Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Will Have a Classic Multiplayer Setup

Infinity Ward managed to make more people angry with the introduction of IWNet than it ever thrilled with its amazing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Its decision to completely discard the traditional multiplayer setup for first-person shooters in favor of the matchmaking system has raised so many voices of discontent, that it is even being heard by other developers. Apparently, Infinity Ward has managed to become the “ain't that cute, but it's wrong” for multiplayer and DICE has wasted no time in shunning its competition and cuddling up to its fans, assuring them that they wouldn't take part in the matchmaking fiasco.

An FAQ has been put together for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for the PC by DICE, in which it tried its best to assure everyone that it won't do to its game what Infinity did to MW2, of course, without actually mentioning any names or pointing any eye-gouging fingers. After explaining why the dedicated server system it is using is a superior choice to the peer-to-peer multiplayer, it has concluded with a definite claim of intention.

"So rest assured PC players, Battlefield will stay true to its roots offering dedicated servers to all its players and continue the tradition of the ultimate FPS gaming experience!" It somewhat resembles a child that butters up to their mom, after the elder brother did something incredibly stupid, like getting sugar mixed up with rat poison for granny's tea. It doesn't actually have anything good or new to announce about the game, it's just pointing out the mistake the “other one” did.

The FAQ lists all of the server-based aspects that the multiplayer will support. Gamers will still be able to rent a dedicated server, have access to admin options remotely and reserve slots on their server. They'll be allowed to make a server private and the company also assured the players that all servers would be required to run anti-cheat software. Bad Company 2 is expected for release on March 2, 2010 and should be one of Modern Warfare 2's serious competitors, even without the whole matchmaking controversy.