Bad Company Beta Second Day Impressions

I had a lot more time to try out all of the classes and both maps. The maps are multi-tiered in that once the attackers break the first 2 gold crates you move back into another base to defend the next section. This is actually a really great way of doing this game made considering the buildings are usually half destroyed by the time the attackers break through. Also it makes for a 1 time load and quick transitions.

Each class is wildly different especially when it comes to their item load out. I noticed that the item unlocks for each class is much more unique than previous Battlefield games. In the old ones it was like, 'here is a claymore' or 'here is this really cool grenade'. But in Bad Company you get stuff like a GPS unit to call down precise artillery or binocs to scope out an armored target and send a controllable missile down from the sky. As mentioned in the previous impression, the weapons sound and feel really great, like Far Cry great. As far as kits go I gravitate toward the Recon and Support.

For Recon it is all about sniping or taking out stuff from afar. I said previously that the sniper kit was great and now that I have unlocked all the stuff in it, it is even cooler. You get either a silenced long-ranged single shot rifle or a super-deadly, loud as thunder cracks 50 cal. You also get the binoculars I was talking about earlier which can be guided off course slightly to either take out a movie armor or blow up another target nearby. Overall it is a great kit that does what it is supposed to.

The Support kit is just that, the ultimate group supporting kit. You repair vehicles, heal team members and yourself, and you can lay down some covering fire with your LMG. You unlock the artillery barrage mentioned before as well as some really nice LMG's. The kit is very good because you can really turn the tide of battle simply by healing or repairing.

I am having a lot of fun with the beta and I will likely update more within the next month of the beta.