Battlefield 1 vs Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield 1 is an FPS open-world game from DICE (2016) while Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a fighting FPS game from DICE (2010).
What each one is
Battlefield 1 is filed under FPS and Open-World. In contrast, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 under Fighting and FPS.
Battlefield™ 1 takes you back to The Great War, WW1, where new technology and worldwide conflict changed the face of warfare forever.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2™ brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
Storm of Steel The prologue, set in 1918, sees players take control of different members of the Harlem Hellfighters as they defend their positions against a German offensive in France during the Second Battle of the Marne . The player initially starts out near the front line and must survive as long as possible against waves of German soldiers. If the player survives the attack, an artillery barrage will rain down on them and then the game's perspective… (Wikipedia)
Characters
During the single-player campaigns, the player controls six different characters from a first-person perspective over six different chapters (known as War Stories). Unlike previous campaigns in the series, Battlefield 1 s single-player story mode is composed of six separate "War Stories", each shown through the eyes of separate Allied soldiers from different nationalities: "Storm of Steel" – the prologue of the game, set in the Western Front through the… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Edit on Wikidata Pre-release The game received positive response from the community after its official announcement. As of May 9, 2016, the Battlefield 1 reveal trailer had become the most liked trailer on YouTube , with over 2 million likes. Electronic Arts expected the game to sell at least 14 million units in its first year of release. (Wikipedia)
Plot
Setting Bad Company 2 takes place within the same setting of Bad Company , involving a fictional conflict between the United States and Russian Federation known as the "Second Russo-American War". In the game's story, the conflict has grown with the United States bracing for an invasion, as Russia invades Europe and Alaska , while strengthing and supporting China , and the Latin American Militia, a rebel group operating in South America . The game's main… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Battlefield: Bad Company 2 received mostly positive reviews from game critics. Aggregating review website Metacritic have the PlayStation 3 version at 88/100, the Xbox 360 version at 88/100, and the PC version at 87/100. The iOS version received generally poorer reviews and holds a score of 64/100. (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Battlefield 1 | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.7/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (86%, 226,777) | Very Positive (85%, 37,378) |
| Critic aggregate | 88/100 | 87/100 |
| Price | $39.99 | Not listed |
| Install size | 50 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | playable |
| Released | 2016 | 2010 |
| Developer | DICE | DICE |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Battlefield 1 vs Battlefield: Bad Company 2, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Battlefield 1FPS open-world gameBattlefield: Bad Company 2Fighting FPS gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Battlefield 1FPS, World War I, WarBattlefield: Bad Company 2FPS, Action, ShooterThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Battlefield 1Score 7.7 · 86% on Steam · 88 criticBattlefield: Bad Company 2 ✓Score 7.8 · 85% on Steam · 87 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Battlefield 1226,777 reviews · 7 add-ons · 50 GBBattlefield: Bad Company 237,378 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Battlefield 1$39.99Battlefield: Bad Company 2Not listedRead live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Battlefield 1UnsupportedBattlefield: Bad Company 2 ✓PlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 takes 2 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueBattlefield 1 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- Better on a Steam Deck: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (playable)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Battlefield 1 (226,777 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
FPSMultiplayerSingleplayerWarShooterActionFirst-PersonAtmospheric
Where they differ
World War IHistoricalPvPMassively MultiplayerGoreTanks
Team-BasedMilitaryCo-opTacticalClassicCombat
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Battlefield 1 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Battlefield 1 | Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | 256 MB Video Card (GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900) |
| Minimum CPU | Processor (AMD): AMD FX-6350 Processor (Intel): Intel Core i5 6600K | Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Install size | 50 GB | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Battlefield 1 · Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Battlefield 1 and 0 for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Battlefield 1 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 in scope?
Battlefield 1 has drawn 226,777 Steam reviews, ships 7 add-ons and installs in 50 GB. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has drawn 37,378 Steam reviews.
Is Battlefield 1 or Battlefield: Bad Company 2 better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 rates higher (7.8 to 7.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Battlefield 1 or Battlefield: Bad Company 2?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.