If you were not aware EA released a new mode for Battlefield Bad Company called Conquest, which was released because many gamers were anxiously waiting for it. If you have an Xbox 360 and thought that the update that popped up automatically just recently gave you Conquest mode you are dead wrong as I was, you actually need to download Conquest mode from the marketplace. This was a bit annoying, but even worse is the fact that unless you specifically choose to play Conquest from the menus you will continue to get the old mode over and over.

Conquest mode boils down to a game of CTF mixed with King of the Hill, there are random flags scattered through out the maps that you and your squad need to capture and hold to win. The flags that have not been captured you can run up and sit next to it for 15-20 seconds to raise your country flag and capture it and if you find an enemy captured flag you need to bring their flag down and raise your own, which will take a bit longer. The new mode is nice to mix up the monotony of just playing 1 mode over and over, but it needs to be incorporated into the regular Quick Match settings and would have been nice if it would have installed without having to go to the marketplace seeing as the actual download isn’t very large and the PS3 version updates automatically.