Official: Battlefield 2

[Giga Power]

I just got a new computer back in february, and I was browsing this thread in hopes of it helping me decide if I want to pick this up, but all it's done is remind me how much I hate PC gaming.

[Andy]

Anyone want to buy a copy of Battlefield 2 for $30?

Willing to trade for World of Warcraft, The Sims 2, Rome: Total War, or Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory CE?

[sleeve]

Yeah, I'd trade for Rome: Total War. Give me a few more days.

[EvilMog]

Damn I would love to play this but all the complaints remind me why I don't game on PC anymore. I hate all the bullshit that comes with PC games these days. I just want to buy a game and put it in and play it. Not fuck around for hours installing, rebooting and goofing around with options to make the games run.

[Destro777]

Damn I would love to play this but all the complaints remind me why I don't game on PC anymore. I hate all the bullshit that comes with PC games these days. I just want to buy a game and put it in and play it. Not fuck around for hours installing, rebooting and goofing around with options to make the games run.

Honestly, its all worth it in the end. Put 10 minutes into BF2 online and youll see why.

[Andy]

Yeah, I'd trade for Rome: Total War. Give me a few more days.

Sounds good, let me know how it goes.

[sedition]

snipers are lame.. and don't really help your team much.. you might need one per squad on most maps.. spotting... and if he is the leader... have him stay in a good position but out of harms way so the rest can spawn off him... sniper class.. like every other FPS is for noobs...

so.. i played on the ranked servers today for a bit.. got up a rank and a half.. almost up to lance corporal. also received 6 gold medals (top of the server) a few silver and bronze.. was decorated in medic, engineer, and commander classes.. and pick up some combat ribbon.

commander is rough when you have a bunch of wackos who charge into your artillery fire and then punish you when they die.

like i said.. i'm on below minimum specs and run the game fine.. some problems exist but are easy to get around once you know what is going on. high player count servers that are ranked are a no no... they are so laggy it's horrid. my game hangs after the level loads for the first time when joining a server.. while it is verifying user data.. super annoying.. but if you just wait awhile.. you can join.

[toxic]

I bought the game Friday (had a bunch of Best Buy rewards saved up). Definitely had a lot of fun. No problems installing or playing (X700, 2.8 ghz Pentium, 512 Ram).

As long as you pick the correct servers (ones where you ping low), you can get a lag free experience. I was even playing on an EA Euro server for a few hours with no lag and pings around 110.

The game is insanely fun and I have only scratched the surface. My old beef with BF42 was that infantry was pretty worthless. Most all the guns stunk and armor would just roll over you (at least in the versions I played). Often times you would spawn ... run somewhere for 2 minutes, then have a jeep run over you. They seem to have balanced everything out .. and being able to spawn with squad mates makes teamwork so much easier and cuts down on all the needless running to get into action.

I actually like the nerfed sniper class. A good sniper can still rack up some kills, but doesn't bog down an entire map. (I have played games where snipers are gods, and most people spend the map either whoring the weapon, or hiding from those who have it. Very boring). It really makes the game move alot faster. I understand that it must be frustrating for someone to get a good bead on someone and hit them, they take cover, and you never get the kill. But, it's all for the better.

[Changeling]

Same here. When they fix this buggy shit i'll definitely buy it. I can play the game but every so often the game starts glitching on the graphics and forces a reboot or just crashes my machine all together.

EA's games are always released prematurely :<

Halo never had these problems.

Then go play Halo, seriously. You are simply robbing yourself of possibly the best multiplayer experience this generation. Besides that crazy WoW that everyone seems to love.

Let the Halo love-in begin!!!

[Diff-chan]

Then go play Halo, seriously. You are simply robbing yourself of possibly the best multiplayer experience this generation.

Yea, fault the person for not wanting to play a game that doesnt work right.

You PC fanboys are ridiculous.