...

[+Mystic MVC]

Just got done playing my first round with the demo (yea I know late to the party :p). I finished second on our team with 2102 points and was pleasantly surprised considering it was my first game. Can the tank driver not fire the turret and a machine gun?