1st Thoughts on...."Battlefield: Bad Company 2"

He's so bad, he doesn't notice he's on fire.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 is EA Games' sequel to the 2008 shooter Bad Company. Importantly, it is EA's own counter-attack to the heavily-favored Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The story takes place in October 1944, a group of commandos infiltrate an Imperial Japanese Navy-controlled island in the Sea of Japan. They secure a Japanese scientist who was working on a secret scalar weapon codenamed 'The Black Weapon' and escape the island on a submarine. But as foreshadowed by the scientist's warnings the commandos witness Aurora being fired and perish from a resulting tsunami, and this sparked a myth within the U.S. Army, which has been dubbed as "Operation Aurora". In the present day, Privates Preston Marlowe, Terrence Sweetwater, George Haggard, and Sergeant Samuel Redford fight behind enemy lines in Russia in attempt to secure a device related to scalar weaponry. Despite escaping Russian soldiers and completing their believed final mission in their service, the device is discovered to be a fake. Being impressed with their previous activities, Army General Braidwood assigns them to a special operation of contacting Agent Aguire, much to the disappointment of Redford who had hoped to retire after the last mission.

Thank You Wikipedia.

Anyways, story isn't that quite important. It's a war. You'll live. Or you'll die. But I'm betting you'll live. I went to Boyztrek (a famous internet cafe near our school) to play COD: MW2. When I've stumble on this, I couldn't help but to try this game. Just a few months back with its release, this game made a huge impact to the gaming community, almost claiming the top spot from its MW2 counterpart. So I went on play this game and it was quite impressive, despite the fact that I'm a Call of Duty fanboy. The graphics were really crisp and high-def-ish. This game was built for the new-age PC. It felt like a movie even if you were already playing the game.

Trust me, you could see the cows on the grassy plain.

Other than that, the gameplay was really realistic. So realistic that it felt like your character reacts on how you would react in a war. You can't jump high (because your gun is heavy), you don't get tired sprinting (someone's shooting you with a gun, you want to take a rest?), you can't do stupid things (I really wanted to fire early, but my Sergeant told me to stay put), and of course your aim doesn't get stable in certain times.

Proper crouching is necessary to make a steady aim, duh.

You just can't run and shoot. The game gives you a feel of a real soldier, taking certain element of war combat. You don't get lucky by getting a kill. You must earn it. I know that all FPS War games do, but this is actually the 1st time that I felt a game puts a much more realistic feel that any other FPS war games I have played before.

And because you ain't this guy.

Well after one hour of playing, I decided to play the game that I was suppose to play, COD Modern Warfare 2 (I had some unfinished business with some dogs). I didn't stop playing because I didn't like it, but because I wasn't planning on spending the next 6 hours playing this game and having to pay around 90 pesos (although its much cheaper if you try to finish this in the internet cafe rather than buying a copy). Bad Company 2 offers a helluva of a time. Graphics are great, gameplay is top-notch realistic and of course, proper strategic planning is really...really...very much needed. But comparing the two games COD:Modern Warfare 2 and BF:Bad Company 2, I'll still choose Call of Duty. Call of Duty is arcade style, fast-paced game while BC2 is just so realistic, that it might get boring at times. And because I couldn't figure out the LAN multiplayer, so probably me and my friends won't be able to play it. Well, this ain't a review of the game, it's just my 1st thought, so, what can I suggest? Well, it is a must try for any gamer, especially to those who loves first-person shooters. It is the most "near-photo realistic" and "one of the best looking games around. The online shooter at its most streamlined, most thoughtful, most exhilarating. And yes I just copy-paste those because I just can't find the words to describe this game.

The game is so glorious, your character dies looking up in the sky.

If you have a very powerful PC, this is a must be installed in your PC. If you don't have one (like me), then this is a must reason why you should visit the nearest internet cafe. Bad Company 2 is the hottest war shooter today.

But I'll stick with this one for the mean time. I still have to burn those stupid dogs.

Rebirth as a blogger

It's been a while since I've been a serious blogger. It was still back in my high school days where blogging became such a big hit, that the writer inside me just couldn't help not make one. I have always dream of becoming a blogger, and my dream did came true. My 1st blog site was still way back in Friendster Blogs.

Me old "My Life Blog" in Friedster

I have posted already a lot...a LOT of....hmmm...up to this point I still don't know if I should call it a blog or a post? Nevertheless, point is, I have posted a lot of stuff already. It felt nice to know that there are some people who read my blog at that time. But as time went by, I got tired. There were so many ideas and thoughts that go through my head, that I got tired when I was about to type them. And also, as time went by, Friendster slowly died as the Philippine's main social networking site. And as it died, so did my blog. After few years, that writer inside me got the notion to make a new one, so I needed a new place to write. I have read a few blogs of my friends already in Multiply, so I joined them.

My "Noel's 'No Pictures' Multiply Site"

Multiply was a good place to make blogs, post pics, well, for my friends, it was a good place to post pics only. I wasn't much of a picture post-er, so I decided to make my Multiply a "No Pictures but just blogs" Site. It was great knowing a good old friend of mine who was constant blogger in Multiply welcomed me to the blogging world of Multiply. But just like before, I got tired blogging after 3 or 4 post, It was quite fast this time around. But I always had so many ideas in my head that I feel like its a shame not be able to share them. So I decided to really find a good blogging site where, even If I get tired blogging or whenever a feel like blogging again, I could always post here, and it will forever be a good place to blog. The one thing about my old Friendster Blog and Multiply Blog was that with the certain decrease of popularity of those two sites (mainly due to Facebook), my blogs also died. It was also quite sad that there are no good application to blog in Facebook, so I decided to go to a blogging site that is used by millions around the world, Blogger. I have heard of Blogger since my blogging days in high school, but for me, it felt like a major league blogging site. As a beginner, I opt to stay in the simple blogging sites. But this time, its my calling, I can just feel the animosity to staple myself in the blogging world. To be honest, I don't have any idea if I could get any followers or even have a single person to read my blog, but whatever happens, at least I know my blogging mind is in good hands. SO here begins my rebirth as a blogger, ladies and gentlemen, family and friends, this is Bloggin' with Noel Yulo.