[V_R]

Developed by EA DICE | Release Date: March 5th 2010


A direct sequel to last year's console-exclusive game, Bad Company 2 picks back up with the derelict B Company, which comprises a fictitious US military's expendable misfits and outcasts. Destructible environments, which were a core component of the original game, will again play front and center in Bad Company 2, thanks to further revisions to its proprietary Frostbite game engine.


Key Features
# 8 Huge Multiplayer Maps. Each with a different tactical and gameplay focus and set across a variety of environments
# Ultimate Online Vehicle Warfare! 15 land, sea and air vehicles, each with a tactical advantage during play. Race into action with the ATV or rain death from above in the UH-60 transport helicopter with its 2 side-mounted rail guns
# All-new Squad Gameplay. Team up with 3 other players and fight together to unlock special awards and achievements in 2 squad-specific game modes
# Destruction 2.0. Take down entire buildings, create firepoints in cover or blow it up entirely! In Battlefield Bad Company 2 there will be no place to hide!
# ‘Play It Your Way’ experiment and refine your ideal combat style with 4 character classes (medic, assault, recon and engineer), 15000+ kit variations, 46 weapons (200 different customization opportunities), 15 gadgets and 13 character specializations.
# Awards and Achievements, combat efficiency and performance is rewarded with special awards such pins, stars and insignias which contribute to unlocking 50 ranks


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Required: Internet connection required to install and play.
OS: Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP1 / Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 or better / AMD 64 X2 or better
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 1.5 GB for Vista and Windows 7
Hard Drive: At least 10 GB of free space
DVD-ROM: 8x Speed
Video Card: 256MB RAM with support for shader model 3*
Sound Card: Direct X 9.0c compatible
DirectX: Version 9.0c (included)
Online: 2 – 10 Players
Input: Keyboard, Mouse, VOIP headset

Supported video cards: Nvidia GeForce 6800 or better, ATI Radeon X1600 or better. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

[V_R]

Totally forgot about a thread for this!

Pre ordered it a while ago, If you bought it via Steam is can now be preloaded.

Bought it via EA Store and you can play it now!

[V_R]

Wel, played this for a while, SP only as EA have broken the MP side and at time of typing no one can joni a game! (retail or Steam versions)

SP is good so far, screenies below, 1920x1200, all maxed with 8x MSAA and HBAO on.

Randomly i have a white pixel in the game, only this game. Bottom right corner. Random.

[V_R]

This game is EPIC!!!

Played loaad of MP now, last night was on all night with mates on TeamSpeak3, in a squad of 4. Man this is great for teamwork. really rewarding!

Cod MW2 is sooooooo dead!

A few MP screenies below, none from last night though....

[labatts]

Game does look good,but i find it's a bit buggy..and that stupid little white dot is annoying,they should fix that already..I prefer modern warfare 2 and i don't like that game much..stupid thing won't even let me redeem my limited edition codes..keep getting cannot connect message.Over all i think this game was rushed to market..especially since many people complained about that white dot during the beta stage and they did nothing about it.Also had to force vsync in my nvidia control panel..doesn't seem to stick when done through the game menu...Still hope they release a patch that fixes some of the issues with this game until then it's a half assed release by the king of half ass releases EA

[V_R]

You prefer MW2 to this!!!?!?!!

There are some bugs in the game i know, one white pixel though, i can deal with that as the other god knows how many still look good.

There is patches that will be released and will fix stuff, a DLC map pack has been anounced for the end of the month. Just wait til Actifail ask you for a tenner for their DLC....

[labatts]

yep i do prefer modern warfare 2 to this because it doesn't crash on me when i try and and change video settings..this is a better game if it wasn't still a beta..and as far as patches go i'm sick of these companies releasing games unfinished and patching the crap out of them later..Why even release a beta?

now as far as the visuals,ya your right this game is beautiful but it's ****ing me off with all the other buggy stuff going on..i paid 60 dollars to play a finished game not for me to be a beta tester for EA ,they should be paying me for that.Regardless of how you feel about MW2,and i bet a agree with you on most of the criticisms of that game,you can't deny that on release it was a much more polished game,less bugs and such

[V_R]

One word, P2P or better still, pings.

MW2 had and still has many bugs. It too had a day one patch.

Care package bug
Knife bug
Host Migration issues
Map glitches that should never have got past QA.

I could go on, but i wont, this isn't the MW2 thread.


I know some are having CTD's and other issues with this game. but ill be honest, it aint crashed on me once yet.

[labatts]

actually not so much of a crash as it goes white and i have to control alt delete to get out of my session then log back in to restart the game..only happens when i try and change anistropic filtering or AA before exiting out of the current campaign....I want that dot gone

What settings you run at V_R?

[V_R]

Retail or steam batts?

All maxed @ 1920x1200 is easy with my rig, though i have edited the settings.ini to turn off bloom and run in DX9 as it hinders visibility in MP. Goes back to my competitive CoD4 days lol.

Also set my FOV to 80.