Are we wrong to delight in the sight of a falling helicopter leveling 50-foot pine trees as it plummets?
Whatever the answer, such devastation is par for the course in the Battlefield series’ first single-player–focused iteration, subtitled Bad Company. Operating in a random modern-day Eurasian locale, you (as central uniformed badass Preston Marlow) join three other rogue military men — Sarge, Sweetwater, and Taggart — who care more about finding the gold in each town than following orders. Think of it as a dark-humored version of the 1999 film Three Kings — if that wasn’t dark enough.
From our hands-on time with the game’s third mission, “Crossroads,” we wouldn’t exactly call Bad Company a squad-based shooter. Instead, your bros serve more of a support role while you roam the town, sandbox-style, completing objectives and eliminating foes on your terms. Surprisingly, it’s a mechanic that calls to mind EA’s recent Medal of Honor Airborne.
To borrow a subtitle from Mercenaries, we like to call the whole thing a playground of destruction. Virtually everything is breakable in Bad Company. Perimeter fences in your way? Blast them down. Got a couple of enemies holed up in a house, taking potshots at you through the window? Simply whip out your M203, switch it to grenade-launcher mode, and aim at the building’s wall. BOOM! No more wall and no more enemies. Attack helicopter annoying you? Hop in a turret and bring it down, watching it demolish trees as it drops.
This being a Battlefield game, vehicles abound for you to commandeer or destroy. And we delighted at small comic touches like some of the snarky intra-squad dialogue, along with hand grenades attached to “Have a Nice Day” smiley-face keychains. You’ll still have 24-player multiplayer action at your Xbox Live–enabled fingertips, but isn’t it nice to have a comparably meaty offline game to go with it for once?
AreEyeSee
October 30, 2008 at 2:08pm
the demo was pretty good, but i havent played the actual game yet..possibly a pick up and play.
HIITMEN187
September 21, 2008 at 2:08pm
yall i got to go with country boy this game is good better than cod-4....................
HIITMEN187
September 21, 2008 at 2:08pm
yall i got to go with country boy this game is good better than cod-4....................
Rain2011
July 13, 2008 at 10:16am
Yeh i got the gold edition and its a lot of fun. The campaign is cool and the levels are long. Multiplayer is just awesome and while i've been playing this my copy of COD4 is gathering dust on my tv stand.
J22
June 25, 2008 at 2:41pm
Omg the destructable enviroments and the pure comedy that comes with it is the best. Who doesnt like comedy and explosions? Its like mad tv in war. PS. mad tv is a show dumb@$$
Specter229
June 22, 2008 at 10:09pm
@ Bakino .... ur an idiot why come to a xbox site and then try to hype a ps3 game? w/e dude this games fun and ps3 can jump off a bridge enjoy ur gay fracture crap @Sgt Gamer comes out tuesday ...
Sgt.Gamer
June 21, 2008 at 8:36pm
When is it coming out? I cant wait to play it but I looked at IGN and they have their review already up! Is it out or did IGN put out their review early? Someone tell!! I want to shoot down a copter and watch it smash into a house too!!!:(
Sgt.Gamer
June 21, 2008 at 8:35pm
When is it coming out? I cant wait to play it but I looked at IGN and they have their review already up! Is it out or did IGN put out their review early? Someone tell!! I want to shoot down a copter and watch it smash into a house too!!!:(
Scars4Life8989
June 07, 2008 at 4:03pm
This game will hopefully be freking awesome! You can blow stuff up and kill lots o' bad guys. Can wait to get it!
Nicoletti
February 14, 2008 at 9:47pm
This game sounds amazing. I am completely addicted to Battlefield 2:Modern Combat on Live. I can't imagine how much fun this will. Although I am kind of worried; some of the most fun on BF2 Live is when you discover a great sniping spot or a really good spot for tank destroying. The problem is that if the environment is completely destructable, then what use are these discoveries when they can be easily destroyed? I mean, I know lots of people would hate it if their favourite sniping building in BRIDGETOOFAR (the one with the letters on it that is also the tallest one)was destroyed. Of course this could lead to many more good things, as the rubble could also provide new shooting grounds and so on. I hope they have a "destruction off" setting when your online....fighting on a parking lot can't be that much fun.....
yesac2004
January 20, 2008 at 11:36am
Really looking forward to this game, though I don't think it'll top 1942 X)
Lazyman0022
December 13, 2007 at 12:15pm
This game looks F*ckin' sweet! Is it going to come out for the PS2 though cuz PS3 is 2 F*ckin' expensive 4 me!
ckynick254
December 08, 2007 at 3:17pm
this game looks so sweet and the form made the game even better. I cant wate untill this game is released
xD3M0NICx
November 26, 2007 at 8:57pm
[url=http://profile.mygamercard.net/xD3MONxFR33Kx][img]http://card.mygamercard.net/crest/xD3MONxFR33Kx.png[/img][/url] This Game is gonna be OFF THE CHARTS
xAce of Sp4desx
November 22, 2007 at 3:06pm
This game sounds bad a. I hope it is good as I think is will be, and my gamertag is the same as my screen name,xAce of Sp4desx
