Seeing as I played BFBC for quite some time, I accumulated a large amount of images, so I’m sharing them with you, and trust me, there’s a lot of them.
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I’ve got the BETA for BFBC2, and I love it, despite the controls being VERY different to BFBC1. If you want to see video from the BETA, see the previous blog entry HERE.
So me, and theENIGMATRON decided to have a quick play of Bad Company 1, we wanted to know how we could re-adapt to the controls.
Amazingly it was so easy, we did’nt even have to think about it at all. We fell back into the game so quickly and so easily we amazed ourselves, especially as we have been playing Call of Duty 4 and 6 for over a month.
But thats not why BFBC1 is dying out.
There’s still plenty of players, but ALL the games are now unranked. And they lag badly too. The servers have probably been nicked for the BETA.
The games (BFBC1) now seem to degrade into complete bedlam, no one is working as a team, and there’s so much TK’ing going on, that you can barely move more than a few feet before you drop down dead.
It’s a sad realisation to think my favourite game for over 18months is now on it’s way out, but it is.
The lag is a killer, it will kill any game faster C4 strapped to a tank.
Teamkilling does’nt help, but if it’s going on, it will just degenerate into a TK fest.
Not having stats and your unlocks means that tanks will just rule the battlefield. Imagine trying to destroy tanks with just RPG’s, and only having one or two people with them too. Now imagine defending Oasis that way.
R.I.P.
Here lies
Battlefield bad company.
It was great fun, but now the fun has gone.
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Battlefield Bad Company 2 BETA has arrived.There’s always going to be gameplay video’s on YOUTUBE, but most will be crappy quality. Well, not here. Here you will always get HD HQ video.
The Video comes from me, and two of my friends:
Astrozombie1
Symonator Symonator’s Website
Now for the PLAYLIST. To change the video, click the cassete looking icon at the bottom. I’ll also add new video’s over time.
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I know for a fact that I’m seriously looking forward to this game, I’m trying not to get caught up in the hype, but it’s hard when the gameplay looks this good.I’ve compiled a playlist and will add more video’s as they appear.
So far we have the squad story trailer one and two, and two gameplay videos, and despite my fears that DICE might release video based on the much more powerful PC version, they have’nt, they’ve resisted the temptation. One video here is from the xbox 360 version, and WOW, I can only imagine how the PC will look if the xbox is this good.
Anyways, on with the video’s.
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OK, I’ve had a nasty bug for a couple of days now. The symptom is 19 minutes of gameplay, then kick back to main menu.Someone else mentioned this in EA forums, but I took it a step farther.
I setup 3 different players, and tested it.
ALL 3 were kicked at exactly 19 minutes of play.
Read the post that got me started here…
EA FORUM 15 minute bug.
And this is my post summary…
My Summary.
I’ve tried setting my PS3 in a DMZ, i’ve tried forwarding ports, and I’ve tried a combination of the two, without success.
EDIT:
Ok, sorted it at last, I disabled upnp on my router.
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Bit strong, but it could happen.
The list of bugs grows day by day, and there’s a lot of them.
They make great games, but games that are buggy as hell.
The launch week of 1943 is nothing new, lots of bugs, lots of problems, but DICE are blaming most of it on external resources beyond their control.
I doubt very much that they really are beyond their control, I strongly believe these problems are very much within their control, and are basicaly down to bugs in the code.
Packet Loss, how is this down to the data center? I’m pretty friggin sure it’s the only game that has this problem for the data center, so it’s therefore down to the game right?
They (DICE) have ties to Multiplay.co.uk and are most likely using them as server hosts. And seeing as no other official BF Game had packet loss at the weekend, it’s certainly going to be be net code.
Probably same net code as battlefield bad comapany. That still kicks players for packet loss.
Then there’s lag, lots of it. Do you see people “warp” around the maps, aircraft disappear like they are in the Bermuda Triangle? Only to reappear on the other side of the map?
This is lag, and it’s pretty bad, not so bad as it was at Christmas for BFBC, but it’s not good either.
Comms fail constantly, they work for a few minutes then stop until you quit and reload the game.
So far we have MAJOR packet loss, lag, and no working comms. If you think thats bad, there are some people who cant even play at all. Then there’s the Aussies, and New Zealanders who DONT have any local severs, they have to travel over the Pacific to play, and now THATS LAG.
There’s graphical glitches, like black boxes appearing and disappearing, aircraft targets not following enemies, images getting stuck in the middle of you view, and images hanging around that just dont belong there.
Lets not forget that you cant view your profile, and probably never will. It was supposed to take a couple of days to fix profiles, but 5 days later, yep, still broken.
Some people cant login to EA server, this means they cant even run the tutorial let alone play on a live “Battlefield”.
Then there’s the laughable team “inbalance” as I call it, wtf is going on there? 24 divided by 2, simple maths really, so why does’nt team “imbalance” work?
And dont even bother with the Private Match, that is a joke, you spend a few minutes in the lobby getting everyone together, then as soon as you join, half the people get kicked from the server, leaving you with 10vs2, and no one else can join.
In summary, this game is good, but the bugs make it by far the worst game I’ve played.
If DICE dont sort this out, people will remember and not buy the next Battlefield game, and that will sting them badly.
Personally, I no longer care that they worked hard over the weekend fixing bugs, why? Because the bugs are still there.
I dont care if DICE go under after this, all I care about is getting a game that works, this does, but you wont be playing for long, because you cant, it wont let you.
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Here’s a small video clip of my first attemp to play Battlefield 1943, not too shabby.Please ignore the flight though, I did’nt realise I could invert the controls.
I fly much better now thankyou.
Infact, I’m untouchable in flight now.
battlefield 1943 FIRST game, and pwning too.
Battlefield 1943 First game First video.
Get in there.
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Looks very good.
Since this was posted PRE-Release, all I can say is it looked bloody briliiant.
But now as it’s well past release day,
I think we all know too well what the problems are.
Damn shame too, it held so much promise.
Let me know what you think.
Love it? Or hate it?
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It’s no longer a new game, but mirrors edge is a good one. Why…?
Well It’s a D.I.C.E. game, and no, this is not a DICE lovefest, it’s genuinely another great game.
Synopsis:
You play as a runner, someone who delivers secure packages by any means necessary.
The Game is based around the abilty to “Free Run” and the combo’s available are amazing, and so are the trophies required to achieve them. For the trophy whores out there, you will need to spend a fair amount of time getting the platinum for this, maybe not as much as Wipeout HD, but still, they will take time and effort.
There is only a single player element to this game, and not surprisingly, it just does’nt lend itself to a multiplayer game, although online races could be very interesting. But it’s not in, so there’s no point complaining about it.
Also missing is a map creation pack, but rumour has it that ME2 will have one, and it needs one, there’s just too much promise not too have one.
Anyway, back to the game, those with a fear of heights/vertigo/epilepsy, need not apply. The player will spend most of their time on rooftops, and even though I dont suffer with heights, the immersion works and even I feel nervous. As for epilepsy, there is a LOT of bright white colour…
These are just a selection of screenshots, and not the best, but you get the picture (pun intended), there are lots of heights and very bright whites.
You play as a character called Faith, 
and coming back after having a bad fall, you have to re-train. This is controled by another runner called Celeste.
It’s fairly easy to pick and start playing, although I did give up after playing the demo, but when I say this game being sold for £17, I thought what the hell, I’ll have to get it. It’s well worth it, I’m not sure if it was worth £40 at launch, it’s good, but not that good, I’d have put it at a £25 price point, but thats me.
Faith has a sister who is mixed up in something bad, and it’s Faiths task to find out who is involved and what the plot is.
The story takes you from VERY tall buildings to sewers and all the spaces inbetween, but as said earlier, mostly on rooftops.
There’s a slight problem though, cops and SWAT will want you stopped at every opportunity, also the “Bad People” will do their best to kill you, and you will die, a lot, not much at first, but once the game gets going, the going gets tough – Now try singing it that way around Billy Ocean 
and deaths come in two guises, falls and getting shot. Both happens a lot. But it’s the challenge that keeps you playing, it’s tough but not impossible, so it does have the continued playabity.
Some of the tricks required to finsh the game will likely have you throwing your joypad, you dont need to be fancy to finish it, but it does help, so get used to the controls.
In anycase, as you progress, you get small rewards in either the form of ingame music tracks, images, and video’s, it’s a nice little extra as there some excellent shots of early artwork, and brilliant music tracks.
As you progress, you’ll uncover the plot, loose friends, and free your sister from jail, but there are twists in the plot and it will probably surprise most players who is responsible for the whole plot.
The finishing level will keep you busy for a bit, but it’s also a great map to explore, and will likely keep you playing that last level several times as it’s great fun and a good challenge.
It’s also worth it for the closing sequence, and the promise for ME2.
The other game mode:
The other challenge, and for the trophy whores, you need to play this, it’s called simply Time Trial.
It’s a race like challenge and it’s an incredible way to learn to play the game even better, as you will learn much more in a safer environment, and you will learn how to do it quickly too.
Once you move along in the game, you unlock those maps and challenges.
One of the things you see in the intro video are Cranes, and you do get to play with them in game and in time trials too.
You will need to spend a fair bit of time completing and exploring timetrials to get that platimun, but it’s worth it, it’s a brilliant game mode, and worth the admission fee alone for just this mode.
Lastly, there’s a map pack you can download and play only in timetrials, and they look amazing, truly amazing.
Brilliant game, and one of the very few I’ve ever completed.
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Well, it started out to be promising and brilliant game, something it managed to deliver. Typical stuff from DICE, never fails. Nice work.
We all should know by now what the game is about and how it plays, but for those in the cheap seats and have’nt taken the plunge yet…
It’s both a single player and (brilliant) multiplayer. The single player element puts you into a small military unit, one that seems to find humour and bullets at every turn.
But after a surprise discovery, (lots of gold) your squad decide to do things their own way.
You fight in a destructible environment, in helicopters, tanks, and the odd emplaced heavy duty guns.
You’ll be challenged on the later levels, and on the higher level game modes, (covering beginner to expert) and it’s actually not a bad experience to play the single player too, not that I play it that much.
The real meat of the game lies in the multiplayer mode, and this is where it gets tastey too. You’ll automagically be put into squads of four, and teams of 12v12. Even though it’s nine months old, it’s still easy to find severs filling up pretty damned fast.
As a beginner coming into the game now, you’ll certainly struggle to find your place, but dont worry, you’ll catch on pretty quickly, just learn the maps, and stick with one type of class, go for support, its good all round and has mortar strikes, good for taking out lots of enemies without getting near.
As for the more seasoned veterans, we all know the score, 5 snipers all sitting on a hill while you and one other person is attacking. We know there are some amazing chopper pilots out there, and some are in here too, Sy, bluey, astro, me (modesty i know 
) and we can rule the game, and change the entire structure of the defence’s team, and change the look of the buildings while we’re at it. (It does have destructible environments like I said). But dogtag stealing is a must. Get the hang of it now.
There are two game modes for multiplayer, there’s Gold Rush and CTF capture the flag aka Conquest.
Gold rush is all I play, and for some reason, even though I’m damned good at this game, I get my arse kicked all over the map in conquest.
GR see you attacking, and you have to destroy the gold crates, 2 of per map section. Some maps have 3sections, some have a lot more, while you’re attacking, there are of course, some defenders who want the gold for themselves, after all, who does’nt want a trip to Hawaii for free?
You’ll have at your disposal, tanks, hummers, choppers, boats, a Howitzer, and fast attack vehicles. You’ll need ‘em all.
With a good squad/team you should get the first gold crates without a huge amount of trouble, and if your team is on the ball and fast, you’ll get the second set even faster.
How to destroy the crates? There are 2 ways, blast the living hell out of them, using C4, anti tank mines, RPG’s, and even standard bullets will do it, the other way is to plant a charge on them by pressing the circle button.Planting a charge means getting up close and personal, then defending the crate while the enemy come to defuse your charge. Best bet, is to stay back a bit and blast anyone who gets near it.
Defenders, your job is to stop them any way you can. A lot of teams make the mistake of getting cocky and will run to intercept the attackers and leave the base undefended. You wont believe how many time’s i’ve seen this, and how many time’s i’ve been the ONLY defender. Let me tell you, if that happens, it’s game over very quickly.
Stand and wait for them to come to you, they have NO choice, they have to attack to win, you have to stop them to win.
Here’s a couple of HD video’s from actual gameplay:
OK, 9 months on.
Well, it’s had some problems, and some very controversial problems too.
Firstly patches, and the controversy, because the Xbox 360 has limited storage in its default state, DICE can only create so many and limited size patches, and because they are loathe to patch one and not the other system, after all they dont want to be showing the public how weak the xbox is in this area, they refuse to patch the ps3 version, leaving us vets with an incomplete and often buggy game.
There are some serious issues with carshing and locking up of the game, forcing you to do a hard reset of the ps3.
Another is friends, ie, inviting friends into a game so you can play together is very hit and miss, well, mostly miss.
There is also a problem with 5.1 surround sound, sometimes it distorts in the rear speakers, sometimes it goes completely silent, and you have to cold start your amp.
Also, there is a pretty serious glich that lets CHEATS use the howitzer to constantly bombard the enemy, if this happens, then a team kill is more than acceptable. If you are on the other side, destroy the gun, kill the player, and camp to make sure they dont use it after it respawns. If you cant manage it, and it can be hard work to do it, leave the server, and maybe write a report to sony. They might get a ban, or maybe get their stats reset, or maybe nothing at all.
Lastly, for the trophy whores, forget it, you will not get them all, yep, i’ts another bug, some you just dont recieve even after acheiving the goals, making it impossible to get a platinum.
Overall, i have to say, it’s the only game that keeps me coming back time after time, after time, and I’m not the only one, even after buying dozens of other games, even after the disapointing launch of Killzone 2, I still keep playing. Why? Meet me on the battlefield, and I’ll show you why.
OH CRAP!!!!
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The international Space Station?
Searching for life on Mars?
Maybe looking for sign of the end of the world in Tibet?
Maybe you need to read this first:
Bad company – 9 months on.
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