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Battlefield 2
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:13 pm
by josh
Anyone get a chance to play this yet? It's a really good game, I even ordered a new geforce 6800gt video card for it. I kind of suck (I got awarded the purple heart for dying too much) but if anyone here plays it I'd like to play a few rounds with you.
Edit: In case you haven't played it, don't bother googling for screenshots, they don't do it justice
Watch this video:
http://www.eagames.com/official/battlef ... p&resID=hi
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:59 pm
by m3mn0n
I went to the store to grab it along with a new video card.
Unfortunately the $200 card I got was outdated (according to the box) because GeForce 5700+ where required (I had 5500).
Well I got Half-Life 2 instead and I downloaded the Demo of BF2 to see if it indeed wasn't compatible.
Turns out the demo runs fine and Half-Life 2 was the better game anyway.

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:10 pm
by Deemo
BF2 has alot of potential, but im going to wait for the patches to fix it up a bit more before spending money on it. Counter-strike will work till then

Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:57 pm
by Burrito
indeed...I'm a counterstrike man and it's gonna be hard to peel my hands away from my keyboard and go out and buy a new game.
really looking forward to DOD source if it'd ever come out....
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 12:13 am
by josh
Counterstrike is cool, I just personally don't like it. I like games that are more like a real war (BF2).
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:16 am
by Ree
Heh CS is just very great mod, 1.6 improved it overall quite a bit. I suggest a DevNet match - OOP'ers vs procedurals!

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:10 am
by m3mn0n
Yeah, don't get me wrong BF2 was an amazing experience because of how realistic the game was.
I remember one time I had an anti-tank RPG gun and blew up a jeep full of the enemy troops. I was feeling quite proud until I noticed sniper fire coming my way, I quickly run out of the open area into a safer area away from snipers but seconds later an enemy helicopter spots me and starts firing. I run towards backup and some empty vehicles so I can return fire and on my way to the vehicles an enemy jet drops bombs on my location and myself along with a few others were blown to bits.
Sounds like a bad experience but it was fun. Later in the game I actually piloted a jet and dropped a couple bombs of my own and took out a helicopter so they definately got theirs.
But personally, HL2 death match and CS: Source are more my style.

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:34 am
by Sander
BF2 is a cool game, but I somehow get bored pretty easily...
I'll give it another go when the new patch comes out; I was told it fixed 120+ bugs

Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:05 am
by onion2k
Another vote for CS here. BF2 is alright I suppose, it just seems a bit .. slow.
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:05 pm
by josh
onion2k wrote:Another vote for CS here. BF2 is alright I suppose, it just seems a bit .. slow.
Play in a 64 person server, usually those aren't that slow.
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:25 pm
by m3mn0n
Indeed.
It's very fast-paced compared to CS because you have multiple lives per round, as opposed to just 1 per round in CS.
And with all the vehicles and whatnot, it's very lively. A bit too lively if ya ask me! heh
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 2:04 pm
by John Cartwright
Burrito wrote:indeed...I'm a counterstrike man and it's gonna be hard to peel my hands away from my keyboard and go out and buy a new game.
once you play it you'll turn to the darkside
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:23 am
by Nay
i've got my hands on bf1942 during a lan party with my friends. i couldn't run it coz i needed the cd. (damn). but i did buy half life 2, which of course came along with cs:s. i never touched hl2 again after i started playing cs:s. but i'm pretty bad for the fact that i only play iceworld

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the darkside has consumed me.
-Nay
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:53 am
by John Cartwright
bf 1942 != bf2 eh Nay?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:06 am
by Nay
yeap, it isnt. but i assume it's somewhat similar, else they should have picked a new game
