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Program Sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 27
Date: September 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've never been able to get the program to run. Try to run it and the screen goes blank. Sent EA an email to cust. support and never got a reply. I will not buy anything else from EA.

Good Game: Major Balance Flaw

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: January 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Battlefield 2 is a game with excellent potential.

GRAPHICS:
It has great graphics. Of course you pay for these graphics by having to have a substantial game system. Check system specs carefully before purchasing and don't try to run this game on min. requirements. The map detail, the animations are all extremely well done.

GAME PLAY:
You have 7 different kits you can play - each with a powerful and unique role on the modern battlefield. I've not found any one kit to be without a great deal of playability. Medic, Engineer, Anti-Tank, Assault, Special Forces, Support, Sniper - they all have fun and challenging tasks.

THE PROBLEM:
Unfortunately, for all the the incredible game play there is a serious balance issue with the game. Whereas nearly every thing you can do in the game from Sniper to Tanker has a series of counters (hence balance) the jets in the game have no reasonable balance. This means if you get in a game with a jet 'whore' (meaning someone who flys jets exclusively) you'll likely end up spending alot of time looking at your death screen. A couple of jets can dominate a game with 30-40 other people in it - thereby basically ruining it for everyone else -- this happens way too often an there is no cure as the anti-aircraft emplacements don't work.

Despite complaints to EA about the balance issue since the game launch the company has failed to address this issue, which I've found so frustrating that after 2 months of play I'm ready to throw the dang game away.

A simple fix to the anti-aircraft, or the ability to turn the jets off would put this game in the 5 star ratings easily - unfortunately, as it stands the game is little more than a penny arcade for whoever gets the jets first.

A FIX
If you are willing to play on infrantry only servers or if you are willing to play on maps that don't have jets at all (all my favorite maps have jets...so I lose there) then you can get away from this GROSS imbalance - in that case, the game would be worth your money.

Irritating, inferior "run - die - respawn" game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 24
Date: July 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

As far as the Special Forces add-in which makes this the "Deluxe Addition", you get hooks and jetskis. Whoopee!

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.

Support please?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: October 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I decided to purchase the deluxe edition instead of 2142 because my friends still play BF2. Well, the original works fine. I don't think it's as good as Counter Strike, but it makes up for it being able to fly, drive and all that.

Anyways, the problem I have is updating. It will not update to the latest version. So my options on which servers I can play on are pretty limited. I've tried reinstalling, re-downloading the patch. Nothing in the KB has worked. EA won't give any further support on their game, I'm guessing because of the 2142 release. Which, even with the spyware, I'm kinda regretting not buying that instead. I just don't see this game being worth the money and effort.

I don't think I'll be purchasing many more games from EA unless I need a NFL licensed football game.

Run, Spray, Respawn - a lot.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 15 / 26
Date: October 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While Battlefield 2 has great graphics and is easy to play, the game suffers from the 'run, spray, respawn' mindset that ruins almost all of today's FPS games. When are game developers going to realise that this playstyle is inherently frustrating? If the developers made the weapons truly realistic the game would be much better. Because of the player's ability to hold the weapons rock steady they are about ten times as accurate as their real life counterparts. This makes a game in which firefights are won by player who has the fastest reflexes, and not the player who uses the best team play tactics or who has the better cover. Basically, although the game developers go to great pains to claim that they encourage team play that's really not the case, and as for cover, because of the hyper-accuracy you're as exposed and visible behind a brick wall and with your head 99% shielded by a plant as you are standing in open ground.

If you want to see a bunch of players running into hails of gunfire like total idiots buy this game. I mean when will these game developers realise that games are more fun if they challenge us to play carefully and rationally? Any idiot can spawn and run at the enemy with guns blazing. The problem with BF2 is that it rewards such silliness. I'll play these sorts games again when they start to punish such nonsensical play and reward players who actually behave like real soldiers and try to stay alive.

Has its issues, but better than most

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 22 / 24
Date: July 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I read S.Hogan's 'irritatinginferior' review and felt compelled to add my two cents.
I think he didn't give the game enough time or just isn't very good at it because i'm having a lot more fun with it than he is. Vehicle transport is a big part of the game and sure its annoying if a bunch of guys on your team leave without you, but you can request a vehicle drop from your commander or wait for a new vehicle to spawn, or... move on foot.

Problems he had with identifying enemy units in-game are no longer an issue, anyone within a reasonable distance from you in the game.. say 40 feet or so, has their name and color to indicate friend or foe, at all times, you no longer have to aim at someone to find out. Not to mention the uniforms and skin color are usually different.

Some games are dominated by those who get to the planes and helicopters first, but Ive found thats only the case if your playing on a smaller map (and if the pilots are good). With enough players on the map there will be too many ground targets for air vehicles to keep up with and they will ultimately be shot down. There are some very skilled pilots that play this game and they take it very seriously. If you enjoy flight simulators this would probably be worth a go. Ive seen some really impressive videos of pilots in this game, there are several different types of jets and helicopters, if you can't fly very well but want to fight from above I would suggest getting a joystick or just playing as a second gunner.

The game can be a bit choppy at times, mostly dependent on your system. Check the system requirements before purchasing the game, this will not run very well on older systems, but does take full advantage of some of the newest video cards available. I recommend at least 1GB ram to play, 2GB would of course be better but not necessary.

camping or 'baseraping' is a problem as stated, but thats due to the nature of the game. If the enemy is taking over a base you might not want to spawn there because of it, but if you think youve got a shot at stopping them then you might try to spawn there at your own risk. No one likes to die right after they spawn but you can play smart and minimize this.

Gulf of Oman is a fun map, but not my favorite. Seemingly everyones favorite is 'Strike at Karkand'. Its played more than the others anyways. Overall there is a good variety of maps, with all the expansions (special forces expansion comes with the deluxe edition, there are two other expansions downloadable from EA online, Armored Fury and Euro Force) there are plenty of maps to choose from and most offer a variety of gameplay options, meaning it wont always be the same fight, same choke points etc. most of the maps are pretty good, there are some custom maps available as well.

The sniper does seem pretty weak compared to some other games but I think its balanced pretty well. If you enjoy playing as a sniper it wont be the strength of the gun that annoys you but the lack of a extra-zoom feature. there is only one standard zoom length for the sniper rifle. This of course varies between each sniper rifle and there are 2 unlockable ones available as well.

Speaking of unlockable weapons, there are a total of 14 unlockable weapons, 2 for each 'kit' wether it be for the assault kit, sniper kit, anti-tank kit etc. The unlock weapons do seem to be better than the original but they all have different specifications so some people prefer the stock weapons, I am not one of those people.

S.Hogan said the only difference with special forces was zip lines and jetskis, but this is not true. With special forces comes the addition of some new armies including British SAS, Russian Spetsnaz and Insurgent forces. They each have their own set of weapons, some weapons overlap but the difference in stock weapons for various army types (including the USMC, MEC, and Chinese of the original game) is pretty good. Not only is there a fairly realistic variation of weapons per army but vehicles as well. As a British SAS soldier you would be more likely to drive a Desert Raider buggy around, whereas if you were an insurgent force you would drive a pickup truck with a turret gun.
Special forces also introduces Grapple hooks and Zip lines. Night Vision on a select few maps, as well as tear gas as a standard weapon with the support kit. (The gas mask becomes critical in those situations.) There are also new maps with special forces, and new vehicles etc.

"Incredibly slow loading times between games" This is absolutely right. Some servers will play a map 2 times then load a new map, the load times occurs between switching maps, so it is wise to play servers that will stick with a few maps with lots of rounds between load times. Some servers play just one map all the time, so there is a very minimal load time. On average it seems to take about 4-5 minutes to load up a game, the games last anywhere between 5 - 40 minutes depending on various factors.

"So, I payed $40 for 2 days worth of pointless gameplay. " This guy obviously didnt put enough time into the game. With a little practice and getting to know the maps/kits/weapons/vehicles, squad/commander tactics im sure he would have found it at least a litte more enjoyable, personally I can't get enough.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: September 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well, I have had this game for almost a year now, and I can say that it is one of the most fun and addicting games ever.
I don't want to recap all of the previous person's points, since they are all mostly true, but here is what I love about it.

Pros

Weapons. Amazingly varied, you can absolutely beast with stock equips, but unlocks give you an edge over many players out there, not a full-blown advantage, and since there are so many hard core BF2 players, unlocks will definitely give you a better chance of winning.

Vehicles. Also, these are almost perfectly balanced and kind of sort of realistic, ranging from the jets that can rule the game unless someone gets some AA running, to the slow but powerful transport copters, to the cheap looking MEC van-and-random-gun, to the tanks and APCs that are my favorites.

Maps. Maps are, once again, varied, and the gameplay changes drastically from map to map. You have infantry and armor only maps like Strike at Karkland (my personal favorite), to Wake Island, a map that absolutely depends on the jet and chopper pilots.

Squad Play. Well, of all the memorable titles that have attempted to create a feeling of strategy within each team beyond, "Let's go kill that guy, watch out for the tank thingy," this game has probably done the best job. You have the basic squad composed of up to 6 members, reasonable in a 64 player game, with a squad leader, who can communicate with the commander, requesting vehicle drops, artillery, UAVs, etc. Commanders and Squad Leaders don't always do a good job of strategizing (is that a word?), but you just have to remember that this is a game with real people, not bots... There is a large percentage of jerks in the world lol, and that applies here too. Fortunately, you can join and leave squads as much as you would like, though doing so can be detrimental, even costing you the game sometimes, for reasons that you will learn in the game.

Graphics. Not much to say, other than that full settings require a high end (+ $200) card, but when you have it, it looks pretty good, especially considering its age. I love the scenes in Karkland where you get the tanks and APCs concentrated, support gunners laying down suppressing fire, medics madly dashing to use their shock paddles, special forces laying C4 all over the place, grenades flying like my mom's pancakes, oh yeah... Then of course the artillery comes down, and everything and everybody blows sky high,... then the near silence, except for the distant chatter of machine guns. Oh, *sigh*, it is good, the most immersive game ever.

Cons

As mentioned before, load times are a bit exessive. I really don't have the problem that those guys do though, since I have a RAID 0 setup, an OCed Opty, and 2GB of RAM, but still, they are the longest of any game I have ever seen.

Also, keeping in tradition of EA gaming, the game came out pretty much in beta form, with so many bugs, not just having to do with gameplay, but also installation and other junk like that. But, BUT, the good news is that after more than a year of patching, the game is in pretty good condition, so you won't have problems with that much at all.

Finally, the whole serial number issue. I'm going to SAVE a couple of you some MONEY, so PLEASE READ. When you get your game, the serial number is on the back of the manual... I know, horrible place to put it, as manuals are easily lost. Before you do anything, write it down, put it someplace safe. Now, when you install, DO NOT IMMEDIATELY PATCH. Before you patch, you can register and retrieve your key in the case that you lose it. But after just a single patch, you cannot register or view the key in the registry, so EA cannot look up your key, and if you lose your manual... like me... you have to shell out another $** for it.

Basically, this game is one of the best games ever, I really don't think that it will be surpassed by BF2142, which is coming out later this year (2006). So, hope that this helped :)

A Great game, but with Great demands!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Battlefield 2 is a great game, as long as your computer can handle it. I just got a Compaq Presario SR2038X for Christmas, and it can barely handle this game. And this is a decent computer. It had an AMD Athlon 64 dual-core processor, a 256 NVIDIA graphics card, 1 GB of Ram; I mean this computer handles all my other games fine. But this game is demanding! Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but just make sure your computer can handle it before you go out and buy it. With my computer I can run it on the lowest settings, with textures set to medium. Anything higher than that and my computer will crash! So beware, you need a super computer to run this thing stably. The game is actually very fun though. If you have played any other previous Battlefield games, then you'll definitely want to buy this one, you won't be disappointed. The graphics are good; there are a bunch of new weapons, and some sweet new vehicles. The online play has also been improved, now allowing you to chat with your squad members in real time through a headset. I recommend this package over BF2 itself, because if you buy Battlefield 2, like it (which you probably will), and then buy Special Forces separately, you're looking at spending $50. Here, if you buy them both together, you save yourself 10 bucks. The expansion is also pretty cool, giving you new armies to fight as, new maps, and some new weapons and gadgets like grappling hooks and night vision goggles. So overall, this is a great game, just as long as your computer can handle it.

Battle 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It is fun, but short. They need a richer environment that you can exlpore and play longer.

Excelente compra!! muy buen juego

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: July 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Compre el juego original por el precio y la promocion de tener la expansion del special forces que se juega mucho online.

El unico detalle que no me gusto son los 5 cds de instalacion, pero bueno eso es una vez y no mas.

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