Having connection problems. Starting to think this was a waste of time. Bought the game 2 days ago and only been able to play it for 10 mins... Pathetic =/
This launch has been extremely rough, but when the game works it is oh so amazing. According to DICE there are now more people playing it on PC than both of the consoles combined.
Yeah once im in-game and everything is working fine, its an awesome game, just hope they can fix this soon before. The campaign has been amazing so far too but we all know that BF games are bought more for multiplayer, well at least i do.
And good, its PC gamers that brought Battlefield to where it is today, its nice that people realize this for a change.
Press ''Q'' to spot people i got 1400 points as a sniper (in one life) almost only spotting people so that my teamates at the objectives would know exactly where the enemy is comming from.
Yeah it's pretty fun when I actually get to play. Been having lots of connection problems, full servers, and most of the time when I try to join a server it says "please wait" for a wile, then it just dissapears and leaves me in the server browser...
When I do get on, I'm Bal-bafu, on european servers.
yeah, pretty fed up so far with the constant connection problems - half the time it's as simple as not even being able to log in.
Started playing the single player to try and get some value out of it ... but it left me cold - SO cheaply put together, full of the most basic UI and hud bugs that have no place in a commercial game. Ugly as sin too. Humph.
oh, and "kennethanger". Should i actually manage to get into a game.
This is one of the worst games of the year. I'm fully updated drivers, windows, everything. Even the manual punkbuster update. I'm kicked out of every sever I join by PB. I bought this game last night, and I can see it was a huge mistake. So many people having this same problem. What a POS game, this is the last time I get a PC game that uses PB.
Guess I'll go back to SC2 Beta. At least Blizzard knows how to make games that work...and its in beta. lol fail EA / Dice. Fail.
For you guys having PB errors, did you make sure you have the demo un-installed? I know that was an issue a lot of people were having. I'm not sure why Dice has such a hard-on for PB, it's always been so damn picky.
Also, If you like douche free, fun servers that are fairly admined, you're all welcome to come play on my clan's server, ATF's Frag n' Bag(a quick search should find it for ya).
Pb isn't the problem for me, every time I just want to join a server it says connection lost every single damn time, about 1 in 30 attempts works (so I know it works as regards to ports ect) and I lose connection constantly with EA so it kicks me from the game and doesn't update the stats.
I thought no one could do worse than IWnet for trying to get into a game, but it looks like I was sorely wrong.
The Punkbuster issues are actually individual servers errors (the quick kick and INIT ERROR). EA released a server patch (R5) for all servers Saturday. However, the update isn't applied until the server is restarted. Many servers have not yet been restarted to finish applying the patch, so PB gets a mis-match error. For now, try and add servers that work to your favorites list.
ZOMG I got pulled over in my car! Fail Subaru, Fail...
Not the games fault PB sucks, but the decision to use it was unfortunate.
No your wrong. Its the developers and publishers fault to use PB, so not only is it unfortunate its also fail. Its not just PB, its the EA servers failing to connect half the time. Sorry but this just pisses me off to no end when I buy a game and cant play it, despite the fact that my machine is awesome, and everything is up to date.
Also your car comparison to this issue is stupid and makes no sense. Nice try though.
Something like this makes me mad not only because I feel like I wasted money, but it undermines all the hard work the Dev's put into this game. I just wish I could play it, because it looks awesome.
it's not like i can't play it. it just takes 10-20minutes to find a server you can actually connect to and also not get kicked. but once i'm on a server i'm having a great time for next couple hours :P
So I'm finally able to join games without getting kicked now. It just takes forever to find a server I can connect to.
Overall I think the game play is great classic BF we all love. I think the sniper rifles are great. Having to take gravity and range into effect makes a nice challenge and very gratifying when you start to get good with it.
at first I thought it was a clumsy sack of badly made crap, but it's growing on me, running around sniping on the big maps is actually pretty sweet and it really does feel like your in a battlefield
shame though, it still feels clumsy... like your on permanently low fps or something
"If Electronic Arts is willing to go get a major league baseball all-star - and EA doesn't make a baseball game, so it's not like they had a relationship already - to clown Activision and Infinity Ward, what's next? Will they fire DICE's co-founders?"
the game truly is awesome. It's not as visually stunning or as artistically crafted as mw2 but damn its game play is the best I've seen in it's genera. My only problem is it boots me out of a multilayer match every time i play and my ping is only 13. The boot happens almost every 10 minutes. But some days it never happens. Game is great when it works though.
the game truly is awesome. It's not as visually stunning or as artistically crafted as mw2 but damn its game play is the best I've seen in it's genera.
I feel the exact opposite; IMO BC is more visually stunning than MW2 but MW2 beats the hell out of BC's gameplay
The visuals and the gameplay both have their pros and cons in my opinion, but BC2 still beats the shit out of MW2 in my opinion. A large part of BC2 being better for me is the PC community (Although I may be biased because I played MW2 on 360). PC users actually communicate and go for objectives unlike nearly everyone I played MW2 with. On MW2 it was a bunch of 12 year old's running around shooting without even noticing there were objectives in the games. Even when there was a good set of players on MW2 it still didn't beat BC2 for me though. The maps in MW2 are extremely unbalanced in certain gamemodes (Demolition mostly) because they make their maps so all 12 gamemodes can be played on them. BC2's maps are much more balanced and seem to have a general understanding of layout because each map only works on one or two gamemodes.
In case you don't want to read my entire post, BC2>MW2 in my opinion because of the community and the maps. Also the vehicles add another layer to the combat.
best thing about BC2, not hearing kids call you fag, **** or any other name they have learned. All you need is your squad members. Usually I'm a 360 player, but the accuracy of the PC mouse makes this one worth it. Plus it seems like the hit detection on the consoles is increased a little.
I feel the exact opposite; IMO BC is more visually stunning than MW2 but MW2 beats the hell out of BC's gameplay :
I dunno man, what's visually stunning about BFBC2? I felt like BFBC2's texel density is all over the place. Blurry terrain issues. The over all feel is inconsistant. The desert map has nice mountains in the distance but the forground stones, rocks and cliffs are jaggy and messy. Texture Seams everywhere. Noisy color diffuse maps. There's no solid clean feel to any of the levels. There are "parts" of levels that sing and shine like Port Valdez but nothing beats mw2's disciplined texel spacing.
BC2>MW2 im my opinion
COD games seem to be way more generic in terms of gameplay and art compared to bc2.
And people who are playing bc2 that transferred from mw2 get pissed easy since there are vehicles and destructible environments. Especially since environments in BC2 are way more dynamic than environments in mw2.
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And good, its PC gamers that brought Battlefield to where it is today, its nice that people realize this for a change.
THIS GAME IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!
When I do get on, I'm Bal-bafu, on european servers.
Started playing the single player to try and get some value out of it ... but it left me cold - SO cheaply put together, full of the most basic UI and hud bugs that have no place in a commercial game. Ugly as sin too. Humph.
oh, and "kennethanger". Should i actually manage to get into a game.
Guess I'll go back to SC2 Beta. At least Blizzard knows how to make games that work...and its in beta. lol fail EA / Dice. Fail.
Not the games fault PB sucks, but the decision to use it was unfortunate.
Also, If you like douche free, fun servers that are fairly admined, you're all welcome to come play on my clan's server, ATF's Frag n' Bag(a quick search should find it for ya).
I thought no one could do worse than IWnet for trying to get into a game, but it looks like I was sorely wrong.
No your wrong. Its the developers and publishers fault to use PB, so not only is it unfortunate its also fail. Its not just PB, its the EA servers failing to connect half the time. Sorry but this just pisses me off to no end when I buy a game and cant play it, despite the fact that my machine is awesome, and everything is up to date.
Also your car comparison to this issue is stupid and makes no sense. Nice try though.
Something like this makes me mad not only because I feel like I wasted money, but it undermines all the hard work the Dev's put into this game. I just wish I could play it, because it looks awesome.
what a surprise lol.
Overall I think the game play is great classic BF we all love. I think the sniper rifles are great. Having to take gravity and range into effect makes a nice challenge and very gratifying when you start to get good with it.
Runs ok on my laptop, but I definitely need to get a new workstation to have the settings on max. Looks stunning on my work machine.
Its pretty cool so far, when I'm not disconnected because of punk buster.
shame though, it still feels clumsy... like your on permanently low fps or something
http://kotaku.com/5495016/bad-company-2-video-spoofs-modern-warfare-2s-fags-psa
"If Electronic Arts is willing to go get a major league baseball all-star - and EA doesn't make a baseball game, so it's not like they had a relationship already - to clown Activision and Infinity Ward, what's next? Will they fire DICE's co-founders?"
best quote ever!
xb 360
Come get me,.....if you dare. :P
/me goes and buys it from steam
mass effect 2 (still not finished)
FFXIII (just started)
heavy rain (just bought)
BF:BC2
my handle will be tastytits or something similarly civilized..
if i ever get that sorted out i'd love to play a few games with you guys.
lets get a squad going
I feel the exact opposite; IMO BC is more visually stunning than MW2 but MW2 beats the hell out of BC's gameplay
In case you don't want to read my entire post, BC2>MW2 in my opinion because of the community and the maps. Also the vehicles add another layer to the combat.
Post 'em brah!
You know you want to.
Loving the game so far, i always forget the names of the maps that i really like (besides africa harbour, who could forget)
I play assault mostly, medic in hectic maps and recon when on the attacking team.
Its called Arica Harbour not africa
D'Fuck.
Never noticed that..how weird.
I guess my mind read an F in there.
Now i feel embarrassed, I've been saying to everyone how awesome Africa harbour is and bringing it up everywhere
PC: gizm0san
I am buying a new laptop soon so I'll save this game as well as SC2 (whenever it comes out) and start giving out my PC: ID for multiplayer.
Its pretty much the same nickname I use everywhere..<.<
My K/D Ratio sucks... At least my W/L ratio is pretty good.
I dunno man, what's visually stunning about BFBC2? I felt like BFBC2's texel density is all over the place. Blurry terrain issues. The over all feel is inconsistant. The desert map has nice mountains in the distance but the forground stones, rocks and cliffs are jaggy and messy. Texture Seams everywhere. Noisy color diffuse maps. There's no solid clean feel to any of the levels. There are "parts" of levels that sing and shine like Port Valdez but nothing beats mw2's disciplined texel spacing.
..................in my opinion.
I play this game too much, heh.
BC2>MW2 im my opinion
COD games seem to be way more generic in terms of gameplay and art compared to bc2.
And people who are playing bc2 that transferred from mw2 get pissed easy since there are vehicles and destructible environments. Especially since environments in BC2 are way more dynamic than environments in mw2.