Amazing video by Eliot Hagen. So far I’ve got to 1978 and I haven’t seen that console my parents bought us all those years ago. Eliot is more than right, I don’t recognise most of those old consoles.
Streaming is so slow I created a Vimeo account so I could download the file. It’s currently downloading at 60k/s from Amazon S3 so it’ll be a few hours before I get a chance to watch the whole thing.
Tell everyone you know about this. You don’t need to arm the crate in Bad Company 2 rush mode. Just shoot it from afar with an RPG.
Maybe when everyone including the cows in the field are doing it DICE will sort out this problem and we can play Rush again.
Conquest vs Rush. That’s easy! Conquest. Too many C4ing idiots in rush right now.
That’s why I was playing Conquest last night with Mike, Darran and Conor. We had some great games. Laguna Presa was especially enjoyable but I did notice that enemy players were using shotguns more and more so who was I to not take a hint?
Conquest has lots of close quarters fighting. So many encounters take place in buildings, around flags, and in choke points between flags that you need something with stopping power up close. A shotgun is perfect for that. I loaded up with the Saiga, extra shells and lightweight and had a pile of fun. My score wasn’t amazing or anything but I did take out two tanks with c4 earning me 300+ points each time. Unfortunately killing myself each time too. The first time because a sniper laid a mortar strike on the vehicle before I could get away. Grrr.
I also played Panama Canal for the first second time and that was a blast. The first time I played Bad Company 2 was in Conquest on this level and I hated it! I had no idea what was going on, there was so much cover I was being blasted to smithereens whichever way I moved and none of my team used a mic and were no help. My second game was a lot more enjoyable! 🙂
We got best squad in most of the games, I got a positive KDR in a few and once, just once, got the highest score in my squad, beaten to the top spot on our team by only 200 points or so.
I had a very quick game of Onslaught on hardcore difficulty this afternoon and boy is it impossible without a good team. Played on Isla and we got nowhere!
Cool, there’s a neat stats graph on the bfbcs.com history page now! Look at my skill level bounce up and down!
I had what I hoped would be a quick game of Bad Company 2 Onslaught this morning. It was hardcore, on Isla, and turned into a 28 minute bloodbath! I joined a great squad who pushed hard and we did well until the very last base. Our resident sniper was invaluable. Despite there being 2 engineers on the team he shot the pilot out of the enemy helicopter! I got a kill assist for my RPG hit however.
The sniper was well placed too as the rest of us had our asses handed to us on many an occasion. He was the sole survivor until after our 4th or 5th assault on the last base when we were all killed. Pity really as we were doing quite well. Earlier I changed to medic and with another player camped on the flag behind the stone barriers taking points off the flag. We even took down the enemy one and our flag was half raised when we were flanked and both of us taken down! ARGH!
On hardcore the enemy AI is much better at flanking, although they flank the same way each time so it’s only a matter of learning the patterns. A medic or two always flanked around by where Alpha would be, one medic was almost always sitting in the dirt by the front-middle of the base. Watch out for him.
That last base probably needs a two pronged attack, from left and right with the guys on the left capping the flag while the guys on the right push up and stop the enemy flanking.
Oh yeah, on hardcore you need at least one medic and he should run with at least one of the medic pack enhancements. I used both and they helped a lot. The iron sight on the 249 is good enough that I’ll sacrifice the RDS.
A few days ago Mike and I jumped into a game on easy to practice our flying skills. The heli got knocked out eventually but we had it up in the air for a good 15 minutes! Got a good number of kills as the gunner with Mike easing the vehicle around and around the base.
PS. Hands up who knows where I got the title of this post? It’s C64 related so if you’re a young fella you probably won’t have a clue!
Nothing to add, David tells a beautiful Bad Company 2 story.
Sunset Riders + MAME + Xbox Controller = lots of fun
Phoar! Bad Company 2 Onslaught on hardcore is a nice challenge! No health meter, no ammo count, no map. Tough. I like!
In other news I tried Gears of War 2 again after a lengthy absence. It’s just not the same. I tried horde and a few other multiplayer modes but it told me I was missing necessary map packs! Argh! That sucks.
Well, we played Conquest tonight and had a blast, despite playing on some crummy teams. Still, we won a few games too and I even came out of one game with 14 kills for 4 deaths. Got a gold star for the hand grenade and my 9th gold star for the AN-94.
I reduced the sensitivity of the PS3 controller slightly, to about 75% and I’m doing alright, even with that burst weapon.
Thanks Mike, Rossy and David for the great games!
The guys on reddit give rush on White Pass a thumbs up but I’m worried that all the crates are in buildings.
Still, might give it a go tonight.
Foot taping stuff. Great tune by Reyn Ouwehand. If you hear my phone ring an mp3 remix of this tune is what you’ll hear. Yes, I.am.a.big.C64.fan!
When you’re finished with that, try out this guitar cover of the same tune. Bob played each voice of the C64 (plus noise I guess) separately and merged them all together. Neat.
I wonder if anyone would be interested in commentaries on old games? What about a corner by corner account of Stunt Car Racer? No, I guess not. Its time has passed.