Customer Reviews

Battlefield: Bad Company

5 star:		(58)
4 star:		(46)
3 star:		(14)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This is a great game in its own right, with 24-player online matches, fully destructible environments, and a full range of land, sea, and air vehicles in very large maps. All of these things are very impressive for a console, but may be nothing too exciting for fans of the older Battlefield games on the PC.

It may take a little while just to get used to the game, but it can be a lot of fun once you get into it. The game overall isn't as clean or realistic as Call of Duty 4, but you really have to keep in mind that they're trying to bring a lot more to the table, whereas COD4 focused on perfecting a few key aspects of the gameplay. Those are two really different approaches to game development, and so it's really not fair to compare the two directly.

With that said, however, the controls and aiming don't feel nearly as sharp or responsive as they should, and this can get frustrating when you're trying to frantically maneuver your vehicle out of harm's way or land a shot on the guy in the tiny window across the village.

It'll be a little while before you pick up on the full range of things you can actually do in the game (tagging enemy vehicles with tracer rounds so that your buddy can lock onto it with a rocket launcher, for instance, or deploying smoke from your tank to cover your retreat). That's when things really get fun (and you stop dying as much). Online matches tend to descend into chaos rather quickly, but if you find some friends to play with and stick together, the cooperative aspects of the gameplay really shine through and can make for a very rewarding experience.

In conclusion, there are a few areas for improvement, but it's a very good multiplayer game in its own right, and it's definitely worth checking out (especially if you're new to the series).

I think this game is better than any of the COD games. No infinite enemies spawning, not as linear, great graphics, big environment and most everything blows up. Co-Op would be a big plus with all the vehicles, etc..I am going Live because of this game.

Battlefield Bad Company is a FPS for the XBOX 360, This is an open world combat game similar to Medal of Honor Airborne and Frontlines Fuels of War. But most people feel that it must be compared to Call Of Duty 4, which of course is the best FPS on the 360.

Playing the single player campaign in Bad Company has you fighting alongside a squad of three AI (artifical intelligence). Unfortunately, your AI sqaudmates are practically brain dead! They will stand out in the open and not shoot back at the enemies. The enemy AI are shooting hailstorms of bullets at you but seldomly attack the AI squadmates on your team. This shoddy programming takes away from the realism and makes the game feel cheesy and low budget.

Since your sqaudmates are useless, that you will have to take it upon yourself to get into the combat and mission objectives. Many of the missions have intense firefights and are pretty straight foreward. The maps are very massive and open for the most part. This open world combat lets you devise your own plan of attack which is an excellent experience in itself. There are plenty of weapon pickups and checkpoints which automatically save your progress. If you get killed, you just respawn from the last checkpoint you passed.

The levels use streaming technology which means no loading times when going from one part of the map to the next. The levels also are persistant which means that whatever destruction you caused or enemies you killed; they remain the same and DO NOT reset after you get killed. The best thing about Bad Company is the destructiblility. Trees, containers, vehicles, and walls can be destroyed. The graphics and sound effects do a good job of conveying the chaos from this destruction.

There are two game mode type for multiplayer online. The mode called, "Gold Rush" allows up to (12) players on each team. The defending team protects the gold crates, while the attacking team tries to destroy them by either planting a charge on the crates or simply shooting at them till they blow up. Gold Rush, is so much fun that it should be renamed to "Head Rush".

Recently the game's developer, made Conquest mode available as a free download. Conquest plays like a cross between capture the flag and territories. It uses four pre-existing maps that have been modified to fit its style of gameplay. It is a nice addition to the overall package.

Here's a small taste of what you should expect to see during the matches:
Mortars shower from above, attack choppers dominate from the air, battle tanks destroy by ground, artillary strikes are awesome, air strikes have lethal precision. All the while lots of small skirmishes are taking place-Specialists running around with their silenced smg, Demolitionist blasting with their shotguns, Snipers killing from afar, Support providing suppressive fire and Assualt soldiers aggressively attacking everyone.

Despite some of its flaws, the chaotic battles, destructive environments, and amazing sound effects make Battlefield Bad Company an enjoyable experience for FPS fans. It is not a perfect game by any means and it probably won't topple COD4, but Bad Company certainly is one of the best open world combat games available for the XBOX 360.

Pros:
+open world combat
+destructible environments
+massive levels
+excellent map designs
+ragdoll physics
+jaw dropping sound effects
+excellent controls
+excellent vehicles
+balanced weapons
+intense firefights
+conquest mode added recently

Cons:
-brain dead AI in single player mode
-It does not win over COD4

I've never played this game online, but I can say without hesitation that the single player campaign is one of the funnest I have ever played. The sound effects are top notch (there really aren't enough good things to be said for this part of the game), the graphics are beautifully rendered (as are the havoc and destruction you'll create), and the storyline and characters are all humorous and engaging. If you're interested in arcade-type first person shooters that emphasize thrills over realism then this is absolutely the game for you.

hands down, this is the best FPS this year, the only one i expect to be better is Farcry 2. im a sucker for open-ended sandbox style gameplay, and this one delivers, the levels are HUGE and your options for victory are only limited by your imagination. that enemy tank getting your down? just call in an airstrike. dont have that equipment? find some c4, make a quick pass by the tank, dropping it as you run, and watch the firewors! this game is a total blast, its the most pure fun ive had with a shooter since Bioshock.

for the first time in a Battlefield game, you actually have a great single player game, the story and characters really are well done, even if your teammates are living cliches. basically your squad of four consists of the lowest outcasts of the army, who are there either there to shorten a jail sentance or shorten their required time served. they fight on the front lines, usually alone, and with some quick wits(and big guns) you can conquer a small army! which brings me to my next point and one of the very few negatives in the game, in many cases online or off, the most important factor is not skill, but who has the biggest guns, not that skill isnt immensely important, because it is. if you dont know the game, the online regulars will tear you apart and spit you back out before you realize your dead. the fantastic single player will get you acquainted fast though.

as of right now, the online only has one match type, Gold Rush, which plays similar to capture the flag, only on a much larger scale with multilple control points. the classic Conquest mode will be added for free download in the next couple months.

a big factor is the destructible environments, and it delivers. mostly. i have a few complaints regarding the environmental distruction. if i can destroy nearly any wall, why are floors completely invincible? and if my tank can plow through a wall, why does it get stuck on the most pesky little things?(small rocks, framework, a BATHTUB haha).. nothing game-breaking, but it gets pretty annoying driving vehicles in towns/bases.

on-foot, fps controls are similar to COD4 with the steady-aim/zoom in on the left trigger. the only major difference is the placement of the duck button, here its RS instead of B. not the the game itself feels AT ALL like COD4, and it isnt trying to in the leased. this game is carrying on the Battlefield tradition, and oh man is it a worthy follow up. i cant stress enough how great this game is, just take my word for it, and buy it now

Killer game!

I almost skipped Battlefield: Bad Company because it doesn't have co-op play. Thankfully I bought it anyway.

This game hits everything it aims for.

Gameplay: Fantastic. Immersive. Fun, even for those who are just watching. Interesting health system - one of your outfitted items is an adrenaline self-injector. You select it, pull the trigger, and watch your character stab himself in the heart. After grunting, your health is replenished to 100%. There's a 5 or 10 second recharge on this injector, more than enough time to give the enemy a chance to finish killing you, especially on the hard difficulty.

When this system was introduced, I thought it would get tiring after a while, or make the game too "arcade-y," but that wasn't the case. You'll still die, and the choice the designers made about the health system keeps the combat interactions as realistic as possible without being excruciating. (let's face it: no one buys a game where they lie in the mud getting eaten by bugs for a week before scrapping the mission and going home...even though I'd wager that's a more common and "realistic" combat experience than this game offers. If you want realistic combat, join the marines.).

Level Design and Missions: varied and fun. I tend to hate timed missions, and there's only a single ONE to be found here. A good assortment of shoot 'em up, protect your friends, escape, destroy hardware, and defense. There's even a night mission that requires solo play (without your AI team), and it's one of the most memorable in the game.

There was ONE mission that nearly had me stuck. That was due to my own lack of skill in playing - I got stuck (without ammo) on the wrong end of a bridge covered by snipers and .50cal nests. Even so, I eventually got through. You know those annoying games where you get lost during a level? Where you can't figure out where to go or what you should really be doing? Not here. A helpful (if a bit restrictive) red "artillery range" area is displayed around the path to your objective. If you go into the red area, you have 5 seconds or you're dead. A bit cheesy, but it keeps the game flowing. Even so, the game's environments are huge and beautifully detailed.

AI: I played this game on the "normal" and "hard" difficulties - the AI was intelligent and had a few different strategies. "Hard" is comparable to the Legendary difficulty in Halo. It's something fun to do while having a few beers with friends, seeing who can last the longest, and over a few hours advancing through a level.

Your AI teammates don't die and never run out of Ammo. It helps.

Weapons: Fun to use, realistic looking and sounding (except for the Steyr AUG...not sure what happened there). The only game I've played so far where shooting a rifle actually kind of feels like...shooting a rifle!

Sound: Without a doubt, the highlight of Battlefield: bad company. This game has incredible sound. Interesting fact: humans are genetically programmed to fear only one thing at birth: violent noises. Well, this game delivers them. Several times during the game, I found myself crouching behind cover longer than I needed to, and just enjoying the sounds of the battle raging around me. From NCO's shouting orders over the gunfire, to the screams of soldiers getting hit, to the thundering sounds of artillery and heavy armor in the background, to the fantastic sounds of the small-arms fire echoing down a street...it's amazing.

The sound is a huge part of why this game is so cool. Good speakers highly recommended.

Storyline: Enough to keep it going. I can appreciate a good story, but it really isn't needed (and wouldn't be all that productive) here. The developers clearly spent their time on what mattered for this game. The storyline is there for those who want some direction/context, but it's lighthearted and doesn't take itself too seriously. Perfect for the world you're playing in, since this game needs a fun story to balance out the "serious" combat. Believe it or not, this actually ADDS replay value to the game. I don't think I would have gone back for a replay on "hard" if I knew there was a dark, brooding story (a la Rainbow) looming there waiting for me.

Overall: This is a fun way to waste 15 hours of your life. There's plenty of replay value to be had, and you never have the feeling that you're running out of things to do. So many games give you all they've got in the first 5 hours, and then make you repeat it over and over for another 5 to get to the end. When you're playing Bad Company, it always feels like there's more than one way to get where you're going, depending on your style of gameplay and the weapons you're currently holding. It's never tiring, and thanks to a first rate save system, you can usually finish up within 3 or 4 minutes without losing any progress, if Real Life calls.

10/10. A must-have for anyone who's ever enjoyed shooters.

-Gorilla

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.

I don't have Xbox Live so I'm missing out on multi-player, but that doesn't bother me so much. I'll start with the positives.

+ Everything can blow up!!! I always hated games where you shot a rocket launcher at a table when an enemy is behind it, and you hit the table, and nothing happens. This dosen't apply to this game.
+ Lots of Vehicles!!! I love driving trucks and tanks around, instead of walking and walking and walking! Driving the golf carts are also fun.
+ It's Pretty Hilarious!!! You'll see some pretty funny things, without the personality of the squad, this game would be boring.
+ Tons of Weapons!!! There's probably over 50 weapons in the singleplayer game. Sometimes I didn't know which gun I wanted to keep, there's so many!
+ Battlefields are huge, and you can tackle a town or farm, in tons of ways.
+ Objectives are also very unique at times and are sometimes very interesting.

Has a couple nuetral spots...

+/- The Singleplayer Length, it is a decent length and takes only took a week to beat at the rate I played it, but it did satisfy me at the end, and didn't whine for it to be longer, and has some replay value.
+/- This isn't a big deal, but body it takes 15 body shots to kill someone and just one shot in the head, a little unbalanced but oh well...
+/- Hardly any music, but that won't bother you, since there's plenty of bullets going around that it doesn't need it, but it would be a nice touch.

The dreaded negatives...

- The Enemies, over half the time I don't know what's shooting me! I'm getting hit over and over, and when I'm about dead, I finally see them.
- Easy is too hard, and Hard is too easy, I expect easy, to be easy enough to get through a level without dying with not much of a struggle, hard I expect to be taking cover, dying, running for my life, and cussing at the game. (This game doesn't do that)
- The Squad is funny, but pretty useless, they always follow your lead, so when you run into an enemy, you'll take the heat, also it sometimes makes me think how four guys can take so many towns.

This game has way more positives, but I just noticed the negatives more. This game is one of the most fun games I've ever played. This is as good as Shooting Games get at a T rating. Awesome Game, BUY THIS if you like first-person shooting games and you're not aloud to play M games! 4.5 out of 5 Stars.

People always say that COD4 is better than BC and there is only one reason they have a point: splitscreen.
BC beats COD4 in basically e/t else.
Pros:
+The sound is the most incredible I have ever heard.
+Dialog- hilarious.
+Graphics (obviously)- the best I've ever seen in my life. I mean, the explosions are so awesome.
+Gameplay: the controls are easier than COD4, like you can crouch with the analog stick, and instead of pretending to be real and doing a 7.5 of 10 job, this game just says "Let's have some explosions" but still mananges to make the game VERY realistic. (People comlpain about the accuracy of the guns, and how the aiming shakes, but when you're in the army, you cannot possibly hold an M16 perfectly still and choose which eye of the person to hit from 400 yrds away.)Plus, walls actually explode.
+AI: The bad guys know its smarter to hide and stay alive than be a hero and get killed, also showing how realistic it is b/c only terrorists go fr the 2nd option.
+Views: Great landscapes and stufff.
+Vehicles: Fun to drive. Before this, I had never ridden a golf cart while being chased by a tank.
+Weapons: A LOT of them.
Cons:
-NO SPLITSCREEN. the only thing that brings my 6 of 5 to a 5 of 5.
-they should add controls for swimming. (not really a con, just an idea.)
-the AI spot you sometines WAY too easily and sometimes don't spot you at all.
-another non-con, the driving doesn't let you go very fast or drift or anything.
END NOTICE: For all of you who have any cons with this game I think BC2 is scheduled to release in early '10. Personally, I'll wait till NEXT winter and grab BC2 for cheap.
P.S. this review is only singleplayer. I lost live like 5 months ago and spent all that time on halo 3.

I just want to start off by saying I don't work for EA or Dice so don't ask. Now to the game I'm probably going to get hell from people for saying this but this game blows away Call of Duty 4!!! Yes I said it!!!
Ok so the graphics aren't as good as CoD4 but the gameplay and sound alone justify my opinion.

The sound is the greatest sound fx I've ever heard in a game, I think it should actualy be considered a crime to play this game without suround sound. When you are inside a building as always you can hear your footsteps but the depth to the sound quility is amazing and when you fire your weapon it echoes so beatifuly it makes you feel like you are really in that hall.

The Frostbite engine allows for almost endless distruction which alone makes the game more fun then CoD4 (which I was a huge fan of so please don't think I'm bashing it at all). If there is an enemy behind the wall blow it up to get to him, don't feel like using the door blow it up or drive threw it with the tank!!! You can even go as far as using this feature to blow out a roof and turn the attic into a sniper location.

The game is insanely fun and has hilarious commentary from squad mates. I only got play the multiplayer for a few minutes but it is the same setup and style as CoD4 making it easy to get used to. I highly recomend this game give it a shot regardless of if you think CoD4 is and always will be the greatest first person shooter ever... I promise you won't be disapointed!!!