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''Battlefield 2'' is a '' Mod for '' Battlefield 1942 ''. Both games take place in modern times and, after the acquisition of Desert Combat developer Trauma Studios by Digital Illusions CE, developers that worked on ''Desert Combat'' went to work on ''Battlefield 2''. OVERVIEW The game portrays a hypothetical war in the near future between three powerful factions: the tank and the M4 Carbine assault rifle, the Chinese mostly use Chinese-made copies of Soviet weapons (such as the Chinese Type 56 Assault Rifle , though the game calls it an AK-47 ), and the Middle Eastern Coalition use mostly Russia n weapons. The various forces still use the trademark feature of the ''Battlefield'' series - the large stable of vehicles that any player, regardless of faction, specialty or experience, can climb into and control. ''Battlefield 2'' was originally scheduled to be released on March 20 , 2005 , but was delayed until June 21 , 2005 for North America, and June 24 , 2005 for Europe and Australia. A console version with a similar theme also exists, named '''', although the game is quite different in execution and gameplay than the PC version. OFFICIAL EXPANSION PACKS Battlefield 2: Special Forces
''Battlefield 2: Special Forces'' is an official expansion pack for the computer game Battlefield 2. It includes six new armies (compared to just three in Battlefield 2): U.S. Navy SEALs, British SAS, Russian Spetsnaz and MEC Special Forces, a Russian Rebel group and a Middle-Eastern Insurgent faction. These last two armies are apparently inspired by, respectively, Chechen rebels and insurgents in Iraq, but not named as such in the game. There are ten new vehicles, twelve new weapons, and eight new maps. This expansion pack is available for purchase via EA's content delivery service, known as EA Downloader . The expansion pack also includes new awards that players can earn, such as badges, ribbons and medals. The day of release of the expansion pack, EA/Dice released a new patch (version 1.12) which fixed a few bugs but mostly added art assets for the original ''Battlefield 2'' game to support the new weapons from the expansion. New features
Booster packs Euro Force ''Battlefield 2: Euro Force'' is the first Booster Pack , and was released on March 14 , 2006 . The booster pack allows players to play as a new European Union Army, armed with new weapons and vehicles from the various countries of the EU. It is only available for purchase online at Electronic Arts download service ( EA Downloader ). It was scheduled for release in February, but was delayed due to a substantial amount of new bugs caused by the release of Patch 1.2. Euro Force is available to download here (370 MB). Armored Fury ''Battlefield 2 Armored Fury'' is the second booster pack to be released for ''Battlefield 2''. This is the first game where the Chinese and MEC will fight the US in the continental United States. It will add 3 new maps, as well as two new vehicle classes: attack jets for close air support and Reconnaissance helicopters that automatically locate enemies. Operation Midnight Sun features the Chinese landing at the Alaskan port 'Valdez' where they are trying to secure much needed fuel from the pipeline. Operation Roadrage is an MEC vs. USMC map, where the MEC are using US Highways to transport units to industrial areas, dangerously close to civilians. The second MEC map sees the United States trying to stall the MEC on route to the capital, whilst waiting for reinforcements. EA has also confirmed vehicles such as the A-10 (part of the Attack Jet class) and the Little Bird (as part of the recon helicopter class). This has been postponed and will be released in May 2006 along with patch 1.3 {Link without Title} . DEMO A demo is available for download from major game sites featuring a single map ("Gulf of Oman") for both single-player and multi-player. The 16-person version of the map has a time limit of 10 minutes; the 32-person version has a time limit of 12 minutes. The 64-person version is unavailable in the demo, though up to 64 players can still play on the 32-person map. Some aspects of gameplay, such as jet combat, are markedly different in the demo compared with the current game. This is due to changes made in recent patches. FEATURES
MAPS Main article: List Of Maps In Battlefield 2 ''BF2'' originally shipped with 12 maps, with Wake Island 2007 being added from the 1.03 patch onwards. Depending on the number of people the server is configured to accommodate, the scope and objectives of maps change. For example, when "Gulf of Oman" is played with only 16 people or less, it is an Infantry and Armor combat scenario with 4 objectives to capture. With more players, 2 new bases open up, spawning Fighter Aircraft and Helicopter s. Single-player mode only allows access to a selection of the 16 player version maps, and several maps are not available at all for single-player, such as the "Kubra Dam" map. INFANTRY CLASSES ''Battlefield 2'' has seven classes per team, up from Battlefield 1942 's five, and Battlefield Vietnam 's four, with four sub classes. As a player advances in rank, they can unlock their choices of special weapons - two per rank after Private First Class - which can be used on any server. It is possible to bypass this unlocking system by playing on servers that have "global unlocks", however these servers cannot be ranked. It is also to note that in the expansion pack Battlefield 2: Special Forces that there are additional unlockable weapons. The classes are:
All classes carry a basic Pistol , combat Knife and Hand Grenade s, with the exception of Anti-Tank, which forgoes the grenades in order to accommodate a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher, and Assault, which is equipped with a grenade launcher on their default kit weapons. After many points are earned, players can unlock alternate weapons for each class. For instance, snipers may choose the glass-piercing M95 sniper rifle (firing .50 BMG ammunition), and Spec Ops can use a H&K G36C carbine instead of the M4 Carbine . On ranked servers, the players must earn points and become promoted to a higher rank in order to unlock a weapon of their choice (one per kit, two if the player owns the Special Forces pack) if they wish to use them. Once unlocked, non-ranked servers can allow or disallow (server side) players from using the weapons they have unlocked on ranked servers. Different classes are able to sprint for different lengths of time than others, and have different amounts of body armour. Support and Assault classes have heavy body armour and can sprint for 8 seconds. The Anti-Tank class has heavy body armour as well and can sprint for 9 seconds. All other classes can sprint for 10 seconds, but have no armor protection. WEAPONS See Also: List of weapons in Battlefield 2 ''Battlefield 2'' uses a number of different real-world weapons, however, they do not always perform the same as their real-world counterparts. Weapons are organized according to country and kit, and special unlockable weapons can be used by any country - however, the player must obtain a certain rank to spawn one or more of them. It is possible for a player of any rank to use unlocks by picking them up off dead soldiers. VEHICLES See Also: List of vehicles in Battlefield 2 There are many different types of vehicles playable in ''Battlefield 2''. They are all based on real-life vehicles used by the militaries of different countries. All pilotable vehicles take damage from guns, missiles, rough terrain and crashes, and catch fire and explode when they become submerged in water (with the exception of the APC s and RIB s). All vehicles have a damage meter which is lowered with successive damage, and can be replenished by a supply crate or Engineer Kit . Helicopters and jets can also be repaired by returning to a friendly helipad or airstrip. Once a vehicle reaches a certain damage level, it catches on fire and its damage meter automatically lowers until it explodes or is repaired to a safe level (if a hit lowers the damage meter to zero before this, the vehicle explodes instantly). All aircraft explode if they crash into any terrain object at a high enough speed. Being damaged does not affect the vehicles' performance, albeit making them more vulnerable to destruction. If a player is standing close enough to a vehicle when it explodes, they will take damage or be killed by the explosion, depending on the size of the vehicle and type of projectile used. Standing next to its charred wreckage when it disappears will also cause some damage. RANKS See Also: Table of ranks in Battlefield 2 AWARDS See Also: List of awards in Battlefield 2 EASTER EGGS Battlefield 2 includes a number of Easter Eggs :
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PATCHES There have been a number of Patches made available since the release of Battlefield 2. Patch version 1.2 (officially released on February 14 ) was the last major patch to be released. The primary reasons for the patch, as stated by EA Games , were as follows: #To ensure multiplayer compatibility with the ''Battlefield 2: Euro Force'' booster pack, #To address numerous minor gameplay issues, #To address several game exploits which could be utilised to gain unfair advantage. #Adds 2 new unlocks L96A1 and the P90 . #Adds 9 new Ranks (1st Lieutenant up to General) {Link without Title} DICE created quick-fix patch (1.21) to address several bugs and other problems that have stemmed from the 1.2 patch. It was released on March 9 , 2006, allowing the Euro Force Booster pack to be released on March 14 . The latest patch is version 1.22, and it was released on March 28 through the EA Downloader . Like 1.21, it addressed several bugs and problems in gameplay. MODS Mods that are known to be in development for ''Battlefield 2'' include: Total Conversion Mods (not Mini-Mods) for Battlefield 2 that have been released include: EXTERNAL LINKS |