- QBU88 Sniper Rifle: Pre-order the game online or at any participating retailer. So far we know Gamestop and Amazon are part of this deal.
- UZI Submachine Gun: Download and play the demo
- M60 Light Machine Gun: Sign up for the Battlefield newsletter
- F2000 Assault Rifle: Register your Battlefield soldier name
- USAS12 Shotgun: Check your Bad Company stats online at launch.
How to get the five Battlefield Bad Company DLC weapons
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"How do we not charge these cry-babies so we don't look like douchebags?"
"I've got it! Make them spend money on pre-orders ... download the demo ... visit our website to boost our traffic and ad revenue ... you know, RANDOM MARKETING BULLSHIT!"
"Give this guy a raise!"
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The fact that two of the weapons are identified as being overpowered indicates that they are basically required for a competitive multiplayer experience.
Keyword there is WORK my friend. If I'm paying $60 for a game, EA can lick my hairy ballsack if they think I'm going to do any "work" just to obtain weapons that should be there at launch.
This is just another shameful marketing ploy to make more money through the horrific DLC situation.
I've got an idea ... let's make a complete game ... take shit out, then charge people to get it! Pure f'n genius!
I don't see what in that list is costing you money or causing issues - hell, there have been special cars and weapons with pre-orders and certain retailers for a while now. They often get released to everyone else later anyway.
But yeah, I understand that you need something to be enraged over.
I'm not enraged bud. I'm not purchasing this game, and am really not a fan of the Battlefield series as of late anyway ... so why would I be mad?
It's just sad to see EA unsurprisingly adapting to the "take stuff out so they'll pay for it later" attitude that Xbox Live and PSN have presented with DLC.
It's ridiculous that it's come to pre-ordering (which cost money) and signing up for newsletters (which causes spam in my mailbox) .... to get weapons for a game? C'mon. The only reason why they've changed their minds is the boycott.
They're trying to save face, but they look like even bigger douches now.
They make "comment sections" for a reason pal. So people can share their thoughts and feelings towards articles presented. If you've got a problem with it, reach around to the back of you computer and pull out the ethernet cable.
I think that people are so sold on being angry about this from when they were weapons for purchase that they will continue to be mad no matter how things change.
If you bought a DVD, would you think it was okay if you couldn't access certain scenes unless you signed up for an email list? I know I wouldn't.
Consumers should avoid buying this game just so to help prevent this from being the norm. Imagine if EVERY game had this?
Exactly.
EA are a bunch of money hungry pricks. They are trying to save face, and still make money off the DLC. If they had a brain they would've just scratched the "pay-for-weapons-that-should-already-be-there" idea altogether.
No one will be content when publishers pull shit like this.
If you don't see something wrong with taking things out of a complete game just to charge people ... there's a big cozy chair waiting for you at EA I'm sure.
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Could be better...loads better. Goldrush is interesting but it gets boring after a while...
IF its the ONlY Multiplayer mode in the final game I won't be buying it...
So screw EA and their bitchass tactics...
Could be better...loads better. Goldrush is interesting but it gets boring after a while...
IF its the ONlY Multiplayer mode in the final game I won't be buying it...
So screw EA and their bitchass tactics...
But if parachutes and more modes are in the game then what's been shown in the beta so far this game will definitely be worth it...
How is gold rush more boring than anything going on in Halo? the thing is, a lot of the social outcasts don't want to work together towards a goal in any shape or form; they rather just snipe, increase ranking, repeat
The X3F comments just solidify my position.
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You've sold your soul
5 points
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"The idiot that just sucked EA's bawls for more weapons.
We can lend you this weapons wh*re for your parties at the cost of 500p".
You've just caved into the pressure of aggressive marketing!
69 Points!
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Unless it gets amazing reviews or something.
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I'm already not all that excited about this one, but that could change if the final game turns out to be a lot of fun. Making it impossible to get these things after launch would ensure I don't ever buy it.
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1up.
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Don't usually pre-orders cost money? I mean you have to drop 5 to 10 bucks to pre-order a game nowadays so basically if you pre-order you are paying for the weapons anyway. Let’s be honest I don’t see this game selling 1M first day so the pre-order is worth it.
If I ever decide to buy this game and honestly I don’t see that happening unless the Single player mode is badass and it gets a 9.5 overall in meta-critic because seriously it looks generic as hell (I rather buy TF2 again for the PC with Garry’s mod) it will be the gold edition, I’m a fan of collectable crap.
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Do you hear me DICE? I need aircraft!!!
I give this a 9.3 the beta. This is just for the beta that has only 2 maps and one game mode and some balance issues. I can't wait till the full game comes!
Its not perfect due to having problems like when you fall, you lose a ton of health (Going to fix they said)
Team killing is pure evil. Its not the TKing. Its when you crash in a helicopter/vehicle, you lose 25 points for each guy that was in with you. So if your in a jeep and its full, but you crash, you just lost over 100 points man! But its hard to crash a jeep, but its easy to crash a helicopter, but it keeps the noobs out of the helicopters :)
Now for the awesome things: This game feels like BF2. Theres this fun feeling about blowing up a house that just feels right. The destruction is awesome. You can take a tank and make ditches in the ground! After your base has been artilleryed to death, you have all these holes that you can crouch into and hide. Its just really fun to do.
The graphics are awesome. Its still is true to BF2 and has the "Fog" so you can only see so far ahead, but its not as bad as BF2 though.
This game is going to be awesome. Forget about the sucky DLC guns! By the time you hit rank 25, you'll have all the awesome unlocks that are way better.
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Graphics were very mediocre: far-away textures remind me a little of the Atari days. Almost literally. The animations and gameplay itself felt extremely bland. There is almost no satisfaction in killing someone and it seems to take an entire clip with a full-auto weapon to do so. You know how in COD4 when you hit someone there's that little "plunk," which makes you feel some satisfaction? BF:BC is missing anything of the sort and when you hit someone it feels more like you've shot a piece of paper that may have blown over with the wind anyway.
But I digress...the maps are way too big for the # of people playing on them: a map quadruple the size of the largest COD4 map needs to have more than 24 people on it, and of those 24, it helps if 18 of them aren't in vehicles.
Blowing stuff up, the chopper and the huge maps are the only things I like about this game, which sucks when you consider all it takes to truly like a game.
A definite and indisputable PASS from me...regardless of this weapon debacle.
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