Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was released on the 5th March, so is it any good?

In short – yes, it’s great fun to play, however there are a lot (and I mean a lot) of niggly little bugs in it which spoil the fantastic gameplay. Things which annoy me the most:

  • Certain unlocks not showing in the kit menu – eg. medic kit and ammo kit not being selectable (although they are there in game to be used thankfully).
  • “Spotting” people is a nightmare and very inconsistent. You can be looking at someone perfectly and it won’t register, yet you can spam the button nowhere in particular and spot people!
  • The server browser is one of the poorest I’ve ever used. This isn’t a new thing, many games have them, yet this lacks the most basic of features.

All of these things are quite trivial really in the overall game. Compared to Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142, this game has the balance of infantry to vehicles almost perfect apart from there being a lack of anti-air support. The audio is fantastic and it looks like this could finally be the follow on to Battlefield 2, which has been a long time coming.