Battlefield 2142

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Lethal Vehicles-- Gamers control menacing Battle Walkers that stalk the land and futuristic gunships that patrol the skies.
• Titan Mode-- Wage epic-scale war to defeat your opponent's Titan, a massive flying warship, controlled by the team's commander.
• 64-Players Online-- Experience all-out war with Battlefield's legendary multiplayer for up to 64 players.
• Real-Time Persistence-- To the victor goes the spoils! Equipment, medals and other rewards are awarded in-game and in real time.
• Customizable Abilities-- Gamers can expand their abilities and blend multiple player classes to match their play-style.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000GPXS9O
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (196 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,744 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | Edition: Standard

From the Publisher

Earth, 2142. As a new ice age depletes the planet’s resources, two massive multinational coalitions wage a brutal war for the only cause that matters—survival. Armed with a devastating arsenal of futuristic weaponry you must coordinate the efforts of your teammates to win the war for Earth’s last fragile pieces of livable land. With extensive improvements to the groundbreaking Battlefield 2 ranking and upgrade system and the new Titan gameplay mode, Battlefield 2142 brings the franchise’s award-winning online warfare into a harsh and desperate future.

Product Description

The year is 2142, and the dawn of a new Ice age has thrown the world into a panic. The soil not covered by ice can only feed a fraction of the Earth's population. The math is simple and brutal: some will live, most will die.

In Battlefield 2142TM, players choose to fight for one of two military superpowers - the European Union or the newly formed Pan Asian Coalition -in an epic battle for survival.

Armed with a devastating arsenal of hi-tech weaponry, including assault rifles, cloaking devices and sentry guns, players will also take control of the most lethal vehicles known to man. Massive Battle Walkers wage fierce combat on the ground, while futuristic aircraft rule the skies. When taking on this futuristic armor players will need to use their wits and an arsenal of new hi-tech countermeasures like EMP grenades and smart mines to level the playing field.

Epic online gameplay for up to 64 players drops gamers on the front lines as part of a formal squad, or behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct the strategic assaults of their team-mates.

For the first time in the history of the franchise, Battlefield 2142 will include a brand new game type to complement the classic conquest game. The epic, new Titan mode challenges gamers to destroy the opposing army's Titan - a massive, heavily armored, flying warship - while defending their own. To defeat a Titan, gamers must first take down its shields, board the craft and fight to its inner core before detonating it from the inside. This genre leading gameplay innovation changes the way you play, encouraging both teamplay and strategy in explosive large-scale confrontations.

With in-game success, players increase their rank and unlock awards, including new weapons, medals and more, delivering the most comprehensive and flexible persistence in the Battlefield universe to date.

Features:

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Will the real BF2142 please stand up...., March 29, 2007

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Role "Role" (England) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Battlefield 2142 (DVD-ROM) (DVD-ROM)

After reading some of the reviews here, I think it only fair to give a review that will dispel some of the confusion surrounding the game:
Is this just a mod of BF2? Fact 1 it IS a mod of bf2 and not a whole new game. However this has many advantages - all of the controls, radio commands and many of the weapons and vehicles are very easy to master if you already play BF2. The main addition to the game is the new titan mode.Titans are basically airborne aircraft carriers, and on titan maps you have to destroy the enemy titan by holding missile silos, then attacking the titan itself (like star wars battlefront2) to destroy the engine core once the shields have been lowered by the missiles.

They have removed kit classes. Technically yes and no - now there are only 4 class types (recon, assault, engineer,and support) but these combine several classes into a much more logical format IMHO. Now the assault class who does the bulk of the fighting has a medikit as standard. By using the ranked server unlock feature, each class can get extra weapons and abilities that allow you to tailor your soldier class to the task at hand. This gives far greater flexibility than before.

There is spyware installed with this game: NO - this game installs no spyware whatsoever. There is simply advertising streaming rented out from servers that display on billboards in game. TBH the only people who are losing out with this are the advertisers themselves, as you will be too busy trying to stay alive, so you will never read the ads they have paid for.

So how does this game compare to BF2? Well it depends on your perspective and level of skill. The ranked server unlocks means when you first play you have only got access to the basic kits and no extras. This means that nearly everyone else you meet has got more or ALL the unlocks such as nades, APM mines,stamina boost and turret guns, meaning you have very little chance against them. I try to see it as a challenge and I'm a pretty skilled gamer but even I find it can be very hard at times. If you are new to online gaming then I would not recommend this game at all, get BF2 as the unlocks are nowhere near as combat altering. The whole vehicle/weapon emplacement concept is very limited in 2142. Flyboys might want to give this a miss - there is now only two aircraft types - an attack chopper and a transport chopper. In defense the aircraft are now incredibly easy to master and fly using mouse and keyboard. Also there is only 1 style of tank, scoutcar, apc and walker available to each side. The PAC hover tank is an awful concept and gives a distinct advantage to the EUR team. There is now only 1 style of AA and anti vehicle gun emplacement as well.

Conclusion - well as usual from the BF series some big beautiful maps, and a great concept, but still no indoor fighting or real CQC except on board the titan, owing to the armour to win idealogy and you will never explore most of the maps as once again you are fighting for control points leading to little clusters of combat in these areas only. The ranked unlocks although allowing great personal freedom in kitting your soldier, means for the first 100 hours of combat you will die a lot. The titan mode is a great step forward but the poor design of the titan itself means its a very hard fight to destroy one. If you already own BF2 only buy this if you are a dedicated gamer like myself. If you are new to online games do NOT buy this - master BF2 first. I hope this review has laid to rest some of the rumours that surround this game,as personally I do like it, just EA need to really try harder for the BF series to survive. I would also like to quickly add that they have finally sorted out the age old gripe of singleplayer Bot AI. The Bots now actually bunnyhop and nade spam just like online enemies, and actually are more helpful team players than the real people, plus you can only use unlocks earned in multiplayer in single player.

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Buggy, Bloated, Poorly Made Game, October 17, 2006

By 

Henry Paradiz (Holland, PA, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Battlefield 2142 (DVD-ROM) (DVD-ROM)

I'm a very computer literite person so when I install a videogame I just bought I expect it to work right.... the first time. Battlefield 2142 did not even start up for me after installation on my brand new HP Laptop DV9000 with an Nvidia 7600 Go card. The entire installation process was litered with bugs. The microphone setup didn't even detect my audio setup even though it works perfectly fine in all other games and software (CS, Ventrilo).

Adding salt to the wound is EA putting ads into this game. I know I will be returning this game and I'm pretty sure anyone who decides to buy this is taking a $50 gamble.

137 of 174 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This game contains SPYWARE. Buyer beware!, October 17, 2006

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Shoogle (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Battlefield 2142 (DVD-ROM) (DVD-ROM)

Upon installing this game you will be warned that spyware will be installed on your system. Essentially it watches where/when/what you surf, reports home, and then serves up ads within the game based on this information. Even if the data is kept anonymous, this is no different than any other malware which collects user data in order to make advertisers rich, at the expense of gameplay. And besides that, how much do you think gameplay will degrade with all those extra processes going on in the background? No thanks, EA. Time for a boycott.

P.S.: Any product that contains spyware ought to be FREE. Charging full price for something like this is outrageous and insulting.

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