BF: BC demo impressions

Well - the demo launched on the marketplace this morning - although I was one of those who got it early when I preordered.

My opinion is it's ok - but not a blockbuster hit. The single player demo was good - the mulit player kinda sucks in the sense that it's too easy to get spawned killed ragardless where you choose to spawn, plus (and maybe it gets better as you rank up), I was chasing 2 enemies and emptied a clip into each before they died - it was like playing a modern military version of Halo.

What are your thoughts ?

Oh yeah - it really sucks that you can't go prone in the game either !!!!

Well - the demo launched on the marketplace this morning - although I was one of those who got it early when I preordered.

My opinion is it's ok - but not a blockbuster hit. The single player demo was good - the mulit player kinda sucks in the sense that it's too easy to get spawned killed ragardless where you choose to spawn, plus (and maybe it gets better as you rank up), I was chasing 2 enemies and emptied a clip into each before they died - it was like playing a modern military version of Halo.

What are your thoughts ?

Oh yeah - it really sucks that you can't go prone in the game either !!!!

barilli71

Anyone know why they took out the prone option? Will it be included in the retail version or did they take it out because of bunnyhopping?

[QUOTE="barilli71"]

Well - the demo launched on the marketplace this morning - although I was one of those who got it early when I preordered.

My opinion is it's ok - but not a blockbuster hit. The single player demo was good - the mulit player kinda sucks in the sense that it's too easy to get spawned killed ragardless where you choose to spawn, plus (and maybe it gets better as you rank up), I was chasing 2 enemies and emptied a clip into each before they died - it was like playing a modern military version of Halo.

What are your thoughts ?

Oh yeah - it really sucks that you can't go prone in the game either !!!!

Pittfan666

Anyone know why they took out the prone option? Will it be included in the retail version or did they take it out because of bunnyhopping?

prone makes it impossible to see snipers and I agree I didnt use prone much unless I was sniping and I thought the demo was ok but only game coming out this summer so I will probably get it. Even though everyone is comparing it to call of duty 4 which I thought was too easy in multiplayer. And all those complaining about too hard to kill someone obviously cant see the option to play the hardcore mode where it is easier to kill people.

[QUOTE="Pittfan666"][QUOTE="barilli71"]

Well - the demo launched on the marketplace this morning - although I was one of those who got it early when I preordered.

My opinion is it's ok - but not a blockbuster hit. The single player demo was good - the mulit player kinda sucks in the sense that it's too easy to get spawned killed ragardless where you choose to spawn, plus (and maybe it gets better as you rank up), I was chasing 2 enemies and emptied a clip into each before they died - it was like playing a modern military version of Halo.

What are your thoughts ?

Oh yeah - it really sucks that you can't go prone in the game either !!!!

PacBoy23

Anyone know why they took out the prone option? Will it be included in the retail version or did they take it out because of bunnyhopping?

prone makes it impossible to see snipers and I agree I didnt use prone much unless I was sniping and I thought the demo was ok but only game coming out this summer so I will probably get it. Even though everyone is comparing it to call of duty 4 which I thought was too easy in multiplayer. And all those complaining about too hard to kill someone obviously cant see the option to play the hardcore mode where it is easier to kill people.

I totally agree with you on this - only thing though is that sometimes I can get into a good hiding spot and have better coverage if I can get prone - usually try to pick off a few kills then run for another spot before the guys I popped come back.

I have been playing the demo for over a week now and I am very impressed. For me personally, I have played CoD 4 so much that Im at the point of going back to Halo 3 just for something new to play. After a weeks worth of play with the BfBc demo, here are my Pros and Cons...

Pros...

Vehicle are a blast to drive and are very much apart of the strategy used in the game

Large maps are a welcome change from the smaller type maps found in CoD 4

Graphics are very good Imo!! Guns, vehicles and terrain look as good as CoD 4

Blowing evrything up is a nice touch. How many time in CoD 4 have you wished you could take out a wall and smoke the sniper who has whacked you 4 times in a row???

Sound...I actually think this game sounds more realistic than CoD 4.

Cons...

Where are the gun attachments? No ACOG or Red Dot for my M16??

No prone stance?? HUH??

4 rockets cant take a tank down???

Grenande launcher is useless on troops. I cant tell you how many times are shot a grenade at some dudes feet and it didnt do a thing to him!!!

What gives with the Haloesque having to empty a clip and a half to kill someone GENERALLY!!! I mean I get it in Halo with the whole energy shild thing, but this is supposed to be real world?

Too easy to spawn kill

Remaining questions for me???

1. What game types are there? There better be regualr Team DM, CTF or something. I like the Attack and Defend game the demo has, but there has to be more!

2. What happens at level cap? Can you start over like in CoD 4 or are you just Lvl 25 and done?

For me right now, I'd say overall I personally will have alot of fun with BfBc if for nothing else because it is something fresh and will give me a break from CoD 4. Now will it have the longevity of CoD 4? That remains to be seen!!

i don't know why i don't really like it.. i mean the graphics are pretty good, and it should be fun..

but it just doesn't 'feel' right to me.. i had the same experience in the beta.. i just can't put my finger on why though.

I pre-ordered so I've been playing it for awhile now and I love it. The sound is amazing, the shooting, while being very different from COD4, is very fun in my opinion. The game isn't really as easy as COD4, which is pretty cool, and sometimes I wish I could go prone, but because it is already near impossible to spot snipers, it's fine that prone was taken out. Also, I'm kind of glad grenade launchers don't do much to enemies or else you'd have 8 automatic kills right from the start. I think it does some damage, so shoot the grenade and switch to your gun to finish him off. I love it. Definitely buying.

Edit: One more thing, this game feels so much more intense due to the big battle feel and the whole destructable environments. It's so badass walking along a dirt path with craters in it from mortar blasts and blown up smoking tanks with half destroyed buildings around you. So cool.

Beta = terrible... 2/10

Demo = extremely bad.... 2.5/10

As ive said a few times.. ill no tbe getting this one

I heard going prone was going to be DLC :)A4Audiguy

lolz

Anyway for some reason I found it really hard to see where the enemy was in SP, the radar didnt seem to be accurate or they blended into the background or something?

im downloading it right nowRealKilla_789

same here

Their better be more than one game mode. Other rhan Attack and Defend. If their is only one game mode i will not be buying it on Day 1. Conquest Better be in the final game.

ill be DLing the demo tonight

As long as there is Deathmatch/Team and Conquest ill get the game....otherwise i wont

Guns feel terrible, no co-ordination between any squads so certain classes are unnecessary, laggy, unresponsive and sluggish movement. Looks pretty good, little too vibrant/sharp at times but still a looker; unfortunately the framerate doesn't seem all that constant.

None of the Assault Rifles have a scope. :/ Lulz.

Didn't get to play a conquest game, don't know if it's even in the demo. Gold rush isn't that entertaining, conquest is where it's at. I can't help but compare the game to BF2 which is my favourite Battlefield game out of the entire series.

And in comparison. It's pathetic.

By itself, it can be pretty fun for a while despite all the problems. Cannot see myself buying it.

This game sucks. The buildings brake only in preloaded zones and the online game lags a lot. The sniper rifle doesn't kill in one shot and it has only one zoom so it sucks too. It's harder to drive a helicopter in bad company than play trough fire and flames on expert in Guitar Hero 3. Also the other vehicles are hard to drive because you don't move them whit the sticks like in the previous battlefield but you must use LT to accelerate and LB to stop.
I don't like it. Modern Combat was much better.

This is what I was afraid that would happen. They try to sell the destructible environment gimmick and the very cliche "gold bricks" which was really cheesy and lame. The characters do not seem realistic but more like overgrown boys. I was hoping something more along the lines of R6V and COD4 when it came to character personalities. But then again, it's a nice change of pace and it isnt as terrible as Haze's "frat boys." They dont over do it. Sound effects were definitely lacking. It just didnt feel or sound intense enough. Sure, there were pretty explosions and what seemed to be like intense moments, but overall, something was lacking. Enemies were pretty tough to take down. It took a lot more ammo to take them down than in any other FPS game. I had a hard time preserving my ammo and finding ammo felt like I was in a survival-horror game. Not cool for a shooter! Back to destructible environments. Bad Company showed off this feature the most and it really disappointed. You can blow up walls but not the foundation of the structure = lame. But surprisingly, you can blow a huge gas tank thing or water tower, whatever it is.. BUT when you blow it up, a few wooden pieces fall to the ground. It's like a 50 foot tank that's made out of metal but a few wooden boards can be found in the debris? Lack of detail I tell ya. Just plain lazy. The graphics were pretty good. Not the best, but better than average. There were noticeable jaggies across the board, especially with character and gun models, trees. Everything else seemed dandy. I wasnt blown away, heck, not even close but it's a solid FPS. Will it warrant a purchase? Maybe, maybe not. More than likely, I will wait for a price drop or shop eBay for a low price tag.

Edit: The controls were okayish. I wish FPS would do away with the "push down left stick, Sprint button." It's annoying as hell. That's what I hated about COD4. Just make sprint the left shoulder button like R6V2. That's the best button for it. Instead of making the healing needle/syringe the left shoulder button, utilize the D-pad instead. I was a bit confused on why my rocket launcher can be pulled out using the left shoulder button and my sub-machine guns from my right shoulder button when all you need to do is use one button like "Y" to swap weapons. It's that simple. Why make it complicated? They want to be "different" by making controls more complicated? Blah! That's stupid. Plain and simple. Grenade throws are weak! Holding on and pulling back on the grenade throws didnt help with the throwing distance. LAME. Soldiers can throw farther than that in real life....pathetic. Hell, my little brother can throw farther than that. Controls need a lot of work.

Their better be more than one game mode. Other rhan Attack and Defend. If their is only one game mode i will not be buying it on Day 1. Conquest Better be in the final game.

comelstr

Was looking on EA's web site for the game - only mentions the "Gold Rush" mode for multi player - but says it's for up to 24 players.

I hope there's more modes than the 1 as well.

i played the beta, and i felt that it took to long to kill people as wellhockeyruler12

Same here. I thought they would have fixed it so it wouldn't take so much ammo. Guess they didn't. :/

I thought it was fun.. but im not sure if im going to buy it.

I thought it was a really fun arcade shooter. Really enjoyed it. Except for one thing.. the lag was absolutely ridiculous. I have never had any lag problems in any online game.. so it really made me mad.

Other than that, lots of fun!

I thought it was a really fun arcade shooter. Really enjoyed it. Except for one thing.. the lag was absolutely ridiculous. I have never had any lag problems in any online game.. so it really made me mad.

Other than that, lots of fun!

kerrman

It's definitely the sheer amount of players on the servers - because even the Beta didn't have lag like this. Don't worry, it should be fixed soon enough.

Now, I've played the Beta, and now I've played the demo. A few of my issues have been taken care of or tweaked, which is nice. It's a shame they only give you one MP level, but that's alright I guess. Looking forward to renting (maybe even purchasing) it in the future.

people complaining it is too hard to kill someone I hope you realize there is a hardcore mode. and those complaining about lag I havent seen any of it yet but I hear some people from U.k. are getting lag.

As crazy as it might sound i didn't like the multiplayer because it seamed to fast pasted. I mean every time i spawned some one saw me and killed me. It wasn't horrible but it wasnt great. I'm guessing it'll get around a 7?

Beta = terrible... 2/10

Demo = extremely bad.... 2.5/10

As ive said a few times.. ill no tbe getting this one

kozzy1234

i liked the demo.

yea it does take WAY to long to kill someone.

it is just a beta and i think in the real game it will allow you to go prone.

atleast i hope...

i liked the demo.

yea it does take WAY to long to kill someone.

it is just a beta and i think in the real game it will allow you to go prone.

atleast i hope...

I3loo

They took out prone. Even in the retail game. I like how long it takes to kill someone personally. It takes more accuracy etc. to take someone down. At least I like it. Play this game and then play COD4, you'll be godly in COD4.

Ok - classic example why not being abole to go prone sucks - was on a roof top shooting at a enemy, emptied a clip that was already close to being empty, but I wanted to go prone to reload as ther was a ledge I would have been behind, but I could only crouch - sure enough I got taken out with a head shot. If I could have gone prone, I wouldn't have been exposed and easily picked off..

I have been playing the demo for over a week now and I am very impressed. For me personally, I have played CoD 4 so much that Im at the point of going back to Halo 3 just for something new to play. After a weeks worth of play with the BfBc demo, here are my Pros and Cons...

Pros...

Vehicle are a blast to drive and are very much apart of the strategy used in the game

Large maps are a welcome change from the smaller type maps found in CoD 4

Graphics are very good Imo!! Guns, vehicles and terrain look as good as CoD 4

Blowing evrything up is a nice touch. How many time in CoD 4 have you wished you could take out a wall and smoke the sniper who has whacked you 4 times in a row???

Sound...I actually think this game sounds more realistic than CoD 4.

Cons...

Where are the gun attachments? No ACOG or Red Dot for my M16??

No prone stance?? HUH??

4 rockets cant take a tank down???

Grenande launcher is useless on troops. I cant tell you how many times are shot a grenade at some dudes feet and it didnt do a thing to him!!!

What gives with the Haloesque having to empty a clip and a half to kill someone GENERALLY!!! I mean I get it in Halo with the whole energy shild thing, but this is supposed to be real world?

Too easy to spawn kill

Remaining questions for me???

1. What game types are there? There better be regualr Team DM, CTF or something. I like the Attack and Defend game the demo has, but there has to be more!

2. What happens at level cap? Can you start over like in CoD 4 or are you just Lvl 25 and done?

For me right now, I'd say overall I personally will have alot of fun with BfBc if for nothing else because it is something fresh and will give me a break from CoD 4. Now will it have the longevity of CoD 4? That remains to be seen!!

kungfuchaos

Aim for the head and it takes afew bullets, I like the way they did this is gives you a chance to survive if your good. This is a game with a steep learning curve in terms of mastering and more games need this instead of turning noobies into gods.