Yup, I would totally agree with this article. I played the beta twice and was quite excited at the prospect of playing another battlefield game, especially since bc2 has held my attention for so long. However, it was an experience I could easily forget and although the payment model is interesting I think its best to leave it in the facebook realms!

Good god look at it, it's like... woeful. Not going near this, would only spoil my fond memories of bf2.

Love is a battlefield. What. A. Song.

Battlefield Earth LOL *facepalm*

no mid-game class selection? BF Hero's way of class selection?

level up to unlock the most basic activity?

i am so glad this game wasn't marketed as Battlefield 2 (free), but on the other hand, i am so sad that this game has the Battlefield title.


buy BFBC2 people, and join the CustomPC server!

Howcome after all these years, for short, silly bouts on a LAN BF1942 is still the best?

Oh, well

Originally Posted by wuyanxu
no mid-game class selection? BF Hero's way of class selection?

I wasn't aware you could do this in BF Heroes....IIRC you chose your class when you created your character back then....

Very interested to hear what Bit-tech's view on free to play games is generally, because you generally review Free to Play as though they were boxed products...

Originally Posted by sotu1

Very interested to hear what Bit-tech's view on free to play games is generally, because you generally review Free to Play as though they were boxed products...

We don't structurally distinguish between FREE! or PAY!, no. Instead we just approach it all within one framework, with the driving question being "Is this worth your time and/or money?"

You can pick up Battlefield 2 + Special Forces from the bargain bin for about £5 these days...

Oh, and it's Karkand ffs...... KARKAND!!!

I played in the beta and it is the biggest pile of crap ever. It is being developed by idiots that are ruining BF.
Go out and buy BF2 Deluxe edition and install the mods: AIX, Point of Existence, Nations at War and PRMM instead. Far cheaper and 1,000,000 times better than this web crap.

Wasnt one of the guys working on Play4free slagging off Call of Duty and its pricing? Gotta love these guys lol.

It should be mentioned the game is in beta...

but even that doesn't explain the ridiculous pricing

And to think of all the times I spent with a friend, driving across maps with our vehicle tipped on its side, inching our way to nowhere in particular, laughing all the way.
Ahh, the stupid **** we used to get up to in that game.

On this, however, I would expect a "pay $2 to be able to turn left" micro-transaction every time I get into something drivable.

I played the beta too, it was very frustrating, particulalry because BF2 is such a classic.

I played the beta and it was rubbish, nothing like the battlefield I remembered playing for hours on end.

There are people playing this game, no really really, people are actually playing this.

Originally Posted by Xir
Howcome after all these years, for short, silly bouts on a LAN BF1942 is still the best?

Oh, well

I agree. Maybe it's because it's the first I don't know, but it still feels like the best. No silly TV missiles etc meant play wasn't totally dominated by any one vehicle. All of those funny bugs and the great voice commands "take cover!" and an endless amount of hilarious mods like interstate and Pirates.

All teary eyed now...

You could stand on the plane's wings. B17 full team wing walks ftw.

This game destroyed my love of battlefield :(

They took something that had nothing wrong with it....Gave it a new skin and gave it problems.

Beta was awfull and havnt played it since. Obviously its a beta I know but the principles the game is built on really didn't appeal for me. Especially when I have BFBC2.

Now tell me, what you you rather play in your precious spare time. BFP4F or BFBC2?

I got a beta invite, glad I didn't bother with it now.

2? What does a game have to do to get a one? or a zero? have sex with your mother?

Exactly what borandi said. If it's so bad, why a 2? What did it do right?

Originally Posted by phuzz
Exactly what borandi said. If it's so bad, why a 2? What did it do right?

It's functional and well-populated, at least. Plus, the level design is amazing.

After playing it a while back i totally agree with the review - a complete waste of time.