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Built from the ground-up for next-generation consoles using Digital Illusions' Frostbite game engine, Battlefield: Bad Company drops gamers behind enemy lines with a squad of renegade soldiers who risk it all on a personal quest for gold and revenge. Featuring a deep, cinematic single-player experience loaded with adventure and dark humor, the game delivers the series' trademark sandbox gameplay in a universe where nearly everything is destructible. Battlefield: Bad Company also features a full suite of the franchise's trademark multiplayer options with deep gameplay modes designed to take full advantage of the game's massively destructible environments. [Electronic Arts]
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Giant Bomb
It looks great, has fun characters, a load of interesting weaponry, and works nicely whether you’re playing alone or with a squad. The campaign lasts long enough to feel fulfilling, and the multiplayer kept me coming back once that was complete.
 93
Game Informer
The extreme polish evident in the final product makes it all worthwhile. Both single- and multiplayer shine - at long last redeeming DICE for the crappy bot-fests offline players had to endure in previous games in the series. [July 2008, p.82]
91
GameShark
The game delivers a level of destruction that will make grown men giggle like a child and it is this level of interactivity that makes it special.
90
TheSixthAxis
It's a really, really good shooter - although it's a shame there's only one multiplayer mode - and we have no hesitation in recommending it for anyone remotely interested in the genre. Great stuff.
90
Jolt Online Gaming UK
It’s not as often as we’d like that a shooter comes along in which can you plough through the single player and then spend many more hours in the multiplayer without feeling like you’ve seen and done it all before. Battlefield: Bad Company is definitely one of those games, and the tongue-in-cheek tone and dialogue of the game is perfectly matched to the intense and chaotic action.
90
Playstation: The Official Magazine (US)
It's not the best-looking game, it's clunky in its controls, but it delivers where it counts with a fun experience that will keep you entertained through to its conclusion. [Aug 2008, p.70]
90
Gameplanet
It may lack the finesse in the single-player that some similar titles have, but it does a great job of making you feel the part as you roll into combat with guns blazing, your squad hooting and bellowing behind you. Add to this the multiplayer which is well rounded and realistic, yet big on the fun, and you have a great experience which could ultimately have you playing for months and months.
90
GamePro
Dynamic action, tons of features, and highly-detailed visuals come together for the first significant step forward of console first-person shooters since "Halo: Combat Evolved." While there are a few minor quibbles, you're assured to become addicted to Bad Company's twitch gameplay.
90
GameSpy
One could easily say that Bad Company expands the genre itself with its combination of great story, destructible environment and surprisingly deep single-mode multiplayer.
90
GameDaily
Seeing as how most military first-person shooters take themselves dead seriously, it's refreshing to see Battlefield: Bad Company's dark sense of humor.
90
Kombo
The improvements made to the Battlefield formula have changed the way future Battlefield games will be judged. Right now, the only company to be with is Bad Company.
90
Game Chronicles
The PS3 version of Battlefield: Bad Company may not be the best looking game on the console but it is very good with a fantastic audio.
88
Cheat Code Central
Definitely one of my favorite games of the year. It's not entirely perfect, but it is thoroughly enjoyable. If you've found yourself stuck in a gaming rut, I'd suggest combating it with a little levity and a great story.
88
Game Over Online
If you're looking for a shooter to carry you through the hot summer months, I highly recommend you enlist in Battlefield: Bad Company.
87
GameZone
An entertaining and well-designed game experience that keeps the action flowing. The Frostbite engine ramps up the strategic elements and the game’s story arc does a nice job of tying all game elements together.
87
DailyGame
The BF series finally gets some decent single-player attention, and the fantastic results make us wonder why DICE didn't try it out before.
86
IGN
There are plenty of flaws that FPS gurus will be able to nitpick about, but Bad Company delivers a fun-filled single-player campaign with a multiplayer component that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best in our industry.
85
Gameplayer
Certainly the ability to punch a hole through the wall of a building to get access to the Ruski vermin camping inside is a great step forward for the acclaimed series as it looks to motor its dominance from PCs onto consoles. The world destruction on show is suitably ‘next-geny’ and thoroughly enjoyable, there’s no doubt. But despite developer Digital Illusions spirited attempts, Bad Company doesn’t quite reach the rarely tapped heights of dual-radness, and is just a really good game.
85
IGN UK
In spite of its sluggish opening, Battlefield: Bad Company goes on to produce one of the most entertaining first-person shooters since last year’s "Call of Duty 4."
85
GamerNode
The writing is good, the characters are great, and the destructible environment actually plays an integral role in the game, rather than just serving as a claim to place on a sticker to move copies at Wal-Mart.
85
GameSpot
Battlefield Bad Company is the most fun, addictive shooter released so far this year.
85
PTGamers
The well designed campaign is undeniably a good thing and the online format is solid as ever.
85
Maxi Consolas (Portugal)
A new incursion of the Battlefield franchise on the console turf that manages to surprise us, mainly because of the consistent solo campaign. Even if it doesn’t offer the same intensity and cinematic flair as Call of Duty 4 (although it has an excellent destruction engine). And, of course, as far as online is concerned, Bad Company doesn’t disappoint. [July 2008]
84
IC-Games
Overall the open sandbox style of gameplay and allowing you the non-linear gameplay to complete the mission in your own way works very well.
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Solid gameplay aside, strong characters coupled with occasional whiffs of Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now ultimately help Bad Company transcend its lineage.
83
Gaming Age
Battlefield: Bad Company may not be the award winner that COD 4 was, but it is damn near as entertaining and a lot easier to get into. This is a war game for the casual gamer who just wants to have fun blowing stuff up.
82
Worth Playing
DICE's newest take on the virtual battlefield does a lot of things right, despite firing a few blanks along the way, such as the lack of a co-op mode in the main campaign.
80
Gamer.nl
In the previous Battlefield games we had to do without the singleplayer mode. Fortunately Bad Company is changing that.
80
Thunderbolt
Without much competition right now, Bad Company is a surprisingly fun and well designed effort.
80
PSM3 Magazine UK
Solid single player, and superb online - a decent "COD4" alternative. [Aug 2008, p.62]
80
AceGamez
As a multiplayer, it's truly fantastic, despite having only one game type available at the moment.
80
PSW Magazine UK
A solid singleplayer campaign souped up by a cracking multi-player experience. From a technical standpoint, Bad Company sets a new benchmark in the FPS genre.
80
G4 TV
Battlefield: Bad Company is the most console-feeling Battlefield ever produced.
80
VideoGamer
The levels are massive - although there are only seven of them - and the sense of being in a conflict can only currently be matched by CoD4.
80
DarkZero
It might not feature a class based objective system like "Quake Wars," but it’s sure a damn better multiplayer experience than that port.
78
Play UK
Gold Rush truly is a brilliantly put-together game mode, but it really is the only bit worth buying Battlefield: Bad Company for. The single-player campaign tries hard to please, but ultimately still feels mostly pointless.
75
1UP
With a thumping sound and sudden cloud of dust, grenades erase whole sections of houses. Bullets, however, stop dead in the thinnest wood slat. But what Bad Company needs isn't a trip to a real-life firing range -- it's its inflexible A.I. that requires the lessons.
75
Console Monster
It might not re-invent the wheel or “wow” you, but it’s consistently worthwhile.
75
Game Positive
In the end, Battlefield: Bad Company is by no means a bad first-person shooter, but it's also far from the best. Unfortunately, as it is, it's more likely to get lost in the sea of shooters that already line the shelves.
70
Playstation Official Magazine UK
Personality, guns and destruction are Bad Company's strongest cards and it plays them hard. [Aug 2008, p.98]
70
Edge Magazine
Bad Company’s multiplayer happily checks off the expectations the series has created. [Aug 2008, p.90]
Dan gave it a5: Julian R. gave it a9: David B. gave it a10: the truth gave it a7: Christopher B. gave it a9: Michael F. gave it a7: Lam Le gave it a10: |
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