As this NDA kind of stops me from talking about anything that EA/DICE has not already shown you i can only post about the kind of stuff you already know (sorry i wanna stay in the beta program).
Bassicly i read alot of posts about people asking about the beta and yadda yadda yadda, so i will answer most questions i can without breaking the NDA and also give my opionons on some stuff.
I dont really know where to start this review but ill start it with the Battlefield 2 engine:
Well DICE seem to have really come to grips with the bf2 engine, it looks amazing on high with full AA but expect about 6 FPS whilst fighting in enclosed spaces, like Iron Gator for special forces, they sorted out the snow effects and to be honest it looks amazing.
It looks like they re-did everything texture wise aswell and it even looks nice on a low end rig and runs pretty smooth, my friends PC is not great tbh and he userally runs bf2 on all low settings with no AA, this is like-wise for the 2142 beta, but it looks alot better then bf2 does on low settings.
The engine still needs some tweaks (obviously) as its still in beta, but when 2142 should be released i would expect for all the little problems to be ironed out, and it will make great game play from a great engine if DICE get it right.
Unlocks/Ranks/Statspadding
Ranks: There are an awful lot of ranks within the 2142 beta and it looks like they will be there to stay, there is currently over 40 ranks but you rank up pretty quick from when you start out.
Unlocks: With over 40 ranks, i bet your thinking you only get 20 something unlocks... wrong there are about 40 unlocks and choose them carefully, unlocks however dont give many advantages over stock weopons, they can more accurate but pack less of a punch.
Statspadding: Knife and Pistol only servers, these are going to be a waste of time, and it is going to be really easy to spot padders now (this will make IndianShit happy) when you knife someone you get there dogtags, for each different person you knife you get thre dogtags, these are counted as unique dogtags, if you knife someone more than once these are counted as just dogtags. So somebody with 150 dogtags but only 1 unique dogtag would raise alot of suspicion... get my drift here.
Pistol: Well in knife and pistol you get to use a pistol whoopie, dont bother in 2142 they just plainly suck, i managed to kill one person with it after i wasted them with 3 clips of ammo, so it will be interesting to see how these work out...
Dogtags/Knife kills
Dogtags: Yay!, no. As much as i like to go and rob a whole clan of there dog tags *cough 1Mc and =Kz=* i find them really annoying. There is nothing like the rush of knifing a enemy its great it makes you feel good, its makes you feel like you owned them hard and tada there tags cover half your screen and your......... dead. The only thing i can see a use for them at the moment is to distract you for a second, prehaps a option to make them smaller would be better...
Vehicles
Vehicles: I cant comment on this much because EA/DICE hasnt and i like the beta . But i can say i think there alot of fun, and will add a big difference to how your team plays, if your team sucks and doesnt use vehicles, you will loose they are key to a victory. At the moment i am very pleased with the vehicles and think they make a interesting change, i thought the mech would be all glitchy and even in the beta i think DICE did a great job coding it, its not glitchy or stuttery and is a great laugh.
Titan Mode
Titan Mode: I cant comment on this much but what i can say is, its so much better than conquest. Running around capping flags had no real meaning behind it in bf2 it was just something to do... 2142 cracks this huge gap that other games/mods where filling. Titan mode is a hell of alot of fun and i dont think i will ever go back to playing conquest.
You have a mission to acheive in the titan mode, and thats to destroy the enemys titan. There is more than one way to do this, either capture the missile silo's (this will take a extreamly long time to destroy there titan) or take the sheilds down and attack them from within.
God damnit EA/DICE cracked it with the fighting inside the titan, it makes for great play and it allways changes it wont bore you like conquest does, its fast fighting and if you dont pay attention for a split second you dead... (trust me i die a hell of alot but im still on a 2KDR i dont know how) Titan mode looks to be what everyone will be playing in 2142, not conquest.
Dieing
I die shit loads in this game, i dont know why EA/DICE gave the beta to complete morons but i seem to be teamkilled more than i am killed by the enemy. seriously.
Either that or i kill my self in some fantastic way that im sure looks hilarious to somebody else.
Same principles in dieing in bf2, you got 15 seconds to be revived (dont count on it) or you respawn and have a death next to your name. (exactly the same as bf2)
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This is the part where i would have talked about alot more interesting stuff, but the NDA stops me from doing that, so when the public beta is out i will copy and paste what would be here..... (sorry folks)
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Stats, they will be wiped at the end of the beta, would people please stop shitting there pants about other people that will be higher on the leaderboard before you can play the game and catch up with them. Its retarded enough as it is that people care alot about stats and this wont change in 2142 the stats noobs and snitches will be here to stay.
Bassicly i read alot of posts about people asking about the beta and yadda yadda yadda, so i will answer most questions i can without breaking the NDA and also give my opionons on some stuff.
I dont really know where to start this review but ill start it with the Battlefield 2 engine:
Well DICE seem to have really come to grips with the bf2 engine, it looks amazing on high with full AA but expect about 6 FPS whilst fighting in enclosed spaces, like Iron Gator for special forces, they sorted out the snow effects and to be honest it looks amazing.
It looks like they re-did everything texture wise aswell and it even looks nice on a low end rig and runs pretty smooth, my friends PC is not great tbh and he userally runs bf2 on all low settings with no AA, this is like-wise for the 2142 beta, but it looks alot better then bf2 does on low settings.
The engine still needs some tweaks (obviously) as its still in beta, but when 2142 should be released i would expect for all the little problems to be ironed out, and it will make great game play from a great engine if DICE get it right.
Unlocks/Ranks/Statspadding
Ranks: There are an awful lot of ranks within the 2142 beta and it looks like they will be there to stay, there is currently over 40 ranks but you rank up pretty quick from when you start out.
Unlocks: With over 40 ranks, i bet your thinking you only get 20 something unlocks... wrong there are about 40 unlocks and choose them carefully, unlocks however dont give many advantages over stock weopons, they can more accurate but pack less of a punch.
Statspadding: Knife and Pistol only servers, these are going to be a waste of time, and it is going to be really easy to spot padders now (this will make IndianShit happy) when you knife someone you get there dogtags, for each different person you knife you get thre dogtags, these are counted as unique dogtags, if you knife someone more than once these are counted as just dogtags. So somebody with 150 dogtags but only 1 unique dogtag would raise alot of suspicion... get my drift here.
Pistol: Well in knife and pistol you get to use a pistol whoopie, dont bother in 2142 they just plainly suck, i managed to kill one person with it after i wasted them with 3 clips of ammo, so it will be interesting to see how these work out...
Dogtags/Knife kills
Dogtags: Yay!, no. As much as i like to go and rob a whole clan of there dog tags *cough 1Mc and =Kz=* i find them really annoying. There is nothing like the rush of knifing a enemy its great it makes you feel good, its makes you feel like you owned them hard and tada there tags cover half your screen and your......... dead. The only thing i can see a use for them at the moment is to distract you for a second, prehaps a option to make them smaller would be better...
Vehicles
Vehicles: I cant comment on this much because EA/DICE hasnt and i like the beta . But i can say i think there alot of fun, and will add a big difference to how your team plays, if your team sucks and doesnt use vehicles, you will loose they are key to a victory. At the moment i am very pleased with the vehicles and think they make a interesting change, i thought the mech would be all glitchy and even in the beta i think DICE did a great job coding it, its not glitchy or stuttery and is a great laugh.
Titan Mode
Titan Mode: I cant comment on this much but what i can say is, its so much better than conquest. Running around capping flags had no real meaning behind it in bf2 it was just something to do... 2142 cracks this huge gap that other games/mods where filling. Titan mode is a hell of alot of fun and i dont think i will ever go back to playing conquest.
You have a mission to acheive in the titan mode, and thats to destroy the enemys titan. There is more than one way to do this, either capture the missile silo's (this will take a extreamly long time to destroy there titan) or take the sheilds down and attack them from within.
God damnit EA/DICE cracked it with the fighting inside the titan, it makes for great play and it allways changes it wont bore you like conquest does, its fast fighting and if you dont pay attention for a split second you dead... (trust me i die a hell of alot but im still on a 2KDR i dont know how) Titan mode looks to be what everyone will be playing in 2142, not conquest.
Dieing
I die shit loads in this game, i dont know why EA/DICE gave the beta to complete morons but i seem to be teamkilled more than i am killed by the enemy. seriously.
Either that or i kill my self in some fantastic way that im sure looks hilarious to somebody else.
Same principles in dieing in bf2, you got 15 seconds to be revived (dont count on it) or you respawn and have a death next to your name. (exactly the same as bf2)
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This is the part where i would have talked about alot more interesting stuff, but the NDA stops me from doing that, so when the public beta is out i will copy and paste what would be here..... (sorry folks)
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Stats, they will be wiped at the end of the beta, would people please stop shitting there pants about other people that will be higher on the leaderboard before you can play the game and catch up with them. Its retarded enough as it is that people care alot about stats and this wont change in 2142 the stats noobs and snitches will be here to stay.