May 15th, 2011
By General Smacktard

Genre: First Person Shooter
Systems: PC
Developer: Digital Illusions
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: Spring 2011

After smashing through German, British, French, Japanese, Russian, Italian, American, and Vietnamese lines, you've broken through into the modern world of war, and Digital Illusions and DICE are bringing you Battlefield 2, scheduled for release in spring of 2011. The game will drop you into the hot zones straight from today's headlines with all the State-of-the-art weapons and vehicles. Choose from three sides: The United States, China, or the Middle East Coalition, and blast your way to the top. Unlike 1942 or Vietnam, this game is much more realistic. You can get shot through pieces of tin material, your helmet may fall off if shot, and spent shells and missile smoke will fly through the air. The game will contain many new features that will make team cooperation and strategy a necessity to win. Dense fighting environments, over 30 vehicles, rank-building, and destructible terrain is just a few of the things you will find in the game.

Here's an example of the new game's weapons: If you are in an anti-air vehicle, you can work off of an HUD that displays heat signals from aircraft, and your heat-seeking missiles will lock on to the target, and you can fire away with anti-air cannons. However, the plane can drop flares, which may avert your missiles to the flares instead of the aircraft. Running on an all new game engine, this game should be even more exciting than its predecessors, Battlefield: 1942 and Battlefield: Vietnam. Online play will be able to incorporate as many as 100 players in one server! Depending on how many people are in a server, the map size and number of vehicles will change as well. Also, you can become a commander and become a strategist, directing squad movements and coordinating attacks.

Battlefield 2 will also allow you to unlock things like new vehicles, decals, medals, and other things if you fight well alongside your fellow teammates. A new physics, audio, and video engine will give players the chance to blast through the middle east and far east to trample the enemy at a whole new level. If you pass up this game, you are most assuredly missing the chance of a lifetime. The game is being produced under the Stockholm-based Digital Illusions name, and EA will distribute the game worldwide early next year. Get ready to combine the original Battlefield with America's Army and Counter-Strike for undoubtedly what is to be one of the best online games yet!