official Battlefield: Bad Company 2

[Richard Hammond]

Ive read that they may have fixed the TCP Timeout issue so my pre-order is back on again, ive seen this game being played and it looks gorgeous.

[SMELTN]

I love reviewers now a days.. Its almost as bad as movie reviewers. You want to see a good movie? Go see something the reviewers say is horrible.

They are as reliable as a politician now

[carmatic]

That guy made absolutely no sense. He kept exclaiming how the game had huge wondrous maps and vistas packed with tank warfare etc and says the game wasn't cutting it to be labeled epic??

i think 'epic' in this context refers to the single player story... which is nothing but cheesy action b-movie stuff?

it would have been 'epic' if there was something more substantial stringing all the action sequences together in the single player, but battlefield has always been about multiplayer...?

[Spookie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc6-bCM4l-s

[Green_Eye]

Ahahahahhahahahahha! I love it!!!! Genius!

[SMELTN]

OMG that's GREAT!!! I LOVE how they are making fun of MW2

[Sethos]

Also heard they take a dig at the snowmobile sequence :laugh:

[rajputwarrior]

yeah so i pre-ordered it @ best buy... the ps3 beta was awesome. A bunch of friends from work are getting it for PC so i did the same thing.

Larry you better be playing in on your PC too! maybe we can find one game where we can actually play one another...

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

yeah so i pre-ordered it @ best buy... the ps3 beta was awesome. A bunch of friends from work are getting it for PC so i did the same thing.

Larry you better be playing in on your PC too! maybe we can find one game where we can actually play one another...

(Y) I have it pre ordered on my PC and my 360, so no doubt we can get together on the PC. I believe on PC I am just DirtyLarry, been awhile since I played the Beta so I forgot, will update the thread on Tuesday for sure.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=cc6-bCM4l-s

That is HILARIOUS. Sums up my feelings of MW2 right there. LOL

[rajputwarrior]

(Y) I have it pre ordered on my PC and my 360, so no doubt we can get together on the PC. I believe on PC I am just DirtyLarry, been awhile since I played the Beta so I forgot, will update the thread on Tuesday for sure.

That is HILARIOUS. Sums up my feelings of MW2 right there. LOL

(Y)

is the game through steam (like even if you have a boxed copy it installs through steam) or does EA have their own friends list and what not?

if this game gets me away from MW2 for a month lets say, we have a new winner

[trag3dy]

(Y)

is the game through steam (like even if you have a boxed copy it installs through steam) or does EA have their own friends list and what not?

if this game gets me away from MW2 for a month lets say, we have a new winner

I don't think so, the beta...if you didn't order it on Steam...didn't require it so I don't think full retail will either.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

(Y)

is the game through steam (like even if you have a boxed copy it installs through steam) or does EA have their own friends list and what not?

if this game gets me away from MW2 for a month lets say, we have a new winner

I am pretty sure the friends list in the game itself is through EA's server.

And you can definitely install it independent of Steam.

[Sethos]

No, the game isn't steam dependent.

[Livin in a box]

Pre-ordered on 360. Not wanting a game this much since Uncharted 2!

[rajputwarrior]

(y) thanks for the clarification guys!

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I am sure you guys maybe saw this thread, so it sounds like we should be able to preload BFBC2 tomorrow if we did the digital download.

Direct2Drive announces that pre-loads for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC will begin this Sunday (Steam pre-loads will likely begin at the same time):

Beginning this SUNDAY at 10am PST, everyone who purchases the BFBC2 digital PC pre-order from Direct2Drive.com will be able to start pre-loading their game file! With your game already downloaded, you?ll be ready to play right away on Tuesday when the game goes live at 10am PST.

UK pre-loading begins March 3rd at 00:01am GMT.

I found the above on Voodoo Extreme forums.

Since they mentioned Direct2Drive, I went to their site and found this...

Pre-Load Your Game and Be Amongst the First to Play!

Start downloading your game 48 hours before it releases so it's ready to play at release! (North America only)Preload release: Feb. 28 @ 10AM PST

Found here.

So lets home Steam does follow suit. Although as of right now their BFBC2 page says nothing about preloading.

[Lamp0]

Well they had different reviewers for both games...but still. The sound and graphics in BC2 are way beyond anything I've seen in MWF2, which is pretty much exactly the same as CoD4.

MW2 has better graphics than BC2? Yeah, right. :laugh:

I agree the review is pretty silly, and I agree the sound is better in BFBC2.

But the graphics? From a console view point, neither one is way beyond the other. And I'd lean toward MW2 having more detail.

[Spookie]

But the graphics? From a console view point, neither one is way beyond the other.

Unless you're playing on an SDTV. BC2 ****s all over MW2.

[trag3dy]

And the fact that the beta, and maybe the consoles (don't know if it's true for the console demos) were locked to the medium textures only. They did that to lower the size of the download as it doesn't really impact gameplay all that much.

Edit: Thinking about it more I guess my point about the textures is moot because he was probably playing a full advanced copy. :rofl:

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

That Modern Warfare 2 reference was great! :laugh:

[XIII]

Indeed, it actually portrays the game very accurately unlike the MW2 trailer that made it look like some Hollywood movie which it certainly wasn't.

EDIT: WTF :laugh:

Somebody please get this song out of my head. It has been sticking in there for a while now...

[Sethos]

I suggest people read this again;

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/857068-official-battlefield-bad-company-2/page__st__1035__p__592287082entry592287082

[andrew_f]

So is the PS3 demo still running, or has it been stopped? Fancy checking it out after reading this thread.

[Lamp0]

Unless you're playing on an SDTV. BC2 ****s all over MW2.

Well, yea I am play in SD. But I havn't seen video or screenshots that make me think it blows MW2 away, graphically.

And the fact that the beta, and maybe the consoles (don't know if it's true for the console demos) were locked to the medium textures only. They did that to lower the size of the download as it doesn't really impact gameplay all that much.

Edit: Thinking about it more I guess my point about the textures is moot because he was probably playing a full advanced copy. :rofl:

I think there will be some minor improvements with the console version, but I don't think there will be higher textures.

And err, no I don't have an advanced copy. Only played the demo. probably won't have time to play the full thing until the 11th.

[Spookie]

Well, yea I am play in SD. But I havn't seen video or screenshots that make me think it blows MW2 away, graphically.

vs

I suggest you get your eyes checked. :|