Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC Beta Impressions and Screenshots (Alt+F4)

The BFBC2 PC beta hit today and it's a highly polished beta that seems ready for prime-time. Read some insights into the game and view 25 screenshots that show some action, the control mapping, stats and more. If you're still playing BF2, get ready to finally move onto a new game.

[Nihilism]

Tiny FOV = Fail.

[TheIneffableBob]

Adjustable FOV is being worked on.

This comes straight from the mouth of repi, a Frostbite software architect at DICE.

[Nihilism]

That's very good news indeed.

[ThePostalDudeX]

This game is intense if you have 7.1 and good bass, Feels like your really there. DICE has always done good with the audio but they really overdid themselves here. Good BETA and very fun game, I can see myself pouring hours into this when released.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Ive a few complaints from my play. No prone and it seems you have to hold ctl to crouch grrr.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Well in the ps3 version you simply hit R3(might of been another button) and it would crouch down and stay down until you tried to sprint, jumped or hit R3 again, so maybe it's a bug in the PC version.

[Revvin]

You might find there is an option to have crouch as a momentary command i.e hold the button or a toggle. As for no prone, well in the first game it really wasn't a necessity. The camo and terrain is good enough to provide a safe place to lurk and snipe etc. I've lost count of the times a player has ran past me while I've been sniping and I've simply turned, let him get a few yards down the road to reduce his weapons efficiency and then shot him in the back :)

[The Milkman]

Looks the same as I play it on my xbox 360. It would be cool is if they would allow PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 owners all play against each other on the same server. I thought that was pretty cool on shadowrun. Why dont they do that more often?

[Geralt]

As a PC player, I disagree. Why? Because mouse has far more precision, and would we would have an unfair advantage over gamepads. It would be good if they made the console versions like that though.

[TheIneffableBob]

These aren't quite the final graphics. DICE said that the beta build is branched off of the main build and is older. The main build is the one that will be shipped when the game launches.

[cpuchess]

I tried the PC version but I couldn't stand the Keyboard+Mouse controls. The lack of gamepad support really sucked, I couldn't stand it.

To go forward hit the W
Run - twist your fingers and hold the left shift at the same time
Want to throw a grenade, look down and find the F key
Want to reload hit R, oh wait I hit F again and threw another grenade! AHHHHH, frigging torture! Keyboard and Mouse - more accurate my ass..

I got a refund from Steam I will stick with the console version and deal with the inferior look...

[4lenangel]

Umm.. You must be new to FPS on PCs, I guess? Most PC FPS gamers would not encounter that problem, as most are used to pressing F,R,V,E,or something else without looking down at their keyboards. (No insults intended.)

[evrfighter]

thats the first time I actually seen someone complain about the wasd layout in an fps in....well ever LOL

your pinky actually sits on the shift key and your thumb sits on the space bar. Your other fingers should be WAD.

your middle finger should never leave the W key unless your switching weapons using the numbers. Mouse wheel for switching weapons sucks.

[dreamtheater87]

You're obviously new to keyboard + mouse gaming for FPS's. My girlfriend (fiancee now!) tried Bioshock with me when it came out and had great difficulty reaching the right keys and getting her pinky to crouch etc. It just takes a bit of practice to build up the stamina in your fingers that's all! Anyway some time later she tried Killzone 2 and just couldn't get on with it at all, due to the frustration of aiming with a controller. Mouse all the way!

[cpuchess]

Yes, I am a newbie to FPS games on the PC. I usually play RTS games on the PC. This game looked great though, I have to admit...

[Fanb0y]

I always had difficulty using the number keys to select certain weapons in PC shooters.

[GrilledCheeseBook]

practice makes perfect

[sak500]

I was a hardcore pc gamer with 100s of hours of BF series starting from BF1942, DC MOD, BF:Vietnam, BF2 and then 2142+add ons. I usually used to be in top 5 most of the time and 1st to 2nd position a lot as well. But then I got my 360 back in 2006 jan.. Initially had trouble using the controller but soon got to grips with it playing the bundled PDZ. Anyway, move to few months back i picked up 4870x2 and decided to try 2142 as rest of the games had been deleted from teh system. To my horror i could not play the game and was lucky to get couple of kills. The whole kb/mouse felt alien..

So in short I'm sure if i persevere and stick to playing pc games iwill get accustomed to the kbm but even now that i've upgraded to 5870 i still not feel like playing on pc. I'm still clocking in hours on different 360 games laying on my couch.

Played bc2 demo on 360 and on my 50" 1080P plasma it looks as good as the vids shown earlier, although MW2's 60fps makes the movement much fluid but gfx wise bC2 mops it with such big maps and great textures. The movmenet feels laggy a bit and u dont get the sense of where you're getting shot from. I hope the tighten the movment and response time in the final build. Will def pick up the 360 version first.