Battlefield Bad Company 2

What do you mean? It's a common firing position for the bigger guns, especially sniper rifles. How's a sniper supposed to conceal their position by standing and firing?

 

Well I get where you're coming from with the sniper rifle and bigger guns (LMGs and what not), but I mean people (more or less 97.546% of the people I play with on Xbox Live) who run and gun jump around a corner and go prone while shooting you lol. Anyways when I snipe I usually just crouch take a shot or two and move on.

Recently I've been playing DoD:S again (Day of Defeat: Source) and I think they implemented prone rather well that game. IE...when going prone it takes about 3 sec two get down and up, and during that time you can't do anything else (move, shoot, jump, switch weapons, etcc...).

 

The 1.5 patch in BF2 actually had a great idea how to fix the prone thing. Apparently the idea was during the period you are going prone your accuracy is set really really low, this to me seems like the best idea yet as it's the most realistic (you can pull a trigger while you're laying down in real life, you jsut might not hit anything). In theory it seems great... but somehow people are still dolphin diving, I don't understand.

Well I think I'm going to have to reinstall BF2 after all this talk and relive some good times anyway Anyone from NBR want to join me (in like an hour when I get home from work)? Just PM me.

 

bf2 seems EXTREMELY buggy for me. I mean I don't have terrible ping but still there is bad glitch moments every few minutes where my fps just hops for a split second. I wish there was some damn Vsync in the game, maybe that would fix this......Anybody else think bf2 is so laggy?

Like I don't even know how it still gets as many players as it does with this much buggyness.. I am beginning to think something is wrong.

 

Something probably on your end or internet connection. I always have 60 or less ping consistently. Some wireless cards can cause lag spikes during gameplay. Vsync won't help this.

BF2 has squashed most of the bugs, especially with patch 1.5. I actually can kill hoppers and divers regularly. A lot of the "bugs" are just built-in game decisions. As much as I've played, I guess I've just gotten used to them. There's things I'd still like to see added to the game, but most likely won't happen.

 

I think you may be right, I just played a singleplayer game and the only bug issues I had were minor.....I think it is internet connection which makes me a but frustrated as I personally can't do anything about it.....Does kaspersky use your internet?

 

Honestly, the BETA is seriously making me seriously consider canceling my preorder. So much seems to be "off" with the game as others have mentioned, I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's not good.

 

I for one am enjoying the game. Good graphics, good game play and awesome engine. With the majority of game companies deserting PC FPS games for the console I think DICE as done a good job developing Bad Company 2 simultaneously for the PC and console platforms, while adding to the PC most of what the console version lacks while trying to keep both parties satisfied. Coming from a background of Mil-sim combat games such as Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2 the only thing that bothers me about the game is how unrealistic the combat and weapons are. I guess the only reason I really did pre-order the game is, because having owned almost every Battlefield series (PC and Console) I kind of got into the habit of playing the arcade game at first then really enjoying the mods which made the game more realistic or added what was missing later on the road. I know at the moment the developers have stated that Bad Company 2 won’t support mod’s, but neither did Battlefield 2 at the beginning when it was released. Plus the way I see it, Bad Company 2 isn’t meant to be a predecessor of Battlefield 2, but rather a test to see how the Frostbite 2 engine runs on the PC and at the same time a calling to the PC community that they haven’t deserted their original fan base for the consoles. I think the reason why most of you folks are disappointed with BC2 is because BF2 had so many features to offer, from functionality to vehicles and most of you are left spoiled when you see how much more small scale BC2 is compared to BF2. What everyone needs to understand is that Bad Company 2 isn’t suppose to be Battlefield 3, but a whole different franchise of the Battlefield series which is aimed at incorporating a singleplayer with a story while still having the quality multiplayer that the series has always had, but in a smaller scale battlefield. I for one hope to see Bad Company 2 succeed, because the popularity and EA’s profit in the PC sector can increase the chances of a Battlefield 3 release in the near future.

 

Well it is a BETA after all and does not represent the final product. I do wonder if the majority of people sign up for betas just to get an early sample of the game rather than have the intent to test it. If there's any issues or suggestions you have you could post them here: http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/...beta/880265-pc-beta-suggestions-feedback.html

I also feel that you can't get a good feel for some official demos. Take the BF2141 demo, which I thought had a pretty boring map but when I purchased and played the full version I thought it was a pretty good game having experienced some of the better maps and ranking up to upgrade my weapons.

 

Considering this game is due to be released on March 3rd, I don't think the developers have the time needed to really improve the BETA which quite frankly felt more like an Alpha stage game than a Beta. I think the game is too "consolized" if you will, it's definitely not Battlefield 3 and for $50 I'm not sure if it's worth it...

Yeah sure, the destructive environments are cool, but that's about as innovative as the game gets, it really brings nothing "new" to the table, if anything it just takes out some of the stuff that should have been in the next PC battlefield.

 

>.> never understood why people preorder games, I've never once had a hard time finding a new released game. Heck for consoles you can usually find a brand new released game already used at gamestop within the first week.

 

The developers have stated that the beta is at least 6 months old content.

Hers your answer:

I personally pre-ordered, because I wanted to see how the game runs on my laptop and if not satisfied cancel the order, but that wont be happening.

 

I almost never pre-order. But with access to the beta and the unlocks, it made sense for me. I'm kinda glad I did because I may have to wait it out a bit and cancle my pre-order and see how the final game fares.

 

Havent tried this game on pc yet, but have been playing it on 360 and to me, it is better than mw2.

 

how will Bad co 2 run on a laptop with these specs? (ive asked at the official thread and no one answers)


Core i5

ATI Radeon HD5650

thx

 

Man, something about the BETA is off. Maybe its the fact my Acer in the sig only gets 20 fps on all low.

 

Yeah, you really need quad core to get a decent fps. I found the beta is not very GPU intenses allowing me to even play it on a nvidia 230m.

But I tried playing it on my dual core Clevo m860tu with GTX260m and got 12-25fps in 32man servers (I could play 16 man fine) I didnt matter what gfx settings fps remained the same.
Just popped a Q9000 quad in the clevo and now my fps is 25-60 in 32man servers.

With regard to i5 it should be fine as it has hyperthreading so although it is dual core it can cope with 4 threads

 

I loved BF2, and I loved BF:BC. Different franchises guys. Bad company has an awesome feel to it. HDR sounds plus the destructive environment completely immerses me. I love the way weapons sound, the different sound effects when fired both indoors and outside.

I hope it does well, then the developers will hopefully make a BF3 with all of BF:BC's graphical features, with the BF gameplay.

 

The only word I can describe this as it "brutal" thus far.

Terrible hit detection, I cant aim properly, why should it be this hard to snipe?

I know its a BETA but god, there is a lot of work to do in less than a month.

 

Well if it's nearly unplayable on dual-core's then they're isolating most of the market. I'd say probably only 10-15% of gamers have a quad core PC. Sure this will increase over time, but not quickly enough to satisfy the possible BC2 players they would get.

 

What's the point of making 6-month old content code a BETA? So people discover bugs and glitches that have already been fixed? Or to turn off potential buyers when they believe the game sucks? Because this BETA is pretty much akin to a demo for most people.

 

Heh, how much could change in six months anyway? The main part of the game is already there...

 

I'm sure however old this beta is doesn't matter to them because they could always (and obviously will) release patches after the game's release to fix it up. That's the way it works these days. There is a known issue where the beta doesn't fully utilize the GPU so performance isn't as great as it should but but rest assured it's one of the first things that will probably be fixed (unless it already has been).

 

Don't give in to that kind of thinking! That's been a horrible trend (mainly from EA) in the past couple years. Putting out unfinished games with the "intention" of fixing known bugs is not acceptable. As much as I love BF2, that is exactly what they did with that and "back in the day" it was HORRIBLY buggy to the point it wouldn't even run on the same machine half the time.

 

I'm just saying but I don't like it either. I would rather like to see the game in a more complete state when it's released (but who knows). Regarding the BF2 patches there's some things that I hate about it like trying to change an already arcade-like game to a semi-realistic one and nerfing various weapons. The other changes are more tolerable though and some of them are welcoming. I think sometimes even patches can ruin great games.

 

The point of the beta is to stress test the online service and build hype for the game, not just finding bugs, the unwashed masses suck at bug reporting anyways.

 

the beta turned me off- just got my money back for my preorder.

 

Yep, I just submitted a request to have my pre-order canceled. I am disappoint.

 

I don't know what everybody is talking about with the performance issues. Granted, I can't run it at native, or with AA, but I run 1280x960 with everything except for shadows on high (specs in sig). It still looks and feels great. Oh well, maybe it's just me.

 

Wow, that's pretty good for an Eee 1005HA

Seriously though, I can run at 1680x1050 on my Sager with Medium to high settings and full settings at 1280x800. Same thing with my desktop.

 

I wasn't having any performance issues either. It's the gameplay that feels off. Maybe I will buy it sometime after release.

 

I'm liking it, not perfect, but definitely fun, and with a few tweaks, is running ok. Still doesn't even remotely push my 260mGTX, but hope with a patch things get better. Fun game, look forward to the release.

 

yeap i agree, its not perfect but considering its a beta im happy with it so far, really looking forward to the release, cant wait to get my hands on the single player campaign.....

 

Here are the official multiplayer and campaign loading screens:

PANAMA CANAL

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VALPARAISO VILLAGE

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LAGUNA ALTA

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ISLA INOCENTES

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ATACAMA DESERT

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ARICA HARBOR

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LAGUNA PRESA

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NELSON BAY

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WHITE PASS

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PORT VALDEZ

 

The level design actually looks kinda neat. I'm noticing not a lot of heavy emphasis on urban/close combat fighting.

 

First game I had to tone down ever, only 4xAA

 

How the hell anyone can play a fps on a consoll is beyond me. How do you manage to hit anything without the help of a mouse........I've downloaded the demo on my 360 and I just can't get my head/hands around it

But I really like what I see. It may well be what is needed to stop me playing MW2. And BF2 and BF2152 were 2 excellent games.
I just pre-ordered the game for pc and will get my beta-key over the weekend. Hopefully...........


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