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Game infos before release - Jan 24 2010, 16:04

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Martillito

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sense was to rework the whole game pages area by myself but i failed with html and now i don't have the time to complete it until release so i am posting the info here. As soon as i have the time i will put this into the right place.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 : The Game


Release Date 4th of march 2010
for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
developed by Digital Illusions CE (DICE)
published by Electronic Arts (EA)

Synopsis
The Bad Company gang once more find themselves in the heart of the action, where they must use every weapon system and vehicle at their disposal to live. The action unfolds with unprecedented intensity, bringing in a level of fervor to vehicular warfare never before experienced in a contemporary warfare action game.

The 'B' company fight their way through white mountaintops, heavy jungles and dusty villages. With a fat arsenal of deadly weaponary and a slew of vehicles to aid them, the crew set off on their mission and they are ready to blow, shoot down, attack through, wipe out and absolutely destroy anything that gets in their way. Absolute destruction is the name of the game either online or offline, enemies will soon find there is nowhere to hide.

Battlefield: Bad Company marked the first introduction in DICE's first-person gunslinger series to be designed solely for consoles. As part of that conversion, the franchise's trademark 64-player online matches were scaled down to 24 in an attempt to keep things running swimmingly on more arduous network configurations. Despite this, Bad Company's online multiplayer managed to preserve lot of that chaos by way of fresh destroyable buildings and the remaining presence of vehicles.
The B-company will be back but this time for consoles and PC. The release is announced for the 5th of March 2010. So what is new in this game? In all interviews the DICE devs don’t miss to tell us that they have been working on the frostbite engine. Destruction 2.0 is the keyword. While some buildings in Bad Company couldn’t be destroyed this time you will be able to raze everything to the ground.

On the high end of the scale, do enough damage to the biggest structures and you'll bring the roof down. "You will get a warning when the house is about to collapse so you'll have a few seconds to get out" Troedsson explains. "If you're defending a flag inside that house you're going to have problems."

“Battlefield Bad Company™ 2 brings the spectacular Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of next-gen consoles and PC - featuring best-in-class vehicular combat set across a wide range of huge sandbox maps each with a different tactical focus.

New vehicles like the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and the UH-60 transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics in the warzone, extensive fine-tuning ensures that this will be the most realistic vehicle combat experience to date.

Tactical destruction is taken to new heights with the updated DICE ‘Frostbite’ engine. Players can now take down entire buildings or create their own vantage points by blasting holes through cover, thereby delivering a unique dynamic experience in every match.

Players can also compete in 4-player teams in 2 exclusive squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive team awards and achievements. Spawn on your squad to get straight into the action, and use gadgets such as the tracer dart in-conjunction with the RPG to devastating effect.

Excellence in the battlefield is rewarded with an extensive range of pins, insignias and stars to unlock along with 50 dedicated ranks to achieve.

Variety also extends into the range of customizable kits weapons and vehicles available. With 4 distinct character classes, and weapons, gadgets and specializations players have over 15000 kit variations to discover and master players will be able to fine-tune their preferred fighting style to give them the edge in combat.

All of these features combine to deliver spectacular and unpredictable action moments found nowhere else in a modern warfare experience.

The game also sees the return of the B Company squad in a more mature and intense single player experience where the stakes are higher than ever.
Game Features “


Classes, Weaponry, Gadgets and specializations (known from the beta and could change in the final version)


Assault Class
Weapons :
•   AEK971 is the standard russian assault rifle 
•   AN94 is an advanced russian assault rifle
•   AUG (Steyr AUG Armee Universal Gewehr—"universal army rifle") Austrian bullpup 5.56mm assault rifle.
•   F2000 (FN F2000) modular weapon system.
•   M16 the US military rifle.
•   M4 16 (Heckler & Koch HK416 ) is an upgraded version of the M4 and M16 assault rifles
•   XM8 is a developmental U.S. military designation and project name for a lightweight assault rifle.
Gadgets:
•   GL40mm, high explosive grenades fort he assault rifle’s underslung launcher.
•   SMK40mm, smoke grenades for the assault rifle’s underslung launcher.
•   SG40mm, shotgun rounds for the assault rifle’s underslung launcher.
•   AMM0-2, portable ammunition. Contains a limited amount of resupplies.
Specializations:
•   WSRD-33, increases aim speed and target acquisition at close range
•   WSRF-33, increases magnification for improved effectiveness at medium range.
•   WASR-33, custom grip and stick adjusted to the individual shooter. Increases the accurancy of your aimed shots.

Engineer Class:
Weapons:
•   9A91 compact assault rifle from russia. Gas operated, rotating bolt
•   SCAR FN SCAR Mark 16 / 17 Special Forces Combat Assault Rifle
•   XM8C compact carabine version of the XM8 rifle
•   AKS74 Gas operated, rotating bolt with 2 lugs
•   UZI (german MP2) submachine gun
•   PP2000 submachine gun from russia
•   UMP45 (universal Maschinenpistole, german universal submashine gun) developed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch
Gadgets:
•   PWR-500 allows fast repairs for vehicles on the front lines.
•   ATM-00, proximity triggered Anti-tank mine equipped with a friend or foe recognition system.
•   RPG7, common Russian man protable antitank launcher. Unguided unless the target is tagged.
•   M2CG, swedish multipurpose recoilless rifle. Limited effect against heavy armor. Highly effective versus personnel. Can lock on to tracer darts.
•   M136 swedidh optical guided antiarmor weapon. Cannot lock onto tracer darts.
Specializations:
•   WSRD-33, increases aim speed and target acquisition at close range
•   WSRF-33, increases magnification for improved effectiveness at medium range.
•   WSMG-33, increases accurancy of aimed fire.

Medic Class:
Weapons:
•   M249 standard US army light machinegun.
•   M60 legendary US machine gun
•   MG3 slightly modified german WW2 MG42 machine gun.
•   MG36 light machine gun version of the German army MG36 rifle.
•   PKM 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union
•   QJY 88 (type 88) general purpose machine gun from china
•   XM8 LMG SAW version of the XM8 rifle. Features a longer barrel, bipod and duel drum magazine.
Gadgets:
•   Life-33, portable healing station. Contains a limited amount of healing supplies.
•   Life-33B, additional advanced medical equipment to diagnose and heal injurie. Speeds the healing effect of your deployed medikits.
•   Life-33C, higher capacity medikit. Increased the healing range of your deployed midikits.
•   DEF-2, automated external defibrilator (AED). Use on healthy soldiers is inadvisable.
Specializations:
•   WSRD-33, increases aim speed and target acquisition at close range
•   WSRF-33, increases magnification for improved effectiveness at medium range.
•   WLMG-33, increases the accurancy of fire when aimed and stationary.
 

Recon Class:
Weapons:
•   GOL –Sniper rifle system from Germany, manually operated, bolt action rifle.
•   M24 U.S. Army M24 SWS is the military and police version of the Remington 700 rifle
•   M95 Barret Model M95 Bolt Action operation with 50 BMG (12.7 x 99mm) caliber for long range sniping
•   QBY 88 (QBU 88?) Type 88 sniper rifle from china.
•   SV98 bolt action sniper rifle from russia.
•   SVU / SVU-AS sniper rifle from russia is a bullpup version of the classic SVD design
•   VSS Vintorez silenced sniper rifle from USSR/Russia primary used by the Spetsnaz forces.
Gadgets:
•   MTN-55, portable sensor detects human biometric and vehicle acoustic emissions and displays their position on the minimap. Limited battery life and range.
•   WMTN-33, advanced targeting computer. Relays the position of enemies in your sight to your team automatically.
•   DTN-4, plaastic explosives that stick to most hard surfaces. Stable when carried but volatile when deployed. Detonnated by remote.
•   MRTR-5, line of sight radio targeting designator for 120 mortar bombs.
Specializations:
•   WSRF-33, increases magnification for improved effectiveness at medium range.
•   WZMM-33, 12x optical sight upgrade for sniper rifles. Increases your zoom power allowing greater accurancy at long range.
•   WSRD-33,  increases aim speed and target acquisition at close range

All Kits:

Weapons:
•   870MCS. Remington militaty shotgun version (MCS – Modular Combat Shotgun)
•   NS2000 NeoStead 2000 is a combat shotgun from South Afrika.
•   SPAS-12 Franchi SPAS-12 from Italy. Selective pump-action or gas-operated
•   SPAS-15 Franchi SPAS-15 from Italy. Selective semi-auto (Gas operated, rotating bolt) or manual pump action.
•   T194 TOZ-194 pump-action shotgun made in Russia
•   USAS12 (Daewoo, South Korea) gas operated semi-auto or selective fired shotgun
•   M9 Pistol United States military semi-automatic pistol
•   M1911 old United States armed forces semi-automatic pistol. Mainly used from 1911 to 1985.
•   MP443 MR-443 Grach. Double action russian standard military side arm.
•   MP412 Rex revolver from Russia, double action type with .357 Magnum Caliver.
•   TRCR-4 DICE invention to shoot trace darts.
•   M93R Beretta. Pistol equipped with a 3 shot burst mechanism.
•   M1A1 Very popular Thomsen submachine gun. The “Tommy Gun”.
•   S20K (Saiga 12) Semi-automatic shotgun, gas-operated from russia
Gadgets:
•   HG-2, fragmentation grenade with a large wound radius.
•   KNV-1, take your victims dog tags with the standard BC2 knife
 
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Specializations:
•   SSPRN-2, lighter load bearing equipment. Increases your sprint speed
•   SAMMO-2, Larger capacity hip pack for magazines. Doubles the total number of bullets carried.
•   SHGR-2, upgraded combat vest that carries more grenades. Doubles your 40mm and hand grenade load.
•   SARM-2, adds reinforced ceramic plating to your combat vest. Decreases damage taken in combat.
•   SBDMG-2, high quality maksman bullets. Manufactered to give greater accurancy at all ranges.
•   SXDMG-2, a more potent explosive blend. Increases the damage of soldier carried explosives.
•   SXAMM-2, additional leg pouches for explosives. Doubles the total number of explosives and rockets.
•   WSLG-33, Tungsten 12 gauge SABOT slug ammunition. Sacrifices raw power for increased range and accurancy.
•   VMTN-00, Upgraded sensores for all vehicles. Locates enemy units in direct proximity to the vehicle and displays them on your minimap.
•   VARM-00, an up-armor package mounted on all vehicles. Decreases the damage effect of all enemy warheads.
•   VDMG-00, hardened steel warheads and quick burn explosive compunds. Increases the damage effectiveness at all vehicle primary weapons.
•   WSHG-2, custom modified shotgun tubes and magazines. Effectively doubles shotgun clip capacity.
•   VRLD-00, improved vehicle ammunition rocks. Decreases the ammount of time needed to reload a vehicle’s primay weapons.
•   VSMK-00, 380 degree smoke field generated by 8 launchers. Provides a protective screen for the vehicle and nearby infantry.
•   VZMM-00, high power optical and digital sight package for the drier of armored vehicles. Aids target acquisition in long range engagements.
•   VALT-00, alternative weapon packages for armored vehicles and helicopter gunners. Expands the range of targets athe vehicle can succesfully engage and destroy.

video link

Vehicles
this is a confirmed list of vehicles through the Beta of BF:BC2
•   Light Vehicles:
CAVJ, COBR, QUAD, HUMV, VODN
•   Heavy Vehicles:
M3A3, BMD3, M1A2 T90R
•   Air:
AH64, MI28, AH 60, UAV1, NO JETS
•   Water:
JETS (wave runner), PBLB
•   Stationary:
X312 Machine gun, KORD .50 Cal, TOW2, KORN (Russian version of the TOW)

video link

Maps (mentioned in videos and interviews)

Multiplayer maps (3 maps out of 8 where not mentioned until now)
Arica Harbour, Atacama Dessert, Laguna Presa, Panama Canal, Port Valdez

Singleplayer Maps (2 maps mentioned)
Heart of Darkness, Port Valdes

BF:BC2 new stuff

Out of combat healing is new to the BF franchise. If injured, you don’t necessarily need a medic. Self regeneration while beeing “out of combat” is new to the game. But don’t panic the medic character won’t be useless. The self regeneration is something that will happen slowly and it’s not like in COD4 or similar games.

Harcore Mode

No crosshairs, no kill cam and realistic adapted weapon’s ballistic. For those who enjoyed playing realistic mods for BF2 like project reality this is going to be the right game modus.

Game features

•   8 hughe multiplayer maps
with different everioments wich allow different tactics and gameplay

Play with 32 players (PC) or 24 (consoles) online and experience the new BATTLEFIED.

•    ultimate online vehicle warfare
15 different vehicles on sea, air and land, each with a tactical advantage in the game.

•   intense single player
welcome back to the jungle or get up to the snow-torn mountains. An intense campaign follows the B company on his missions

•   all-new squad gameplay
team up with 3 other players and fight as a team to unlock special awards and achievments in 2 squad-specific game modes.

•   destruction 2.0
in 2 words: destroy everyting! The frostbite engine braught to a new level of massive destruction. There is no save place to hide.

•   `play it your way`
build up a character wich is suitable to your gaming style choosing from 4 character classes (assault, recoon, medic and engineer). More than 15000 kit variations are possible. Choose between 46 weapons, 15 gadgets and 13 character specializations.

•   awards and achievements
according to your combat peformance, accurancy and efficiency you will be rewarded with special awards such as pins, stars and insignias wich contribute to unlocking 50 ranks.

Direct X 9, 10 & 11 will be supported. The Frostbitte-Engine will bring you to a new level of  realistic combat graphics.

Extended gameplay. The PC version will support additional contol devices such as joysticks, NVDIA 3D Vison, Logitech LCD-Keyboards and VoIP-Support as well as several additional functions for the PC.

Buddy list. There will be a new list system wich will allow you to join fast their servers.

Dedicated server and clan support. The “Ranked Server Provider” programm will enable you to host your own server and to make your own settings to the server, password it or to give away reserved slots as well as to kick or ban players.

Litmited Edition

Pre purchasing the limited Edition will give you access to vehicle customizations and to two BF1943 Weapons.

customazations

•   Improved Vehicle Armor. For all vehicles. Reduces the effect of armour piercing ammuntion or explosives. Pretty self explanatory.
•   Supreme Vehicle Firepower. Additonal weapon mounts for the driver.
•   Vehicle Motion Sensor. Locate enemy units in proximity to the vehicle.
•   Tracer Dart Pistol. Attaches to any vehicle allowing squad members to track, lock on, and fire rockets onto moving targets even beyond line of sight.

BF 1943 weapons

•   M1A1 submachine gun
•   M1911 pistol

Linkt to EA http://badcompany2.ea.com/#/reserve-limited-edition

 

Hardware requirements


Minimum system requierments for BF:BC2 & BF 1943
CPU: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB
Video card : GeForce 7800 GT / ATI x1900
Video memory: 256 MB
OS: Windos XP/VISTA
Hard drive: 15 GB for digital version, 10GB for disc version
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c

Recommended system requirements
Processor: Any Quadcore Processor
Memory: 2 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Video Memory: 512 MB
OS: Windows Vista/7 
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
 

Media

Teaser trailer 1


Official E3 Multiplayer Trailer


Battlefield moments Panama Canal Gameplay Part II


Battlefield moments episode 2

« Last Edit: Jan 24 2010, 16:04 by Martillito »
reply - Jan 25 2010, 22:10
Game looks really good, be a pleasure to constantly die in this one  :D

Question is if I pre order how do I play the beta? Will steam preload or is it a separate download?

I hope it makes MW2 fall into a black hole  ;D
reply - Jan 26 2010, 02:02
pre-order = participating in the beta. I dunno if Steam will do it or not, though.

Just found this video of the Squad Rush gamemode (I haven't even watched it yet).

« Last Edit: Jan 26 2010, 02:02 by Trotter »
reply - Jan 26 2010, 11:11
2 clips were removed from YouTube for violation...
reply - Jan 26 2010, 13:01
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Mascot

Illegitimi Non Carborundum

Some more singleplayer  8)

reply - Jan 26 2010, 23:11
Found this at EA BBC2 website,

BFBC2 PC Beta on Steam

The Beta will appear in your "My Games" tab in your Steam client to all Steam pre-orders for day one access to the Beta.



 

reply - Jan 27 2010, 04:04
A couple on Gamespot.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 On Location: Single-Player
If you can't view due to location here a link for downloading it:
Link


A lot of good info about the PC version in this one:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Patrick Bach Interview
If you can't view due to location here a link for downloading it:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 On Location: Single-Player
If you can't view due to location here a link for downloading it:
Link


A lot of good info about the PC version in this one:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Patrick Bach Interview
If you can't view due to location here a link for downloading it:
reply - Jan 28 2010, 03:03
As mascot predicted........yea I got my preorder... ;D

Guess what we will be trying out this week end eh?

Oh and how about making me an avatar like your yours mascot but with a canadian flag   ;)

Talking about Avatar, the movie was pretty cool, never seen 3D before at the movies.

Goodnight all.

« Last Edit: Jan 28 2010, 03:03 by zippythezip »
reply - Jan 28 2010, 22:10
Jesus I was so hyped to get this bloody game going......hurray its downloaded....logged in .........press join game........CTD.....fuck!!
Try agian....ctd..again...ctd..again....ctd......blowing steam now....try join game.......wait ....wait.....you have lost server connection.......ctd...FUCK!!

Yea ross i should wait to see if the friggin game runs first....check the steam forums and EA and IT DONT WORK........be cancelling my pre order soon!!! :o
reply - Jan 29 2010, 02:02
well i finally get in game, wow its the ugliest map you can find, a bloody snow map. You cant tell from this if the game maps are good or not. Then I cant control my man for more than a min or so and then he's off doing his own thing. Guys in game tell me its a bug, so mean while you suddenly fall off cliffs into the sea or get up and walk into enemy fire. There is no "lean" or "prone" nice move eh?
Sounds are very good, and that is about all I like so far. Some neat things are the buildings getting blow to bits. To control my man I sometimes lean against a wall to stop him form doing a suicide run, then the wall gets blow away and you are naked in the open, well not for long as my man then goes for a polar bear dip in the sea and drowns. This for me could be my last FPS, I am really pissed with this game, yea its a beta but holy shit did they test anything/ I mean its a month to release day!!
I would tell anyone to wait untill the game is well tested, and from this crappy map you aint missin anything great.
Least for me I can cancel my preorder.

Not a happy camper on day one. I would give this game 1/10  >:(
« Last Edit: Jan 29 2010, 02:02 by zippythezip »
reply - Jan 29 2010, 14:02
CRASH CRASH CRASH.... 
reply - Jan 29 2010, 22:10
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A new BFBC2 PC Beta client is on its way.
Don't worry it is a new painless process and will not be a massive 1.4Gb download again.
Watch this space for information on fixes and how to go about getting the RC2 Client.

The RC2 contains the following fixes:

Front end:
Fixes server browser crashes. Server browser more resilient against corrupt online service data, and better support for large number of servers.
Several server browser ping issues resolved.

Windows XP stability:
Fixed crash on windows XP at end of round, exit game and display mode changes and.
Proper window style / mouse confinement when starting game maximized on XP .

Options dialog:
Mouse sensitivity setting gives more effect.
Mouse sensitivity loaded on game startup.

The update to RC2 will be 8.4Mb

When you next start BFBC2 you should get this message (Steam users can update through Steam). If you have trouble updating by running the game itself go to \Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield Bad Company 2 - BETA and run BFBC2BetaUpdater.exe as Administrator.
Source
reply - Jan 30 2010, 11:11
Day 2,
Wow you can get in game, so it goes like this.
press play now ,as the server browser dont work,
spawn, run 20 meters to cover, but you attached to a giant ruber band and get pulled back to where to where you came from. Die from sniper shot.
Repeat 10 more times till you figure to spawn on squad member, repeat above only in different place. Try different log ins but get same result. go to bed shaking head.
Day 3
Update to game and server browser is working. Try game in USA gotta be  better than China or Russia where the the other poor connections I was gaetting must be from....right?.........wrong!!!
No change here, lagg is still bad, run for cover and then you find you were knifed by some guy you never saw. Try to stay in cover and the lag keeps pulling you back till snipers shoot you.
I did keep trying and foun a couple of servers with minor lag and settled down to try the game.
map graphics are horrid, you will have to play with these to get half decent looking.
Half the players are snipers, this annoys me no end. Why squad up when the other 3 members are snipers?
 to make it harder for snipers EA have made the pc version scope blurry, it dont affect them one bit. Game should be like Red Orchestra where there are only say 2 snipers in the army pool at start.
Four wheelers are in game and its like watching my boys play ATV racing on xbox, you mean there is a war on....zoommmmmm!!
I fail to see how team work will work in this game, this game just out and out sucks and blows at the same time. This is not the MW2 game killer I was hoping to see. Shame they could not remake BF2 with the same graphic engine, now that would be awsome!! ;)
« Last Edit: Jan 30 2010, 11:11 by zippythezip »
reply - Jan 30 2010, 12:12
Zippy I pissed myself laughing at your post!  That is hilarious but so right.   
reply - Jan 30 2010, 17:05
Day 4,
Well i am looking at steam to see how to cancell pre order, Marti comes on game and its more fun. Well more fun with marti as the game still stinks more than my old work socks.
So I am still having the same old problems see a guy 40 meters away then in a sec he next to me and I die of a knife wound. Or I see a guy next me and empty a clip in to him from my FN200 and he strolls over pulls out a pistol and shoots me.
Its a good job this is a digital download as I would have shot and pissed on the disc by now. It makes me feel like one of those cartoon guys blowing steam.
I keep saying thats it, no more of this crap, then like the tard I am I return for more abuse, i should just stay in the open and pull down my pants and let the whole go damn army have my ass!!!
This game in its present state is CRAP!!!, I friggin hate it!!!
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