Great Multiplayer Action!

User Rating: 9.2 | Battlefield 2 PC
BF2 gets the award for one of, if not the best multiplayer FPS.

With up to 64 players on a map, vehicles like tanks, aircraft, helos, troop transports, and fast jeeps coming up with great strategies to beat the enemy is fun, and the possibilities are endless!

The squads and VOIP are perfect for organization and can take the place of TeamSpeak or Ventrillo. The commander can send orders to any squad for attack, defend, move here, etc.

The weapons are relistic and fun to shoot. One shot to the head with one of the more high powered weapons will bring the enemy down, but getting that headshot wont be easy, unlike older games BF2 has realistic accuracy. The M203 Gernade Launcher does get the name of a noob tube with its insta-gib killing. Think of it as the Classic 'Rocket Launcher' of BF2.

Tanks and Aircraft are not overpowered, there are times when a tank really doesn't help, and you end up hopping out and running on foot with your trusty M16/AK47.

The classes are well balenced aswell, each with their own weapons.
Medic, Spec-Ops, Engeneer, Assault, Support, Sniper, and Anti-Tank each preforming thier roles very well. As a lone wolf the medic class is the most common choice, but when the enemy rolls up in an APC you learn fast that each class has its pro's and con's.

Many of the classes, like engeneer or support arnt really the best killing class, but they provide great support for team play.

On the tech side, BF2 is a system hog, and you'll need a Nvidia 5700 or Radeon 8500 or higher just to PLAY! It will NOT work with anything less. Its reccomended for optimal play to have a 6800GT, however I have a 6600Gt with 1 gig DDR 33 ram and it is playable. There is some lag in the big fights, but if you stay away from the direct center of fighting you will be ok.
It is also recomended to have an Audigy2 ZS or better sound card to hear the great sound effects, however I run a SBLive and it works fine. There is a big difference between the two, and if you can get the Audigy2 ZS go for it.

Pros:
Great Multiplayer
Online Stats
Large maps
64 Player Combat
Vehicles are all balanced
Good graphics & sound, if your computer can support it.
Classes are built to support eachother making the teamplay even better
Weapons are fun and for the most part are balanced
Has an expansion pack (BF2 SF)
Patches to fix bugs + new map.
Overall great gameplay for the hard core strategist or shoot-em-up player.

Cons:
Some bugs
system hog, the need to upgrade your graphics card may deter you from getting this game.
Lack of various game modes
Lack of a good single player
Server lag in large battles

Overall I rate it a 9.1
Even though it has some faults its still an excellent game!