The first feature I liked was the "shoot to spot" thing. No longer do you have to use a com rose to point out enemies; all you have to do is shoot them and they'll appear on your minimap.

However, after playing for two days I noticed something quite depressing. There was no real teamwork on multiplayer. You could sometimes coax your squad into spawning on you before you plant a charge on a gold crate, but otherwise you were pretty much on your own unless you stalked someone.

Speaking of the squads, in free multiplayer action you got a random squad. You could spawn on one living squad member, which alternates as they die. What this means is that you can have a sniper at your base who never dies, and have a completely wasted spawn point.

Much to my own disappointment, I started building a habit of not turning when I was being shot from behind. Compared to a mouse, I was almost always dead before I could do a 180 degree turn.

Single player was fun, but also really, really easy on normal mode. You could complete 90% of the single player campaign using nothing but a knife and auto-injector (100% health instantly). Enemy AI always took out a knife when you get close; and they don't one hit kill like you do.

All in all, Bad Company is a good game. It won't be replacing 2142 or any other FPS I have, but I won't let it gather dust either. Because it only has a single multiplayer game mode, I'll be treating it more as an expansion pack to play when I want something different.


My gamertag is Draem. Feel free to contact me, but be warned I still suck at BFBC.