I really liked Battlefield 2142, in which you are a futuristic soldier fighting control of missile stations that can shoot down a hovering battle ship. You can drive tanks, helicopters, or troop transports. Since I am a terrible assault soldier (I keep on dying) I specialized in being a medic. I got quite good at it too. I was able to secure a location, revive my team mates, and generally plan an effective attack plan against the enemy.
The beta of next installment of the franchise is Battlefield: Bad Company 2. My Friday night gaming team has been playing it for several weeks now. Sadly, I'm going to have to give this game a thumbs down from what I have seen. The framerate is simple too jagged to make this a pleasant experience.
Many of the good things are still there. I can be that suicidal medic again, running into a hail of bullets to revive my teammate who lies critically wounded on the open road. You can pilot helicopters again, drive heavy tanks, or take up position on the heavy machine gun. Trees can get blown up, the buildings can get destroyed.
However, the game is simply not smooth. The slight delay between the command of my fingers to what I see on screen is disorienting. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 doesn't have the same problem.
I feel that DICE took on too much, and was too ambitious with this game. Even my powerful quad core computer with Comcast cable internet is having a hard time digesting so much information that this multiplayer demo is spewing out. There are also lots of little annoying things, like selecting a server to play games in the first place.
So I give it a thumbs down for the multiplayer experience. It remains to be seen if the single player mode is any good.
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Some of the feedback I regarding my post about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 said that you felt the second game wasn't as good as the first one. The storyline this time is completely over the top, and unbelievable. I still like the single player game though. How often will a game feature Washington D.C. being taken over, or house-by-house street fight in Virginia?
That said, I started playing special ops in cooperative mode. Wow! If you have not played that mode of the game with another good friend, try it. The special operations game play mode is thoroughly enjoyable and worth the money.
2 comments:
Which was your favorite level in the single player campaign? Mine was probably the Gulag - enjoyed the transition from sniping to CQB, the shower level, and the surprise at the end.
I think I liked the early ice mission the best, with the climb, the heart beat sensor, and stealth evasion around the compound. It's hard to imagine 2 guys taking out an entire Russian base by themselves, but this game really makes you feel like you live in it.
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