Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Being "Tweaked" for PC

[Andy Chalk]

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Being "Tweaked" for PC

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 developer DICE [http://www.dice.se/] would once again like to remind everyone that unlike certain other development studios that shall remain nameless, they love the PC and are doing their absolute best to ensure that the platform gets all the attention it deserves.

Between the Modern Warfare 2 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95584-No-Dedicated-Servers-for-Modern-Warfare-2-PC-Fans-Freak-Out] has been a bit of a mess. That's a fact not lost on the guys at DICE, the studio behind Battlefield: Bad Company, which isn't pointing any fingers but did take another opportunity to point out that its new game won't treat PC gamers like second-class citizens.

The PC version of IncGamers [http://badcompany2.ea.com/]. "On the PC, it's a PC version, which is getting that same treatment, and then also a little bit more as PC users are generally used to a different type of experience than console users are, and we recognize that and we want to make sure that we give that to the PC market and give the console market more," he said.

He said plans to release modding tools are still up in the air, describing the situation as "really, really complicated," but added that he hoped to get something out to the community. "Once we start getting there and the engine gets to a level where we can release tools that are easy for our own guys to use, and then easy for people publicly, then we'll get into that and we'll really start to focus on it," he continued. "But it's definitely not something that we're like, 'Oh, we won't do that.'"

DICE announced last week that a PlayStation 3 exclusive beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 would begin in November [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95936-Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-Beta-Coming-in-November] and Van Dyke said that plans for a PC beta would be announced at a "later date."


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[Amnestic]

*shrugs* Not really surprising, but at least it shows DICE have a business head on their shoulders.

 

[Bigeyez]

I gotta say the Bad Company people are definitely good at PR. Good for them if they can flip MW2 into a selling point for their game. Sure they really aren't offering anything new, but at least they can say "hey we aren't cutting features!".

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Awesome, as a game company, if youre making a multiplatform game, your job is to cater to each platform's strenghts as much as possible, this will lead to positive numbers for them.

 

[Amnestic]

I know they're being arrogant but I'm going to buy it anyway. I always like the BF series.

You can't expect a company not to jump on the debacle that has been IW's handling of the PC for MW2. It's not likely these announcements will turn any possible sales away and will only seek to boost BC2 sales from people none too happy with MW2.

Arrogant? Maybe, but them not doing this would be silly.

 

[phoenix352]

maybe not adding anything new but common? blowing a path way through a building to kill your enemy by surprise because of the fabulous frostbite engine is a feature on its own which is a massively fun thing to do i didnt care much for battle field bad company 1 because it had pretty heavy controls but on pc its gona be awesome (hoping adlist)

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

Awesome, as a game company, if youre making a multiplatform game, your job is to cater to each platform's strenghts as much as possible, this will lead to positive numbers for them.

I guess thats the reason the Wii version of WaW sucked too much ass.

they could of made it better.

That's activision, and as has been established, they give 2 drops of p*ss about what people want.

 

[John Funk]

"its new game won't treat PC gamers like second-class citizens."

As opposed to the demand that they be treated like the ultra-first-class of the world, yes.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 developer DICE [http://www.dice.se/] would once again like to remind everyone that unlike certain other development studios that shall remain nameless, they love the PC and are doing their absolute best to ensure that the platform gets all the attention it deserves.

Hehehe

Do we have to guess which studio they're talking about?

 

[Amnestic]

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 developer DICE [http://www.dice.se/] would once again like to remind everyone that unlike certain other development studios that shall remain nameless, they love the PC and are doing their absolute best to ensure that the platform gets all the attention it deserves.

Hehehe

Do we have to guess which studio they're talking about?

It's clearly either Blizzard or Valve, both studios with long standing hatreds for all thing PC related.

 

[uppitycracker]

Awesome. Now lets see them put some more attention into making it a better game than the last one.

 

[Abedeus]

I gotta say the Bad Company people are definitely good at PR. Good for them if they can flip MW2 into a selling point for their game. Sure they really aren't offering anything new, but at least they can say "hey we aren't cutting features!".

I think this is the first multiplayer FPS offering destructible enviornment. Red Faction was a TPP.

 

[AlexTaldren]

"its new game won't treat PC gamers like second-class citizens."

As opposed to the demand that they be treated like the ultra-first-class of the world, yes.

No, as opposed to the demand that they be treated like every other gamer and get a game that is actually designed for their platform, yes.

 

[Eternal_24]

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Being "Tweaked" for PC

DICE would once again like to remind everyone that unlike certain other development studios that shall remain nameless, they love the PC and are doing their absolute best to ensure that the platform gets all the attention it deserves.

I wonder who on Earth you could be talking about when you say that... hahaha.

 

[Tsaba]

its new game won't treat PC gamers like second-class citizens.

JOY!!