Battlefield Bad Company is one of the best fps's ive played in a long time. I enjoyed it more than COD4 and world at war. Gears 2 is fun, but im more of a realistic shooter kinda guy...if u think u will be turned off by Bad Company's "silly" approach to the genre, dont be, because none of that silliness factors into the multiplayer: its just a really fun to play, solid fps, with a good ranking and rewards system.