Well, no new maps until the Vietnam expansion hits later in the year according to this interview.
DICE is releasing map packs with new game modes on already existing maps. Vietnam will bring new maps to Bad Company 2.
Enjoy Rush on Atacama Desert. They’ve brought rush to all the maps now haven’t they?
I first read about Blacklist Tango Down a few days ago and it looked very interesting. It’s a first person shooter with customizable weapons, 12 maps, lots of game modes, 4 coop maps playing against enemy AI, who spawn in random areas. (hear that DICE?)
It’s out today on Xbox Live but they’re still working on a PS3 version. Hopefully there’ll be a demo on XBL I can try later.
Edit: Patricia has written about her first impressions of the game.
mymorningjackets did an absolutely amazing job arranging the theme tune from C64 classic game The Last Ninja. Wonderful stuff.
I would love an MP3 version of this.
Map Pack #4 has been spotted by Fieldoperative. Maybe that’s why the EA servers just died. The new mode pack has Atacama Desert Rush and Port Valdez Conquest and are due tomorrow, 7th July.
Looking forward to trying rush on Atacama Desert!
Bad Company 2 Onslaught on Atacama Desert is *so* much better when you’ve got a good pilot on your team. Granted, it was on easy level, but my new best time is 6:15:02! Uber Noob tore up the enemy with his flying skills. I hopped in to man the secondary gun and it was dizzying flying with him.
Great!
I have a Medal of Honor beta code to give away. Leave a comment here and subscribe to my blog. Since this is so time critical I’ll announce the winner tomorrow but they’ll need to leave a comment on that post too.
So, if you want a MOH beta code leave a comment!
This post on reddit.com has the scoop on leaked information about “new” maps for Bad Company 2. Of course like previous “map packs”, they’re simply the current maps with new modes. Looks like someone hacked the content we already have and unlocked it before EA blessed us with the VIP goodness.
There are leaked photos here and a gallery of screenshots too.
What’s new?
There are two VIP slots left in the BC2 store so don’t expect all this in one go, if ever. It’ll be drip fed to us. It’s shocking how bad EA/DICE have treated their customers.
Argh! The team we were just playing with sucked! We did a great job defending but alas, they got the plant and blew each of the crates. Still, the other games were great. First one was touch and go but the other team won in the end but we won the next 2 games I think, and finally lost the last one.
My skill level has gone up to 296 (or 166 according to BC2), KDR remains at 0.82 but KDR for the night was a respectable 1.22. Got an award too, the Air Warfare pin. I had the one UAV up almost the whole time on Port Valdez. Destroyed their Hind before it even got off the ground. But later the defenders sent their helicopters back twice to try and kill me. The first time the Hind crashed after I shot it to pieces, and the other heli successfully landed but the solitary soldier who got out was easy pickings for me as I jumped off the UAV controls. I boarded the heli but it only had 2 points of health so abandoned it.
Phew, needed a good night of reasonably fair and matched teams after the previous two nights! Thanks Mike and Gary for playing! Sorry Garry for shooting you when we were defending Alpha. You moved! Good thing it wasn’t hardcore! 🙂
swordsmanx75 covers some of the bad habits he’s developed while playing first person shooters. I was very interested to hear about his FPS Freek one. He uses the joint of his thumb to aim so I hopped in a game tonight to see what I do. I think I use the flat of my thumb.
Do you use the tip of your thumb on the right stick? The FPS Freek makes it harder to use that because the stick is so long but it might be more accurate. I tried it and it wasn’t at all comfortable. Unfortunately for my little experiment I spent most of my time in the tank!
Thanks Mike for the great game of Bad Company 2 Onslaught. We knocked five minutes off my best time on Valparaiso, hard difficulty. Got 50 kills, no deaths, sitting in the tank the whole way through!
After the game the others in our team realised I wasn’t going to be hanging around and a medic started shooting me so I shot him back. Hilarity ensued. Mike did the turnabout dance, I supplied smoke, then I think he got on the quad bike and we all just shot at each other and jumped around having a bit of fun. I have to admit, I’ve met some nice people playing Onslaught and added at least two of them to my friends list.
No rush for me tonight, but at least Mike had a few good games this afternoon. There’s some hope for us!
