Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #110 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2008-06-27
• Platform: Xbox 360

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Set in the near future, the Battlefield: Bad Company single-player campaign drops gamers into a dramatic Eurasian conflict. As part of a squad of four soldiers, players risk it all to go AWOL on a personal quest, fighting their own war within the war. Featuring a dramatic storyline flavored with attitude, Battlefield: Bad Company leads gamers far from the traditional frontlines on a wild ride with a group of renegade soldiers who decide that sometimes the gratitude of a nation just isn't enough.

The Battlefield: Bad Company cinematic single-player experience captures the freedom and intensity of the franchise's legendary multiplayer sandbox game play in a dynamic world where nearly everything is destructible. Gamers have total freedom to be daring and innovative, adapting to and tackling challenges in unexpected "Battlefield-style" ways. Create sniping positions by blowing out a piece of a wall or drive your tank straight through a small house. The ever-changing battlefield forces players, their teammates and enemies to react accordingly.

The game also features a full suite of the franchise's trademark multiplayer game play, supporting 24 players online.

Battlefield: Bad Company is the first game built from the ground up for next-generation consoles using DICE's bleeding-edge Frostbite game engine, delivering unrivaled graphics, effects and game play.

Customer Reviews

It's amazing but sometimes ...
First off, i love Battlefield games, ever since 1942, i loved them. And ever since i heard of this game, i knew it wasnt going to be a let down, and it wasnt. The graphics are brilliant, and the gameplay is incredible, with massive maps for you to explore, it is far better than COD4.
The destructible enviroments are a great touch to the game, allowing you to play how you want to play. If you want to attack the guys in the buliding by storming it and going in guns blazing, you can. If you want to however attack them by blowing a hole in the wall right infront of them and fire off a quick few shots, you can.
The mulitplayer is awesome, the unlock system for weapons is very good online. I played my first match and loved every second. It is a pity that one of the best weapons you can get you can only get by pre-ordering the game, a bit unfortunate for those who are still buying the game now.
The story is imaginative, 4 rogue army dudes, looking for a mercs gold, it's all good. There are around 6 or 7 missions which sometimes get quite long and on the hard difficuilty can take a very long time.

Now for the cons. I cnat think of many apart from 2. One is that your enemies must have incredibly good eyesight or they are incredibly tense, they see you if you are crouching in undergrowth, and you think your totally invisible. It can get quite annoying sometimes. The second mostly happens on the hard difficuilty. When i play, i die a few times (doesnt everyone ?) so when you die and you respawn you are back a few clicks away from where you were, 100% health, with the enemies you had already killed still dead. I dont know whever it's just me, but i feel that it sometimes it just takes the skill out of the game. A 4 year old could complete the story on hard eventually.

Overall it is a brilliant game, full with little extras like you have to find cold crates scattered all across all the maps in single player, and collect all the weapons in the single player mode too. This game is one of the best games i have ever played and it is definately a game i will keep playing :D

Great game, seriously recommended.
I got Bad Company having never played a battlefield game before, and not really knowing what to expect. However after playing a few hours I was having the most fun I have ever had online, and with an ok single player, I think this game is really worth the money.

First things first, this game is really for it's online mode and I wouldn't buy it for the single player. In the single player you play as a new recruit into bad company, a small millitary squad thrown into dangerous situations. The single player is definetly playable and the 90% destructible enviroments really add to the overall experience. Another nice touch is you really get to know your team, who provide humorous (if not sometimes unnecessary) comments. However in comparison with COD4 this title really doesn't stand as a single player. It's too easy (due to the respawn system), too short and lacks the style and atmosphere to be a rival to the daddy of modern FPS's. An enjoyable and nice addition, but not worth buying the game for.

The area where this game shines is online, and it has provided me with hours of mindless fun. There are now two modes, Gold Rush and the newly added Conquest mode. Each provide a rewarding gaming experience, however my favourite is conquest as it firmly pits team against team with the same objective. An important factor in this game is vehicles, which provides the game with more depth than COD4 online. There are jeeps, tanks, boats and helicopters to be taken advantage off, and all add something to the gameplay. However they are also nicely balanced out, jeeps are vunerable to general fire, tanks won't last against artillary strikes or a hit from an anti-tank missle, boats don't stand a chance against helicopters and helicopters can't fight the anti-air guns. It's just so fun to be running around and see a battle taking place at sea and in the air simultaneously. The destructible enviroments also really add something to the experience, it demands that you think differently about the way you take cover and when you run a tank through the side of a building, it really feels like you're in a tank. As you improve you move up the ranks, unlocking items and better guns. It's pretty easy to move up, and perhaps isn't as deep a ranking system as COD4, but it's still a nice touch. I've never had a problem getting into a game, nor have I suffered with any lag. The only negative thing I can think off is there seems to be very little talk between you and your teammates. Personally I can't think of anything worse than the game being ruined by over enthusiastic loud mouths who deem it necessary to report there every action in the game, but if you love chat, you won't find much here.

I can't recommend this game enough for the online experience, and the single player is a nice bonus. This game wants you to blow things up, and have fun whilst doing it. I'm happy to oblige.

controller problems
Been playing the game for a week now, really enjoyed the demo on the x box 360. Thought i would buy it on the ps3 quiter console and all that(my 360 sounds like an airplane taking off:)) should have bought it on the 360.........bloody ps3 controller is a nightmare the fire buttons are upside down in the heat of battle keep pressing the wrong buttons in vehicles for example keep going back instead of forwards, and there are no configurable control options very poor, they should scrap the dual shock awful aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr