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I’ve been kind of rooting for Battlefield: Bad Company to come out well, thanks to a love of Battlefield 2142 and an extremely tenuous connection to someone who did modeling work on the buildings.

When I loaded up the demo on the ol’ Xbox 360, something seemed a little… familiar.

Summing up the plot, a squad of four disenchanted losers goes behind enemy lines on a private mission to steal a cache of gold.

I know the developers list Three Kings as a major influence on the game, but that’s going a little beyond just influence, don’t you think? I mean, maybe even if they just were trying to steal diamonds instead or something, but…

Judging by the demo, it seems like they took the shakeycam from the movie too. On the default settings, the camera jogs when you walk and dust and smoke gets kicked up everywhere. Bad Company walks the line betwen “realism” and “Holy hell I can’t see what’s going on here.” But man, all the stuff obscuring your vision is gorgeous, I’ll give them that.

The reviewers have been kind to Bad Company, and until we’re famous enough that publishers start sending us full review copies before the ship date, I’m going to have to take their word for it. I might give it a rental. I could think of worse ways to spend an evening than pretending to be George Clooney.

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