Honest Single Player Review and also some interesting facts and comparisons to other War Games.......
First Person Shooter War Games like Battlefield, Call Of Duty and Medal Of Honor have been 3 of the oldest and best War games out there. None of the other war games have been able to replicate them or replace them or even come close to being as popular as them. You can almost say these games are to FPS War Genre as Prince Of Persia, Devil May Cry and God Of War are to the Action Adventure genre.
Being at the same level on par with each other for some years, the Call Of Duty franchise decided to Step Up with Modern Warfare leaving the other two far behind.
I have not yet played the multiplayer of Battlefield, but i am planning to play it soon. So i am reviewing only the single player.
The single player is longer when you compare it to a Modern Warfare game. MW was 4 hours while this is a 6 hour game.
Modern Warfare was an amazing game but MW 2 was a bit of a let down. The single player of Battlefield outclasses the likes of MW 2 and in some levels even outclasses some levels of MW 1.....
The story is much better presented in this game compared to the Modern Warfare games and also better than the previous Battlefield. There are actual cutscenes that explain what has to be done unlike MW where all you see is some loading screen which got old quickly in MW 2. Story overall is decent and really picks up near the ending.
The graphics are on the levels of Uncharted 2. No kidding! The only two points that prevent this from absolutely standing out is that the game's brightness is abnormally high and the animations are no where near the class of Uncharted 2. Otherwise there is not much difference in the graphics.
From the Gameplay standpoint Battlefield BC 2 basically has the elements of the previous games, Call Of Duty games and also a bit of one of the Greatest Multiplayer games of all time - Counter Strike.
This has to be one of the key reasons why i feel this game has been praised so much for its multiplayer. PC has not had an excellent multiplayer since Counter Strike, i mean it has had but atleast the quality of shooting hasn't been as great or reminiscent of our Favorite Shooter.
One of the best aspects of this game is the vehicle. You get to handle quite a lot of them and shooting from them can be quite fun. Loved riding the armored vans and the Helicopters. The guns are good, though not as much arsenal as MW 2 but still good.
Lastly, i forgot. Yeah the sound as some people's reviews state is really good. You guys know why? Because they have used the same algorithm of that of Half Life 2 which still has the best Sound in FPS.
Yes, this game has that little bit feel of Half Life which HL fans like me miss in every other shooting game.
So then, since COD, Battlefield has also stepped up. I hope Medal Of Honor also does the same.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 is a superb First Person Shooter that can be easily recommended wholeheartedly to any war fan. This game is in no Way Inferior to Modern Warfare. Infact like i said before it outclasses MW in some levels especially the desert levels were my favorite.
Most of the people commenting bad about this game comparing it to MW are MW fanboys and i feel sad that there are only a few people like me who can love and enjoy All 3 of the War Games rather than choosing and fighting among each other and being a fanboy of one game and totally berating the other.
Borderlands was such a pathetically depressing game. Thank God Battlefield Bad Company 2 was here.The single player really felt good and quite satisfyingly long. The multiplayer i am sure will be amazing. Unless you are a Modern Warfare fanboy, BUY THIS GAME! I assure you that with Bad Company 2, you will be in Good Company........