Frustrating and completely lackluster singleplayer, yet very fun multiplayer.

User Rating: 6.5 | Battlefield 2: Modern Combat X360
This game was horrible the first time I had played it in singleplayer. The levels are extremely grueling and heavily stressing perfection, seemingly involving a lot of luck to get through the level. The "hotswap" feature is somewhat cool, being able to switch between random soldiers on the battlefield is convenient for tight situations. The problem is that you need to take a lot of cover and get down, but the game never makes it clear to you how to get things done. After a long and painful trek, getting to the last few levels only makes the story seem worse as this random guy jumps into the scene. News reports between levels heighten the realisticness, but never clear up the overall story.

Equipment is earned in SP by earning stars. You get them from your rating on different missions. You also need medals to level up past a certain rank. These medals are mostly dependent on luck and memorization of all enemies in a particular level. This makes them more rewarding, but it grows tedious to try again and again. Medals are terrible in multiplayer. In the heat of battle, how are you supposed to kill 20 guys with c4 or grenades,(?!) let alone kill 4 people with a knife (?) in one life(?!).

On to the real meat of the multiplayer. The maps are vast and colorful, and at the same time hard to see enemies. The sniper rifle is EXTREMELY unbalanced, so if you hate people n00bing you then you WILL NOT like this game. The convenient hiding spots and huge sniper distance do not help.

Here's the real good stuff. It is fun to get in tanks/helicopters/other vehicles and blow **** up. It is also fun to rocket n00b random people who get too close to your base. And it is also fun to team bleed with the pistol since it is next to useless. My personal favorite, "c4 the helicopter and then TK anyone who gets in it" never gets old.

The bottom line is that you should not get this game unless you are a hardcore military shooter fan/ multiplayer military shooter addict, or just want a tactical multiplayer without expecting any achievements.