BFBC2 content added to BF: Heroes

By Robert Purchese Published 17 March, 2010

Costs an arm and a moustache.

DICE has added Battlefield: Bad Company 2 content to Battlefield Heroes, but you'll have to pay to use it.

Haggard's Heroic Set (Royal) and Kirilenko's Krafty Set (National) are expensive. For a seven-day stamina boost plus Haggard outfit you pay 1750 Battlefunds (£11.20). And for a seven-day stamina boost plus Kirilenko outfit you pay 1900 Battlefunds (£12.20).

Bundle those with a new gun (a choice of three) and the cost goes up: 2450 Battlefunds (£15.70) for Haggard and 2650 Battlefunds (£17) for Kirilenko.

And those are the "hot-deal" prices. The standard Battlefund prices for the BFBC2 content (listed with a strike-through) are 2710 (£17.40) / 3830 (£24.60) for Haggard and 2990 (£19.20) / 4100 (£26.30) for Kirilenko.

To offset this cost, all first-hand buyers of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 are offered 700 Battlefunds (£4.49) when redeeming their free VIP code.

Battlefield: Heroes is an online PC game funded by micro-transactions, and is closer to an MMO than to the action-packed multiplayer of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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Comments (29) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Pastici #1 2 years ago

    Wow, I'm just stunned. How much?

  • Johnhost #2 2 years ago

    Happy Saint Patrick's Day.

    I love Battlefield Heroes but my work PC can't quite handle it. Otherwise I play BFBC on Xbox.
    Edited by 1 at 17/03/10 @ 11:02

  • el_pollo_diablo #3 2 years ago

    Well it's not cheap, but given that a) it's entirely optional, and b) the rest of the game is free, I think they're entitled to charge whatever they like.

  • Eraysor #4 2 years ago

    Honestly, why anyone would pay those amounts for these things is beyond me. For not much more you could just buy a copy of BC2, which is a far superior game.

  • metalangel #5 2 years ago

    I have seen the future, and it is full of microtransactions. (on a related note, the VIP content for BC2 is looking a bit poor... four new skins which are from a US promotion, and two existing maps being playable in a different mode is apparently a "map pack";)

  • patchbox360 #6 2 years ago

    haha what was that about the evil Activision haha love it

  • Boomerang #7 2 years ago

    Pointless and expensive.... Hmm. No doubt there's plenty of idiots out there will buy these though.

  • Hobo #8 2 years ago

    Fuck you Activ...oh wait!

    I agree with el_pollo_diablo, but it's funny how no one feels the need to mention that in MW2 news posts.

    And i definitely expect this comment to get buried much like patchbox360's is as well. Because the Battlefield crowd can't possibly have people rain on their parade.
    Edited by 2 at 17/03/10 @ 11:41

  • StooMonster #9 2 years ago

    Does BF:Heroes work with anything other than IE these days? That's the key reason I never played it.

  • chessboxer #10 2 years ago

    Does this only last for 7 days? Am I reading that correctly?

  • Hobo #11 2 years ago

    No i think it's only a "health boost" that lasts 7 days.

  • Lemming81 #12 2 years ago

    Hobo, you do realise this is the free-to-play micro-transaction based game BF: Heroes right? the 'BF crowd' (BF:BC2) aren't bothered by it because it doesn't affect or concern them.

    That's why yours and Patch's comments will no doubt get downrated; Because you've got the wrong end of the stick.

    To clarify: BFBC2 vs. MW2 debates have nothing to do with Battlefield: Heroes.
    Edited by 2 at 17/03/10 @ 11:51

  • Hobo #13 2 years ago

    I understand completely that Battlefield: Heroes is free to play.

    Comments like this will get downgraded because last week Activision were the villain in the piece of extortionate pricing on their DLC. This week, (arguably) more extortionate pricing is being attached to a Battlefield game.

    That's why people like myself will revel in the irony.

  • BigJonno #14 2 years ago

    I've said it before, I'll say it again: I like Heroes, I'm fine with the concept of microtransactions, but I will not pay £15-20 for a set of clothes.

  • Retroid #15 2 years ago

    metalangel: "I have seen the future, and it is full of microtransactions."

    I wouldn't exactly call those transactions "micro" at all. Unless you can buy them on a BBC Micro, in which case I'll let you off.

  • TeaFiend #16 2 years ago

    Are these prices normal for Heroes?

  • Boomerang #17 2 years ago

    Nah, the box sets are about £30 each.

  • metalangel #18 2 years ago

    @Retroid: a new dodgy tache isn't exactly a huge addon, though the price definately is!

  • DDevil #19 2 years ago

    These are for a 7 day use only! HOLY FUCK THAT'S EXPENSIVE.

  • Lemming81 #20 2 years ago

    "Comments like this will get downgraded because last week Activision were the villain in the piece of extortionate pricing on their DLC. This week, (arguably) more extortionate pricing is being attached to a Battlefield game. "

    Nope, you still aren't getting it.

    Extortionate DLC on a paid-for full price console game is not ever in the same ballpark as a free-to-play game that runs solely on micro-transaction revenue.

    There is no irony here. Really. If EA were charging loads for DLC for BFBC2, or indeed any other full-priced console game, then you'd have your irony.
    Edited by 1 at 17/03/10 @ 12:53

  • Hunam #21 2 years ago

    The prices are mental on BF:H now. They've just ruined the game entirely... not that it was any cop to begin with.

  • dsmx #22 2 years ago

    Actually there was a brief period when the game was fantastic then the uber weapons came and ruined the game. What's worse is that before the game launched they said that BF could not buy you an advantge but that didn't last long did it?

  • Hobo #23 2 years ago

    "Extortionate DLC on a paid-for full price console game is not ever in the same ballpark as a free-to-play game that runs solely on micro-transaction revenue. "

    As has been stated, there's nothing MICRO about these MICRO transactions.

    So we can ascertain, extortionate pricing is extortionate pricing no matter the scenarios you place it in.

  • Lukree #24 2 years ago

    "micro-transactions"?!?!

    Reads more like macro-transactions to me!

  • Miths #25 2 years ago

    Apparently they decided to take a cue from gPotato and their in-game store prices in the "free" to play Allods MMO :).

  • Red930 #26 2 years ago

    HOW MUCH? Jeeez

  • stoopidgreg #27 2 years ago

    they call that a "micro" transaction??

  • sneetch #28 2 years ago

    Yeah, seriously, can we stop calling these micro-transactions? There's nothing micro about them.

  • captain_ion #29 2 years ago

    battlefunds? that sounds queer,no wonder you sad liitle rejects like bfbc2; so you can sit there like little dweebs and decide what to purchase with your "battlefunds".