EA Announces Battlefield 2, Console Versions

Thanks to GameSpy for its interview with Electronic Arts exec Scott Evans regarding the official announcement of a PC sequel to the popular team-based FPS, Battlefield 1942, hot on the heels of the recent news of a separate PlayStation 2-based follow-up, Battlefield: Modern Combat. This title is "bringing modern-day warfare to the series as well as a completely new engine", and Evans notes: "Each side will bring military hardware to the battle appropriate to their nationality. For example, the Chinese forces have a really cool mix of Soviet and homebrew technology that much of the world knows nothing about." He ends by addressing bias concerns: "It's important to remember that Battlefield is politically neutral... It's not just a game about the U.S. versus a Middle Eastern coalition."

Comments

Really?

[FeetOfStinky]

"It's important to remember that Battlefield is politically neutral... It's not just a game about the U.S. versus a Middle Eastern coalition."

Maybe not, but you can be pretty sure that most of the mods will be.

Mmmm... Chinese Homebrew

[Torgo's Pizza]

"For example, the Chinese forces have a really cool mix of Soviet and homebrew technology that much of the world knows nothing about."

Hey, if that homebrew technology is as tasty as eggdrop soup or Kung Pao Chicken then I'm ready for a wok on the wild side.

Re:Mmmm... Chinese Homebrew

[BTWR]

Oh General Tso, you are a ruthless tyrant.

...but your chicken is delectable!

Re:Mmmm... Chinese Homebrew

[Duty]

Off-topic, but amusing: I hear the real General Tso's most famous victory was won when the enemy army contracted a plague of dysentary.

This is the Counterstrike of BF1942

[sideshow]

Desert Combat is a BF1942 mod built by a bunch of people that surpasses the gameplay of the original by miles. Since DC is so much better then vanilla BF1942 EA hired those people and now they are working on the new game. CS has the same type of history.

EA mentions the Middle Eastern thing because DC had the Americans fighting the Iraqis.

Re:Battlefield 2?

[BTWR]

Though people are (in my opinion wrongly) calling Battlefield: Vietnam a glorified expansion pack to bf1942, I have been playing it for a month or so and personally feel that it is more of a half-sequel than a full sequel, but definately more than a simple weapons ass-on pack.

A perfect analogy, I feel, would be Grand Theft Auto 3 and GTA: Vice City. Vice City was sort of GTA3.5 rather than a brand-new GTA4. Battlefield: Vietnam added a lot to the gameplay of the original bf1942, with helicopters (infinately easier to fly than those in DC), new gameplay modes, new multiplayer victory methods, jungle settings (the folliage is great) and is a lot more than say battlefield: road to rome was to the original bf1942...

Re:Battlefield 2?

[Marc_Hawke]

""infinately easier to fly than those in DC""

You mean "infinitely dumbed-down"?

When I first played DC, I couldn't even fly straight UP. I'd push the throttle, and fly over and die. I tried, keyboard, keyboard+mouse, joystick, joystick+keyboard.. I couldn't fly the things. Finally I just gave up and decided I'd be a tank driver.

I tried again later, and after some practice, I got the hang of it. DC copters aren't simulations of real copters, but they are FUN, RESPONSIVE, and have a physics model that allow you to do anything!

The steep learning curve is WAY more than made up for in the abilities that you have later on. If they made them easy to fly, then there wouldn't be much use to flying them, other than a glorified bus.

DC Copters have completely ruined me for any lesser implementation of a helicopter....the other BF1942 mod, BF:V, DF: Joint Operations. They are all completely boring in comparison.

It makes me sad to hear that they've changed it to make it 'less capable' as I like to put it.

No more DC?

[Lord_Dweomer]

Ok.....I play bf1942 WAAAY too much, mostly DC. Since EA brought these guys on board, does that mean I will no longer be able to download DC for free?

Knowing EA, those bastards are probably looking for a way to charge for it.