Battlefield Bad Company

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Game Information
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Developed By: Electronic Arts, EA Digital Illusions CE
Genre: Shooter
Platform: Xbox, PS3
Age Restrictions: T, 16+

Synopsis:

You play as a soldier named "Preston Marlow". At the very start, you join up with a squad known as "B Company" which in turn is "Bad Company", which is a unit of troubled soldiers who are sent into every battle first to take out what they can, usually left to die. Each member is in B Company for something they did considered wrong in the military. Haggard blew up a munitions dump, you stole a chopper and went joyriding, and Sweetwater uploaded a virus onto the military's mainframe. Redford is there by choice. He wants to quit the military, and they agreed he could, if he did his time managing B Company. The story revolves around a war with the Russian Federation. It is a dispute over oil and fuel. Unlike other units, your unit is fighting to get gold. While in a battle, Haggard and Sweetwater find a body not similar to any other Russian soldiers. The body belongs to a mercenary group by the name of "Acta Non Verba" which in Latin, translates to "Actions Not Words". They find a bar of gold, and decide to split it, and search for more. During the search for gold, Haggard takes off after a gold truck, and invades a neutral country. The army then finds the squad at a cargo ship, and turns their back on them, acting as if they never existed, as to deny all liability for the neutral invasion. The group then goes to a small place to assist the president of the country they invaded, and end up leaving on his golden helicopter. They place him in exile, and continue their mission. Eventually, they come across an abandoned Middle East city that has not been finished being constructed. The unit finds the vast treasure of gold, but must take down the leaders chopper. They do so, and then they go back to the hanger where the gold is located, only to find the U.S. Army has gotten there and started to load up trucks with it. They ask B Company to assist in driving off with the convoy, to which they agree. When driving in the convoy, you see them pull off to a different road laughing, then the Battlefield theme plays, and the game is ended. Over all the games campaign is very fun, although some missions were not the best.

Multiplayer:

The multiplayer for the game had only one game mode that came with the initial release. Each game supported up to 24 people and the maps were very spacious. The original 8 maps include: Harvest Day, Over and Out, End of the Line, Ascension, Valley Run, Deconstruction, Oasis, and Final Ignition. The environment was almost completely destructible and most walls in buildings could be destroyed for easy access. The multiplayer only allowed for 25 ranks, all following the US Army ranks. Eventually the EA added the game mode conquest. This was a returning game mode from previous Battlefield games and from the Bad Company Beta. The multiplayer was overall very well planned and had a good base.

Single Player Rating:

The single player for this game had a good story and has a good set of missions. The game went away from the typical games of the time and appealed to a certain crowd. I would give the single player an 8/10.

Multiplayer Rating:

The multiplayer was very well designed and very entertaining. However, at times, the games would have too few people and with such large maps it was hard to find people. Overall, I give the multiplayer a 7/10

Graphics Rating:

The games graphics were very good for the time it was released. The characters were very crisp and the surroundings were very realistic. I give the graphics an 8.5/10

Overall Rating:

I give this game a 7.5/10 as the game was entertaining and was fun for long periods of time. If you were a fan of shooters, I would recommend this game, as it is very fun and entertaining.