New BF2 Special forces vid

[bucwylde23]

EA released a new vid of BF2 Special forces today. I'd have to say it LOOKS pretty good. Now whether or not it delivers can't be determined yet. I like the fact that you can use ropes to climb up buildings, I get tired of searching for ladders And the night vision rocks too, I've been waiting for a night map since BF2 was released.

Here's the link:
http://www.eagames.com/official/battlef...os.jsp?setID=Special%20Forces&resID=hi

 

[xtknight]

That looks awesome. :beer:

 

[VIAN]

If it's free...

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: VIAN
If it's free...

For some reason I get the feeling that EA will charge for this.....

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: chrisg22

Originally posted by: VIAN
If it's free...

For some reason I get the feeling that EA will charge for this.....

Of course they will. The cleverly leave it out from the original game just so they can release it as an "add-on". This was planned well in advance.

 

[Stuxnet]

I wasn't impressed by the video at all. It looked to be nothing more than BF2 with a green hue and a nifty little crossbow.

Hell, it even had the hitching... you'd think they would have at least tried to cut that out of the video.

I'm not swallowing another shot from EA/Dice...

 

[Tremulant]

Heh, liked the part where he shot down right into the group behind the barricade.

 

[JBT]

hmm I think they should be working on patches for BF2 not this expansion already.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Tremulant
Heh, liked the part where he shot down right into the group behind the barricade.

I liked the part where it kept hitching... good to know that the same bugs and flaws in BF2 are making their way into the expansion packs, too.

"For another $35, you can experience the same Battlefield 2 frustration and agony with NIGHTVISION! WOOHOO!"

 

[Genx87]

So thit is what they have been doing while the original sucks wind.

 

[Czar]

just... not impressive


feels like counterstrike+

 

[otispunkmeyer]

cool...........night time fighting...somethin BF2 needs pronto. people dont just down there tools and go to sleep with the enemy, no they go for the sneak attack!

 

[Czar]

but everyone has night vision, so the point of hiding in shadows becomes moot

 

[Oakenfold]

Is the video worth installing quicktime for? :disgust:

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Czar
but everyone has night vision, so the point of hiding in shadows becomes moot

Agreed. It's just an extra step between killing. The video doesn't look really all that impressive. That's the one thing I hate about EA is that they withhold features in a game to make an expansion pack out of it. Look at the Sims, when they had all kinds of stuff for the first one come out in expansion packs. Did they add that stuff to the Sims 2? Nope, they left a lot of it out, so they could just release it as another $30 expansion pack with a different name.

There should be no reasonable explanation of the release of an expansion pack less than 6 months after the original game comes out.

 

[imported_FishTaco]

Originally posted by: Oakenfold
Is the video worth installing quicktime for? :disgust:

Get quicktime and real alternative. I'm not saying the video is worth it, but you should have those 2 programs on your system.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: Czar
but everyone has night vision, so the point of hiding in shadows becomes moot

Agreed. It's just an extra step between killing. The video doesn't look really all that impressive. That's the one thing I hate about EA is that they withhold features in a game to make an expansion pack out of it. Look at the Sims, when they had all kinds of stuff for the first one come out in expansion packs. Did they add that stuff to the Sims 2? Nope, they left a lot of it out, so they could just release it as another $30 expansion pack with a different name.

There should be no reasonable explanation of the release of an expansion pack less than 6 months after the original game comes out.

i guess this is why the 1.03 patch has been pushed back.....f*ckers...:thumbsdown:

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: Oakenfold
Is the video worth installing quicktime for? :disgust:

Get quicktime and real alternative. I'm not saying the video is worth it, but you should have those 2 programs on your system.

I haven't tried real alternative but I have quicktime available, I just tend to un-install it after each use.

I'm odd I know..

 

[TheGoat Eater]

I know where $50 of my money is going!!

LOOKS GREAT!!! I love it now I have a way to get on roofs to snipe! Ican't wait to experience night sniping. zip lines - kick ass

 

[TheGoat Eater]

Originally posted by: FishTaco

Originally posted by: Oakenfold
Is the video worth installing quicktime for? :disgust:

Get quicktime and real alternative. I'm not saying the video is worth it, but you should have those 2 programs on your system.

Why do you uninstall it? if you don't like it running @ start-up get spybot search and destroy and use the system start-up tool to stop it from auto loading, it will also make your system start-up quicker. I wouldn't get real player if you do have broadband- it is good for dialup though.

Pick up the K-lite codec pack while you are at it

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: TheGoat Eater
I know where $50 of my money is going!!

LOOKS GREAT!!! I love it now I have a way to get on roofs to snipe! Ican't wait to experience night sniping. zip lines - kick ass

I'm selling bottled air that you can breathe at night. $5 a bottle.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
cool...........night time fighting...somethin BF2 needs pronto. people dont just down there tools and go to sleep with the enemy, no they go for the sneak attack!

If everybody has night vision what is the point? Instead of playing in the daytime with pretty colors you are stuck playing the game with a green hue. Not my idea of a good time.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
cool...........night time fighting...somethin BF2 needs pronto. people dont just down there tools and go to sleep with the enemy, no they go for the sneak attack!

If everybody has night vision what is the point? Instead of playing in the daytime with pretty colors you are stuck playing the game with a green hue. Not my idea of a good time.

Roger that.

IMO, a great expansion pack would have been bringing the fight to new areas of the world. Take it to the Americas. Bring it to Brazil, New York, Alaska... just something to shake it up. Maybe flesh out some new classes and give a new gun to the existing ones.

Special Forces just feels really weak. It's bad enough that they pissed a bunch of people off by not having the common sense to wait until BF2 was stable before announcing it (I know that two different companies are working on it, but that doesn't really change things from an appearances standpoint... it was a stupid, stupid move), but I was actually interested in the new pack. But after seeing these videos, I can't think of one single compelling reason to buy it. I'm not forking over 30 bones for nighvision and a zip line.

Hell, I can bork my monitor's hue and play BF2 in green for free.

 

[Mokmo418]

Don't support Shovelware
wait until EA gets BF2 straight to get the expansion

They're probably scheduling the expansion so they can sell lots of em just in time for Christmas... If they don't get the game straight, we'll just laugh at noobs that bought the expansion and keep te servers on the prime version.