"When I first walked into the Naughty lounge I looked to my left and nearly lost it. I saw Battlefield Bad Company 2 in all it’s full glory. The moment I laid eyes on this game, nothing else mattered. Not Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2 or Dante’s Inferno. I was dumb struck. Once EA PR sat me down and I got my hands on a controller, I wasn’t getting up unless they asked me too.
Two things happened in the next 35min. First, all the excitement I had for Modern Warfare 2 just vanished. All of the mystery surrounding BFBC2 was gone. DICE had taken me further than Infinity Ward. They had nothing to hide and wasn’t forcing me to wait until the game was released to get a taste.
The second thing that happened was surreal. It was almost as if I was playing a next generation game. Remember when you saw your first 360 or PS3 game? Yeah, that’s the feeling I’m talking about. They could have easily told me it was on PS4 or X3 and I would have accepted it. Everything you’ve seen in the trailers is gameplay quality. There’s no smoke and mirrors, no loss of parity between cut scenes and gameplay and no bullshit. DICE is going to own 2010 with this game and sadly that’s all I can say about it until embargo breaks. Enjoy MW2, we all will, but make sure you get yourself a copy of BFBC2 next March so your face can melt into oblivion."
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