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Bad Company 2: If this were your job, you'd be a very rich man.

JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Games and Technology
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PC System Requirements! 
[B]Minimum Frostbite PC Specs[/B]
    * Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
    * Main memory: 2GB
    * Graphics card: GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900
    * Graphics memory: 256MB
    * OS: Windows XP
    * Free HDD space:
          o 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
          o 10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943) 

[B]Recommended Frostbite PC Specs[/B]
    * Processor: Quadcore
    * Main memory: 2GB
    * Graphics card: GeForce GTX 260
    * Graphics memory: 512MB
    * OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
    * Free HDD space:
          o 15GB for Digital Version, 10GB for Disc Version (BFBC2)
          o 10GB for Digital Version, 4GB for Disc Version (BF1943)

Game modes!
Single-player
There is single player! In a battlefield game! Weird, I know!

Squad Rush: 4v4
Each team has an M-COMM station. Kind of like CTF but the flags don't move.

Squad Death-Match: 4v4v4v4
Played on a smaller map, this is just a straight up team-dm with a single vehicle dropped in the centre to fight over. Get your mates, grab your guns and start shooting.

Conquest: 16v16 PC, 12v12 PS3/360
A Battlefield mainstay, this mode makes its return here. No major changes announced, and there've been hints at classic maps making reappearances as DLC.

Rush: 16v16 PC, 12v12 PS3/360
Players choose to join either the Attacking team or the Defending team, and spawn in their respective bases. Attackers try to set up demolition charges on a set of 2 M-COMM crates in the Defending team's base. For each Attacker killed, the team loses one life, or "ticket." If the Attacking team's tickets run out, game over. If they manage to detonate the M-COMM's, a new Defending team base opens up, and the process repeats itself until three bases have been destroyed and the Attackers win.

Kits! (New! More Concise! More informative!)
Assault
The basic offensive loadout. Main features are an ammo box that replenishes ammo when dropped, and a 40mm launcher that can be used for grenades, smoke grenades, or a slow-reloading shotgun attachment. Assault Rifles are the Assault's main primary weapon. Against vehicles, the Assault will generally not fare so well.

Medic
Similar to the Assault's ammo box, the medic gets a first aid kit. Once dropped, it will replenish health to everyone within a fairly tight radius. The medic also gets defib paddles, which can resurrect recently deceased teammates. These teammates, still caught in the limbo of the spawn timer, will be marked on your minimap (and on screen if HUD is enabled) by a little green or blue heart-rate monitor symbol. The medic's primary is the Light Machine Gun, making him great for infantry support. Against vehicles, though, he is worse off than the Assault.

Engineer
The engineer's specials are a welding tool that repairs friendly vehicles (and deals damage to enemies!), and the choice between RPG's or anti-tank mines. RPG's have the added benefit of being able to lock onto anything that has already been marked by the cross-kit unlock tracer dart pistol, while anti-tank mines will not harm friendly vehicles and stay deployed even after you die or switch kits. Engineer's primaries are Sub Machine Guns, generally pretty weak but also silenced and fairly accurate.

Recon
The recon's specials are a choice between remote-detonated C4 and the ability to call down a mortar strike on a target with which you have line-of-sight. They also gets the incredibly useful motion sensor thing, which spots all enemies within a decent radius for a limited time. The recon's primaries are sniper rifles. Also it can't be overstated how much proper hiding will help you in this: people will walk within 2 feet of you if you're in the right bush, the ghillie suit is your friend.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    This will be my first ever Battlefield game. I heard a lot of people liked the old ones on PC - 1942, Vietnam - but I never paid them much mind.

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ooh shiny!

    Also, it seems like PC version has been up for pirates for the last 2 days.

    Steaaaaaaaam!!

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  • SherlokSherlok Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This will be my first ever Battlefield game. I heard a lot of people liked the old ones on PC - 1942, Vietnam - but I never paid them much mind.

    You mean you've never gunned down VK to CCR's 'Fortunate Son'?

    I pity you.

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  • HyperAquaBlastHyperAquaBlast Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Reason I'm so excited cause the BC2 demo is one of the only demos I played where I treated as a whole game its self. The other two were the GTA1 demo and Halo PC demo.


    Although I didn't play the beta for over a 100 hours like some people arrrrrr

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  • DrunkMcDrunkMc Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Can't wait for this game. Is there still no way to make your own game. I kinda just want a way to practice piloting a chopper and set up a game with a small group of friends with our own rules (Helicopters only or some such).

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  • KnorreKnorre Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Sherlok wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This will be my first ever Battlefield game. I heard a lot of people liked the old ones on PC - 1942, Vietnam - but I never paid them much mind.

    You mean you've never gunned down VK to CCR's 'Fortunate Son'?

    I pity you.

    Wait... what?

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I saw BF2 for 6.99€ in stores two days ago.

    I saluted and shed a single tear.

    Then I dolphin dived away.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Klyka wrote: »
    I saw BF2 for 6.99€ in stores two days ago.

    I saluted and shed a single tear.

    Then I dolphin dived away.

    You live in the ocean?

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    You don't need no oceans to dolphin dive!

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Man.

    My memory is bad and needs to be RMA'd

    And I'm going to Montreal.

    So I will not be playing this game until next Sunday I guess.

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  • TrivialTrivial Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My buddy is buying this so I'ma check it out at his place before deciding whether to get it myself.

    Regarding hardcore mode, does a server simply set set it on or off, or how does it work? I'm assuming there will be hardcore-only servers out there.

    Trivial on
    - Triv
  • BlakoutBlakout Lordran's SpookylandRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Klyka wrote: »
    I saw BF2 for 6.99€ in stores two days ago.

    I saluted and shed a single tear.

    Then I dolphin dived away.

    A couple of my friends and I bought it from Amazon for $8 in anticipation for this. It's still really fun and I'm surprised how many people are still playing. 90% of them say fuck the objectives and just camp the jets it seems, but such is life.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Klyka wrote: »
    I saw BF2 for 6.99€ in stores two days ago.

    I saluted and shed a single tear.

    Then I dolphin dived away.

    You live in the ocean?

    My ocean is called BF2

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Blakout wrote: »
    Klyka wrote: »
    I saw BF2 for 6.99€ in stores two days ago.

    I saluted and shed a single tear.

    Then I dolphin dived away.

    A couple of my friends and I bought it from Amazon for $8 in anticipation for this. It's still really fun and I'm surprised how many people are still playing. 90% of them say fuck the objectives and just camp the jets it seems, but such is life.

    So really it hasn't changed much.

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  • NeuralFizzNeuralFizz Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    You're in for a treat young man.

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  • xWonderboyxxWonderboyx Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Super excited for this game. I didn't know it, but when I built my new pc a few weeks ago I was building it for this game. Quad core AHOY!

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited March 2010
    Ahaha. That 9-minute video in the OP is funny shit.

    Echo on
  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    awe yeah...... launch thread!

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  • SenshiSenshi BALLING OUT OF CONTROL WavefrontRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Sherlok wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This will be my first ever Battlefield game. I heard a lot of people liked the old ones on PC - 1942, Vietnam - but I never paid them much mind.

    You mean you've never gunned down VK to CCR's 'Fortunate Son'?

    I pity you.

    VC*

    IT AIN'T ME

    IT AIN'T ME

    I AIN'T NO FORTUNATE SO~ON NO NO NO

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This will be my first ever Battlefield game. I heard a lot of people liked the old ones on PC - 1942, Vietnam - but I never paid them much mind.

    Hey, me too

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  • TrivialTrivial Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Fuck, the more I read about and watch videos of this game, the more I want to buy it and play it nao. D:

    Trivial on
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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MAXIMUM HYPE

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Steam preloading yet?

    and is that vid right... you can only talk to your squad?

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    Steam preloading yet?

    and is that vid right... you can only talk to your squad?

    Yeah, you can type to the entire team and/or other team through chat though.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    acidlacedpenguin wrote: »
    MAXIMUM HYPE

    fixed for Germans

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  • NeuralFizzNeuralFizz Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I was planning on watching that live feed today to hold me off...but it's been down for a while. :(
    Pfft, that guy thinks he needs sleep or something.

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  • wonderpugwonderpug Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    Steam preloading yet?

    and is that vid right... you can only talk to your squad?

    Yeah, that's how it was in the first Bad Company. I guess the thinking is that if the whole team is talking at once it gets confusing.

    I don't mind the squad-only chat all that much; I just wish they'd make it so custom squads can go higher than 4 people so that if 5 friends are trying to play together they don't have to have an odd man out.

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  • RancedRanced Default Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Can't people on PC get in Vent and XBL players use party chat to get around it?

    Ranced on
  • WarcryWarcry I'm getting my shit pushed in here! AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Jaunty wrote: »
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    This will be my first ever Battlefield game. I heard a lot of people liked the old ones on PC - 1942, Vietnam - but I never paid them much mind.

    Hey, me too

    I've never played a BF game online. I used to LAN 1942 and Vietnam with my bro and my dad, but that was it.

    Warcry on
  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Man I've played every single Battlefield game ever made. I still remember the original BF1942 demo wouldn't work on my computer because I didn't have the correct graphics card. I bought a new graphics card. It was a TNT2 or something.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ranced wrote: »
    Can't people on PC get in Vent and XBL players use party chat to get around it?

    yeah that's pretty much what's gonna happen.

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  • TrivialTrivial Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    timspork's ghost wrote: »
    Man I've played every single Battlefield game ever made. I still remember the original BF1942 demo wouldn't work on my computer because I didn't have the correct graphics card. I bought a new graphics card. It was a TNT2 or something.

    BF42 was the shit. Lots of great competitive league play involved when I played.


    How does the BC2 squad thing work? I haven't played BC1 so I'm out of the loop.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ranced wrote: »
    Can't people on PC get in Vent and XBL players use party chat to get around it?

    Yes, although the party chat for XBL is still kind of pointless because, at least in the demo, you couldn't invite more than three other friends to play.

    Those reasons are why I ended up going for the PC version, not to mention the higher PA player count. I can play with more than three friends, and I can communicate to the whole team using the text chat. People didn't like that limit in the first Bad Company, it was a big complaint and Dice even gave mention to possibly addressing it in a patch, and then they went ahead and kept squad chat only for the sequel.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    timspork's ghost wrote: »
    Man I've played every single Battlefield game ever made. I still remember the original BF1942 demo wouldn't work on my computer because I didn't have the correct graphics card. I bought a new graphics card. It was a TNT2 or something.

    <3 I loved the shit out of that card. All playin' Counter-Strike and HL and Shogo. I think I retired it right around BF1942 and/or Black and White.

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dashui wrote: »
    People didn't like that limit in the first Bad Company, it was a big complaint and Dice even gave mention to possibly addressing it in a patch, and then they went ahead and kept squad chat only for the sequel.

    I can see that, but at the same time I'm not sure it would work too well on the 360/PS3 end. Good arguments for both, really.

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  • X5X5 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    At work right now,

    Can anyone confirm if steam can pre-download the client currently?

    Checked before work and was a no go.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited March 2010
    How do unlocks and ranks and stuff work? Tried the official site, but it's amazingly bland and marketingesque and noninformative.

    Echo on
  • CaedereCaedere S'no regrets BIRDIESRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I don't think I can preload - also, Steam gives me issues when I try to view the pre-order forums for the game. Gah.

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  • Foolish ChaosFoolish Chaos Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Echo wrote: »
    How do unlocks and ranks and stuff work? Tried the official site, but it's amazingly bland and marketingesque and noninformative.

    You have a general level which unlocks stuff for all of your classes (shotguns, extra ammo kits, etc), and then you have kit levels. If I was playing engineer I would be getting xp for both the general level and my engineer level.

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