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Great game, and amazing graphics for the PS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 35 / 40
Date: October 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Don't hesitate to purchase this game! I've never gotten into a multiplayer game on the PS2 before. Usually, I'm a PC player. However, I've been hooked on Battlefield 2 for the PS2 since I got a demo disk back in June.

Admittedly, I have purchased the PC version, but I've been waiting and waiting for the PS2 version. Why? The controls and movements feel so much more realistic and intuitive with a PS2 controller. At the PC, I felt very disconnected from the play. And for an aging game system, the PS2 gives excellent graphics on this title.

PROS:
- online play is awesome, and with PS2 (unlike Xbox) it's free.
- you can taste the dirt, this game is so real. Even for a beginning player, you will start to learn military tactics and fighting.
- headset and voice communications are clear
- well-designed maps give the player true variety. Buildings and hiding nooks are well placed and thought out. This makes sniping and covert ops even more enjoyable.
- weapons are all great, and each unit is nicely balanced.

CONS:
- if you played the demo, you'll surely mourn the loss of extra C4 ammo (player only has 4 of them now), the grenade launcher has been toned down, and the rocket launcher seems stronger. These changes aren't enough to throw the game out of balance, but people are grumbling.
- game still needs some balancing issues with vehicles and aircraft. A talented player can use the vehicles to overwhelm a newbie team.
- slow load time. However, this is not specific to Battlefield. It's an aging system, and all games load slowly.

BUY THIS TITLE!

Don't expect a lot from this game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 20 / 23
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am currently playing the game and here's my first impression:

WARNING:
If you are looking for a tactical shooter, this is not the game to buy. This is an arcade game.
If you are looking for a console version of Battlefield, this is not the game to buy. The game mechanics are different.

PROS:
1) Good graphics.
2) Good maps. Large and lots of hiding places (you can go into almost every building).
3) Hot swap feature (you can switch to any friendly unit on the fly). Since AI is quite dumb (charge to their deaths) the same with all battlefield games, this feature will help in positioning them correctly.
4) Helicopers are actually flyable compared to the previous battlefield titles.
5) Mission-based. This is good for those bored with conquest / control point type maps.
6) Story line. Well, you can see the realities of war. You play both sides and both of you think you're the good guys but in reality both of you are the bad guys.

CONS:
1) Not realistic. Too arcade.
2) Slow stance changing. Crounching and going to prone is slow so don't bother. Just run around like crazy and dodge the bullets.
3) Lack of skirmish mode. I miss the conquest maps.
4) Unlimited ammo. Once your stock runs out, it will automatically replenish in 30 seconds or so. I missed the medicine cabinets and ammo crates.

Haven't played online though.

Missions are quite easy so there's no frustration factor even for amature gamers. Some may find this boring. But even the more experienced ones will be challenged as perfecting the missions
are really difficult. Performance is scored by these criteria:

1) Points (gain points depending on the number of enemies you kill and they way you kill them, large penalty of 5000 points when you die)
2) Time (fulfil the objectives in the least amount of time)
3) Deaths (this is actually penalty, the more times you die, the less your score)

And most of the time, you'll be playing flimsy infantry so you die quickly and slow vehicles so you die quickly as well (anti-tank infantry is so lethal that it will kill a tank in 2 shots). So the replay factor here is great if you aim to gain higher and higher points. Easier said than done. But if you're the type who just want's to play a game in one pass, then this game will have a short life span.

CLOSING COMMENTS:
So if you want a tactical shooter, pick up SOCOM
If you want a conquest game for the console, pick up Star Wars Battlefront.
This game is at a class of its own.

So far, I'll give this a 3 for it's arcade feel but a 5 for the FUN factor and the UNIQUE game mechanics.

This game gets better the more I play it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

OK this is another one of those FPS games that I like (rated killzone as a good one as well)...but not at first.

I was happy as a clam to hear that BF2 was coming out for PS2 as well as computer. Being a BF1942 fan and the mode Desert Combat, I knew the game was going to be good since DC moders were involved. However my 'puter is old so I couldn't get the PC version.

Well I got the game for PS2 and was immediately disappointed. For one, there was no normal capture the spawn points for single player. It was all story-basd game. As others have said....it's battlefield! So I was turned off by that aspect. The next thing was that you couldn't adjust the button formation. Very upsetting for being a left-hander (which I am). So the first night I simply sulked.

But instead of simply returning it, I decided to play it for a few days. I adjusted to the right-handed button formation slowly. Also I started using the hotswap option more and more (FYI this is something rather cool in squad-based single player games. Yuo can switch with any friendly unit you see. Thereby taking control of that model and their weapons. I expect alot of EA FPS to have this in the future). I grew to like the game.

What is really nice is the idea of bullets will kill you. Two to three rounds of an assault rifle will kill you as well as a single sniper shoot. Shocking, I know...especially if you are used to getting blasted for 10 seconds before death like most other FPS games have. Also, as pointed out, dying becomes a penalty. It effects your points in the mission and your over all rank scoring. The game challenges you to think before acting.....Is it worth diving into that crowd of enemy units because if you die.....you lose more than they are worth. Or do you hotswap to the sniper on the hill and take them out that way....OR do you hotswap to the helo to blow the village to kingdom come.

The ranking is neat and somewhat complex. At it's basic, level you have a star ranking with correlates with a military rank...the more starts, the higher you are ranked ranging from PFC to 4 star general. The stars are determined by a mixture of points (which is given through enemy deaths and mission objectives accomplished and lost through dying), time (the less time the more stars), hotswapping (what they call teamwork), and dying means losing stars ( yes you get double wammied in dying). Also there are metals that you obtain for skills within a class of soldier (one of five; assault, support, engineer, sniper, special ops). This shows you what your strengths and weaknesses are within each class and helps you track your progress of experience in each.

Pros:
-Hotswap (seriously the best way to swtich between classes, IMHO)
-ranking system (effects replaying...the same way we loved to shoot the same Space Invaders over and over again to get a better score)
-graphics (pretty cool)
-missions (pretty realistic...I mean come on one is a recon mission in a helo....take pictures and leave..sounds easy doesn't it? hehehehehe)
-Have to play a certain number of classes on each mission. You are limited to say...engineers and assault for one mission or snipers the next. It forces you to be multi-talented and not have just one class favorite to play.

Cons:
-Can not alter button formation (lefties and personalized players are OOL)
-Not the same as the PC version. If you never played BF1942...don't worry about this. If you have, expect something totally different.
-Must earn different classes....you have to go through missions to open up the classes which is sort of annoying...yes I know it's in the pro section but it is also a con since I do have a favorite class.

Five stars for fun but four for overall...lefties have feelings too. :(

Great game, great action

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First of all, this game is very fun. The action is incredible. A lot of weapons. You get to play as the Americans, British, or the Chinese. Every level is very decent with lots of shooting. You get to drive helicopters, boats, tanks, trucks, and lots of other stuff I can't remember right now. You don't have to drive the trucks though you can either sit in the passenger seat and shoot your own gun, or you can get on the back of the truck and shoot the machine gun. Their are four different types of troops. The snipers, really fun. The special ops. The support (machine gunners). And the infantry. This whole game is very fun. You can even go up the ranks from Private to General. This will be a favorite among war and action shooters. I give it 5 stars.

Excellent online play - actually game is so-so

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I would definately recommend this game to anyone...especially if you have capable online play. I would play all night if i could, on the online play as you go through rankings. The vehicles are way fun and easy to use
The regular game is not nearly as fun once you play online and its really easy. This is the first war game i've ever had and i have finished missions with great ease (the controls are easy to remember). Also, it kind of cheap, I was by myself hiding behind a car and ran into the middle of the road to shoot some other hiders(about 10) and i only got hit once or twice every 10 or so seconds and trust me, that is a long time. In ten seconds you could kill about 3 people with enough ammo.
The online play is more realistic and sniping is SO much fun.
anywayz i recommend this to most gamers except hard-core war gamers.

Decent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: January 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is pretty decent. The shotgun is a little to powerful, you can seriously snipe people with it. wait, why am I talking about a shotgun? okay, this game has very solid gameplay and lots of good veichles. the veichle control on the other hand is pretty bad. I ran a helicopter into a mountain! If I had online I imagine this would be pretty fun, but I don't. So at least put in splitscreen EA. But no! they can't do that either. and just a tip:go with Nato, Chinese are too hard.

Not the Same Game!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: October 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For those of you expecting the same old Battlefield 2 ported to PS2 you are going to be disappointed. The game retain almost none of its orginal featues, No longer are you trying to control a map through spawn points but rather the old "run here shoot this". "Hot-Swapping" takes you totaly out of the game by constantly switching players. Rather than dying and chosing a new unit, when the player dies (which isnt often due to tons of health,) they are given command of the nearest allied unit no matter their class. The realism involved is taken out with these features and with virtually unlimited ammo and health the game is boring and easy. Some gamers might find it entertaining to go around shooting things, but for true fans of Battlefield 2 this game is a sad disappointment.

Pros:
-Pretty good graphics
-Easy controls
-Muliplayer can be fun (all though usually not)

Cons:
-Really easy
-no stategy
-tons of health, unlimited ammo
-boring, repitive, not he same as Battlefield (PC)

If you want a military shooter do not pick up this game, try SOCOM or the PC Batttlefield, but this game is lacking in all qualities that make up a decent modern FPS

Flawed Yet Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: November 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you were expecting Halo 2-esque graphics, close your browser now and walk away. If you were expecting good gameplay and soome moderate graphics, please continue. Sporting graphics that are no different from Star Wars: Battlefront, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat's greatest pro is in its gameplay. The bevy of vehicles to choose from and the new HotSwap ability make for some great combat moments. I was slightly let down by the limitations in the amount of weapons in the game. In the single-player missions, you are forced into a class (i.e. Rifleman, Engineer, Support) instead of being able to choose one. Despite these setbacks, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat would be a great rental but not a purchase.
P.S. I wonder what the PSP version would be like.

Better Than The PC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The first thing that freaked me out about this game is the graphics. Realy the wonderful textures and truely amazing mist will atract any real gamer to the screen. Once you start playing it lives up to its name. The most clear of these is the hotswap feature wich alows you to play as teamates in a sticky situation. You will be using this alot because the A.I. of your teamates isn't so great. Though the gunplay and eviroments are great(especialy the vehicles.)Singleplayer is the best ever, though it has its flaws they're on the brink of gold. As for mutiplayer, come on its Battlefield!

Even if you have the PC version get this! I can't wait for Battlefield 3.

by: Jerrod Reed

a bit let down...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I feel a bit let down by the game. I haven't played online or the PC version of the game but the PS2 comes off as a standard FPS game. The controls were the main problem. Other than helpful hints now and then there is no place for your control schematics. You cannot customize them either. (note to game designers: make sure you put a slot in the menu titled "Controls" and with a little diagram so I know how to use them) The vehicles are also difficult to use, no hints on how to fly the helicopter. Jumping, crouching and turning are also slow, not like the days of Unreal and Quake for making movement like heck. You also can't communicate with your other team members, at least in single player. Maybe when I get online it might be more fun.

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