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Battlezone II - FPS and RTS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Battlezone II may be an older game, but it's still one of the better games that I've played. A mixture of FPS (first person shooter, not frames per second) and RTS (real time strategy), this game can be addicting in both ways.
The story of the single player mode is very good, and the game allows you to make decisions that add re playability to the game.
While the multi player mode only supports up to four players, it's still highly enjoyable. The tactical options are endless, and the thrill of seeing and defeating your human opponent's personally crafted defenses is highly rewarding.
The game is slightly older, so the graphics aren't pushing the current technology, but the game is so good that it more than makes up for anything that technology couldn't do at the time it came out.

The Greatest game ever made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok so the title of greatest game ever may sound like an exaggeration , but for me it's not at all , I've been playing this game now for 5 years or so and I'm still not bored of it .

I can understand some of the reviews here that state the game runs badly , it did to a certain extent when it was first released , unfortunately Activision were somewhat impatient in releasing this game and shoved it out of the door before it was really ready for release . Luckily for those of us that are still loyal to this game (and there are still quite a lot of us especially given the age of the game) it is continuing to be supported in an unofficial capacity by a couple of the game's original devlopement team by the way of new patches , etc .

Technically speaking this game is a vast improvement over it's predecessor , the game is far more moddable which has without doubt added to it's longevity , multiplayer is a lot more stable and it's no longer possible to cheat in the way that totally destroyed Battlezone 1 as a multiplayer experience . Graphically this game is still superb , even now , giving some of the more recent titles a good run for their money . Only when compared with the latest crop of titles such as HL2 does this game start to show it's age a little ( and even then it's only a little).

As a gaming experience nothing still compares to this , infact nothing else even comes close to this ( except maybe the first Battlezone Game) . Battlezone 2 is a seamless blend of first person action and realtime strategy , allowing you to control your forces and build a base, etc. from right there on the battlefield in glorious first person perspective whilst simultaneously blowing the hell out of hoardes of alien attackers with the combat unit of your choice . You have a vast array of different vehicles at your disposal including fast and manoueverable hover tanks , to slow powerful tracked vehicles , flying bombers and APC's , resource collection vehicles and construction rigs . Add to this 2 very distinctive races with their own technologies and weapons and vastly different strategies , and you have something really special that will take many a month to fully explore . The depth of this game is simply breathtaking whilst at the same time being easy to get into , a true marvel of innovative game design .

Probably the weakest element of this game is the single player campaign , the storyline veers away from the original game slightly making continuity a bit dubious . The singleplayer campaign itself I found a bit easy to beat , but it still offers a lot of variety with a wide range of mission styles .

The multiplayer is what seems to keep a lot of players coming back to this game time and time again , the team strategy is fast,furious and intensely addictive , there really is nothing quite like this out there anywhere at all .

Since the game was first released there have been several significant updates which help to improve the overall quality of the Battlezone 2 experience . The first of these was the 1.1 patch which contained many critical fixes and support for win2k . After this came the unofficial 1.2 patch which included support for a multiplayer Co-op mode known as MPI , a range of balance tweaks and fixes for many errors . Finally we have the unofficial 1.3 patch which is still in production ( there is a public beta available ) which fixes many exploits and bugs found over the years and adds a whole raft of new options and even greater mod support .

On top of all of this you also have community authored mods and expansions such as Forgotten Enemies which adds a whole new singleplayer campaign featuring over 20 new missions , 2 new races : The Hadean Crown ( also available to use in multiplayer)and the AI only Cerberi , Forgotten Enemies also offers new multiplayer and instant action modes . Also worthy of mention is the superb G66 mod , the definitive multiplayer Co-op addon that includes rock hard AI opponents and intense action all the way . It doesn't end there either , exciting new mods and expansions are still in production even now .

When you add all this together you have a game that despite all the odds and initial bad press has survived for over 5 years and still shows no sign of diminishing support , the number of online games has remained almost constant (albeit somewhat low) ever since the game was first released . It is a game that is unique , highly demanding , extreme fun and graphically beautiful , a true classic in every sense of the word . Whilst the other games I bought around that time and many I have bought since all now gather dust Battlezone 2 still gets played on a daily basis .

..... so the greatest game of all time ?

you betcha !! I have no doubts about this whatsoever and I anticipate it remaining so for a long,long time to come .

BZ2 awesome, console gamers are nublets who cant play :P

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

~ Firstoff, BZ2, if you take the time to play it you'll be emersed in alot of great stuff! It took me bloody 2 years to get it to work and I finally got an ATI 7000 so it would. Thats how hard I wanted to play it!

~ The BZ genre is based on mythology, and greek mythology, cant go wrong there :)

~ This Game is one of the hardest to find sometimes and I suggest getting it, its a good socializing place as well and the people in this community are very nice.

~ Uh if anyone did see my giving away for free post, it was a joke, nothing serious heh...

Timeless Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have had this game since it was first released and still love it. It is the only game that I keep going back to. The gameplay is even more enhanced due to the community input with many maps and mods. For a budget game it's a bargain. best regards Condor

Probably the best Ive ever played!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Wow! I bought this game for ten bucks(combined with 3 other titles at a computer store just looking to kill some time. The other three were not memorable in the least, but this one blew me away. I have played my fair share of games, but this one is incredible.(I would not be considered a gamer by anyones standards) The graphics are ok, but its what you can do thats the coolest. You can control your own side-most of the ships and men, and eventually you can switch to the bad guys side. Pretend you are trying to destroy an alien colony and an alien is doing patrols in his ship-you can snipe him, get into his vehicle and destroy other alien vehicles...You even get to hear their weird language once you are in the cockpit. Describing it does not do it justice, throw down a few bucks and try it out!

Battlezone II is the best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun game. You can drive vehicles and get out of your vehicle get the enemy. After about 5 levels you get a sniper mode to your gun so you can shoot the driver in a enemys vehicle and steal the enemys vehicle. buy this game it is really really FUN!!!

a great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this is the second best pc game ever....
great graphics and levels. there is only 1 bad thing about it
the bugs, there are a few.
1. cpu will freeze if ctrl+alt+del are pressed
2. if you have a lower end pc or average when the frame rate is not the same in the game when you exit it changes the framerate to what the game is being played in... and when you go to change it back it freezes on my p3 900 so my pc isnt lower end

these are known bugs that are the worst

but other than that i love everything else.
i love the weapons and ships.

Boring, zzzzzzzz

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: October 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The first time I played this game, it seemed pretty cool, but the longer I played the more I realized that the interface was no good, there is no way to control all of your guys at once, you have to go to their positions to give orders, basically if they are under attack, they're dead by the time you get there.
Another thing is that the skirmish mode stinks, there are only 5 maps and you can't choose what race you want to be for each map. Plus, on some maps, the AI is completely stupid, and on some it is just the opposite. This game is just plain boring, it gets on your nerves a lot. If you like strategy, stay away from this game, get Red Alert 2 instead.

A great sequence to the best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Battlezone was the best gamr I've ever played. The idea of combining first-view and strategy was great, the graphics were amazing the plot and of course, the hypnotic, rough voice of the story teller. The main thing that makes "Battlezone 2" better than the first in the series is the breathetaking graphics. And yet, the plot is not as good, not as half as good, as the plot of the first game. Even though, it is a fun game, with fun missions (It's not really hard at about the 1st 10, not as challenging as the 1st one) and would fit both the "Shoot to kill" lovers and both strategists. And of course, to anybody who likes a good science fiction story.

Just thought I'd try and tell the truth

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: April 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A lot of good reviews--two perfect 5 star reviews even. Amazon.com gets to choose which reviews are "featured", so that's not really much of a surprise.

You should definitely read more reviews. The graphics are okay, but the design of the graphics in this game are considered to be very cartoonish by many. Bright oranges, glowing blues, and odd color assortments await you in this game. Do yourself a favor and search for the original Battlezone. That was a game I played so many years ago I can't even remember when, but I remember clearly the missions and the specific gameplay elements because it was so good. The story made more sense, the missions didn't tell you exactly what to do (you had to figure it out, which was the fun part), and the overhead map was accessible from the push of a button rather than getting out of your vehicle all of the time. To summarize what these reviews (on the first page) are all leaving out:

- You'll have to get out of your vehicle constantly. Because the drivers of other vehicles just aren't smart enough to do the job themselves. You'll also have to do this to access the tactical map, the only way of ordering units around without actually driving there (by which time the units in question will have already been destroyed, too little, too late)
- Missions aren't involving, and the story doesn't continue from the original game. In short, there's really not much of a story, as you'll find yourself doing strange things that you've been ordered to do for no apparent reason
- Interface is cluttered, buttons rearrange themselves based on the order that you built things, and it's a nightmare finding the right keys to press during the heat of battle. In many games, the only deciding factor of whether you'll win or lose is if you find the right keys fast enough

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