Bad Company 2 being delisted on April 28th

[JuanSoloWing]

Buy it before it's gone

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/legacy-sunset?isLocalized=true

[Tyrant Slayer]

Originally posted by Doctor-Gonzo:

Couldn't they create a dedicated server patch? Then they could continue to have a game in the market for the small community of people who want to play

apparently not lol

[Blackbomber]

Originally posted by Doctor-Gonzo:

Couldn't they create a dedicated server patch? Then they could continue to have a game in the market for the small community of people who want to play

No, they couldn't even add team balance to the game. Which would help a lot on consoles because you'll often find one team completely stacked against the other one and that just causes people to rage quit and not play which hurts the player base.

[KaBandha]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ disgrace, this is one of the best fps ever and certainly the best ea ever published. And they didn't make bc3 cause they said they didn't know why bc2 was such a great game and now they are shutting it down. Pathetic

[Callum]

RIP

[wasabi™]

At least it's not impossible to get your hands on if you still want it.
I have a giftable copy of it in my inventory still and there are a still a few other people that do as well.

It is a shame they removed it since its such a great game, I fear EA will be removing more and more as time goes on. They only walked Mirror's Edge back due to the amount of blowback they initially got but it only delayed the inevitable.

[Blackbomber]

Originally posted by wasabi:

At least it's not impossible to get your hands on if you still want it.
I have a giftable copy of it in my inventory still and there are a still a few other people that do as well.

It is a shame they removed it since its such a great game, I fear EA will be removing more and more as time goes on. They only walked Mirror's Edge back due to the amount of blowback they initially got but it only delayed the inevitable.

Lol Battlefield 3 and then 4 are next on the chopping block.

[wasabi™]

Originally posted by Blackbomber200:

Originally posted by wasabi:

At least it's not impossible to get your hands on if you still want it.
I have a giftable copy of it in my inventory still and there are a still a few other people that do as well.

It is a shame they removed it since its such a great game, I fear EA will be removing more and more as time goes on. They only walked Mirror's Edge back due to the amount of blowback they initially got but it only delayed the inevitable.

Lol Battlefield 3 and then 4 are next on the chopping block.

Yeah I honestly wouldn't even be surprised at the rate EA is going.

Especially how they designed Battlefield 2142 to incorporate all previous Battlefields into the one game, almost to find a way to make all prior Battlefields obsolete.

With how 2142 flopped it may delay it by a little bit but they will still be removed eventually. If they could kill the fan favourite Bad Company 2 then nothing is safe.

Also I do find it funny how a lot of their removed games just so happen to be available on EA Play subscription service on Steam.

Just recently I noticed they started advertising FIFA 22 on EA Play via Steam the second they removed it from sale here with no prior warning which they just so happened to fail to list on their upcoming removal spreadsheet they provided beforehand. Hilarious.

[Blackbomber]

The sad part is Im trying to get all the Vietnam achievements on Xbox, but nobody is playing Vietnam DLC in BFBC2 so I can't get the weapon star achievements or the other ones. :(

I also need the achievement to stab a friend 3 times and take his tags, but none of my friends want to play BFBC2 on Xbox.

[wasabi™]

Originally posted by Blackbomber200:

The sad part is Im trying to get all the Vietnam achievements on Xbox, but nobody is playing Vietnam DLC in BFBC2 so I can't get the weapon star achievements or the other ones. :(

I also need the achievement to stab a friend 3 times and take his tags, but none of my friends want to play BFBC2 on Xbox.

Damn that sucks to hear, would of thought if it was still being played it would have still been on Xbox. I heard there is still a community of dedicated players on PC at least.

[Blackbomber]

Originally posted by wasabi:

Originally posted by Blackbomber200:

The sad part is Im trying to get all the Vietnam achievements on Xbox, but nobody is playing Vietnam DLC in BFBC2 so I can't get the weapon star achievements or the other ones. :(

I also need the achievement to stab a friend 3 times and take his tags, but none of my friends want to play BFBC2 on Xbox.

Damn that sucks to hear, would of thought if it was still being played it would have still been on Xbox. I heard there is still a community of dedicated players on PC at least.

Xbox has at most one full Rush server on the normal maps. No Vietnam. PC wise, the only server I see on Origin is African Harbor 24/7 which is pure cancer given the server settings that turn AT mines into AP mines and they never rotate maps.

[tyl0413]

Originally posted by wasabi:

Originally posted by Blackbomber200:

Lol Battlefield 3 and then 4 are next on the chopping block.

Yeah I honestly wouldn't even be surprised at the rate EA is going.

Especially how they designed Battlefield 2142 to incorporate all previous Battlefields into the one game, almost to find a way to make all prior Battlefields obsolete.

With how 2142 flopped it may delay it by a little bit but they will still be removed eventually. If they could kill the fan favourite Bad Company 2 then nothing is safe.

Also I do find it funny how a lot of their removed games just so happen to be available on EA Play subscription service on Steam.

Just recently I noticed they started advertising FIFA 22 on EA Play via Steam the second they removed it from sale here with no prior warning which they just so happened to fail to list on their upcoming removal spreadsheet they provided beforehand. Hilarious.

This is a thing they've been doing for years, remove old games from sale to make Origin Access look better without pissing off the majority by locking newer games exclusively behind it that would lead to larger backlash, i'd say it's working pretty well considering barely anyone notices or cares.

[Blackbomber]

Originally posted by tyl0413:

Originally posted by wasabi:

Yeah I honestly wouldn't even be surprised at the rate EA is going.

Especially how they designed Battlefield 2142 to incorporate all previous Battlefields into the one game, almost to find a way to make all prior Battlefields obsolete.

With how 2142 flopped it may delay it by a little bit but they will still be removed eventually. If they could kill the fan favourite Bad Company 2 then nothing is safe.

Also I do find it funny how a lot of their removed games just so happen to be available on EA Play subscription service on Steam.

Just recently I noticed they started advertising FIFA 22 on EA Play via Steam the second they removed it from sale here with no prior warning which they just so happened to fail to list on their upcoming removal spreadsheet they provided beforehand. Hilarious.

This is a thing they've been doing for years, remove old games from sale to make Origin Access look better without pissing off the majority by locking newer games exclusively behind it that would lead to larger backlash, i'd say it's working pretty well considering barely anyone notices or cares.

Yeah EA has been killing games for years now, its so bad they have to list them in Alphabetical order on their website. And you're right nobody cares and they won't care until its one of their favorite games and then by then it will be too late.

[ImYourHuckleberry]

Originally posted by tyl0413:

Originally posted by daicon:

It should be illegal to remove features from a game you paid for with your money. That's all I'm gonna say for now.

101%

Originally posted by VB✠Driver:

Are custom servers available?

Nope, why would they be.

There are community servers. Matter of fact the ONLY servers you can play on are community servers. Been this way for years. The community has kept this game alive.

[ImYourHuckleberry]

Originally posted by Nicolas Cage:

Battlebit is the new home for BC2 enjoyers

Gross! My friend gifted that game to me. I played it for 10 minutes and quit the game and told him to refund and get his money back. If I wanted to play roblox, I'd play roblox and its free...

[Retrofire]

How many ppl are out there playing mp GoldenEye 007?

my point is we know that Bad Company 2 was a remarkable multiplayer experience... but Ozymandias - everything is subject to the erosion of time. i think considering that

1. the game has literally 50 ppl playing at max
2. the ppl that are playing are being farmed by level 100 colonels exploiting helicopters and OP weapons

the game is dead. this is uniquely upsetting bc most art can be enjoyed far beyond its window of mainstay social engagement. but mp video games are different.

in a similar way few ppl are going to go start reading the original Bible. they opt to read The New Testament or other adaptions in a modern context. many old English texts are furthermore literally unintelligible.

what complicates matters is that Bad Company 2 has a single player. but, anyone who removes their nostalgia glasses and actually plays the "amazing single player" will quickly realize how dreadfully boring it is.

i think that art is very social. it is best enjoyed upon its conception. then you can share the novelty of the work with your friends/family, anticipate updates, watch ur fav commentators play it, laud the devs, etc.