necroeire said:
I'll either be getting it from Mr Clause but if I can't wait I'll just go and buy it.
Is it worth the 50?
Ahhh mate it's getting bad. I'm not normally one to be a gamer-g33k and spend hours and hours in front of the PC (only really play Battlefield, and the only other """"game""" I run is MS Flight Sim, but the way I run that it's not really a game); but 2142 is really starting to become a bit of a problem...
I've only played about two rounds of BF2 since the 2142 bug bit; and I'm particularly hooked on the Titan mode; the gameplay really is fantastic. Obviously one of the main things with the BFx games that gets people hooked is the variation in the action, one corner of a map can be an infantry standoff, while on another spot on the same map in the same round there can be some serious armoured assault taking place (among all the other vehicles and classes of course); but with Titan mode it's taken to the next level. It's not much different to Conquest mode for the first stage of a Titan round; you're all frantically trying to keep control of the missle silos in order to a) minimise the damage to your Titan shield and b) maximise the damage to the enemy's. As soon as one or both of the shields are down you've got the situation of not only trying to keep control of the silos, but also the added mayhem of boarding and attacking the enemy's titan, or of course defending your own. It sounds like a straightforward enough extension to how the game works, but in practice you wouldn't believe how much more interesting and entertaining it makes it.
The new vehicles and equipment are pretty good on the whole too; there are only four classes now - Recon, Assault, Support and Engineer. Recon are basically snipers; obviously with space-age guns (like the other classes), but with some cool unlock-toys like ActiveCamo (think Predator); Assault is assault and medic - you get a med-pack and a decent all-purpose gun, and can unlock frag grenades and basic rockets along with medic equipment such as a defibrilator and an advanced med-pack; Support gets a clever version of the NetBat target-info system which can scan for units using ActiveCamo, and a Sentry Gun (which is my next unlock) that you can leave behind in a choice location and it'll sort out friend from foe and then proceed to unload pretty reasonable calibre rounds at a truly ridiculous rate of fire right in the direction of the latter; they're not totally invincible but placed wisely they can be kill city! Engineer gets some clever mines and anti-aircraft stuff. I think the way they're laid out coupled with the way you now gain points for the unlock levels which are a bit more regular really mixes up the action, and can make for some really good squad-play. There are a number of good new vehicles - the walkers are pretty cool, especially with two on board as they can assault both surface and air targets effectively. The APCs can be pretty good for slaying infantry at silos, especially if in the second gun (ie 1st passenger) position, they're reasonably well armoured against infantry equipment but if you come up against a tank or someone with a rocket launcher you need to get in an escape pod and get out of dodge! The hover-tanks are fantastic! -Go anywhere, possible to pull permanent drifts(!), and the most fun you will have is coming face-to-face with a conventional tank; you fire at him and score a hit, he fires at you and you simply strafe it sideways and let the shell land 10 yards one side of you or the other! The AH-47 Longbow replacement 'jet-chopper' thing is very agile and quite well armed; and the transport aircraft has relatively good guns but as ever how effective they are depends on the quality of the person pointing it, the on-board escape pods are quite handy for passing flag-capture opportunities.
Anyway, sorry to have waffled on so much, but you can see that I'm really getting into this game; and I think it's fair to say a lot of the lads from work have too - we've got at least one or two squads full online a few times a week!
So, in short, definitely worth the money... Go buy, or start fiddling with the calendars in your house!
Regards,
Rob.
