battlefield 2 or unreal 2004?

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UT2004 by a longshot. Why? It's fast, aggressive and everyone is on a equal playing field.Azghouls

So very true!

I'd say neither, and wait for UT3.

In BF2, you'll often be facing n00bs that will TK you for various reasons, such as AMGUTOOKMIPLANE, or GIMMEHMACHOPPA. Also, be prepared to have a short life. Often you'll eat bombs or artillery shells shortly after spawning, or die to spawn camping tanks / snipers, or die to some fool with a C4 loaded vehicle.

UT2k4's Single player is the best part IMO. The AI is decent, there's a bunch of mutators, no hackers, and a ton of difficulty settings. However, if you join online games, you'll often faces very skilled players that will make short work of you, or n00bs spawn killing at your base with a manta.

I spent more than 30 hours online on both games and those are my observations.

BF2.

Why? UT2K4's community has died off compared to when it came out, it would just be better to wait on UT3 instead for the playerbase to reflourish.

UT2004 is too fast, BF2 is too slow - none of those - lets hope Quake Wars will be at the right speed

till then i'm suggesting on F.E.A.R. Combat or CS: S