Customer Reviews

Battlefield: Bad Company Gold Edition

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I won't go into how the game performs online, in single player, etc. Others have done a fine job of that already. What I know many people want to know is if the Gold Edition is worth buying over the standard edition or not. Well, I'll try to help you decide that for yourself, but in short (and in my opinion - No).

Simply put, all you get are some videos of the multiplayer maps with some tips on how to approach each map. I had hoped for more from these videos, honestly, and I don't really think they offer much insight at all. They seem rushed more than detailed. More than likely, these will be available online somewhere if they aren't already.

You also get immediate access to five additional guns that buyers of the standard edition will need to wait until they've reached rank 25. That's cool, I guess, but not really that great of an incentive.

You also get a small fold out poster...

If you're a collector of special editions, then great - go for it. If you really don't care that much or are swaying between the two, get the regular one - this one really isn't worth the extra cash. In my case, the store I purchased the game from actually had the standard edition on sale while the GE was regular price. So I ended up paying eighteen dollars extra for these five guns, poster, and videos. In my mind, that was a poor choice. For the usual ten dollars more, I'd have been less disappointed, but still not totally satisfied.

Explanation of my star ratings: I have this edition of the game 3 stars simply because I feel the additional content wasn't worth the additional price. I gave the game itself 4 stars overall because, while I'm enjoying it a lot, it doesn't keep me as immersed as Call of Duty 4 did.

To me, there are a lot of factors considered when figuring out the difference between a good game and a great game. Especially when the average price of a game hovers around $60-$70, I want the most play out of my games. Sure, I like graphics and dialog as much as the next guy, but there are intangibles that take a game from everything else out there up to the next level. For me, Bad Company did everything it takes to make a game an instant classic.

First off are the graphics. This game is visually stunning. There's no hokey fake imagery masquerading as a serious backdrop. Everything is lifelike 3D with realistic effects like sun shining through windows and trees swaying in the wind. It's like you're there and living the situation. The game makers took obvious care in this and it really shows.

Secondly, the gameplay itself. There's no fancy controls. Change weapon, reload, fire, special weapons, all easily accessible and not confusing at all. Within five minutes I had the control scheme down and was enjoying myself immensely. Guns fire with recoil like you'd expect in reality and bullets behave the same. You can control remote artillery also, man the gun turrets in a tank, and call in remote air-strikes. The sheer variety of weaponry in this game is amazing in itself, but then you add in the effects of the guns you're using and you have where the game takes itself from fun to classic.

The intangibles are what defines a game to me. The very first time you shoot a rocket at the wall of a house just to watch it disappear you'll be hooked. There's nothing like seeing that chunk of concrete and drywall go flying to bring out the kid in a person. Also, running into a building full-speed in an armored vehicle brings out emotion in me that just cannot be described. It's sheer joy and amazement. This is the most fun I've had playing a game in a very long time. But the fun doesn't end there.

For the purists, you can use the building destroying system to your advantage. There's a technical aspect to the destruction you can use to your advantage also. Blow a chunk out of a building to create a sniping spot to pick off the enemy. Knock out a wall to expose an enemy on a gun turret. Don't feel like running around to a door? Make one. Although you can't destroy everything (building support beams stay in place to avoid a flat battleground), you can destroy damn near everything. And it's all fun to watch explode.

And yet even though catering to anyone who likes the first person war shooter, the game never takes itself as seriously as a game like Call of Duty 4. I'm thankful for this, because it adds a certain comic element that runs with the theme of the game (Enjoy the explosions, don't take yourself too seriously and just have fun!). In this, some game purists might be driven away. For instance, you can never really lose in this game. If you die, your character is respawned close to your dying point. All the bad guys are still dead, but you regain full health and ammo. In one way it puts you back into the action all the sooner, in another it really cheapens the value of a life. The very worst that can happen in this game is failing a "protect the tank(s)" mission and you have to wait through a short load to try again.

That's really the only reason why I gave this a final of four stars instead of five. The "cheapening" of gameplay might drive away someone looking for a serious shooter. Me? I'm happy just to watch a building disintegrate due to all the awesome artillery at my fingertips. Also, the re-playability is huge, mostly because nothing is ever the same twice. There are hundreds of ways to approach each mission and the enemy never reacts the same way twice. I bought the Gold edition and haven't regretted it once.

This could be the COD4 run for your money game. I enjoy this a little better that COD4 due to the fact you have vehicles. The gameplay is smooth and graphics are top notch!! Dont get me wrong COD4 is a great game and it gets a 9.75 out of ten from me. Bad company gets a 10. GREAT JOB EA!!! You will not be dissapointed if you get his game!

I am not a big fan of the FPS genre. I play them from time to time, but they always seem WAY too complicated to me, and they usually are not easy to sit down and then pick back up a month later. I hate complex systems where I have to remember all these special combos in order to play the game. That is NOT this game.

You can pickup this game in a few minutes. The controls and simple and well organized (unlike the controls in Army of TWO or RB6).

The graphics are amazing. Yes, there are glitches and places that you can't destroy everything. But the ability to blow a wall out of a building to get at the enemy behind it awesome and very satisfying.

The single player game is a movie cut scene driven system. It is well written for an FPS and keeps the player moving into the game very well. You unlock new weapons in the game by finding them on dead enemies for the most part.

The online gameplay is amazing. You start with a few weapons and unlock more through gameplay. Your character has some RP elements to it by being able to spend your unlock points on things you like to do. You can unlock sniper rifles if that is all you like to do for example rather than getting a new assault weapon.

Playing online has been a lot of fun for me. I don't normally like FPS online play (too many kids with foul mouths yelling all the time). But this has been a lot of fun to play and level your character. You gain ranks and medals through online play.

VEHICLES!

You can also drive and shoot a lot of vehicles. In particular I love the ability to jump on a tank someone else is driving and be their gunner. If they jump out you can then take over and drive as well. Helicopters are included as well (hard to fly, but cool).

FUN FUN FUN - Squad concept too

I have not had this much fun playing an FPS since the original Unreal series. The maps are huge and leave a lot of room to run around. You fight a series battles on each multiplayer map. You can also choose to spawn with your squad, or to go back to the base. This is a lot of fun when you have a good squad as you can look out for each other while playing. There is a system between matches where you can rate your play with each squad mate and then you are paired up with people you like when they are online. Makes it even more fun when you get to know people online and then play together with them.

Gold edition might not have been worth it, but for me I thought it was nice to get the extra weapons.

Battlefield: Bad Company is a fun game to play. Right away I noticed the game has probably the best sounds of combat I have ever heard in a game. From the sounds of weapons firing to the sounds of armored vehicles running, the game is great to listen to. The sounds of mortar shells coming down and exploding around you is just unbelievable. When I walk through forests and fields, I can actually hear the sounds of birds chirping, dogs barking, and cows mooing.

The graphics in the game are just great too. I love looking at the water in streams and rivers. It looks very real. The forests and villages in this Eastern European setting are really beautiful to look at in this game.

I like how you can jump in different vehicles to drive around in and there is a car radio in the vehicle to listen to while you are driving around. There are several different radio stations to listen to. I love the music in this game.

The AI in this game is pretty smart. When enemy soldiers see me, they immediately run and hide behind something. They have try to out flank me and they have tried to sneaked behind me a few times. I love the part where a enemy soldier runs into a building to hide from you and you can use your weapon to blow a good size hole into a building to waste the enemy soldier. It is also so much fun to just take your weapon and shoot down all the trees that enemy soldiers are hiding behind. You can do so much damage to the terrain with your weapons in this game.

The maps to this game are huge. The maps are ten times bigger than the maps to Call of Duty 4. I love the sandbox settings to this game where you can go any where on the maps.

I highly recommend getting this game. Battlefield: Bad Company is a fun game to play and the game has a lot of replay value to it.

This game is really fun, and the totally destructable environments make it even the more so. The controls are easy to handle, the realism is very much so, and the experience is quite enjoyable. There is a level a detail that can be seen in the faces of your squad budies, and they are actually quite helpfull. There is a miriad of toys that you get to use in game that just add to the funnes. The sound effects and affects are way better than many other first person shooters that I have played, and you get to experience the feel of everything through the sound. If your borderline, go ahead and get it, the funness of it will make up for it. That and online play is enjoyable as well, it just adds another layer of intrigue into the mix.

Great game, lots of fun things to do, and Gold Rush is a great game type. The only problem I had was the pre-order from Amazon. I pre-ordered the Gold Edition and never got a code for the sniper rifle. I just assumed that I'd get one, but apparently Amazon thinks that the gun is included on the Gold Edition disc when it clearly is NOT. It's a different set of weapons! And good luck explaining that to anyone. I've sent 2 emails and talked to a guy on the phone and it's like I'm getting them to give me a million dollars or something. Just give me the code and we can both move on with our lives! Anyway, the game is top notch, I just won't be doing another pre-order via Amazon.

This game is a revolution to the FPS.
With the ability to change your eviroment as you play, is pheonominal. It really gives it the realistic sense of the world. Just the idea of blowing up a wall to make a new vantage point, or running through it with a tank, is shear joy that most FPS lack. It sounds incredible. It's so realistic that, if you have surround sound with the bass turned way up - you will FEEL the tanks and gunshots rumble the floor around you. Words are just not enough.
I must say I have never had a gaming experience this fun in years.

Now on to the Gold Edit features.
The behind the sceens & map "tips & tricks" videos are a great way to get the heads up on some of the maps before most people do.
The 5 unlocks are a must, at least if you don't have time to grind up to level 25. It's also pretty cool to start out with some better weaponry rather than the weaker defaults. In a way, you could probably level up faster by getting points easier with better equipment.

Pros:
-Unmatched graphics.
-Realistic sounds.
-Shifting/changing eviroments.
-Cooler, more updated vehicles than in previous BF games.
-Squads give fun interaction between players.
-Fun to have early access to weapons.
-If pre-ordered, promotional sniper rifle
-It's a hell of a lot of fun!!


Cons:
-Price, about 10 bucks more for really comentary & early access to weaponry.
-Bonus Features could have a little more BONUS for the extra buck.
-Pre-ordered sniper code is not (yet) sent through Amazon.com... (suckage)


I recomend this game to the Hardcore or casual FPS gamer! This game is incredibly fun to play!
5 stars! Good work EA!

This game is great!!!
The ability to blow up almost anything was VERY enjoyable.
The downside though was that the online play is CRAP.
There's only one game mode, very hard to kill people, and just downright frustrating!!!
But if you don't have Xbox Live than this game will provide hours and hours of fun.
I bought the Gold Edition and there was honestly really no difference from this and the regular game (except that it comes with some code and a pretty cool poster)
so over all a must by for anyone that likes first person shooters!!!

I love the battlefield series and this game is no exception. It took a little bit to get used to the xbox controller coming from the other battlefield series on the computer, but overall it was easy and worth it. The visuals are great even on a non-HD TV. The destructible environments are worth the stray shells everytime. There is just something about mowing down a forest trying to get the flanking teams while you are being rushed. I heard the BC:2 is supposed to be a little better. I think it will be great.

The only con I could find, for at least the first few hours in, is the multiplayer segment. The game is fine and the goals are simple, but we get staggering lag that prevents us from enjoying the game. It might just be our location, because I know from experience that the battlefield series has always excelled in the multiplayer segment if not dominated. So, that being a small worry for most players, the game is worth every penny.

P.S. Since I have not played too much multiplayer, I have not been able to enjoy the benefits of the gold edition. *bummer*