Battlefield 2

[Sam25]

Okay, so the thing is where I live Internet is pretty darn expensive and not to mention not very fast so I can't play online games. The other day I had an urge to play Battlefield 2 and my questions is > can the game be played with bots (with AI) offline? If yes, then once I buy the game do I need to install the bots from a download?

TIA

 

[NoWhereM]

Yes, the game can be played offline with bots. No, you don't have to install them, just choose single player and the map you want to play and you're good to go.

I'm not sure about the latest patch but they used to limit the maps you could play on to the 16 player maps, but you can mod the game to play with more bots on the larger maps if you want to and your computer can handle it. There are also user made maps you can add if you want.

I actually enjoyed playing single player more than multiplayer, the constant jumping and diving and other odd movements you'd never actually see someone do in a real battle spoil the battlefield simulation aspect of the game.

There are some problems with single player. For example if you camp out anywhere the other side will call in an artilliry strike on your position. But overall single player is still pretty fun.

 

[BladeVenom]

As I recall the small maps where available for single player. It don't consider a good choice for a single player game. What I thought also sucked was that you couldn't have bots in LAN games. There might be mods available now to make things better though.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: BladeVenom
As I recall the small maps where available for single player. It don't consider a good choice for a single player game. What I thought also sucked was that you couldn't have bots in LAN games. There might be mods available now to make things better though.

I've found you can actually do co-op in single player. At least with the AIX mod. When you start single player, it actually sets up a server on your PC, complete with IP. I gave the IP to my friend and we were able to play together against the bots for hours. Was quite fun.

 

[Andrew1990]

There is a small mod that allows up to 127 bots I believe. You need a pretty good CPU for that though.