Battlefield 2142 is a fantastic multiplayer game. The only problem, it didn't improve anything.
Gameplay: It isn't that engaging and the gameplay is exactly the same as Battlefield 2. The game takes place 100 years later and the entire world has plunged into war. They call it the Cold War. Global Warming has completely altered the face of the planet. It is colder in most of the world and there are only a few warmer areas. The weapons are the only thing that is not at all like Battlefield 2. They have many different weapons that you either start with or you unlock. There are 4 different classes: Assault, Support, Engineer, and Recon. All classes contain the basic equipment, knife and pistol. The Assault class is the main offensive class, obviously. It uses an automatic weapon and a medical hub used to heal you and your teammates. Support uses a machine gun and an ammo kit used to resupply you and your teammates. Engineer has a rocket launcher and a SMG. It also uses a tool used to repair vehicles. Recon is the sniping class. Battlefield 2142 still is using the rank and unlocking system.
Game Modes: Unfortunately there is no campaign, but there is a single player mode. It's nothing special, it is exactly the same as multiplayer except that they are NPC's and you can control the options of the game. There are a few additions to Battlefield 2142 such as the Titan Mode. There is the regular Conquest mode as well. Battlefield 2142 had a booster pack called Northern Strike which contains another mode called Assault Lines.
Multiplayer Action: Even though it is not very engaging, it is still quite satisfying. The game has great land vehicles, such as the Battlewalker. But it has terrible air crafts, only the basic transport and the regular helicopter/jet. The maps are actually quite good. They give you enough room so anybody can be an Assault or a Recon and still have all the action as if the map was built for that need. It is nice how they let you choose the size of the map as well. The amount of maps is also quite good. You can have a sniping contest at one of the larger more open maps. Or you can stage a huge war of everybody firing randomly at each other. Battlefield 2142 still uses the reducing of your ticket points system. In the multiplayer action you can humiliate other players by killing another one with your knife. This was taken from Battlefield 2 but when you kill someone with your knife you collect their dogtag. Dogtags contains the name of the player you killed.
Overall EA Games made a sequel in the hope of creating a futuristic way of Battlefield. They partially succeeded. They needed a single player campaign or even a Co-Op campaign. The game needed…well more of everything really. But if you have never even heard of the Battlefield series, this is a great game. As a starter it has everything you would like in a multiplayer game. I would have to give this game an 8.5 for the great multiplayer experience and the lack of the improvement of the Battlefield system.