A battlefield2 thread

neverender · 7 Jun 2005 at 02:02

Big Ol' Gamespot Preview. Dunno if anyone's already seen it, but tis another interesting BF2 read.
Some comments on Specs in there too (page 3), as well as similarities to 1942.
Worth a gander anyway.

Gerard · 7 Jun 2005 at 04:42

neverender said:
Big Ol' Gamespot Preview. Dunno if anyone's already seen it, but tis another interesting BF2 read.
Some comments on Specs in there too (page 3), as well as similarities to 1942.
Worth a gander anyway.

We noticed that the infantry weapons aren't quite as powerful as the preview trailers made them seem to be. If you're coming straight from Battlefield 1942, then you're definitely going to notice a distinctly smaller amount of recoil on the weapons, to the point where many of them seem to have almost no recoil at all. Even if you can aim incredibly well, the spread is still going to make it difficult to hit enemies at medium range. Firing off small bursts will definitely improve your aim, but even then, you don't want to just fire away at a distant enemy, since there are very few ammo boxes.

The recoil thing sounds kinda stupid if you ask me, guns don't seem to visibly recoil but instead have a large bullet spread. That'll be kinda hard to adjust to if you're used to looking at the gun for a visual indication of recoil. Seems to me that some battle are gonna be a hold down the trigger and hope for the best routine. I don;t understand why they didn't use the system from bfv, in that the weapons had recoil but hit where you aimed, this new system sounds retarded.

Ali-Longden · 7 Jun 2005 at 07:43

Gerard said:
this new system sounds retarded.

dont you mean realistic?

Volitous · 7 Jun 2005 at 07:46

Ali-Longden said:
dont you mean realistic?

how can reduced recoil be realistic? Recoil control is surely an important aspect in the firing of automatic weapons

Ali-Longden · 7 Jun 2005 at 07:50

Most of the 5.56 weapons i have fired in real life (same bore as the m16) dont have a stupid amount of recoil and when on auto - short bursts will be increase accuracy but there will be a spread!

Washout · 7 Jun 2005 at 09:11

sounds the exact same as DC to me?!?

DEL 707 · 7 Jun 2005 at 09:12

I'm more concerned about the "no scope drift" on the sniper rifle.

Sniping doesn't need to be made easier.

Gerard · 7 Jun 2005 at 09:13

Ali-Longden said:
Most of the 5.56 weapons i have fired in real life (same bore as the m16) dont have a stupid amount of recoil and when on auto - short bursts will be increase accuracy but there will be a spread!

Since when has the battlefield series been about realism? Its always been a game thats about arcade action with the only realistic thing being the weapons\vehicles exist in real life.

gord · 7 Jun 2005 at 10:55

sounds like its more CS stylee....no visual gun movement but you get the crosshair spread, i dont think it will be a big deal tbh, people will learn to live with it, or not play the game, and over something so trivial would seem kinda moronic

bakes0310 · 7 Jun 2005 at 11:00

well all i can say is im just very excited about this game and cant wait to play it. Ive already begun making a clan for it so far only got 2 members and made 2 webpages on it.

Muffin` · 7 Jun 2005 at 11:15

So the weapons will be similar to the SMG in HL2DM?

elite · 7 Jun 2005 at 11:42

ill be buying 2gb of ram for this game..just hope i get it b4 friday if i order to day... im a top pilot of bf1942 1st on the USA air ladder...this game is going to be off the huck

Muffin` · 7 Jun 2005 at 11:56

elite said:
ill be buying 2gb of ram for this game..just hope i get it b4 friday if i order to day... im a top pilot of bf1942 1st on the USA air ladder...this game is going to be off the huck

I'm not having a pop, just curious: but how can you be top of a USA ladder or does the high ping work in your favour?

TriedandTested · 7 Jun 2005 at 13:24

Hour long video of gameplay here...610mb.

http://www.home-of-fraggin.de/files/BF2-Warsaw.mpg

Wont watch it myself though...dont wanna spoil it.

elite · 7 Jun 2005 at 13:25

120 ping...it is still poss... www.teamwarfare.com

1v1 air ladder, my names Mirage...history says i was first...but now 2nd after a close 1v1...all in good fun tho...u play the game?

gord · 7 Jun 2005 at 13:38

Múffin said:
So the weapons will be similar to the SMG in HL2DM?

calm down Muffin....you know he wasnt saying that, your sarcastic response was not necessary, youve seen how the guns fire from vids, frankly i think they are fine..moving on

new vid...60 minutes

Get it here 1: http://www.home-of-fraggin.de/files/BF2-Warsaw.mpg (right-click save as)
Get it here 2: http://www.cm.umk.pl/~michalo/BF2-Warsaw.mpg (right-click save as)
Get it here 3: http://www.downloads.jolt.co.uk/getdownload.php?id=5401

Muffin` · 7 Jun 2005 at 13:43

gord said:
calm down Muffin....you know he wasnt saying that, your sarcastic response was not necessary, youve seen how the guns fire from vids, frankly i think they are fine..moving on

I was not being sarcastic, what I have noticed that the guns do, now that I think about appear to be similar to Half Life 2 Deathmatch with next to no recoil and a large spread radius.

Muffin` · 7 Jun 2005 at 13:45

elite said:
120 ping...it is still poss... www.teamwarfare.com

1v1 air ladder, my names Mirage...history says i was first...but now 2nd after a close 1v1...all in good fun tho...u play the game?

I play DC and BF:V at DesertWombats, but I can't access the site at the moment it's blocked

Pdog · 7 Jun 2005 at 14:07

gord said:
new vid...60 minutes

Get it here 1: http://www.home-of-fraggin.de/files/BF2-Warsaw.mpg (right-click save as)
Get it here 2: http://www.cm.umk.pl/~michalo/BF2-Warsaw.mpg (right-click save as)
Get it here 3: http://www.downloads.jolt.co.uk/getdownload.php?id=5401

Cheers for the Heads up, Gord

madmaca · 7 Jun 2005 at 14:22

Another DC | BF2 Community complete with 2 dedicated servers to try out: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17424418