By this time next week, I should be playing the Battlefield 3 beta on my PlayStation 3. My monthly bandwidth limit may come into play and stop me, but I won’t worry about that right now.
With the impending beta, I thought I’d take a look at Bad Company 2 and some of the issues it that I hope Battlefield 3 will solve. Some of these things have already been addressed, but I’m still going to highlight them.
Just a little over a year has passed since the launch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Where did the time go?
For me, 9 days worth of it was invested in the multiplayer — and it’s still counting! Needless to say, it’s my most played game of this console generation. I also have my doubts about ever topping it. Even with Battlefield 3.
So why am I continuing to play this game and how has that experience been? I decided to shed some light and answer those questions.
I thought Magicka looked pretty neat for a $10 game. I was planning to pick it up at a future date, but I may have to get it out of the way sooner rather than later because this Vietnam expansion looks fun.
I didn’t pick up Bad Company 2 Vietnam, but this looks like a cute and fun parody.
Magicka: Vietnam is slated for a summer 2011 release.
P.S – Here’s the BFBC2: Vietnam wallpaper.
We finally see some footage of the upcoming “real” map pack!
It looks glorious! Looking forward to these new maps which debuts tomorrow, December 1st, 2010!
DICE announced Bad Company 2 VIP Map Pack #7 featuring four new maps.
For realsies. Sorta. Depends on how you view it.
Map 1: Oasis
Origin: Battlefield: Bad Company multiplayer
Game modes: Rush, Conquest, Squad Rush, Squad DeathmatchMap 2: Harvest Day
Origin: Battlefield: Bad Company multiplayer
Game modes: Rush, Conquest, Squad Rush, Squad DeathmatchMap 3: Cold War
Origin: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 singleplayer
Game modes: Rush, Squad Rush, Squad DeathmatchMap 4: Heavy Metal
Origin: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 singleplayer
Game modes: Conquest, Squad Rush, Squad Deathmatch
As you can see, these are four new maps. They’re not rejiggered existing maps at all. They are, however, using existing assets and/or designs.
Three trailers caught my attention on my daily visit to GiantBomb.
First was the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Ultimate Cop trailer. It’s very pretty and I’m actually looking forward to it. I’m hoping it’s a GameStop Power Trade for November.
My PlayStation 3′s 19 blade fan arrived today and I installed without any trouble. I started up the system and it sounds noticeably quieter during idle. I tried running Folding@Home for 30 minutes or so and it remained quiet. I’ll put it through its paces when I get my hands on Castlevania: Lords of Shadow which my bro is currently playing through. Or maybe I’ll play some Bad Company 2 multiplayer.
Who am I kidding? I’ll be playing Civilization V.
Which is one reason why I haven’t been playing around with the Windows Home Server v2 Vail beta I installed on the Shuttle ST20G5 finally! So far it’s been a cinch to connect and administer, but I have yet to try any backups or media streaming. Perhaps I’ll have more time during this upcoming long weekend.