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jsnipy wrote:

there are less people driving bmw's than civics ... so what does that prove?
(not that bf2 is bad or inferior)

Yea... a decent BMW costs what? 50k? A Civic? 20k? People buy BMW's and Civics for completely different reasons, one is a commuter car, one is a status symbol.

BF2 and BF2142 are almost the same price, and they're almost exactly the same. The only difference is, one is supposed to be newer and better. But, as the poster of this thread has pointed out the "older and crappier" version is more popular, for the same price. What does this mean? bf2>bf2142

Your analogy fails.

Last edited by Greenspan (2006-10-24 14:38:18)

2142 sucks. The idea of having to unlock basic equipment is a pretty bad one.

Chou wrote:

It's still early, wait for the word spreads around and people start thinking: wow that game sounds awesome !!

But the game just doesnt sound awesome. Its all fake robots flying around. There is nothign real about it. And its a completely different game. So bf2 will live on until they come up with bf3. People want real warfare not robot warfare.

r2zoo wrote:

I find it amusing people will say EA/Dice are crap becasue a game has bugs.  If someone can show me one game that does not have bugs, at launch, or after patches, then the developer deserves a medal.  Unless you can program a better game shut your damn mouth already.  People spend years working on a game only for a bunch of jerks to call them "retarded" becasue their computers crash to desktop, becasue a programmer didnt do his job.  Just becasue you have problems doesnt mean that EA/Dice are horrible, its the player community thats horrible.

Valve+CSS

Right, why the hell is there flaming on this thread? Of course BF2 isn't dead. It's a bloody cool game. Has kickarse mods, some of the best maps I've seen in any game in a while aaaaaand...

If you get bored of BF2, SF offers a completely different style of play that can be incredible with a clan or good squad.

EDIT

I have noticed a sharp rise in the amount of privates to sergeants on the servers in the last few weeks though. Most seem like they are actually new players too, not secondary accounts. Has the price of BF2 dropped or something since 2142?

Last edited by Flecco (2006-10-24 19:33:04)

I tried 2142.. gave it a good honest effort, and decided it wasn't for me.  I don't like the gameplay or the layouts, the weapons and upgrade selections are drag and drop which in theory shouldn't be bad, but they aren't great either.  The units are hard to distinguish as well.. the only difference is the color on the uniforms.  BF2142 to me just looked cheap and hastily put together, even the way the rounds just end abrutly.

I'm glad I was able to return it.

lendll wrote:

think about it, what's so attractive about the future to sc-fi heads? The fact that things are supposed to be 100x cooler/streamlined/wildly imaginative. I see none of that in bf2142. I've heard that Dice spent more than a mere year developing bf2142, and I believe it. But to me, it looks like bf2 had more quality time put into it, and that's why bf2 is a better game to me, than bf2142.

Snipa Fox wrote:

Futuristic just doesn't do it for me (too many bright lights, crazy lasers and silly uniforms)

EA obviously thought long and hard about how futuristic to make BF2142 and listened to the feedback they got from the community. The community basically whined that they didn't want lasers and "pew pew pew" and so they tried to kkep the feel as contemporary as possible but with a future twist to it.

It's this kind of repetitive complaining about a game that get's things nerfed, the gamplay changed, and the community whining again.

Half the community say they don't want the lasers while the other half stay silent. EA release the game and the other silent half then say they don't like the game becasue it should be more futurey (I know it's not a word).

Can't we for once just accept the game for what it is, a new game. It's not trying to beat BF2. It's not necessarily in direct competition with BF2 (you are allowed to play both you know).

How long has 2142 been out and how long has bf2 been out?  Yeah thats right... Great comparison

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

How long has 2142 been out and how long has bf2 been out?  Yeah thats right... Great comparison

You Fail as do most of you in this thread ,iam simply stating bf2 is still holding its own agaisnt a new game .In the first week i was and so where many others expecting to see a huge drop in bf2 gamers but it hasnt been so.

I also see alot in the last week new players to bf2 and special forces i know some are second accounts but the majority are not .

Theres alot of useless flame in this thread and thats what i expected because people around here cant have a decent disccusion without resorting to flameing .

Doc is one of the few posters that got what i meant and has a true feel for the game .

Bf2 will imho outlast bf2142 but thats my personal view they are BOTH good games i just see bf2 surpassing the life of bf2142.

TheEternalPessimist wrote:

As a game on its own it's fine, what i mean is if BF2 and all it's pre-cursors hadn't existed and BF2142 was the only one in the series it'd be great, but it just dosn't stand up well as part of the BF franchise, it simply isn't as good as BF2 (my opinion).

I hope they are making BF3, I also hope its nothing like BF2142. Idealy it'd be set in about 15 - 25 years time, with weapons that are currently experimental, the future is a fine place for a game but it needs at least some grounding in reality to make it an absorbing experience. I simply cant make any sort of connection with BF2142 its all a bit to 'fantasified' (yup I made another new word), nothing seems "right" not that anything has a right or wrong as non of it exists and IMO thats the problem.

EA already bought DICE . What do you expect ? Dude , they will nerf everything even more in BF2 .
This is BF3 for me .. check this out .

Last edited by Longbow (2006-10-25 03:42:02)

I just think it's a real shame how the game is completely orientated to lower-skilled players, I was hoping it would be good so I'd have something to do till quake wars comes out, but I guess Company of Heroes, BF2, and Oblivion will have to make do.

As of this second, there are 600 more people playing 2142.

[iLL]h8+ wrote:

jsnipy wrote:

there are less people driving bmw's than civics ... so what does that prove?
(not that bf2 is bad or inferior)

I dont get it....

i don't get your sig