Product Description

(Region free, Full English language, will play on any PS3 console system)

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 flavoured 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 series legendary multiplayer sandbox gameplay 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 series trademark multiplayer gameplay, supporting 24 players online.

• Cinematic single-player experience: A deep campaign loaded with attitude follows a wayward band of ordinary soldiers who risk it all on a quest for personal gain.
• War, your way: Battlefield: Bad Company environments are 90 percent destructible, meaning that any structure can be demolished down to its foundation. Gamers can shape the battlefield to match their play style - the possibilities are literally endless.
• New vehicles, weapons and toys: Land, air or sea, dozens of new tools are waiting for explosive experimentation. Battlefield: Bad Company gives gamers the building blocks to get creative and usher in a new era of their own

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2181 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2008-06-27
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Original language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

Manufacturer's Description

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

Older gamer review
OK, I am 34, so probably older than a lot of people playing this game, though surely not the oldest!

First off, I do not have time to sit down and play a game for hours on end. I have maybe a couple of hours during the week and maybe a few hours at the weekend if I'm lucky.

On that basis, I have to say Bad Company is an ideal game. It is great fun, the individual missions are nicely broken up with automatic saves at key points, it has fast load times, the humour actually works, the graphics are very good (although some screen tearing does spoil it) and the sound, the sound is amazing.

I have a surround sound hifi separates 5.1 system. Bad Company sounds AWESOME. When I let off a grenade inside a building, BOOM. I had the doors shaking the last time I played!

I don't think my neighbours like me anymore. They have not complained. It might be something to do with the extremely loud gunfire.

As I already mentioned the missions are nicely broken up with saves. I find this very important given my limited playtime available. More than that however I have never found it frustrating to die and then restart a particular bit. I actually look forward to going back in and blowing stuff up. This contrasts with GTA4 where I get really sick and tired of having to start a 40 minute mission all over again (and having to buy guns and flak jackets beforehand etc). Restarting a mission in GTA4 is a chore, restarting a mission in Bad Company is immediate and painless. Maybe not a fair comparison given the games are so different, but there it is.

I am very happy I made this impulse buy.

Blowing stuff up has never been so much fun
Pride will get you killed.

Never has a game demonstrated this concept more effectively than Battlefield: Bad Company. Some games are challenging in their difficulty, some are punishing, and some take genuine delight in making you suffer and die for your stupidity. Bad Company belongs firmly in the third category.

Oh yes, I was no stranger to the blurry red screen of death on this outing - something that came as quite a surprise to a man who romped his way through Call of Duty 4 with nary a backward glance. In some sections I died so often that the game ended up feeling sorry for me and actually completed the objective itself, as if my presence was nothing but an unwanted hindrance. Still, I stubbornly refused to reduce the difficulty setting, partly because it felt like conceding defeat, but mainly out of some misplaced faith in my own gaming prowess.

Yes, pride will get you killed.

Plot wise, Bad Company centres around a squad of US Army soldiers caught up in a war in some unspecified Eastern European country. Made up mostly of criminals and other below-par rejects, they are usually hurled straight into the most dangerous of situations to serve as cannon fodder. Along the way they chance upon a cache of gold bullion, and decide to abandon their duty in search of further loot.

I'm sure anyone who watched the movie Three Kings will be fairly familiar with this plot, and yet it's hard not to enjoy the exploits of these morally flexible soldiers and their often hapless efforts to win a life of fortune and happiness for themselves. These aren't upstanding officers with impeccable records, but selfish mercenaries who are only willing to fight for personal gain - in short, they're everything most gamers want to be.

Two of the big draws of Bad Company are the sprawling maps and the fully destructible environments. And despite some reservations, I must admit that both of these elements pretty much live up to the hype. Some maps are so large that they genuinely make you feel like you've got total freedom to roam at will - a stark contrast to COD4's linear and tightly constrained environments. Surprisingly, the graphics don't suffer much as a result - textures are detailed and varied, and some landscape views are impressive enough to evoke a wistful sigh and a single tear rolling gently down my cheek.

The ability to destroy scenery isn't just an amusing gimmick either, but a genuinely useful gameplay mechanic in some situations. Got a couple of troublesome bad guys holding out in a house? No problem - just blast a hole in one of the walls and storm in. Naturally the game provides ample opportunities to use this feature, and sometimes you can't help but feel it's nothing more than the programmers showing off. Still, who cares when you can systematically obliterate an entire oil refinery?

Combat is a slightly more frustrating experience, however. Those fresh from the pinpoint accuracy of Call of Duty 4 (i.e me) had best brace themselves for a shock, because using most weapons in this game is somewhat akin to trying to thread a needle when your hands have been replaced with bowling balls. Firing from the hip is a waste of time, and taking a few moments to aim usually results in you being scythed in half by a burst of machine gun fire. Enemies are able to put a bullet squarely between your eyes from half a mile away, while your indestructible AI buddies are little more than occasionally useful human shields, reluctant to advance without your reassuring presence.

Still, these flaws, while irritating at times, shouldn't detract from the fact that Bad Company is a genuinely enjoyable and imaginative game. It's the kind of game that actually makes you feel like you're part of a realistic world, the kind of game where you can revel in the sheer uninhibited joy of blowing stuff up for that sake of it, the kind of game other first person shooters should aspire to.

Buy it and enjoy it. But remember, pride will get you killed.

A unique experience
First let me point out that comparing this to COD4 is pointless, they may be both FPS but they both have different strengths. COD4 is more realistic and while Bad Company is also a war FPS its amazing but on a different level.

The story in BC is quite unique and humourous, by now you probably know what the story is about, 4 guys are in Bad Company, a group that is the cannon fodder for the enemy before the rest of the army goes in. During a mission they stumble upon a mercenary group and find gold. So basically it starts from there with many humourous conversations and situations that follow suite. Single player is excellent and never gets boring.

You start off in a location on the map, the maps are pretty big by the way, and you have objectives to complete until another portion of the map is available to you, the red section of the map are no go areas. Objectives may ask you to eliminate enemies or destroy something, the objectives follows this sequence most of the time but it never feels dull.

The graphics are pretty impressive and environments are expansive and detailed and almost everything is destructable, save some stone structures and building frames. Believe me causing massive destruction never gets boring. Explosions are also pretty impressive.

Weapons are very important in this game they sound awesome and each one feels different than one another although I felt some weapons I didn't use in singleplayer as the areas you fight in mostly require you to use long range weapons like light machine guns, assault rifles and sniper rifles, but each weapon can be put to use somewhere it would of been nice if you were able to equip to different weapon types but nevermind. You can only equip one weapon at a time, which isn't as bad as it sounds. Also with each weapon come equiped with either grenades or launchers or some other hand gun. You can also aquire devices such as C4, rocket launchers etc to aid you in destroying vehicles or objectives which is a nice touch. There are alot of weapons too and most of them can be used in multiplayer aswell and firing at nothing just to hear the sounds never seems to get boring lol.

Vehicles are another main feature of BC such as boats, helicopters, APCs and tanks although you could get by without them they do make life easier and the enemy are much tougher when they acquire them.

The emenies in BC are pretty intelligent and use cover etc. They can also fire at you from miles away almost always landing a hit and they rarely miss. Some people have gripes about this but to me it dosen't matter as it adds more of a challenge and your health syringe is unlimited anyways. Yes the syringe, the only health item you have which takes 20 seconds to refill so you can use it again. Makes it sound like a cheat but I kid you not with aenemies almost always lnding their shots on you the syringe is a neccessity.

I haven't played multiplayer much but it was quite exciting. Theres only one mode at the moment, Gold Rush, but theres another one coming i nthe next patch. Basically your either playing as Attackers (attacking the boes of gold) or the Defenders (guys who defend the gold hold back the Attackers advance). Theres 5 classes, each one having different types of weapons and devices aiding the team in someway such as healing your team or repairing vehicles etc. As in singleplayer players can cause destruction across the battlefield destroying buildings, potholes etx and vehicles. The maps are pretty big too.

I had doubts at first about but I was not disappointed, this game is a must have.