$10 is $15 too much for this pack that should've had more content added to it.

User Rating: 6.1 | Battlefield 2: Armored Fury PC
After testing the waters with the previous booster pack for Battlefield 2, Euro Force, EA decided to put out another booster pack, Armored Fury. Like before, this booster pack features a few new things that are optional to purchase, and it costs $10 over their EA Link service. Of course, if you fear digital distribution or something, you can buy the "Booster Pack collection" which features this and Euro Force for a nifty (but still pricey) $20.

Unlike Euro Force, which added a completely new faction, Armored Fury relies more on the other aspects of the game, such as new vehicles and maps. Like in Battlefield 2, you're still playing as the United States Marine Corps versus the Middle Eastern Coalition and the People's Liberation Army of China. Like with Euro Force, there are only three maps. The maps themselves now take on locations that resemble areas in the United States (which is funny, because this was developed by a Canadian studio), including a highway on the east coast ("Operation Road Rage"), an Alaskan oil refinery ("Midnight Sun"), and Midwestern farmland ("Operation Harvest"). I have to mention something about the vehicles in Armored Fury. The vehicles are interesting, because you can drive cars and a semi-trailer truck, which are really only useful for transport purposes. Driving the big rig is very entertaining. See gamers, there is a game where driving a big rig is actually fun and not extremely bugged!

As opposed to the other expansions and Battlefield 2 itself, Armored Fury's approach is, well, more towards Armored Fury. There are Jets that deploy dumb bombs, one for each class (The A10 Thunderbolt, Q5 Fantan and Frogfoot for USMC, PLA and MEC respectively), and scout helicopters for reconnaissance. Armored Fury relies more heavily on tanks and APCs than any other Battlefield 2 expansion, so fans of infantry (servers with no vehicles) might have a hard time enjoying this expansion.

While the sound is the same as Battlefield 2, Armored Fury introduces new load screen music. This load screen is the absolute biggest homage to Battlefield 1942's load screen music I have ever heard. That's not necessarily bad, because the rendition is actually pretty damn good, and should've been in Battlefield 2 itself.

Like the previous booster pack, Armored Fury is basically a small map pack that's played through the main Battlefield 2 program. Which features the same problems as Battlefield 2: Long load times if your computer is weak, slowdown, freezing and the weak single player component. This is not surprising, but it's not like they could improve it with these small handful of maps.

Should you buy Armored Fury? For new load screen music, three new maps and only a smattering of new vehicles, no. This should've had more meat to it, or if anything, sold it for less than $10. Like Euro Force, you should only get this if you want to have all the Battlefield 2 games in your collection, and/or to get the corresponding badges and medals for doing this particular campaign. Otherwise, you'll be fine without it.

Pros: New maps, vehicles, awesome load screen music.
Cons: Not enough content to justify the $10 price tag, flaws in Battlefield 2 (load times, lagging) appear in here like a bad cold.