It's the second day Battlefield: Bad Company has been out and I haven't been able to put it down. Many gamers have complained about being in a rut after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare came out. With reason though, COD4:MW was one of the best games of last year and it's multiplayer was simply outstanding. I believe the new Battlefield game is a remedy for this rut!
Released for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, BF:BC is a first-person shooter developed at EA DICE. You can't really compare previous Battlfield games to this one, they've revamped the series and added a few changes.
Along with being absolutely gorgeous, the environment is almost entirely desctructable (almost 90% including buildings, plants, trees, vehicles, and even the ground). There's even an achievement for cutting down a small forest. You'll understand when you're sitting in a gun turret and the trees are falling around you.
In the single player campaign you play as a rookie soldier named Preson Marlowe in 222nd Army battalion, "B" Company (Also known as "Bad" Company). Marlowe is put in this unit of insubordinates, hellraisers, and troublemakers that won't fit in in any other units. He's accompanied by pyromaniac Haggard, talkative Private Sweetwater, and Sergeant Redford who is there for early retirement. Everything goes downhill when Bad Company realizes the enemy are mercenaries who are being paid with gold bars, with this knowledge BC goes AWOL on a mission of personal greed to find more of these gold bars. You don't exactly have to find the gold bars, as it's not a required task. (much like COD4's intel and Halo3's skulls).
Gold Rush is the only multiplayer mode released at launch with BF:BC, but there is rumors about possible downloads for more content. Multiplayer supports up to 24 players and is set up as Attackers vs. Defenders.
For the attackers, the main objective is to destroy all the gold crates. Destroying two crates moves to you the next base.
For the defenders, protecting the bases that houses the gold is the objective and bringing the attackers lives to zero.
I personally haven't come across any major issues with the game. The camera angle is smooth, switching weapons and other tools becomes second nature, and even the driving is very smooth. I know it's a bold statement, but this game is on par with Call of Duty 4. I recommend this game, if not for the multiplayer-- for the single-player.
