Battlefield Bad Company

Gameplay
By far, this game has proven to be the best $20 game I have ever bought. That’s not to say it isn’t worth full price, which it is. It just makes me puzzled as to why it is so cheap. Granted, the single player is a bit repetitive, but not nearly as many other shooters. Also, the next version of this game, Bad Company 2, is due out fairly soon. That would explain part of the price drop.
The gameplay is very solid. You are part of a “elite” squad of soldiers, so all the tactics take form of a blitzkrieg-style battle. Most of the environment in this game is destructible, thanks to the new  FrostBite engine developed for the game. Grenades or explosives to walls blow holes in them, RPG’s and AT-4’s help you take out snipers hidden in buildings. Even trees are destructible by using either explosives or machine guns. This allows for a very rich, intense gameplay that keeps you on your toes, even in multiplayer.
What makes this even better is the addition of other weapons not normally seen in most FPS titles. Certain times in the game, you are able to call in mortar fire or air strikes using laser designators. This adds to some of the realism that is missing from most shooters. Also, the addition of Tanks, Helicopters, and other vehicles adds to the fast paced gameplay similar in other Battlefield titles.

Graphics
What surprised me on the back of the box on the PS3 version is that it displays in 720p mode only. While this might be the same for Xbox360, I can tell you this; It does not matter. I have a 42” Sony Bravia II 1080p, and I couldn’t notice an impact of any kind. It still looks amazing, considering that most games that only go in 720p on the PS3 generally look terrible.
To me, the graphics seem very satisfactory. They might miss some shine here and there, but its very hard to notice. The graphics-elite may care, but for the average person, it will still amaze you. The effects and weapons look amazing, explosions are detailed and incredible, and all the other efforts put forth to make the game shine are very apparent. The new engine they use definitely has been very important to due this.

Sound
I wanted to review sound because this is another great plus to this game, its sound. Echoed yelling and shooting never sounded better in a game on my speakers. This game is very accurate as far as going through houses and how it would sound. Even people off in the distance seem perfect. To me, this helps with with gameplay tremendously. You can actually tell how far an enemy is by his echo. When you get a close blast of explosives, you even temporarily loose your hearing, similar to call of duty titles.

Multiplayer
The single-player portion of the game, while entertaining and mildly amusing, is a bit bland. What makes this game worth the money is its online multiplayer. It has a similar system used in Battlefield 2 and Call of Duty where you level to get unlocked weapons and gear. This time, instead of using Marine ranks, they switch back to Army. Also, they’ve reduced the rank to 25. This, I think, makes things a bit more interesting. Instead of just purely ranking up, you also have awards you can get. These awards are given after a certain amount of kills based on what weapons you use and certain actions you do. For example, the award of “Dog Catcher” is when you collect 5 unique dog tags from players after knifing them. It really does add to the whole challenge of multiplayer, while making it unique. Just like Battlefield 2, you have different classes of soldier. Certain classes have certain weapons, but each class has specialty items you can unlock. For example, the laser designator for dropping air strikes is part of the recon class (sniper). These are able to be unlocked as soon as you get a “unlock credit” from ranking up. You don’t have to be at the highest level to unlock the best weapons or items.

Overall

Pros:
-Multiplayer is what makes the game.
-Sound is awesome.
-Overall gameplay is exciting and unique.
-Value cannot be beaten.

Cons:
-Single player is a bit bland, but better than most FPS.
-Video output is at 720p on PS3 version (but isn’t noticeable on HDTVs).

Ratings
Gameplay: 4/5
Graphics: 4/5
Sound: 5/5
Multiplayer: 5/5

Overall: 4.5/5

This game is definitely worth playing. The fact that it’s $20 means it is a steal.

Copy & Paste Copy & Paste The EnterBF3.com way of life !!!

You think that would be the end of it. Well its not. It seems the EnterBF3 admin “neged” is infatuated with the Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V functions and loves to find content for his site this way. The next chapter in this saga tells the story of Neged snatching our Survey/Contest idea. Our dedicated staff runs a few gaming sites, one of them being ModernWarfare2Forums.net. The forum is pretty successful and is ran by your entire BF3Nation.com crew of editors. Neged is a frequent visitor of our Modern Warfare 2 site and it was to no surprise to us when 2 days after ModernWarfare2Forums.net opened a Survey/Contest section EnterBF3 had a survey page of their own. Another slap in the face is that he even used the same Affiliate Network for CPA offers located at CPALead.com. The only difference between our and his survey page is that he runs a contest while users on our site earn and keep every point they make for which they can cash in for goodies. To check out OUR program visit ModernWarfare2Forums.net/lockerz

Scammer practices and LIES LIES LIES

Breaking all the Internet Marketing rules the Admin of EnterBF3 encouraged his users to fill out the surveys untruthfully in order to gain many clicks and eventually money. Yes those surveys make him money. While that is not a bad thing as running sites costs money (everyone loves money ) it is wrong to lie on they survey page. Companies pay out millions of dollars for research and development and cheating them out of that money not only hurts them but other HONEST affiliate publishers who are trying to earn a buck. I have confronted Neged about this situation as his negligence could of gotten him banned off CPALead network for breaking their TOS (Terms of Service). His response was to delete every trace of proof that he encouraged users to lie + on top of everything ha has banned me off his site. That was not the only reason for the ban. Neged is trying to keep us hushed as we have discovered 2 critical flaws in his survey system which renders his contest useless as its easy to cheat.

Funny facts are that CPALead.com (the survey company) pays out anywhere from 0.19 cents to 10.00 dollars per survey filled. Its totally random but combining all the statistic together you can calculate an average which is 1 dollar for every survey completed. Now EnterBF3 grand prize is a desktop computer with some pretty good specifications. The problem is the contest requires 12,000 entries in order for a winner to be announced. Now If my math is correct that means Neged expects 12,000 surveys to be filled which if the calculation below is correct:

12000 Entries = 12000 Surveys x 1.00 Per Survey = $ 12,000.00 Usd Dollars.

Now no doubt that computer is a pretty good one, its just not 12,000.00 dollars good. This only shows how greedy Neged truly is. But my point that Im trying to get to is that in the end it does not matter. The site is using very poor scripts to keep the honest contestants safe from fraudulent clicks. Our staff editor Jeremy has decided to enter the contest to show the security flaws in their system. When we confronted Neged about this issue we were both banned (again) and any proof of us posting on his site was removed. The only thing showing the truth is the screen shot we took while toying with his out-dated site. Please look at screenshot below and notice how jc33777@gmail.com (aka Jeremy) has magically won all the top spots in the contest (and even won the PC). This was done in a matter of minutes using a simple trick and a FireFox Macro.

Click HERE for Full Screen.

In fact the system is so poorly designed that we are compelled to tell you that its as easy as hitting your BACK button (after filling out just 1 survey) and entering your email over and over again. This can be automated by creating a simple Marco (Google it if you don’t know what a Macro is) – Is that the only way to cheat it? No. The other way is a tad more complicated but having people with web security backgrounds on our staff makes it a snap. So in conclusion DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME on their contest as you will never win. Ever !! The tracking system that EnterBF3 has is very poor and that can be verified just by browsing their forums and finding tons of angry users asking about their points.

I am sure this is not the end of this story. My only wish is that Neged will Copy & Paste this story onto his site, also.

The image of the touching letter with a scan of a check he sent in:

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