We're glad the delay wasn't, say, a week. Then we'd have probably shot someone -- in the game, of course.
Bad Company 2 'Onslaught' mode hits XBL tomorrow, June 24
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As part of his introductory post on the official Battlefield blog, the franchise's new community manager, "Bazajaytee," announced that the delayed Onslaught mode DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will arrive in the Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, June 24, for 800 Microsoft points ($10).
We're glad the delay wasn't, say, a week. Then we'd have probably shot someone -- in the game, of course.
We're glad the delay wasn't, say, a week. Then we'd have probably shot someone -- in the game, of course.
Reader Comments (29)
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 2:08PM Themoreyouknow said
@flexfire What happens now is you fight wave after wave of mindless AI. The battlefield series is not for it's "lifelike AI" Either that, or they will be ruthless and have 100% aim. In either scenario, it is not a fun idea.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 1:51PM incubeezer said
When's the Joystiq review coming? Not sure about getting this one.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 1:51PM thatguythatflys said
Now I have to try and find something for the wife to do all over again just so I can have some time to play!?! This sucks! But it’s so good too!
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 2:05PM Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En said
Yawn. Your time in the spotlight is over BC2.
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 2:24PM Evil Alaska said
EA seems to be messing up on the Xbox side of things recently. This gets delayed for the Xbox, but not the PS3, and the beta for MOH is still not up for the Xbox with PS3ers have been playing for several days now.
Really hope its on EA's part and not DICE's. As an Xbox owner who is very pro EA and DICE due to my disliking of Activision and COD, this really bothers me.
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Really hope its on EA's part and not DICE's. As an Xbox owner who is very pro EA and DICE due to my disliking of Activision and COD, this really bothers me.
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 2:38PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said
Where are all the whiners who said this was delayed on 360 because Sony paid for timed exclusivity?
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Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 2:45PM BrickArms said
Im not getting this until EA fixes their servers. The lag is draconic. Every game I get rubber banding, packet loss, slow hit detection... It would make Onslaught even more difficult.
And to think that 1943 has had the same lag issues. Good god EA STOP RIPPING ME OFF! I hate the fact that my once favorite online game is now unplayable. And after only 3 months after being released as well!
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And to think that 1943 has had the same lag issues. Good god EA STOP RIPPING ME OFF! I hate the fact that my once favorite online game is now unplayable. And after only 3 months after being released as well!
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 3:27PM aristokrat said
@BrickArms
I like it when I find a clueless sniper, drop a C4 at his feet (working on the insignia), run back a few steps and detonate, only to find him still standing there when the dust clears as he kills me, and the kill cam says 100% health. The walls of the room blow out, I damage myself a little bit, and he's at full health? Thanks a lot, lag.
I had the same thing happen with a sniper in a tree and 3 C4 sticks; tree blown to smithereens, sniper unscathed. I've also been enjoying input lag/canceling on occasionally, like C4/grenades/motion trackers/other items not deploying after the animation. I don't understand how this has gotten worse since launch (when everything felt fine).
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I like it when I find a clueless sniper, drop a C4 at his feet (working on the insignia), run back a few steps and detonate, only to find him still standing there when the dust clears as he kills me, and the kill cam says 100% health. The walls of the room blow out, I damage myself a little bit, and he's at full health? Thanks a lot, lag.
I had the same thing happen with a sniper in a tree and 3 C4 sticks; tree blown to smithereens, sniper unscathed. I've also been enjoying input lag/canceling on occasionally, like C4/grenades/motion trackers/other items not deploying after the animation. I don't understand how this has gotten worse since launch (when everything felt fine).
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 6:17PM BrickArms said
@Faenix Im on the West coast. Australian players have no servers in their country so they have to connevt to Japanese or West Coast servers. When they do connect they scale back EVERYONE playing on the server to compensate for their 300 ping connection. This mucks up everyone else.
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Posted: Jun 24th 2010 2:11PM 8bitartist said
@aristokrat
i love it when i shoot a rocket, its still in my launcher, then i have to shoot it again... or when i reload, and get into a fire fight only to see that my gun actually didnt reload even though it went through the full animation.
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i love it when i shoot a rocket, its still in my launcher, then i have to shoot it again... or when i reload, and get into a fire fight only to see that my gun actually didnt reload even though it went through the full animation.
Posted: Jun 24th 2010 4:54PM InvaderDem said
@aristokrat - Dude I know EXACTLY how you feel. I remember planting a charge on a bomb, getting in a nice comfy place, and aiming a rocket right at the bomb waiting for some poor schmuck to try to denote it.
Up comes said poor schmuck.
FIRE!
BOOM!
He's still there ...
*ten minutes later*
Heh, a grenade is about ten feet in front of me, I'm good.
BOOM!
Dead.
What the ... ???
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Up comes said poor schmuck.
FIRE!
BOOM!
He's still there ...
*ten minutes later*
Heh, a grenade is about ten feet in front of me, I'm good.
BOOM!
Dead.
What the ... ???
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 2:45PM Nirvash Planeteer Power of Capt said
If you go to the Bad Company 2 forums the PS3 players say it's a lot of fun and there is no lag.
Off Topic: Also, by switching to UK servers lag is decreased significantly.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/973197.page
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Off Topic: Also, by switching to UK servers lag is decreased significantly.
http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/973197.page
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 3:55PM Cheesus Crust said
@Nirvash Planeteer Power of Capt
I'm a PC player and there is no lag since there are dedicated servers :)
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I'm a PC player and there is no lag since there are dedicated servers :)
Posted: Jun 23rd 2010 6:33PM Cheesus Crust said
@stonguse
I'm in East Coast USA and have NO lag even on Euro/Russian servers. Get better internet or move out of remotistan.
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I'm in East Coast USA and have NO lag even on Euro/Russian servers. Get better internet or move out of remotistan.
Posted: Jun 24th 2010 2:08PM 8bitartist said
so i have this on the ps3 and ill tell you, this mode is not worth $10. granted i game shared it with 3 people so it was basically $3.33 for me, but still. the maps are quick and if youre experienced with a seasoned squad, you will go through hardcore in a matter of 10-20 minutes for each map. if you dont care about improving your time, there is no replay value at all.
also, this isnt on the EA servers, a person is the host. on ps3, the person who is the host is very susceptible to freezing (although there is no lag). once the person hosting freezes, everyone gets kicked back to the main screen. maybe this will just be a ps3 issue, but its still a present issue nonetheless.
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also, this isnt on the EA servers, a person is the host. on ps3, the person who is the host is very susceptible to freezing (although there is no lag). once the person hosting freezes, everyone gets kicked back to the main screen. maybe this will just be a ps3 issue, but its still a present issue nonetheless.
Posted: Jun 25th 2010 9:33AM flexfire said
Well with everything im hearing about this game and yea! i know it's just a beta for testing for the final product things are not going as well as you think they are -first off.. to say something at the most important game developing meeting (E3) where all game platforms and developers show off and let the whole world to see and know what's comming and what there working on is a honar. delaying someting after years of work not to mention your customers that support there biggest game developers and consols is a big let down no matter what you play on. the money is good but these companys are putting out the same copy cat games we all like to play and are not hiding the fact that they are..remember mapathy without getting nickel-and-dimed? So if this beta is freezing laging badly kicking people off line delay after delay i hope they really go back to work on this one and work on customer service and the quality of there product game or beta.
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