Even the biggest first person shooters are running scared of Modern Warfare 2, but Bad Company 2 seems to have everything going to be a genuine contender to Activation’s behemoth, although EA is still playing safe and holding out for an early release. Perhaps there are still concerns over the effectiveness of the single player campaign. The first game’s story about a rag-tag bunch of gold hunting squaddies was fun, yet hardly memorable in the same way players fondly recall Call of Duty 4’s sinking ship level or playing a dying solider as he takes his final breaths. Bad Company 2 catches up with the same squad, and it’ll take more than some more sweary banter for the single player to live long in the memory. It’s telling that whatever the sequel has been shown, it’s been the multiplayer campaign everyone has asked about.
And to be fair, it’s looking even better than before. In number crunching terms alone we’re looking at 15 vehicles, over 15,000 kit variations, and 46 weapons which can be customized to make an impressive 200+ guns. New vehicles include nippy ATVs, and the UH-60 transport chopper which ships four players into battle plus an extra tow manning its mounted railguns. Taking one of these down with a full six enemies inside is a massive coup.
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