They improved and took away at the same time
Story-Its battlefield so story is more of a way to explain why the combat is there. The European forces are fighting the PAC forces for resources in many different areas. I am just posting the story so you know why they are fighting in the first place.
graphics- It does look nice and you can set varying levels of detail such as displays on computers and such. It does look nice but is no way considered the graphics king.
So what have they changed?- As a sequel somethings have changed and some of them were good and others were not so(IMO).
-There are less classes then last time. Instead of covert and special ops and anti tank and the plethora of other niche classes , there are instead 4. This makes it much easier in my opinion because for the most part they combine weapons and abilities that go together pretty well. The medic and soldier is replaced with assault who now has more firepower then the medic but also can heal people as well. The sniper now known as recon is pretty much the same but now has the future equivalent of c4.
-There is a new gameplay mode called titan mode. Titan mode is basically this. There are 2 large shielded vehicles that hold both forces on opposite sides of the map. The goal of each side it to capture missile silos by standing next to them like the flags in conquest and this damages the enemies shield. The added wrinkle(s) is once you get the titan shields down you can board the titan and destroy its core ending the match much faster. The titans can also move so they can position themselves next to a silo to defend it as well as move away from the other titan to postpone being boarded. I like this style because once the shields are down you must play Offense and defense, you have to defend your titan as well as capture silos.
-There are transport pods now. This is a big change in gameplay and is a plus and a minus at the same time. It is a plus because you can launch yourself from apcs and titans to travel to a target getting rid of a long trek. At the same time the pods in the titan maps promote these large and mostly dead areas where nothing exists and suicide is the only option to get to another base. On the flip side pods a low you to land on enemy helicopters to blow them up and killing the crew. But when the game lags and IT WILL your precise attack with the pod will be destroyed and you will be flung into the dead landscape said earlier.
-The conquest maps are mainly cities now. I like this in the sense that there is less trekking and more fighting in these city environments. But on the flip side I have not seen a conquest map as good as Strike at Karkland in BF 2142.
-The weapons are no longer a linear. This is a big minus in my book. Both sides have the same weapons and tech and thus some of the fun of the MEC having ak's with full auto while the marines had m16s. Both sides speak in different languages but besides that everything is pretty much the same except the PAC having a hover tank that can over water. I liked the weapons in BF 2 where the MEC had a sniper with semi auto and americans had bolt actions.
- Way more unlocks and most of them should not be unlocks. You start out with out grenades are medic paddles or mines or any of the things that made the classes fun in BF 2. This is a plus in that beginners just dont nade spam but also you have to constantly have to level up to regain the gear you once had such as the abbility to revive people or high explosives. You do get some cool unlocks though such as a carbine that the recon class can wield as well as player abilities and squad leader perks. I dislike not having all my gear but some of the new unlocks are pretty cool.
- No jets. If you whored the jet you will not like this change ; if you hated getting blown up by that guy who just flew around doing nothing then you will like this.
-New vehicles. They added new vehicles such as Walkers ,hover tanks, apc's with pods,and some new helicopters... but unlike BF 2 where you could kill the guy in the turret, you can't. Everyone is shielded in the vehicles so the old ideas of shooting the guys in the back of the apc or tank are gone. Also tanks and walkers have shields that can be turned on by pressing x. The ultra powerful vehicles are countered by the fact that engies have the most over powered anti vehicle weapon ever. It is a ball that when in range will follow the vehicle and destroy it.
- The points are botched. Kills are now worth one point, assists are .5 of a point and kills in the titan are worth 2. This bothers me because now kill assists are useless unless you get a couple to balance out the .5 of a point as well as titan kills being double so a lot of people rush the titan in hopes of getting more points.
-New interface. The interface is a little more streamlined in some aspects and in others its pretty poor compared to bf 2. Equipping all the new unlocks is easier but the interface also lacks the conveniences of all the of the buttons being on the top .
-The levels are a little more similar than bf 2 with the world going into a new ice age and all. Wake island is no longer a jungle but a snowy area as many other levels. Its not a problem there is a lot of variety but it just lacks the desserts,jungles, and other cool levels of bf 2. Instead you get some pretty cool cities to fight in as well as other interesting maps. They are not bad just different.
-Minor changes.
- all weapons are full auto instead of burst but can be set to burst
- Support class can deploy sentries
- Recon class can go invisible
- One giant med pack and one giant amo pack, compared to the multiple amo and health packs.
-Crashes on vista sometimes.
-Gunship helicopters where the gunners are vulnerable.
All in all it is battlefield with some new cool maps and gameplay but still they took out some of the things that made bf2 special such as the a linear vehicles and weapons, as well as having all the gear you needed from the start asides from a weapon unlock.