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errr dice/EA have been giving the new maps for bc2 out for free in patches, there's another 4 new maps coming out in the next patch.

Those aren't really new maps though, they're just rehashed old maps with different game modes, or just ported from previous games.

Things like them should have been included from the start, but for some reason they held out on them and released them at later points, so they could turn around and say "Hey, look, we're giving you free maps!" when it actuality they're not.
 
2 of the maps are from Bad Company 1, and 2 of the maps are from the single player campaign, so how are they new, again?

loads of the maps in bf2 are from earlier bf games are they not new?

lots the maps in css are from cs same for cod games and moh games and every mp game, heck even tf2 uses map designs from the old tfc.


They're new to bc2 and 2 of them completely new to the pc platform so good enough.

or should every new bf game include every map from every other bf game on every game mode at lunch?
 
Why are people moaning at free stuff, its free? You dont pay for it, if you dont want free stuff, dont use it, avoid the free content/maps/whatever the argument is invalid, its free therefore not possible to moan unless you just like to moan for the sake of it
 
how high is 1 of the most?

Cause it's only 5th on the steam games let alone all the non steam games.

5th is still good for a game which is as old as TF2, no? Maybe 30,000-40,000 unique players every day at peak (Will be less now due to Black ops).
Lots of people don't play TF2 every day anymore, but it doesn't mean to say it still doesn't have a huge following, lots of people go back on to CS:S and the likes every day because of competitive play, where as the competitive scene on TF2 is nothing compared to that.

loads of the maps in bf2 are from earlier bf games are they not new?

lots the maps in css are from cs same for cod games and moh games and every mp game, heck even tf2 uses map designs from the old tfc.


They're new to bc2 and 2 of them completely new to the pc platform so good enough.

or should every new bf game include every map from every other bf game on every game mode at lunch?

No, it's like putting Wake Island into BC2 and then proclaiming "Oh look, a new map for you to play!", is it really new? No. It's just ported from a previous game.

Fair enough, that takes a little more effort than just making a new game mode for a current map on the game, but it's still no-where near new. If they let people have modding tools in the first place then they would have these old maps ported for free by players anyway, instead of having to releasing them as a map pack.

Notice: The brand NEW MAPS which are actually new, not ported and not rehashed versions of previous maps, are being released in an expansion pack which you have to pay for, strange that.
 
Notice: The brand NEW MAPS which are actually new, not ported and not rehashed versions of previous maps, are being released in an expansion pack which you have to pay for, strange that.

£10, £6.39 with discount codes provided by users on this very forum. No one that owns a PC is that skint to turn their noses up at that, especially for a game as excellent as BC2
 
Notice: The brand NEW MAPS which are actually new, not ported and not rehashed versions of previous maps, are being released in an expansion pack which you have to pay for, strange that.

You mean like the expansion packs for bf2?

I think you're paying for the new weapons /vehicles too there though.
 
I'm not doubting the fact that the expansion isn't bad for the money or that you get extra stuff thrown in, but I'm saying that their original statement before the game was released "We won't charge for maps in BC2 as this will segregate the community" was a farce, as the only maps they've released have only been half assed and nothing actually was new about them, and the new maps which are coming, come at a price. So they're going back on their original statement regardless.

I knew it was to be expected from EA, as usual. Anything for money, you think they would have learnt from BF2 and BF2142.
 
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