I just spent about an hour getting into the game. I had no trouble running it on my system which was a pleasant suprise. It runs FAR better on default than BFV ever did.
Well, after an hour what can I say... It sucks.
The entire game is slow, and deaths are even faster than in PoE or DC. Every function seems to have been slowed down and the graphics are not even comparable to D3 or HL2 by a longshot. It looks like the BFV engine still. I'm going to play it a little more tomorrow, but I don't even know if I want to buy the full version at this point. I was looking forward to playing this with everyone again, praying for this game to come out soon, but right now its a real dissapointment.
I felt that way initially. I'm still not sure, but discovering the run feature really helped. Also, if you get a good squad leader, the game can be more intense.
It deffinately is not the Battlefield we are use to. BFV was different than 42, but it still had a similiar feel. I can't say the same about this.
I still want to buy it, if for nothing else, the mods.
Its a little strange, gonna give it some more time. Not a big fan of the new missile systems on the planes, they're practically worthless but the bombs are pretty good. I love the tv guided rockets in the nose gunner positionof the choppers. Its new and just a demo.
After a couple of hours I am kinda liking it. Definately is different from either bf42 or bfv and will take some getting used to. Runs very well for me once I figured out the sound issue I was having. Everclear and I were kicking some major ass in a blackhawk.
Death happens very quickly it seems unless I am shooting at someone 🙂
Trying to remember how much I died those first days of BF42. It's sorta like being a noob all over again 🙂
Can not run the game, it loads, goes black screen and crashes to desk top. I believe it's my video card..... will check new egg to see what the cheapest card for the game is, but I won't hold my breath.
Paying off the purchase for 2 new rifles, so a new video card is a long way off.
<<<< I'll be over there warming the bench for the players.
heh Ya that was cool rockin it in the Blackhawk last night.. I love that thing! And now I get to Chopper transport and get credit for helping! Biggest issue to start was not relizing I had to inver tthe mouse selection lol.. after that got the hang of it..
I would agree in that it does seem slow in some aspects.. The Jets you notice it with right off the bat.. not sure if there is an afterburner option? didnt look.. didnt quite get the hang of the whole "lock on" system either..
The few times I did use a tank.. It didnt feel quite like what I was expecting.. Fire-wise.. damage-wise.. When I play Forgotten Hope.. and use the Tiger.. I get that immediate sense of being in a tank.. not so much though with BF2.. and I'm no expert on what one sounds like.. but it lacks that ..BOOM! But maybe that's just me heh..
The communication commands were also.. strange.. I sorta got the hang of it.. but really preferred the function keys to relay quick info.. and it seems like the "spot" feature only works on a "specific" unit if you actually point at it.. otherwise it's a generic enemy unit spotted with a question mark on the map of where you did point..
Sarge & I worked with the Squad feature some.. apparently need to tweak the in-game voice chat volume.. it is cool how it reduced the ambient noise so you can hear voice chat though.. I also love the fact that.. at least if your in a chopper transport with space.. other squad members can spawn to that location.. taking in a group of 4 other guys to a flag and unloading as we hopped from point to point was awesome..
The Artillery strikes were also interesting to see... definitely scary as hell once witnessed.. heard the shriek of the shells and it was like.. uh oh get the heck outta dodge!! The ability to auto heal and auto fix with team mates in the chopper was also very nice..
I was kinda hopping for a music feature like in BFV.. but that's no biggy.. graphic-wise.. kinda hard to say being dessert and all but.. there were some improvements.... the new damage model for vehicles destroyed having two parts was interesting.. All in all I liked what I saw and will still purchase the game.. Now I just need to play with the Commander Role 😉
Duck, remove the 1 from the shortcut to launch the game. It will run windowed, but I've read a GeForce4 will run it. I had the same problem. My only saving grace was my laptop has a ATI 9700, otherwise I would be completely screwed. Also, my laptop has 512 memory and I must say this game runs smoother than BFV ever did.
I actually like the run option. I just wish it was reversed. I would like to run at all times, then decide when to slow down. Maybe I can figure out how to do that.
Going to play it all day at a LAN Party, so I'll have a better idea of what I think then. About 14 of us, so good group to figure the game out with.
When you sprint, you use energy. The very bottom bar on the left of your HUD goes down the longer you sprint. Once used up, you cannot sprint anymore until it recharges.
Yeah, my initial impression was that is stunk. But I played for a few hours tonght, and well I like it. As for the slowness, I thought the same breaky, but I think maybe with this you don't get lag per se, but kinda dragging instead. I was on a server tonight, and was getting faster games than 42.
Runs good on my hardware.
Will need to get adjusted to new physics on guns. All in all though I think I like it.
I've been a total jet whore since I started playing the demo. Love the physics of them but when you go up against another decent pilot, you end up dogfighting to the point of boredom. I*'ve gotten random glimpes of radar reads of enemy planes when in the area of my own home base but can't figure out why its so random. Played on a server today where they figured out how to increase the tickets, bad news is I didn't write down the addy or the name and am still looking for it again.
I was playing on a server tonight that had a huge number of tickets and no time limit. I am guessing we can find out how to do it if we want to.
One thing I haven't figured out is where to go to get more ammo or to heal up. Can you do either outside of an APC or a medic? Also still not getting how things are scored. Not a big deal, just confusing when I see parts of my score decreasing and I cannot figure out why.
This runs SWEET on my laptop. I think you have to get next to the medics for healing and Support for ammo. Makes it where all the team isn't 1 class. I kind of like it. You have support each other. The team with the best teamwork wins.
WOW, the more i monkey with this demo the more I like it. Did you know when in a jet, press the sprint button (run when you are on foot) it engages the afterburners.
Overall, I like the game. It's deffinately going to require more teamwork than BF42 or BFV. I hope pubbing can handle this.
A couple of things that are important. You can hold shift to run or you can double click W (forward) to go into a sprint. Once I figured out the double click thing, the game completely changed for me.
As for health or ammo.... You must get that from another player. Additionally, the commander can drop suppy drops. I know you get ammo, but I am not sure about health. While playing at the lan as commander, one guy called out for ammo. I dropped it right in and he reloaded. It was actually kind of cool.
I am still getting the feel for the guns and I absolutely hate the iron sights. I did some testing and the iron sight aim makes no sense. I lined up a flag pole and my shots were all over the place. I found one solution. If you play special forces, you get a simulated laser dot. That is the closest thing I can find to not having iron sights.
I played the commander for about an hour yesterday and let me tell you I am totally hooked. It was so much fun and I loved being able to help out my team. I especially loved being able to point out the enemy. EJ, you probably saw radar from the UAV that the commander drops. It doesn't last forever and he can place it anywhere. I picked a flag that was being contested, dropped it in and my guys knew exactly where the enemy was. It was a very cool feature that really changes the game.
I know how to do the timer off on the server. We also changed the tickets, but I didn't see how they did that. I'll figure it out soon enough. One thing I noticed when making the change is the server is completely reliant on python, a common linux scripting language. This is important because of the way EA is only allowing their servers to rank people. After seeing the code, I believe a server can be hacked to do whatever you want very easily. Short of punkbuster for servers, there is no way to prevent people from manipulating the server.
This brings up another interesting point. Mod teams are going to need python coders. Also, I bet you can do some very interesting server side mods with this language.
When I played BF42, I had no preconceived notions about the game. Because of that, I instantly knew what I thought about it. I think BF2 is the exact opposite. Being the 3rd game in the series, we expect certain things. They made a lot of changes for the better and took a few steps back. Overall, I think this will be a fun game and I can't wait to get a bunch of GRB's together to play. Tournament play will have a whole new feel.
when i try and run it, i get the same as duck, but i get this message "VPU recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands". everything just goes to hell then, all of my icons are huge, so i have to use system restore. my card is a redeon 9200+, it should handle the game, shouldnt it ??
Haven't had much of a chance to dink around with the commander thing Atomm.. Do you actually play as a solider as well or oyu better off staying on the carrier manning the phalanx while eyeing the battlefield?
few other things I found..
Assault class hitting the main weapon button twice.. switches it from single shot to Automatic.. Engies can still pick up mines.. There is an Auto gyro.. like what real helicopters have that allow a chopper to hover and continue on a set path for a brief period of time.. So.. if your stuck solo in your chopper you can switch quickly to the gunner.. fire as long as you had it level.. and continue on without much trouble.. Has anyone seen the range on the Grenade Rifle? Dear god.. If you have a crew in your vehicle.. (i.e. medic engneer support) They will auto heal/fix/supply.. you.. this goes for chopper crews as well.. so if you have a medic on board.. you've got yourself an inflight hospital to the next flag.. This also brings up another thing... Transport.. With good transportation from choppers you can really dominate the battlefield.. I've been running with the Blackhawk ferrying people from point to point and within seconds we have all the flags secure.. Considering how long it takes to solo capture a flag.. this is invalueable..
Problems so far though..
Scenerio..
Idiot (A) wants a ride in the chopper ( B) .. so he sprints to catch it.. not hitting the enter key.. A gives B a nice team kill..
Idiot (A) is a gunner on your chopper ( B) with not the best aim in the world.. or ability to tell red from blue.. so he just sprays a flag point racking up Team Kills left and right.. A gives B several team kills..
Translate that to any other vehicle with a secondary position..
What could this mean?.. Get too high up in the rankings.. via using any sort of vehicle and some jerkoff could come along and purposefully TK to drive down any scoring.. and considering how steep the point penalty is.. these ranked servers better be seriously admin'd as EA has mentioned.. which I find hard to believe considering the amount of servers and the need for 24/7 admin support..
I did not like the fact that the team I was on was always the same color. I'm sure it makes more sense, but it really messed with me at first.
I agree with the chopper scenario. They may have taken the individual player aspect out of the game, but a group like us could go in, take all the right people, jump in a helo and completely dominate the map. I'm not sure I like that.
As for the commander. I did it both ways. I hid on the carrier, safe and secure. The other thing I did was find a good hiding spot near a flag, play as commander. If I saw someone coming in to my flag, I would drop back to player, make sure I was safe, then go back to commander. I actually let a flag go to the enemy, then stayed there. It worked really well because I was hidden, but poised to take the flag at a moments notice if needed.
Mike wrote:when i try and run it, i get the same as duck, but i get this message \"VPU recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands\". everything just goes to hell then, all of my icons are huge, so i have to use system restore. my card is a redeon 9200+, it should handle the game, shouldnt it ??
Yeah it should! I'm running a ATI 9000! You don't need to use system restore just reset the Res. on your desktop.
I like it! I really like the fact that teamwork is key! Although it's one of the short falls unless you find a server that people incorporate teamplay. I ran as an engy for a good while taing people out with my pistol.
Hymen_Slaughter wrote: I like it! I really like the fact that teamwork is key! Although it's one of the short falls unless you find a server that people incorporate teamplay. I ran as an engy for a good while taing people out with my pistol.
Teamwork is definately the key. Case in point:
Sarge playing on a server w/ a bunch of people he doesn't know = ~30 points
Sarge teamed up with Everclear taking flags and ferrying people in the Blackhawk = ~110 points for Sarge and another ~90 for Everclear. I was a medic and Everclear was an engi and since you get points for healing and repairing others we racked up. That and those mounted guns on the Blackhawk are simple vicious 🙂
Definately have a much more fun game when working with someone on this. I would love to play with a full, coordinated squad where everyone takes a specific role for a round or two...
We were freakin' cleaning house.. and when we had more people riding along were able to route the enemy within minutes.. IT was funny how we just about surpassed that other Squad 😉 Very nice games Sarge now we just need some other Squad Monkeys..
New thing discovered for Abrams.. X fires off a Smoke Grenade to allow you an escape route.. You also score more for kills made within a Flag radius..
Priceless would have been the screenshot of the scoreboard at the end. I took one, or at least tried to, didn't take though
If you want to take screenshots of the in-game gameplay, simply press the PRTSCN (Print Screen) key which by default takes a screenshot and places it in your Documents and Settings[username]DocumentsBattlefield 2 DemoScreenshots directory.
Priceless would have been the screenshot of the scoreboard at the end. I took one, or at least tried to, didn't take though
If you want to take screenshots of the in-game gameplay, simply press the PRTSCN (Print Screen) key which by default takes a screenshot and places it in your Documents and Settings[username]DocumentsBattlefield 2 DemoScreenshots directory.
I thought that I had. I remember hitting the button twice at lease but alas, no screenie 🙁
Supposedly, you can revive a player with in 3 seconds AFTER death, and the shock paddles also kill enemy like they heal friendly... I think if I can ever run this game, they will be my new toy.
I think I stumbled on a hacked server that had the kits opened up! As we are finding out that a big No! No! I bet we could find some of the servers that EA "Rat BassTurds" have banned. I think I have an IP or 2. I'll post them if they have the kits opened up. Anyone else plez do the same.