Armored Fury?

Started by Sarge · 59 posts · 6,338 views

  1. #1
    Anyone break down and buy this yet?

    The reviews I am seeing are mostly positive but I think I will hold off for a couple weeks before I really consider buying it. IIRC the EF reviews were positive to start as well and then people got bored and went back to playing the holy trinity.
  2. #2
    Why bother? I bought EF and no one else did so this time I think I will pass. Why spend yet another $10 to NOT play it with my friends.

    Sorry to come across as gruff but this is the way I feel about it. 😉
  3. #3
    Sarge wrote:Anyone break down and buy this yet?

    The reviews I am seeing are mostly positive but I think I will hold off for a couple weeks before I really consider buying it. IIRC the EF reviews were positive to start as well and then people got bored and went back to playing the holy trinity.



    I have to admit, I sometimes wonder what Armored Fury would break if I were to install it, but short of that I have no interest.

    😀

    I've never seen such a poor record of patching and bugs as I've seen for this game, ever. and I've been into computer gaming since the Vic-20. I just hope some other, more reliable company steps up and offers a similar gameplay experience soon, so I don't get suckered into buying 2142.
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    Doc I am sure that AF would do no permanent damage to your PC 😉

    I am of the opinion that the mods that are out, specifically USI at this point, give us the same stuff that AF does - monster tank battles and the A-10 & Frogfoot. As a bonus, they are free. Project Reality has the Little Bird...

    The patch record on this game is much, much worse than anything we ever saw with BF42 or BFV. Those patches might have unbalanced things, caused some lag, or just generally been ineffective at what they were supposed to do (anyone remember the static AA they added in US bases for BFV?), but I don't believe that they actually broke things ever. I just don't understand it. Maybe they think they will drive us to buy 2142? Maybe they are JPD? I don't know.

    I have no plans to buy 2142 at this point. That being said, I said exactly the same thing when BF Vietnam came out - you could probably dig it up here somewhere 🙂 I don't know what I will do in the meantime, but something that is good will come along be it a mod or an entirely new game.
  5. #5
    I am passing on this as well.

    I'm with Doc.... I hope something comes along soon....
  6. #6
    Not that it matters but I just purchased AF after all. People seem to really like it and I thought, hey it is only $10 so why not. I spend more than that to eat out just once and will get hours of play out of it as soon as I find a clan that will play it with me. 😉
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    Paladin wrote:Not that it matters but I just purchased AF after all. People seem to really like it and I thought, hey it is only $10 so why not. I spend more than that to eat out just once and will get hours of play out of it as soon as I find a clan that will play it with me. 😉


    Well, you can't say you weren't warned I wasn't going to buy it.
  8. #8
    Good Deal! We have a guinea pig! Woohoo!

    At least this time, play the darn thing so you can tell us if it is any good or not...... 😛
  9. #9
    Punishment has it as well. Asked him to come by and let us know how it is.
  10. #10
    Yea well you should have read the full post before I edited it. I took the rest out due to not wanting to sound like a total jerk, just the normal one. 😉

    In a nut shell it was the fact that I am personally very disappointed in this clans willingness to play the game with the newer stuff and not get the booster packs to do so.

    I will also say in a nutshell that things are not looking good for me here right now in the happy sense because of it. the time may be coming for me to look for something else.
  11. #11
    I did read your full post.

    Sorry to hear you aren't happy. We do the best we can with the time and resources we have. If you have ideas on how to change this situation I would be happy to hear them.
  12. #12
    For me it's not the $10.
    It's the game play. At this point I've enough mods to keep me happy. And one of them no one cares for or can play it w/out CTD.
    Sorry you don't like it here. I want to quote myself right now!
    Later Man!
  13. #13
    Hymen wrote:And one of them no one cares for or can play it w/out CTD.


    Which one is that? Project Reality? I like that one, especially with smaller groups.

    The only one I get CTD with now is BattleRacer. Not sure why. Maybe I need to try the Terrain to medium trick - if I don't already have it there.
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    Sorry guys it really is nothing personal as weird as that sounds. You guys are seriously some of the coolest, intelligent people I have known.

    I guess after the last clan I swore that the new clan would be such and such as I did not want to go through what happened over there again. Then sometimes it seems that it is getting like that here so I get pissy, sorry guys...
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    😉
  17. #17
    Put a pad on and take it like a woman..... 😛

    ROFL!!!!! Couldn't resist....

    BTW, Sarge and I are talking about recruitment at this very moment. Take some of that aggression and go recruit....

    As for Armoured Fury, I stand on what I said. Tell us what you honestly think. I'll consider getting it because I am bored and there is not much else to do. But, I want to know it's worth buying.
  18. #18
    Atomm wrote:
    BTW, Sarge and I are talking about recruitment at this very moment.


    Good to hear. Are you sure this is the right time though, with our collective attitude being what it is? Maybe when the next big game hits, we'll be fresh and excited. Right now, I wouldn't want to be around me except I have to be. . . 😀
  19. #19
    Recruiting never seems to have a good time. But having enough people around seems to help. I am over my pissy attitude with BF2, and I will play whatever the group does. I am anxiously awaiting some other game to takes it's place though. I would buy AF if I thought other would too. But I learned even with SF that if 1 or 2 people don't have it we always ditch it for Vanilla. I think most everyone had SF, but I think Lexx and maybe 1 or 2 others. We like playing with our buds so we switch back. I would like to see some more new blood. I would also hate to see Doc and Paladin leave. That it's been a tough 2 months for me, busy out of my mind and try to put in enough wife time too. May and June have always seemed slow here, hopefully we'll make it oveer this hump.
  20. #20
    Paladin wrote:In a nut shell it was the fact that I am personally very disappointed in this clans willingness to play the game with the newer stuff and not get the booster packs to do so.

    I will also say in a nutshell that things are not looking good for me here right now in the happy sense because of it. the time may be coming for me to look for something else.


    Ah, its summertime, and last thing I want to worry about is spending any more money on BF2. Expansion packs are bogus, and EA relies on clan mates to pressure others into sales. Not my idea of good business.

    I'll probably buy 2142 but I'm sure not chomping at the bit for it either.

    Maybe quakewars or something else will come along to spark interest in the team again. Until UT07' comes out, I'll keep checking in FNF's as often as possible tho, but I prefer UT04' anyday over BF.
  21. #21
    DocJon wrote:
    Atomm wrote:
    BTW, Sarge and I are talking about recruitment at this very moment.


    Good to hear. Are you sure this is the right time though, with our collective attitude being what it is? Maybe when the next big game hits, we'll be fresh and excited. Right now, I wouldn't want to be around me except I have to be. . . 😀


    OMG, yah, your right 😄
  22. #22
    Okay about the booster packs, let me explain it this way. IT IS ONLY $10!!!! I am as broke as I have EVER been in my entire life and bought the damn thing. Sorry but $10 just is not enough money to even think about it. I bet you guys spend more than that on WAY lamer stuff. I am not asking everyone to run out and buy a new $50 game nor a $25-$30 expansion pack. I have spent that on going to see a movie that I just HATED. Even if the movie was great it is still 2 to 3 hours of entertainment for $8-$10.

    So even if we play this just ONE night we would get 4 to 6 hours of enjoyment right? You guys forget the amount of time and fun per dollar we get out of these maps 3 new and reportedly cool maps, ranked so you point whores will be happy and some new armor etc... What do we really have to loose here?

    I just do not understand this as cheap as it is. Hell for $20 we would all have both packs with 6 maps blab la bla.

    I just do not get this resistance….

    However I have decided to drop the issue. You won’t hear about it again from me.

    As for tonight, I am not sure if I am playing or not. if I am there I am there. Depends on some stuff going on.
  23. #23
    lexx wrote:
    Paladin wrote:In a nut shell it was the fact that I am personally very disappointed in this clans willingness to play the game with the newer stuff and not get the booster packs to do so.

    I will also say in a nutshell that things are not looking good for me here right now in the happy sense because of it. the time may be coming for me to look for something else.


    Ah, its summertime, and last thing I want to worry about is spending any more money on BF2. Expansion packs are bogus, and EA relies on clan mates to pressure others into sales. Not my idea of good business.

    I'll probably buy 2142 but I'm sure not chomping at the bit for it either.

    Maybe quakewars or something else will come along to spark interest in the team again. Until UT07' comes out, I'll keep checking in FNF's as often as possible tho, but I prefer UT04' anyday over BF.


    Lexx you are not into BF2 anyway so why mention games you probably won’t even play?
    Why mention buying expansion or booster packs for a game you do not even like? I would never expect you to buy anything more from EA anyway.

    Stick with UT and UT2007 when it comes out. 😉
  24. #24
    AF is getting very good reviews from most users in the AF section on PBF.

    Just saying.
  25. #25
    Have you played AF yet? Give us a review. I agree that it has generally been getting good reviews over there at PBF, but I trust the collective judgement of those boards about as much as I do EA's ability to release a bug free product.

    This whole ranked vs. nonranked server business sucks. I am sure it wasn't intentional, but it is really dividing the community to the point where people feel like they are missing out if they don't get "points" for playing 🙁
  26. #26
    Paladin wrote:AF is getting very good reviews from most users in the AF section on PBF.

    Just saying.


    Ok, this game has been a train wreck since day one: They have never really got the browser to work, rockets go thru things at a rate of at least 2 a night for me, they're constantly nerfing/amping up weapons, now I have to spawn and stand still while I join a squad (which kills me at least once a night), numerous crash-to-desktop problems, favorites doesn't work right (to be fair, this can be lumped into the browser issues), the FUCKING REDICULOUS prone-and-kill spamming that goes on at such a rate it is not uncommon for ppl to see each other, prone and fire from a 10-foot distance, the godlike jets and choppers that are so bad I often see the top players at end-of-round with a TEN-TO-ONE kill to death ratio, there's still a problem with ppl getting into buildings that don't have a doorway, the senselessness of having a no-autobalance option when so many have it set such that it might as well be on, claymores that kill you almost as soon as they're visible (don't give me realism, you want realism, why the fuck does my rocket go thru things, and why is there almost no spash damage from it!), the times that you'll run across someone with their back to you and you shoot them from a yard distance, and you STILL end up dead, patches that are several hundred megs large, but require FOUR GIGS to run, and that break as many things as they fix, one new free map in the year since BF2's release, support-class weapons that have the accuracy and range of a sniper rifle, sniper rifles that lack range and accuracy, and of course, the one thing DICE/EA can't code out. . .ASSHOLES!

    Still, I'll give in and buy a booster, I suppose. :mrgreen:

    WTF, I'm still playing this game anyway, and this clan could use a kick in the ass. Maybe if a few of us ponied up for a booster, that might spice things up a bit until Quake Wars comes out. I'm still not sure I'm going to get involved with BF 2142 though. . .I like to think I LEARN from my mistakes.

    What's the general consensus on which booster is better? Bear in mind I prefer infantry maps, and after several hundred hours of play, I'm finally seeing what everyone likes so much about Karkand.
  27. #27
    Doc wrote:claymores that kill you almost as soon as they're visible (don't give me realism, you want realism, why the fuck does my rocket go thru things, and why is there almost no spash damage from it!)


    hehe. Realism would mean that the Claymore wouldn't go off by itself anyhow. It might have the ability to kill you at a relatively long distance, but it needs to be set off by a tripwire, or a detonator or something.

    this clan could use a kick in the ass.


    We certainly could.

    What's the general consensus on which booster is better?


    Seems like AF is getting much better treatment than EF. Of course it has only been out a couple of weeks, but it still is getting lots of interest.

    I prefer infantry maps


    I know I keep saying this, but the infantry combat in the Project Reality mod is quite fun. It does take quite a bit to get used to the lack of information and crosshairs, etc. I recommend starting on a server with a small number of people on it just so you don't constantly die 🙂 You cannot win anything in that mod if you don't squad up and work as a team. Even that isn't a guarantee as Hymen and I found out last night (I think we were 0-6). Another infantry choice is to play vanilla (or SF) or the USI mod with the small maps. It totally changes the map into an infantry (sometimes armor) battle.

    After saying all that, I would still like to see more urban maps for vanilla or SF.
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    Doc, you summed up my thoughts very nicely....

    BTW, what is that free map you are talking about? ;-)

    Paladin, you have peaked our interest. We want a review from you on what you think of AF. I'm considering getting it, but I want to know it's at least fun.
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    Actually there are 3 new maps so that alone should be worth it.

    I don't do reviews. 🙂

    I do not want to say yes or no because everyone is different and if you get it on MY recommendation and do not like it, I don't want to hear about it later.
  32. #32
    To quote Dr Evil.

    Come On People, Throw Me A Frickin Bone Here!

    Ok, I'll say this real slow so you can understand.....

    Do


    You (Paladin)


    Like (as in enjoy)


    It (as in the three new maps)


    ?
  33. #33
    O come on we all listen to Atomm sometimes, and well, we shoudl have learned better by now.
  34. #34
    Atomm wrote:To quote Dr Evil.

    Come On People, Throw Me A Frickin Bone Here!

    Ok, I'll say this real slow so you can understand.....

    Do


    You (Paladin)


    Like (as in enjoy)


    It (as in the three new maps)


    ?


    LMAO.. :thumbup2:
  35. #35
    See this is the thing. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I ACTUALLY PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I have yet to look at it. I have yet to ever play even one EF map let alone an AF one.

    I usually do not play much except with you guys hence my trying to get everyone to get it.

    I actually will do a review WHEN I PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    See if I played a lot on my own I would not be bitching at others to get it as much nor would I need a clan 😉
  36. #36
    What Sarge plays with himself all the time.

    ;-)
  37. #37
    Paladin, how long have you had these codependcy issues? Have you sought help? ;-)

    Ok, so what do you guys want to do? I'll break down and buy it if I know there will be a few of you to play with.
  38. #38
    I will also buy it if there is a majority
  39. #39
    I think Doc said he was considering breaking down and getting it.

    Heck, that's what? 3/4th of the clan?

    How about this FNF on our server?
  40. #40
    I wouldn't bother with it on our server. If we are going to buy the farkin thing then we might as well whore the points as well 🙂

    I'll see if I can buy it for Friday.
  41. #41
    I just bought it. Installing now.
  42. #42
    Atomm wrote:I think Doc said he was considering breaking down and getting it.

    Heck, that's what? 3/4th of the clan?

    How about this FNF on our server?


    ahem, perhaps an 'evaluation copy' would be the order of the day...
  43. #43
    I still refuse to support download-only epxansion packs.. I want the CD... physical possesion of the property I am buying.. not sitting in some EA download server..

    I'll continue to boycott such products and eagerly... await Forgotten Hope 2..

    I got my Armor Award.. I've pretty much reached the goals I wanted in BF2..
  44. #44
    So, you will install a mod you downloaded online, but you won't install a booster pack? LOL!

    I only bought it cause I'm bored. If another game was out, I would not have bought it.
  45. #45
    I use Steam, which is DL only, and have never had a problem. This is how I play HL2, when I play 😉
    The files get downloaded to your machine and can be re-downloaded, I do not see the problem.
  46. #46
    Mod Free.. Not paying for it.. plus get the files themselves.. I can transfer if needed at a LAN onto other machines..

    I miss the gentle roar of my beloveded Tiger...
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  48. #48
    OK, I'm gonna buy this Armored Fury pack. . .but I have a question.

    I am registered with EA under one acct for BF2, and another for Special Forces. Does it matter what acct I register under for Armored Fury?
  49. #49
    You want to buy it under the account that you primarily use. You can only play the damn thing under a single account, although supposedly you can go back to the EA site and transfer it to a different account if you want.
  50. #50
    Sarge wrote:You want to buy it under the account that you primarily use. You can only play the damn thing under a single account, although supposedly you can go back to the EA site and transfer it to a different account if you want.


    Kinda confusing. I registered SF under a different acct than I registered BF2 (Different username/pw on EA site), but I can still play as Docjon on either game.

    For ex., I registered BF2 under 'Doc" on the EA site. I registered SF under "Doc2" on the EA site. I play under the name "Docjon' _IN_ both BF2 & SF.

    I'm wondering which EA acct I should DL Armored Fury under, the "Doc" acct or the "Doc2" acct.

    Leave it to EA to make things interesting. I think PPL had problems with Euro FOrces because of this. . .
  51. #51
    Doc wrote:I'm wondering which EA acct I should DL Armored Fury under, the "Doc" acct or the "Doc2" acct.


    I would use the "Doc" account simply because the booster pack works with vanilla BF2 and doesn't require SF. It will ask you what your in game name is at some point - I used "|GRB|S@rge" so you will want to use "Docjon". This is independent of what your EA account is. Yes it is confusing, but would expect anything less?
  52. #52
    Bought Armored Fury. Tested it. Got baseraped aready. . .
  53. #53
    We said it was new maps. We didn't say anything about being a different game. 😛
  54. #54
    Well even before reading this I bought AF. DLing now.
    Looks as if everyone else is getting it as well Huh?
    so we playing this tonight?
  55. #55
    I got it on the premise we would be playing it, so you biznitches better show up with game in hand or else face the rage of Bubba!!!
  56. #56
    So, what do you guys think?

    I hate the air, but whats new. I really like the maps. I love the tank battles.
  57. #57
    I actually really liked it. The air was only really bad at a few spots.

    This is why I really want to set up scrims with other clans. Controlled play by having another clan maybe join us versus some other guys. The play would be more even and those are the best games.

    I was even going to suggest we try playing as a team against a game of bots to see how that would work. No smacktards then 😉

    DocJon and I played Desert Combat almost totally against bots and had many many great games.
  58. #58
    got home from vacation, and bought it..downloading now..looking forward to playing it
  59. #59
    alittle late on this post..but i have all the mods..but i think AF is the better of them all!!..As i mentioned in a previous post i have a ranked server and have a few of my clan that have it as well...been thinking about setting up a certain night of the week to make my server AF night...I think between GRB and my group EF maybe we could get together on a certain night and fill the server? Whatcha think Atomm?