User blog comment:Charcoal121/EA Comments On Why It Chose Battlefield 4 Over Bad Company 3/@comment-24.7.34.177-20120721090812/@comment-3580035-20120725062930

I like 2142 because its a fps which adheres to most normal modern day fps rules, but is still in the future. When I say this, I mean it is still similar to modern day in that there are still guns that use bullets, not random fancy lasers.

@Pedro

When the guy said shoulder rockets, I think he meant rocket launchers/missile pods attached to the shoulders while you can still hold guns with both hands. (IMO This is a silly idea).

Australia is also totally unknown, but also probably okay since Wake Island was still okay.