Battlefield: Bad Company trailers parody Gears of War, Rainbow Six

by Griffin McElroy { Jun 21st 2008 at 5:00PM }

In the immortal words of Matthew Wilder, it looks like EA isn't letting some early bad press for Battlefield: Bad Company break-a their stride. We've seen a veritable gaggle of promotional material for the controversial title as of late, including two recent trailers which clown on some other popular shooters. The first of which, seen above, parodies the unforgettable Gears of War trailer, and features an unnamed infantryman butchering Gary Jules' cover of the Tears for Fears classic downer "Mad World". The other (available after the break) somewhat mocks Rainbow Six's stealth tactics. It's not exactly uncharted territory, but we can always appreciate such Yankovician displays of friendly competition between developers.

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Tags: bad-company, battlefield, battlefield-bad-company, dice, ea, gears-of-war, humor, madworld, parody, rainbow-six, trailer

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Justin @ Jun 21st 2008 5:24PM

Cute?

MC Fresh Beats @ Jun 21st 2008 5:28PM

What's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?

NukeAssault @ Jun 21st 2008 8:58PM

My wife. ='(

Popfrogs @ Jun 22nd 2008 1:25PM

The coin.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jun 23rd 2008 8:17AM

My life. Thanks, Justin.

*Continues to rot in his country store*

JetPogi @ Jun 21st 2008 5:31PM

its not the funniest but hey they've got the right to at least parody games that don't have destructibility.

rodrigo @ Jun 21st 2008 5:09PM

haahahahahaha i liked the gears of war parody better lol i might buy this game just to see all the stupid things that they put in this game

MarkHawk @ Jun 21st 2008 5:44PM

Metal Gear Solid One:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35147.html

MarkHawk @ Jun 21st 2008 5:52PM

Snake Eyes (Metal Gear Solid one)

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35147.html

MarkHawk @ Jun 21st 2008 5:53PM

Wont let me comment back... wtfrak

this was attempt 3

lantus @ Jun 21st 2008 5:11PM

These are great trailers, my personal favorite is the Metal Gear parody.

GreyFox @ Jun 21st 2008 8:20PM

Yeah me too. I hope they keep releasing more of them though. They're not only in good taste but funny!

Dave Silva @ Jun 21st 2008 5:11PM

*snorts*

I found the Metal Gear video much funnier, but these are OK too.

horngreen @ Jun 21st 2008 5:13PM

Funny. I always thought that lame Gears ad was way overrated.

Jakka @ Jun 21st 2008 5:28PM

Well...the actual ad was crap but it deserved a lot of praise for its brave soundtrack.

After all, what kind of a sane person would pair up Gears of War with Mad World?

Noshino @ Jun 21st 2008 5:32PM

Jakka,

The same kind of person that could come to the conclusion that 1+1=2...so yah, not everyone, right?

Jakka @ Jun 21st 2008 5:40PM

Noshino,

The world is full of retards. ~ http://www.4chan.org/

Noshino @ Jun 21st 2008 5:43PM

hahah, nice one, I forgot about those

theturtle363 @ Jun 22nd 2008 6:08PM

Yeah i hated that commercial, so he's running down the street with an artsy song? Who cares?

Jakka @ Jun 21st 2008 5:22PM

Okay...this is gotta be one of the funniest trailers I've ever seen.In fact the only thing that can top that are TF2 trailers but they're just state-of-art.

p3713 @ Jun 21st 2008 5:28PM

Im sold... this is Successful advertisement. its like Kelly's Heroes: The Game. and the horrible singing soldier is not unnamed, Thats Sweetwater, the UberNerd.

Residentevil72501 @ Jun 21st 2008 5:28PM

lol that was hilarious!

Chase @ Jun 21st 2008 5:29PM

One of the few positives about Bad Company is that it's funny.

ben @ Jun 21st 2008 7:40PM

Agreed, the destruction engine is too novel, it's based off events rather than actual physics--so you can do things like destroy all the outer walls of a building, but ripping a few tank shells off at the inner walls does nothing. And the decision not to go M is disappointing--shooters aren't the same without any effects of shooting people.

Chase @ Jun 21st 2008 8:03PM

Yep.

This guy sums it up nicely:

http://chasingculture.com/1/2008/06/05/battlefield-bad-company-is-bad-company-demo-review-follow-up/

Mighty Healthy @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:12AM

Yes, he made perfectly clear that BF: BC is NOT COD4.

dark_inchworm @ Jun 21st 2008 5:30PM

I love Gears of War, and I love that rendition of Mad World. Unfortunately, that particular Gears commercial is awkward and misleading trash.

Noshino @ Jun 21st 2008 5:34PM

Might it be because that video was a parody of the Gears commercial and so you are hurt?

dark_inchworm @ Jun 21st 2008 5:35PM

Um, I don't think you understood what I meant.

I meant that the actual Gears commercial, not this parody, was a disappointment.

Noshino @ Jun 21st 2008 5:42PM

ah, I apologize sire.

About ads being misleading, well, over 75% of the ads out there are misleading, their main purpose has become to hype the product.

Tim The Enchanter @ Jun 23rd 2008 11:34AM

"Well Kent, most statistics are made up. 85% of people know that."

:-P

Kamizar @ Jun 21st 2008 5:30PM

Already pulled...

Kamizar @ Jun 21st 2008 5:33PM

Clicked the source link, the second one is hilarious.

Obie @ Jun 21st 2008 5:32PM

Those were pretty cool, I guess I will give the game a rental. :)

elmersglue @ Jun 21st 2008 5:34PM

hahaha "uh, should i still be stacking?"

don't know why, but that was funny as hell to me.

Jakka @ Jun 21st 2008 5:35PM

Okay, if ads are supposed to persuade me to buy the game, then DICE and Valve are the only people in this industry who did this right.Way to go!

rodrigo @ Jun 21st 2008 5:39PM

if they put something paroding Resistance or killzone 2 i will buy it lol. i'm loving this trailers lol i would like to find out more bout this game

FireStiq @ Jun 21st 2008 5:54PM

Efing funny, I wasn't really jazzed about this game, but if it contains more of this kind of comedy and hilarity and the gameplay is fun, it's a buy for me.

Dr. @ Jun 21st 2008 6:05PM

Wow, the body language and comedic timing was spot on. I'm impressed.

EMOruffino @ Jun 21st 2008 6:05PM

great game.....

mundox @ Jun 21st 2008 6:10PM

That's some funny stuff right there, loved the MSG one.

David @ Jun 21st 2008 6:28PM

The demo was really good. These trailers nearly convinced me. Almost there, EA and DICE. Almost there.

Mystic @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:35AM

A good demo and great trailers. What more do you need? Oh yeah, you need more hype and paid off reviews. Get a mind of you own and you'll realize how much better BF:BC is than all of these other overrated games. I've played 18 hrs of the demo, and that's just ONE map. Definitely a purchased for me.