Battlefield 2: Special Forces Expansion Pack
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Battlefield 2: Special Forces Expansion Pack
Customer Review: Better then BF2
Summary: 4 Stars
BF2:SF is better then all the other BF1/BF2 games due to one reason: Squadplay.
The design of the maps lends itself to tightly integrated, well coordinated squadplay in a way none of the other games do (until 2142!)...
The major downside to this game is the nightmaps. They are decent maps, but its annoying playing a cutting-edge graphics game in pixelly letterboxed greenscale!
Most BF2 players do not use a mic, and do not stick with their squadleader or follow their directions (if they even bother to join a squad!). Those who do know that it makes the game 10x better, and usually stick to BF2:SF.
Customer Review: Good expansion
Summary: 3 Stars
This expansion pack is good, and I would say worth the money, but it does have issues. EA has not been as supportive as they could have been for the entire BF2 game, including expansions. Load times and the frequency of VOIP problems are the largest complaints that I have about this game. Overall it is very good, but it could have been done better, it's not as good as the BF1942 expansions in my opinion but it does still add some worthwhile content. If you enjoy BF2 then you will enjoy SF.Customer Review: Inferior "run - die - respawn" game
Summary: 2 Stars
Coming from years of playing games like Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, TFC, the Dark Forces series etc., I was compelled to give this game a try because of the vehicles and squad tactics aspects of the game.
The game is hard to classify as a "game" because it seems about 80% or better of your time is spent running or driving only to be killed by an unseen artillery or air attack. Some of the problems with this game are part mechanics, part gameplay, and part are the behavior of most people who play it. Some problems are:
It takes forever to ID someone as friendly or an enemy. I've had times where I've trained my cursor on someone for 3-4 seconds without getting a red or blue indicator of side...only to be shot from behind while I'm impatiently figuring out if I can shoot without getting a teamkill.
The game is often dominated by those who get to the planes and helicopters first. The rest of the players are all just target practice on the ground, making it a "run, die, respawn" cycle for everyone else. And there are people who will hop in a tank, jeep, chopper, etc. and take off with no one on board, leaving everyone else to either go on foot or wait for the vehicles that left to get destroyed and respawn.
Game is (somewhat) choppy, expecially compared to similar hi-res, fast action games. I have a fairly new & beefy Alienware computer that eats up Doom 3 and Source games like nobody's business.
Camping or "baseraping". The enemy sits on your spawn point and continually bombards or shoots you the split second you spawn. I've seen this in other games of course, but here it seems to be much, much more common. The ability to wipe out entires waves of spawners with airstrikes or artillery makes it more seductive for people, I suppose.
The only fun map I played was Gulf of Oman which, not coincidentally, is the map you play when you download the BF2 demo. If I could have contented myself with that, I would have saved myself some money.
The sniper is weak. It's good that they nerfed it to avoid the one-shot cheapness of other games, like the AWP in Counter-Strike for instance, but it is SO weak it takes more shots to kill someone with a .50 than it does with a sidearm.
Incredibly slow loading times between games.
Nit-picky point here, but you can't use mousewheel to scroll through servers.
So, I payed $40 for 2 days worth of pointless gameplay. Doesn't look like I can get much for it on eBay so this baby is headed straight for the garbage chute. My advice: download the demo and play it for free, because in that case the price is right.
Customer Review: Not Bad.
Summary: 4 Stars
Got it the day it was released. If you want my full review read my review of BF2. Not bad but lacking in some areas. I mainly play this over BF2 since I played that game to death even though it is great. The night maps suck, the night vision works well in the dark but if you get into the light it nearly blinds you. I mainly stick to the day maps they are good. I wish they would make day version of the night maps since they would then be good. I like the grappleing hook and zip line. Overall worth your time if you are getting tired of BF2 and want some new maps to play. Customer Review: Great maps
Summary: 4 Stars
There are some great maps and guns added with this expansion. With the v1.3 patch, the game (and specifically this expansion) is solid enough to give this game praise. When the game first came out, I couldn't have said as much.
But at this point, this is a safe and fun purchase, and a must have for any Battlefield 2 fan.