Hardcore

Hardcore game mode is a game type in several Battlefield games. The purpose of Hardcore mode is to provide a more realistic war experience to the player. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has an option for Hardcore on all the game modes except Singleplayer.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, there are several concepts that make Hardcore a more realistic experience than a regular multiplayer game. Here they are listed:


 * 60 health, rather than 100
 * Health does not regenerate unless healed by a Medic's Medkit.
 * Team killing or "Friendly fire" is enabled
 * The lack of a in-game map that the player can view or use (The player can still use the pause map, which will show the location of spotted enemies, and the map shown while respawning also shows any spots.)
 * When spotting an enemy a red dot does not show up above their head. Instead the player just shout something like "Eyes on enemies" or something similar to that in Russian. This renders the Recon's Sniper Spotting Scope or Motion Sensors nearly to completely useless.
 * There is limited HUD, which forces the players to use their instincts.