A great FPS in terms of multi-player, but a shallow campaign and poor excuse for a party system leaves you wanting more.
Story
Unlike the first one, which had a very funny, witty and ridiculous story to it, BC2 decided to let the humor take a back seat. This is a really bad thing because what was a funny unique story has turned into the run of the mill USA vs Russia storyline. They mention nothing from the first one, we have no idea what happened to the gold or anything? Now the story is not completely dry, there are still funny moments, especially the cheap jokes towards the other competing games, such as Modern warfare 2. Overall the games story is decent, but not as memorable as the first.
Graphics
Probably one of the best parts about the game. Now this game does not have crysis esq graphics but it is no slouch either. The game looks beautiful and it is amazing that the frame rate can keep up with all of the action. If you don't go through the campaign for the story, do it for the different locations and set pieces. Jungles look lush, deserts look harsh etc etc.
Gameplay
Well thankfully the gameplay has improved over the first bad company. No longer do you feel awkward because you lack a scope or pistol. You have side arms, and you can customize your weapons. This works great in Multiplayer because it gives the player the chance to get creative with their loadout for their weapons. There is also a MASS variety of ways to take down your enemies. Whether it is by gun, tank, helicopter, boat, or hell even knock the building down they were in on top of them. All in all the gameplay is much improved and great.
Multiplayer.
Here we go. The real meat and potatoes of the game. This game offers some of the best multiplayer on any console...It is just to bad EA and Dice decided to make the game so stupid to play at times. You see the biggest problem with this game is how dated it feels. Other games let you form parties with your friends, you can't do this in BC2, hell you can't even talk to all of your team members. The game supports 24 players, 12v12 action. You can only talk to three people. The three people in your squad, you can by all means invite three of your friends but if you have a fourth he/she is out of luck. It is an incredibly dumb system that shouldn't even have been put in the game. I mean the game is all about team work yet you can even talk to a guy who is standing right next to you unless his is in your squad? That is pure garbage EA/Dice and you know it.
Now thanks to some patches the game lags a lot and EA does not seem fit with fixing it any time soon. Besides these problems BC2 is a great MP game experience. There is plenty to unlock in terms of weapons, gear, pins and insignias. The weapons for the most part feel balanced but thanks to the patch and lag it is very hard to tell sometimes. Sometimes bigger BS happens in this game rather than the call of duty series. The leveling system will keep you busy for quite awhile which is great. Unlike the first game which had a quick 25 levels to reach and rank up, BC2 has a cool 50, and trust me it will take you awhile to get there. There are a vast variety of weapons for you to use with each class. So depending on which you choose you will have a good amount of tools to dish out your damage. The game does do a great job at making each class feel useful. The assaults are in the front lines and give ammo, the medics revive dead team members and throws out health packs, engineers fix and destroy vehicles, and recons snipe and call in mortar strikes. Each class has their job, this is why it sucks so much that you can't communicate with your whole team.
Overall
Overall bad company 2 is a great FPS, and it offers a decent singleplayer and some amazing Multiplayer, but don't feel bad if you get the game and wondered if it could have been more with some common sense thinking over at EA/Dice.