I have played 3 maps so far. My initial thoughts are this is the game I wish BF2 had been. I am still going to keep playing through it before I put together a full review, but I am enjoying myself.
A couple things come to mind. The play is slightly slower than what I experienced in BF2. Teamwork on 2 different servers has been better than I expected. The maps seem to be layed out in a way that reminds me of Strike at Karkand. They are not all city maps, but they have been more interesting than what I experienced in BF2 short of the city maps.
I wasn't sure if I was going to like the nightvision, but the one night map I played was awesome. I was squad leader and I stayed back out of the action and my team kept spawning on me and working forwards towards the flag. It was awesome to watch a public server squad covering each others backs. The nightvision didn't make it easier to shot people, but it did make it easier to spot for my squad as they moved in.
The vehicles lend themselves to the play style fairly well. I love the jet ski and 4 wheeler. I'll update more as I get a chance to play.
Buyin' it on Wednesday.. freakin flashbangs are wicked.. havent seen Teargas in regular BF:2 just yet.. Wonder if the patch came with the Gas Mask at least havent tried that yet..
Honestly, I have to agree with Atomm. This is what BF2 should have been out fo the box. Most of the new maps play with a good pace and feel to them. And the new Weapon unlocks ain't bad. Gotta love the feel of medic-sniper and SpecOps-Sniper... Still nothign beats the auto-shotgun for the fast/group kills. But the flash bangs are a trip. As for the tear gas, to be honest I've only seen one person use it so far, and that was on a server where team damage was near disabled, and you guessed it... he was on my team when he hit me with it. So we'll see on that. But after picking the double unlock weapon for Supply off of a corpse I must say it doesn't disappoint, either. It runs out of ammo quicker than I'd like. But if you play supply all that much, you will likely enjoy it.
For instance, servers that I get under 60 ping to there is severe game lag. I seen things like there was a guy running across in front of me and it was like his player was flashing on and off in front of me. Another thing there must be a bug in the game when I see people jumping from the ground to the top of one story buildings. That just isn't right. I think the game is even buggier than ever. Give me BFV anyday.
and if your talking about not playing with you guys, when are you ever on? No one is ever around when I am, no one ever jumps on TS it seems anymore unless I need to hop in at 1 in the morning or something.
What time? I checked a couple times and it showed 0 people online. I thought about writing a post something about BF2 killed the friday night fights.
speaking of the grapling hook... that thing is totally worthless. no matter what I use it on, I get to the top and it drops me to the ground to die. I even make sure that it is in an area that I can grapple. Doesn't it not work like a ladder? Or am I missing something here?
I'm just have issues with SF that I never seen with just BF2. It's obvious people are cheating even after patches and that makes for a very unenjoyable time. Expecially when I watch a guy jump from the ground to the top if a 1 story building, 1 more hop to the top of an APC on the other side of the building, dropping a mine when he lands to jump again, spin and 1 shot I'm dead watching this. Knowing the accuracy of the gun for the engineer with a 1 shot I left that server which was an EA US server. I joined another and there was a dude who looked like he had a cloaking devise on. After about 3 servers and an hour and a half I killed 1 person. The 3rd server, all official ranked servers, I was assult at close range, lying on my stomach, unloaded a full clip in a guy, close range i remind you with X hits all over his body and head, just to have him turn around when i reloaded and cap me one shot with a pistol. I gave up and quit.
To me the game appears to have become easier to cheat and too one sided. Heck 3 maps played, all new, on one server I played ran about 5 minutes each and that was with 36 of 40 people on the server. That was the one with the cloaked guy that I seen. Your probably thinking oh it was lag... I had a 38-60 ping to these servers. I never jumped.
There is really nothing I can say other than stop playing by yourself and join us the next time we are on. I have been turning on XFire when I play and Drix always runs XFire. This game is not for lone wolves. I would dare say it is deffinately harder on lone wolves than BF2 was.
I bought it on impulse 2 days ago, went to the store for regular shopping and it was there. I actually like it. Haven't seen anything like what you've posted Raze. The few times I've been on I've done fairly well!
I figured out my problem. I've played for about an hour today... sure is nice to have a 6 day thanksgiving break... hehehehe, get on an official ea server and people cheat out the whazoo. :evil:
I started playing some clan ranked servers today and had a MUCH better experience. Espec when cheaters get booted by the admins....
Another of my problems is, I don't play much so I have a low score and just a couple unlocks. There are a LOT more people out ther that have more accurate weapons then me. I have to stay on my toes.
I really like what I am reading on the ForgottenHope2 threads.... cept that they are only 10% complete. :-( I still see no difference in SF over BF2 in gameplay.
I really have only played it for about 2 min, It looks promising, but as Raze said I just got hammered on. As for FNF this week, it was a tough week. With the holiday, many people couldn't be on. I was only able to get 2 min.
I bought it on impulse 2 days ago, went to the store for regular shopping and it was there.
[Hyman voice] Hmmmm need some new tidy whiteys, bananas... oh golly me lookie here BF2 SF.. Guess I can do with out my weekly allotment of "hand" lotion and twizlers.[/Hyman voice]
[Hyman conscience] batteries too dumb ass [/Hyman conscience]