Battlefield: Bad Company 2
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is an adventure developed by EA Digital Illusions CE, released 2 March 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android and iOS. The main story takes about 6.3 hrs to finish.
What Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is an adventure game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and released in 2010. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In October 1944, a group of US commandos infiltrate an island in the Sea of Japan to extract a Japanese scientist with war decisive information. They successfully secure the defecting Japanese scientist who was working on a secret weapon codenamed "The Black Weapon" (a scalar weapon), and attempt to escape the island on a stolen submarine. But after repeated warnings by the scientist, the commandos witness the effects of Black Weapon's power and subsequently perish, sparking a myth about what really happened in Operation Aurora. In the present day, Bad Company is on a counter-intelligence operation behind enemy lines in Russia in attempt to secure a high value individual of the US military…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 24 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Battlefield series
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is the eighth of 22 entries we hold in the Battlefield series. It arrived 8 months after Battlefield 1943. The next entry was Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition in 2010. Its critic score of 87 is 4 points above the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Battlefield 2 at 93.
How it was received
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 661 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.3 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz, 2GB of RAM and 256 MB Video Card (GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 launched on 2 March 2010, within three weeks of God of War III, BioShock 2, Metro 2033 and Heavy Rain. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: God of War III, BioShock 2, Metro 2033, Heavy Rain.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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