Bad Company 2 Limited Edition pre-order available (with bonuses!)

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 23rd 2010 9:00PM

Finally, EA understands what it is we want out of our limited edition game bundles. Some extremely loseable keychains? Nope. A cat head-sized helmet which is awesome for roughly 23 minutes, then an eyesore shortly thereafter? Nope. In-game weapons and equipment which are useful as all-get-out, which also have the benefit of not taking up space in our real-life humble abodes? Ahh, now that's the ticket.

That's exactly what the limited edition of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 -- which is now available to pre-order through Steam -- is bringing to the table. The bundle includes six pieces of equipment, ranging from improved armor on the player's vehicles, to a magnetic dart gun which helps the player track targets. We've contacted DICE to find out if these bonuses will be available during the game's multiplayer portion. We'd hate to have a repeat of the original Bad Company's boycott shenanigans.

Update: The pre-order offer is also available from Direct2Drive!

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Tags: battlefield-bad-company, battlefield-bad-company-2, bonus, dice, ea, Electronic-Arts, limited-edition, pre-order, steam

Reader Comments (46)

wow, it's got really sexy graphics.

i haven't been following this game very closely but i have been contemplating getting it as i had no interest in MW2 and like all the old Battlefield games. but if that image is an indication of what the gameplay will look like: HOT DAMN! i am gonna pre-order the shit outta this game

That's the PC for you.

A cat head-sized helmet which are awesome for roughly 23 minutes, then an eyesore shortly thereafter?

HOW DARE YOU! That helmet is awesome! Much better than some silly NVG holder.

I put my NVGs on my master chief helmet. GAME SET MATCH!

Griffin, I'd assume that these bonuses are available through normal play...Just like the console Limited Editions.

Yeah I don't know if Joystiq is getting lax or what; but as you said, the console "LE" versions have been available to preorder for months at various outlets, and it's been clearly stated that all of the in-game bonuses are available to unlock through regular play. This just gives them to you right away.

Isn't a digitally distributed limited edition game an oxymoron?

Or...They might not offer you to purchase the limited edition forever and thus be...Limited?

The bonus items are only for pre-orders, after release there will be no extras thus making the it limited. Same for the PS3 and 360 Limited Editions that will eventually be replaced with a Standard Edition without the incentives.

@P.E.M.
doesn't that make nearly every game a "limited edition"?

these are all for multiplayer only actually. most of them (like armor and the dart gun) you get really early on (in the beta atleast) the only one that you really have to work for is the secondary fire for vehicles.

yeah, you do get them all, but i guess this is just early access.

I'd much rather have a digital camo, BF2 branded, NERF assault rifle than an "early access" code collectible.

Hey screw you, my sparten helmet is on my shelf next to my AION figurine and Vault Boy.

My Master Chief helmet keeps vigilant watch over all of my Halo action figures.

Is that the Six Million Dollar Man's boss action toy? Why do you have that?

You put eyes on your helmet?

I have a figure of Diablo giving a hug to a stuffed Mario while a Christmas Ornament Gandalf looks on in bewilderment.

+1. I (heart) baubles/collectibles. Speak fo' yo'self 'stiq!

The contents of the LE are early access type stuff. Early purchases are thanked by having day 1 access to increased vehicle armor, alternate fire on select vehicles, early radar detection while in vehicles, Tracer Dart pistol, and M1911 Pistol and the M1A1 submachine gun from BF1943. The LE's aren't going to be around too much past launch day.

Exactly, you can earn all these upgrades pretty quickly based on my experiences with BF:BC.

But it's at no extra cost so that's why i said its sort of a thank you.

the halo 3 LE helmet is very usable, you never know when all the world's cats will get drafted into intergalactic combat

i suppose watching a bunch of blinded, top-heavy cats attempt to fight each other would be a greatly amusing way to end interplanetary disputes. i still think conflicts should be decided by a game of Stratego instead of war but that is just me.

Honestly, I really dislike all this "in-game items tied to pre-orders" business.

It's always a kick in the ass coming to a game after the fact for a myriad of reasons and finding out I only get part of the game because I wasn't at the developer's beckon call prior to it even being out. Sometimes I don't even know if the game is good yet, until it is out.

Essentially the only way to have a complete game is to not only have the money at the time the developer decides to release the game, but have even more to drop on some ridiculous "Special Edition" that I could care less about, and then on top of that have to buy it and hope for the best it isn't a piece of shit.

All that just to play a game I have some interest in.

Bioware is rather bad about this, but I think the worst offender yet was Assassin's Creed 2 which required you to:

Pre-Order the game at the specific store (GameStop), have it be the Master's Super Duper Edition, and have it be the PS3 version, have a PSP with AC: Bloodlines, then play through the game and use the UPlay service in order to have a complete game.

from my comment above: these are all for multiplayer only actually. most of them (like armor and the dart gun) you get really early on (in the beta atleast) the only one that you really have to work for is the secondary fire for vehicles.

The thing I hate the most about the bonuses you get for pre-ordering is the Advanced Arms Package. Everything else doesn't give you much of a Day One advantage, but being able to enter a tank and getting the ability to take down tanks AND anti-air (most tanks don't have AA as default) is, I think, too powerful to be given away on Day One.

The only thing that will balance this out is the vehicle radar, useful for detecting Assault/Recon classes that want to C4 your tank, forcing the driver to pick and choose between versatility or detection (the advanced armor is pretty useless).

Thats exactly the bonuses you get from getting the limited edition in stores so kudos to Steam for doing what has already been done.

Hey now Joystiq my Bad Company keychain is still on my keyring.

I can't wait to play the beta on Thursday, I'm gonna crank that sucker to 1080p (my monitor is a TV) and run everything on high, its gonna looks so sick and I'll finally get some work out of my core 2 quad and GTS 250.

aw that's cute. i'll be running 1920x1200 over 26 inches off my Phenom II and dual HD4870s. but let me know how that GTS 250 pulls it off.

sorry i just felt like being a jackass. and i never miss a chance to throw my rig specs up :)

Kojo87 that is pointless, someone will always have a better rig... Besides this game is being held back due to its console roots...

@kojo87 - Don't throw out your specs to be a jackass when they really aren't much better...

That's like having someone saying, "Can't wait to use my 3 inches!!"... and then you respond with "Psh whatever dude, I can't wait to use my 4 1/2 inches!!!"

And just for the record, I can't wait to play this game in its DX11 glory with my ATI 5870 and i5 quad core!

Considering the recommended card is a GTX 260, good luck with that.

The sound was amazing but the graphics were terrible. The color was so washed out and guns look like toys. Now i expected that but i read a list of improvements being made for the game and graphics were key. I now want this game. I just hope that not all the maps are 5 miles long.

yeah, well I have 2 5990s and a core i10 clocked at over 1.21 terahertz on liquid oxygen. take that.

@Dr. Who - so you built your system more recently and spent waaaay more money on it. good for you. and what are you implying about my 4.5" penis?

@kojo87 well since you feel you need to be a pompous dick about your setup I shall do the same. I failed to mention that my monitor is a 61" 1080p DLP, and I have a 5.1 speaker system, Ill be enjoying BC2 from my couch with my wireless mouse, keyboard, and headset. let me know how being hunched over a 26" monitor works out for you. Oh and did I mention I have 8gb of DDR3?

and this is why i did that. just to get you all flustered like that.

lol at wireless mouse/keyboard

No, but it does have mouse aim and text chat. But with the added bonus of dedicated servers and a small taste of cinnamon.

I have to wait until it comes out. I have never been a fan of it but this looks promising. I hope its full of campers where I have to run around the whole map 3 times and not find anyone.

@npa191

Noobs use wireless mouse and keyboards, and a 1080p 61" doesnt have the pixel to inch ratio that a 24 1920x1200 has :P

You know what would really seal this deal? I need some low level site to come along and boycott this game in a bid to gain some publicity. That ought to do the trick.

Am I the only one that's completely sick of military FPS games?

This game looks amazing! Gamehosting are doing pre orders on the Online Ranked Servers! http://www.gamehosting.co.uk/game-servers/bad-company-2.html

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Bad Company 2 Limited Edition pre-order available (with bonuses!)

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