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I just went and picked up copy of Battlefield: Bad Company.  There is a bad storm coming through so I only got to play a bit of the single player.  It seemed pretty good, although I am really wanting to go head on into the multiplayer aspect of it.

BF:BC Points

Originally uploaded by Island Dog

As you see in the photo, someone playing the beta of Battlefield: Bad Company racked up over 1000 negative points solely by team repeated team killing. There is no option to kick players in the beta, and as I wrote before, this kind of behavior is becoming rampant in the game.

We can only hope there will be things in place in the final game to prevent this.

Update: I read this on the BF:BC page this morning.

TKing – finished a system for this which we didn’t have time to implement for the beta.  Those who knife people in artillery, your days are numbered…

Great, but lets hope it’s better than Battlefield: Modern Combat where we had to vote kick to get problems resolved.

I have been playing the multiplayer beta of the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company on the Xbox 360 for a few weeks, and I wanted to give my initial impressions.

Likes:

• Wide open maps which are very open as compared to the smaller, close quartered oriented maps in COD4. They allow more freedom for classes like sniper, but seem to be already well balanced to where they can’t dominate.
• Nice selection of weapons kits, unlocks, and vehicle weapons so far.
• New “Gold Rush” multiplayer mode is fun, and a nice change from typical MP modes.
• Destructible environments are just plan cool, although they need much tweaking before final release.

Dislikes:

• Helicopter controls are just confusing. They were fine in Battlefield: Modern Combat. Should have left it alone.
• Team killing is out of control. It was bad in other editions of BF, and just in this limited beta it is already rampant. TK’ing for the artillery strike and others is just frustrating. Follow in the steps of COD4 and just eliminate team kills all together.
• No customizable weapon kits.
• Weapons are way unbalanced. Machine gun hits barely register at close range.

Yes, I know this is still a beta, but I hope the dev team takes things like this into suggestion. I really like the beta so far, and will definitely purchase, but these few annoyances will likely turn people off eventually.

If you are a fan of FPS’s on the Xbox 360, then  you are probably already aware of the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company.  Fileplanet is taking registrations for the Xbox 360 beta which will feature two maps, and will begin on March 25th.

Details and signup info at the link below.

Link: BF beta signup

I haven’t picked up Rock Band for the Xbox 360 yet, but I have played it at my in-law’s house, and it is fun.  We took a trip to GameStop this weekend and I spotted this, so I might just have to pickup Rock Band soon.