I've had some time to play it now and I'm really enjoying it, so here is a little rundown of my thoughts. Just a quick comment, anyone thinking this game is Battlefield 2 completley redone is in for a shock, like UT2004 it is a perfection of a great formula. Graphics/Performance: *Looks very nice indeed. The textures, vehicles and weapon models are all an excellent improvement on Battlefield *Effects - rockets, explosions are improved a lot. I particularly like the way the water sprays when you are in a helicopter or the dust flys up. *Foliage and trees are everywhere an excellent improvement on Battlefield and gives the game that "Vietnam" feel. *Long load times and very system/ram hungry. Main Gameplay: Loving it! A lot more team orientated, will be great for clans. More men mean quicker base captures and the helicopters add a lot to teamplay. Shooting out of vehicles is great, very useful exspecially in jeeps, APCs and helicopters Class are so much better than original Battlefield. They are all useful and you don't find yourself in a situation where you are gimped because of your class choice. Anti-Tank is an excellent example, now you have a rifle that is perfectly capable of killing people with and your anti-tank equipment. Most classes consist of basic kit (IE, grenades and a gun that can kill someone) plus something to suplement it (Rocket Launcher, Mines, or a more effective gun in the case of normal infantry) Vehicles are all great, I'm really getting the hang of helicopters and filling one full of men then hovering over a base is an excellent capture method. Single Player bots are (Suprise Suprise) suitably stupid. They do now respond to commands such as "Pick me up" which is a nice touch, but they often sit around doing nothing, stand in front of enemies and once I got in a helicopter with one he took off and crashed it. Another time he flew to a base and without any warning just bailed on me. Foilage adds a lot more to the gameplay. Infantry combat is a lot better and the trees and foliage make it a lot more exciting. I could go on, basically, it's improved in every way. Maps: These get a special mention because they deserve it. All the maps are really really well done. I can't really describe them all, but without exception they are all great, some really stand out such as Operation Irving (Very much like the Charlie Don't Surf part of Apocolypse Now) Ho Chi Minh Trail (Nice if you want some infantry/jungle action, great for a change of pace) Operation Hastings (Waterways + Helicopters = Fun) and Keh Suhn (Lots of planes and ariel attacks) My only complaints is that there arn't that many maps and that about 3 of them are altered (Although quite heavily) versions of others. Sound: It "rocks"! My only complaint is that I hate having to select a track each time I get in a vehicle. Very annoying, not really a "radio" if you have to do that. Just to confirm, gun noises, music, helicopters all sound great. Amusing talk from American radio stations when you are at an American Base. That's the meat of it. I'm enjoying it and think Gamespots review covers it pretty well and the score is about right. In a few patches time with some more maps the game will be even better. Now to save up for another 512 ram
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