Battlefield Bad Company PS3

Battlefield Bad Company PS3

Navneet Prakash, Jul 01, 2008 1427 hrs IST

Battlefield Bad Company is a great buy for all PS3 owners. Read on to know more.

A good single-player campaign, blowing up everything is amazing, an amusing twist to the war genre, great graphics and sound, online Gold Rush is addictive.

No co-op play, and no death penalty makes game too easy.

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Gameplay

The FPS genre isn't the easiest to innovate, especially in a war game. In BF:BC, a truly unique factor is the frostbite engine. The developers claim that you can destroy 90% of the environment, which is true (believe me, I've tried). The really cool thing is that the enemies can no longer use any solid cover, as you can put a dent in almost anything. The enemy goes inside a farmhouse to take cover, you launch a grenade, and boom - the enemy is out in the open again. You can destroy concrete structures, towers, almost anything. This is truly liberating as it gives you unique sense of freedom, true to the BF franchise.



As I mentioned before, this is a console game and has been built along those principles. You have a life-injector that does exactly what its name suggests - inject life into you when your health is poor. The strange thing is that the life injector refills fast, so you don't really need to worry about your health. Add to this, the reasonably easy re-spawn option that helps you re-spawn without any penalty to the last checkpoint, and the game seems a little too easy for experienced gamers. This may, of course, help the game reach a wider audience. The level design in the single-player is good with some very good scenarios and missions. Your squad really provides some great cover, and besides, their witty dialogue is reason enough to smile. The gun combat hasn't changed much, see enemy - fire, see another enemy - fire again. The destructible environment adds some more adventure to it, as you are never sure which wall will collapse and expose you to the enemy. The enemy AI is pretty strong and makes your job really difficult. I remember this one scenario when I was being chased by a tank that kept blowing up all my covers. By the time I finally got rid of the tank, it had turned the entire area into rubble. There are plenty vehicles in the game including Humvees, APCs, tanks and much more. The vehicular combat is similar to previous games in the series. There is no doubt that the game creates a full blown war, virtually. The constant explosions, the sound of the concrete structures crashing, the bullets riddling holes in your APC - all make this game a brilliant experience.



Multi-player Mode

At the moment, there's only one multi-player mode called Gold Rush, although a second mode is expected soon as a free download. The multi-player mode is the true highlight of the game, as it's fast, simple and action-packed. The multiplayer mode has two teams called Attackers and Defenders. Every map has a limited number of Gold Crates. The attackers' objective is to destroy the crates, while the defenders have to defend it. The game mode may seem rather simple, but it delivers hours of intense multi-player action. Having said that, it's not just shoot-run-shoot, and there's some level of strategy involved in the game. Attackers die more often than defenders, so they have been provided with more reinforcements. The more crates they destroy, the more reinforcements they get. On the other hand, the defenders have a happy time killing all the attackers and depleting their reinforcement pool. If you think the game is favorable to the defenders, you are wrong. The defenders have a very small area to take cover, and are exposed as the attackers keep destroying these covers. The attackers can destroy the crates by either shooting or placing a special charge on them. It's never easy to reach the crates as defenders wait for your every move. Every time you destroy a gold crate, a new area on the map is accessible and the fight shifts to that area. The absence of co-op play surprised me, as this is the perfect game to have some cool co-op.



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hi friend

by selvam, channei, on Aug 01, 2008 10:23 AM, Report abuse   Reply

This is best to play

by mann, panvel, on Jul 28, 2008 12:17 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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by 111111111111, 222222222222, on Jul 22, 2008 09:18 PM, Report abuse   Reply

good game

by bikash, kathmandu, on Jul 19, 2008 11:54 PM, Report abuse   Reply

game

by abhishek, maharashtra, on Jul 19, 2008 12:09 PM, Report abuse   Reply

the game is super but some give a sound effect for surround

by moideen, india, on Jul 14, 2008 04:27 PM, Report abuse   Reply

The sad thing about this game is that they have focued on single player mostly and almost ignored the multiplayer mode. Battlefield series is mainly multiplayer only...

by montylee, delhi, on Jul 07, 2008 09:22 AM, Report abuse   Reply

i like to play games

by ranjit, mumbai, on Jul 05, 2008 11:28 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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by kleven, botafogo, on Jul 02, 2008 03:37 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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