I was never a skilled player, but one of my fondest memories is getting repeatedly domed by a sniper, figuring out their nest was in an attic window, and assuming that the dirty campers were in a group I slowly walked around the perimeter of the house laying C4 charges. Collapsed the whole structure and got a triple kill. Instant core memory acquired for my goblinoid skill-issue-riddled soul.
@@saschaberger3212 that was only when the game was in beta. the community were coping saying "its just an early build its mostly fixed now" but nobody liked the game after a few months
Bad Company 2 had an amazing campaign, great squad mechanics, weapons that were exotic and unique to the time it was released, an atmosphere that stayed consistent throughout all aspects of the game (“GET THAT MUTHERFUCKER!”), and introduced that amazing destruction mechanic everyone knows and loves today. Bad Company 2 walked so BF as a series could run. Sad to hear it died, but at least we have the memories.
@@syberpunk V was and is actually good. It was just marketed terribly. Not the best in the series, and a difficult sequel to 1, but still very much good
I love Battlefield Bad Company 2, however I think objectively you have to rate Battlefield 3 above Bad Company 2 as the best in the series. Bad Company 2’s maps are its strong point. However, it’s lack of weapon selection and goofy movement mechanics plus lack of prone definitely holds it back when trying to go back and replay it. I played it even after BF3 and BF4 had launched, but I still think Battlefield 3 is better. To me, 3 had the right amount of content and didn’t go too overboard with customization and attachments like BF4 did.. oh and BF3 still actually had good maps unlike the dogshit maps released in BF4. I just think Bad Company 2 is a little too dated feeling and that Battlefield 3 is really when the series started feeling like a super polished game. I think 3 kept mostly the same gameplay ideas and feeling, just with more selection and polish.
Hasn't died yet. We're playing to the moment the servers shut down, then hoping the modding scene can whip out that defib and revive it so we can play some more.
We used to call recons Wookiees. The ghillies looked like Wookiees from a distance. Man that was like….13 years ago. I just graduated high school the year prior. Used to get up before work at like 6 am to crack a couple games off on the 360 with my buddies. Good times. Got real good with the Apache too. Could dodge almost everything.
Asexually reproducing Wookiee lmao. I remember watching Critikals battlefield series way back in the day before he was an annoying edgy redditor and that shit had me cracking up
Man, I remember when Russian Badger was still a BC2 UA-camr. Milosh, Bushmonster and Wesley Snipes galore... I still go back to watch those videos sometimes.
And we called teammates on other squads doritos cause of the blue triangles over their heads "what are these doritos doing? They're not even attacking the objective" 😂
Bad Company 2 was my first entry into the franchise as well when I borrowed it from a friend after I got my first console, the PS3, with my own money in high school. I ended up borrowing it for like a month until he asked for it back. Got my own copy afterwards and played hundreds if not thousands of hours into the game. It was the first game I ever voice chatted in and I still remember the first time I ever experienced vc. It was also one of the first games I got when I finally built my own pc. I have a lot of friends who haven't logged on in over a decade still on my friends list who I met playing BF:BC2. It's sad to see it go, but hopefully players will revive the servers like they did with the older titles in the series.
Just reading your comment made me go on a trip down memory lane, I remember getting my ps3 along with killzone 2 and bad company 2 for Christmas 2010, I remember being blow away by bad company 2 physics and destruction and by killzone 2 grapgics, and i also remember thinking “wow i wonder what games will look and feel like in the future”, well, 13 years has passed and kz2 graphics is still top notch and bc2 destruction is still among the best…..we truly peaked as a civilization in 2010
This is pretty much how it was for me. Borrowed from a friend for a bit, then bought it myself as soon as I could, put a few thousand hours in, bought it on Xbox when I got my Xbox 1, then on PC when I got that. I play it now with Project Rome on PC, the PS3 community was devastated when the servers got closed though. for most of them it was the only game they played, up till the shut down
This game was the best because it was simple and fun! The amount of hours I spent with my best friend playing this game. Great great memories and laughter that I'll never forget but won't get back.
This just came to mind, I don't think the class setup was broken at all. Having assault have ammo meant that as none of the classes with powerful mains or gadgets can self-sustain. It forces you to have a MG or rocket team with an assault providing security and extra ammo--it both balances gameplay while also actually having a realistic dynamic. Having medics be your gunners means then it's a balancing act of having a base of fire and having someone keep the attack or defense literally and figuratively alive, or having two in a squad to leap frog at the cost of one less of another class. Assault with ammo means they're not afraid to lay down fire and, for players who are good enough to stay alive for long periods, they're actually incentivized to play as just an average rifleman rather than more specialized roles
Amazing video, a perfect love letter to BC2. My favorite part of this game is the sniping. Just in this game I can't quite explain, and none of the battlefields after managed to top it. The sound and the feel of the M95 sniper is unmatched. The only game where it genuinely felt like I was carrying a .50.
A core memory for me was as attacking Isla Inocentes and, in a desperate push with only a few tickets left, dumping all of my AT mines on the point and setting them off with a grenade, destroying the point and pushing us to the much easier final phase line. Another was crossing the river on Oasis in Rush with two other tanks and just shelling the objectives as the team advanced. They whittled us down until I was the only tank left, but we kept pushing and finally met our end two objective areas in. Nothing will top BC2 because it emphasized quality and polished mechanics over quantity and a grind. Port Valdez and Arica Harbor, with returning champions from BC1 Harvest Day and Oasis, are probably the best maps ever made for the franchise. Rush mode was always fun, especially with Destruction 2.0 making some targets killable through multiple ways. I think the other thing not talked about enough is how much of glass cannons vehicles were. You could chew up infantry with the autocannon on an APC or the main gun of a tank, but one rocket up the tailpipe and you were toast. It didn't take six or more rockets to kill a vehicle, which also allowed for multiple vehicles to be spawned without balancing worries. Helis were fairly easy to tag with the tracker dart if they got too low, but that's where their rockets and chain gun were most effective. It remembered the game is all about the infantry. The class balance was perfectly fine because everything had its purpose and had easy places to excel. Less vehicle emphasis also means you don't need three engineers in a squad to kill a tank in a timely manner, which means I routinely had every class in my squads. You were never out of your element. Over-innovation has always been the downfall of games. BF3's and especially BF4's weapon roster is too deep, with 4 also having an inane number of attachments. Fixed wing aircraft have never been a net positive to the Battlefield formula because they're hard to kill and reward mastery from scrubs who sit in the deployment screen with their finger on the button rather than playing the game. I deeply miss 2142 though, it had much of the same formula as the Bad Companies in terms of balance and simplicity and the Titan mode was the perfect mix of open objectives and the final, concentrated push to the finish
I think the highest points of BF3 were everything that felt just like BC2. Rush was still good in 3, for the most part. There were obvious maps with Rush in mind that had unique and fun gimmicks, like Damavand Peak or Noshahr Canals. 4 ruined Rush with how it chopped its maps and it really hasn't been good since
Sniping for me has never felt as good as it did in Bad Company 2 imo. The M95 was my main squeeeeeeeze, so so so satisfying to get the headshot at range with. JEEEEEEEZ.
All the good developers that made BC2 great left Dice and Dice even admitted that they have no idea why people love Bc2 so much.... so obviously it's nothing but clueless idiots left at Dice unfortunately 😮💨
Dice is so terrible that I'd rather them never make another bad company again, I'd prefer if the remastered bad company 2, or just re-release it on new consoles. I don't trust them to make a good bad company 3
Best game. BC2 Just did everything right. If they just remastered the thing- keep all its flaws and just upgrade the graphics- it would be a huge success
My very first online match in BC2 (my first online Battlefield game) was on Arica Harbor were i got a kill with the M24 that gave me over 700 points. I also loved that every team action got properly rewarded. It was never 'you HAVE to revive or heal your team mates', it was always 'you WANT to heal or revive your team mates'.
This was my first battlefield game, and it will always hold a place in my heart as one of the best FPS games. The combat, the environment destruction, ambiance, and the BALANCING! Just... *Chef's kiss* ... Perfection!
Battlefield 2 was the peak for me. I feel like it did combined arms warfare the best with jets, choppers, cars, tanks, boats etc all being used effectively.
Such a shame EA is trying to kill this gem. Bad Company 2, along with Halo 3 and Left 4 Dead 2 were my go-to multiplayer games back when I still played on 360. I already have a third party client installed to keep playing(couldn't even play the damn thing out of the box because of the login issue), but it just depressing knowing that people who aren't already in the know about this game won't even have the chance to experience the best Battlefield game.
@@Sockren I meant it was one of three multiplayer games I regularly played back in those days, you can still play it to this day on 360. Sorry if I worded that poorly.
Bad Company 2 is one of my all time favorite multiplayer games and no game in the series, not even 3, had me hooked to that extent. For a long time I wished for Dice to tackle a third entry but after so many failures its just impossible for there to be a new good Battlefield anymore, let alone a good Bad Company.
My favourite BF memory comes from a match on Arica Harbor when I was attacking the objective with the UAV terminal on the top floor. I ran out of ammo and switched to my repair tool. Killed 3 or 4 people camping the roof before I finally went down
Such a great video. Very bittersweet too. BC2 is my second favorite game of all time only behind Halo 3. The imminent closure of the legacy servers has me absolutely devastated. I’ve been playing since the beta & have been playing so much these last few weeks. This game is in a league of its own. You nailed it when you mentioned the smaller, but balanced arsenal of weapons, and the class system with EASILY recognizable character models. Not to mention the best sound design I’ve ever heard in my 28 years of gaming. Very sad times. I only wish the outcry of people who loved these games would’ve made EA reconsider. I’ll keep playing while I can.
Circumstances outside of the game made BFBC2 the best BF. Dont get me wrong it was a really really good game but what made it the best of all BFs is that so many things came together there. The timing was perfect. Ppl came from all around, wow, strategygames, fps etc and together formed the first BFcommunity. There was no competition. Everybody joined. And since there was so many experienced gamers yet new to the concept this bond shaped between us. Everybody was so helpful and nice. Hardly any toxidity at all For me it changed my attitude to gaming forever.
FUCK YES BAD COMPANY 2! Bad Company 1 and 2 had a unique quality that I can only describe as "flavor". Outside of time/setting (BF1 and BF5) and without trying to be gimmicky to the point of being a different game (Hardline), Bad Company stood out for its humor and groundbreaking destruction. BF3 was technically competent and BF4 is a favorite for many people, but they felt uninspired and generic to me, compared to their immediate predecessors.
Going down a memory lane watching bad company 2 content. As someone who mainly played COD & Killzone 2 prior to BC2, this was a breath of fresh air. Variety & fun, class & weapon balance made me want to try every class. Teams weren’t too big & destruction made every game feel different. My goat FPS.
It says a lot the the current "dice", whatever this studio is nowadays, don't even know how Bad company 2 works. They openly admitted they have no idea what makes this game work. That says a lot about this studio and their current state.
Other than my general love for Halo growing up, BC2 was by far my favorite when it came to multiplayer, the campaign was great too. I tried a couple BF games since, but it never felt right, so it's really sad to see it's going away; we never even got a BC3. :/
You really nailed the analysis, esp classes, balance and colour. I’d also add movement speed being slower is also a huge factor in making the game more fun.
For me it was the physics, both bullet arch and flying driving. The game felt the most realistic in scale The size of trees builds dust clouds and explosions. The perks were great, the camouflage on snipers worked like real life. It was just a masterpiece❤
I have the fondest memories for this game than for any other military shooter. I didn't even owned it, I've rented it a couple of times. Every match felt like a story unfolded, how my squad held a very powerful position for most of a game until we were taking cover on the scraps of the building we once occupied, or how once I turned the tide.of a match by ditching my squad and going solo behind enemy lines and messing with their vehicles and capture points. I never really even cared about winning or loosing, I was just happy to be playing either way. They don't make them like they used to.
BC2 was certainly the peak and you nailed many of the reasons why. You didn't mention how great the vehicle warfare was though. Simple yet well balanced and so satisfying. A good engi could ruin your day no matter how great of a heli pilot you are. Kinda sucked when they brought stingers into the future games.
I played countless hours of Bad Company 2 on the PS3 with my buddies. We were all new dads at the time. When the wives and kids went down, we logged on and played a solid four hours a night for years.
BC2 was my first multiplayer experience that I really enjoyed. My first kill was on a snow map conquest. I just spawned in, saw a tank pinning teammates in a house. I used a grenade launcher to damage it then used a TOW missile to destroy it.
Man, I remember playing this game when I was but a wee lad who was very bad at video games. Hell, when I ported my 360 stats to Project Rome, I was shocked to see my K/D sitting at a solid 0.49. Yet, despite that, I have nothing but the fondest memories of the game. As much as I enjoyed 3 and 4, neither of them felt quite right. Thanks to you, I can finally put that feeling into words.
Ill be honest, i personally loved the campaign, bad company 2 was the first fps i ever remeber playing, and im only 14, i must say though, the characters and cutseens did carry a little bit, but damn ima never forget driving along the snowy cliff road and blasting enemy vehicles behind me, one of the really memorable parts for me 😂
the real unsung hero here is the match making and dedicated servers. Rarely would I have issues with servers failing and matchmaking was quick. Very little time waiting in lobbies.
Modern combat was my first introduction to a battlefield game and I loved it. The hot swapping was really fun and there’s never been a game like it since, that I know of. Then it was bad company, bad company 2, and 1943 that I got into.
I didn't realize BF2 modern combat was a spin. It was my first BF title on the PS2 and to this day I wish it got a remaster. I liked the ideas behind it
On the Xbox 360 this game is was so much fun being able to blow up buildings with cool graphics for its time I do miss it. Bad company 1-2 but my favorite is battlefield 3,4 and yes I do like hardline 🤷🏻♂️
I still love Bad Company 2. Though I got into the series with 2142, which was also great. BC2 though was the entire reason I fell in love with the M1 Garand, and why I bought a 1911.
Desert Combat got me hooked. 2 was my youth. 4 took the most time out of me and 1 will always stay my favorite for being cineastic af. Sad they didn't make another BF after 5
At 11:50, this issue experienced when trying to connect to Dice servers is not Bad Company 2 specific. Star Wars BF2 has the same issue and seems to corelate with their games being on life support.
BC2 is my absolute favourite game too. It‘s the only thing why I startet with gaming. I play it daily… but the decision from ea hurts damn hard…. After Dec 8 I will quit gaming… EA and DICE destroys a lot for me. I will never buy or play a game from those profit oriented producers again! Thanks for let die my moste beloved game EA!!!😢
is it worth buying this game before it is delisted? Are there any 3rd party/community servers already in place? I have always wanted to get into battlefield franchise, but all the things I have heard about the newer games have made me hesitate.
Genuinely gonna miss this game, it was so incredibly rare to find this kind of genuine war game on console, plus nowadays publishers are too wrapped up with profits to create anything like this for at least another decade, i dont have much hope with publishers now lol
Thanks for this vid. Been playing it on Steam the day before it dies and it's been a hell of a lot of fun. Makes me even more sad i didn't play more of it. Pre ordered it on the 360 in 7th grade. So many mems
My fondest memory was taking VCS, putting all C4 on a buggy, drive to enemy positions through some weird route. Then exploding it killing one squad and running behind the frontline sniping other players at short range. Fucking blast, dunno if games just got less fun or I got too old. Thanks for memories!
Grew up with 1942, Vietnam, played a little bit of 2 but a lot more of 2 MC, which now got revived on PS2 through community, but I mostly enjoyed Bad Company 2, thankfully that also is still alive thanks to community despite it's shutdown.
I started Battlefield on 2, but never quite got into it. Then comes in Bad Company, I played it for MONTHS, everyday. Then when Bad Company 2, I think to date it's still the most time in any game ever. On PS3 and 360. It will always be my favorite game forever. I'm glad 2042 brought back Bad Company 2 maps, guns, and game modes. And I'm STILL WAITING FOR THE CLIFFHANGER OF BAD COMPANY 2.
We also NEED to get rid of all these microtransactions and just bring back DLC. $15 for the Vietnam DLC was the perfect price point, and now that would barley get you ONE skin in current titles.
Who here remembers playing Rush and loading C4 on a quad, jumping off ramming it into a point and detonating the C4 to blow the point up. Lol….so much fun doing that until they nerfed the C4.
I agree, Bad Company 2 definitely had the best campaign of the BF franchise. Dang shame the Vietnam War expansion for it didn't include a campaign. Wish we got a great Bad Company 3 instead of most of the later BF games.
Feels like 4-5 years ago, but my goodness I was 17. We're getting old guys, but sadly BC2 won't be getting any older. Servers Dec. 1-8 better be popping! 🎉
Ive been playing Battlefield since the first Bad Company and I seriously recommend trying to get back into 2042 if you have EA Play or Game Pass. It's great now.
Like you did, me, my brother and many friends I played with, from BC2 onwards, bought every BF, someone (including me) even bought 2042 (I played it very little). Personally I'm biased, BC2 is perfect and while I enjoyed Vietnam, I think the maps started to fall apart there. BC2 vanilla rush rotation is the only BF where there wasn't a map I wanted to skip. Each rush game was unique depending on the style of the players. Maps, destruction, sounds, music, graphics, 3D models, animations, even fonts and colors, it was perfect. It was very arcade, and remained the most fun. I bought every BF with the hope that they would produce something as good as BC2, in reality they have moved away from it with each release. I still had fun because I was playing with friends, if I had been alone I don't know if I would have played the new ones.
bad company 2 multiplayer and story was so fun this game was my biggest multiplayer other than maybe mw2, and the soundscape was 100% the best iv experienced in any game i played like this
Goddamn, the difference between the sound of the F2000 in BF3 and BFBC: the BF3 sounds like a gun I guess, but the BFBC sounds like an agry killing machine. Same with the M60, the sound really makes you feel like you're firing a deadly and heavy weapon.
All server are up and running, BC2 will live FOREVERRRR , one of the thing that gets you hooked on this game is the sound ooooohhhhh the sound is sssooooo gooood
I gotta say, i agree with you on the class balance topic. While I personally think that Engineer is the best class in BC2, BC2s class system was a lot more balanced. A good example of a poorly balanced class imo is support from BFV. The LMGs kind of just feel like ARs with bipods, they didnt have distinct recoil or overly distinct handling. The MMGs are notorious for having no mobility, but you can kind of just pick a shotgun as well which is like the polar opposite of an MMG. Most of Supports gadgets are either shared with assault or simmilar to assault gadgets. Barely anyone uses ammo crates as objectives in BFV have ammo resupply points and you can get ammo from killed enemies. If support didnt have recon spotting for suppression for some reason support would be a pretty mid infantry class..
Honestly the classes changing in BF3 was a huge dealbreaker for me at the time. In BFBC2 I was a medic main, I developed a deep love for LMG-s, then poof it's not the same anymore
The fact that bad company 1, 2 and 1943 are being shut down make me hope that at least theyll add more bad company 1and 2 content to bf portal, bf942 content too not so much 1943. Also while the xm8 never ended up replacing the m16/m4 it does see service with the malaysian military
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I was never a skilled player, but one of my fondest memories is getting repeatedly domed by a sniper, figuring out their nest was in an attic window, and assuming that the dirty campers were in a group I slowly walked around the perimeter of the house laying C4 charges. Collapsed the whole structure and got a triple kill. Instant core memory acquired for my goblinoid skill-issue-riddled soul.
My favourite was 2042, I think having a seizure while playing the game adds another layer of skill
You mean 2142 no? No one likes the recent one. I deny to believe that you mean 2042
@@saschaberger3212 he was joking bruh
@@doctorlongmont3072 I saw people cope defending this, I don't even know anymore. Damn
@@saschaberger3212 that was only when the game was in beta. the community were coping saying "its just an early build its mostly fixed now" but nobody liked the game after a few months
@@saschaberger3212 lol bro I feel bad for you because you are just like me 😂
As a dedicated medic, I was pissed when they took my LMGS away from me in bf3.
Bad Company 1 and 2 are literally the only military FPS campaigns I've ever finished. Every other game it was right into multiplayer.
Just doing nothing and let the characters have their conversations about random bullshit. I loved it.
Bad Company 2 had an amazing campaign, great squad mechanics, weapons that were exotic and unique to the time it was released, an atmosphere that stayed consistent throughout all aspects of the game (“GET THAT MUTHERFUCKER!”), and introduced that amazing destruction mechanic everyone knows and loves today.
Bad Company 2 walked so BF as a series could run. Sad to hear it died, but at least we have the memories.
BC2 walked so the BF franchise could run… and then it hit a total fkn wall with V and 2042/Portal.
@@syberpunk V was and is actually good. It was just marketed terribly. Not the best in the series, and a difficult sequel to 1, but still very much good
I love Battlefield Bad Company 2, however I think objectively you have to rate Battlefield 3 above Bad Company 2 as the best in the series. Bad Company 2’s maps are its strong point. However, it’s lack of weapon selection and goofy movement mechanics plus lack of prone definitely holds it back when trying to go back and replay it. I played it even after BF3 and BF4 had launched, but I still think Battlefield 3 is better. To me, 3 had the right amount of content and didn’t go too overboard with customization and attachments like BF4 did.. oh and BF3 still actually had good maps unlike the dogshit maps released in BF4.
I just think Bad Company 2 is a little too dated feeling and that Battlefield 3 is really when the series started feeling like a super polished game. I think 3 kept mostly the same gameplay ideas and feeling, just with more selection and polish.
Hasn't died yet. We're playing to the moment the servers shut down, then hoping the modding scene can whip out that defib and revive it so we can play some more.
@@Mixu. Mp yes, campaign no
Bc2 was the best. Miss it so much. Maps, guns, destruction. So awesome
We used to call recons Wookiees. The ghillies looked like Wookiees from a distance.
Man that was like….13 years ago. I just graduated high school the year prior. Used to get up before work at like 6 am to crack a couple games off on the 360 with my buddies. Good times. Got real good with the Apache too. Could dodge almost everything.
Loved seeing recons driving vehicles. Nothing more iconic than the image of a guy in a ghillie suit piloting an apache
Asexually reproducing Wookiee lmao. I remember watching Critikals battlefield series way back in the day before he was an annoying edgy redditor and that shit had me cracking up
Man, I remember when Russian Badger was still a BC2 UA-camr. Milosh, Bushmonster and Wesley Snipes galore... I still go back to watch those videos sometimes.
I remember watching Russian Badger's videos and loved the bushmonster nickname!
And we called teammates on other squads doritos cause of the blue triangles over their heads "what are these doritos doing? They're not even attacking the objective" 😂
Bad Company 2 was my first entry into the franchise as well when I borrowed it from a friend after I got my first console, the PS3, with my own money in high school. I ended up borrowing it for like a month until he asked for it back. Got my own copy afterwards and played hundreds if not thousands of hours into the game. It was the first game I ever voice chatted in and I still remember the first time I ever experienced vc. It was also one of the first games I got when I finally built my own pc. I have a lot of friends who haven't logged on in over a decade still on my friends list who I met playing BF:BC2. It's sad to see it go, but hopefully players will revive the servers like they did with the older titles in the series.
Just reading your comment made me go on a trip down memory lane, I remember getting my ps3 along with killzone 2 and bad company 2 for Christmas 2010, I remember being blow away by bad company 2 physics and destruction and by killzone 2 grapgics, and i also remember thinking “wow i wonder what games will look and feel like in the future”, well, 13 years has passed and kz2 graphics is still top notch and bc2 destruction is still among the best…..we truly peaked as a civilization in 2010
This is pretty much how it was for me. Borrowed from a friend for a bit, then bought it myself as soon as I could, put a few thousand hours in, bought it on Xbox when I got my Xbox 1, then on PC when I got that. I play it now with Project Rome on PC, the PS3 community was devastated when the servers got closed though. for most of them it was the only game they played, up till the shut down
This game was the best because it was simple and fun! The amount of hours I spent with my best friend playing this game. Great great memories and laughter that I'll never forget but won't get back.
I was probably only 9 when i played bad company 2 but god damn the hippie pilot getting rocket launchered still makes me wanna cry to this day 😢
The building destruction was on a a entire different level.
Hey man, if you haven’t checked out The Finals look into it. Bad Company 2 devs are on it and it shows
For what ever reason BC2's guns simply work and feel better. In any modern shooter I play the guns feel like they are airsoft when you fire.
That's because of youtube influencers bitch when guns kill battlefield 4 beta was great then different game what it is now
This just came to mind, I don't think the class setup was broken at all. Having assault have ammo meant that as none of the classes with powerful mains or gadgets can self-sustain. It forces you to have a MG or rocket team with an assault providing security and extra ammo--it both balances gameplay while also actually having a realistic dynamic. Having medics be your gunners means then it's a balancing act of having a base of fire and having someone keep the attack or defense literally and figuratively alive, or having two in a squad to leap frog at the cost of one less of another class. Assault with ammo means they're not afraid to lay down fire and, for players who are good enough to stay alive for long periods, they're actually incentivized to play as just an average rifleman rather than more specialized roles
The statement at 2:20 resonated with me on a new level. I can't believe that EA is wiping this game off the store completely.
Bad Company 2 has the best destruction of environment and buildings ever made in a Video game, and one lf the best gun sounds in a fps game ever
Amazing video, a perfect love letter to BC2. My favorite part of this game is the sniping. Just in this game I can't quite explain, and none of the battlefields after managed to top it. The sound and the feel of the M95 sniper is unmatched. The only game where it genuinely felt like I was carrying a .50.
Bad company's best feature was no prone
A core memory for me was as attacking Isla Inocentes and, in a desperate push with only a few tickets left, dumping all of my AT mines on the point and setting them off with a grenade, destroying the point and pushing us to the much easier final phase line. Another was crossing the river on Oasis in Rush with two other tanks and just shelling the objectives as the team advanced. They whittled us down until I was the only tank left, but we kept pushing and finally met our end two objective areas in.
Nothing will top BC2 because it emphasized quality and polished mechanics over quantity and a grind. Port Valdez and Arica Harbor, with returning champions from BC1 Harvest Day and Oasis, are probably the best maps ever made for the franchise. Rush mode was always fun, especially with Destruction 2.0 making some targets killable through multiple ways. I think the other thing not talked about enough is how much of glass cannons vehicles were. You could chew up infantry with the autocannon on an APC or the main gun of a tank, but one rocket up the tailpipe and you were toast. It didn't take six or more rockets to kill a vehicle, which also allowed for multiple vehicles to be spawned without balancing worries. Helis were fairly easy to tag with the tracker dart if they got too low, but that's where their rockets and chain gun were most effective. It remembered the game is all about the infantry.
The class balance was perfectly fine because everything had its purpose and had easy places to excel. Less vehicle emphasis also means you don't need three engineers in a squad to kill a tank in a timely manner, which means I routinely had every class in my squads. You were never out of your element.
Over-innovation has always been the downfall of games. BF3's and especially BF4's weapon roster is too deep, with 4 also having an inane number of attachments. Fixed wing aircraft have never been a net positive to the Battlefield formula because they're hard to kill and reward mastery from scrubs who sit in the deployment screen with their finger on the button rather than playing the game.
I deeply miss 2142 though, it had much of the same formula as the Bad Companies in terms of balance and simplicity and the Titan mode was the perfect mix of open objectives and the final, concentrated push to the finish
I think the highest points of BF3 were everything that felt just like BC2. Rush was still good in 3, for the most part. There were obvious maps with Rush in mind that had unique and fun gimmicks, like Damavand Peak or Noshahr Canals. 4 ruined Rush with how it chopped its maps and it really hasn't been good since
The blue color filter actually started with Medal of honor 2010.
Sniping for me has never felt as good as it did in Bad Company 2 imo. The M95 was my main squeeeeeeeze, so so so satisfying to get the headshot at range with. JEEEEEEEZ.
@franktibbet8237 hope typing that made you feel better about yourself
@itwasntme8667 no, it just made me more satisfied hitting you with a less sniper. Congrats on the best.
@@franktibbet8237 go to bed cranky
You are right. I'm hating on a fellow bf2 player. My b.
Wish they made bad company 3. sad we never got a follow up to what happened in the story.
All the good developers that made BC2 great left Dice and Dice even admitted that they have no idea why people love Bc2 so much.... so obviously it's nothing but clueless idiots left at Dice unfortunately 😮💨
Dice is so terrible that I'd rather them never make another bad company again, I'd prefer if the remastered bad company 2, or just re-release it on new consoles. I don't trust them to make a good bad company 3
Best game. BC2 Just did everything right. If they just remastered the thing- keep all its flaws and just upgrade the graphics- it would be a huge success
I would instantly buy
My very first online match in BC2 (my first online Battlefield game) was on Arica Harbor were i got a kill with the M24 that gave me over 700 points.
I also loved that every team action got properly rewarded. It was never 'you HAVE to revive or heal your team mates', it was always 'you WANT to heal or revive your team mates'.
This was my first battlefield game, and it will always hold a place in my heart as one of the best FPS games. The combat, the environment destruction, ambiance, and the BALANCING! Just... *Chef's kiss* ... Perfection!
The echo from the gun shots... Damn just unlocked memories
You aren't kidding with the sound. Man i miss this
Bad Company 2: Vietnam was my personal favorite. Rocking flame tuktuks with the bois.
Battlefield 2 was the peak for me. I feel like it did combined arms warfare the best with jets, choppers, cars, tanks, boats etc all being used effectively.
I loved and used the drone so much. Having a pred missile on demand was great
Getting road kills with it :')
My favourite battlefield was 2142 I feel like it gets forgotten about as well.
Titan Mode is king.
Verdun and Minsk were legendary Titan maps. 2142 absolutely ruled
Such a shame EA is trying to kill this gem. Bad Company 2, along with Halo 3 and Left 4 Dead 2 were my go-to multiplayer games back when I still played on 360. I already have a third party client installed to keep playing(couldn't even play the damn thing out of the box because of the login issue), but it just depressing knowing that people who aren't already in the know about this game won't even have the chance to experience the best Battlefield game.
Xbox 360 (era) = Holden age of console games.
you cant play l4d2 on consoles anymore? id think they would port it to modern consoles because the game is still alive to this day
@@Sockren I meant it was one of three multiplayer games I regularly played back in those days, you can still play it to this day on 360. Sorry if I worded that poorly.
@@raptorsaurusRDG oh. i just thought all 3 were shut off/planning to be shut off
Bad Company 2 is one of my all time favorite multiplayer games and no game in the series, not even 3, had me hooked to that extent.
For a long time I wished for Dice to tackle a third entry but after so many failures its just impossible for there to be a new good Battlefield anymore, let alone a good Bad Company.
I really wish this would get more views, it's a really good address of the best Battlefield game ever made.
My favourite BF memory comes from a match on Arica Harbor when I was attacking the objective with the UAV terminal on the top floor. I ran out of ammo and switched to my repair tool. Killed 3 or 4 people camping the roof before I finally went down
Such a great video. Very bittersweet too. BC2 is my second favorite game of all time only behind Halo 3. The imminent closure of the legacy servers has me absolutely devastated. I’ve been playing since the beta & have been playing so much these last few weeks. This game is in a league of its own. You nailed it when you mentioned the smaller, but balanced arsenal of weapons, and the class system with EASILY recognizable character models. Not to mention the best sound design I’ve ever heard in my 28 years of gaming.
Very sad times. I only wish the outcry of people who loved these games would’ve made EA reconsider. I’ll keep playing while I can.
I love your message at the end about older games, trying old games I missed out on is all Ive been playing for a few months and it's been pure bliss
Circumstances outside of the game made BFBC2 the best BF.
Dont get me wrong it was a really really good game but what made it the best of all BFs is that so many things came together there.
The timing was perfect. Ppl came from all around, wow, strategygames, fps etc and together formed the first BFcommunity. There was no competition. Everybody joined. And since there was so many experienced gamers yet new to the concept this bond shaped between us.
Everybody was so helpful and nice. Hardly any toxidity at all
For me it changed my attitude to gaming forever.
man you are so correct on every point. i miss the xm8 being in games!
Great video! Bad Company 2 was such an absolute gem
FUCK YES BAD COMPANY 2!
Bad Company 1 and 2 had a unique quality that I can only describe as "flavor".
Outside of time/setting (BF1 and BF5) and without trying to be gimmicky to the point of being a different game (Hardline), Bad Company stood out for its humor and groundbreaking destruction.
BF3 was technically competent and BF4 is a favorite for many people, but they felt uninspired and generic to me, compared to their immediate predecessors.
Honestly, amazing video! A real blast from the past - great points and made me feel the love for this game once again - thanks man!
Going down a memory lane watching bad company 2 content. As someone who mainly played COD & Killzone 2 prior to BC2, this was a breath of fresh air. Variety & fun, class & weapon balance made me want to try every class. Teams weren’t too big & destruction made every game feel different. My goat FPS.
It says a lot the the current "dice", whatever this studio is nowadays, don't even know how Bad company 2 works. They openly admitted they have no idea what makes this game work. That says a lot about this studio and their current state.
Brings a tear to my eye. One of my favorite shooters of all time. Countless hours spent in multiplayer and i regret none of it.
Other than my general love for Halo growing up, BC2 was by far my favorite when it came to multiplayer, the campaign was great too. I tried a couple BF games since, but it never felt right, so it's really sad to see it's going away; we never even got a BC3. :/
You really nailed the analysis, esp classes, balance and colour.
I’d also add movement speed being slower is also a huge factor in making the game more fun.
I play BC2 multiplayer on War Tapes every night. Arica Harbor is the de_dust2 of BF.
For me it was the physics, both bullet arch and flying driving. The game felt the most realistic in scale The size of trees builds dust clouds and explosions. The perks were great, the camouflage on snipers worked like real life. It was just a masterpiece❤
I have the fondest memories for this game than for any other military shooter. I didn't even owned it, I've rented it a couple of times.
Every match felt like a story unfolded, how my squad held a very powerful position for most of a game until we were taking cover on the scraps of the building we once occupied, or how once I turned the tide.of a match by ditching my squad and going solo behind enemy lines and messing with their vehicles and capture points.
I never really even cared about winning or loosing, I was just happy to be playing either way.
They don't make them like they used to.
The bad company 2 loading screen music is so fkn nostalgic, even just a couple violin notes will make me start crying from the memories 😢
BC2 was certainly the peak and you nailed many of the reasons why. You didn't mention how great the vehicle warfare was though. Simple yet well balanced and so satisfying. A good engi could ruin your day no matter how great of a heli pilot you are. Kinda sucked when they brought stingers into the future games.
Bf bc 2 is always the most aesthetically appealing fps game for everyone no matter what. It's so satisfying to watch!
I played countless hours of Bad Company 2 on the PS3 with my buddies. We were all new dads at the time. When the wives and kids went down, we logged on and played a solid four hours a night for years.
BC2 was my first multiplayer experience that I really enjoyed. My first kill was on a snow map conquest. I just spawned in, saw a tank pinning teammates in a house. I used a grenade launcher to damage it then used a TOW missile to destroy it.
Man, I remember playing this game when I was but a wee lad who was very bad at video games. Hell, when I ported my 360 stats to Project Rome, I was shocked to see my K/D sitting at a solid 0.49. Yet, despite that, I have nothing but the fondest memories of the game. As much as I enjoyed 3 and 4, neither of them felt quite right. Thanks to you, I can finally put that feeling into words.
I used to spend so much time in the campaign just destroying every house i could 😂
Ill be honest, i personally loved the campaign, bad company 2 was the first fps i ever remeber playing, and im only 14, i must say though, the characters and cutseens did carry a little bit, but damn ima never forget driving along the snowy cliff road and blasting enemy vehicles behind me, one of the really memorable parts for me 😂
the real unsung hero here is the match making and dedicated servers. Rarely would I have issues with servers failing and matchmaking was quick. Very little time waiting in lobbies.
Modern combat was my first introduction to a battlefield game and I loved it. The hot swapping was really fun and there’s never been a game like it since, that I know of. Then it was bad company, bad company 2, and 1943 that I got into.
What a game. I've probably spent more time on Atacama Desert alone than I have in all the other battlefield titles put together.
BF Bad Company 2.
Over and Out.
I didn't realize BF2 modern combat was a spin. It was my first BF title on the PS2 and to this day I wish it got a remaster. I liked the ideas behind it
This was my favorite FPS of all time. Such a fantastic game. Campaign wasn't as great as the first one, but the multi-player was soooooo fantastic
On the Xbox 360 this game is was so much fun being able to blow up buildings with cool graphics for its time I do miss it. Bad company 1-2 but my favorite is battlefield 3,4 and yes I do like hardline 🤷🏻♂️
'... the one guy who really really loved being a team player'. That was me; you're welcome.
There are a few XM8s on display at the ordnance museum on FT Lee.
I still love Bad Company 2. Though I got into the series with 2142, which was also great.
BC2 though was the entire reason I fell in love with the M1 Garand, and why I bought a 1911.
Also, I remember when they nerfed the Saiga20k with slugs. I was out shooting snipers on console with slugs from hundreds of yards away.
I've noticed everyone seems to agree BF4 was the peak. Other games had there moments, but BF4 always seemed to never dip
Desert Combat got me hooked. 2 was my youth. 4 took the most time out of me and 1 will always stay my favorite for being cineastic af. Sad they didn't make another BF after 5
Loved the video man. My favorite is Battlefield 1 but you made really good points. I unfortunately never got the chance to play Bad Company 2.
At 11:50, this issue experienced when trying to connect to Dice servers is not Bad Company 2 specific. Star Wars BF2 has the same issue and seems to corelate with their games being on life support.
Take me back to glorious 360 days with BC2
BC2 is my absolute favourite game too. It‘s the only thing why I startet with gaming. I play it daily… but the decision from ea hurts damn hard…. After Dec 8 I will quit gaming… EA and DICE destroys a lot for me. I will never buy or play a game from those profit oriented producers again! Thanks for let die my moste beloved game EA!!!😢
is it worth buying this game before it is delisted? Are there any 3rd party/community servers already in place? I have always wanted to get into battlefield franchise, but all the things I have heard about the newer games have made me hesitate.
Project Rome is your best bet
Bad Company 2 was the reason why I got into guns.
Fun fact: I got this game gifted from my ex best friend back in the day.
He's a good lad.
Genuinely gonna miss this game, it was so incredibly rare to find this kind of genuine war game on console, plus nowadays publishers are too wrapped up with profits to create anything like this for at least another decade, i dont have much hope with publishers now lol
Thanks for this vid. Been playing it on Steam the day before it dies and it's been a hell of a lot of fun. Makes me even more sad i didn't play more of it. Pre ordered it on the 360 in 7th grade. So many mems
My fondest memory was taking VCS, putting all C4 on a buggy, drive to enemy positions through some weird route. Then exploding it killing one squad and running behind the frontline sniping other players at short range. Fucking blast, dunno if games just got less fun or I got too old. Thanks for memories!
Grew up with 1942, Vietnam, played a little bit of 2 but a lot more of 2 MC, which now got revived on PS2 through community, but I mostly enjoyed Bad Company 2, thankfully that also is still alive thanks to community despite it's shutdown.
To steal a joke: “they’ve really nailed the gameplay shooting Slavs and brown people”
I started Battlefield on 2, but never quite got into it. Then comes in Bad Company, I played it for MONTHS, everyday. Then when Bad Company 2, I think to date it's still the most time in any game ever. On PS3 and 360. It will always be my favorite game forever. I'm glad 2042 brought back Bad Company 2 maps, guns, and game modes. And I'm STILL WAITING FOR THE CLIFFHANGER OF BAD COMPANY 2.
We also NEED to get rid of all these microtransactions and just bring back DLC. $15 for the Vietnam DLC was the perfect price point, and now that would barley get you ONE skin in current titles.
P.s. if you want a vietnam game that plays exactly as you describe- rising storm 2 is the answer. Just be ready for the toxicity
The dialogue lines in this game was amazing!!!! The best of all time came from friendly fire. "You're shooting me you stupid fuck!!!"
Who here remembers playing Rush and loading C4 on a quad, jumping off ramming it into a point and detonating the C4 to blow the point up. Lol….so much fun doing that until they nerfed the C4.
bf bc 2 sounds COOL and like a warzone in a amazing way
I agree, Bad Company 2 definitely had the best campaign of the BF franchise. Dang shame the Vietnam War expansion for it didn't include a campaign.
Wish we got a great Bad Company 3 instead of most of the later BF games.
Feels like 4-5 years ago, but my goodness I was 17. We're getting old guys, but sadly BC2 won't be getting any older. Servers Dec. 1-8 better be popping! 🎉
Ive been playing Battlefield since the first Bad Company and I seriously recommend trying to get back into 2042 if you have EA Play or Game Pass. It's great now.
As a memorial, someone should post the names of all the maps so we can remember them all with fond memories.
Like you did, me, my brother and many friends I played with, from BC2 onwards, bought every BF, someone (including me) even bought 2042 (I played it very little). Personally I'm biased, BC2 is perfect and while I enjoyed Vietnam, I think the maps started to fall apart there. BC2 vanilla rush rotation is the only BF where there wasn't a map I wanted to skip. Each rush game was unique depending on the style of the players. Maps, destruction, sounds, music, graphics, 3D models, animations, even fonts and colors, it was perfect. It was very arcade, and remained the most fun. I bought every BF with the hope that they would produce something as good as BC2, in reality they have moved away from it with each release. I still had fun because I was playing with friends, if I had been alone I don't know if I would have played the new ones.
bad company 2 multiplayer and story was so fun this game was my biggest multiplayer other than maybe mw2, and the soundscape was 100% the best iv experienced in any game i played like this
Goddamn, the difference between the sound of the F2000 in BF3 and BFBC: the BF3 sounds like a gun I guess, but the BFBC sounds like an agry killing machine. Same with the M60, the sound really makes you feel like you're firing a deadly and heavy weapon.
All server are up and running, BC2 will live FOREVERRRR , one of the thing that gets you hooked on this game is the sound ooooohhhhh the sound is sssooooo gooood
Vietnam was the greatest dlc
Bad Company 2 is an amazing game. Gotta play it whilst we still can only 7 ish months left
I gotta say, i agree with you on the class balance topic. While I personally think that Engineer is the best class in BC2, BC2s class system was a lot more balanced.
A good example of a poorly balanced class imo is support from BFV. The LMGs kind of just feel like ARs with bipods, they didnt have distinct recoil or overly distinct handling. The MMGs are notorious for having no mobility, but you can kind of just pick a shotgun as well which is like the polar opposite of an MMG. Most of Supports gadgets are either shared with assault or simmilar to assault gadgets. Barely anyone uses ammo crates as objectives in BFV have ammo resupply points and you can get ammo from killed enemies. If support didnt have recon spotting for suppression for some reason support would be a pretty mid infantry class..
A very good video, thank you!!!
Honestly the classes changing in BF3 was a huge dealbreaker for me at the time. In BFBC2 I was a medic main, I developed a deep love for LMG-s, then poof it's not the same anymore
I just played for 2 hours.. God ill miss this feeling.
The fact that bad company 1, 2 and 1943 are being shut down make me hope that at least theyll add more bad company 1and 2 content to bf portal, bf942 content too not so much 1943. Also while the xm8 never ended up replacing the m16/m4 it does see service with the malaysian military