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First let us start with the verdict: GET THIS GAME NOW, LEAVE YOUR JOB GO TO NEAREST STORE PURCHASE. IF YOU ARE AT HOME FIRE UP STEAM AND BUY AND PLAY NOW!

Now for the review: This game is fun as hell. I not had this much fun in a FPS in a long time! Sure maybe it is the newness of the game or it could be the ability to ninja behind enemy lines while playing to plant some c4 on the tail of the blackhawk, then waiting in the bushes till the chopper loads up with enemy soldiers and then after a short flight and a loud explosion those soldiers get a quick trip down, TO HELL.

There is some goofy game design in BF:BC2 for instance, when you first get in game you do not get a medic box or ammo box or repair tool if you play the various classes that should have them. But just play the class for a round and you should have them at the end of the round. Hell with the medic you just revive 5 people and you got a heal box.

Also if you have played any other BF game from BF2 to BF:Heroes(heroes sucks btw) you can register here for the veteran unlocks. If you are vet you get the repair tool, medic box and ammo box right when you start. But more importantly you get two extra weapons, the Thompson and the Garand rifle. The Garand is rape at medium to long range, and the iron sites and pretty clean as well. The Thompson is also a good gun but you got to tap fire it or burst fire as it gets out of control fast.

Voice comm in game is really clear which is good and currently most people are playing snipers which means there are lots of tags to be taken. You sneak behind a ground and then go axe murderer on the whole bunch and you are rewarded with the dog tags from each of them! Got to collect them all!

Only thing I find annoying in the game is the graphics bloom, they treated bloom like lens flare in Star Trek, that is to say they dumped a shit ton in there. So go in to the settings.ini under My Documents and set that setting to false, you will not miss it.

Even though LAN play is not available in this game, it will be played at my LAN Party. I will investigate how some time this weekend.

The game gets 4.9 routers out of a possible 5 routers.

Extra stuff:
Link to the weapon damage charts

In other news every time I think of SupCom 2 a tear comes to my eye.

Wow! The demo sucked balls?! What a disappointment! Oh well if someone brings a copy I will check it out, I hate the new econ system completely lame!

Sure it looks a bit nicer and runs a hell of a lot fast but the back end changes to the game play make it seem like just another generic RTS. Chris Taylor are you turning into a Lucas?

Next LAN Party is on March 27th starting at 1pm going till 3am the following day. I want to try out BF:BC2 and maybe SupCom 2. But as always we will stick to our core games which are CS:S and TF2.

As always read the FAQ and then hit the contact link above to sign up!

Why doesn't anyone throw a LAN Party, like January = Fun. February = Suck. My computer is being a bitch and I want SupCom 2 and BF:BC 2 to come out with a quickness.

In other news I have 2 hours 12 mins and 15 seconds till freedom.

Wow, last night playing Bad Company, just WOW! After you get past the shitty front end and the server browser issues and get into the game it is a BLAST! If you are waiting on it, do not get to the steam store and purchase!

I love how you can level buildings and drive your tank through buildings it is simply cool.