DICE didn't take the lackluster reviews of Battlefield Vietnam sitting down, and it is definitely evident in the fun and exciting sequal that is Battlefield 2. An appropriate name too, as this is truly a sequal that has completely overhauled many of the games already fun features. Graphically BF2 is top-knotch, everything has wonderful lifelike detail. The engine itself runs surprisingly well considering how high tech the graphics are at some of the higher tweaked levels. Everything looks authentic, and will only help immerse you into the realm of chaotic, mass FPS combat. All vehicles are great representations of their present day counterparts, from the pontoon boats, to the Harrier Fighter, its all here and looks like you could climb through your screen, jump in and take off. The sound does decent as well, going to painstaking detail to match many of the weapons sounds with their real life bretheren, so an AK-47 sounds just like a real AK being fired, which I thought was a rather pleasant surprise. Explosions will rock you to attention as the screams of incoming mortar shells fill you with panic and have you running for cover, only to hear the whoosh of a Harrier's ducted fan engines flying overhead, carpeting the surrounding area with an array of bombs. The sound suffers a little bit during the loading screens, which in BF:Vietnam consisted of a fantastic 60s-esque soundtrack with the likes of CCR and Jefferson Airplane. BF2 has no licensed tracks whatsoever, and the music that is there is... ok, nothing great. Some decent music would have been great to pass the time during the long loading screens. The gameplay has always been battlefield's high point, and BF2 does not disappoint in the least. If you're looking for a single player shooter, this game is not going to be to your liking, as its primary purpose in design from the ground up has been to cater to a multiplayer simulated war environment. BF2 takes everything that made its predecessor great, and only does it better. BF2 goes far enough that it does not just feel like a BF:1942 mod, there are plenty of new odds and ends, from vehicles, squad-based gameplay (with built-in teamspeak-esqe features), to the Commander interface, where a player who is voted as the commander for the entire team can issue orders to squads, call in mortor strikes to areas, and send in spy drones to get a beat on enemy movement. There is so much here that it will be keeping everyone busy long after the Special Forces expansion hits shelves. There is literally too much to describe here in the terms of great gameplay, that you need to just buy and see for yourself, especially if you even remotely liked BF:1942. The one negative to gameplay, and it has plagued the BF series since it came about, are the load times between games. As of writing this review, the system that tested it was a 2.6ghz P4, with 1 gig of ddr ram, and a geforce 6800 GT 256 mb vid card. Again, it still takes a good 30-35 seconds to load up the entire map. This was something many players were hoping to see reduced in some form, but alas, you can't have everything. With all these great features, you'd be hard pressed to pass this game up. If you only buy one PC game this year, make if BF2, as it is probably going to be the best value choice for quite some time to come. Many maps and player classes (kits) give this game a ton of replay value. With the mod community already getting to work, and an expansion already getting a lot of press attention, BF2 will be a long-lasting edition into what is already an amazing gaming franchise to date. As a reviewer, I recommend this highly, there is so much here that can't be put in a review without taking many more pages than already have been written. If you're into FPS's, especially slightly more realistic ones (where you can't take a rocket to the head and come back swinging), you really need to give this a look. If you've never played a Battlefield game, pick this one up. You will not be disappointed. That's my take, take it or leave it.
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