New Battlefield: Bad Company 2 footage brings the vehicles, boom
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Sep 24th 2009 at 7:00PM } 
Check out the footage after the break to get an idea of all the mayham and some of the vehicle cockpit views we'll experience when Battlefield: Bad Company 2 releases -- when else, but 2010 ... just like everything else.
Gallery: Battlefield: Bad Company 2
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REIGN x 777 @ Sep 24th 2009 7:03PM
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
SpaceFox @ Sep 24th 2009 7:05PM
Sweet that Joystiq posted this. BC2 is looking incredible!
Kenoji (aka Neo Asuma) @ Sep 24th 2009 7:06PM
Yeah, I saw this a few hours ago, and it still looks awesome.
Assault shotgun FTW!
I can't wait for this.
Special Agent Steve @ Sep 24th 2009 7:07PM
I hope the sound is as amazing as it was in the first one.
SpaceFox @ Sep 24th 2009 7:08PM
Judging from the video, it seems even better.
useedems @ Sep 25th 2009 12:17AM
The PS3 version always had crackly sound that dropped out at random on different channels. It wouldn't be hard to improve on that.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Sep 24th 2009 7:08PM
I liked the first Bad Company though I couldn't help but feel lost on the battlefield most of the time.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Sep 24th 2009 7:16PM
that's deep man
Grouchybeef @ Sep 24th 2009 7:10PM
this looks IMENSE!!
Grouchybeef @ Sep 24th 2009 7:12PM
this looks IMMENSE!!*
OAKside @ Sep 25th 2009 3:24AM
this looks PRODIGIOUS!!
Bunny Xbox @ Sep 24th 2009 7:14PM
graphics look so amazing.
[NG] Cakes @ Sep 24th 2009 7:17PM
I always get a kick out of hearing "all three platforms" as 360, PS3 & PC- proves that the Wii isn't a platform more and all.
Einhanderkiller @ Sep 24th 2009 7:17PM
I heard that this game is using DX11. Is that true?
SpaceFox @ Sep 24th 2009 7:58PM
BC2 is using Frostbite 1.x, and that uses DX10. Frostbite 2, which will be BF3 and all future titles, uses DX11.
Source(check slide 3):
http://repi.blogspot.com/2009/08/siggraph09-parallel-graphics-in.html
That's a presentation one of the DICE devs made. Interesting how much work is put into the engine.
kacex @ Sep 24th 2009 10:13PM
It's great that de devs are so dedicated to improve their engines...
More awesomeness for us!!
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Sep 24th 2009 7:19PM
Damn i was so excited when he said gunship, i thought he meant an AC-130. : (
I wish that was one of the perk things, instead of the single laser guided (shitty) bomb drop or the artillery station, imagine flying in an AC-130 CoD 4 style!
nintendo fanboy hater @ Sep 24th 2009 7:27PM
i take it you couldnt aim it well
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 7:32PM
in multiplayer, i guess it's more like flying an AC-130 MW2-style.
Autobot @ Sep 24th 2009 7:34PM
Sly, you are epic win.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Sep 24th 2009 7:35PM
it wasnt the aiming so much, it was the way there was that odd sort of limit on how far you could aim it, or if a tank knew you were bombing him and just backed up a little and you couldnt maneuver anymore
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Sep 24th 2009 7:36PM
i havent been keeping up with MW2, is there an AC-130 perk or killstreak bonus? Cause i was refering to the AC-130 level in 4
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 7:42PM
it's a choose-able killstreak. 11 if you were wondering. you can pilot it and everything.
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 7:43PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmG1dd2CM88
the first multiplayer trailer for MW2 released. came out a good while ago.
Rocks @ Sep 24th 2009 7:44PM
reminds me of late nights playing Desert Combat, loading jeeps into the AC130... flying with a full crew, loading the jeep with C4, driving said jeep out the back and blowing the crap out of whatever was below...
oh fun times....
there's A LOT in DC that i wish they'd bring over (jets, artillery/spotting and of course the maps....)
oh memories...
*looks for 1942 install disc*
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 7:50PM
oh, and here's the other official multiplayer video if you wanted to see it.
"Flag Runner" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UXrydp6lj4
Obie @ Sep 24th 2009 8:01PM
Actually Sly, you can only gun and release countermeasures in the AC 130, the plane is being piloted by AI.
SpaceFox @ Sep 24th 2009 8:08PM
I think there are AC-130s somewhere in this game. In one of the gameplay vids from E3 in the snow map you could see one fly overhead.
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 8:14PM
it's still more pilotable than the helicopters though.
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 8:14PM
replace pilotable with controllable.
Kenoji (aka Neo Asuma) @ Sep 24th 2009 8:43PM
"It's a Hind-D!"
Hedgeson @ Sep 24th 2009 11:46PM
They nerfed the Laser-Guided bomb in an update. When the game first came out, and in the Demo, you could steer the bomb farther.
A trick I used was launching at empty vehicles then steering unto enemies.
Surprise!
Walter @ Sep 24th 2009 7:23PM
Atacama Desert!! VIVA CHILE MIERDA!
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 7:33PM
wow, that map was huge. and the vehicles are really cool. but did he really say march? i thought it was coming around the same time as MW2... oh well, better for me and them.
Jake @ Sep 24th 2009 7:33PM
Needs to be more down draft from that helicopter. It would be so much more awesome with more particles on screen hehe :P
Looks great though.
Maccadude33 @ Sep 24th 2009 7:34PM
Must. Have. Now.
Kinsey @ Sep 24th 2009 7:41PM
So does this game supposed to have a humourous feel to it like the first one. Cause the comedy is what got me interested in the first place and hope it will be the same for this one.
SpaceFox @ Sep 24th 2009 8:13PM
They havent said much about the single player except it'll be a bit more linear and more concentrated action, and that it'll be the same 4 guys from the first. It'll probably still keep the humor, what would the single player be without that? That's what made it unique and enjoyable.
Obie @ Sep 24th 2009 7:51PM
I love the frostbite engine, I wish more games have the destructible environments. But I don't care for how the game plays online, the hit detection is AWFUL, you will empty a clip on a dude, launch a rifle mounted grenade, and he turns and kills me with a pistol.
Also since the game has tons of vehicles, they have to be huge, spawn without a vehicle nearby, you are gonna have to hoof it for 5 minutes, only to be taken out by a sniper.
But who knows, it could be fixed in the sequel.
Obie @ Sep 24th 2009 7:52PM
"the levels have to be huge" I mean...damn iPhone.
SpaceFox @ Sep 24th 2009 8:11PM
In Conquest in BFBC it could be tough to get around in maps like Harvest Day and Par for the Course. But now there are 3 capturable flags in Conquest(you can see it in the vid at the top), so I think the action's gonna more....compressed? Can't find the right word for it... with only 3 flags there should be plenty of action going on at all of them.
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 8:57PM
"Also since the game has tons of vehicles, they have to be huge, spawn without a vehicle nearby, you are gonna have to hoof it for 5 minutes, only to be taken out by a sniper."
or maybe just be a sniper and camp the vehicle spawns. every time someone runs up to a vehicle, BAM! headshot. move positions, repeat process.
WiNG [XBL&Steam: WiNGSPANTT] from lifeinagame.com @ Sep 24th 2009 9:14PM
You're aware that in Battlefield the bullets have travel time, right?
Sly (Now with less shake, more bake!) @ Sep 24th 2009 9:56PM
then aim ahead, just like in any other FPS.
Hedgeson @ Sep 24th 2009 11:51PM
That's something I rather like in BF2. It's harder to be a sniper, since you have to account for target velocity and the parabolic trajectory.
Hedgeson @ Sep 24th 2009 11:52PM
And by BF2, I mean Battlefied everything...
Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Sep 25th 2009 12:18AM
"you will empty a clip on a dude, launch a rifle mounted grenade, and he turns and kills me with a pistol."
Just like any other game.I think it is called lag J/K.
Also I'm not trying to sound like a dick or anything but Assault is super effective at mid range.
At close distance it is crap and from long distance it does a little better but you won't win a 1 vs 1 vs a sniper.
CrabBattle @ Sep 24th 2009 8:21PM
All graficz... same camping for vehicles
nintendo fanboy hater @ Sep 25th 2009 1:00AM
fail...
Khaled @ Sep 24th 2009 8:30PM
can't wait!!