Bad Company 2 vs Modern Warfare 2

[Latrobe]

A really old topic by now, but I'd like to hear what you all have to say about these two games. No fanboys please, I want legit comparisons, experiences, and non-biased opinions.

For me, I have both games for the PS3, and I prefer Modern Warfare 2. I got it the day it came out, and I still play it and have tons of fun. I have only met 2 people boosting (whom I hunted down until they quit the match), and have never seen a glitcher/hacker (not sure why I'm hearing its a bug filled game everywhere). Lag has never been an issue either since I'm aways 3-4 bars, but even on 2 bars you only have a slight bullet lag. Even on a 1 bar, only bullet impact lags and your player doesn't warp all over the place.

Bad Company 2 I just got yesterday and played today. Beat the Singleplayer campaign (lots of fun), but I just can not play multiplayer. I joined 10 matches, 7 of which I had to leave due to the amount of lag, and the other three I still have some annoying player warping lag. Already a little bored of it, but I'll give it a chance until I finally find some non-lagging servers. I also noticed half the players in all matches are snipers sitting on hills on the edge of the map not playing the game type (MW2 has a little of this too though).


So, which do you prefer, and why?

[Plazus]

I havent yet had the pleasure to play Bad Company 2. I would like to soon. I do have CODMW2 and enjoy that game a lot. In the previous COD games, I found the multiplayer gameplay to be very shallow and repetitive. But with the new features that allow weapon upgrades and such, I find COD to be more enjoyable. I feel that it adds a new dimension to the multiplayer experience. Not to mention, I enjoy the Search and Destroy, and other teamwork oriented match setups, and those features COD have support this type of gameplay.

My major peeve about CODMW2 right now is the lack of player/clan owned servers. I miss those 32 player servers where you can find large clan vs clan matches. The other thing that sucks is when you attempt to join a game, you cant prevent yourself from stumbling upon some idiot who hacked the game and gave all the maps moon gravity and all the weapon unlocks, killstreaks, and callsigns. So the lack of player/clan based servers and hackers really screwed up the COD multiplayer experience, I think.

[Spikes]

It happens. There's the sniper battle (look at your team, they do it too hehe), and the tank/chopper battle, and the ground battle. BC2 is really the game that suits everyone. I've always liked MW2's SP and that's all I  played. My last favorite COD was 4. It was/is, IMO, the best FPS the franchise has put out to date. It was very balanced and didn't have all the extra crap for people to have an advantage (heartbeat sensors etc).

MW2 screwed themselves over for PC stuff when they didn't have dedi servers. The community I was previously with hosted 5-6 50 man servers in COD4...and they were always filled to the brim. I've never had so much fun playing an FPS than when I played it in those huge servers.

BC2 is just more realistic IMO. They nerfed the grenade launchers, it's a bit harder to snipe, hardcore servers fit the realism bill pretty good.

[Kazaa]

BF2 > MW2 > BC2.

BC2 > MW2 if you have friends that you want to game with.

[whiteman]

I get annoyed with all the kill streaks in MW2 and the lag makes me want to throw my ps3 out a window. I find the commando perk to be a big joke along with the HB sensor. Pretty much haven't played since the last map pack came out and hadn't played for 3 months before that. I play BC2 on PC and have never had any lag like MW2 and really enjoy the hardcore rooms and game over all much more.

[crazierthanu]

When compared to Cod4 days, MW2 really sucks.

For that reason, I prefer battlefield.

[68ZooM]

Well Ive played them both and I'm still playing BC2 and enjoying far more than MW2 or CoD4MW, the CoD series was great until it went to MW then it got real buggy and a hackfest, i mean its OK if your looking for a game that as soon as you spawn its a all out fire fight, bullets and nades flying every where oh yea don't forget the tube spammers, BC2 has at least some kind of goal and its great to get into a squad that likes to work together, in Conquest mode man its alot of fun, Rush mode you can get rolled if your team is not working together

I'm working on a fraps vid I'm doing on life as a wookie (recon) one part will be where i knifed a squad of snipers all crouched by each other 4 dogtags in 30 secs, killing someone with your combat knife just adds a certain touch  
its a fun fun game, even thou im finding my eyesight is not as good as it used to be  

[Serenity]

Gotta say, Bad Company 2 all the way. Call of Duty fell apart when Medal of Honor brought Airborne, and CoD had... jack. So they went modern. Battlefield was new to me with BC2, but I was skeptical after all I had heard of the Battlefield series on here. So, direct points:

Modern Warfare: Haxxorz. This game is entirely unbalanced. There are one or two ub3r guns that the 12 year olds online are going to use 100% of the time, and they will be tough to beat simply because the weapon has little to no downside. You see a LOT of the classic skipping (Constantly jumping up and down to be hard to hit) while spraying like a little girl. Multiplayer weapon unlocks are based on single-player mission completion, which is a downside if you want to skip the single player and jump right into online play. This is very much a one-man game.

Bad Company 2: Buggy. This is the best balance I have ever seen in an online FPS. The M95 is a one-hit-kill monster, but the bullet drop makes it tough to use. The M16 is fast and powerful, but lacks accuracy at range. The MG3 has an AMAZING refire rate, but lacks stopping power. The AT4 is powerful and can be manually aimed, but cannot hone in on the tracking beacon. No individual weapon is the be-all and end-all here. Now, the 12 year olds still like to jump around, but that's what the Hellfires are for. And when some little whiner camps the spawn in a tank... sneak around and place a couple land mines (My favorite trick) and that tank is GONE. You have a damaged friendly tank? Bring an engineer to repair it. Team mates injured or dieing? The medic can heal them, or even bring them back to life. Out of ammo? Infantry has got your back! Now, the downside. There are quite a few bugs in this game. Certain spots you can "glitch" to. Also, a lot of solid hits go undetected. So, as far as the technical aspect, BFBC2 needs a lot of improvement. But due to the balanced gameplay, I will pick it 100% of the time over CoD.

[Vudak]

I prefer MAG over both, but if you're the sort of person who wants eyecandy, realism, physics, etc., or who can't just accept a game as it is for what it is, it'll drive you bonkers.

It's not an easy game to get into, but once you get the hang of it and advance a few levels, you might never want to play 12v12 again.

[Spikes]

When compared to Cod4 days, MW2 really sucks.

For that reason, I prefer battlefield.

Yup.  COD4 is just downright duking it out. The only thing you can hide yourself with is a silencer. But even then if they have UAV it's moot.

[whiteman]

MAG is about the worst game i have ever played. Between 12 yo that don't use the command perks at the right time and glitches that took them months to fix that were known about in the beta i figured it was best to just put the game away. Almost forgot the constant boredom of playing on the same map over and over and over and over.........

[Babalonian]

Serenity, Modern Warfare 2 you unlock the guns via prestige/online-rank/scoring points in multiplayer maps, the multiplayer online has absolutley no relation in score/stats/gear to the offline campaign.  This is to prevent anyone from just walking into the fray with the best stuff on day 1, you actually have to work it up (and can choose to reset it once capped to gain a prestige rank, but then have to start over all again).

I've been grinding FFXIII on my xbox lately, it's a great break and change of pace from all the FPSs I've been playing.

[bravoa8]

I don't have either one but, I do have Battlefield 1943 for PSN and I like it other than some connection issues. If I were to chose betwwen BC2 and MW2 it would be BC2.

[Latrobe]

It sounds like all the people who are meeting hackers/glitchers in MW2 are either on PC or 360. PC has been very easy to hack now, unless the game has a great anti-hacker system, and the 360 I've seen is like Mod City.

A little change of subject here, what do you consider to be the most realistic shooter game you've played? For me I think it has to be Operation Flashpoint 2. The game fails horribly at multiplayer, but I've never had so much fun in a singleplayer campaign before!

[hymijr]

I have played them both, MW2 needs real vehicles like tanks.
BC2 is a good game laggy but good... but only the demo. I'm gonna get the new MOH.
Real mans game is Just Cause 2 Incredible. Bad side is that there is no multiplayer.