Battlefield: Bad Company
A little reminder of the stoy before the release in september of:
BATTLEFIELD: Bad Company 2
Bad Company puts you in a war between the United States and the Russian Federation, where you will lead a squad of soldiers fighting Russians, MEC (Middle East Coalition) troops and Legionnaire mercenaries. Your four-man squad of military misfits fighting this fictional war in the near-future are part of “B” Company of the 222nd Army battalion, more commonly known as “Bad Company”. Insubordinate troublemakers often sent before Special Forces because they were deemed “expendable”.
After the player character, Preston, arrives, he meets and then embarks on his first mission with his new squad. After securing a strip of land after surviving an ambush, and being attacked with artillery, Sweetwater stumbles upon the body of a mercenary from the group called the “Legionnaires”; whose leader is The Legionnaire, a ruthless mercenary commander. Their motto is the Latin phrase “Acta Non Verba”, or “Action, Not Words”. The Legionnaires are possibly the deadliest army in the world, according to Sweetwater, and also mentions how each is reportedly paid in solid gold bars. Haggard excitedly searches the dead body “for a pulse” and takes a small gold bar from the dead body’s pockets. Curiosity draws them from their second mission when they spot more Legionnaires loading a supply truck discovered to be filled with gold. The truck ends up driving past the border into the fictional Eastern Europe country called Serdaristan. As Serdaristan is neutral in the conflict between America and Russia, the squad is unable to pursue the trucks any further. Haggard, however, loses control of himself with the promise of gold and excitedly runs away from his shocked squad after the trucks while yelling and firing his shotgun into the air and single-handedly invades a neutral country.
The squad pursues Haggard to prevent him from causing further damage. When they get a hold of Haggard, Mike-One-Juliet (the mission coordinator, a.k.a. Miss July) calls Redford and reprimands him for their actions. Redford would be subject to a court martial for Haggard’s offense, as well as raising his years of service. Seeing as they have no other choice but to run, they pursue the gold even further. They reach a harbor and find a ship that is loaded with gold. However, the U.S. Army catches them and forces them to surrender before reaching the ship. However, a deal is made that the squad will have their charges dropped if they investigate Serdaristan, since the squad is officially AWOL, removing U.S. Army liability. The squad’s new orders are to capture the dictator of Serdaristan, Zavomir Serdar, by advancing to his palace. Serdaristan is soon officially considered “not neutral” after shooting down an American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. They advance to the dictator’s palace, to find the dictator locked in his room playing golf who tells them that the Legionnaires had invaded in order to pay for their bill. As they attempt to escape, they are informed that they cannot be evacuated and must find a way out on their own. The squad escapes with Serdar on his golden Mil Mi-24 helicopter.
After a long flight through Serdaristan, the squad is shot down by a Ka-52 and crashes in Russia. Preston wakes up alone and, with the help of Mike-One-Juliet’s directions, Preston finds his squad at the top of a mountain monastery. Preston finds out that the squad managed to escape just as he enters, and they save Sedar from execution by the Legionnaires. Escaping in a boat, they leave Sedar on a small, isolated island after Sedar pleads for exile. The squad arrives in Sadiz, an unfinished city somewhere on the Caspian Sea. On the beach, the squad spots the ship they saw earlier in Sedaristan. The squad advances past resistance and learn that the U.S. Army is also mounting an offensive there and fear competition for the gold.
After slowing down the U.S. Army, they reach a gold-filled garage but are attacked by the Legionnaire in his personal Ka-52. Preston shoots down The Legionnaire and the squad returns to the gold, only to find the U.S. Army loading the gold into trucks. Presuming defeat, they start leaving but are spotted by the commanding American officer, and Preston convinces the officer that they are army operatives and the officer orders them to take the one truck “filled with scrap metal” and join the convoy. The squad obliges, and leaves the convoy soon after.
The game soon cross fades and shows the wreckage of the Ka-52. The Legionnaire leader rises from the burning wreckage with a vengeful expression, seemingly unhurt.
Destructible environments
The Frostbite game engine allows 92% of the environment to be destroyed,[ including wall buildings (not floor & structure), vegetation (including trees, grass, and bushes), vehicles, other players and the ground itself (crater 1 level only where infantry can prone). For gameplay purposes, the frames of some buildings and objects remain indestructible to prevent total destruction of key points and to prevent the map from being completely flat. Additionally, the game features dynamic lighting to correlate with the changing environment.
Classes
In a move similar to Battlefield 2142, the number of soldier classes is lowered, resulting in a combination of the classic soldier classes. The classes in the game are Assault, Demolition, Recon, Specialist, and Support. Each class wields a main weapon of choice (maximum of five choosable guns per class), three secondary weapons/gadgets, and a knife for quick kills. With a knife one can rank up faster than with any other weapon, since one receives both the standard points for a kill as well as the slain player’s dogtags (which grant a hefty point bonus, depending on their level).
Vehicles
Battlefield: Bad Company has an assortment of military vehicles from each of the game’s three factions that can be used by the player. Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored cars, attack helicopters, patrol boats, and golf carts are all available in the game’s single player and multiplayer modes. Unlike some previous versions in the Battlefield series, fixed wing aircraft are not available in this game.
