I had rented this game and I am pleased to say that it's incredible.
Story
The game is set in the near future (2010 is my best guess) and there is a fictional war going on between the United States and Russia. You play as Preston Marlow, a soldier who has just been sent to the 222nd Army Battalion; AKA: Bad Company, "Where they scrape all of the left overs and rejects deemed expendable by the Army." Yet the reason why Preston was sent there wasn't explained. <_<
He is placed in a four man squad along with hard nosed Sgt. Redford, Southern drawl Haggard, and Italian voiced loudmouth Sweetwater. These characters are absolutely hilarious with each other, you'd have to listen to them at some point. The team is sent on several missions to aid US forces, until they run into a Mercenary group called the Leggionaires. And they only pay in gold bars...
This promts the squad to go AWOL to find their big stash of gold. This all ensues in hilarious exploits, like taking a crazed dictator's helocopter, or single handedly invading a neutral country...
Quick Wrap Up
The game had pretty good controls in my opinion, and the enemies are both stupid and smart. (Standing out in the open, blowing holes into cover areas) Graphics and sound is amazingly well done.
Awsome game. Period.
Grade
A-