Battlefield: Bad Company: Xbox 360

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a lot of fun especially online.

Now,here comes the bad parts which are considerable so bare with me through all of them.Let's begin on the game mechanics.Selecting weapons are cumbersome and awkward.You'll shuffle through one only to realize that you skipped it.And you would think that the standard L1-R1 weapon select system would have been more than adequate to easily get the job done,but L1 selects the acessories and R1 selects weapons.Secondary weapons like a attached grenade launcher should be on L2 and use R2 to fire,but disappointingly enough it's an acessory so you have to select it with L1 which is more than awkward especially in the heat of battle.The reticles are almost useless and is hard to guage if you even have your target on it and the recoil moves it around so much you easily lose track of the enemy.Rocket Launchers are underpowered especially up close where they shoulb be the most effective like hitting a guy in the chest and him not dyingAnd a lot of the weapons you use online and unlockable ones you need special codes and they are extremely hard to get and then even more can only the be unlocked only if you'd pre order the game LAME!

Now to the campaign-The story is the backbone to any first person shooter and without one severely dilutes the online part which it does a lot.The whole concept is about finding enemy Gold and smuggling it out so everyone there can retire.Although this sounds like this is a great idea and a novel concept it's actually becomes stale and boring very quickly.Like I said I had no problem with the voice acting,but some may find it to be dumb and repetitive.Also,the intro just throws you into a Russian-type country without any backstory or explanation on how and why you are there which is the biggest flaw in the game.A good portion of the enemy A.I. even on the highest difficulty are dumb and are easy targets.

And finally Online-There are only two settings(Gold Rush and Conquest mode).And you can only get Conquest Mode only if you download it off of XBOX Live and please do it's head over shoulders better that playing Gold Rush by far.There is absolutely to talking in this game which I found wierd in a game so strategic as this one.At first I thought my Mic was broken,but then soon discovered after playing several consecutive games that there's simply isn't any at all.This might be a good thing however,because there is a lot of Team Killing that occurs.And I do mean a lot of it.This was preveilent in the first Battlefield game,but no where near the level that it is now.The HUD is useles as well.It doesn't show you where your team is at accurately and enemies appear as little tiny dots that you can barely see.But you don't have to worry much about this,because Snipers rule this game.You'll get picked off from a thousand yards away and have no idea what happened until it's too late.And don't ever EVER get into a vehicle especially a Helicopter with your Teammates around,because they will deliberately shoot at you until you die or the vehicle is rendered completely useless.Most players also have better weapons available that you do and if you're up against them you might as well leave the game.You only have about five maps to play on and only two of those are worth playing.The are big a bit too big and although you can select which spawn point you select,by the time you get into the battle the actual fighting is now a thousand miles away from you and you'll find yourself running or driving to the front lines.

Overall this game is a big disappointment.If you expect a great game you'll be sadly mistakened.I lay all the blame on the makers of the game who should have realized all of these problems and actually fix them.They deserve a special award for poor game design and flawed unsupervised online game play.And a thrown together jumbled mess of a story line.I could actually go on with more problems with the game,but that would drag this review even further.If you have to play this game I suggest you rent it,DO NOT buy this game!It's a waste of time and money.To finish all I have to say is this game might very well be the biggest disappointment of any video game and any genre I've ever seen and I hope I have given you all the information you need to avoid such a dreadful game as this one turned out to be.

Battlefield: Bad Company: Xbox 360

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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

Battlefield: Bad Company: Xbox 360

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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

Battlefield: Bad Company: Xbox 360

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FPS. 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.

Unfortunately, there is only one game mode type for multiplayer online. The mode is called, "Gold Rush" though it should be renamed to "Head Rush", because there is so much going on at the same time during the battles which 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. 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 SMGs, 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 award winning sound of 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
+Balanced Weapons
+Intense firefights

Cons:
-Brain dead AI in single player mode
-only ONE multiplayer mode
-It does not win over COD4

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the very poor design of team chat and not being able to invite anymore than three of your friends into a game, despite both RB6 and COD4 letting you do 6 or more, it appears many clans will not play until this is fixed.

Single player- *** Who buys BF games for single player?*** BF is all about online team fps. It appears EA thought that if we get to blow stuff up we would ignore the glaring mistakes.

This game still needs some serious work.

Battlefield: Bad Company: Xbox 360

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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.