It's Harvest Time!

[CptainCrunch]

Mavrik347 brought us this news from the Battlefield Blog:

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Welcome to the second post in our series on the upcoming VIP Map Pack 7. Today, we revisit the single player map Heavy Metal -- now turned into one of the largest multiplayer maps for Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

For VIP Map Pack 7, we always knew we wanted the classics Oasis and Harvest Day. But we also know that our players love huge battlefields with plenty of vehicles. So we went back to the singleplayer campaign in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to see what we could take from there and transform into new multiplayer maps. We wanted a level that could incorporate both vehicle warfare and close quarters battle. We found that in Heavy Metal. <!--more-->

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Heavy Metal features both attack and transport helicopters.

The multiplayer game mode of choice on this remastered version of Heavy Metal is Conquest, with the classic three flag setup. The three flags are spread over the entire terrain. This seemed like a crazy idea at first -- this map is even bigger than Atacama Desert -- but we stuck to it, and it turned out to provide a real sense of epic scale.

There are plenty of vehicles here, and they will spawn on captured bases, so players will not feel stranded if they decide to move to another base. If an enemy chopper happens to stop by for a rocket-filled visit, anti air guns are provided in strategic locations to keep the air battles balanced and the home bases safe.

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Warning: Travelling by foot on Heavy Metal can feel a bit daunting.

We hope you enjoy this immense battlefield when VIP Map Pack 7 goes live. Be sure to check back regularly for the very latest information on everything Battlefield. Next Wednesday, we take an in-depth look at Cold War, the third map in VIP Map Pack 7.

For more info on VIP Map Pack 7, check out the original post.

For more info on Battlefield: Bad Company 2, visit the Official Site.

Correction: This Monday, we reported the multiplayer modes for all maps in VIP Map Pack 7. For Heavy Metal, the correct modes are Conquest and Squad Deathmatch.

Sounds like it will be a very large, vehicle driven map. All I can say is that those that grab the vehicles first better wait for others to join them

What are your thoughts on this upcoming map?

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[^Garf*uk*]

Re: It's Harvest Time!

so this aint on the disc lmfao

[Infernalis]

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Ah yes, lot of vehicles and big map, we need more map like this for variety sake. I just hope it's not linear like Atacama Desert.

[McSteviee]

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Looks good so far. Hopefully a map that is a bit more BF2-ish. DICE might actually have been listening - new maps (not modes) and large one(s) with lots of vehicles. :yay:

[Kylee!]

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This is certainly a step in the right direction.

[*FMJ*Power]

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I pieced together an overview of heavy metal and got one for cold war as well. I cant find any overviews for oasis or harvest day, maybe someone has a prima guide for BFBC1 that has them in it.

[Unregistered]

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Now all that is missing, is jetplanes and i'd be a happy player. That, and MORE big maps besides this single one.

[Minmaster]

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if only they released a COD game every 6 months, we'd have new maps every 6 months.

[troybob]

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It's funny to hear them say they were surprised how well things played out if they made things more "epic".

It's what got you here ya schnooks! Didn't anyone write that down after bf1942 blew up? Welcome back to 2003 when games were fun and not CoD (which is fun in its own right).

[Minmaster]

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bf has never gotten as epic as 1942. it's been getting less and less epic since then, although some might argue titan mode is pretty epic.

[BlueAngel7]

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Hopefully Heavy Metal will be the average sized map for BF3 or larger. Anyway, Looking forward to this, being a tank whore.

[Mavrik347]

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It's funny to hear them say they were surprised how well things played out if they made things more "epic".

It's what got you here ya schnooks! Didn't anyone write that down after bf1942 blew up? Welcome back to 2003 when games were fun and not CoD (which is fun in its own right).

2002* :)

[BIFF EXPLODER]

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HOLY CRAP!

i actually like this update:shock:

and YEAH! LARGE MAPS!!!

like someone said before, its a step in the right direction, DICE

[Kylee!]

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Twas me ^.

I'm really excited for this update and Vietnam, BC2 is the only game that still holds my interest out of any FPS of the last year or so.

[CptainCrunch]

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Not to burst anyones bubble, but Harvest is the only map confirmed to be this large. Nothing has been mentioned about Cold Water yet. It may not be as big, but could be the city itself and not that entire map.

Just saying I dont want to see people raging in the streets

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