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A must have if you liked the original JO.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a perfect add on to the best multiplayer warfare game on the market. Fast action, easy to learn and play, cool weapons, great teamwork. Everything about this game rocks. They added all the right stuff that was needed to make the original perfect. There is no problem with the playability, the colisions, and the weapons. It's all good.

After playing the beta test for a month, I can't stop playing this game. Sure Halo 2 and Half Life 2 slowed me down a bit. But I'm back into J.O.E. like I never stopped. Play more and more each day. Oh god! I'm addicted! Ahhhhhh! Don't buy this game! It'll keep you awake for days!!! Ahhhh!

I agree with Billy though, the Novalogic Forum Admins are clueless on how to handle a real forum. They really have a superiority complex, and keep the flow of conversation to a bare trickle of information worth reading.

Upgrade and Escalate your beatdown capacity!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Having played the original many an hour (What's my girlfriend's name again?), I was simply blown away after jumping into the expansion. One warning though: I HIGHLY recommend a connection over 56k and a fairly new video card (think 128 mb) otherwise you may not be so happy. However, if you have these two bases covered, you are in for a treat!! With 100-150 player battles, top notch graphics, (this game is like digital crack, you almost need digital rehab to return to work :) and excellent pacing, the action and strategy is non-stop high quality entertainment. This game represents the best multi-player out there: Its everything that battlefield 1942, soldner, and even counterstrike, could never muster up
The new maps are cleverly balanced, the new vehicles (dirt bikes, tanks, new helis), weapons, and countermeasures are so well implemented its not a matter of how much fun you'll have, its a matter of how you are going to call in sick the next day so you can play some more. Its THAT good. In any case, anyone yearning for free online multiplayer, fast hot action, teamwork and strategy, look no further and pick it up!

Underwear X (If you see me in a server, give me a holler!)

this game beats anything

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Anyone who says this is horrible is wrong. It has improved graphics and realistic battle styles. The viecles are based on some real ones that are some of the best ones in the world.The guns are the main thing I like. They have kick back and do not let you down unless you have a hand pistol. you get to parachute off the chinook helicopter!! Thats awesome. I really suggest you take this game into consideration.By the way, Pay attention to the other peoples reveiws except the bad reviews.

Escalation Excellant

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Escalation in a nutshell is what Battlefield 2 should of been and wants to be.I Hope to see more great games from Novalogic.Nuff said

Builds on the original - and now the price is right!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Adds to the fun of Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising. The biggest difference is the addition of new helicopters and tanks. While the vehicles still look fairly accurate, the way they're employed is not. Still, it doesn't really take away from the fun factor.

All-in-all, a great add-on for less than $20. If you own Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising, you need to get Escalation.

barly playable

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: November 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

$30 is too much for an add on and the game is full of bugs.collision detection is pitiful. if your looking for a vehicle based game then this is the game to go for.but if you think your going to have any fun on foot think again.your nothing more than a speed bump on foot.there is no zoom on sniper rifles and and the frame rates are terrible even with a bfg 6800 gt 256. the forums for nova logic are controled by rude admins that delete posts that dont agree with novas point of view. ping problems are still rampent even on a high speed connection. the stat system is still broken ,so dont buy it yet if you like stat games. if you hate spawn rapers then dont bother. seems the best tactic is to get a tank and sit on a spawn and kill every player that appears since therre is no true spawn armor. there is no gun kick,instead they went with a bullet spread the size of road island. bullet spread stays the same weather your standing or prone. when using the sniper rifle they put in a fog at about 800m that hinders gameplay. all in all it plays the same as joint ops,team saber minus the zoomable sniper scope.and is nothing like delta force blackhawk down.so,if you a fan of joint ops-buy...a fan of BHD-avoid it,or wait for a more reasonable price..

Not too much of an add-on

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, this game rocks, but it didn't add too much to the original. Sure, you feel good because you completed the JO set, but I've found myself liking the servers with the original JO better. The only thing I found better about this game was the tanks a little and the dirt bikes. I found a server with all hills like a construction zone. I took the dirt bike and OH MAN! I had so much fun getting hangtime by jumping off the hills and getting air! Very fun! But other than that, I don't think this game is worth $30 just to add that little amount of stuff.

Expanding Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Of course this is an expansion on the original Typhoon Rising. Yet, it adds more levels and more vehicles. I love the dirtbike, and when you hop in the abrams tank oh man, you better watch out. This game is so much fun to play whether on a team vs. another team or on a team vs. the computer. I can't recall how many nights I spent playing this game hours on end. Make sure you have the required setup recommended even better, because it will definitely strain your system. At least it did mine.

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