Question, Discussion: Why go for 2142

[Drusky]

How popular do you guys think BF2142 really is? Do you love 2142? When you go back to play BF2 do you think, "Aw this feels really stupid and sucky" or do you think "Hey flip I missed this, BF2 rawks"

I wanna know coz I'm not at present overly enamoured with 2142. Now this could just be because I don't like change

change is for undies and socks and those mini soft serve ice-creams you get at MacDonalds

or because I'm anal or because I don't wanna have to buy a DVD drive to play the game. Naturally there is the concern that I will be pwned for many hours before achieving a higher state of 2142 consciousness. Also my tags will be in demand owing to the fact that you savages have already knifed each other stukkend. Lastly I definitely prefer fps games based in the past or present, this future stuff can irritate me. And really lastly I think I need to know if the game play is that much better than BF2, is it?

SF last nite RAWKED. I initially thought haxxors would ruin BF2 now that EA had shifted their "care and attention" to keeping 2142 clean but it is the nature of the haxxor to seek glory and it's probably more glorious to be pwning in a gloriously unbelievable way on EA's latest offering than mixing it up with me on the dusty streets of Sharqui.

[Vortex]

2142 is great fun, but I find it a bit more 'plastic' than BF2. The load times are a lot better, but somehow it still doesn't have the same feel as BF2..

You will be pwned initially because you start off having nothing useful until you can unlock the grenades and the explosives and the pair of army boots

Everyone else has a 1 shot kill rifle while yours is a 22shot kill! (Or I suck)

SF was great fun AFTER we left the Iron Gator far behind us! I managed to get a ribbon and a badge for ground defense while trying to defend that waterfront point!

[Vortex]

Oh.. IMHO the vehicles suck in 2142, apart from that nifty buggy!! There's an advantage there, being that more people are on foot then.

[gus]

I like BF2142 Titan mode, because it is more up close and personal than BF2. Fighting in the titan corridors is great fun for me. It might be that I like change even less and are more into the UT and Quake type maps, rather than the long slogs over open ground, just to be shot by a snipper or somebody in jet/chopper.

Knifing do not happen that often actually, despite it being discussed a lot.

[gus]

Oh.. IMHO the vehicles suck in 2142, apart from that nifty buggy!! There's an advantage there, being that more people are on foot then.

Yes, armor whoring is a lot less common. Motion mines sort those types out quickly. As Vortex says, a lot more people fight on foot and one can actually get a good score that way, which is nearly impossible to do on foot in BF2.

[stoke]

If TITAN mode did not exist I would be quite happy with 2142.
TITAN mode is too laggy and buggy and it sixxorz beeg time.
I'd wrather play BF2 / AF / SF than 2142 Titan.

BUT ... 2142 urban is kewl fun, and 2142 with the jets and stuff is also kewl fun.
It's not better then BF2, it's just different.

[SlappY]

BF2 = take 2 steps and get blown to smithereens by air whores.
2142 = take 5 steps and engage in a blazing gun battle.
More team work in 2142 I find, especially in titan mode. You tend to see natural strategies evolve even if they arent communicated. People tend to play their roles better than in BF2.
Well thats my opinion anyways

[Bass]

I also found the game to have a much more "plastic" feel to it up front (probably just the sounds that are not very awe-inspiring, shoot the pistol to see), but I enjoy the slightly futuristic setting.

Being able to take a tank down with one shot is great !
I generally find the game a lot more balanced ... just the Voss at this stage is a bit of a pain !
2142 definitely encourages better teamwork.

I don't keep the DVD in the drive Drusky - just made an image and keep it loaded in a virtual drive...

[Sabre]

BF2 Karkland is still for me one of the best games/maps ever, but having played it for so long I definitely needed a change. Strangely I prefer 2142 titan maps better than conquest, especially when there's no lag ... it's intense. A combination of urban maps with titans will be awesome. Weapons in 2142 are really bland compared to bf2.

Of course the best game ever HAS to be starcraft!

[Brawler]

BF2 is a better game, but 2142 isn't far behind. Even though Titan mode mode is buggy as hell it is great fun, after playing many hours of titan mode, conquest mode just seems so slow and boring, hopefully all these bugs and the lag will be fixed in the next patch. EA take their time to perfect a game, just look at BF2. Also was incredibly buggy with server crashes & ctd's etc... and now on 1.41 it is nearly perfect. I was also worried about the whole future thing cause i am not particularly a fan of all that starwars shit but BF2142 is nothing like that.

I say go get it.