GAME DESCRIPTION: This is no minor skirmish – this is all-out war.
The award-winning Battlefield franchise finally explodes onto the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, dropping players into the heat of battle with Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™. The game brings the over-the-top action and excitement of the Battlefield series into the modern era with a bleeding-edge arsenal of vehicles and weaponry allowing for the most extreme “Battlefield Moments” yet.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat features a propaganda- fueled single player campaign where gamers see both sides of a conflict in one of the most treacherous regions in the world – Kazakhstan. Gamers will plunge headlong into the fog of war and must ultimately choose sides in a furious showdown where nothing is as it seems.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat also delivers the Battlefield franchise’s trademark multiplayer action, delivering fierce 24 player online battles. Fighting for one of 4 sides – the US, the European Union, the Chinese, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition -players armed with the latest modern weaponry can choose to control any of the 30+ vehicles in the game.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat also boasts advanced online community features, including full clan support, friends lists, voice over IP, and rankings and stat tracking.
Key Features
* A brand new single player campaign mode drops players into an all-out war framed by propaganda, forcing gamers to choose sides and decide the outcome.
* HotSwapping takes squad-shooters to the next level. Be anyone in your army in the blink of an eye and take total control of your army.
* Over a dozen maps for award-winning online multiplayer action for up to 24 players**.
* Clan support, VoIP and a deep stat tracking system help round out one of the deepest online console shooters to date.
* Take control of more than 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, amphibious craft and fast attack vehicles.
* Own the battlefield with more than 50 state-of-the-art weapons.
* Battle as US, EU, Chinese, or Middle East Coalition troops, each with their own unique arsenals.
* Multiple solider classes including Assault, Sniper, Special Ops, Combat Engineer and Combat Support units.
* Power up your soldier by executing multiple kills quickly. Increase health, take more hits, do more damage and become an unstoppable force on the battlefield.
* Complete each unit’s unique “Unit Challenge” to unlock rewards including upgrades and promotions.
* Upgrade your unit with new equipment, including thermal vision for the sniper rifle and extra destructive mortar strikes.
* Get promoted through the ranks, from a Private to General, as you lead your army to victory.
PLAY: The port to console is lacking and that is really sad. One of the biggest issues is the AI and bizarre way you are attacked. The attempt is to create fighting one neighborhood at a time. Often enemies seem to appear out of thin air. One moment you are banging out the enemy while perched above the jeep and suddenly an enemy is in the street right next to you. The radar showed no warning and then poof they are there. Perhaps it’s some new kind of terrorist magic.
One of the easiest features is being a sniper. The controls are brilliant, easy to handle, and able to be set up quickly. The biggest issues are controlling the vehicles. Some of them are brilliant and you wish they handled better. Often it was easier to let the AI handle things while you man the guns.
The ability to transport to another player on the map is nicely done. However, you have to ask why the computer can’t kill the enemy. Why is it necessary for the player to always transport to an area of need? Regardless it’s also a good way to get out of the body of a dying troop member.
GRAPHICS: Modern Combat is lacking compared to its PC counterpart. The troops aren’t modeled exceedingly well nor are the vehicles. Everything is simplified and never offers up much detail. The snow covered land and other environments are nicely done but again feel too simple.
SOUND: The news reports and chatter over the radio are well down however the weapons are lackluster and it really hurts the realism.
FRANKLY: There are so many aspects that are lacking in PS2 and Xbox versions. Battlefield has been a great PC release so it was exciting to get our hands on a platform release. Even with what it is lacking you can easily get absorbed into hours of senseless destruction. Thankfully they didn’t take the fun out of Battlefield.
+ Richie Wright
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