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Good but not quite worth $30

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This expansion is very good; but it isn't quite worth it's #30 price tag, probably worth more like $15-$20. Here's why:
1.Seperate servers: If you open BF2:SF but decide to play a BF2 map; let's say strike at Karkand; you click the serer. Then the game closes and opens back up and loads the map. If you have Xfire this poses a problem, it's difficult to explain; you'd need to experience it.
2.Lack of new material: Ok, here the developers got lazy. All of the new armies (except the SAS) use the same weapons as the MEC. Also, if you are playing as a Russian Spetznas soldier, you cannot use the SF unlcoks (which are the SAS guns) but you can on regular BF2 servers.
3. Annoying night maps: The night maps aren't really bad, they just are somewhat flawed. You get shot out of nowhere and cant shoot back as you can't see. You turn on your night vision (NV) and you still see black with a greenish tint. The NV only really helps when against a lighted background; you wouldn't need the NV for that anyway.

So what i said may sound bad, right? Wrong. The expansion isn't bad, it is just overpriced. The new badges are cool, i love the new unlocks (especially the support gun), the new armies are pretty nice, and most new maps are sufficient. The only problem is the price, i can't stress that enough. If you can find it for around $20 then buy it. Buy it at $30 only if you are a hardcore fan of the series and know you will play it for a long time.

One thing i'd like to add: The new unlocks don't tip games in the favor of people who own SF! If on a regular BF2 map and someone has the new unlocks, they aren't uber-powerful. The guns are just that, new guns. The flashbangs are slightly annoying but usually don't have an immense effect on you and don't last for too long.

Overall, this is a pretty solid follow-up to BF2 and while it could of been better (hopefully patches will fix some weak areas and bugs, i do recommend it for any BF2 player or fan of the Battlefield franchise.

BF2 and its accessories

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: February 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was reluctant to purchase BF2:Special Forces because it seemed to me that the creators could just put out a series of 'booster packs' and expansions and continually charge me for a game that I had already purchased (plain old BF2).

Having had it for a while now I have come full circle. Not only does it add interesting new weapons and vehicles but it comes with a new (and very fun) set of maps.

On top of that, the people behind the game continue to put a lot of effort into supporting the game with patches (as needed) and improvements.

They also seem to have done an excellent job in balancing playability with realism. If you want a modern FPS and prefer either realism or just fun, this game has both.

A worthwhile purchase imho.

Best war game but not everyone can afford that

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: December 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

BF2 and BF2 SF are the best FPS war game with fun multiplayer. Let me tell you my story about playing this game. I was using Geforce 5600 ultra with 1 Gig ram on P4 3.2Ghz machine. It was set at medium setting with 800x600 resolution and no lag on mutiplayer. Then I decided to upgrade my video card to Geforce 6800GT 256MB. The graphic was set at highest and resolution also highest with no problem when play single player game. But when I tried multiplayer game, it was laggy, especially the night mission with night vision on. The graphic was still very good but with occasional stuttering and I heard my hard drive making busy noise. I know what happened. I loaded the window xp task manager to see the RAM usage history indicated it was 1.2 GB while I was running multiplayer with 64 player big map. Guys! BF2 really needs more than 1 GiG to play the online 64 player map. I purchased 1 more Gig Ram and put them on..Geee. it is very very very..damn smooth multiplayer gaming experience very the top, highest graphic turn on. Now I am experiencing highest BF2 graphic with smoothest, fastest game play. It is truth and it is my real experience. Go to get another Gig of ram. it is about $ 78-89 USD now everywhere on 2x512mb dual channel PC3200 modules. Of course, may be it is still expensive for some people, but this is the way if you really want to play BF2 with the best graphic. 2 Gig Ram is the future PC game play. Time to upgrade and make it ready for the next coming year.

FUN, Good Gun, Tons of bugs

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great Guns, Poor coding.

Like all EA games. This was slapped together. Working and then not with different patches for different people's systems. I found myself playing it for a few months after it came out then going back to the orignal. I do love just about all the guns you finally have after they are unlocked for you. With Exception to the P90.

To prove how slapped together this add-on was there is a ribbon called the "Airborne Specialist Ribbon" which can only be gotten by 15 mins in an Airplane and 22 kills in an Airplane, in a round. But there isn't one level with a plane. Make any sense? Not only that but the hours required to get certain medels are totally crazy. It would take a teenager playing it everyday for a year to get them.

I don't blame DICE for all the games problems. They have to get the product down under a certain time limit. EA answers to its stock holders not gamers.

Better then BF2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

Like it but hate the bugs and lack of support

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am still playing the game, but with this add-on now during game play I can expect my PC to crash more, extreme lag, and my personel favorite being kick off a server after joining a battle for 5-10 secs into the game for any reason though not the correct one.

The game is overprice and the tech support is horrible (They ignore you). To only way to get the bugs fix is to speak to a game guro who know how to tinker with the source code.

To download a 3 gig file in order to get the game to work is ridculous!

Not Bad.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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.

LAG LAG CHOP CHOP Thanks EA you rock!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

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...

Inferior "run - die - respawn" game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: July 25, 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.

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.

Good add-on, but not as good as the first time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a good add-on for those that are starting to feel burned out on BF2. There is a fair amount of new weapons and gadgets and maps. If you can get this for a good deal, and you like BF2, it's well worth the money. If you're a so-so fan of BF2, don't buy it.

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