Post by Gilvan Blight on Jan 2, 2007 9:48:17 GMT -5
Summary: a fairly recent Battlefield game set in modern times. Take control of a wide variety of troops in a mock modern War. Forces are the NATO alliance vs. Chinese Insurgents in Usbakistan (or something like that). Like other Battlefield games you don't just play one character, you can swap between different troop types, and death just means you re-start as a differnt troop. You can also jump into and use a wide variety of weapons and vehicles at will. These include choppers, boats, tanks, jeeps, machine gun emplacements and more. There is a solo campaign, a set of solo missions and challenges, network play and online play.
The Good: The hotseat engine is great. To swap troops you literally just aim at another friendly and hit the square button. You get a swooshing camera move adn suddenly you control the new unit. You can do this in quick sucession to jump around the map quickly and to change unit types. This replaces the comand point system from other battlefront games. The graphics and atmosphere are excellent. The sound is even better. The surround sound on this is some of the best I have heard on the PS2. The setting. I just can't get into Modern games. I would have enjoyed this more if it was historic and even more if SciFi. It's still fun but I prefer more fantasy in my gaming.
The Bad: The challenges are a little weak. They teach you some of the ins and outs of the system but aren't actually that much fun.
The Ugly: you can't tell what type of unit you are jumping into ahead of time. This often means that if you want a heavy weapons troop or a medic you need to jump around the battlefield all over the place trying to find the right unit. This just seems to be a major lapse. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I didn't see anything in the instructions nothing how to tell troops apart. Speaking of the instructions, they were horrible, just 4 pages and only really told you what the controls were. This is great for most shooters, but there is enough going on in this game that I would have prefered some meat.
Overall: this is a good FPS. The hotseat engine and controlls are extremely cool. The campaign is intersting but I would have prefered a more 'fantastic' setting as upposed to a modern one. I haven't tested this one online yet. I managed to snag this for under $15 and it's well worth it for that price. You should be able to find it as a previous rental at many video stores around the city for the same price.
The Good: The hotseat engine is great. To swap troops you literally just aim at another friendly and hit the square button. You get a swooshing camera move adn suddenly you control the new unit. You can do this in quick sucession to jump around the map quickly and to change unit types. This replaces the comand point system from other battlefront games. The graphics and atmosphere are excellent. The sound is even better. The surround sound on this is some of the best I have heard on the PS2. The setting. I just can't get into Modern games. I would have enjoyed this more if it was historic and even more if SciFi. It's still fun but I prefer more fantasy in my gaming.
The Bad: The challenges are a little weak. They teach you some of the ins and outs of the system but aren't actually that much fun.
The Ugly: you can't tell what type of unit you are jumping into ahead of time. This often means that if you want a heavy weapons troop or a medic you need to jump around the battlefield all over the place trying to find the right unit. This just seems to be a major lapse. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I didn't see anything in the instructions nothing how to tell troops apart. Speaking of the instructions, they were horrible, just 4 pages and only really told you what the controls were. This is great for most shooters, but there is enough going on in this game that I would have prefered some meat.
Overall: this is a good FPS. The hotseat engine and controlls are extremely cool. The campaign is intersting but I would have prefered a more 'fantastic' setting as upposed to a modern one. I haven't tested this one online yet. I managed to snag this for under $15 and it's well worth it for that price. You should be able to find it as a previous rental at many video stores around the city for the same price.