August 28, 200718 yr Kt83TeSYZNgOk got some info dont know how true but here it is Battlefield: Bad Company will be released for P.C. as well as console. Destructible Environments One of the new features exclusive to Bad Company will be the addition of 90% destructible environments. Most of the terrain will be able to be destroyed, enabling players to create strategies with this new opportunity. For example, snipers might be able to blow away a corner of a building so that they could use that section as a place from which to fire. This does not mean that they are invincible, however. Vehicles such as tanks will have the firepower to destroy many of these buildings, encouraging the player to retreat and find another strategic point. Classes In a move similar to Battlefield 2142, the number of soldier classes will be lowered, resulting in a combination of the classic soldier classes. This will create "new loadouts of weapons and equipment." Weapons Available weapons are currently unknown, but they will likely contain modern favorites as well as some new concepts based on future weaponry, such as the XM8 rifle with an M320 40mm grenade launcher that is shown in a few of the screenshots. Also in the magazine "PLAYSTATION", it has a screenshot of the player holding an AT-4 rocket launcher and the M8 assault rifle. Ironsight Ironsight is an aiming mode to be featured in the game, as it was in Battlefield 2. Aiming without Ironsight in Bad Company will now cause your firing direction to move in random directions to take away repetitive fire, just as it would work in real life. Using Ironsight will help to improve a player's aim, causing the player to focus on his target and temporarily blur out surrounding objects. Gameplay Modes Well-known for its popular multiplayer support, DICE will take on a different strategy for this game and focus additionally on the single-player component, while still maintaining the multiplayer features expected from a Battlefield game. Once again the Battlefield Theme returns in elements for the main music. Single Player Haggard, one of the single player mode characters as shown in a trailer released February 2007. Haggard, one of the single player mode characters as shown in a trailer released February 2007. The sarge. While not much is revealed at the moment, the story, which takes place "just a few years into the future, involves a group of four AWOL soldiers who spot a truck full of gold crossing the border and figure the army doesn't pay them well enough not to desert and steal the gold. Their adventures will take place in locations such as Eastern Europe and other locations around the world. Whether or not the plot will involve the world's superpower armies is yet to be seen. Characters * Haggard is a soldier who apparently has a careless personality, shown by his amazement at his ability to "blow up anything." After discovering this fact from the narrator, he aimlessly fires at two buildings before taking out the cameraman. He considers himself and the sergeant to be a great team. * The currently nameless Sarge, Haggard's superior, has a more serious attitude toward whatever situation he is in, although he still has a somewhat prideful personality, using the war as a way to obtain "gold, revenge, and whatever's worth fighting for." Multiplayer Multiplayer mode will support up to 24 players, though some sources are hinting 50 players. Latency concerns have not been addressed. Revealed screenshots hint that battles will take place in environments similar to Battlefield 2. Example locations will include towns and tropical areas. Recent screenshot confirms the return of the US HMMWV, tanks, and helicopters. Battlefield: Bad Company Developer(s) Digital Illusions CE Publisher(s) Electronic Arts Distributor(s) Electronic Arts Series The Battlefield series Engine Frostbite Engine Release date(s) TBA 2008 Genre(s) First Person Shooter Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer Platform(s) Xbox 360,PlayStation 3,PSP,PC Media DVD, Blu-ray Disc
August 29, 200718 yr The game look great, and it inspired me to add a new "Gallery" category called Battlefield: Bad Company 57 images added ... As one of the first pics added to the new Gallery, here is a 3-pic shot showing the effects of the new 90% destructable environment feature. Very cool
August 29, 200718 yr Teaser [gametrailers]17334[/gametrailers] Developer Goals Trailer HD [gametrailers]17407[/gametrailers]
August 29, 200718 yr I'm reluctant to just jump for this. Granted there's some cool stuff but didn't we feel the same way about BF2 and 2142? I wonder what will be driving the physics, better not be some Ageia Physics card! . Hopefully its Havok or something NOT made by DICE. :S.
August 29, 200718 yr I'm reluctant to just jump for this. Granted there's some cool stuff but didn't we feel the same way about BF2 and 2142? I wonder what will be driving the physics, better not be some Ageia Physics card! . Hopefully its Havok or something NOT made by DICE. :S. I feel the the same way, I'll keep an eye on it. I don't want to get hyped up for nothing though.
August 29, 200718 yr Looks pretty good but destructible environments are going to cause the need for more power just by looking at that game we would probably need a physics card to keep up with the game. The series 8 cards will only do so much it might handle it it might not. This game will require at least a late series 7 all the way up to the new G92. Anyone that wants to play this game u will probably need Vista/XP and a DX10 compatible GFX card.
August 29, 200718 yr If the game takes advantage of multi-core processors we wont need a physics card. Crysis has a near 99% destructable environment also and it doesn't require a physics card but they do highly recommend two or more processors. Tom Clancy's next FPS illistrated how they optimized their upcoming release for quad core and I'm sure many more developers are going to be doing this also. As for the graphics cards keep in mind this is primarily a console game XBOX 360 which doesn't have the power of an 8800GTX. So the PC game's performance will truly depend on how well the game is optimized for NVIDIA and DX9c. Its set to be released Q1 of 2008 which lends me to believe you'll want dual core and the 8 series card for MED/HIGH graphics. We must be careful in getting over excited about what hardware requirements the game will need. I've seen this particularly with Crysis. But these games are in the works several years before the release meaning the hardware requirements will more than likely be a year old from the release date. So any hardware from early 2007 and on will do just fine.
August 29, 200718 yr Oh yeah, I didn't even think about Crysis not needing one. So it probably wont need a phys card then. Thats a good thing. Maybe the whole physics card thing will just fizzle out because multi-core processing is advancing so rapidly now.
August 29, 200718 yr Destructible environments must wreak havoc on the network code. I'm excited but hope that the multiplayer Battlefield games aren't abandoned.
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