Battlefield 2 (Windows)

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Description

Take control of the modern battlefield as commander or troop in the true sequel to Battlefield 1942. Play as USA, China or MEC taking control of a large number of vehicles including jets, helicopters, boats, jeeps, APC's and even the USS Essex. As commander make use of being able to see all thats happening on the battlefield with scanners and UPV's as well as helping your army out with supply drops and wipe out masses of enemy troops with a well aimed artillery strike. Form squads and work together or go lone wolf and lead your team to victory by gaining ground and capturing flags across the map.

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Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "戰地風雲2" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "战地2" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Поле битвы 2: Бронированная ярость" -- Russian spelling
• "BF2" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Refractor 2
• Anti-Cheat Technology: PunkBuster
• Battlefield series
• Tank: M1 Abrams
• Technology: amBX

User Reviews

Look no further for excellent squad-based on-line warfare.

Doppelgamer (304)

Critic Reviews

GameSpy	Jun 17, 2005		100
Gameguru Mania	Jul 02, 2005	94 out of 100	94
GameStar (Germany)	Jun, 2005	93 out of 100	93
GameZone	Jul 27, 2005	9.2 out of 10	92
PC Action	Jul 19, 2005	92 out of 100	92
FiringSquad	Jun 21, 2005	91 out of 100	91
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jun 24, 2005	9 out of 10	90
GamesAreFun.com (GAF)	Jul 27, 2005	9 out of 10	90
2404.org PC Gaming	Jul 03, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87
Factornews	Jul 14, 2005	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Battlefield 2 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Booster packs

The 1.5 patch added the booster packs Euro Force and Armored Fury as free to play content for all players.

Graphics card support

Battlefield 2 is the first game to support Nvidia's 7800GTX and the first to drop support for GeForce 4 Ti cards.

Intro

The entire intro sequence is made up of 9 people (Nathan Clay, Rory Clench, Chris Hallam, Susan Holman, John Hopkin, Chris Lacey, Barrie Tingle, Anthony Zoghob and Johan Östman) being used in different positions and all edited together.

Ladders

The AI will never climb a ladder instead opting for the option of dropping an artillery strike on your position.

References to the game

Battlefield 2 was parodied in an episode of "Die Redaktion" (The Editorial Team), a monthly comedy video produced by the German gaming magazine GameStar. It was published on the DVD of issue 06/2006.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2005 – Best Multiplayer Game of the Year
• Computer Games
  • March 2006 - #2 PC Game of the Year in the 2005
• GameSpy
  • 2005 – #6 Game of the Year
  • 2005 – #2 PC Game of the Year
  • 2005 – PC Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2005 – Online Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • 2005 – PC Multiplayer Game of the Year
  • 2005 – PC Multiplayer Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2011 – #21 Top PC Game of the 2000s
• GameStar (Germany)
  • February 23, 2006 - Best PC Action Game in 2005 (Readers' vote)
• PC Powerplay (Germany)
  • Issue 04/2006 - #2 Action Game in 2005 (Readers' Vote)
  • Issue 02/2006 - Worst Slip-Up Series in 2005 (for the buggy start and bad crisis management)

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