Official Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Beta Thread

douglatins · Jan 26, 2010

Well i just preordered on steam 5 min ago

InnocentCriminal · Jan 26, 2010

I want my freakin' beta key!

:mad:

boise49ers · Jan 26, 2010

kid41212003 said:
I don't have it yet. Isn't it start on 28th?

Yeah, but as large as the file is going to be
they need to kick it down a day early IMO.
I sure hope any way. I have a board meeting
all day Friday and Saturday. Should be spelled
bored meeting. I could be gaming instead : )

I wonder if flying will be any easier in this one. I suck at flying
I may have to break down and get a stick. At least that way if
some one keeps smoking you from the air you can go up and get them.
That drives me nuts in MW2 and they need zero flying skills to clean your clock.

TheMailMan78 · Jan 26, 2010

TRIPTEX_MTL said:
The HQ screenshots are taken on the 360 in a special dev mode with super AA, advanced DOF tweaks, and some obvious contrast adjustments. It's not what I would call actual "in game" shots. The second shot looks different though. It doesnt look as buffed and I think it might actually be closer to what we can expect in game.

Either way the game is going to look great. I really hope I can get close to 60FPS @ 1080 without sacrificing too much quality.

And you know this how?

overclocking101 · Jan 26, 2010

so you have to pre order to get into the beta??? that blows

TheMailMan78 · Jan 26, 2010

overclocking101 said:
so you have to pre order to get into the beta??? that blows

Just buy it man. Whats the big deal?

CDdude55 · Jan 26, 2010

overclocking101 said:
so you have to pre order to get into the beta??? that blows

Agreed, im broke as of now. And when i do get some cash, it will be going to my i7 CPU and RAM.

It also cuts a lot of people out that want to actually see how the game is before preordering/buying the game.

rpsgc · Jan 26, 2010

I don't like it one bit more than you (I wanted to try the beta to know if I really want this game) but I just did it. I mean, with a little convincing maybe Steam will let people cancel their pre-orders.

TheMailMan78 · Jan 26, 2010

They will be posting keys elsewhere. The pre-order is to guarantee you a spot.

kid41212003 · Jan 26, 2010

It's a beta, testing for bugs and balancing, ect.. It's not for "trying" out the game. You will have to wait for a demo for that...

rpsgc · Jan 26, 2010

kid41212003 said:
It's a beta, testing for bugs and balancing, ect.. It's not for "trying" out the game. You will have to wait for a demo for that...

Oh really? What bugs? You think they'll have game stopping/serious bugs 2 months prior to the release date? They already had their internal beta. This is only a beta by name.

And there will be no demo, only for consoles. This is the "demo".

kid41212003 · Jan 26, 2010

No, IT is the BETA. A BETA!

And bugs are not visible. It requires testing, even an OS have bugs after years it released.

Starcraft and CoH stil balancing their games even it already released years ago.

scope54 · Jan 26, 2010

rpsgc said:
Oh really? What bugs? You think they'll have game stopping/serious bugs 2 months prior to the release date? They already had their internal beta. This is only a beta by name.

And there will be no demo, only for consoles. This is the "demo".

links to where you saw this pls?

rpsgc · Jan 26, 2010

Where I saw it? Hmm... Here --> common sense.

TheMailMan78 · Jan 26, 2010

rpsgc said:
Where I saw it? Hmm... Here --> common sense.

Your wrong man. Really. This could be a Beta for the first patch for all we know.

rpsgc · Jan 26, 2010

There's a name for it... RELEASE CANDIDATE.

But fine, it's a beta. A beta full of bugs and crashes because it's a beta, right? Betas are always buggy. They were just jerking around all this time waiting for the release date to release a "beta" so that a few hundred people could really test it for bugs, yes. That makes sense.

Just take a look at the PS3 beta! Totally and completely unplayable! So full of bugs you couldn't play it for more than 2 minutes straight, it was... oh wait. It played fine. And maybe they fixed most, if any, major issues in between its end and the start of the PC beta so that it's pretty much the final thing, just waiting for user input on how to improve it and iron out the last wrinkles. But who am I to use common sense... nonsense. It's a beta after all, right?

TheMailMan78 · Jan 26, 2010

rpsgc said:
There's a name for it... RELEASE CANDIDATE.

Or Beta. You don't know anymore than any of us do.

CDdude55 · Jan 27, 2010

kid41212003 said:
It's a beta, testing for bugs and balancing, ect.. It's not for "trying" out the game. You will have to wait for a demo for that...

People aren't playing the Beta to test for bugs. For us regular users they're essentially a less polished version of a demo, sure there maybe bugs, but at least you're getting your hands on the game, even if it's not in its full state. A game is still a game.

boise49ers · Jan 27, 2010

CDdude55 said:
People aren't playing the Beta to test for bugs. For us regular users they're essentially a less polished version of a demo, sure there maybe bugs, but at least you're getting your hands on the game, even if it's not in its full state. A game is still a game.

Yep and put's us ahead of the game play before it is officially released. I don't care why they release it what they call it when they release it or if it has bugs. I want to play it NOW.

TRIPTEX_CAN · Jan 27, 2010

TheMailMan78 said:
And you know this how?

Was just a general (and speculative) opinion I noticed on the UK BF forum so you can take it with a grain of salt but here are a few more images that I dont believe are "in game" footage. The second 2 shots you posted remind me of this and my eye sees these as the same form of retouched marketing release shot. The first shot you posted is obviously different with the lack of high-end AA.

However i would like to be wrong since I would be stoked if the game scaled to this quality on PC. :toast:

1Kurgan1 · Jan 27, 2010

CDdude55 said:
Agreed, im broke as of now. And when i do get some cash, it will be going to my i7 CPU and RAM.

It also cuts a lot of people out that want to actually see how the game is before preordering/buying the game.

There is going to be a demo out for the consoles of Feb 4th, I'm not sure if it will be free, but I'm thinking so. It's not gonna be a big deal missing the beta, and trust me, this game is wroth the money.

TheMailMan78 said:
They will be posting keys elsewhere. The pre-order is to guarantee you a spot.

Yep, theres already been 250 beta keys up for grab, sadly it was to people who only live in New Zealand.

boise49ers · Jan 27, 2010

scope54 said:
links to where you saw this pls?

EA Games posted :

Why we're Having a Beta
The Beta is happening for many reasons, like testing the infrastructure, hosting stability, and gameplay tuning (FOV, Weapon Balance, etc...) that no amount of internal testing could provide better than real world exposure. This means there will also be times of choppiness, lag, disconnects, CTDs or other issues a Beta version of any MP game would have. We'll have feedback methods similar to the PS3 Beta as well to ensure your input is gathered and heard.

Advanced warning: there will be things updated in the final game, like a Server browser with more functions, optimizations, performance tweaks, and learning's from the Beta.

This truly is a Beta, so remember that all feedback is appreciated and wanted!

http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/bat....aspx?CommentPosted=true&PageIndex=1#comments

HolyCow02 · Jan 27, 2010

that jungle screenshot looked shockingly like Crysis, which is OK with me. Can't wait for this game, yet I haven't decided on what to ge tit for, my PC or my PS3. I know you are all gonna be like 'pc is so much better where is the decision' but I played the first on my PS3 and liked it. So I'm torn.

InnocentCriminal · Jan 27, 2010

D'you mean once it's finally released or the beta?

boise49ers · Jan 27, 2010

HolyCow02 said:
that jungle screenshot looked shockingly like Crysis, which is OK with me. Can't wait for this game, yet I haven't decided on what to ge tit for, my PC or my PS3. I know you are all gonna be like 'pc is so much better where is the decision' but I played the first on my PS3 and liked it. So I'm torn.

I'm stickin with PC because of different reasons. Controllers
& I get ill watching my PC or my sons Xbox on my 52", so
I'll stick with my 22" inch for now and might jump up to
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