Easily the best online game on the PS2.
User Rating: 10 | Battlefield 2: Modern Combat PS2
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat succeeded in what makes the series so much fun. It created an addictive multiplayer with tons of potential. In my opinion, don't bother getting the game if you are hooked up for online play. THe single-player campaign was a nice effort but lots of things just don't seem right. Hotswapping between players is interesting and is the best thing about single-player. The most annoying things I found annoying about it was that the enemies spawn litterally on top of you sometimes. So skip the campaign and head for the 24-player battles! There are lots of different vehicles to choose from like tanks, humvee type things, and helicopters. Unlike in some games the vehicle aren't too cheap. Only the helicopter has the potential to take over a whole map. But in most cases there are plenty of ways to destroy the vehicles. The maps are also great, ranging from large desert maps with large towns, to chinese villages on the water, there is something for everyone. There are 5 classes of soldiers for each of the 4 nations. The assault class has an assault rifle (with an attached grenade launcher), 3 frag grenades, 3 smoke grenades, and a pistol. The sniper class has a sniper rifle, a pistol, a laser designator (which you use to target an enemy vehicle, sending missiles down upon it), 3 frag grenades, and a foward observer (which reveals the locations of enemies on the mini map). The special ops class has a silenced machine gun (with high accuracy), a silenced pistol, 4 C4 remote grenades, 3 stun grenades, and a knife (instant kill). The engineer class has shotgun, a rocket launcher, a blowtorch (to repair vehicles), a pistol, and vehicle land mines. The support class has a heavy machine gun, a pistol, a health injector, 3 frag grenades, and remote that calls a mortar strike onto your coordinates. The only thing is that there aren't a lot of each type of weapon. There is only one type of assault rifle for each nation, only one type of machine gun, etc. In other games you can customize what assault rifle you want to use. But that is not a huge set-back. The thing is simply that Battlefield 2: Modern Combat just feels great to play online. Did I also mention that the graphics are pretty decent too? Well they are. Pick-up this game if you have a network connection: now!
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