No estaba muerto, simplemente perdido jeje bueno, hoy les hablaré de lo que he jugado de Battlefield Bad Company 2, claro, en su version Beta.

Para comenzar, el juego luce gráficamente increible aunque con sus fallas (objetos lejanos desaparecen y aparecen) debido a que no es la version final, para disfrutarlo al máximo necesitarás tu pantalla HD y el escenario para el multijugador es enorme, si, enorme; es casi el doble de los que presentó el primer BC, ubicado en alguna zona perdida de la República de Chile. El modo de juego es idéntico al del primer BC, destruir las cajas con oro, aunque ahora se encuentran más descubiertas puesto que no hay edificios  grandes alrededor.

Aún siendo superior gráficamente que su predecesor, en gameplay se siente un poco extraño y toma mucho tiempo acostumbrarte, las batallas son a campo abierto, pues hay muy pocos lugares donde esconderse y estar de francotirador no es tan sencillo pues con la kill cam, un experto que conozca el mapa de pies a cabeza te encontrará facilmente.  No nos olvidemos de que como todo buen juego, no debe haber nada de lag, y este cumple muy bien, puesto que estaba descargando y jugando al mismo tiempo y ni siquiera se laggeó tantito. Qué buenos servidores n_n.

En los tipos de soldado estan bien equilibrado y conforme aumentes de rango se te irán desbloqueando nuevas armas y herramientas, y ahora puedes resucitar a tus compañeros caidos, pues el médico ya trae su equipo de resucitación .

Y para terminar les dejo un video del juego:

¿Nos quitará el multiplayer de esta segunda parte el sabor agridulce del primer Bad Company? ¿Recuperaremos las sensaciones de Battlefield 2?

From/De: AMD

SUNNYVALE, Calif. –(Business Wire)– Nov 18, 2009 AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the flagship installment in the award-winning line of graphics cards, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, the fastest card ever created.¹ The new ultra high-end model joins a growing list of the world’s first and only graphics cards to fully support Microsoft DirectX^® 11 technology and ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology.

Designed to support the most demanding PC games at ultra-high resolutions and image quality settings, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 has unlocked overclocking potential, granting access to every bit of power the card has to offer through ATI Overdrive™ technology.² Now shipping from retailers and available in the channel, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 also launches today in new Alienware Area-51, Area-51 ALX and Aurora desktop PCs.

Record-breaking overclocking capabilities take Dragon Platform technology to the forefront for users that demand the utmost control in performance tuning. The unrivaled overclocking capabilities of the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 are enabled by the unique design of the card, which features advanced fan and vapor chamber technologies and a fully vented exhaust to keep the card cool and ensure overclocking headroom using ATI Overdrive™ technology.² The formidable combination of AMD Phenom II processors, AMD 7-Series chipsets, and ATI Radeon HD graphics deliver comprehensive tuning, immersive entertainment, and outstanding value.

Enthusiasts can expand their field of view, ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, driving up to three displays at once, delivering an unmatched maximum resolution of 7680×1600 and creating an unparalleled game play experience.³ For the first time ever, ATI CrossFireX™ technology leverages the power of multiple graphics processors to deliver even more game performance in 20 of today’s popular titles when using ATI Eyefinity technology, with more to come.

The ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card delivers nearly 5 TeraFLOPS of compute power, ensuring superior performance in the latest DirectX^® 11 games, as well as in previous versions of DirectX^® and OpenGL titles. With the world’s most powerful graphics core built on 40nm process technology harnessing up to 3,200 stream processors, gamers can enjoy DirectX^® 11 games now, such as EA Phenomic’s BattleForge™ and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Call of Pripyat from GSC Game World, with many more titles on the way, including:

• Battlefield Bad Company 2 from EA DICE
• DiRT™ 2 from Codemasters, arriving December 1, 2009,
• Aliens vs. Predator™ from Rebellion,
• Update to The Lord of the Rings Online™ from Turbine,
• Update to Dungeons and Dragons Online® Eberron Unlimited™ from Turbine.

New features and functionality of ATI Stream technology allow users to harness the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card to enhance their computing experience, helping to improve the performance of enabled media, entertainment and productivity applications.⁴ ATI Stream technology and the HD 5970 support both Direct Compute 11 and OpenCL industry standards for application acceleration.

Delivering full-fledged performance when needed, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 also leads in power efficiency by automatically powering down unused GPU resources when not in use, resulting in idle desktop power consumption as low as 42 watts.⁵

The ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 is supported by a wide range of add-in-board companies, including ASK, Asus, Club 3D, Diamond, Gigabyte, High Tech, MSI, Sapphire, Tul/Power Color, Visiontek and XFX.

To celebrate the launch of the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 and to conclude a series of contests created to celebrate AMD’s 40^th anniversary year, AMD is announcing the third and final contest designed to give back to AMD fans and supporters. Starting today, fans of AMD on Facebook will be able to enter to win one of 10 Microsoft Xbox 360s or one of 10 Wiis from Nintendo. One gaming system will be given away every weekday for four weeks. Full contest rules and details available online: www.amd.com/40years

“With the arrival of the ATI Radeon HD 5970, the fastest graphics card in the world, we’ve cemented AMD as the unquestioned graphics leader,” said Matt Skynner, vice president and general manager, AMD Graphics Group. “With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, the new card, coupled with the awesome power of ATI Eyefinity technology, is the ultimate setup for serious gamers.”

“The extraordinary performance of the ATI Radeon HD 5970 is a perfect match for the Alienware Area-51, Area-51 ALX and Aurora desktops,” said Frank Azor, senior product planning manager, Dell Gaming. “By offering this level of graphics capability as well as the visual and performance enhancements made possible by DirectX 11 hardware, gamers will benefit from enhanced image quality enabling an incredibly intense gaming experience.”

Supporting Resources

• Pictures: See photos of the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 series graphics cards on Flickr

• Press kit: More information on the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 series of graphics cards
• Product page: ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 series product information
• Contest: Enter the third and final contest in AMD’s 40^th anniversary celebration for a chance to win one of 20 Wiis from Nintendo or Microsoft Xbox 360s. More information available online: www.amd.com/40years, or enter to win on Facebook.
• Twitter: Follow AMD graphics news on Twitter at @ATIGraphics
• Facebook: Become a fan of AMD technology on Facebook

About AMD

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and technology partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work, home and play. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com.

1. As of November 18, 2009, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5790 scores X12011.1 in 3DMark Vantage Extreme preset, which is the highest recorded single-card score. System configuration: Intel Core i7 965 processor @ 3.33GHz, Gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard, Corsair XMS 6GB memory (3×2GB) at 1600MHz (8-8-8-24 timings), Windows 7 RTM x64, ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 1GB GDDR5, Drivers: ATI Catalyst™ 9.10 Beta (8.663.1) / NVIDIA ForceWare 191.07WHQL

2. AMD product warranty does not cover damage caused by overclocking, even when enabled by AMD software. Unlike previous generations of ATI Radeon™ graphics cards, the overclocking potential of the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card has been left uncapped. You control the amount of overclocking to which you subject your card. Please use discretion and caution when overclocking.

3. To enable a third display on an ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics card you require one panel with a DisplayPort connector.

4. Requires application support for ATI Stream technology.

5. Average idle power of the ATI Radeon HD 5970, as measured by AMD on a typical board in a typical use-case

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, ATI, the ATI logo, Radeon, Overdrive and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Looking back through some old articles I came across this list of the best single player games on PS3: Linkage.

This list was only written in April and yet the time since has probably been the best 6 months of my gaming ‘career.’

Not only have some fantastic solo player campaigns been released but I have also caught up on some single player epics I missed when they came out.

I knew the list needed to be extended and improved, as too many great single player games were missing.

So here you go – the top 10 is now a top 20 and any game from the initial list has it’s original chart position in brackets. You can also check out my full reviews (where possible) by clicking the title of each game:

20. PROTOTYPE

In Prototype you take on the role of Alex Mercer as he awakens during his autopsy ,wondering what the hell is going on. He quickly escapes, realising he now has various superpowers.

Mercer needs to find out what the hell has happened to him and why New York is infected with a virus that has turned half the population into zombies.

Prototype is definitely a game worth playing despite it’s various faults – it was a blast to play through if a little frustrating at times.

19. RESISTANCE 2

After saving England in the previous installment Hale is back in business to rescue the U S of A – since his incapacitation the Chimera have launched a full attack on America and Hale, as part of the Sentinal squad (made up of soldiers injected with the Chimera virus but kept under control), have to step in and stop them in their tracks.

A hard hitting but fun first person shooter.

18. MIRROR’S EDGE (10)

Mirror’s Edge wowed everyone with it’s crisp, clean graphics and it’s unique first person perspective.

The view takes a while to get used to and it had a few really annoying parts where it was difficult to time jumps etc because of the view but Mirror’s Edge is certainly worth playing through as it offers a style of gameplay that is totally unique in the current games market.

17. RAINBOW SIX VEGAS (9)

If you like your first person shooters with a bit of brain behind the brawn then Rainbow Six Vegas may be the game for you.

With a good old fashioned SAS vs Terrorists style plot and lots of fun set pieces Rainbow Six Vegas is definitely worth a shot.

16. RESIDENT EVIL 5

For all it’s faults Resident Evil 5, taken as a whole, is a brilliant game and one that I would recommend. Graphically it’s stunning and while it isn’t a hugely difficult game you’ll enjoy playing through and unravelling the story.

It survives the huge expectation of following Resident Evil 4… just. This is a game that everyone should play as Resi comes to the new generation of consoles.

15. KANE AND LYNCH (8) 

You take control of Adam ‘Kane’ Marcus, a criminal on his way to death row for crimes committed in Venezeula. Kane is busted out of his prison van by a mysterious group called The7 who he worked with previously. They think Kane stole the money from their last job and stashed it somewhere.

If he doesn’t get them the money back in three weeks his wife and daughter will be killed. Kane claims he doesn’t know where it is but he does know who took the cash and will hunt them down. And so begins a thoroughly enjoyable ride into the desperate life of Kane…

14. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY

Chock full of explosions and with some really impressive destruction of buildings etc, Battlefield: Bad Company is like a huge big budget Hollywood blockbuster.

It’s a great, mindless blast of a game. Add some memorable characters into the mix and you’ve got yourself a very enjoyable, and playable, package.

13. HEAVENLY SWORD (7)

Another game that didn’t garner the respect it deserves, primarily because it didn’t live up to the pre-release hype.

If you like God Of War you will like this game as it’s similar in style but it looks gorgeous in HD and I believe did a few bits (combos/blocking etc) better than the first two God Of War games.

12. ASSASSIN’S CREED (6)

In Assassin’s Creed you play through Desmond Mile’s repressed ancestrial memories as Altair in the Medieval Holy Land (with brief interludes as Desmond struggling to find out what is going on in the present day).

You will need to research targets and carry out assassinations using a variety of options – sword, hidden blade, knife etc.

This game is great fun and I’m looking forward to the sequel which is on it’s way shortly.

11. GHOSTBUSTERS: THE VIDEO GAME

Ghostbusters: The Video Game’s plot is essentially the third movie – set in 1991 you’re a rookie who’s been drafted in to help with the ever increasing ghost workload. A huge paranormal blast sets off a chain of events that only one group of guys can deal with…

For me Ghostbusters was a short (5 hour) game that had me chuckling and geeking out despite it’s flaws – it won’t be to everyone’s tastes but it has a good single player storyline.

10. KILLZONE 2 (5)

Killzone 2’s biggest achievement is, possibly because of the brilliant graphics, sound and AI, that you feel involved and become embedded in the Killzone universal whenever you pick up the pad.

It’s not perfect by any means but it’s easily the best first person shooter I’ve played and I recommend anyone with a remote interest in this genre to check this out immediately!

9. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM

With some wonderful voice acting from the cast of the animated series, Batman: Arkham Asylum’s story moves at a good pace and familiar enemies are used to good effect throughout.

With such a vivid setting and a memorable selection of bad guys from Batman’s career it’s no surprise that Arkham Asylum is such a great game.

Despite the odds being stacked against it, Batman: Arkham Asylum is a quality title that has had a lot of care put into making it. I’d recommend this to anyone.

8. INFAMOUS

So good it’s the only game this generation I’ve played through twice (seeing it’s rating bumped from 8/10 to 9/10), Infamous is a great game.

You control Cole McGrath, a courier who just happens to be carrying a package containing an electronic bomb when it goes off, devasting the city. Somehow Cole survives and, after coming out of a coma, realises the explosion has given him electrical superpowers.

From there on out the city is your oyster and there is plenty to do as you try to track down the people behind the explosion.

7. BIOSHOCK

Bioshock has a great story to tell and it does it well with some interesting objectives and brilliantly designed levels.

There are several twists and turns in the plot, most of which are not obvious and it’s no surprise to me that a film version is in the works (although I believe currently suspended due to budget concerns).

Dark worlds like Rapture aren’t to everyone’s tastes but you really would be missing out on an awesome story if you decided not to book a trip to the underwater city.

6. GRAND THEFT AUTO IV  (4)

One the biggest selling games of this generation GTA IV features the fortunes (and lack therof) of Niko Bellic – an immigrant arriving in the US at Liberty City to find empty promises and broken dreams from his cousin Roman.

As you work your way up the criminal ladder you’ll encounter all sort of dodgy characters and befriend even more.

Liberty City is a wonderful, if run down, place and Niko Bellic’s story is one you will enjoy playing through so make sure you pick this game up as soon as possible.

5. FALLOUT 3

After a tough few hours at the start you will find yourself rewarded greatly for sticking with this awesome FPS / RPG.

The story line sprawls across the world depending on your actions and you’ll find yourself taking a break from main missions to explore the wasteland or help out other characters.

I could go on and on about various things that happened and how cool it was, how great the story was or whatever.

But Fallout 3 is a game that needs to be experienced first hand and your story will no doubt play out differently to mine.

4. METAL GEAR SOLID 4  (3)

Hideo Kojima’s tale of Solid Snake’s final mission is a brilliant showcase of the Playstation 3’s power.

This is a game that often gives you three or four different ways of approaching things – whether you realise it or not.

Metal Gear Solid 4 rewards those patient enough to stick with it by giving them a great gaming experience, with some memorable boss battles, that they won’t forget.

3. DEAD SPACE (2)

Coming on somewhere between Event Horizon and Aliens, Dead Space is a third person survival horror game.

You take on the role of Isaac Clarke, a ship engineer who finds himself trapped onboard a stricken spaceship infested with an alien outbreak which is threatening to take over the ship.

This was one of the best games I played last year, it’s use of sound is immense and the fear of the unexpected they create is awesome.

I am not a big fan of horror movies or being made to jump all the time but Dead Space kept on the right side of all that by being unpredictable enough to be enjoyable as a ‘horror’ experience.

2. UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE (1)

Uncharted maps the  journey of Nathan Drake as he tries to find the lost treasure of El Dorado encountering, among other things, rival treasure hunters and mercenaries.

The graphics are unbelievable and the gameplay is well paced and well thought out. The characters and story and really well conceived and Nolan North, who voices Drake, is absolutely spot on with his irreverent humour and wisecracks.

At its heart Uncharted is an action adventure game much in the vein of Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider but, and I say this as a fan of both of these, it is better than either of them.

1. UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES

Uncharted 2 is a complete gaming package. There is plenty of taking out bad guys, lots of puzzles and some wonderful dialogue.

Naughty Dog really have done a great job on the voice acting and the expressiveness of the character models. It is easily the best I’ve come across (though Heavenly Sword was a close second).

I won’t spoil the story but for those who don’t know, Nathan Drake gets pulled back into that murky world of treasure hunting for hire. I loved the story of this game – with a few twists I saw coming and a few I didn’t.

If you own a PS3 there is no reason not to own this game – if you only have an XBox 360 or Wii then get yourself a PS3 Slim and enjoy one of the most finely crafted games I’ve ever experienced.

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So it’s a double for Nathan Drake as he takes the top two spots with his exploration adventures.

With 5 new games in the top ten it’s great to see the wide variety of game styles on offer to PS3 owners these days.

Hopefully people out there will find this list helpful – feel free to drop me some comments below on the games or if you’d have put anything else in the list?

Bonjour/bonsoir à tous!

Je vais créer un article, qui est pour le moment en cours de développement, sur les héros des Sons of Tellis. Ensuite, un article détaillera la peinture et l’apparence des héros.

PS:  Lundi dernier, pendant les vacances, je suis allé au salon du Jeux Vidéo, Micromania Games Show pour être précis. J’ai pu voir en exclusivité un gameplay commenté d’Assassin’s Creed 2,  dont j’ai réservé l’édition collector. Aussi, j’ai joué à pas mal de démo: uncharted 2, où un gars m’a pointé un fling entre les yeux en me soulevant à un centimètre du sol, brütal legend, avatar the game, Mario et Sonic aux jeux olympiques d’Hiver, God of War 3, où un Kratos sans chaînes avec une petite épée posait en grognant pour les photos des fans.  J’ai aussi pu voir un gameplay de Just Cause 2 et de Call of Duty, splinter cell conviction. J’ai vu les stands de Left 4 dead 2, call of duty modern warfare 2 et Battlefield bad company 2, malheureusement pour moi, indisponibles au moins de 16/18 ans.

Στις 19 Νοεμβρίου η beta του Battlefield: Bad Company 2 για PS3, δείτε το νέο trailer | Game 2.0 blog

Η DICE ανακοίνωσε ότι η beta του πολυαναμενόμενου Battlefield: Bad Company 2 θα ξεκινήσει στις 19 Νοεμβρίου, αποκλειστικά στο PS3.

 

Η beta θα περιλαμβάνει το Rush mode και τον χάρτη Arica Harbor, o οποίος προσφέρεται τόσο για μάχες μεγάλης κλίμακας με οχήματα, όσο και για πιο προσωπικές αναμετρήσεις.[next]

It’s probably no secret that i’m a huge fan of the Halo series. I have blogged quite a lot about the series, from what I like, to what I dislike. A few weeks ago I bought Battlefield: Bad Company for about a Tenner. I have every reason to believe that this is the best £10 i’ve ever spent, and I now eagerly await for the sequel that’s due to arrive next year. Indeed – I now play Battlefield more than I play Halo. In fact, I last played a game of Halo four days ago, and that was a custom game. The last Matchmaking game I played was on the 26th October. A long time, considering that it’s, well, me.

But why have I made the jump from Halo to Battlefield? I’ve enjoyed Halo’s multiplayer since the days of Halo 2 – I joined Xbox Live way back in 2006, got Halo 3 the following year on release date, and have played it ever since – very rarely straying to other titles such as Call of Duty 4 or Gears of War.

By the way, if you’re one of those people who can’t accept that Halo has flaws, then I suggest that you stop reading. I’m not flaming Halo, but I am criticising it quite a lot in this post.

1- Halo doesn’t immerse you

None of the Halo games immerse you in to the experience. Humanity is supposed to be getting their arses whooped by a technologically superior alliance of xenophobic aliens, but you never get that feeling. Marines who fight by your side are cocky, unlikeable, and frankly, retarded.

Where’s the fear of war? Marines will just some times walk straight in to enemy fire without any regard for their own well-being. The same applies to the enemies in Halo – while their AI isn’t quite as bad for the enemies as it is for your allies, they’re still not very intimidating enemies.

The Brutes wouldn’t look out of place if you put them in to an episode of the Power Rangers, and their dialogue is about as clichéd as it can get. If a Brute yells at you in the game, he’s probably threatening to eat you. Oh, uh no, please don’t do that? I’m more likely to laugh at something if it says it’s going to eat me, than I am to shit my pants.

Then there’s the general design of the enemies that’s the problem. Like I said earlier, Brutes look like childrens toys, Jackals look like retarded rat-birds, Grunts & Hunters are both retarded. Hunters are supposed to be difficult to fight, but all you need to do is grab an Assault Rifle or an SMG, jump over them, and shoot them in the exposed orange bit on their back.

I should also mention the sound – the sound in Battlefield completely kicks the arse of the sound in Halo. Weapons sound like actual weapons, if an explosion goes off near you, then your hearing will get muffled. I think that people grossly underestimate how much good sound can add to the experience, although I think that Martin O’Donnell composes better music.

2- The multiplayer is more frustrating than fun

This is due in part to a number of things:

Firstly, the Matchmaking system does not match players up fairly. Level 50 Generals can, and do get matched with Level 10 Lieutenants. This results in one team getting completely destroyed. It’s pairings like these that make you ask the question: How is this fair?

Secondly, the respawning system in Halo is retarded. All you have to do is watch the video below to prove my point:

In Battlefield you can choose where to spawn – so that you can at least place yourself in a safe position. It’s not a perfect system, but it works a hell of a lot better than the system in Halo does – which seems to think it’s okay to put you in front of an enemy Warthog.

Thirdly? The lag, or, more specifically, the hit detection. While this is admittedly an uncommon occurrence, this problem still rears its ugly head at the most inconvenient of times I most commonly experience this issue with the Scorpian Tank, but others have issues with all sorts of weapons. The Sniper Rifle in particular.

Additionally, we’ve got another problem that I dabbled with in my previous post: host migration. Battlefield has dedicated servers, so this is a non-issue. In Halo however? It has some adverse effects:

3- Battlefield has large scale battles that are actually large scale

The “large scale” battles in Halo are 8 v 8 affairs with up to sixteen players. That might sound like a lot of people, but Battlefield allows for up to 24 people to be duking it out with each other. What’s more? The maps in Battlefield are actually huge, and I mean enormous. The “large” maps in Halo like Valhalla or Avalanche are dwarfed in comparison.

That’s another issue with Halo – the big maps have gradually been getting smaller and smaller. Don’t believe me? Load up your copy of Halo 1 and take a look around Blood Gulch, then load up Halo 2 and look at it’s successor, Coagulation. Then load up Halo 3 and load up the successor to Coagulation – Valhalla.

The vehicle combat in Halo is one of the best parts of the series, but the maps in Halo 3 are so small that it’s hard to make a decent use of them. In fact, with the recent map packs for Halo 3, it almost feels like Bungie has completely forgotten about the vehicle combat in Halo. As someone who played Big Team Skirmish in Halo 2 for hours on end, the loss of large scale battles disappoints me. This is where Battlefield comes in.

That’s just a few reasons why i’m starting to jump over to Battlefield from Halo. It’s fun, it’s frantic, and is pretty much everything that I ever wanted from a multiplayer game. I’ll still be looking out for Halo Reach next year, but the Battlefield series is going to start getting a lot more attention from me from now on.

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© 2009 David Hilton

When I was a youngster eager for amusement of any kind, Easter egg hunts were a lot of fun. The promise of reward in the form of chocolaty goodness and the competition of beating my brother and sister to more treasure strained my eyes on the search so much that I now have to wear glasses (okay genetics may also have had something to do with it…).

But now I have grown up (somewhat) and what do I find myself doing? The same bloody thing, only now I hunt goodies in video games…and it’s a lot less fun.

There’s still the so-called reward in the form of achievement points or trophies (usually if you find every single stupid hidden item) but they are really useless in both the real and game world and not nearly as good as chocolate eggs.

I could always ignore these hidden items, but once I find one or two it gets to be some sort of psychological imperative: must find pixilated treasure!

Game developers have been doing this to us as far back as I can remember. Almost two decades ago I spent hours holding space bar down on my 486’s keyboard as I looked at the endless blocky walls of Wolfenstein 3D, trying to find the secret rooms with treasure.

They hide the stuff and we seek it. I can understand it somewhat as a game mechanic to get you to explore when you really don’t need to because the gameplay mostly involves wading through enemies to the finish line.

However it can be taken to ridiculously useless lengths as it was in Assassin’s Creed where you had to find a billion flags. Even when out of frustration I purchased a guide book I still can’t find one or two of them!

And yet I wasted hours for no reward at all leaping over and over the same areas wondering how I could be so blind. At least you could kill the hidden Templars who stood robotically waiting for you to stab them.

But games get you to look for and find posters (50 Cent: Blood On The Sand), gold bars (Battlefield: Bad Company), cogs (Gears of War), taped voices (Bioshock), death cards (Call Of Duty: World At War), treasures (Uncharted) and all sorts of other useless crap you don’t need for the game.

Is that really replay value? Running around searching for sparkly bits you missed, resorting to using a guide so you at least get the achievement points or trophies you deserve for wasting your time? There should be an achievement called ‘Sucked In- We Wasted Precious Moments Of Your Life’.

That’s not to say that all hide and seek egg hunts should be banned from gaming. Prince of Persia would be missing a big chunk of its gameplay where you have to collect hordes of glowing orbs to open up new sections of the game. On second thought….maybe it’s still a good idea.

No, there are some games like Resident Evil 5, Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood, and Wolfenstein that let you actually exchange your treasure for in-game items that are useful like new or upgraded weapons and ammo. Then it makes sense to go looking for treasure because it helps you in the game.

Otherwise, stop tempting me to go waste my time looking for stupid things I don’t need! If I don’t want to look for chocolate eggs anymore then why would I want an on-screen art shot of a Nazi dagger?

Sorry, I have to bugger off and go and search the house for the TV remote I idiotically ‘hid’ somewhere so the kids wouldn’t use my HD TV…

© 2009 David Hilton

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Bad Company 2, το πρώτο NEXT next-gen FPS | Game 2.0

Για μένα το Battlefield: Bad Company παραμένει ακόμα και σήμερα το πιο διασκεδαστικό online shooter για πολλούς και διάφορους λόγους.

Με το Bad Company 2 η DICE το μόνο που έχει να κάνει είναι να βελτιώσει την ήδη επιτυχημένη συνταγή, αλλά όπως φαίνεται, πάει το όλο θέμα ένα βήμα, ή μάλλον πολλά βήματα παραπέρα.[next]

Battlefield: Bad Company is one of those games that got lost upon release – one I started and then never got round to playing again (mainly due to the fact that my brother and Dad had it off me for so long – yes Jonny I’m looking at you ).

Basically your character, Preston Marlowe, gets sent to Bad Company – a rag tag army squad of misfits that are sent in as cannon fodder in military operations.

This game was a near perfect playthrough after the desolate, lonely (yet amazing) story of Fallout 3. Here you’re accompanied by your three squad mates at all times – except for the obligatory ‘you’re on your own for a bit mission’ late in the game.

Chock full of explosions and with some really impressive destruction of buildings etc, Battlefield is like a huge big budget Hollywood blockbuster.

The missions themselves were quite lengthy, around 45 minutes to an hour each, so you really felt immersed in the world.

Graphically the game was good, with some great textures and a believable world. One of the few issues I had though was that all the bad guy goons only had about three character skins between them.

Gameplay wise it was business as usual for FPS action. Take out everyone and get to various markers/blow stuff up. There were a few vehicle sections that were quite cool.

I did dip into the online but I think it’s pretty much only the hardcore left playing it and so I died plenty of times as enemies waited at the spawn point to shoot you on sight

Overall Battlefield: Bad Company is a great, mindless blast of a game. Add some memorable characters into the mix and you’ve got yourself a very enjoyable, and playable, package.

Rating: 7/10

It’s a familiar scenario: After making the seemingly endless trek to your objective, besting numerous foes on your way, you are finally on the home stretch and boom. Headshot. In online games the sniper is always there and always ready to punish rash moves and errant mistakes.

“Dirty snipers” is the rallying cry of whoever in the house happens to be playing, or watching, as the familiar sniper rifle icon separates your username from that of the person you are currently cursing. When done badly the sniper can be the single biggest frustration in a game. Battlefield Heroes, for example, was pretty much ruined for me almost solely because of snipers.

Technically that’s not fair. It’s not the fault of players sporting the sniper rifle that they are ruining Battlefield Heroes; characters simply move to slowly. As a byproduct of the players unurgent gait across the landscape any half-decent sniper can, of course, be a persistent annoyance. The match that forever turned me against the game consisted of the large Coastal Clash map, two snipers spawn camping and multiple deaths. At this point, especially at the early levels, you are pretty much helpless if you spawn away from cover.

This is less of a problem if there is an easy method of countering a persistently pesky sniper. Team Fortress 2’s Heavy class is, unsurprisingly, a sniper magnet. He’s slow moving, large and his gun has no accuracy against far away targets. The difference between Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield Heroes is that, during those times when you find your Heavy is being consistently taken out by a sniper in the distance, the fix is surprisingly simple. In Battlefield Heroes any solution you engineer to get rid of a tricky sniper has to be done with your existing class and environment. In Team Fortress 2, however, if you have a similar sniper problem you can choose any of the other 8 classes to fix it. Particular fun can be had as the Spy as your new Sniper friend is often not expecting to be troubled from the safety of his base, at least the first couple of times you kill him.

If snipers are such a frustrating part of online games shouldn’t they just be removed? Categorically: no. As I said at the start the sniper is always ready to punish a rash move. Good, rash moves should be punished. Death is cheap in gaming with the penalty being a simple spawn timer and a reset to base. Unlike spawn campers, grenade spammers or turret hoggers the sniper enforces care and attention in an environment that breeds the opposite. Snipers bring back the risk that balances the reward. In TF2 you may find yourself legitimately having an issue with them as the lumbering Heavy, but if a sniper was giving you a consistent problem as, say, the Scout then you’re not paying enough attention to your surroundings and the means you go about completing the objective.

More importantly sniping can be a lot of fun. It’s a slightly different mindset you have to adopt to be effective with the class. Perhaps ironically, given my issues with Battlefield Heroes, the best fun I’ve had playing a sniper has come from Battlefield: Bad Company*. In Bad Company the sniper class, and in particular the ghillie suit, is fantastically realised. It was Bad Company in which I learned of the concept of safety bushes: whereas many snipers may prefer the perceived safety of a building or roof, the real thrill comes from crouching down and moving from bush to bush getting as close to the action as you possibly can. There is genuine pleasure gained from the fact that as long as nobody sees your muzzle flash you are practically invisible. There have been moments hidden away in my bush in which an enemy soldier has run directly past my ear or a tank has rolled past oblivious. A good sniping position increases the tension tenfold: death is suddenly less cheap as you’ll lose your spot but at the same time you have a limited number of times you can operate from the same place before you’re spotted.

Just a little closer.

This is the perhaps the source of the frustration, and joy, of the sniper: they are playing a different game, aloof and distant from the main ground war. It’s the ultimate griefer class of the traditional class-based shooter dynamic. Frankly, if you don’t hate them then they aren’t doing their job right.

*I’m going to lose some respect points here by mentioning I’ve never played one of the main PC Battlefield games.

Bonjour, je m’appelle Preston Malowe, j’opère dans le 222ème bataillon de l’armée de terre américaine, plus exactement dans la compagnie B, la Bad company.

Nous formons une équipe de quatre hommes, il y a le sergent  Samuel D. Redford qui dirige cette bande, ensuite Terrence Sweetwater lui il est comme qui dirait un technicien, il gère tout ce qui est communication et puis le dernier c’est Haggard, un vrai taré ce mec, il adore un peu trop ses explosifs.

Non nous ne sommes pas des soldats hors pairs, on nous qualifie plutôt de bons à rien, de bras cassés, bref les déchets de l’armée. On est ici pour préparer le terrain, vous comprenez, ils ne vont quand même pas envoyer de bons soldats se faire plomber.

Voila les présentations sont faites, et non vous ne rêvez pas, pour une fois il ne s’agit pas de surhommes gonflés à la testostérone ou de gars capables de tuer une mouche en plein vol avec une balle et tout ça les yeux bandés, mais bien d’hommes tout simples voir simplets ayant un passé pas des plus angéliques. On peut dire qu’avec eux on ne s’ennuie pas, ils vous sortent tout un tas de répliques les plus énormes les unes que les autres, avec le fameux “c’est où ? DTC !”; ou bien “ma cousine a une voix sexy, mais tu verrais sa gueule” dans le jeu c’est plus développé mais ici c’est juste pour vous donner un aperçu de l’ambiance qui règne sur leur champ de bataille. Ah et pendant les briefings/débriefings vous verrez vos guignols joués à  Shi fu mi.  Bref je n’en dis pas plus je risque de vous gâcher la découverte.

Et puis c’est bien beau de faire le clown mais vous avez des missions à accomplir. Alors une fois le pad en main, rien à signaler de ce côté on a droit aux commandes habituelles pour ce genre de jeu, que ce soit pour la gestion des hommes ou des véhicules.

Votre vie ne se régénérera pas seule, vous devrez utiliser votre injecteur pour refaire le plein de santé et il ne faudra pas avoir peur de s’en servir car il ne sera pas limité en quantité, il y aura juste un petit temps d’attente entre deux injections. Et vous pouvez me croire on s’en sert souvent de cet engin :D

Sur chaque map  vous aurez la possibilité de rechercher du matériel et des lingots d’or déposés à différents endroits. L’or ne vous apportera rien de concret mis à part des succès/trophées, eux aussi disponibles pour les armes mais celles-ci seront bien plus utiles. Vous aurez le choix entre une bonne panoplie, je dirais grosso modo une trentaine avec comme d’habitude des fusils d’assaut, des fusils à pompe, des fusils à lunette etc. Ah et la grenade est plutôt rigolote avec sa goupille ornée d’un joli petit smiley :p

La particularité de ce titre c’est que dans l’ensemble il se veut réaliste. La majorité du décor sera destructible mais par contre les maisons ne s’effondreront  jamais entièrement, il y aura toujours un bout de structure pour que vous puissiez toujours récoltez  ce qui se trouve à l’intérieur. Ca casse un peu le côté réel mais sans ça on aurait eu l’air malin avec des munitions sous les gravats xD

Par contre dans le côté réaliste, si vous voyez qu’un ennemi se cache derrière une palissade en bois vous arriverez à le tuer à travers ;)

Vous aurez la possibilité de conduire des engins tels que des chars, jeeps, hélicoptères, bateaux, tous se conduisent agréablement mais gare aux lance-roquettes embusqués sur le bord de la route.

J’admets qu’au début les missions ont un petit coté de déjà vu, il s’agit souvent d’aller détruire quelques choses pour qu’ensuite «les autres » puissent avancer, mais par la suite elles sont quand même des plus originales je vous rassure.

Le jeu est découpé en 7 missions principales, ca peut paraître peu mais en fait chaque mission vous demandera pas mal de temps, comptez  en moyenne 90min par mission et même plus si vous fouillez la zone de fond en comble. Donc en gros il vous faudra une dizaine d’heures pour faire l’histoire principale, en sachant que si vous l’avez fait en mode normal vous pouvez tenter le mode difficile qui est largement abordable, même pour le joueur moyen (que je suis :D) et en plus de tout ça il y a un mode multijoueur  vraiment excellent pouvant accueillir jusqu’à 24 joueurs dans la même partie !

Les graphismes sont vraiment agréables, le tout est bien modélisé et bourré de détails, même les explosions sont vraiment bien réussies et en plus certains passages seront dans un univers brumeux rendant la détection des ennemis pas toujours évidente, franchement on s’y croirait presque par moments.

Il y a une chose qui risque sans doute de vous rester en tête c’est la musique d’intro, elle veut plus sortir de la mienne :D sinon pour le reste on a le droit à la classique musique de guerre. Un point aussi important à préciser, lorsqu’il y a des ennemis dans les parages vous les entendrez parler, de même que vos coéquipiers vous préviendront s’ils en repèrent.

Ma mission touche à sa fin, j’espère l’avoir remplie comme il se doit, et surtout vous avoir fait comprendre que j’avais grandement apprécié ce jeu, une guerre à la façon 7éme compagnie qui ne manquera pas de vous faire rire.  Pour ne pas faire original je vais encore terminer par la même chose, vous dire qu’on trouve ce jeu pour une vingtaine d’euros et qu’il serait vraiment dommage de passer à côté. A savoir que la suite ne va plus tarder alors voici une raison de plus pour se le faire en attendant  la suite ;)

Ce matin m’attendait un petit arrivage d’une commande passée en début de semaine sur la Fnac.

Voici en détails ce qu’elle contenait:

• Battlefield Bad Company sur Xbox 360, tout simplement parce que j’en entend du bien et vu son petit prix (15€) il me le fallait.
• Le second tome du manga Ikigami, j’ai bien apprécié le premier alors je vais regarder si ça continue sur la même lancée. Et puisque j’en parle je vous conseillerai d’y jeter un œil.

Voici son résumé:

De nos jours, une loi stimule que pour le maintient de la prospérité du pays, tous les enfants qui entrent à l’école primaire doivent être vaccinés. Ce vaccin inocule une substance capable d’entrainer la mort à une date et heure précise programmée en amont. Un jeune sur mille entre 18 et 24 ans est concerné. Fujimoto, fonctionnaire est chargé de délivré ce préavis de décés aux familles, appelé Ikigami…

• Ensuite dans la petite boite on trouve des gachettes pour ps3 qui viennent se clipser sur les  boutons actuels “L2 & R2″, mine de rien ça change totalement la prise en main de votre manette, plus besoin de chercher du doigt la gachette.
• Et pour finir le comics “Watchmen, les gardiens“, je ne connais pas du tout mais vu toutes les bonnes critiques que l’on peut lire un peu partout je doute d’être déçu, et puis ça me permettra de découvrir un peu l’univers des comics.

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Hmm…it’s been about a month since my last blog.  My fight against Bak’laag has been ongoing.  Just when it looks like I was going to make some major progress in my journey, Bak’laag grew a lot stronger thanks to all the trading I’ve been doing.

I managed to knock a bunch of games of my Unbeaten list, but I got a bunch of new games thanks to all the trading that I have done.  Then there were the two games I bought last month: Battlefield: Bad Company and Resident Evil 5.

Bad Company is the first Battlefield game I’ve played since Battlefield: Vietnam.  I was wary about getting Bad Co. because I didn’t exactly enjoy Battlefield: Vietnam a lot.  Having friends to play with this time makes for a much better experience because I don’t have to worry about dealing with morons.

I bought Battlefield: Bad Company so I could help Vaikyuko get the Platinum trophy.  Some of the trophies / achievements for this game are insane.  They’re the type of things that should be gold trophies instead of bronze or silver.  There’s the silver trophy for 10,002 kills.  Vaikyuko should get that one really soon.  Then there’s a bronze trophy for at least 20 squad respawns on one person in a row.  You can also get a bunch of in-game awards for moving up in rank, using a weapon enough times, etc.

Vaikyuko will talk more about this game in an upcoming blog, so this is as much as I’ll say about Bad Company for now.

I finally got Resident Evil 5 last month, long after the hype about the game died down a bit.  I played co-op with Vaikyuko on Veteran difficulty.  I let him host the game, which meant that I played as Sheva all the way through.  He had unlimited ammo and the rocket launcher, which made things a whole lot easier.  He also beat the game on Professional difficulty, so I knew I was playing with someone good.  I tagged along with Vaikyuko, who did most of the killing for me since this was my first time through the game and my weapons weren’t that great.  I got a range of around 2-10 kills per area.  I was armchair gaming my way through Resident Evil 5, but I didn’t mind.  In case you were wondering, we were playing the PS3 version.  We saw no need for the headset, so we communicated through in-game commands and AIM.  It worked fine, although I had trouble following instructions at certain parts in the game, especially the last boss fight.  I won’t go into detail because of spoilers, but we were lucky to defeat the last boss.

My thoughts on Resident Evil 5?  With the addition of co-op and a bigger focus on shooting the crap out of enemies in order to move through an area, Resident Evil 5 feels like more of a third-person shooter than a survival-horror game.  In fact, the plot reminds me of a Hollywood summer action movie.  If you’re looking for an experience that’s like a more traditional horror game, you’ll be disappointed.  Otherwise, you will find that RE5 is a decent game.

Not much has been going on in my personal life.  You may remember me talking about the 3 week geology trip I went on from May 23 to June 13.  I visited the Grand Canyon and a bunch of national parks in Utah in what was the most physically intense college course I’ll ever take in my life.  When I wasn’t hiking, rafting, or doing other outdoor activities, I was learning about the geology of the parks.  I got my grade a few weeks ago and while I didn’t do great in the class, let’s just say that I passed and got my lab science credit.  I just have to pass Intro to Psychology in the fall, get another lab science credit, and I’ll be done with science requirements at my school.  Yes, Psychology is a lab science at my school, but I’m not complaining.

Until next time, stay tuned.

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There’s gold in them there trucks!!!

Lets get this straight from the get go, Battlefield: Bad Company is definitely not your serious, gritty story telling of unsung heroes doing their duty in war. This is, whilst realistic and action packed a more comic tale of 4 guys who just want out with some good payouts at the end. Oh, and to blow a lot of stuff up on their way.

Welcome to B-Company Solider. You, Preston Marlow have been transferred to this regiment as act of punishment. B-Company, also known as Bad Company, the place where all the misfits and bad behaved soldiers get sent. You’re the most highly expendable men within the army. With that said….your going to be joining one hell of an interesting squad.

The game begins where you met the rest of your squad, Redford, a down to earth sergeant who was switched to B Company in effect to shorten his time on tour. Sweetwater the brains and straight thinker of the group, followed by Haggard, the demolition guy, who no matter what loves to see things blowing up, that and gold.

Whilst starting with your routine sessions out on the field you and your team begin to find something more interesting about this war, and about a certain Legion of Mercenaries who are connected with a serious amount of cash in the form of Gold Bars, from here, your team go all out on their own to try and find this Legion and bag some of that golden goodness for themselves.

Its safe to say everyone is awhile of the depth in how much you can mould the environment to your playing styles, or in fact how you as a FPS gamer may have to evolve in your playing styles. Any game has ‘destructive environments’ but this is truly the game where there is no where to hide. Your first encounter with a tank will definitely be a shock to the system. Hiding behind houses and walls to reload only to have that face of the building completely ripped off my tank shells only to leave you stood there bewildered. Buildings, the ground, vehicles everything can be destroyed, you can even cut down trees with your gunfire. This is what brings a true brand new experience to both the single and multi player sides of this game.

The 7 missions are very big, and using the vehicles sometimes available will make your travels a lot more easier, all weapons are usable and easy to maneuver, but if you break them…beware for quite a long walk in some levels, to add a little exploration to the levels, hidden boxes of Gold are laid about in special places around the Single Player levels meaning you’ll have to keep a sharp eye out and be sure to explore all areas of the maps you might not normally need to go to.

The AI in this game sadly aren’t the cleverest of bunches, for both friendly and your enemies. When it comes to the harder difficulties the enemies aren’t so much hard to defeat, but more overwhelming as you fight your way through awkward positions both urban and country settings.

The friendly, being your 3 fellow team mates sometimes don’t make much of a difference in battle and you’ll find yourself doing a lot of the work, whilst they stand around like melons, at one point your fighting on your own to rescue your 3 friends, when I got them back, I couldn’t really tell much of a difference and when doing this on hard, this means you’ll be spending a lot of your game time trying to find ammo for your weapons which isn’t an easy task.

The game has plenty of opportunities to apply some stealth play to the game, sadly, things like silencers are only found on select guns, and because of the AI not being familiar with the term stealth, the moment you step into a certain radius of that enemy, they’ll always know your position, and your Solid Snake moment flies right out of the window, followed by some hand grenades and perhaps a spent magazine to fend off those coming at you.

Online play has its ups and downs. To begin with, the game so far only has one game type, Gold Rush. This is an attack and defend style game play where attackers destroy two cases of gold in each area to push the defenders back till the last 2 cases are destroyed, the defenders must hold out for as long as possible killing the attackers till the attackers reinforcements run out. This game type is fun and always sets a new challenge to each map, though we’re promised a game type ‘Conquest’ very soon.

Weapons online are the same as offline, but some must be unlocked through upping your rank in online play, every so often going up in rank will give you 1 credit which can be used to unlock a new weapon.

It’s not so much noticeable offline but online you do tend to question your weapons during battle. I’ve often found the sniper rifles to be way to slow between shots and the shots you do get off are about as useful as a water pistol. Yet I’ve had some encounters where the same rifle will deal an appropriate amount of damage. However some of them, to get the max potential, you will have to take some time to master.

The classes online are well thought out, the 5 classes, Assault, Demolition, Recon, Specialist and Support all come with 4 items to begin with, some of these items may need unlocking using credits, however each has been carefully selected so that no matter what every player is useful, to ensure strategic and co-operative team play for example Specialist classes can ‘tag’ enemies and vehicles, which then allow the demolition class to lock onto that target with their rocket launchers as a homing device. Much more choices are available provided you have the team mates to help out.

Now with a lot of games like this a popular addition is being able to take a select few of your friends online and join in a battle together, this is available as ‘Squad’ whether with friends or on your own, your team of 12 players is broken up into small ‘squads’ of 3 or 4. These are your squad members for that round, which you will be able to spawn on and talk to throughout the round. However…

Because after each round our squads are randomly selected I can set up a squad of 2-3 of my friends, and then search for a match. We will be able to play as a squad for that match. Then, I and my friends will be split up into new squads, which really isn’t what we’d intended seeing as public chat is limited to that of your squad members. So although were in the same team and playing together, where not able to communicate unless in Private chat, or were joined up in a later round.

The graphics have a very realistic tone to them, some of the areas can be very dark, and even in the sunny bright areas just seeing the enemies can be quite difficult, whether out in the open or encased in trees and shrubs.

Having said that, at some points in the game where your moving between sections of all the fun and action you’ll find yourself gazing across the giant playground at your feet, at these points your able to really take in the impressive visuals of all the levels.

Detail in the destruction is probably the most notable of things, with having a perfectly sturdy house wall one second and a grenade or artillery shell later nothing more than bricks and plaster left hanging in its wake.

Dice put a lot of work into sounds and the effects sounds have in the game. Ill say now this game should definitely be played with some surround sound equipment if you have them, as the way sounds around you and the effect of distance of where the sounds coming from is really something for Dice to boast about. A good example of this is from the radio in the vehicles, and how the sound plays out with taking fire or things exploding around you.

The Single Player side to the game only has 7 missions which can last from around 20-40 minutes each, coming with 3 difficulties, Hard will definitely keep you going at it for awhile. The online side has plenty for you to get out of it, with the 25 online ranks to achieve with XP, and all the online awards to collect the online side can keep this game in your collection for quite a long time. And if your after all those achievements, your going to have to keep going to get the Gears of War/The Club joke of attaining 10,002 kills online.

You can also track your stats with an in-depth look on your multiplayer gaming with EAs take on Bungie.net’s stats though their website.

An enjoyable game through-out the single player, the games comic take to things and the characters really bring the game to life on a story telling level, the character writing alone is more than enough to keep you coming back to the story of it, just as much as you would your favorite book.

All 4 characters you will grow to love and you’ll definitely want to hear more from them in the future. The online side, whilst having its downsides which may be fixed with easy patches, if fixed the games easily an 8.5. Yet BFBC is more than enough to keep your Battlefield joys fixed and entertained.

Rating 8.0

Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: Digital Illusions CE (DICE)
Release Date: June 27, 2008 (UK)
Genre: First-Person Shooter
No of players: 1-24 players online

Is this the new standard we should expect from future XBLA titles?

by GrathiusXR:

©2009 Arthur Kotsopoulos

Many in today’s gaming scene complain about spending their money on games which just don’t deliver, especially in the Xbox Live Arcade category.

Spending 1200 MSP (Microsoft Points) on a downloadable game which offers only a few hours of gameplay and no replayability or 1600 MSP on a game which offers less just seems like a waste when you could use it on a full release AAA title.

The problem with Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) games is that they are a real hit & miss proposition and it really is a shame that many don’t get the recognition they deserve.  However, here is one title that should receive recognition and much more.

• Battlefield 1943: Guadalcanal

Battlefield: 1943 released for only 1200 MSP and is worth every single point. Not only is it a fully functional 3D game but it could easily be passed off as a full retail game if a few more options were added in.

Based on DICE’s Frostbite Engine which is seen in Battlefield: Bad Company and also the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and featuring Conquest Mode which was also in Bad Company, the game sees two factions go head to head in 3 different maps for control of the 5 flags situated across each map.

It’s so familiar

It’s a familiar gametype but even though it’s the only one it’s still a hoot to play.

Three classes await you with the likes of Infantry (good for short range and against vehicles), Scout (good for long range pretty much) and Riflemen (is the in between good at almost every range). Strangely enough there is no Medic class which has been replaced by regenerating health.

The reason for this having happened is that even though the game boasts an awesome 24 total players online, having regenerative health means you can last longer in battle. Those who aren’t the best at FPS will therefore get as much out of the game as possible without constant frustration.

If  you don’t like the on-foot approach there’s always the option to go by vehicle, either in a jeep or tank or take the aerial approach by flying a fighter plane over the map dropping bombs on unsuspecting enemies.

Yumm – dedicated servers

If that still doesn’t wet your whistle the game features Dedicated Servers meaning little to no latency issues!

It’s a benchmark at the moment for the Xbox Live Arcade range as many other games don’t really feature this kind of content but then again there is no Single Player in BF:1943, so this alone may put some people off.

The downside of that means this game is solely based around online multiplayer and not the offline. If you wish to play multi online with a group of Aussie gamers you will have to have a full room before being able to start a match. So be ready for online randoms with no mics or who don’t speak English.

No Single Player – bugger

Lack of single player and playing with randoms on Live will put some people off.

That being said, there’s no harm in playing with randoms because sometimes you could be the best of the pack and most times many on your team, regardless of communication, know exactly what to do.

If you jump in a jeep, others do as well. If you try to take a flag others will follow and try to as well. It’s a very straight forward game with a clear message of what you have to do in each map to win and survive.

Apart from lack of a single player and needing a full room to enjoy multiplayer with fellow friends, BF:1943 excels in raising the bar for future XBLA titles wishing to have enough cred to be worth the MSP.

EA/DICE have done a wonderful job in creating a title this worthy of purchase for the Xbox Live Marketplace and it’s almost worth a retail version.

At the moment BF:1943 is lacking in certain departments but if DICE continue to support this little gem in the long run it could easily be contender for XBLA GOTY. Let’s hope that more content is made available later down the track.

©2009 Arthur Kotsopoulos

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Always get paid in gold bars (Bronze)

Complete ‘Welcome to bad company’ on normal

Complete the first level on Normal difficulty.

Action, not words! (Bronze)

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Same as before – this time on Hard difficulty. Note that doing the levels on Hard does not unlock the Normal trophies.

Not even a nugget! (Bronze)

Complete ‘Acta non verbra’ on normal

Complete the level on Normal difficulty.

Where are they going so fast? (Bronze)

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You and what army? (Bronze)

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Say goodbye to the gold! (Bronze)

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He might come in handy (Bronze)

Complete ‘Par for the course’ on normal

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Cart wheels (Bronze)

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Complete the level on Hard difficulty. Note that doing the levels on Hard does not unlock the Normal trophies.

Hold on! (Bronze)

Complete ‘Air force one’ on normal

Complete the level on Normal difficulty.

Russia? (Bronze)

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Lets take that boat (Bronze)

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Capitalist pigs, very nice (Silver)

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You found it you keep it (Bronze)

Find 5 unique collectables

Just check your map for “crosses”. Most of them you will probably find during the game. Also, check dead soldiers that you kill.

Half way thru (Bronze)

Find half of all collectables

Same as before… Just check your map for “crosses”.

Staying Alive (Bronze)

Complete one mission without dying (any difficulty)

Do a level on easy, take it easy and make sure you heal yourself constantly and still take cover.  If you die just exit the game – it won’t save your death, but will have saved your checkpoint. Just load your save and play on until you finish the level.

Killer on the loose (Silver)

Kill 25 enemies

This is a really easy trophy to get. Just play the game and you will get this in no time.

Death from above (Bronze)

Kill 25 enemies in a helicopter

You will most likely get this during mission five (Airforce One) where you are in a helicopter. Make sure you kill as many enemies as you can.

Home Wrecker (Bronze)

Destroy 200 Walls

In each and every town you encounter on your way through the game, you will note red barrels which explode when you shoot them. Luckily, those barrels are usually placed directly next to a building. Blow up these barrels so you don’t use up your grenades. It just takes a bullet or two for each barrel. On your way through the game you will destroy a lot of walls, you might already get this at the end of the second or third mission… The helicopter level will be very handy as well.

The Hypochondriac (Bronze)

Use auto injector 50 times

This should be one of the first trophies that you get. Just use your life injector 50 times. As soon as you loose some health use it and in no time your have this trophy.

Manic Lumberjack (Bronze)

Knock down a small forest

During “Air Force One” while in the helicopter, start shooting trees. Shoot down all the trees in a small area and this trophy should unlock. This can also be done with a tank.

The Anti-Mechanic (Bronze)

Destory 50 vehicles. (containing enemy AI)

In the third and fourth missions there are places where you can rack up the vehicle kills. Run through these missions on normal and hard. Also again the helicopter is a good chance to get this trophy.

Been there, Drove that! (Bronze)

Drive all vehicle types (jeep, tank, heli, boat)

Just play the game and you will use most of the vehicles during the levels anyway. Just hop in each one and the trophy will unlock.

One in a Million (Bronze)

Hit hostile helicopter with laser designator

The best mission to do this on is the last mission against the legionnaire. You don’t actually have to destroy the helicopter but you do have to hit him at least once with the laser designator.

Clean sweep (Bronze)

Find all collectables

Mission One
870MCS After fording the river, find this weapon in the heavily guarded house.
AEK971 Find by searching slain enemies.
S20K Find by searching slain enemies.
SCAR Find in an off-the-beaten-path house north of the southernmost bridge.
XM8 Found in an abandoned house (as part of the main mission).

Mission Two
M249 While protecting the tank column, breach the first house on the ridge to your right.

Mission Three
AN94 At the beginning of the mission, you will assault a Russian guard post. Search one of the guard towers.
MG36 During the antenna destruction mission, head to the far south of the map to an out of the way house.
SPA212 During the first offensive campaign at the beginning, search one of the large houses at the west end of the bridge.
SV98 After destroying the easternmost antenna, head into nearby hills. Kill
the sniper there and take his gun.
SVU In the area where the Russian helicopter initially attacks, climb a guard tower to find this rifle.
XMBC Found near some gold at a roadblock on the easternmost edge of the large east-west conduit on the map.

Mission Four
M16 After destroying the westernmost missile launcher, head north to an out-of-the-way shack.
M24 At the solitary island in the northeast section of the initial mission maps.
MG3 After destroying the northernmost missile launcher, search the surrounding area.
NS2000 After destroying the westernmost missile launcher, search the surrounding buildings.
PKM In the palace courtyard at the very end of the mission. Just kill the foes before getting it!
PP2000 In the compound cleared before heading to the palace, search in between two buildings.
UMP While storming the bridge heading towards the palace, look in a guard shack before the bridge.
VSS At the far southern edge of the missile launcher map in an otherwise-useless house.

Mission Five: none

Mission Six
AKS74u Search the wooden shack near the entrance to the communication center.
M95 This gun is found in the very house that doubles as your first objective point.
XM8 LMG Cross the river after completing the initial objective, and head to the southern area. Explore houses there.

Mission Seven
9A91 Scour the first outpost you encounter. After clearing it, this weapon can be found.
AUG Scour the first outpost you encounter. After clearing it, this weapon can be found.
GOL During the second compound assault, search the first floors of nearby buildings to find it.
QJU88 Scour the first outpost you encounter. After clearing it, this weapon can be found.
SPAS15 During the second compound assault, search the second floors of nearby buildings to find it.
T194 Scour the first outpost you encounter. After clearing it, this weapon can be found
Within the first house, you are asked to clear. You cannot miss it.

I Love Gold! (Bronze)

Find one gold bar

At the beginning of the second mission (Acta Non Verba) When you are told to go check out the house it’s in the toilet

Check My Grill (Bronze)

Find half of the gold bars

Follow this forum thread for the location of all the gold bars.

On top of the world (Bronze)

Climb to the highest spot in the game

In mission six (Crash and Grab) when you rejoin with your squad in the monastery take the stairs and go up the tower.

Get me started (Bronze)

(Online) Participate in one online match (Ranked)

Join an online game and play one full round of an online ranked match.

Leatherneck (Bronze)

(Online) Play 100 online matches

Play 100 online matches

Never used a door (Bronze)

(Online) Destroy 1000 walls

Play online matches and stay away from the action as much as possible. Every time you come across a wall, blow it up! When you run out of ammo get yourself killed, respawn and repeat.

Forest Ranger (Bronze)

(Online) Knock down 1000 trees

Similar to the previous trophy – play online matches and stay away from the action as much as possible. Every time you come across a tree, blow it up! When you run out of ammo get yourself killed, respawn and repeat.

With my devil dogs (Bronze)

(Online) Use squad in the menu, find a friend and play one round

After clicking multiplayer and custom match click square and join your friend’s (who’s already in a game already) squad. Finish the round. You can also invite one of your friends to a match and finish it.

There is no I in squad (Bronze)

(Online) Have 20 squad members spawn on you without dying in a single round

Make sure you are in a safe place and protect yourself. If your squad members will keep on dying and respawn on you while you stay alive – this will be an easy trophy to get.

Dog owner! (Bronze)

(Online) Collect 5 unique dog tags

To receive a dog tag, you will need to melee-kill a player using your knife. You will then receive a dog tag with your victim’s name. Repeat this five times.

Get the dog! (Bronze)

Collect 50 unique dog tags

Same as above, whenever a player is in a stabbing distance – stab them. Do this 50 times.

Be the best (Bronze)

(Online) Place 1st in a ranked match

Finish an online match ranked as number one.

Vehikill (Bronze)

(Online) Get at least one kill in every vehicle

You need three kills for this trophy: Land (Tank, Car), Air (Chopper) and Water (Boat).
Land: Very easy, just get in a tank and shoot at buildings or even better, soldiers running around.
Boat: Just drive next to the coast (near a city/flagpole would be best) and wait for someone to show up.
Air: Definitely the hardest one. Grab a chopper and fly very low. If you change seats, you will sink and the lower the fall, the lower the damage. Change seats and get to the gun when hovering about a few centimeters above the ground. You will land and still be in the chopper, holding the machine gun in your hand. Now just hope that nobody blows up your chopper and wait for someone to pass by.

Specialist (Bronze)

(Online) Reach Rank 3

Quite simple, it shouldn’t take you that long to reach this rank.

Collect your points by:
- killing
- capturing (conquest mode)
- destroying gold grates (gold rush mode)

Master Sergeant (Bronze)

(Online) Reach Rank 8

Same as before, it shouldn’t take you that long to reach this rank.

Collect your points by:
- killing
- capturing (conquest mode)
- destroying gold grates (gold rush mode)

Colonel (Bronze)

(Online) Reach Rank 20

Same as before.

Drive By (Bronze)

(Online) 100 kills using vehicle

Use a tank! Run people over and shoot them and you should get this trophy pretty fast.

Ooh Rah (Bronze)

(Online) Achieve half of all awards

Achieve half of all awards

Beans Bullets Bandages (Bronze)

(Online) Get 10002 kills

Just keep playing online and you will get this. Eventually…

Sir, yes sir! (Silver)

Complete ‘Ghost Town’ on normal

Complete the level on Normal difficulty.

Here is your DD-214 (Gold)

Complete ‘Ghost Town’ on hard

Complete the level on Hard difficulty.

Gold Digger (Gold)

Find all gold bars

Follow this forum thread for the location of all the gold bars.

General of the Army (Gold)

(Online) Reach Rank 25

Same as before.

I am Bad Company! (Gold)

(Online) Achieve all the awards

Achieve all the awards

Battlefield: Bad Company (Platinum)

Unlock all Trophies

Your get your platinum when you unlock all the other trophies… Well Done!

Gênero:  Tiro em 1ª Pessoa / Moderno
Distribuidora: EA Games
Desenvolvedora: DICE Stockholm
Plataforma: Xbox 360
Data de lançamento: 23 de Junho de 2008
Site oficial: http: http://battlefield.ea.com/battlefield/bf

Battlefield: Bad Company é a estréia da série de jogos de guerra nos consoles Xbox 360 e Playstation 3, desta vez com um foco no modo campanha de um jogador, diferente do multiplayer usual. O jogo tinha tudo para ser “mais um shooter de soldados e guerra”, mas a verdade é que a DICE conseguiu deixar um ar de inovação com apenas uma grande sacada, e algo aparentemente simples: cenários que podem ser destruídos pela intervenção de explosivos e similares.

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