Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review Explosie

Vanaf morgen ligt Battlefield: Bad Company 2 officieel in de Europese winkels. Inmiddels zijn de belangrijkste reviews van de game ook verschenen, dus is het tijd voor Battlefield: Bad Company 2 review explosie! Wordt dit dan de langverwachte game die Modern Warfare 2 van de multiplayer troon gaat stoten? Na de break een overzicht van de belangrijkste Battlefield: Bad Company 2 reviews!

Laten we starten met de review van Gamepro, waarin Bad Company 2 de perfecte score van 5/5 sterren krijgt. De conclusie van deze review luidt als volgt:

With Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 being regularly victimized by bugs, glitches, hacks and other exploits, there’s an opportunity for another game to come in and do some real damage. Bad Company 2 definitely has the necessary chops to give the current king of, well, modern warfare, a run for its money. Aside from its limited weapon tweaking, it hits on all of the same high points as its biggest competition but does it with a style all its own.

Ook Game Informer is erg  positief en geeft Bad Company 2 een 9.5 als score. De subtitel van de review luidt: DICE Declares War On Infinity Ward en dat is ten gunste van de kwaliteit van Bad Company 2:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 brings the boys from Bravo Company back and sets them on another crazy adventure they didn’t ask for. Delivering an experience on par with a summer blockbuster movie, the single-player campaign took me on an adventure through South America that spanned snow-covered mountains and rainy, dense jungles. Explosive set pieces, mysterious weapons, and wisecracking squad members kept me hooked through to the end – but the real star is the amazing multiplayer. DICE has brought the magic of Battlefield 2 to the living room with some of the most balanced and addictive online multiplayer I’ve ever seen. With the blend of new ideas and improvements from the previous title, Bad Company 2 is set to become a juggernaut in the multiplayer space.

TeamXbox is ook erg positief over de game en deelt ook een 9.5 als score uit. Zij concluderen in hun review:

If you’ve been looking for a shooter good enough to supplant Modern Warfare 2 as your multiplayer game of choice on Xbox Live, you’ve found it. And with its strong, team-focused gameplay and an ambitious scale, DICE should be commended for working so hard to make single player feel like much more than an afterthought. Bad Company 2 is the best FPS I’ve played in longer than I can remember. While the presentation could be stronger in spots and DICE hasn’t quite gotten the hang of checkpointing systems outside of the PC space, I don’t see myself shutting up about how good Bad Company 2 is for quite some time.

Het wordt eentonig, maar ook 1UP is onder de indruk van de game en deelt een A- als score uit. Uit de 1UP review:

The core gunplay has that “DICE feeling” that I like a lot, and even when the checkpoints or the linearity or my squadmates’ inaction annoy me a bit, the snap-crack-thud of a sniper rifle or the explosion-driven collapse of a building make up for those flaws. It might only have ten maps for now, but they’re big maps that I’ll be leveling up my duder within and mining for plenty of crazy stories. Though it occasionally stumbles, there’s one thing that Bad Company 2 clearly demonstrates: DICE has graduated from the, “can only do a multiplayer FPS” class, and is perfectly capable of making a great all-around game.

We gaan verder met de review van Eurogamer, dat de game beordeelt met een royale 9/10. Wat maakt Bad Company 2 zo goed volgens Eurogamer?

Bad Company 2’s single-player campaign would be a genre standout in any year, but it’s online that the game comes into its own. It’s no wonder that the box bears the tagline “Defining Online Warfare”, since the multiplayer component here is a confident, muscular distillation of everything DICE has been building up to over the past decade. This is the online shooter at its most streamlined, most thoughtful, most exhilarating.

We sluiten af met de review van IGN, waarin Bad Company 2 als eindcijfer een 8.9 scoort. Uit de conclusie van de review:

Those looking at Bad Company 2 as only a single-player game might come away disappointed. It’s an action packed, gorgeous, and explosive game but it doesn’t quite come together into a campaign for the ages. It more feels like an added bonus to the multiplayer game and for those in search of that, this is a great choice. Bad Company 2 as an online shooter is flexible and engaging, offering several features that the competition can only dream of. If you’re looking for a more strategic and team-based change of pace, look no further. This is the game for you.

Op Metacritic heeft Battlefield: Bad Company 2 momenteel een gemiddelde score van 89% (Xbox 360 versie). Op basis van de bovenstaande reviews en conclusies kunnen we op z’n minst stellen dat deze game absoluut de moeite waard is voor shooter-fanaten.