Holy cow, this game is looking good. I like a lot of the features they added, scalable maps, penetrating bullets, etc. It's gonna be kickass!!
As far as contemporary vs. ww2, I will agree that with mohaa and all the others, the ww2 scene has been waaay over saturated the last few years. Bf42 was definitely one of the best though. Hopefully, Bf2 will play a lot like Desert Combat. (best....mod....EVAR!)
Can't wait!