Guide Note

Battlefield: Bad Company is the next installment in the popular Battlefield first-person shooter series.

Fast Facts

1. Developer: Digital Illusions CE(DICE)
2. Publisher: Electronic Arts
3. Genre: First-person shooter
4. Modes: Single player, online multiplayer
5. Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
6. First Next-Gen Battlefield in the series.
7. ESRB Rating: Teen (T)
8. Release Date: June 23, 2008
9. Storyline strongly influenced by Kelly's Heroes and Three Kings

Gameplay

Play as Preston Marlowe, a B-Company rookie with the 222nd Army battalion, a group of insubordinate AWOL misfit soldiers on a personal quest for mercenary gold behind enemy lines. As objectives are completed, your satellite map will expand to show more of your surroundings, such as houses or compounds outside of the mission objective areas that could house additional stockpiled gold. There are also approximately fifty separate firearms hidden in the rubbles of buildings that can be collected.

A vital element to the game is the health injector, which can be used an infinite number of times to replenish your health. This is especially important when you have been taking heavy fire.

With the exception of the achievements for the Xbox 360 version, there do not appear to be any discernable differences between platforms.

Features

1. Customizable, highly destructible environments
2. Classic soldier classes include: Assault, Demolitions, Recon, Specialist, Support
3. Deep single-player campaign drops gamers behind enemy lines as part of a squad of four AWOL soldiers on a personal quest for gold
4. Multi-player mode "Gold Rush" supports up to 24 players on PC-dedicated servers
5. Frostbite game engine