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: LAG LAG CHOP CHOP Thanks EA you rock!
Summary: 1 Stars
OMG this game is frustrating... I run a P4 3.0 Ghz, 1 GB Ram, Geforce 6600GT (well above the suggested specs)... I can never get one full hour of gaming before it starts doing some neverending MATRIX maneuvers on me (remember the ultra slow-mo bullet scenes in the movie?)... This game is thus unplayable... Customer Review: No One Home
Summary: 1 Stars
Game had a lot of installation problems. No help from EA cust. support. Tried install on a different system. Same problems - still no replies from EA cust. support but they did find the time to put my ticket on 'resolved'.
Found fix for installation trouble on an online gaming forum. Now I wonder why I bothered. Game is very buggy but it looks fantastic in the screenshots.
Customer Review: singleplayers should look elsewhere! Only Half the game for the full price!
Summary: 2 Stars
Same as my review for the original -- a few new tools to use in the default kits. When I rate it a 4 as fun, I'm thinking it *would* be fun if I could actually make use of the entire game... because what you can access is pretty fun.
Also you end up downloading a 250MB (!) patch that you have to reinstall after installing the SF expansion pack. That's just uncalled for. Even with DSL every server I got made it creep along at 25 KPS, and I feel sorry for people who have dialup. If they do have dialup, they aren't going to likely be playing multiplayer either, which means, don't waste your time.
What I said about the original:
I admit it's enjoyable to play, but it's really frustrating knowing you can't access all the features of the game in singleplayer. You get half a game for the full price. I have played online, and i just don't care for it much because of the numerous problems with servers booting you off for who knows what For example, forgetting to stop in the middle of the 'heat of battle' and apologize for teamkills, or missing the little message that tells you how to forgive someone for teamkilling you. I got booted for too many teamkills when I hadn't killed any teammates. There also don't seem to be that many newbie servers where you can go to learn the mp rules and practice.
I just don't have the time for figuring out all the ins and outs of multiplayer at this point in my life. I might consider a LAN party at some point, but for now singleplayer is my main option.
You're also limited to the smaller maps in singleplayer, and smaller numbers of bots. There are tweaks you can do (if you know what you're doing) to increase the number of bots, and possibly the size of the maps, but as I understand it the bots won't know what to do with the expanded maps. In the expanded territory, it doesn't add to the number of control points or special equipment/vehicles etc. in those areas either, it just give you more room to run around alone. Yippee. So far no one has come up with a mod that allows you to access all the features of the game as single player.
You also can't unlock new weapons kits unless you play online on ranked servers and earn them, ANDn the endless hours of play needed to earn them seems a bit ludicrous to me! it seems to be made for people who have no other life, don't go to school or work and never eat or sleep.
I would like to be able to access the whole game as a single player at home, even if none of that stuff works on multiplayer unless I earn it on ranked servers.
This seems to be a common complaint on most of the forums I've researched, and with all the modders out there you'd think they'd have come up with a mod that addresses these things by now, if it wasn't that difficult to do. I'm about ready to start looking into it myself, but as a full time mom with three kids and two dogs and a part time job besides that, it just isn't that feasible.
Another problem is the realism. Why is it that a shot to the head doesn't drop anyone? I can't imagine that putting a 3 round burst of 5.56mm , or a single 7.62mm round into someone's skull from any distance, would allow them to continue on their merry way and turn around and shoot you dead (with the first shot, no less) from 75 yards with an mp5. It's a darn good things those medics can cure any injury with those shock paddles, if only they can get to you.
One thing about the AI that annoys me is that all the bots clump together. I realize pathfinding is the most difficult part of all to program for. But man, clumping together is the best way to get killed. I tend to sneak around and flank, but even if I tell the bots to follow me, they may comply for about two seconds and then go back to what they were doing. I think the Tom Clancy games handled this kind of teamwork AI far better, and without needing the high system specs that BF2 and BF2:SF require. I have enjoyed all of the Clancy games far more, with the exception of Splinter Cell - too simple and easy.
Customer Review: Buggy...Night maps are horrible
Summary: 3 Stars
I would only buy this game if you would like some nice weapon unlocks. There are some OK day maps, but none compare to the original BF2 maps. The night maps are HORRIBLE. The new weapons which get unlocked from game, can be used on all BF2 maps, which may make the game worth the purchase price when the price falls a little more.
I only rated this game 3 stars. It is after all BF2 and even though it sucks compared to the original BF2, it is still better than alot other combat FPS games I've played.
Customer Review: BF2 Player
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this add on as soon as it came out. I was happy with the new content and maps. I was also suprised to see that some of the weapons carried back into the original BF2 like the flashbangs for instance. The only problems after installation I had were having to reinstall the 1.12 patch after my SF installation. I had performance issues the original game but cleared all those when I added a second gig of ram.