A mess of fun
by Sabremoe Dec 25, 2008, 7:34 PM PST
Single Player Mode is a lot of fun, it's a great attempt on bundling a story for what is essentially a made-for-online game.
Although it can get so laggy it's nigh unplayable at busy times (or normal UK waking hours), the Multiplayer Mode is fantastic. The player base also seem to be a lot more casual than Call of Duty: World At War (on the XBox 360, at least), so the playing field (or battlefield?) is a lot more even, making the competition more fun than frustrating.
The maps are great in size for the maximum number of players per team, and they never feel restricted whether you're on foot or in a vehicle. The freedom to be able to shape new access routes also adds another level of fun - pesky sniper hiding behind a wall while shooting at your mate through another window? No problem, just blow up the wall to get to him.
The game also seems to be much more forgiving when it comes to getting stuck on objects such as ammo crates, while the other game mentioned before would have you stopped dead if your little toe gets caught on a slightly raised section of the floor, Bad Company will allow you to either run over or slowly slide on it so you'd know it's there without wearing a Lawnmower Man Suit.
3.5/5 - Great game, shame about the incredibly horrid lag! The ability to mute individual players (nobody wants to hear you hum the in-game music) wouldn't go amiss either.
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