PRO's
+Fantastic Graphics
+Good Controls
+Diverse Campaign mode
+Thrilling Online play
+Easy to learn controls
CON's
-Not many game variants availible online
-Varying load times that can take quite awhile
-Uneven teams constantly
-Daunting maps that give one side the leading edge
-Vehicle controls are clunky
-Air vehicles control difficultly and near impossible to destroy online.
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I believe most of the reviews here have already said what needs to be said about this game. I'm only adding my $0.02 because there is a lot of false information in one of the reviews. You don't have to like the game, in the least, but you should really learn more about the game before slamming it prematurely.Yeah, BridgeTooFar and Backstab are popular maps. And while their intense popularity has declined since BF2's X360 launch, you will still run into those 2 maps more than most others.... unless you use the server filters EA provides in the game and just completely avoid those maps. You can select any gametype and map you want to play in BF2. Select CTF or Conquest mode, select the map you want to play, filter, select a server from the search results and go. And if you never want to play the same map twice in a row, just select a server with "all maps" as the map rotation method and not "vote". Each and every game session will load up a new map and no one can vote for a specific map. And if the rotation comes around to a map you just can't stand playing, just hop out, search again, and join another session. It's just that easy.
When you first start playing BF2 online, you are *not* playing against everyone else. You cannot play against those who has significantly ranked up until you rank up yourself. You start off playing against those at lower ranks and you will even be blocked from joining sessions your friends are in if they are ranked higher and you're just starting out. This will keep you from playing against those who have had the game for many months ahead of you. And that's just the ranked servers. You can ALWAYS play on an non-ranked server. Those servers are for folks just starting out, those who don't care about ranking up and just want to have fun, and anyone needing a break from the ranked servers. Sure, you could run into a person here or there who has been playing for a lot longer than you on an unranked server, but most folks on those servers are laid back and/or new to the game. Either way, the game is fun and you're definitely not thrown to the wolves as soon as you get online.
I would also like to throw in that my friends and I playing BF2 online have wives, children, and responsible jobs. Anyone who thinks that only those with gaming skills are unloved, pasty basement-dwellers is just looking for an excuse to explain away why they suck at online games. Just play the game and relax. You can go for more competition on the ranked servers or chill on the non-ranked. You can charge toward the enemy full on, hang back and snipe, protect a flag, ride around in a Hummer, man the 120mm gun in a tank, etc. BF2 will allow you to play how you want. Protecting flags and sniping can get you just as many points as taking on the other team head on. And if you're playing on a non-ranked server, you probably won't care about points, anyway (not to mention the fact that the ranked servers make it very easy to rank up for the first 4-5 ranks).
I have had 3 or 4 disconnects while playing BF2 on the 360, but that has been over many months now and I'm used to that happening much more often in online PC games. I personally don't mind the infrequent disconnects when considering that BF2 for the 360 is the smoothest shooter I have ever played online (PC, Xbox, or 360). Very rarely do I see lag and even then, it's usually only for a second. I've seen massive lag kill many an online game, shooter or MMORPG, and BF2 looks and runs like a champ on the 360. If you're having major lag issues with this game, you need to talk to your ISP (and make sure your router is Xbox Live compatibleyou can find a full list of XBL compatible routers at xbox.com). I play with guys all over the country and I've never heard anyone complain about frequent lag or disconnects in BF2.
The campaign is not much more than training for the online game. It will give you missions that force you to use all of the various weapons and vehicles. This is one of the best ways to learn how to master BF2. I played the campaign for a few missions to get used to the controls and then jumped online. That worked out pretty well. Then you can go back to the campaign when you need a break from the online game and learn new tricks (the campaign is a good place to learn how to fly the helicopters in BF2, for example). As far as not respawning, you don't need to. When you get killed in the offline game, you just switch to the closest soldier on your team. If you're wounded, you can heal up or just manually switch to another soldier using the "hot swap" feature, only available in the offline game (you just point to another soldier and hit the Y button). Again, that easy. The offline game is really only difficult when you get to the last mission. That one was somewhat brutal, but I did a happy dance for a few minutes when I finally beat it, so it was definitely rewarding (and you'll get a decent chunk of achievement points).
If you throw your sucker in the dirt every time someone shoots you online, maybe you should avoid BF2. Otherwise, BF2 is a very fun, addicting game that has something for (almost) everyone. You can make the game difficult and frustrating if you want, or you can be smart about it and enjoy all the game has to offer.
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Battlefield 2 is an intense action game that is different everytime you play it. Trust me, every time you play this game online you will see things that will make your eyes bug out of their skull. The action is so fast and furious on occasion that it might be a bit much for the faint of heart. You'll jump out of helicopters high in the sky just as they are blown up by ground to air missiles. You will narrowly avoid enemy airstrikes that obliterate everything and evereyone at your base. Bodies fly through the air and smack up against the side of a building like rag dolls after getting shelled at close range by a tank. Jeeps will run over mines and blast apart in the air, flying right over you.And that's not even scratching the surface of the scenarios that you will witness. I think that's the one thing about this game that makes it a worthy purchase. You won't get bored playing with 23 other people online, that's for sure. When the bodies start flying, you'll be laughing hysterically.
The single player campaign is kind of ho-hum and not really all that engaging. The graphics are fantastic, even if you're not playing on an HD setup. There's a level called "The Black Gold" which is absolutely stunning in how beautiful the graphics are and could very well be the best looking level in the game. The sound in this game is pretty intense. When you have tanks blasting away, choppers firing from all directions, explosions everywhere and constant gunfire going on all at once, it can be overwhelming but still loads of fun.
The server reliability is a little bit sketchy for online play and I have been dropped from a few rooms on a couple of occasions. Sometimes, I haven't been able to log on at all but that's a very rare thing. Also, it's true about two levels in the game being overselected by players (you can vote for whatever level you'd like to play next in between rounds and the popular vote usually goes for either "Bridge Too Far" or "Backstab") but there are ways around it like selecting levels through the pre-game filter.
Last but not least, the achievement points in this game take some work to obtain. No free ride getting those I can assure you but the challenge is worth it.
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This game is awesome! The story mode is better than the PC version but it isn't as good as GRAW. The graphics are awesome and much better than the drab graphics of the previous console versions. Enviroments provide the right atmosphere for each mission. Character models look great. One of the best features of this game is on previous consoles , which is the swap with other characters feature which doesn't make the game extremely hard. Using vehicles isn't hard at all, just move the analog stick and there you go. Some missions can be hard, but no matter how hard they are there is definetly a way to get past it, for example the third mission where you are a sniper, you have to snipe every living thing and i'm definetly not the best sniper, so this mission was hard for me but I beat it. This game truly redefines the genre of FPS and is one of the best shooters on Xbox360.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Battlefield 2 Modern Combat - Xbox 360
I played the demo of this available on the marketplace all weekend. I thought it was cool, but deleted it. Then I found myself thinking about it all day and just redownloaded it again even though I have GRAW. I have to say that this game is better than GRAW at least the demo is. The map is as large, but it is more realistic with much more variety. I got so tired of GRAWs maps so quickly--mostly because the strategy is the same on all of them. At least with HALO 2 you could use different strats on different maps.The ability to use different vehicles including parachuting out of the helicopter is awesome, because as a sniper you can get in some extremely covert places and just
take people out all over the map from one place (i.e. in the demo owning the roof on the 12 story building is crucial for at least 2 "territories" locations and helps with all of them).
I'm not a big fan of the movement while running yet, but it isn't real bad, just more inertia than I'm used to with games like GRAW and Halo.
Also, the graphics at least in the demo are good, better a little than with GRAW. However, from a long way off, you can see that when someone is running, it looks more like they are just scooting along without their legs moving. Although that probably helps with lag, esp when there is 24 players on at a time, it looks pretty stupid.
Last, it says in the description above that 64 people can play a map at once. Not according to the official website. With the PC version, yes 64 can play, but on Xbox Live only 24. still that beats any game to date.
I think I'll buy this one based on the demo.
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