BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY

Story:

The player takes on the role of Preston Marlowe, who is a rookie to 222nd Army battalion, B-Company, a squad of insubordinate soldiers who are risking everything by going AWOL on a personal quest for gold deep behind enemy lines.

Features:

Destructible Environments:

The Frostbite game engine allows 90% of the environment to be destroyed, including buildings, vegetation, vehicles, and more. Still, for gameplay purposes, the frames of buildings and other objects will remain indestructible, to prevent the environment from becoming completely flat. Additionally, the game will feature dynamic lighting to correlate with the changing environment.

Classes:

In a move similar to Battlefield 2142, the number of soldier classes will be lowered, resulting in a combination of the classic soldier classes. The classes in this game are: Assault, Demolitions, Recon, Specialist, and Support.

Weapons:

The Battlefield Bad Company Beta has an arsenal of available infantry firearms, including three handguns. The M9 for the U.S., a .45 cal for the Russians and a high powered revolver for the Mid Eastern force. These three handguns are only available for the Recon class.

Several pieces of equipment are available to infantry, including anti-tank mines, remote charges, mortar attack designators, laser guided missile, anti-vehicle missile launchers and grenade launchers such as the M203 and GP-25.

The Battlefield Bad Company Beta contains 20 locked guns, 10 can be unlocked through playing the game, while 5 of the other 10 will be unlocked in free promotions before and after release. The remaining 5 unlockable weapons will only be made available through purchase of the Gold Edition of the game or by achieving the final rank (level 25).

Vehicles:

Available vehicles aren't confirmed, but gameplay and screenshots have revealed several vehicles, including AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Black Hawk, Mil Mi-24 Hind MK III, Ka-52 Alligator, M1A2 Abrams, M2 Bradley and HMMWV. Also in the Demo there is a DPV equipped with a grenade launcher and a machine gun. In the demo, there is an M1 Abrams equipped with a seat for the Driver/Cannon Gunner, and machine gunner. There is an M3 Bradley Light Tank/APC, equipped with one person controlling the driving and rapid-cannon operation, one machine gunner, and two people who can shoot through the windows of the back seat. There is also a HMMWV, equipped with a machine gun. An AH-64 Apache and a Ka-52 Alligator are also available.

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My friend told me about this game and it does sound interesting. The release date for this is sometime late June. What are everyones thoughts on this?