After playing for a long time, it was not worth it and I'll tell you why!
* The game uses the hardware cursor during the menu's, then switches to a software cursor in the game, which slows down the movement and makes selections less accurate. You can't change this.
* The menu's are so, *so* clunky. Apply new filters to the server list and you're presented with a blank screen. You then need to either connect to a non-existent IP address, and update the server list again, or restart the game, which takes absolutely ages!
* The shadows are very pixellated and distorted. Disabled them quickly; they are an eyesore.
* The physics system is non-existent.
* There is no blood or dismemberment, which might just give that extra bit of satisfaction when you kill somebody.
* The people who play the game *DO NOT COOPERATE*. You can be stuck in the same spot for the whole round screaming 'Get me out of here', or 'Supplies needed here', or 'Artillery needed here', and people will do absolutely nothing about it.
* The game crashes. Although this is more infrequent than pre 1.12 / 1.03 patches, memory leaks still occur after performing certain actions. The BF2.exe process can happily take up 1.5GB of RAM, and more.
* No action is taken against base-rapers and spawn-campers.
* People are out there to spoil the game for you.
* Weapon accuracy is abysmal.
* Conquest mode gets *REALLY BORING*, really quickly.
Battlefield 2 is definitely *NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY* if you want to enjoy your multiplayer experience.
To date I have been kicked from 35 servers, and banned 4 times, and mostly because of grumpy admins and immature players.
Don't even bother wasting your time on it; it's too frustrating.