>>6524That's not what I wrote. If you want to bring up 2142, though, we can go into more depth about how exactly the series was killed. Most of the talent at DICE actually quit after Battlefield 2, over all the bullshit they had put up with from EA during its development. Consequently, in 2142 all of the balance problems from BF2 were addressed by dumbing the game down, while the rank and unlock shit cancer was dialed up 10x. 2142 was fun for what it was, but it was a definite step down from BF2 in almost every aspect. Well, if only that was the end of the story. What was the remains of DICE to do after they lost all that talent and direction at the end of 2142? It was time to follow their master's directive: pander for casual cash. And that's exactly what the Bad Company games were. A massive insult to a series that had aspired to sprawling maps and terrain and vehicular combat. It was Battlefield attempting to be Call of Duty.
tl;dr: Back in the day if you had anything nice to say about the Bad Company games you were instructed to fuck off back to Call of Duty and stop ruining our franchise. Too late now.