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Well, seven start-up screens later and the BF2 demo is here... I've had a lot of fun playing around with it so
far. The models and animations are outstanding, though I am experiencing
occasional texture corruptions that seem to be related to smoke and explosion
effects (on an NVIDIA card, rather than ATI, where there was a warning this
could happen, in spite of upgrading to the mystery ForceWare upgrade included
with the demo). It took a while to get a feel for the game's scale, but it
definitely works. I'm a bit mystified at having to create a GameSpy login to
play a demo that was not hosted on GameSpy's network, but the game industry has
become all about strange bedfellows, so there that is. I asked EA if the full
game would likewise require signing on with GameSpy/IGN, but received no reply.
The most frustrating aspect of the demo for me is the preposterous key
configuration screen. I thought BF1942 and BF:V had it bad with mysterious hunts
for key conflicts, but BF2 takes this to a whole new level, with an arbitrary
default setup that uses about every key on the keyboard, requiring the user to
find all the conflicts before assigning keys. The least they could do is provide
a 'clear all' function to start fresh here, but the way this config screen
operates gives the impression that it was coded and released without anyone
trying it. I have never had a more frustrating setup experience prior to
playing a game. And that's not to mention the keys you can't assign at all...
Alt, Left Shift, the mousewheel (there was this brief moment when mousewheel
reconfiguration worked in BF1942, but that got broken again in a subsequent
patch)... apparently those of us used to assigning these keys to our own needs
are just SOL. I've seen reports that the numeric keypad cannot be reconfigured
either (there's
a post to our forums outlining a way to configure hidden keys that I haven't
looked into yet, but am hopeful will provide some help with this). After
struggling through the process of configuring keys for the solo version, I
decided that was something I never wanted to do again, which, of course, is
exactly what I had to do right away after creating a multiplayer account. Argh!
I'd express hopes that these issues won't be present in the full game, but since
it went gold over a week ago, that doesn't seem very realistic.
R.I.P.:
'MacGyver' actor dies at 77 and
Hamilton Naki, 78, Self-Taught Surgeon, Dies.
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Jun 11, 2005, 13:40 |
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Personally I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Frankly, I don't understand what the big deal is with control configuration. While it sounds like lefties got screwed with no use of the number pad, I had absolutely no difficulties getting configured and up and running. Alright I had one, I forgot to setup my joystick for aircraft AND helicopters. Let's just say that the first time I tried to fly a Cobra gunship was suprisingly similiar to my first time flying a Zero in the BF42 demo.
My computer is pretty outdated these days but the game remains very playable at medium settings and I've yet to encounter anything I'd call a bug. One time it seemed like graphic settings didn't apply, but it's distinctly possible that I just forgot to his apply since I haven't had that problem since then.
The game is essentially BF only fresh again and given how fun the core BF gameplay is that's good enough for me. The complaints I do have largely revolve around the whole commander/squadleader elements. I had expected Natural Selection level coordination but that's just not the case. Maybe in clan matches it'll be pretty useful but for public server games it doesn't really add anything. Also, the guy who did the M-16/M-4 reload animation seriously needs to learn how to operate an M-16.
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Jun 11, 12:55 |
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Jun 11, 12:55 |
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pob |
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Jun 11, 13:07 |
personally |
VampiricuS |
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Jun 11, 13:08 |
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Enahs |
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Jun 11, 13:17 |
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VampiricuS |
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Jun 11, 13:22 |
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Halsy |
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Jun 11, 13:40 |
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Scottish Martial Arts |
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Jun 11, 14:07 |
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Hump |
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Jun 11, 14:29 |
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nin |
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Jun 11, 14:43 |
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MeatForce |
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Jun 11, 15:17 |
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Hump |
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Jun 11, 14:29 |
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Beamer |
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Jun 11, 14:47 |
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JediLuke |
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Jun 11, 14:54 |
Re:BF2 demo |
Cynips |
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Jun 11, 15:02 |
Re:BF2 demo |
JM |
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Jun 11, 15:14 |
Re:BF2 demo |
The Truth |
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Jun 11, 22:45 |
control poop |
Beaner |
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Jun 11, 23:42 |
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sponge |
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Jun 11, 15:14 |
GTA:SA |
Halsy |
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Jun 11, 15:37 |
Re: GTA:SA |
Yosemite Sam |
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Jun 11, 16:42 |
Re: GTA:SA |
Halsy |
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Jun 11, 17:05 |
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mpratt |
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Jun 11, 17:11 |
BF2 demo |
Viranth |
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Jun 11, 18:14 |
Re: BF2 demo |
The Truth |
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Jun 11, 18:21 |
Re: BF2 demo |
Tango |
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Jun 11, 22:37 |
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Caspar Nielsen |
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Jun 11, 18:27 |
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changingman |
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Jun 11, 18:47 |
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glambaz |
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Jun 11, 19:06 |
BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Krovven |
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Jun 11, 19:22 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
The Truth |
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Jun 11, 19:52 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Yosemite Sam |
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Jun 11, 19:57 |
Trackmania... |
nin |
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Jun 11, 20:22 |
Help!!!! |
Enahs |
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Jun 11, 20:33 |
Re: Help!!!! |
pob |
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Jun 11, 20:36 |
Re: Help!!!! |
Enahs |
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Jun 11, 20:37 |
Re: Help!!!! |
mpratt |
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Jun 11, 20:55 |
Re: Help!!!! |
Enahs |
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Jun 11, 21:01 |
Re: Help!!!! |
MeatForce |
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Jun 11, 21:12 |
Re: Help!!!! |
Yosemite Sam |
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Jun 11, 22:18 |
Re: Trackmania... |
WarPig |
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Jun 11, 20:39 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
sponge |
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Jun 11, 22:32 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Krovven |
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Jun 11, 23:01 |
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Yosemite Sam |
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Jun 11, 23:44 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Krovven |
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Jun 11, 23:55 |
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sponge |
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Jun 12, 00:15 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Krovven |
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Jun 12, 01:00 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Cynips |
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Jun 11, 23:45 |
Re: BF2 Front End bugs/bad design... |
Krovven |
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Jun 11, 22:42 |
Re: BF2 demo |
eunichron |
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Jun 11, 15:19 |
BF2 Key Binding |
RaZ0r! |
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Jun 11, 15:44 |
key config |
Jim |
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Jun 11, 16:05 |
Dana Elcar, 'Macgyver' actor, dies at 77 |
shul |
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Jun 11, 17:25 |
No subject |
space captain |
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Jun 11, 17:34 |
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Cynips |
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Jun 11, 18:26 |
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Chipper |
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Jun 11, 18:43 |
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space captain |
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Jun 11, 20:33 |
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sponge |
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Jun 12, 02:28 |
HELP |
Killer Kane |
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Jun 12, 03:57 |
Re: HELP |
changingman |
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Jun 12, 03:58 |
Re: HELP |
Tango |
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Jun 12, 07:02 |
Re: HELP |
Buckermann |
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Jun 12, 10:38 |
Re: HELP |
zen |
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Jun 12, 12:04 |
Re: HELP |
Bronco |
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Jun 12, 13:11 |
No subject |
Tim |
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