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Lead Bad Company through a military crisis, then fight team battles where vehicles and demolishable cover reshape the map.
Released 02 Mar 2010
Blast Open Buildings
Fight in Four-Player Squads
Attack Rush Objectives
Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.
Developed by DICE · Published by Electronic Arts
The single-player campaign follows the Bad Company squad on a mission to avert a global military crisis. Its levels move through varied environments, and squadmates trade jokes amid the fighting.
Fight on foot with an assortment of weapons or use vehicles including tanks, ATVs, and helicopters. Destructible buildings and cover can be blasted away, changing where enemies can hide and where you can fire from.
Multiplayer is built around team combat on large maps, with matches supporting up to 32 players and squads of four. Modes include Rush and squad-only options; playing together can earn exclusive awards and achievements.
Reviews often praise the campaign’s humorous squad banter and characters, as well as the way destructible buildings affect firefights. Players also highlight the multiplayer, especially Rush, and the forceful weapon and explosion sounds. Some reviews criticize the campaign’s short length, while many lament that official multiplayer servers have been shut down and the game is no longer available for purchase.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–32 |
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| Multiplayer | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 supports online multiplayer with up to 32 players. Players can play alone or in 4-man squads, and the game explicitly includes two squad-only modes plus multiple other online modes. It also has a single-player campaign. Reviews repeatedly mention dedicated/community servers, a server browser, and continued online play through community solutions such as Project Rome after official server shutdowns. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Official text does not mention multiplayer mod support. Reviews conflict: some say the game has no mod support, while others mention modded servers, Vietnam modded servers, XP-modified servers, and community-run replacements for official online services such as Project Rome/Venice Unleashed that restore online play and may preserve stats. |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 87/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
