Battlefield 2 Multiplayer Demo "Gulf of Oman"

**Kraxis** · 06-14-2005, 15:43

Don't like it very much...

Far too fast (sometimes it looks like everything is going at FF especially destroyed vehicles), weapons too weak (sniping is damn near useless with the speed and weakness of weapons), vehicles too weak (tanks are almost a waste of time to me). And the explosions are actually a step backwards compared to BFV, and the vehicles look somewhat cartoony compared to the previous games.
It seems it has been dumbed down somehow, and yet it has gotten a lot of rather nice features that demand more control and intelligence. Arty pounding an enemy, but with the speed everybody i running around with does take away a lot of its power, best against snipers (but given their weakness it is rather pointless). Cool that you have to protect something at all costs. The increase in weapons and styles is good, though some of them are weak, and a lot feels the same.

Sadly the feel of BFV is gone, when I shoot an AK in BFV it feels like it, now it feels just like any other weapon. And because of the speed I have found handgrenades to be much weaker than before, people simply get out of the way too fast (maybe the blastradius is lowered?).
All this generates a game where it is a rushfest much more than before (rushing should be part of the game but not the all-conquering strategy).

This is going to take for me to like, if at all.

**CBR** · 06-14-2005, 16:56

The demo gave me the same frustration and feeling of wasting me time as the two previous titles did, so I think I for once will save my money and not buy this.

CBR

**ShadesWolf** · 06-14-2005, 18:59

Nice game, but i am a little disappointed as I was expecting more. (The ability to smash windows, shout walls etc)

I play alot of BF42 and BFV, so the speed does not effect me, weapons are similar and dont really inspire me

some new cool feature though that might add some spice into the team gameplay, like the team leader and the command that goes with the position, and the ability to have and create squad. The ability to sprint is nice

totally agree with what UglyandHasty has to say. I havent tried it yet in a group with mincrophone and speakers I will leave that until friday night.

**The_678** · 06-14-2005, 21:20

I'm wondering about one thing for this that is very important to me. Is the draw distance fixed? Also does grass dissappear at long distances?

Those were really the only real problems I had with BFV and I really hope they got it fixes. In BFV bombing stuff was much harder than in BF42 because the draw distance was really crap in BFV and you couldn't see things in time to line up your jet right. And teh grass dissappearing kind of ruins the whole point of grass. Made it a liability because you had to look through grass while the enemy just saw you lying on a hill without any cover.

This is just a demo though and I won't be buying (if I buy it) till September when I upgrade my comp.

**Bob the Insane** · 06-16-2005, 17:44

Downloaded and tried the demo, it was fun...

I never bought BF1942 but I did buy BFV and a thoroughly enjoy it... It is great for a quick 20min bash or wasting a lazy Saturday afternoon.

From what I see of BF2 it is basically more of the same, somewhat improved with a few extra features.

If you liked BFV you will like this, if you didn;t like BFV there is nothing here to change your mind (at least in the demo)...