Battlefield 2 (DVD)
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Battlefield 2 (DVD)
Customer Review: Most Addicting Game of the Year - The Pros, Cons and 'System' Requirements
Summary: 4 Stars
Age Rating: 12 - 27
Battlefield 2 is well worth the release price of $50. This game is highly addicting (thus the title) and is rated Teen. This game is amazing and has a lot of room for expansion packs.
It has 12 maps, each with 16, 32 and 64 player versions. The 16 player maps are the smallest, and are arguably more tactical and in my opinion, the most fun. The leap between 16 and 32 is huge, but the difference between 32 and 64 is minimal. Five of the maps pit USMC (United States Marine Corps) versus China (People's Liberation Army). The other seven are MEC (Middle Eastern Coilition) against USMC. However, the 1.03 patch adds a 64-player only map, Wake Island 2007. Yes, the classic BF1942 map is back (and is China vs USMC). So, in conclusion, there are really 37 maps in total, but if you think about it, only 25 are truly different from each other. Just so you know, there are only 10 maps available in single-player, each of them are 16 player (which is a good thing, since the AI is really smart and 16-player maps are the most tactical). Just clearing up something that may make you want to buy the game more/less.
Pros:
+ Loads of awesome vehicles (armor, APC's, jeeps, FAV's, boats, copters and planes)
+ Seven evenly-balanced kits (special forces, sniper, assault, support, medic, anti-tank and engineer)
+ 4 weapon loadouts (USMC, MEC, China and unlocked - see below)
+ VOIP & Enhanced Teamwork
+ 12 Maps (really 25)
+ More strategy than the predascessing BF games
+ Amazing stat tracking and ranking system
+ Uber-l33t physics
+ Unlocked weapons are fun and add new gameplay tactics
+ ESRB Rating - Teen
+ Made in Sweden (Yay, Sweden!!)
Cons:
- Not many nations to play as
- Vehicles are a bit too strong against infantry
- No gore (which is a good thing, it would make the rating go up to M)
- No campaign (possibly incorrectly spelled) mode.
- A bit laggy, even with state-of-the-art video cards
- Sniper class a little less advantageus if you do not play it often
- Menu interface missing features
- Loading times are really long
- Too addicting
'System Requirements'
= A headset/quality microphone
= A speaker system with tons of bass so that the whole house will jump when a frag goes off in your pants
= A really good graphics/video card
= A mouse with tons of buttons
= A nearby toilet - you wont go until you are letting it out into your pants
= TONS of time - you dont want your playing time to cut into your social life
= Five friends - its a lot more fun to play with a squad of 6 people that have VOIP and you are friends with
= A butler so you dont have to get up and get food/drinks yourself
= Xfire
This game should be on your Holiday list for any 17-year-old male relatives (including yourself.)
Customer Review: At least I know where my Boyfriend is
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this game for my boyfriend when it first came out and now 4 months later he still plays (almost every night). It's been a great investment because it keeps him out of the bars and even though he's staring at his monitor for hours at a time, at least I know where he is. I'm sure he would give this game 5 stars but since I'm the one who bought it but have never played, I give it 4 stars. Customer Review: Renewed Life After Recent Patching Efforts
Summary: 5 Stars
I shelved this game shortly after I bought it. The game was unmanagable and broken as it was shipped. The menus were poorly scripted and the net coding was horrible; lag was unbearable on ranked servers and only marginally tolerable on unranked.
No more.
By today's standards my system is modest. I run a 9800Pro, 1500 Athlon thoroughbred with 1 gig of Corsair DDR. I used to experience system lag when running this game; not any more. The improvement in performance on medium settings is drastic, and I can run the game on much higher resolutions with some detail settings on high and get a smooth framerate. While the menus are still a little awkward, gameplay is much more stable with fewer crashes and faster load times. Overall, the presentation is drastically improved and non-game menus are much easier to navigate.
This allows the gameplay to truly shine, unburdened by horrid technical flaws that previously drug the game down. The addition of a redone Wake Island 2007 map (the third incarnation of this ever popular battle) is a nice addition. The current result is the definition of classic battlefield gameplay, and the addition of squad-spawning, ranking, and badge awards adds more accessibility to the action along with a sense of purpose (not that the game really needs that). Vehicle abuse is there as usual, but that's just something you have to accept with BF games.
Overall, just as great as its ever been with a few clean polishings that add slightly to the appeal. I agree that BF1942 is still the best in the series, but this is still a great title.
Customer Review: Great in everyway but...
Summary: 5 Stars
the points you need to unlock new weapons is insane! 1 new weapon at about 1000 and then not again until 10,000!!! I've been playing since it was released and i'm only at 4,000. Only a few more months to go before another weapon unlock. Come on EA.Customer Review: Please read this first
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great game, the ranking system is cool and the concept is great. The system specs are quite demanding though, and I think the maps are so-so, with some really good ones, and some not so hot ones. Overall, worth the money for sure and a great game, and the "Special Forces" expansion coming out soon, should impove the already good parts.
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