I played more of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 last night and really enjoyed myself. Let’s face it, Battlefield competes directly with Modern Warfare 2. Modern Warfare 2 is a great game and the single player was amazingly fun. But Battlefield’s multiplayer experience destroys Modern Warfare 2. I’ve always referred to the multiplayer in Modern Warfare 2 as perfect for those with ADHD. It’s basically like this: spawn, shoot, die. Rinse and repeat for about 15 minutes and that’s about it. It all happens so fast it just becomes dizzying after awhile.

Battlefield feels far more realistic. Sure, you still die, and as a newbie myself, I’m dying a lot. But what happens between deaths feels so much more involved and important. I sent Kevin, co-founder of Console Racing Review, an email this morning about my experience last night:

I had a pretty awesome match in BF and literally had a “whoa” moment. I was defending a flag position, took out a few foot soldiers, had a dude on an ATV roll up on me and we had a little firefight. Neither of us died and we ended up finding cover. I was in the corner of a building and everything started to shake. I peeked out around the wall, half of which had been blown away in an earlier battle, and saw a tank rolling towards the flag. I quickly strolled backwards into the corner, kind of scared and thinking about my next move. The tank saw me and blasted the building. The building shook, dust was falling all around me, and all of a sudden the wall behind me was gone. My jaw dropped and I busted ass to the next room for cover. Before I could reach the doorway I was killed by the gunner.

That’s what makes Battlefield an experience and not just a run and gun shooter.