11-30-10 AM

Finally something worth writing about…EA dropped the one map beta for BF:BC2 yesterday…

Port Valdez is a “Rush” mode map, similar to Push in insurgency, where the offense parachutes in to attack 4 sets of 2 fixed positions along the frozen coast line of a large oil industrial port. DICE came through strong with this one. I had almost forgotten how fun a good BF game was….The sound effects and concussion effects are excellent, the graphics are great, and the game play is too fun!!!

BC2 does suffer from the laggy feel of 2142 so much so that DICE has a scrolling message at the bottom of the game promising that they are doing everything possible to fix it. Several of my friends using newer gen cards, gtx2xx etc.. are experiencing random and constant CTD’s. In gaming terms I am on legacy hardware and my c2q9550/8800gtx plays BC2 without issue.

Based solely on the beta this game is a must buy for any fps enthusiast. See you on the battlefield…..

1-30-10 PM

OK, the game suffers from a whopping overuse of *Bloom* effect and there is no way to toggle bloom on/off from in the gui, you have to make the changes in the settings.ini, you can also force which dx version you want to use in the settiigs.ini file as well. These issues will no doubt be fixed in the gold release.

1-31-10 PM

I’ve noticed a bug where I spawn in and continue to strafe in either direction, it’s unstoppable. I have to die before it ends. Also getting some lag with large artillery blasts. Overall maintaining 60-40fps @ 1680×1050 w/ medium settings. Been hearing alot of stories coming from people with dual core pc’s not being able to get above 30fps regardless of video card.

2-26-10

Well, the beta’s over until Drop Date. It was cool to see all the old BF heads playing again…