Bad Company makes fun of Solid Snake

by Richard Mitchell { Jun 17th 2008 at 12:30PM }

Whether or not you own a PS3, there's a pretty good chance you caught wind of the Metal Gear Solid 4 release last week. There's also a pretty good chance that you are at least familiar with the series. Perhaps you even know that Solid Snake, protagonist of the series, has a habit of hiding in barrels and boxes. There's one thing we know for sure though, and that is that Battlefield: Bad Company developer DICE definitely knows about the series. In a new video the soldiers of Bad Company poke fun at the longstanding Metal Gear convention. In short, it's pretty damned funny. Find the video after the break.

[Thanks ericdrum and eric e]

Tags: bad-company, battlefield-bad-company, dice, ea, electronic-arts, metal-gear, metal-gear-solid, metal-gear-solid-4, mgs4

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Jun 17th 2008 12:37PM

FIRST! :-)

Wait . . . you don't care?!

Rufus @ Jun 17th 2008 12:37PM

Makes up for the MGS4 'disc' joke, and it's not nearly as corny and/or commercial.

JAKEJAX @ Jun 17th 2008 12:42PM

Any game that has that much of a sense of humor will get my hard earn dollars.

Vader582 @ Jun 17th 2008 12:43PM

Instead of making mildly amusing videos about a game series that is still doing well and has beaucoup more depth, EA and Dice should be focusing on fixing the broken gameplay and dying series known as Battlefield, Bad Company in particular.

Rufus @ Jun 17th 2008 12:44PM

Hey, some games might not be perfect, but humour certainly helps us get by.

haukke @ Jun 17th 2008 1:35PM

ok.....but the patch thing was really funny.

TimmyT @ Jun 17th 2008 12:42PM

The end was awesome.

Haohmaru @ Jun 17th 2008 12:44PM

Great homage.

Vader582 @ Jun 17th 2008 12:47PM

The disc joke was moreso a reference to the MGS past using cds and dvds and not so much a slap in the face of other consoles.

Whocares @ Jun 17th 2008 1:09PM

It's funny how people say that but wouldnt have they addressed that on the PS2 if that was the point? If I remember correctly MGS2 and 3 were 1 disc so waiting for the 4th one to make fun of the 1st one makes no sense

eugene @ Jun 17th 2008 1:53PM

Well, if you played the game instead of acting like someone took a shit on your shoe, you would know that MGS 4 takes a lot of swipes at the first MGS game.

So when you look at the disc swapping thing in CONTEXT, you would understand that it is an in-joke.

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 17th 2008 2:05PM

Whocares ¬_¬ MGS2 and MGS3 did not revisit a famous location seen in MGS1 did they, a locaton of which you had to swap disks in the first.

Does that explain?

Benjamin09 @ Jun 17th 2008 3:51PM

Where the disc joke is made on MGS4 is where you would have changed disc on the original MGS on the Playstation. It was dumb anyways because of the install times.

ljung8erg @ Jun 17th 2008 12:48PM

That's hilarious! I really enjoyed the demo for Bad Company and I hope the full game is just as good. It's a bit glitchy but it's a demo. Hell if they can keep it tongue in cheek with spot on humour like that I'm all in!

Magic Whiskey @ Jun 17th 2008 12:48PM

I loved that!

livinonnosleep @ Jun 17th 2008 12:55PM

That was great! Its been a while since game video made me lol like that.

Eric Z @ Jun 17th 2008 12:58PM

That was great, Gotta love a game that makes you laugh while doing massive destruction :P

spartan_agr @ Jun 17th 2008 1:19PM

hahaha

Dom @ Jun 17th 2008 1:20PM

That pic above is a lie. There isn't that much colour in MGS4! Great trailer BTW, just great.

Efeez1986 @ Jun 17th 2008 3:35PM

Looks like someone hasn't played MGS 4 yet, lol. Anyways, this was a good idea for them making a joke about the best and most popular game right now, it should help the sales quite a bit.

Curtis @ Jun 17th 2008 10:23PM

Man I can what this a 1000 times over and it's still funny as hell!

Great ad at the unfortunate expense of MGS4.

No love lost!

MrMuggs @ Jun 17th 2008 1:34PM

The videos are really funny but I'm with Vader582. I wish they would AT LEAST allow for entire team chat. To only be able to chat with 3 people on your squad makes no sense at all. I have guys driving past me in tanks and cars that I can't signal. I can't call for medical help. For a "team" game that would seem like a default function.

SovietSpartan @ Jun 17th 2008 7:07PM

Medics should be healing you... when your a medic anyone who requires medical assistance is designated on your map with a + symbol, regardless of whether they are in your squad or not. I like the squad chat, i been hoping microsoft adopts a multiperson private chat for a while now.

horngreen @ Jun 17th 2008 6:41PM

So much better than the poorly done disc swapping joke. The Asians and comedic timing just don't gel together.

NukeAssault @ Jun 17th 2008 2:06PM

Too funny. I cant wait for this game.

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 17th 2008 2:06PM

Rather funny, although somewhat cheezy at the same time

Bravo6 @ Jun 17th 2008 2:46PM

haha, that was pretty funny. Much better than the MGS disc joke.

Benjamin09 @ Jun 17th 2008 3:57PM

HILARIOUS!

Sev @ Jun 17th 2008 4:21PM

I found that hilarious.

"Hey guys look, I found an eye patch"

hnbeanz @ Jun 17th 2008 4:27PM

Er, yeah... Hilarious.

How old are you lot again.

ericdrum @ Jun 17th 2008 4:48PM

I'm 33. I thought it was funny. We all know you're an oversensitive MGS fan that can't take a joke. Move along.

Vader582 @ Jun 17th 2008 5:22PM

I agree with you. This just wasn't funny. I'm not sensitive about MGS either. I am sensitive to the fact that the demo for BF:BC stinks and making cutesy videos should be the least of EA's and Dice's worries. MGS pokes fun at itself all the time. This just wasn't funny to anyone who doesn't still watch MTV and love it.

Mal F4cti0n @ Jun 17th 2008 5:50PM

Too funny!

All of the Bad Company videos have been hilarious. The characters have so much.....character!

Love the Beta/Demo, will definitely be buying this game when it is released.

Knight Marquise @ Jun 17th 2008 6:06PM

That was very funny. I enjoyed the demo, and love the humor in the game. I'll definately be picking it up when it releases.

hnbeanz @ Jun 17th 2008 7:05PM

@ ericdrum

Er, no actually. I don't own a copy of MGS. 360 owner btw. Shows how much of a retard you are to assume that.

Now, move along...

SovietSpartan @ Jun 17th 2008 7:09PM

Hey, you sure showed us your intelligent "click on reply".

hnbeanz @ Jun 17th 2008 7:41PM

@ SovietSpartan

*sigh*

Don't think I implied I was ever intelligent either. The above was my second post and it shows. Bless, you've shown that your smarter than myself (by clicking 'reply') maybe you should join the army for real (or better yet... Dear god, don't).

SovietSpartan @ Jun 17th 2008 7:54PM

Wierd... that should have read "Hey, you sure showed us your intelligent "click on reply" skills.

Cutty @ Jun 17th 2008 9:31PM

Everybody here needs to calm down, it was funny, if you ever played the first game, thats what it was like and i laughed everytime, it was a great game but hillarious too.....favorite line-

"What was that? Eh....just a box."

Great vid

RogueStorm @ Jun 17th 2008 10:05PM

The funny thing is, this game is much closer to the dialogue between soldiers than any other game I've ever played.

I tire of the "Special Forces" games that put you in the role of a super soldier who is all about the mission. Real soldiers crack wise and have a rather dark sense of humor in stressful situations.

Boff @ Jun 18th 2008 5:46AM

Can't understand why everyone's getting so worked up!
It's just a video! Personally, I thought it was really funny and made me laugh. The ending was even better! "Look an eye patch!" *Bump*

Kruegmeister @ Jun 18th 2008 10:35AM

Very Funny.

I agree nothing to get worked up about.

M. Dizzy @ Jun 18th 2008 10:00PM

Woooo MGS4 is the best selling game right now...seeing that it has been hyped up since before the PS3 came out and everyone who has bought a PS3 more or less bought it in anticipation for that game, it's more or less expected.

Whoopdy friggin' doo the flagship game of a system sold a bunch of copies...because there's finally a game to play for the system other than Motostorm or something that's also available for the 360. I'm not going to put down MGS4...but it's not like PS3 owners have had a bunch of other major releases eating away at their savings.