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Bad Company 2 is a
first person shooter. For me, the main selling point of this game is the fact that you can drive vehicles around. I love the ability to hop in a tank and blow wall sections out of a building in order to reveal a sniper’s hiding place. I love being able to hop in a Jeep or on an ATV and race across the map and right into the enemy’s base. I love being able to jump on a machine gun mounted to a helicopter and gun down enemy soldiers while someone pilots us around their base. You can’t do any of these things in Modern Warfare 2, and that’s why I say Battlefield 2 is superior.
Whether you are on foot or in a vehicle, the gameplay never has a dull moment. This is by no means an easy game and it will happen quite often that you’ll never see who gunned you down. The maps have tons of elevated positions and great hiding places, and there are no colors or hovering name tags to distinguish enemy soldiers. You really have to keep your eyes open and watch for movement in order to spot an enemy, and learning how to locate gunshot sounds is very helpful. Casual gamers will probably find this game very difficult, but I happen to enjoy the challenge it creates.
There is a single player campaign and a multiplayer game in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. I only played the single player portion enough to get a feel for the controls, because the main reason I bought this game is to play online. I enjoy online first person shooters very much and really like the variety that this game offers with weapons and vehicles. As far as what you do besides kill the enemy, the gameplay varies between your basic ‘capture the flag’ and ‘defend the position’ type games. During any timed session, the team who maintains control of various locations for the most amount of time will be the winner.
