Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC competitive future in question?

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Ever since Activision announced that Modern Warfare 2 would not be getting dedicated server support, there has been significant portion of players that have moved their attention to EA’s upcoming multiplayer shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

The publisher has now caused an upset by announcing that the PC version of Bad Company 2 will not be getting modding tools, and furthermore that it will not distribute dedicated server software to the public.

“There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers." Said EA.

The dedicated server point is really a non issue as companies like iGame will simply rent the servers from EA, so we should have tradition dedicated server based gameplay in SA.

Serious competitive players are worried however that the lack of modding tools will make for an unflexable game that may turn out to not be well suited to competitive gameplay.

The lack of modding tools means that it will not be possible to play custom maps, or custom made gameplay types like the popular “Promod” which is the staple gameplay mod used in competitive Call of Duty 4 in SA. Promod makes tweaks to the original game’s play dynamics which make for what gamers consider to be a game that is optimized for high level competitive gameplay.

The optimistic view is that EA Battlefield games are meant to be played the in their original form, with community modifications being unnecessary. Whether or not this will be the case with Bad Company 2 remains to be seen, and it depends on whether EA DICE can deliver, or at least work towards patching a game to be something that is suited to gameplay at all levels.

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TPex

on 15/01/2010 20:27:00

OMF another FAIL! whats wrong with these game makers?

The_Assimilator

on 15/01/2010 22:08:28

You should be blaming EA more than the developers.

David

on 18/01/2010 10:44:23

hmm .. this will lead to the fall of pc games ..

too bad ...

Looks Liek E.A is only after the $$$$$

Storm

on 19/01/2010 16:18:00

Guys, it's a freaking beta? Integrity of the game I hope that things are different with full version, REGARDLESS we're still getting our Dedis and that what matters to me.

Oddball

on 24/01/2010 21:41:44

Well here is another game I will not be buying. Why do I pay for a dedicated box to host games for my clan? So I don't have to pay a gameserver provider who oversells their servers just to make a few pennies profit. Screw EA or should I say Epic A$$-holes.

Rob

on 24/01/2010 22:56:13

“There are many factors for why we have decided this with the biggest factor being security & integrity of our game & Dedicated Servers."

ROFL Lie much?

Greedy bastards