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Not surprisingly given the game's pedigree, Bad Company is also a blast to
play online. The destructible environments really open up the gameplay and
make for a very dynamic battlefield. The maps are well designed and give
you a range of terrain from village to village desert fighting to European urban
combat. There's only one game type available, but it's an enjoyable mode
and more downloadable modes have been promised for the future. The
defending team has a series of crates of gold that they must protect from the
attackers. If the attackers capture each crate in turn before running out
of respawn tickets then they win. If not, the defenders do. The
fighting is naturally concentrated around the currently active crate, ensuring
that the action intense and that the players don't scatter all over the
good-sized maps. Since this is a Battlefield game, there are plenty of
vehicles and aircraft available for you to control and many enemy vehicles have
multiple weapons stations for players to crew. For example, a chopper
pilot can target armor with the chopper's missiles while a gunner strafes nearby
infantry. The vehicles are not overpowered in the game and are vulnerable
to fire, so you don't run into a situation where a single player in a tank is
running roughshod over a village full of infantry.
Bad Company features player classes that fill the traditional roles such as
soldier, sniper, and engineer. In a different twist from the usual methods
of changing your class in mid-battle, players drop their kits when killed and
you can pick one of these up for an instant class change. Switching
classes, driving vehicles, manning guns, and more are encouraged in the game by
an extensive array of medals. Just trying to find and earn them all is a
lot of fun and by providing all of these medals the game encourages diverse
teams, and the result is a better experience for all.
Bad Company represents a new direction for the Battlefield series, and it
makes its debut as a console exclusive with a building-blasting bang.
There is a lot of action-packed and enjoyable gameplay crammed into this game,
and I can't wait to see what's in store for it in the future.
In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated:
90%. Is Bad Company more fun to play in its single
player campaigns or in online multiplayer? You'll have a great time trying
to answer this question for yourself. 
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