The MEC Engineer on the tower changes to a US Sniper as he jumps off the tower.Īlthough first developed as a multiplayer-only game and slated for a Fall 2004 release, Electronic Arts delayed the game a full year to add a singleplayer mode in response to consumer feedback.However Sniper shots didn't have the same dramatic impact as a rocket. This originally started as a sniper shooting the land mine seen in the previous scene. When the MEC Engineer shoots at the DPV there is no vehicle when the rocket hits.The entire intro for the PS2 and Xbox versions were recorded using only 8 players ( Barrie Tingle, Alan Dale, Mati Rehman, Richard Kansley, Barry Wallis, Dominic Pitcher, Colin Pratt, Johan Östman) and was not taken from a multiplayer game as it claims to be.ĭue to re-recording of some scenes, it contains a few inconsistent scenes: The change over can be seen when going into multiplayer in the form of a black screen with the word LOADING in the top left hand corner as the game changes renderer.Įlectronic Arts logo Battlefield 2 Modern Combat was the first title to use the new EA logo in place of the obsolete EA Games logo. The game was then combined into the single players front end system. The multiplayer game was made by DICE Stockholm whilst the single player was made by EAUK North West studios and designed at EAUK Chertsey. Trivia Development Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is two games on one disc. The new Hot Swap feature allows you to jump into almost any other allied troop on the battlefield which saves loads of running and gets you into the best position for your next attack or defense. Unlike multiplayer, which supports up to 64 players, this mode only supports a maximum of 16 players, limiting the mode to only 16 player sized maps as a result. Throughout the single player campaign you switch between China and USA armies as you follow orders based on news reports which show both sides of the war giving you a view of how war is and how it's reported. Battlefield 2 features a singleplayer mode that allow players to play on multiplayer maps by themselves with bots on either the Recruit, Veteran, or Expert difficulties. Multiplayer allows up to 24 players battle it out in a Conquest mode where you capture flags and maintain control of them until the enemy tickers run down, or Capture the Flag which is all out attack to get the enemy flag back to your own base.Ī single player campaign, which is story led, see's China and USA go up against each other in Kazakhstan. and an active Internet connection if you want to play BF2 multiplayer. Vehicles like the Humvees, tanks, APCs and helicopters all make it into the game although fixed wing aircraft are noticeable absent. In this section I provide full descriptions for Battlefield 2s in-game settings.
Not an American user? DescriptionAlthough called Battlefield 2, this is the first of the Battlefield series to pass over to console.