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Battlefield 2142

I didn't expect to get sucked into Battlefield 2142 as much as I did. Set in a grim future where an unexpected Ice Age ("Hey Al, do those glaciers seem closer to you?") has wiped out much of the farmable land, two armies fight for control of key strategic points do determine whose population will live, and whose will starve. But that's back-story. In the game itself, you take the role of a foot soldier in the various battles, joining other players online, or on your own computer vs. bots.

I have spent many an evening playing 'just one more round'. Because BF2142 has two different game modes and a range of different maps, there is always a map and a mode to play in your free time.

The derivative future-world of Battlefield 2142 feels like a mixture of the same old vehicles, weapons, and combat found in other high-tech first-person shooters (FPS). But even through the game rarely innovates, its common parts feel comfortable and fun. FPS enthusiasts need to overlook numerous bugs and glitches, but once we started firing guns inside the bleak world, the great game balance made us forget to care about originality.