I didn’t really intend to pick this game up since I never really gotten into the whole battlefield franchise type of game after the first battlefield but after seeing some decent review scores and wanting something to play after completing MGS4 and GTA4 I decided to pick this game up and see was it worth it.
What I would of really liked is if this game was on a PC as well as I do still prefer playing all fps based games with a keyboard and mouse unless there no choice but to play it on a console which is the case for Bad Company.
To keep the explanation simple the story of the single player campaign is just about 4 soldiers sent out to do what their mission objectives are but eventually go rebel when they find something more worthwhile to pursue than their orders given, From then on the story unfold though checkpoints after checkpoints.
The Gameplay of BF:Bad Company is a decent shooter having a variety of weapons that you find throughout the single player campaign. There were however several things that I didn’t like about the gameplay. Starting straight out on the hardest difficulty the enemy pretty much shoot you before they see you most of the time and majority of the fight you end up mostly hiding and using the health needle over and over whenever it has recharge. When you get killed in single player you just respawn back to the last checkpoint and most of the time that is miles away from where you are and it lead to you having to always run long stretches just to get back to where u got killed.
Lastly this is not really a problem but more of a laugh, the amount of exploding barrel and creates around the area pretty much makes it obvious that the developers want to show off there game engine with the new destructible environments but I did find it a bit excessive use of exploding objects in the game, so much that I pretty much spend most of the time aiming and shooting them all just to see what explodes next to it.
Graphics using their ‘Frostbite Engine’ where nicely done running smooth on 720p, however it pretty obvious there is a slight hazy look to the game which I’m not sure if it was place in on purpose like a film grain that is similar to what ‘Mass Effect’ did.
Apart from that the rest of the details where nicely done.
The Sound of the game was amazing especially running it though a home theatre setup. You can practically hear every bullet flying pass and hitting walls, debris falling all around you thought the destructible environment and hearing the sound change depending on where you are at the time of the action that occurred. The sound is very different from what any other game has done and deserves credit for that.
Getting pass the single player aspect of the game and jumping into the multiplayer section of the game is where this game is really intended to be enjoyed in the long run.
The leveling system can be very addictive as you always want to just continue to play just to get another point to grab a new piece of equipment and then just wanting to play more to get the next piece of equipment.
There only one mode called ‘Gold Rush’ at the moment but there will be another mode coming soon but this mode alone is already good due the amount of variety in the game, being able to level up and get new equipment while having a different classes to choose from can keep players into the multiplayer of BF:BC.
Overall this game is well worth grabbing. The single player story is good with some minor gameplay frustration but I assume can be easily overcome if you put it on normal or easy difficulty setting and rush though it for the story. The multiplayer is what you will be focused on after which will last a few months or at most until September when the fall arrives and next batch of hot games start releasing.
Score – Single Player Campaign 3/5
Multiplayer Mode 4.5/5
Overall – 4/5