Upon giving this game a few weeks play time I have finally come to my conclusion. It is for me a great alternative from the run and gun style of Call of Duty 4. Make no mistake, there is no comparison to either game. In fact both games are completely different style's of First Person Shooters. Call of Duty 4 has been in my Xbox drive for more than 6 days of straight play time. It's been in control of the top of the charts of played online games for awhile now, and with good reason because its simply a great action paced game. But simply put, not my style of shooter, just a great time filler.
With the release of Bad Company I was skeptical. No conquest, a poor showing for a demo, and lag as far as the eye could see. Now that it is released its all smoothed over. The single player is funny and innovative, with the newly destructible environments, everything is open and cover often at times is blown to smithereens while your quietly sitting behind the building waiting for a good chance to get a baddie. You can no longer wait around anymore, especially against tanks or rockets or anything else that blows up. So there fore the single player is a new welcome and a pretty fun time to get used to the controls.
Multi-player however is where the game is supposed to shine. I've grown up over the years expecting a good challenge from the Battlefield series because of the vehicles alone, and they do not dissapoint here. About the only thing that dissapoints me with the vehicles is the way they changed the flight controls of the helicopters in single to multiplayer. The controls of your player are also nice and smooth and the physics and bullet travel time are much needed to provide some realism to the game.
Now to the bad news. This game is seemingly dropping in stars because of just one battlemode. Although we were assured soon after release we would be seeing conquest, it hasn't come out yet and its been almost a month. Conquest is the staple of this franchise. It's understanable why they used Gold Rush as the first mode, it keeps the action to one central spot. But, teamwork is minimal because of this, conquest took skill and it wasn't who was better than who as a single person, it was who was the better team, and that is sorely needed again.
All in all this is a great game and compliment to the run-and-gun style play. However if your not into tactical fighting, and controlled action. Beware. But for the rest of us who like to blow stuff up and would love to see Truck A Saures Rex. Enjoy!
