New Battlefield 2142 Screenshots

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  I don't play the game, but from what I can tell the complaints largely stem from the game being very bugg... : Chris Remo
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    I read that too - It's just odd (possibly lucky) that I really haven't run into any bugs. I'm not going ... : Sylvanus
    • I gave up on it after I spent some 30-40 minutes trying to bind my keys, then hopped into a game, hard fr... : kungfusquirrel
  • It's not so much that the game is buggy, but that it's still buggy. People are slowly learning that E... : Dynotaku
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  just like script kiddies flocking to exploit the most widely used OS, shackers are compelled to bitch abo... : vodkatini
  • if that were true you would have seen the same bitching here about BF1942 in its day. or counterstrike ri... : Mansmells
• when the game first came out, a lot of people had bugs, horrible load times, and hated the server browser... : chongerX
• it's just not as fun as BF1942 was. yes, it offers some improvements to the core gameplay, but it als... : pyide
• Everyone, thank you very much for your replys. This is what I love about the shack. : Sylvanus
• because it is a buggy mess, easy as that. EA doesnt provide proper support for their game. Its 2006 and a... : odin318
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  its one of the most exciting times i had playing a game since the quake/teamfortress days, but also one o... : USteppin
  • wow that's an impressive list ;) : cucumber1972
  • Good list. Add these: - Ejected from vehicle if you end a chat sentence with the letter "e" - Kit men... : deeveee
  • This is the correct post. I think BF2 has the potential to be a great game - but the amount of bugs serio... : Daggoth
• I think the booster packs idea is super lame, but I've only seen the red name bug once and the server bro... : Sturm08
• The shack loves BF2 the game and hates BF2 the software. That's it. : zehh

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  ".. where everthing is lost .. BUT HOPE." : AndyGoin
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    "...hope is the only thing left to lose." : Dynotaku
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      "...one man..." : graah
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        "...and his faithful dog, hope..." : deathofrats
        • ...get lost... : Angrakhan
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          ...for the revelation of a lifetime... : Sylvanus
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            ...one shot at true love...forever... : freezejeans
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              ...lives interwoven in a love like no other... : Sylvanus
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                on brokeback mountain..... : -efx-
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                  ... But no one expected ... : jet-poop
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                    ... In a land far away from home ... : shackwack
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                      "...a lone turd..." : doghell
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                        ...pooped back and forth...forever... : Nihilist
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                          ... until the Firecane... : osiris_brad
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                            ...launched from... : Sylvanus
                            • ...one last wish... : zehh
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                              ...orbit, the only way to be sure... : pharoah mike
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                                ..until a deadly asteroid 10x the size of... : Sylvanus
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                                  ...my penis... : spdon
                                  • ..obliterated the entire galaxy. THE END : Sylvanus
                                • ^this was the best one : shackwack
• cried out in desperation... : asianpower

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• ...fanboy... : Lobito
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  WoW in BETA was more stable than BF2 upon final release. : bigimp
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    Are you kidding? : tharger
    • Bitching about bugs is a fantastic way of covering up your lack of skills. Nancy's. : brome
  • WoW in Beta was pretty fucking stable. (Paladin's were better too) : graceofdragons
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    Of course it was. The population was a lot lower, there was no item degradation, so the database wasnt tr... : johnny skidmarks
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      You could also argue that BF2 has a finite number of players per server (64) and so long as you keep your... : Sylvanus
      • Agreed. My only point was WoW has been continually plagued by lag issues, downtime, etc, and people still... : johnny skidmarks
• this post is hilarious. You're comparing an FPS with 32 or 64 players to an MMO with thousands of player... : grendel
• shill.. : hadokennn

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  roger that. how about a game mode that has objectives...actually make that non linear objectives. : flasher 907
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    They already have that. Your objective is to capture the flags and you can do it in any order you choose... : Priest77
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      ok smart ass ;) how about multiple real world objectives per level like - destroy bridge A - escort ... : flasher 907
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        I think the biggest problem on BF2 (and a number of other BF* maps) is having maps that are too chaotic a... : zehh
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          that's a good point, i hadn't thought about that. i guess that's what ET worked so well. the "real world"... : flasher 907
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            i wonder if objectives more organic to the map would be more fun- alot of battles are fought for control... : mirkin
            • The flag system is an abstraction of those types of objectives. A dix would be to remove the physical fl... : trove

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• Unbalanced? I've been playing clan vs. clan and only fine unbalancing to happen when one clan is obviousl... : brome
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  Of course QW will have less bugs and better design - its been in the making for a few years now and they'... : brome
  • definitely too bad - the unbalance issue for pubs = players who are very skilled w/ planes or choppers... : mirkin

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  Ya, because we all know that you can form horrible opinions of games you haven't played 1 second of. : Phreakin
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    Screenshots are really a good indicator of gameplay. /sarcasm : themelon
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      True, but previous experience with BF titles, EA Games in general and EA form of advertising(aka screensh... : ShadowRam
      • the mere fact that they are milking the same engine with 'tweeks' tells me that the gameplay will be exac... : deathofrats
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  next person to claim planet side has better bullet reg than bf2 will die of AIDS. : spdon
  • hahahahaha : cucumber1972

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  lobito huequito... lol : soar20024
  • Y eso Soar?...acaso mi punto de vista le resulta vacuo y superficial? ..por aquello de ¨huecoÃâ... : Lobito
• What else do you want them to add, elves and magic? : Fuzzwah
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  I strongly agree, most "futuristic" war games screw up and have junk that is already surpassed by real li... : walther
  • Personally I like it when futuristic games go with more "low-tech" type equipment. It can be more realis : Priest77

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  A 64 player Mechwarrior game with Battlefield-style gameplay might be cool. : UtilityMaximizer
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    If MS'd do it online - it would totally rock. I'm talking MMORPG style. : Sylvanus
    • So you mean lag lag and more lag. I'rd rather have a 64 man server with good ping then faux realtime comb... : Sgt_Boomstick

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• Sure I'll take the bait - Quake Wars is going to smash this thing into a fine dust! : noleh8r
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  There were only two posts mentioning QW before you. Unless you're counting all criticism of 2142/battlefi... : jet-poop
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    Go back and look at all previous BF2142 comment threads. : brome
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      How can announcing a game like this not draw inevitable comparisons to QW? : -efx-
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        Not much use getting into it. his whole posting history is spent defending the battlefield franchise. h... : johngloid
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          Again, no I don't. : brome
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            http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11816561 Close enough. : SatansFist
            • Yep, rofl... : Nihilist
            • haha, well done scooby! : -Panther-
• Guys, brome either works for EA or DICE or is a marketing shill...he only posts on these threads and he j... : deathofrats
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  Seriously: Is there anything being done to address the negativity that the game gets? Sticking your hea... : Sylvanus
  • afaik, dice employees would love to do nothing more than sit and fix all the bugs. unfortunately its n... : brome
  • The negativity doesn't matter at all when the game sells buttloads. : Mansmells
• And no, I'm not a marketer, public relations person, employee of DICE or EA. I'm just a fan of the title ... : brome

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• It's true. They must realize they're fragmenting their community by constantly churning three of these ti... : -Panther-

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  Becuase this is the fourth game and who knows how many expansion packs they are using the same exact eng... : deathofrats
  • a before u except after c..because : deathofrats

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• Seconded. : Dslyecxi

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  Only thing BF has going for it is more players, isnt QW only 32 players? : deeveee
  • I think the maps for the game are being developed for 32 players but I think the "roof" is 64. It should ... : -efx-
  • Have you ever played on a 64 player bf2 server? It should have been released as 32 player soft-max too. : jet-poop
• Bitch, please. Your soul already knows. : geedeck
• Pick one: Invincible aircraft spam or Artillery spam : genjuro
• This. Without fail, this. : Sylvanus
• QW, based purely on released SS's, and the track records of both dev's. : mn3m0n1c

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• That sounds like a more plausible future if you ask me. : freshyk
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  hey guys its now 2006 why hadnt we colonised the moon by the late '90s? Did dodgy scifi reruns lie to me? : spdon
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    In a hundred years we went from using horses, to flying to the moon, from using candles, to the internet.... : deathofrats
    • thats what they said in the 50s. Physics currently says its impossible, untill we find a way to either co... : spdon

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  What about me? Also, up for some shacksquading today? : themelon
  • IS your UT2K4 Server still up? I haven't been back in a while (no offence - CoH/V captured my attention ... : Sylvanus
• I would be down for later tonight. : Concrete
• I won't be buying this unless it ships with almost zero bugs and awesome reviews. It will face stiff comp... : UtilityMaximizer

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• Needs more Quake Wars. : noleh8r
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  Needs more WWII. : Jeepy McJeeperton
  • We all need more WW2 : ShadowRam
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  Needs more COWBELL. : zipperface
  • ^^^ You are correct, sir! ( LAMO! ) : Sylvanus

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• Cut them some slack, they only have 9 months to rush this out.. : deathofrats

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  reminds me of bf nam. what an awful title :( : Silent Wolf
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    Not a really popular iteration, but it was by no means an awful game. Maybe in comparision to the fully ... : Halen
    • I want a battlezone 3... anyone here played the first 2? Yea, you know what im talking about PURE SEX! : happynoodle

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  Agreed. Tomorrow is April 1. : dave17lax
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    are you from the future? : Break
    • I came from the future in a time machine YOU invented- LOL, no, a couple of buddies think that this is... : dave17lax

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• This is probably corect. : Dynotaku

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• I guess the curve is wrong.. http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/bf2142/Battlefield+2142/1/033006/bf214... : sharkII

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• its not that bad a shot - i think its supposed to represent a foot-soldier looking up at a passing mech -... : BlitzMayhem

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• prepare for a lot of dead air between now and 'then' : Madwacker
• I like to see that when Crysis is in the stores ;) : exmx