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Mike Bantick
Saturday, 13 March 2010 17:28
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 retains and builds upon the tongue-in-cheek destructive action of the original. In spite of the themes, it is difficult to not play through a session of this action game without an accompanying cheesy grin.
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
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Developer |
DICE |
| Publisher |
EA | |
| Rating |
MA 15+ |
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| PC, Xbox 360, Reviewed on PS3 | ||
The game is pretty much a beefing up of everything you found in the original, and for newcomers expect a cigar-chomping ‘Arnie’ movie brought to interactive life.
The single player campaign will initially surprise veterans of the franchise by opening with a serious raid by WWII commando’s on a secret Japanese research base in the South Pacific. Soon however we are back in an alternate reality modern setting with Company B well and truly in the thick of the action in trouble spots around the world.
The landscapes range from the snow driven, to sand blasted and lushly vegetated, all showing off a pretty snazzy talent that DICE has developed for weather and natural effects. There is something slightly weird about the shadow effects which, on the PS3 at least, come across somewhat chalky. Other than that minor gripe, the presentation visually is not at all bad.
Audio is a further step-up in quality, with every pop of foliage, crunch of snow under boot and of course vehicle and weapon effects masterfully reproduced.
Then of course there is the destructibility of buildings and other landscape features that trademarked the original game.
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