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Does Battlefield 3 mean Game Over for Bad Company?

OXM examines the fate of DICE's light-hearted spin-off.

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iamnsuperman4576d ago (Edited 4576d ago )

No. Next year it will be MoH the year after it is very unlikely going to be BF4 so it will be another BC (EA have already said they are going to release yearly modern shooter games to take market share from Activision). DICE in BC2 seemed to go away from what they created BC. It went all serious. I hope they bring it back to how the teaser first showed off BC. http://www.youtube.com/watc... and other related trailers like the bad world one

evrfighter4576d ago (Edited 4576d ago )

no the year after will be Respawns game. the next BF will be 3 years from now. Which is the way it should be.

Bad Company should just focus on singleplayer or perhaps a real coop campaign.

STK0264576d ago

I seriously hope they don't do it, and I hope they don't really think it will work. I think BF3 will do very well sale-wise, as the game looks great and has received some nice marketing from EA. I'm prety sure it will take quite some sales away from CoD, despite the fact that this year's CoD is probably the biggest one since CoD4:MW.

However, I highly doubt a new MoH game will have the same kind of success, if next year's title from EA is MoH2, I think sales will actually be lower than BF3. After the reboot a few years ago, I don't think I'll ever buy another Medal of Honor game again, as the franchise has been losing steam ever since Allied assault. The reboot tried to be like CoD and failed.

Pandamobile4576d ago

I don't get how Dice will follow Bf3 with another bad company game.

StanLee4576d ago (Edited 4576d ago )

I'm not trolling. This is a genuine question I've asked but no one seems to be able to or want to answer. How has Battlefield 3 distinguished itself from Battlefield Bad Company 2? I've played Bad Company 2's multiplayer and the Battlefield 3 beta and the two games aren't indistinguishable. Battlefield 3 seems to iterated on Bad Company's 2 multiplayer. And frankly, Bad Company's multiplayer had more personality and charm. For someone who doesn't live on n4g.com how do you characterize one over the other?

Ducky4576d ago (Edited 4576d ago )

I guess the main difference is the 'seriousness'.

The BadCompany series is a bit stylized (or cartoony) and it can be seen in the characters and general art design.
The main battlefield series carries a more serious tone, i.e., you won't see a russian medic running around with a red beret.

I've actually liked BC2 better than BF3 so far. As you said, the 'charm' just isn't there, and just feels easier to enjoy when it doesn't take itself too seriously.

... but there still are some significant differences, but in order to get a feel for them, you'd have to play Conquest. Rush is a mode from BadCompany, so that could be why the games feel similar from the beta.

Spinal4576d ago

The difference is not seen on the consoles. Other then the addition of jets.

For PC owners battlefield was 64-128 player games on huge maps that had jets, helis, tanks an boats etc. Bad company was built for the consoles with low player counts an far smaller maps an no jets.

For pc players battlefield 3 is the only sequel to battlefield 2 an IT is different to bad company. U jus played that beta which is not the full battlefield experience. Did u even get tonplay caspien border with the jets? I flew a jet an it was the shit!

malol4576d ago

bad company games are not bad
they are good on their own
compared to the main BF games its lacking
now that doesn't mean that they cant fill in that space

but then again it wont be any differences between BC and normal BF games

but on the other side you got this fanbase that BC has gained with years
now the best option in here is to have BF3 replace BC series in the heart of fans and just go on with it and forget about BC

basically its a dilemma that DICE has to solve now
lol

Omar914576d ago

I know there different games but to me there the same. I consider BF3 the sequel to BFBC2. I mean its weird to see it that way for others but I just see to much similarity. Its like changing the final fantasy series name everytime because its a different "game"

xtremexx4576d ago

Was just thinking this, probably not, to be honest nothing really ends with a 2 these days. there is normally a tri-factor and then they might finish.

FlareDReborn4576d ago

This is how i think it'll go

Battlefield 3 - 2011
M.O.H 2 - 2012
Bad Company 3 - 2013
M.O.H 3 - 2014
Battlefield 4 -2015 (Probably on Next Gen Consoles)

Plus that gives DICE time to tweak Frostbite 2.5 which will probably be used in Bad Company 3, and update it to Frost bite 3 with the release of Battlefield 4.

Shadowaste4576d ago (Edited 4576d ago )

next gen consoles will be out in 2012 dude (at least 2 of them will), the 360 is already 6 years old!

MoH 2 Will be on Next gen consoles! BF3 shouls have been judgeing by the 12 v 12 multiplayer, the terrible jaggies, and that really noticible screen tearing.

How can you guys not want this, I bought my 360 in 2005, I had to search all over the house for it when gears 3 came out, I did not even know where it was....It was sitting in a box with the gamecube...lol

The only reason my ps3 gets used constanly is bluray (and dark souls which is a near perfect game)

FlareDReborn4576d ago

Well i doubt the Next Xbox will be out in 2012..Maybe late 2013.

Hufandpuf4576d ago

Next will be mirrors edge. Then MOH, and after that is a mystery, hopefully a battlefield 2142 remake.

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20 Amazing Games That Have Completely Disappeared From Storefronts

Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.

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TheEnigma31363d ago

I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.

EvertonFC62d ago (Edited 62d ago )

Fantastic game,.so underated

Cacabunga62d ago

Yes great game spec ops! Since the time we’ve been asking sony to make one:/

Auto Modelista.. a PS2 capcom racer!! A blast to play and great graphics!
Maximo!
Rival Schools!

LordoftheCritics62d ago

Spec Ops: The Line was super dark.

Incredible story.

SheenuTheLegend62d ago

all the games in the above list are bang on. this is the only reason we need backwards compatibility and physical presense of games for the upcoming future, no matter what.

Yi-Long63d ago

Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.

melons63d ago

yes! incredible rain effects; so good to drive along in rain with your Spotify playlist blaring

Skuletor62d ago

I really wanted a MotorStorm using the same engine, Driveclub is easily one of the best looking games on PS4 and I'm surprised they didn't even give it a PS4 Pro patch.

ravens5262d ago

Yes indeed. May just install it on my PS5. You know, physical copy and all.

monkey60262d ago

I adored Driveclub and the Bike expansion. I also loved Motorstorm. Evolution shutting down was a crime

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darthv7262d ago

Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.

Skuletor62d ago

I have quite a few of these. Timed licenses suck.

Terry_B62d ago (Edited 62d ago )

wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.

Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.

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The Argument for Battlefield: Bad Company Remakes

With the franchise’s mainline entries failing to find their footing in recent years, now is the perfect time for a Battlefield: Bad Company remake.

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thorstein113d ago

Of course there is no counter argument. This is what fans of the franchise have wanted for years. This and/or BF Bad Company 2.

When asked why there hasn't been another Bad Company:

“There's one thing that lingers with Bad Company that we've been asking ourselves: What is it that the people really liked about Bad Company?" DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson told Eurogamer.

Troedsson says that he and his team can’t put their fingers on what it is that people loved about that branch of the brand. “It's hard for people to articulate what that is, which is actually hard for us,” he says. “It would be hard to remake something like that. Can we do it? Of course. We have our theories when it comes to the multiplayer."

(Source: Game Informer, June 24, 2014)

SonyStyled113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

I always activate the Black Weapon on BFV Solomon Islands for all the BC2 fans who hear/recognize it, thus starting the events of BC2 on BF5 :)

Derrrunnn. Derrrunnn.

Tody_ZA113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

What is so hard to understand for them?

Bad Company 2 is one of the best and most memorable games in the series because:
- It was class-based (duh)
- Heavy focus on squads
- Substance over map size or gimmicks
- Fantastic and realistic gun play
- Well designed maps
- Destructible environments (why has this been minimised so hard in the series? You could demolish buildings in bad company 2 with some well placed C4
- Great progression system and variety in play
- No stupid CoD imitations or focus on the store over the game
- It was *drumroll* incredibly good fun?
- It was unmistakably BATTLEFIELD

INMATEofARKHAM112d ago

Probably should add a fun campaign to the list.

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EA’s best multiplayer games have now shut down for good

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.

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OtterX137d ago

I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥

SonyStyled136d ago

I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April

DaReapa136d ago

BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.

Inverno136d ago

I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.

1nsomniac136d ago (Edited 136d ago )

Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!

anast136d ago

Once people stop buying micros, these companies close the doors.

Xenial136d ago

Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!