Revive and get your kit on!

Err, get your kit back I mean! In Bad Company 2 you can revive a medic by grabbing his kit and reviving him but you’ll be stuck with his kit then. That’s not usually so bad but if you want your kit back you can press “E” while reviving. On PC anyway.

Does the same thing work on consoles? I imagine it probably does but I haven’t tried it.

David said I’d like the M16 in Bad Comp…

David said I’d like the M16 in Bad Company 2 since I like the AN-94 and after watching this video I think he may be right.

What’s your favourite load out with the M16? Muzza says magnum ammo isn’t needed and armour is better but I like to compensate for my lack of skill at aiming. What do you think?

On another note, Muzza has unlocked all the weapons in the game and is selling it because he’s bored of it. I suppose we all get bored with games from time to time but this isn’t the first time I heard of someone reaching this decision. Thankfully Alex didn’t get rid of BC2 and he still posts stuff, including some sweet screenshots from the PC version.

Love the Engineer

This guide to the engineer’s 9A-91 on Bad Company 2 appeared on reddit earlier today. It’s the first gun engineers get and fairly crummy. Still, you have to use it to unlock the other weapons and upgrades so make the most of it at close to medium range. Pity the included video shows the player dying so many times. Not such a great advertisement for the gun!

It appears that at least on PS3 I’ve had most success with the Scar-L even though I’ve played a lot more with the XM8 Compact. Surprised me. What gun do you prefer to use as an engineer?

Since the patch the engineer has become one of my favourite classes. It’s deadly against helicopters and land based vehicles now the tracer is so fast. In the following video by Blame Truth on Valparaiso his squad all equipped with tracer darts. Everyone traced the choppers, he took them out, and the assault classes dropped ammo boxes for him to replenish his rockets!

While you’re here, check out his first BC2 video. Level 3 and he got 51 kills in one game. Nice.

2 quick tips for Bad Company 2

So here I am sitting in a beautiful room looking out onto Dingle Harbour in County Kerry. The weather has unfortunately been less than favourable, but at least the rain has retreated and low cloud covers the waterfront. A stiff breeze blows but does nothing to move the seemingly perpetual mist.

What am I doing? I’m looking at Bad Company 2 videos on Youtube! Three cheers for free hotel wifi! Here’s two excellent tip and guide productions from BadCompany2Training.

The little window on two story houses marks the stairs, and where you should blow the wall to gain access, plus maybe kill an enemy or two.

And an in-depth guide to destroying buildings with C4. Love the bit about planting the C4 high to destroy the walls on both floors. Dave blogged another of their videos showing a sneaky way to get into an attic. Wonderful stuff. We played that level but unfortunately someone nabbed the quad bike and got to Alpha before us!

Surviving an earthquake in Bad Company 2

This has to be the strangest bug in Bad Company 2. Every destructable building on Isla was spontaneously destructed and lay flattened after a few seconds.

It’s not C4 planted in each building as even the crate at Bravo 2 was gone despite the fact the location graphic was still visible. Reminds me of the bug I reported a few days ago.

The Return of 'Allo 'Allo

Sometimes I’m glad I look in my spam folder. I spotted this delightful email subject:

Important massage from Federal Ministry of Finance

It reminded me of the BBC sitcom, ‘Allo ‘Allo which anyone living in the UK or Ireland and probably further afield will immediately recognise. Luckily I found this video of clips from the “Return of” show aired in 2007. Hilarious stuff!

Bad Company 2 Onslaught

Onslaught has just been announced. It’s a coop game for Battlefield Bad Company which sounds really interesting.

Onslaught is bringing co-op gameplay to Battlefield for the first time on console. The new game mode puts you and up to three friends against the enemy on Valparaiso, Atacama Desert, Isla Inocentes and Nelson Bay – redesigned with new lighting, time of day, added vehicles and other effects. Each map has a dedicated gameplay focus, requiring different levels of teamwork in order to complete the objectives against an onslaught of enemy AI. Vehicle warfare comes to the forefront in Atacama Desert while Nelson Bay focuses squarely on infantry assault. Players can compete in squads and check individual progress via the dedicated Onslaught leaderboards.


(The video is nothing special, 1/3 of it is company logos!)

The one fly in the ointment is that it won’t be free. If it gets good reviews and if my friends on PSN and Xbox Live want to buy it I’ll probably pick it up.

Unfortunately if you’re on PC, you’re out of luck due to the way they’ve deployed/designed their servers.