There truly is no actual teamwork in FPS gaming.. not for the most part anyways. This I have learned more from Bad Company 2 than any other game I have personally played.
Maybe it is because they (the developers) spoke about how this game was based around teamwork and working together to accomplish a goal. Maybe because your team is broken down into 4 4 person squads (or more smaller squads). Who knows but, 95% of the time it is simply not the case.
Although it would be great to live in a world where everyone helps out one another, backs each other up, and does things for the greater good of the mission, it is simply NOT how the world work and NOT how the retards in Bad Company 2 play.
Case in point.. one of the last matches I played had 32 players (16 per side) and, on my side, I was one of only 3 who were NOT a sniper. 13 snipers ????? A sniper cannot give out ammo to those running empty. A sniper cannot heal hurt teammates or revive killed members. A sniper cannot repair damaged team vehicles. So why the fuck, in the name of all that is holy, have 13 fuckin snipers on one team ???
I was the ONLY medic so, needless to say, when I got shot and killed, none of them could revive me…unless……… oh yeah, they can pick up my kit and revive me with it. Sadly, this did not happen a single time in 3 rounds no matter how many assholes I was standing next to. So I payed them back.. I grabbed a tank and drove in the opposite direction of where the fight was. Then I turned around and would blow up every tank, chopper, or transportation that spawned in. Fuck em !! If they do not believe in the “team”, neither do I.
The game is good BUT it does have some flaws.. some technical and some not. One major flaw is that the level design almost ENCOURAGES people to be snipers and to act like assholes. I took some time to acquaint myself with all the levels the other night on empty servers and, yeah, I actually looked at them and realized that Dice PLANNED the maps out to be a fucking snipe fest.
Don’t get me wrong, snipers CAN be handy (one or 2 of them anyways) as they can pin down enemy snipers, spot targets or dangers for us, and bring down mortar.. all from a safe distance. The issue is, 9 time out of 10, there are a BUTTLOAD of snipers not doing shit but standing as far away as they can, not paying attention to anything, and not aiding the team. The only people they spot (usually) are targets THEY are going after.. nothing to spot for the people actually putting the work in, nothing to warn of dangers or ambushes.. nothing !!
Don’t even get me started on the last match I played (and rage quit finally). Isla whateverthefuck and 14 of our players were as close to the enemy spawn as possible (i.e. not on our island which we needed to defend) leaving only 2 of us to defend it and, for fucks sake, the enemy was coming over in helicopters, boats, and jet skis… they were not even at their spawn !!!!!!!!! I died like 8 times in 2 minutes, our island was covered in enemies, and our guys were STILL trying to snipe at enemies at their spawn point. FUCK THAT !!!!!
PEOPLE make multiplayer games suck.
