Didn't see a thread dedicated to the sequel, so here we go. Comes out for the 360, PS3, and PC in early 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1l1wY9PnI

Nice short video (with good framerate).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOc4jfKCWcY

Leaked footage of the killcam.


New game features:

- Customizable weapons loadouts including different sights and grenade launchers. Some weapons may be able to be used across classes?

- Killcam to indicate who killed you and where they were. (This idea I hate.)

- Frostbite 2 engine will allow for significantly more realistic terrain damage. Now cover can be chipped away and entire buildings can eventually be leveled.

- Only 4 classes: Assault, Engineer, Recon, and Medic.

- Assault class appears to be able to also carry a handgun. No info yet on whether or not other classes will also get a sidearm.

- Weapons are designed to do substantially more damage.

- Assault's health injector has been removed. All classes appear to be able to regenerate health over time. The Medic can dispense first aid kits and revive fallen players.

- Gold Rush mode is renamed to Rush. Same tactic of "sap the enemy's crate" applies, but this time around when the explosive charge goes off, it takes the whole building it's in down with it. Hilarity ensues if the enemy team sends in 4 guys to disarm the crate and the whole building collapses on them.

- Several new vehicles including transport helicopters and 4-wheelers. No flyable jets, though.

- The knife is no longer a hold-out weapon, as it's a one-button press attack which then switches back to whatever you were previously holding.

- GameStop is already taking preorders, and they will include instant unlocks for weapons. Only the AKS-74U has been confirmed so far.

- Rumor is that BF1943 weapons will make an appearance in BC2...?

7/23/2009 3:41:37 PM

not excited about the kill cam or health regeneration

7/23/2009 4:15:25 PM

but looks like the revive will be back on the medic

7/23/2009 4:31:56 PM

I'm excited about the transport helicopters. Miss that from the days of BF2 and BF:Vietnam

7/23/2009 4:33:40 PM

i miss the giant transport plane on one of the BF games or mod. i dont know if it is bad i have played so many BFs that i can't remember what cool thing goes to which game. the only BF game i did not get into big time was 2142, they got a bit too complicated for a FPS.

but this version of BF looks fairly solid, not sure if it is worth another $60 if i already had bad company 1, more destructable buildings -meh- gun mods -meh- larger levels -meh- squad stuff -might be worth something-. seems to try to take some of call of duty's audience with the gun mods.

7/23/2009 5:39:19 PM

Yeah, I definitely think DICE is trying to tap into the COD market with some of these new changes.

7/23/2009 10:35:07 PM

I'm excited that this will be available on PC

I have a PS3 but I prefer FPS on the PC.

7/24/2009 7:34:09 AM

I've also read that the ammo cans are going to be removed entirely, and ammo will be replenished by throwable kits. I don't know which class is supposed to carry this, though? If it's Engineer, that could be severely broken if they can carry both the rocket launcher and the means to continuously reload it.

7/24/2009 4:31:14 PM

^in BF:2 i thought it was the heavy machine gunner that carried it around...

7/24/2009 4:50:23 PM

i remember that was badass that the heavy machine gunner had the ammo. now that i think about it BF2 probably had the best class set up too bad imo Bad Company had the best environment(destructible) and gameplay setup.

7/24/2009 4:58:11 PM

I didn't like the way BF:BC Played, the movement and aiming was very distant after playing over 9000 hours of COD4. BF2 was better and BF1942 was great as far as controls. I hope they do more to improve that aspect.

Also i hated how you died almost instantly.

7/24/2009 5:16:00 PM

never played bf: bc, but bf2 was the best. i still prefer the bf series over the cod. no contest imo.

and i'm glad they're letting medics revive again. it made the squad dynamics so much more fun trying to assemble a certain number of players of all the essential classes.

bf2 is actually my favorite game of all time. i spent countless hours with friends over teamspeak or ventrilo pwnin nubs into the wee hours of the morning.

7/24/2009 5:39:26 PM

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"in BF:2 i thought it was the heavy machine gunner that carried it around..."

Yeah, Support class had it in BF2. However, there's no dedicated Support class in Bad Company 2. The only thing I can figure is that with the kit loadout specialization options, either Assault or Engineer will be able to carry the LMG's and ammo packs. I just can't see Recon or Medic getting to carry it. I'm kinda thinking that loadouts will be a lot like BF2142 in that there are 2 trees for each class, and you can pick and choose a single element from each tier of each tree. At least I hope it works that way - I loved the BF2142 loadout options better than any other Battlefield game thus far.

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"I didn't like the way BF:BC Played, the movement and aiming was very distant after playing over 9000 hours of COD4."

There's no question that COD has the tighter and more responsive control scheme. One of the things that DICE is aiming to do with Bad Company 2 is to make the pace of the game quicker. It seems like some of the best elements of COD (weapon customization, game pace) are making their way into BC2.

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"Also i hated how you died almost instantly."

I dunno about this. One of the biggest complaints about BC is exactly how hard it is to kill somebody. It makes no sense to me when an assault rifle has a 50 round magazine, and you wind up having to pour 2/3 of that into someone to bring them down once.

I absolutely loved COD4 and I look forward to the next one, but I will always enjoy Battlefield games more because of the vehicles and the larger maps. I'd rather have a slower pace so long as you get a HUGE expanse of land in which to fight.

7/24/2009 10:08:21 PM

No got stuck behind with no vehicles then when you finally walked halfway across the map some support class would kill you with 2 rounds. I mean it was easy as shit to kill people as well, but how could you complain about that

7/25/2009 3:28:46 AM

Ah yeah, that. Some maps (Harvest Day especially) are horrible offenders for having to cover a huge amount of ground on foot when there are no vehicles left to jump into. Still, I guess it's good incentive to do everything you can to keep your squad alive at the front so you can continuously spawn on them.

7/25/2009 8:49:23 PM

i liked in bf2142 before they fixed the launch pods, where you could just launch from one flag to the next the entire game. lol.

7/26/2009 12:55:30 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsVhf5-8WCc

New footage from Tokyo Game Show. The more I see, the more I can't wait for March.

I wonder what the story will be with the jets? Troedsson mentions them but corrects himself during the interview. The A-10's can be seen in some of the earlier clips, and now I've seen Su-25's in new screenshots. Dunno if these will replace the Recon's JDAM.

9/24/2009 2:37:05 PM

damn this game looks pretty badass

9/24/2009 2:50:40 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRlBI6FgMOs

Exceptionally beautiful new footage here.

I also watched a clip recently where it was shown that helicopter co-pilots are able to toggle between missiles and repair while airborne.

10/2/2009 7:35:38 PM

omfg

I can't wait

Axelay: you on PS3 or Xbox 3060?

[Edited on October 2, 2009 at 7:40 PM. Reason : yo]

10/2/2009 7:40:15 PM

360. Silent Scope EX.

10/2/2009 10:09:45 PM

i hope they fixed the controls and dying in 1 shot, though i hope they keep killing people with 1 shot.

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[Edited on October 2, 2009 at 11:36 PM. Reason : ]

10/2/2009 11:36:16 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/battlefieldbadcompany2/video/6238356/battlefield-bad-company-2-limited-edition-trailer

Wow. I feel like I can already hear the complaining, especially after the controversy about unlockable weapons in the first one. This is on a completely different level.

10/30/2009 4:08:04 PM

holy shit that was awesome. I love the trace dart.

^generally the complainers are the ones who suck.

10/30/2009 4:17:47 PM

Battlefield 2 was one of the best games I have ever played.

This will be a must own period.

10/30/2009 6:30:10 PM

fanboys are the only people who buy limited editions for games that aren't consistently awesome ie cod series.

BF2142 sucked BF:V i thought was awesome but everyone else thought it sucked. Bad Company kinda sucked, 1943 sucks.

1942 and BF2 were the only good games in the franchise, that doesn't merit me buying a limited edition.

Limited editions should be restricted to good but not a lot of features even if they don't stack. Knowing EA all the unlockable shit be it rank or whatever will be half assed anyways, so they're just money grubbing. Whats next, you can't rank up online unless you get Limited Edition? Can't choose a server unless you get the Box set? Can't speak against the government unless you pay a bribe?


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10/31/2009 12:17:46 AM

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"consistently awesome ie cod series"

you must be on crack or making a funny. CoD got awesome with modern warfare. CoD 1 was ok but not nearly as good as BF1942 or even the medal of honor series.

Battlefield has a much better track record of 'awesome' then CoD

ok nvm i just read the rest of your post and you are obviously high.

[Edited on October 31, 2009 at 12:36 AM. Reason : .]

10/31/2009 12:35:25 AM

COD3 was the best of that series to me. The fact that gap between noob and good players was wide since you pretty much leveled up in the game, and it reset every game probably was the biggest asset of that game to me. Of course MW was great, and I am sure MW2 with be great as well, but BC is better to me, and I suspect BC2 will be better as well. I'll get MW2, but just as soon as BC2 hit the shelves I'm trading it in.

10/31/2009 1:36:07 AM

Just read that a demo for this is coming to the PS3 on November 19. Wish it was coming for 360 instead, but I guess we got that the first time around.

11/9/2009 2:10:58 PM

Sweet! Good thing I haven't sold my PS3 yet still getting it for Xbox though.

11/9/2009 2:23:36 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/battlefield-bc2-beta/?om_act=convert&om_clk=features&tag=features;img;1

Gamespot is giving away beta keys for PS3. I guess it's not a demo after all? Still, I'd love to be in on this.

11/17/2009 10:33:50 AM

it's a multiplayer beta test exclusively for the ps3. Beta keys are only available through a pre-order at Gamestop.

11/17/2009 10:36:33 AM

if you pre-order, can you cancel/return your preorder purchase?

11/17/2009 10:55:09 AM

^yup you only have to put $5 down to reserve and you can cancel it at anytime or put it towards another purchase.

11/17/2009 12:00:24 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2NpJHOLyj8

Absolutely epic.

12/1/2009 11:43:31 AM

Man when he hit the side of that building with the M203, it felt like I was watching a movie... I am really looking forward to this game, MW2 quality, with the classic BF teamwork aspect.

12/1/2009 1:11:18 PM

yeah this may replace MW2 in my xbox for quite a while. I loved the first one.

12/1/2009 1:25:49 PM

Hudson: "If you liked that, you're gonna love this."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T-X1eDrE88

So many new things in this video which I have not seen previously. I love that the killcam isn't a dead giveaway. I also did not know that there are vehicle ability unlocks, and that multiple people in a vehicle can combine their abilities. The visual cues for arming and disarming of objectives as well as the squad member display on the HUD is a big step forward to have better organized teams.

Oh yes, give me the BIG maps and vehicles. I am so excited.

12/1/2009 2:28:55 PM

More movies I've found recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui7X8EXeIjY
Some really interesting footage of the UAV. I haven't seen much talk about this, but it looks quite useful and fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7D9cp302yY
Absolutely love the HK416, and look forward to being able to use it whenever I like instead of having to wait to be on the US team.

March can't get here fast enough for me. I wish I could find an extensive list of all of the weapons, addons, kits, and specializations.

12/15/2009 2:35:00 PM

No party chat blocking. Yay.

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/12/09/battlefield-bad-company-2-wont-block-party-chat/

12/17/2009 1:54:56 PM

The game cant come soon enough.

1/3/2010 3:59:22 PM

^hopefully they don't ruin your stats whoring like MW2 did.

1/3/2010 5:45:36 PM

Quote :

"playing over 9000 hours of COD4"

1/3/2010 7:04:02 PM

^lol i was just gonna call bullshit on that. 9k hours is 375 days. the game has been out for less than 800 days. that would be 11+ hours a day playing every day since it was released

also...call of duty is fun, but the pacing sucks ass. there are no tactics for the most part. gimme a good bf game please!

also, BFV was the shit...liked it more than any other BF game till DICE nerfed the US sides to shit

1/3/2010 10:32:30 PM

Quote :

"also...call of duty is fun, but the pacing sucks ass. there are no tactics for the most part. gimme a good bf game please!"

Amen, amen, and amen.

1/3/2010 11:22:27 PM

Quote :

"also, BFV was the shit"

hell yea!

1/4/2010 10:45:06 AM

I'd say my favorite was 1942 with the DC Mod.

1/4/2010 10:53:23 AM

List of changes since the PS3 beta.

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.00.50.72/BFBC2BetaChangeLog.txt

Hopefully this means a demo is coming soon...

1/18/2010 9:58:24 PM

Bump for Blackdog.

1/28/2010 2:14:33 PM

Demo is out today btw on 360.

1/28/2010 3:35:35 PM