BF2 retrospective worth watching!

kdd · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:06

If you have only ever played the consoleised exercises in mediocrity that are BF3 and 4 I feel sorry for you, back in the day BF2 flippin' rocked!
I like my PS3, but BF2 was beautiful because it was as good as the PC hardware of the time.

http://www.gamespot.com/videos/is-battlefield-2-as-good-as-you-remember/2300-6420178/

ak22 · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:44

Still rocks to this day long live BF2

Xcept1 · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:45

They certainly don't make them like they used to! Not played BF2 for a while but I often dive into some Project Reality.

MissChief · 13 Jul 2014 at 00:49

So glad he shows the hit Reg being terrible. BF3 had it right but suffered from balance issues that were, to some extent, put right in BF4. But then BF4 suffers from a lot of other issues. There hasn't been a perfectly balanced Battlefield game yet. And possibly won't ever be as long as they keep trying to gain players from COD.

adolf hamster · 13 Jul 2014 at 02:25

shame really, when it comes to shooters its tricky, you can have either the run run shoot shoot of cod [with no realism], or the careful planning of arma [with pointlessly complex controls], and sadly neither seems that good to me. have fond memories of playing joint ops online and it being tactical and open with a lot of stuff but wasnt too confusing to operate.

Rroff · 13 Jul 2014 at 02:43

adolf hamster said:
shame really, when it comes to shooters its tricky, you can have either the run run shoot shoot of cod [with no realism], or the careful planning of arma [with pointlessly complex controls], and sadly neither seems that good to me. have fond memories of playing joint ops online and it being tactical and open with a lot of stuff but wasnt too confusing to operate.

Yeah :| BF2 was great conceptually but like any BF game since lacks a decent objective mode, running around capping flags isn't really that compelling and the netcode was terrible.

Would love to see COD infantry play but slightly more bias towards realism, with vehicles, ET style objective mode but in a BF map/team scale i.e. a proper ground war mode.

adolf hamster · 13 Jul 2014 at 03:18

Rroff said:
Yeah :| BF2 was great conceptually but like any BF game since lacks a decent objective mode, running around capping flags isn't really that compelling and the netcode was terrible.

Would love to see COD infantry play but slightly more bias towards realism, with vehicles, ET style objective mode but in a BF map/team scale i.e. a proper ground war mode.

problem with sims, is defnately if your against ai, you just get owned instantly and you cant really do fast paced battles when one pistol round is enough to take you down let alone full auto rifles.

can see where your coming from though, maybe something as simple as bf4 with proper size maps and a bit better shooting mechanics [like bdc and windage to make sniping interesting] would work well. maybe with some more enlightened game modes, for example the way joint ops co op games used to be with some of the custom maps, made you feel like your fighting for something.

no vehicle respawns might help with the one man army affairs.

Xcept1 · 13 Jul 2014 at 03:48

*cough*Arma 3 CTI*cough*

ace-rimmer · 13 Jul 2014 at 09:44

i still dont get why BF hasn't introduced advance and secure from joint ops, so much better than conquest.

KIA · 13 Jul 2014 at 11:06

The feels.

The days before the major nerfs were the best.

adolf hamster · 14 Jul 2014 at 01:07

Xcept1 said:
*cough*Arma 3 CTI*cough*

has it one control per button on the kb/mouse plus 13 different options for each conceivable command, bright/dark eye adjustment transiton filter and single figure framerates on a 290x?

because after thats what i got with arma 2, i'm sure i may be forgiven for being somewhat skeptical about 3.

shame, arma is the kind of game i want to love but just can't.

Rroff · 14 Jul 2014 at 01:15

adolf hamster said:
has it one control per button on the kb/mouse plus 13 different options for each conceivable command, bright/dark eye adjustment transiton filter and single figure framerates on a 290x?

because after thats what i got with arma 2, i'm sure i may be forgiven for being somewhat skeptical about 3.

shame, arma is the kind of game i want to love but just can't.

I've not seen anything based on Arma 2/3 yet that has really smooth movement and framerates, etc. non-clunky gameplay mechanics, etc. etc. its always telling when a dev thinks head simulation is a good idea... if I wanted my vision to vaguely follow my intended angles like it was attached by a piece of string while bumping up and down of its own accord I'd go get wasted not play video games.

davido_labido · 14 Jul 2014 at 01:17

Aaaah, I used to be around 3 4th in the world with the RPK 74. I used to own warlord. Man I miss that game and all of the competitions!!!

adolf hamster · 14 Jul 2014 at 01:18

Rroff said:
I've not seen anything based on Arma 2/3 yet that has really smooth movement and framerates, etc. non-clunky gameplay mechanics, etc. etc. its always telling when a dev thinks head simulation is a good idea...

always the problem with realism, sometimes it goes too far. seriously considering getting jointops again [lost me disc aaages ago], would be great to play it even with dated graphics.

Xcept1 · 14 Jul 2014 at 01:32

adolf hamster said:
has it one control per button on the kb/mouse plus 13 different options for each conceivable command, bright/dark eye adjustment transiton filter and single figure framerates on a 290x?

because after thats what i got with arma 2, i'm sure i may be forgiven for being somewhat skeptical about 3.

shame, arma is the kind of game i want to love but just can't.

Nope, not even Arma 2 was like this.

adolf hamster · 14 Jul 2014 at 02:15

Xcept1 said:
Nope, not even Arma 2 was like this.

whilst somewhat exaggerated, this was [sadly] my experience. unless there's something that can be changed to fix it.

Xcept1 · 14 Jul 2014 at 02:45

Just get A3 and play some CTI

kdd · 14 Jul 2014 at 02:48

KIA said:
The feels.

The days before the major nerfs were the best.

I will never forget 'Running the Blackhawk' before they patched all the fun away...

Xcept1 · 14 Jul 2014 at 12:30

Oh man, I forgot all about that death spewing Blackhawk!

Fanatic · 14 Jul 2014 at 12:33

Xcept1 said:
Just get A3 and play some CTI

Is it the same as CTI from Operation Flashpoint: Resistance?