Taking one of the best selling first person console shooters and putting it on the iPhone was said to be impossible. DICE accepted the challenge. Battlefield Bad Company 2 is currently available for the iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, and the concensus says this game is amazing.
On the day of its release, Bad Company 2 quickly climbed the charts and took first place amongst the top downloads. Shortly after, it even dethroned Angry Birds and Infinity Blade from the top grossing list. First person shooters are nothing new to iOS devices, but Battlefield Bad Company 2 successfully takes a mix of multiplayer and entertaining single player missions with fantastic graphics.
Bad Company 2’s graphics are top notch overall and the game makes great use of Apple’s Retina Display. Visuals are not quite up to par with Rage’s Mutant Smash TV running on the new iOS Unreal engine, but everything within looks comparable to previous Battlefield games. As a reference point, the iOS version of Battlefield Bad Company 2 looks a lot like, if not better than the PC version of Battlefield 1942. Guns, characters, C4 explosives and environments look great, though the tank looks a little boxy. Occasionally, the weather graphics and lighting became an issue as well, as indoor environments can be difficult to navigate when they are dark. The amount of items on the game HUD is also minimal, which is important when your thumbs take up a large portion of the view plane. Another commonly ignored factor in iPhone games (except Rock Band and the like) are sound effects and music.
