Now I can only speak for the PS3 versions cause unfortunately I don't have an XBOX still, but after just playing the demo for BFBC2 I already am loving the game's multiplayer. 
The first thing is the Maps (or the "Map" in BFBC2's case).
When playing MW2, I love sprinting across maps stabbing fools in mid-sprint and getting head shot's with dual pistols. But MW2 doesn't have a single map that I enjoy playing on, and frankly all the maps are really kind of boring. I just don't get the same thrill out of it as I do when I shoot an RPG at an emplacement  on the third floor of some house and taking out the whole wall, revealing a sniper's nest only to take him out with my silenced SCAR rifle. 
 
I could say more but I'd like to hear whatever one else thinks about the demo so far.

i love the demo more then i ever loved mw2. i dunno why but its just so much more fun. and i havent encountered any dick head hackers either

I don't know what you mean by 'finally'. Liking/disliking games is just a subjective thing, and to me I was done with MW2 a week after it came out, so BC2 beat it out before I had even played it.

I don't understand why people keep comparing Battlefield to Call of Duty. Completely different kinds of games.
 
One is a great, longstanding series based around teamwork and fullscale tactics that continues to amaze, and the other is a shallow arcade shooter.

i think they mainly get compared now adays because they are two pretty well known modern shooters. therefore: THEY MUST BE TEH SAME RIGHT?!

I see the appeal and driving tanks is AWESOME, but I want to play MAG more than this, I will pick it up at a later date maybe. I dunno, to many top notch games that are coming out before March.

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One is more of an arcade style shooter and the other is more based in realism. OH MAN FORZA 4 IS WAY BETTER THAN OUTRUN!!!

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People really need to stop making dumb ass topics like these. The game isn't fucking out yet, it's a demo. Wait and see about the real game just like everybody else.

It's not that I'm comparing just based on the gameplay. It's obvious that the first Bad Company game was made to get in the "modern shooter" type market, however the overall feel of the game is very different. And right now the DEMO of BC2 just feels better and more exciting then the "bigger, badder, better," MW2. Yes they are completely different game's but are you having "fun" playing BC2 as compared to MW2.
   
 
Basically do you like class-based-large-scale-battles, or the smaller-scale-just-shoot-the-other-guy type thing.

Battlefield has always beat out COD to me... just not in sales. This time I expect the sales gap to be much smaller though, with MW2 remaining in the lead as the mainstream game of choice. But I also expect this to be the most successful Battlefield game yet. 
 
Maybe it's all hope. I don't want Battlefield to become more mainstream than COD.
 
And WTF @ BC being made to get into the "'modern shooter' type market". BF was "modern" waaaay waaaay before COD ever thought about it. This is the type of stuff I have a problem with.

Modern Warfare 2 is a arcade shooter.
 
Battlefield Bad Company 2 is a team based objective shooter, or whatever the hell you want to call it.
 
Its subjective. There is no "beating" each other. Battlefield and Call of Duty are both long standing solid series that attract different fanbases.

I get more enjoyment from looking at the Bad Company 2 box art than I do playing Modern Warfare 2.

Playing both on the PS3... I'm liking the BFBC2 demo more than MW2 solely because MW2 is filled with douche bags.  BFBC2 might have their fair share of punks as well... but they seem to not use their mics if that is the case.

they are different games for me. i enjoy both shooters even though i can only judge BC from the beta i was in. 

" People really need to stop making dumb ass topics like these. The game isn't fucking out yet, it's a demo. Wait and see about the real game just like everybody else. "

Besides I could give two shits less about the Multiplayer.

BATTLEFIELD IS BACK BABY

" @baconbits33 said:

Besides I could give two shits less about the Multiplayer.

So you're the one. "

Battlefield beat CoD when the first game came out, 1942. 
 
And it has been beating it ever since.

im going with they are different types of shooters. but MAG beats both of them and will be my online shooter for a while.
MAG>>>>>>MW2=bfbc2

" @shadows_kill: What do you consider to be better about MAG? "

" @sodiumCyclops: its a ps3 exclusive obviously "

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" @shadows_kill: What do you consider to be better about MAG? "

love the community. example i dont think i have played any other shooter with medics that actualy heal you. i am loving the gameplay its just... fun. NO lag at all (but i have been disconnected once or twice). the setup for unlocking equipment. lastly choosing 1 group and you will always play as that group in bad company and cod you really only care which side you spawn on while in mag you stick with it.   overall its the gameplay though its just fun. "

The beta beats the full version of MW2 for me. I've already said a lot on the subject so I won't say much more than that here.

CoD is like Crack - it feels good but too much can get you down....however you still need to get some in you!
 
BF is like weed, you gotta have some everyday for some nice enjoyable varied gameplay!

" @Fullmetal216:  I'm saving all my real opinions for the actual release of course. And I'm not trying to start a freaking nerd war here, but the DEMO is fun and I just want to hear other peoples opinion. It's not my fault that people see theses posts and bitch that they aren't the same game when that isn't the point. Just wanna know who is digging the new  to-be-released game. "

I can appreciate what the CoD games (except MW2) have done in terms of atmospheric and cinematic singleplayer. CoD4 and Cod5's story was pretty good.
 
However, the multiplayer is just too unblananced, and too full of glitches, and has no depth.

I've always found it better.

I don't think so.

" @baconbits33: Nothing really. It's just that playing a Battlefield game only for the singleplayer is like playing a Total War game and not doing any RTS battles.   Some folks just prefer to play that way. But you might as well just play another game, is the way I see it. "

" @MrKlorox said:

" @baconbits33: Nothing really. It's just that playing a Battlefield game only for the singleplayer is like playing a Total War game and not doing any RTS battles.   Some folks just prefer to play that way. But you might as well just play another game, is the way I see it. "

That doesn't make any sense...... You do realize that right? I play the multiplayer, but I end up getting all the achievements in like a couple days and I get bored with it, while I'll play the campaign over and over just so I can see what different ways I can approach the missions, it's one of the few shooters that actually has a really well done single player. And i do play Total War.... your analogy makes no sense at all.... The RTS battles are in the single player, what you should have said is: It's like playing a Total War game and not going doing the multiplayer, that at least would of made sense. "

Battlefield bet out MW a long time ago, before both MW games had been made in fact. It's called BF2.

The only thing I like about MW2 is running around with my knife stabbing dudes in the face, and no i don't use care package, just marathon and lightweight.  I love sniping and I feel that battlefield does it best, plus their maps are bigger and better, and they have vehicles so yea I think battlefield has beaten MW2.

" @baconbits33 said:

" @MrKlorox said:

" @baconbits33: Nothing really. It's just that playing a Battlefield game only for the singleplayer is like playing a Total War game and not doing any RTS battles.   Some folks just prefer to play that way. But you might as well just play another game, is the way I see it. "

That doesn't make any sense...... You do realize that right? I play the multiplayer, but I end up getting all the achievements in like a couple days and I get bored with it, while I'll play the campaign over and over just so I can see what different ways I can approach the missions, it's one of the few shooters that actually has a really well done single player. And i do play Total War.... your analogy makes no sense at all.... The RTS battles are in the single player, what you should have said is: It's like playing a Total War game and not going doing the multiplayer, that at least would of made sense. "

No, it makes perfect sense because the multiplayer is what makes it a Battlefield game. In fact there have only been two previous Battlefields (out of eight, not even counting expansions) that even had a singleplayer campaign. The Total War analogy makes sense because the RTS battles are what makes it a Total War game. Otherwise when you click auto-resolve on your battles, you might as well just be playing Civilization or Colonization. "

It has a much better "feel" to me than MW. They are different styles of game in terms of how you play, but I really like the feel of the shooting in the BC demo. There are WAY too many snipers though.

I think that Modern Warfare is now the World of Warcraft of multiplayer shooters. Tons of people will play Bad Company 2, but they will go back to MW2 because none of their friends bought BC2.

" @systech: I know maybe 3 people who still play MW2, but right now my friends list is filled with BC2 Demo, BC2 Demo, BC2 Demo, BC2 Demo. "

" @MrKlorox: I donno it just seems like BF and CoD are always releasing games  within like 6 months (give or take) of each other. And first impressions of BC made me think that EA needed a Modern Shooter to compete, at least that is just how it felt to me. Doesn't really matter either way, cause I'm totally loving BC2 right now and am glad that DICE is putting it out.  What's really sparking my interest now though is, what DICE is gonna do with Medal of Honor. Lol, off topic but whatever. "

MW2 is a joke compared to Battlefield, I try not offend Battlefield by comparing it to MW2

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