Battlefield 2142 Patch 1.51 Enters Public Beta Testing

this is the patch that removes the cd check right?

I actually loaded this up two weeks ago due to the utter dearth of good FPS's. I played it for about 4 hours before realizing the population is completely different then what it used to be a few years ago when I played BF2.

Players now days are too stupid or have been trained like monkeys to just go wherever combat is largely neglecting any objectives that aren't brightly colored on their hud. 95% of the people I played with didn't understand where to go or how to use vehicles.

That said it still suffered from numerous hackers (the one guy on a tower halfway across the map shooting people with a LMG and killing everyone), the Titans no longer move to fix game exploits (half the fun), vehicles instantly explode and are prone to abuse (such as the APC that can constantly keep another vehicle EMP'd), and the game overall isn't really balanced at all (like the magic anti-tank rifle of doom).

I may play it again after this patch, but I'm guessing it isn't going to change anything worthwhile. BF2142 always seemed like a crappy reskined version of BF2 designed completely around unlocks.

My question is how many people actually still play this online, is this game even worth patching anymore?

This game was seriously underrated. I enjoyed the hell out of it when it first came out. I actually have it sitting on my shelf and have been tempted numerous times over the past two weeks to re-install it again.

I had no idea anyone played this game or has played this game in the last year.

Hover tanks and walkers...more games need these things!

I hope this is redone in the Frostbite engine. The destruction of the huge towers in maps and such would be totally awesome.

This is to get the BF (non-BC) series back on people's radar. The hype machine for BF3 will soon start up.

Hmm, looks like they have trend going on. The latest BF2 patch was 3 years after the previous one. Now this patch is 2 years after the previous one. They seem to only support the game for 1-2 years then wait 2-3 years then put out one last patch. Lets see what happens with BC2 :).

2142 gets 4 new maps but no love for Bad Company 2?

They'll probably screw up the hitboxes, and where's the balancing patch for Walkers? Damn overpowered things are banned on half the servers.

Definitely been waiting for this to hit public.

my BF game yet. so much fun.