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Battlefield: Bad Company for PlayStation 3
Battlefield: Bad Company for PlayStation 3 is a first-person shooter in which you play Preston Marlowe, newly assigned to an unruly military unit. Alongside Sarge, Haggard and Sweetwater, you follow a trail of gold while the original assignment slips further into the background. The soldiers respond to dangerous situations with dry remarks. This gives the campaign a different tone from war stories in which every step revolves solely around duty and military orders.
You cross spacious combat areas and alternate firefights on foot with vehicles. Destructible walls change how you approach an opponent: after an explosion, a sheltered position can suddenly be exposed. You decide whether to advance around the edge of an area, fire from a vehicle or blast open a building. Not everything can be completely destroyed. The terrain, distance to your objective and available weapons determine which approach helps at that moment.
You play the campaign alone, accompanied by computer-controlled squadmates who support the story and combat. Between objectives, you search for gold and try different weapons. This is the original Bad Company from 2008, with its own story and technical implementation. Online services ended on 8 December 2023; the offline campaign remains the playable basis of this PS3 release.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
This is Battlefield: Bad Company Gold Edition for PlayStation 3. The story campaign described is the same as in the standard release. Original online bonuses, collectible inserts and unused codes are not promised as included. This game’s online services have ended.
Manual
Battlefield: Bad Company for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Battlefield: Bad Company
DICE developed Battlefield: Bad Company for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Electronic Arts released the game in 2008. Through Battlefield, the studio already had experience with battles across large maps, vehicles and cooperation between soldiers. In Bad Company, a fixed group of characters received a much more prominent place in the campaign. Their conversations and search for gold also made the military assignment a story about self-interest and a squad that barely follows the rules.
Frostbite technology made destruction an important part of the combat areas. A wall was more than background scenery: explosions could open up a hiding place and change sightlines. This could alter the appearance of the same location during a firefight. Vehicles remained important too, keeping Bad Company recognisably part of Battlefield. The game combined those familiar elements with an adventure in which you continued following Preston Marlowe instead of constantly switching to an entirely different protagonist.
Bad Company 2 arrived in 2010, bringing back the same squad and expanding destruction further. Those later capabilities do not automatically belong to the first game. The original Gold Edition also does not turn its story campaign into a different game. Today, this PS3 version mainly shows how DICE combined a recognisable group of soldiers and light-hearted conversations with the vehicles and changing cover of its military shooters.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 brings the same squad back on PlayStation 3, so you recognise the voices and relationships. The sequel more often focuses on an urgent military threat and expands destruction. The first game gives more room to the search for gold and the soldiers’ unconventional motivations, with more spacious campaign areas.
Battlefield 3 also uses vehicles and military firefights on PlayStation 3, but tells a more serious story from multiple perspectives. Interrogations and memories shape its structure. Bad Company follows a fixed squad and lets their remarks determine more of the atmosphere. Its larger areas also more often give you opportunities to approach a position from another direction.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare combines modern weapons with a campaign full of changing objectives on PlayStation 3. Both games let you experience military action up close. Modern Warfare more often takes you along a tightly defined route and precisely timed events. Bad Company gives you more room for vehicles, flanking movements and breaking open cover.
Killzone 2 sends you to the planet Helghan on PlayStation 3 for a war with heavy weapons and a sombre atmosphere. Using shelter and following a military squad feel familiar. Bad Company takes place in a fictional contemporary war and adds humour and destructible buildings, changing how you deal with enemy positions.
Medal of Honor from 2010 follows special forces and other American military personnel in Afghanistan on PlayStation 3. Its first-person shooting and squadmates’ instructions are familiar elements. Bad Company makes more room for freely approaching combat areas and satirical conversations. Medal of Honor keeps a more serious tone and guides you more closely through individual operations.
