With Battlefield: Bad Company 2 nearing release and with over 3.5 million downloads for the multiplayer demo alone, the game looks to be a big contender for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Here are 5 reasons that might make Battlefield: Bad Company 2 better than MW2.
- SOUND QUALITY
The Sound in Battlefield Bad Company 2 is stellar to say the least. From the firing of guns to cannons fire off in the distance, the sound quality is just awesome and MW2 does not even come close. I could be half way across the map and hear an explosion from the distance without even being near. When I am playing Modern Warfare 2 and someone is firing a gun or an explosion erupts across a map, I won’t be able to hear it. The top quality sound effect demonstarted in BC2 really add to the authenticity and intensity of combat.
- BIGGER ENVIRONMENTS
When I played in both the beta and Demo I was like “WOW these are really big environments.” Ever since the first Battlefield: Bad Company came out I always liked how big the environments were. Modern Warfare 2 has some but, nothing special that will blow your mind. Ever since people have playing the Battlefield they have praised the open areas, but with advancements in gaming technology, this effect is only broadened. I can see half way across the map with the scope of a sniper rifle and still see enemies coming to the next point. DICE did a great job on the environment and how natural it feels to be on the playing field. Modern Warfare 2 might have good graphics, but without a broad enough taste in environment, it does little to stand against Bad Company.
- EVERYTHING MUST BLOW UP!
When I heard that DICE was making a Battlefield title in which you could blow up anything, I didn’t believe it. When the first Battlefield: Bad Company came out, the element of destructible environments was fantastic. Now in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 they make that destruction 10x times better, with more noticeable damage to surfaces, and ways to blow things up. Modern Warfare 2 doesn’t have any destruction, like taking down a whole building with a C4 charge. Modern Warfare 2 gets a little boring when the terrain and structures are static with little change throughout battles. With Battlefield: Bad Company 2 the environment is ever-changing and nothing stay the same, meaning a possible solution to infamous campers.
- BETTER GAME ENGINE
When I compare both of the game engines, the Frostbite 2.0 can contain more objects and targets on screen as apposed to the IW engine. With the IW engine, the game isn’t always reliable, with the occasion pop-in and tears during gameplay. Even when Online Battlefield: Bad Company 2‘s performance withstands the multiplayer chaos. In Modern Warfare 2 however, too much action happening in a confined space will lead to a dramatic slip in frame rate, in some instances making the game momentarily un-playable.
- ONLINE
Between both online components Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2 have much in common, but Battlefield Bad Company 2 wins here. The game modes are unique and fun to play, unlike Modern Warfare 2 boring 5 year game modes that date back to the first Unreal Tournament and Call of Duty titles. Though Modern Warfare 2 has demonstarted more in-depth customisation options and reward schemes, BC2 has also done the same, though classes are more distinct and balanced. Bad Company 2 has already received a private and public beta, allowing DICE to buff out the flaws before its release. On the other hand, MW2 skipped beta testing, resulting in strings of patches being launched almost every week to fix the problems occuring.
FINALLY
Now with the Top 5 Reason Battlefield Bad Company 2 is better than Modern Warfare 2 covered, you can comment on it if you like, good or bad, I don’t care but, keep it clean. I will also be posting a Top 5 Reason Modern Warfare 2 is better than Battlefield Bad Company 2 soon, so that both sides of the story are there to look at. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is coming March 2, 2010 and Modern Warfare 2 is out now if you haven’t already picked it up.
I totally agree with you on every point you make. Bad Company 2 is a much more balanced and engrossing package, making Modern Warfare 2 seem like an arcade-style online shooter.
good job Chris, articles picking up speed on N4g.
Good article. What you said may be true. We’ll soon find out. But just word of caution, you might want to read this a few more times and get the edit hammer out. Some sentences don’t make sense. I take it that English is your second language? Just trying to help.
I’m seriously thinking of selling my copy of MW2.
Totally agree with you, especially about the sound. Battlefields sound effects are always top notch and add so much to the overall experience.
@TeaBags There is is no ‘seem’ about it, Modern Warfare 2 is an arcade shooter. It’s because of this that the game is rather bizarre (and thus failing) as it tries to become more tactical like the BF series.
One thing I like about bad company is that I don’t get as angry playing in the game, unlike in mw2 were you just flip out after getting wtf killed by someone. The dedicated servers also make it a fair and equal playing ground.
“The Sound in Battlefield Bad Company 2 is by far the best in any game.”
Wow, that’s ridiculous. The uncompressed goodness of MGS4 is faaaaar above this game, to name one.
but do WE NEED BF:BC2? answer is NO!
i have to agree with this article. after playing BF2 a LOT i wanted to buy MW1 and then MW2 for multiplayer, but i didnt.
i tried Bad company2 pc beta just for fun and i was TOTALY amazed. huge maps and fun to play even as seminoob.
i also agree that the sound is best i have ever heard in a game.
instant preorder for me(and i buy 2-3 games a year).
They could add more/different weapons, its very bad to see that only some guns were added. I think the weaponry is very important in a FPS and they could have done it better. I’m still gonna buy it but I will have a hard time telling which game is better BF or COD. I personally think that BF 1942 and BF 2 are the most fun online games to date but the BF: BC was a bit to comic and lacks some unfogettable moments in the single player.
”but do WE NEED BF:BC2? answer is NO! ”
Ehh…WRONG! The correct answer is YES!
I assume you’ve played the game, and the demo at least is of a lower quality than MW2.
I agree with this article. I was able to preview this game at last years Comic Con in San Diego. I can say that the game is superior in every way. Unfortunately it will not be as good as MW2. The reason being MW2 had one of the strongest fan bases of all time and it created an enormous player base at the start. It’s unfortunate, but true. The game will suffer for it and it sucks balls!
The BFB2 demo freaking sucks… You guys are a bunch of scabs if you don’t agree. There is no way on gods green earth that BFB2 is better than call of duty MW2 on any day. If you said it or believe it you’re a freaking scab. First of all the Multiplayer character graphics BFB2 are 3 notches below the character graphic renderings in MW2. Forget about collapsible buildings. Yeah, everybody is disappointed about all the glitching and cheating… WHaaaaaa!!!!! That’s basically what made MW the franchise that is… because of the things you can do that you cant in an average shooter. Infinity Ward understands this and so do the guys that are exploiting the f out of the game. MW2 is genius and inspirational.
i don’t know what you’re smoking. The game is CRAP compared to the quality of mw2. i honestly think that all those drinking the BC2 KOOLADE are just SHITTY at mw2. Mw2 is soooo much smoother and polished. Just simply moving around bc2 is clunky, awkward and frustrating. YES i get that it’s supposedly more “realistic” but is it? the movements sure aren’t. i like the open battlefield and classes, helicopters etc… but the gameplay is shit compared to the smoothness of mw2.
i’ve played 1942,battlefield: vietnam, modern combat and none of them feel HALF as good as cod games.
all i have to say is, just get better and cod and you’ll see why bc2 is shit.
k/d in mw2 after 6 prestige is 1.91 btw.
i agree. i don’t see what’s the big deal about this game. I was in the beta and have played the demo for hours and hours, and it doesn’t feel good. I’m not a cod fanboy or anything, but i just wish it felt better. This game is a 8/10 at best
Have to agree. I’ve spent more time playing the one map, one game type BETA for BF:BC2 than I did playing MW2 online!
Wow you’ve sparked a real debate hear. 70 votes and counting. Well done Deaths Nightmare.
Killzone 2 is any day a better game than both these games. & so is MAG. COD4 MW 2 is what everyone is using & no matter which other FPS game comes out, there is like no way it can steal MW 2′s spot!
hmmm the reason why mw2 skipped beta testing was because of a bunch of faggots begging iw to release it as soon as possible, they bagged so much that iw had to just skip the beta so they just released right away.
to be fair, a least singleplayer COD could be better. and or an ARCADE run and gun camp shooter Cod may be better..
BFBC2 is better though IMO
Beta testing should be the key difference. I’m sorry, I don’t like cheaters and MW2 is full of them. It’s been frustrating waiting for them to get their game right. Also MW2 is set up to please the selfish A.D.D. player. There are to many gimicks. Everyone is out to get thier points, call signs and other crap that makes the idea of solid team play for victory a second thought. I do have fun playing MW2 but also many frustrations. I’m so excited for the change.
I play both. I have played the cod series since cod 2, and have loved them. Modern warfare 2 has it’s issues, but in my opinion when it comes to the things that both games do, (Player movement, response, etc…) bf can’t touch mw2. That being said it is nice to have other aspects to enjoy. MW2 will be my main go to shooter, but bc2 will steal some time.
Man all I want is for COD MW2 to have the mission-oriented game play, huge environments, freedom of movement within the map and destructible environments and we’d have the perfect game.
I loved BF1. Very fun to play. I expected more out of the sequel than I saw in the demo though but with MAG turning out to be a pile of dung and MW2 getting BORING whats left?
Although sound isn’t incredibly important to me, my main gripe with MW2 is the matchmaking service. The gamemodes are tried and tested, but nothing original, however they are fun.
That being said, the aforementioned matchmaking makes actually getting a suitable game with your friends (assuming you have more than 5 of them) a real pain in the ass – even moreso if you want to play with your friends and be able to level up at the same time.
I look forward to trying BF:BC2 – despite being a bit of a mouthful I’m hearing good thing about it from my friends.
I agree with Matryx. The matchmaking service on MW2 is dire. If they were to introduce dedicated servers, and give people the option of connecting to them or using the matchmaking service I believe it’d be far better.
My mate is a massive MW2 fan and he got BFBC2 yesterday, so when I see him today, i’ll ask him which is better =P
@GRANGER so you want COD to rip off battlefield? you may as well just play battlefield if you asking for that lol
The one thing that clears the cut for BC2 from MW2? PC SERVERS something IW failed on…DICE took charge of…and it works
Asked the mate about BFBC2 and he reckons its class =D He says he’ll not be on MW2 again =O
He’s currently trying to get the trophy for drilling someone in the face lol
Great article dude & I agree, I find Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to be a much more enjoyable game than Modern Warfare 2.
OMG i played mw2 so much. and then i started to play bfbc2 demo. it was so much better than mw2. but now that i have the game, i happen to get spawn killed alot. oh well
Ive not tried BC2 yet. But i do know after playing CoD 4,5 and 6 ive had enough. Perhaps CoD is fine if you live in USA on 20Mb connections, but for the rest of us who have to put up with the BS laggy glitchy boosting cheating games where we cant even opt NOT to be matched with yanks its time to vote with my feet. Maybe BC2 will be just as bad, but ive had enough.. I play games to enjoy them, not to get so angry because of the utter BS deaths you get all the time on MW2.
Im trading my IW pile of steaming horse crap in this weekend putting the money i WOULD have spent on their rip off DLC towards it and getting BC2.
IW you have taken a crap from a very high spot on your loyal customers this time.. and this time this one is taking his money elsewhere.
Mw2 has better gun graphics and that is the only thing better than BC2
i have had BC2 for 3 days now and i cant believe i ever thought MW2 was a good game.
Nothing more enjoyable than paddling someone in the face.
I wish the mouse wasn’t so sluggish in BC2, but in EVERY OTHER CONCEIVABLE way it stomps the soul out of MW2. I’m a CoD fanboy. I played cod1 religiously ’till CoD4 came out. That being said – BC2 has dedicated servers. Good shot registry. Realism. Kit balance. BC2 is fun, where MW2 is nothing but a frustrating mass of steaming crap that makes me–the first game ever–completely, totally regret buying it.
My hat is off to DiCE/EA on this one. \m/
Pretty much everyone here who says COD is better is most likely only saying that because they suck at BF:BC2 because they can’t camp as easily in BF:BC2 as they can in MW2 and they can’t use their stupid killstreaks to kill half the people on the other team. =/
guys bad company 2 blew my mind away it was stress relieving whereas mw2. just frustrated me a lot. wow
Alright, i agree with you. BC2 is a game that is so easy to get back into because it is real fun. All you guys who say nah i have no reasoning that makes sense MW2 is just better, shut up your the people who bitch about guns being n00b that only you and some of your retard friends can’t get a kill with. Your the problem with MW2. now i am going to tell my experience. BC2 spawn killing is when your team can’t hold an area which gets hard to do. MW2 spawn killing is when people control spawn points and get a chopper gunner or ac130. MW2 made it way easier to spawn kill and it entices campers with kill streaks that make the game unfair. also the maps have a one play style feel. You really you just need to hold out one area to win. BC2 the maps make it fair. one map attackers get the high ground then later one the defenders get the high ground. this kinda of map design keeps the game balanced and allows more action packed moments. So all you fan boys and i mean all don’t just look at the game look at how people play. Also don’t call a gun n00b until you actually used and got over 10 kills with it.
bfbc sucks because mw2 has beeter grafics when is comes to the guns and the gameplay is so muck funner because it is a fast pase game don’t believe this bull shit fuckin person
okay really, imo BF:BC2 owns MW2, me and my friend bought MW2 and yeah the singleplayer is intense and epic, but what more is there to it? the multiplayer is filled with campers, killstreak abusings, and cheaters, we enjoyed playing it when we played it because we hadn’t tried BF:BC and later on BF:BC2 then i got BF:BC2 and yeah the graphics might be worse. and so what?! graphics aren’t everything, here’s an example: u play a game where u can do what ever you want, but the game have bad graphics, then u play a game with incredible graphics, but u can only walk around a city and watch the graphics, that backs up my teory.. GRAPHICS are for the look not to stear the whole game ffs?! so imo BF:BC2 beats MW2 by miles, in MW2 all u do is watch ur own ass (booring) in BF:BC2 it’s all about teamwork, and the match changes, like maybe sometimes the RU are having the highest ground, but then it might change to US having it. so end of disscussion, BF:BC2 is best.. feel free to troll me, but you know that i am right
BC2 is a much better game but i find it so hard to argue with my friends about it because they always pull the same thing “MW2 is more popular then BC2 so how could BC2 be better.” pretty sad…
hey, i am back with more proof that BF:BC2 is better than MW2
okay here we go, in mw2 you can’t do a shit, the maps are small or medium only purpose is to shoot and hope you don’t die, cause that would be sooooooo fucking bad for ur k/d ratio wouldn’t it? crybabies.. nd you can’t change anything in the map.. in BF:BC2 you can form the map to your advantage, for example lets say alot of sniper are sitting in a building pinning all your teammates down making it a hard time pushing forward, then one of your teammates might sneak forward and plant some c4 on the building, and if placed properly the building will collapse, traping the snipers inside, that is just 1 aspect, lets see you are in a level with alot of forest, and you can’t seem to find any snipers, but you can hear the bullets flying past your ears all the time, then get a machine gun or a tank or something and destroy all the trees to make the level easier to overcome, another thing is that you can make covers out of just dirt, let’s say you have a sniper trying to pin you down and a tank right besides you blow up, the explosion will leave a trench (just like the real world :O surprisingly xD ) but then you could either use that trench as cover or you could use whatever exploting things you might have (c4, grenades, 40mm grenadelauncher etc.) to dig the trench deeper, and safer.. can you do any of these things in MW2? no, which is 1 more fact that it is a bad game compared to BF:BC2 if you think that this post is not enoguh to convince you in that BF:BC2 is better then read my other post (#40) and get some eyeopening.. that’s all for today guys.. thanks for watching and cya next friday ( hahaha have always wanted to say that xD and no i won’t be on this forum next friday, the text is jsut for the effect lol xD)
and i am sorry for the typo’s in the previous post, but i am using my ps3 for this and my ps3 keyboard tend to mess around abit sometimes
@Ryan on Feb 24th
You could not be more wrong. I’ve played the heck out of the cod games. You’ve got a 1.91 KD in MW2? I currently hold 2.08 and stopped to play BFBC2. BF is a team game with immense realism and fun. Knives aren’t a toy, maps are real large pieces of land, and teamwork is necessary to win. I think you didn’t give this game a shot. It’s not MW2, you can’t throw on lightweight and marathon and get tactical knife kills….Just like nobody in any army does that. No, I’m not shitty at MW2, I’ll take you anyday. My point is, you must like unrealistic arcade games that can be played solo, and not fun team based strategy shooters that require a team to succeed.
I wish the mouse wasn’t so sluggish in BC2, but in EVERY OTHER CONCEIVABLE way it stomps the soul out of MW2. I’m a CoD fanboy. I played cod1 religiously ’till CoD4 came out. That being said – BC2 has dedicated servers. Good shot registry. Realism. Kit balance. BC2 is fun, where MW2 is nothing but a frustrating mass of steaming crap that makes me–the first game ever–completely, totally regret buying it.
My hat is off to DiCE/EA on this one. \m/