BF2 still popular?

[trigun500]

I was thinking about picking it up pretty cheap. Do people still play online?

EDIT: Wrong forum, meant to be in PC gaming.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Ironically enough I just reloaded it last week, haven't play regular BF2 been playing Project Reality (its a BF2 mod). Its been a good time.

 

[2dt Drifter]

I installed it and found out PB doesn't support Windows 7 beta =(

 

[way2fast91]

I personally haven't played in like 2 years but I saw some other AT members talking about how they still play it all the time in a thread last week. I figured it would have "dried up" by now, but I guess not. Check out www.bf2s.com to see stats and active players, etc.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Eff'n A it's still popular. Thousands of people at any day or time.
And there will be a big bump whenever they release the new 1.5 patch, which at latest report will be released as a beta at the end of this month.

Edit: Live count... Game-monitor.com

 

[masteryoda34]

Still has more online players than the average game. There still hasn't been a proper sequel IMO and I think thats why people still play it.

 

[pontifex]

surprisingly enough, it appears so.

 

[matas]

I might install bf2. What are some awesome mods?

 

[Zenoth]

It's definitely still popular, with my servers filters I still see more than 300 populated servers, many of them having more than 20 players, and even in night time when most people sleep there's still a good hundred populated servers, and that's only counting Punkbuster-protected ones from my filters.

 

[GullyFoyle]

The bulk of players are still playing "vanilla" BF2, with no mods.
Most mods rise and fall in popularity with each version release.

That said, Project Reality has maintained it's popularity better than most.
Also, the official EA mod Special Forces hangs in there well, but you have to pay for it.

Other mods I have enjoyed that might not have too many players at the moment: AIX 2, POE 2.5, Desert Conflict X (was popular for it's Capture the flag game mode)

 

[skulkingghost]

I stil play vanilla BF@ a few times a week with the widescreen fix enabled. A lot of people sitll play too, and all the idiots are out of the game by now, so I rarely have a bad server

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I will be going in tonight around 6-7pm (eastern) for some project reality. Look me up I am Buzzzzzzzzz

 

[amddude]

PR ftw

 

[RallyMaster]

Originally posted by: skulkingghost
I stil play vanilla BF@ a few times a week with the widescreen fix enabled. A lot of people sitll play too, and all the idiots are out of the game by now, so I rarely have a bad server

Plenty of idiots still running around from what I've witnessed over the past two days.

 

[PepePeru]

nice there's a widescreen fix?

i recently moved and found my copy and feeling nostalgic installed BF2 days ago, i was disappointed there wasn't support for wide screen.

nice.

i havent played in years (thanks to wow and tf2) & i turn a corner in Karkand or something and boom! immediate headshot. Damn snipers.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I still play

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
nice there's a widescreen fix?

i recently moved and found my copy and feeling nostalgic installed BF2 days ago, i was disappointed there wasn't support for wide screen.

nice.

i havent played in years (thanks to wow and tf2) & i turn a corner in Karkand or something and boom! immediate headshot. Damn snipers.

http://www.imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/

(although this is a hack, it's unofficially approved by punkbuster)


(and don't believe that +sxy + sxz or w/e is a widescreen hack, because it just stretches your view and chops off the top, it doesn't actually change your fov.

 

[AzN]

Nearly 3 years and haven't stopped playing. Best game ever!

 

[1ManArmY]

Originally posted by: 2dt Drifter
I installed it and found out PB doesn't support Windows 7 beta =(

So is it incompatible with VISTA 64 also, I just installed it last night and Punkbuster keeps kicking me :-(

 

[uclaLabrat]

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY

Originally posted by: 2dt Drifter
I installed it and found out PB doesn't support Windows 7 beta =(

So is it incompatible with VISTA 64 also, I just installed it last night and Punkbuster keeps kicking me :-(

No, it's fine on Vista 64, but you may have to run the manual PB update from evenbalance.com

My game recently started crashing to desktop, I think I need to re-install.

 

[1ManArmY]

Thanks for the heads up I'll try the manual punkbuster afte EA free's up my account with all of my kits unlocked. The either hangs or CTD whenever I try to load that account. The nickname and password are accurate it just won't load so I requested some assistance from EA they asked for everything from short of my first born even though all of the games are registered online with them.

 

[2dt Drifter]

Yeah the manual updater is nice.. just doesnt work with win7. I'm sure it would have been smart to dual boot so i could play PB enforced games but meh...

Ill be playing BF2 when MS releases win7, then PB would support it (hopefully)

 

[1ManArmY]

Originally posted by: 2dt Drifter
Yeah the manual updater is nice.. just doesnt work with win7. I'm sure it would have been smart to dual boot so i could play PB enforced games but meh...

Ill be playing BF2 when MS releases win7, then PB would support it (hopefully)

I thought I was going to have to install BF2 on my XP boot, as I am still running a dual boot system with my Vista 64 system. I rarely use XP be it comes in handy sometimes so it there more as a safety net when I'm at a LAN Party so I don't miss out because not everyone is running Vista 64