Monthly Archives: June 2010

Bad Company 2 “Map Pack 3”

Oh the consternation! Map Pack 3 for Bad Company 2 was announced and even the comments on the announcement are from a bunch of jaded gamers.

There are no new maps of course, just different modes for existing maps. Unfortunately this is a sign of things to come, especially as publishers try to combat the “evil” that is the second hand games market. I love the delicious irony that they have for most people stamped out illegal piracy on the consoles but now a legal method of purchasing games is a danger to the producers of the games we enjoy.

I honestly could never have imagined this happening. Publishers fighting the retail channel.

Oh yeah, as I mentioned on Dave’s Blog. I’d love to know if DLC purchased online from a company registered in the EU can be returned within 7 days and refunded, as per the Distance Selling Directive. After reading through the bullet points on that page I have a sneaking suspicion that it won’t apply. The exceptions to the directive include the following:

  • for gaming and lottery services
  • for the provision of services if that service has already begun, with the consumer’s agreement, before the end of the seven working day period

“Gaming” referred to above is obviously gambling but in the hands of lawyer who knows where you might stand. The second point is more relevant. The DLC could be a service and since online play is always ongoing you probably won’t have a leg to stand on.

Sometimes your own team can be too good….

Sometimes your own team can be too good. Had a few games of Bad Company 2 after the patch downloaded. I noticed jets flying overhead a few times but not much else different.

First of all I joined Red Dragon in a game with Americans (been a while!) and while we tore up the other team the lag was terrible! Mike and bigpresh joined later and we played on for a bit but then moved on to a closer server. I guess transatlantic games are just too laggy.

The teams I played on were, in a word, awesome. I’ll finish this post later but they were so good they pushed so hard that those of us who remained defending the crates only got a few kills!

Still, my KDR somehow zoomed up to 0.77, I got a Gold Star for my knife and I’ve fallen in love with the AUG again. Also had fun with C4, getting 300 points for planting on a crate! 🙂

Map Pack 3 for Bad Company 2

Laguna Alta gets squad rush in the next map pack! I’d like to play that, but only with friends. It’s hard enough finding a good team in regular rush!

In related news, a patch for PS3 and Xbox 360 is due tomorrow. I’ll miss killing that building on Isla by shooting the fence. 🙁

Thanks Mike and Field Operative for the heads up!

PS. Check out Dave’s videos of recent gameplay. I love his revenge clip!

Couple of good games on the Xbox with Ed…

Couple of good games on the Xbox with Eddie. We lost most of the games and some of the teams we played with were atrocious, but we played a blinder in Valparaiso, base 3. Got a few nice RPG tank kills. I’m particularly proud of how I stole one of their tanks in that base but in a different game. I snuck behind their spawn with the intention of shooting the UAV operator. I can’t remember if I did but a pile of wookies appeared. They must have been at a conference. Shot 2 or 3 of them, spotted the light tank and made a run for it.
Unfortunately our team couldn’t hold down the base and shortly after I got back the last crate blew up. Boo! Earlier in that game I managed to steal their Apache helicopter too. I landed it at the back of our base for safe keeping but some busy body outside our squad took it and flew around a bit. I’d love to have been a fly on the walls of the other team to see their heli firing on them. 🙂

Some of the games were ridiculous however. In one game all the defenders left, and in the next game we joined we were left with 5 and then 6 players, half of the team being our squad! Still, we made a good showing. I suppose we should have just stayed back in our spawn area and sniped for the score but hey, you’ve gotta play for the objective. We also got the Best Squad pin, is that “best squad on your team” or in the game?

I unlocked the AUG, and I’m about 7,000 assault points from the AN-94. I’d forgotten how much I like the AUG actually. It was a pleasure to use, especially with body armour. Haven’t unlocked magnum ammo yet.
I also unlocked the AKS-74U, a fine weapon and one of my favourite engineer’s weapons. My KDR rose a notch, despite the last heavily outnumbered game to 0.72

I just played a game of Bad Company 2 wi…

I just played a game of Bad Company 2 with the worst team ever.

First of all I spawned on a recon guy in the hills above the first base on Arica Harbour, and because I was afk when the game started I thought I was attacking. Nope. We were defending and all of my squad, 2 recons and a medic were perched on Sniper Hill. Alpha had already been taken and Bravo didn’t last too long.

Defending in the town, I hopped into the heavy tank and took out a few enemies. Someone planted Alpha, I took out an engineer in a house across the road with the tank who had fired an RPG into the crate, and killed an attacker in Alpha too. The crate was ripe for disarming! Did anyone oblige? Did they what? Disarm? I spotted two medics from my team on the roof of Alpha just hanging around, shooting the breeze.
I had to get out of the tank and hop into Alpha where I started to disarm but I was too late. I quit in disgust.

Hedgehog interrupts Bad Company 2

I had a few games of Bad Company 2 yesterday. First of all with Mike and red_draggons and later on with Mike, Gavin and Ali. The games were great and I concentrated on burst firing the AN-94 a lot more and got my 4th gold star for that gun.

Near the end our our gaming session my wife came running into my office telling me to come downstairs. There was a hedgehog outside trying to eat the cat’s food! The poor fella never noticed Sooty asleep in the kennel next to the food and he was scared stiff! I took a few photos of him, and because there wasn’t anything we could do left him to his own devices.
When the game did end I took another look outside. The hedgehog had crawled into the space between the wall and the kennel. The cats were watching, so I scooped him up with a large plastic shovel into an empty bin, carried him out the gate and deposited him safely in the grassy ditch.

Back in the game I had been killed so I grabbed a quad bike and Gavin hopped on board. This was the final base in Valparasio and I drove the vehicle like a mad man. We bumped over rocks, flew into the air, down to the far right and up again, flying into the air on occasion before flanking the base. That was exhilarating! We took out a number of enemy. I knifed a sniper before heading over to Alpha and arming that. Took out a few defenders and got the crate! 250 points, thank you!

My KDR increased to 0.76, W/L ration is 1.40 and I’m level 24 now. I unlocked an engineer’s weapon too but can’t remember which one right now.

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