New from David today is this
Battlefield 2: Armored Fury interview, asking DICE Canada's Tom Galt about this second Battlefield 2 booster pack that's being released soon.
Tom Galt: We learned 2 valuable lessons, at least from the design side of the Euro Force booster pack. The first lesson was that while everybody seemed to enjoy the 3 new levels, which maps people liked depended on their play styles. The infantry players preferred Great Wall, while the pilots and tank drivers gravitate to Operation Smoke Screen and Taraba Quarry. For Armored Fury, we've tried to strike a better balance between the 3 disciplines, and I think the levels are much better for it. From the content side, people enjoyed the new vehicles but many hoped that the vehicles would offer some new gameplay when in fact they are pretty much just variations on the existing themes. In BF2, a tank is a tank. So for Armored Fury, we have focused on providing new types of vehicles that can offer players something different than what already exists in Battlefield 2.
_Midnight Sun takes place in Alaska, shortly after the Chinese took control of the port of Valdez. USMC reinforcements have just arrived, and the counter attack to push the Chinese army back into the Baltic Sea is about to begin_
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As an alternative to the expack, I invite all BF2 players to check out PRMM aka Project Reality Mini Mod and/or the US Intervention mod. Both offer new gameplay and new maps.
PRMM is an attempt at "reality" (duh). It features longer spawn and cap times to force teamwork. Weird features include no method to identify your oppenent, even after you kill him. There is no running obituary by design so you can't use it identify/confirm kills. The game is slowed down in that successful players will make a much more careful approach to their objective. Conquest is out and you now need to cap flags in order, which concetrates the action. There are other game types such as escort the VIP, but I didn't find this mechanic very interesting. Not really any new artwork or sound. http://www.realitymod.com/
USI is a Desert Combat rip off. The speed and lethality of the game is greatly increaced. Plenty of new vehicles include Warthog, Bradley, Frogfoot, and Apache. Lots of new sounds and artwork. I really enjoy the speed of the game here as that was one of the things that made me such a DC fan. http://usi.jarhedz.com/
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