Customer Reviews

Delta Force 2

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

When I initially tested DF2, I only rated this game with 3 stars because the full version of this game is full of glitches. However, Novalogic has finally released the patches to fix Delta Force 2 problems. This game is now more stable than it was initially released. The graphics are somehow faster now on my 16-bit video card. Now, I am back playing my DF2!

The AI enemies in DF2 are actually smarter than the ones in DF1. They can duck and hide behind bushes and tall grass. In some missions, enemy forces in fact send reinforcements. Very cool! They look for high grounds and hide in strategic places. Plus, they shoot very accurately. So if you are not careful enough, you can die easily.

This time, Novalogic incorporates story lines into its newly released DF2. This adds new spices to the game. Weather effects also add new flavors to DF2 because they make the game more realistic than DF1.

The only drawback is the night vision goggles. They are not very good. In some places, it is not helpful at all. Sometimes, it is so dark in certain spots that you cannot see anything. I like the night vision goggles in DF1. The new weapons are terrible too. In fact, I never use them. All I need is the M-4, sniper guns, handgun with silencer, and the anti-tank rocket launcher. Loading is a bit slower than DF1 and smokes disappear very quickly, but these are no big deals though.

I recommend this game to all first-person shooter fans. BUT you must download the patches right away. Now it becomes a 5 stars game!

One thing that you have to keep in mind when you play Delta Force 2, is that the game is not super realistic like Swat 3 or Rougue Spear. And that is where this game takes its dive.

Delta Force 2 is supposed to offer a realistic quality, wind and distance effecting your accuracy. But, I still haven't seen that done in my game. This game shouldn't be bought as a realistic team fighter, but a gung-ho Rambo type game. Sure you have teammates, but they are useless, and usually die. Also, hostiles who wouldn't spot you in a million years, some how do. But, when you are completely visable, and out in the open, many times hostiles won't even react to you. Also, the graphics are not improved, but rather the same as the first Delta Force. Multiplayer is crude, and often times uneventfull, with simple maps. Really, this game is just an add-on to the original, so if you have the first Delta Force, don't buy this one. If you don't have the first one, and you are in to charging into camps, sniping everything in sight, and a really easily beatable Campaign mode, come on in!

I have gone backwards in my delta force experience having bought DF#-landwarrior first and then buying up the first two just to have more missions to play. It is certainly been worth it! All the delta force games take place out doors which makes them different. It's realistic action were you have to snipe your way around the perimeter to make your way into a camp to complete your mission objective. Of the three delta force games i own i think df2 has the most original and interesting missions.

You like missions? Well in this game you get over 40 of them! I wish rainbow six would give you that many. These missions are part of two campaigns that form a certain story line or you can play them as "quick missions" in any order on your own. Many of those missions are also available in multiplayer so you can play coop with a buddy. The missions take place in a variety of weather conditions day and night and the challenge is being able to take out all the terrorists because that one guy you missed will take you out and remember one shot kills! Sure you can respawn but that just means starting the mission all over again from the beginning. That is the challenge in delta force the sheer number of combatants you need to take out and the large area in which they use. For example in one of my favorite missions there is a downed pilot hiding in this snowy wilderness. To fly him out safely you need to take out a camp containing at least 25 of the enemy and destroy three SAMs. Getting most of the terrorist scum is easy as you just take a position up top and start picking them off but it's hard to get them all and some are out where you can't see them easily. So patience is key because as soon as you leave your cover somebody will get you. It took me a while to complete that mission and twice i was 99% finished just having blown up the SAMs only to get sniped.

You don't have a huge number of weapons to choose from but what you have is fantastic and you'll find yourself using one of the sniper rifles or the M4 machine gun which has a grenade launcher. You won't use your hand gun much and you have the choice of delayed or frag grenades. Satchels are available for blowing up large things like those SAM sites and you can use extra ammo or a vest as one of your options. Because methodical, longer range warfare is the order you have a really nice alternative to games like rainbow and half life were most of your action is confined to a small space. It's the pace of the game that i really like and it's a blast to pick off some terrorist from 300 meters away.

The multiplayer is a whole new ball game because you're going to have quite a few people trying to get you. The last time i played at nova world there were 900 people in there so you never have to wait for some action. You can play deathmatch where every man is for himself or team death match. Capture the flag is a blast. You really can never tire of this game!

Drawbacks? Well the graphics are not an improvement over delta force one though they are pretty cool. You do need to update the game all the way because there are a few problems that needed to be fixed and you'll want to maximize your resolution. The game can be just a bit choopy and sluggish at times which brings me to why i only have a 4* rating.

In all the delta force games you are placed in an outdoor enviroment that is enormous. Often you will have to run for a minute or two just to engage the enemy or reach their camp. In all these games you feel like you are spending too much time running around and that is especially a problem in multiplyer were you run for ever only to get killed and have to go back to where you were . DF3-landwarrior remedies this problem a little by making the characters run faster but in this game you seem to plod along at a slow pace. That's especially true when running up and down steep mountains.

Over all delta force2 is a fantastic realistic shooter with unique characteristics. It's a great compliment to some of the other great games out there. I own rainbow 6 and rouge spear and this makes a nice alternative. Certainly the price is right.

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I am an avid military FPS player, and the Delta Force series is the best, I think. In Delta Force2 there are 45 or more missions that take place all around the world. The graphics are pretty good, but not as good as Delta Force Land Warrior. Although this game is teen, i think it should be mature, because it is very violent. On the box, it says "Mild Animated Violence." That is all wrong. When you shoot the terrorists, they scream and moan and sometimes crawl on the ground and make gurgling noises. Its pretty sick, and my mom didnt like it.Also, if you go to 3rd person view and shoot your teamates wirh a silenced weapon, you can hear the sickening "Put, Put" of the bullet hitting its target. Although it is violent, it is a very fun and sometimes frustrating game, but I highly reccomend it to military game fans.

This game is one of the best simulations of actual special operative ground combat. The review was pretty harsh on the fact that you cannot see the enemy from a long way away. When somebody is wearing adequate camoulflage, you cannot see them from very far in real life, which is what I think this game is trying to simulate. This game isn't going for the futuristic shoot-em up space alien look. Another realistic feature of this game is the gravity field. This requires you to adjust for range when shooting over a distance. The addition of grass to the scenarios adds even more realism. Weather also adds to the effect of the game. One thing that annoys me though is that on missions where you have to ride in one of the Blackhawk's to go somewhere, the gravity field is still in full effect. It is extremely easy to just slide out the door because the game doesn't take into count any of the other forces that would be plastering you to tthe floor of the aircraft as you make a hard turn. Also, the MK23 .45 sidearm doesn't seem to be very effective against enemy soldiers. It can take 4 or 5 shots at times to put somebody down. Last time I checked, that .45 bullet was almost the size of the .50 bullet the M-82 sniper rifle shoots, just going alot slower. It would normally only take one .45 bullet to put somebody down. Thats why SOCOM picked a .45 over the M-9 9mm that the rest of the military uses. Another thing that annoys me is that you have in your inventory a rebreather, underwater guns, and a camera when there seem to be no missions where you would use these devices. Maybe novalogic is planning on coming out with a mission pack later, but I was really wondering what you were supposed to use these for. Overall this game is an extremely good simulation. It is quite graphic intensive and can really slow your computer down when things start blowing up and dust starts flying everywhere, so make sure you have the necessary resources before you invest in this game, but the resulting realism is great. I would like to see better canopy control when you are inserting via parachute. As it is the canopy ride is almost the same as running except you can't stop. I would also like to see More of the extra resources special operatives have; such as gunships overhead that fire missions can be called from instead of the copperhead artillery rounds. AFSOC has cycled out all of its special ops blackhawks. Though the army still uses them, the AF uses MH-53 Pave Lows right now cause they are bigger and qiueter. These are also being cycled out when the CV-22 Osprey comes online. Novalogic might get ahead of the power curve and start showing some of these in any DF sequals the are planning. All in all this is a really good game and I recommend buying if you like realistic ground combat and your computer can handle it

Rather like 'Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear', 'Delta Force 2' initially seems to be a slightly-massaged mission pack for the original 'Delta Force'. The graphics have been improved slightly, in that you now get to crawl through grass, and considerably more of the man-made scenery can be blown sky-high with a wider range of macho hardware, the but the actual gameplay boils down to long-range sniping, followed by close-range sniping, followed by grenades and a dash to the rescue chopper. Unfortunately for 'DF2', it isn't enough. Crucially, the voxel-based graphics engine, whilst perfect for long-range sniper-fests, is jerky and slow on anything less than a fast PIII. Whilst not unattractive, the graphics seem shoddily done, with buildings looking particularly nasty. It's a shame, really, as voxels seem to be the only way to display convincingly-detailed topography without curtailing the viewing range. The gameplay itself is hardly changed from the original, and becomes quiet monotonous after a while - the variety present in 'Rogue Spear' is missing here. All the original AI faults are back, too - the bad guys have a habit of dashing straight past you when they get up close, or running into walls and sticking there.

All in all, it's much the same as the original, and if you liked that, you'll like this - but only if you have a fast PC. It's important to stress this. On my 450mhz P2, the game juddered in 640x480 resolution, making it very hard to accurately aim, fire, and shift my aim to another target.

I've always found NovaLogics games to be extraordinary, particularly their graphics. DF2 is just outstanding. Although there were some minor glitches when I first received the game, the manufacturer seems to be working diligently to fix them; same thing had happened with DF1, and everything was quickly corrected.

Internet play is amazing!

If you like any other shooter games,I.E. Rainbow 6 or Hidden and Dangerous, you'll love this game. The one player game is mediocre. But the Multiplayer is Awesome. With up to 50 players battling it out it gets pretty crazy. Also, I would get this game if you like to paintball.

When Delta Force came out I had to have it. It is one of the few games I kept coming back to, that and Half-Life. So, when I heard that Delta Force 2 had come out in the States I had to get it.

My opinion is its fantastic. What did it for me in the end was I was hiding behind a wooden building when a armoured vehicle with a heavy calibre machine gun started shooting at me through the building. And the ability to straith a tent with you gun and kill inside. Brilliant.

If you buy Delta Force 2 as a realistic war game, you will be more than disapointed. There are many things wrong with the game, like being able to see a body lying on the floor above you. Also, the most annoying glitch is that enemies can often shoot you through solid objects.

Now that most of the bad stuff is out of the way, this is still an enjoyable game, as long as your not a tech freak who moans about every little thing not real. The single player in Delta Force 2 is for the most part enjoyable. The AI is rather stupid, so instead of hard AI you get lots ans lots of stupid AI. But, it is still good fun that strays away from the standard shoot anything that moves approach. There are many missions that you need to proceed unnoticed for a good amount of time. Also, if you try to run into an enemy base and kill things, you will die. You need to be able to snipe from a distance.

In the startup menu, you can select quick missions. These are about 20 unrelated missions that you dont need to play lengthy campaighns to get to.

Now for the best part of this game and the reason you should buy it, the multiplayer. The Multiplayer is very good, with standard type games like deathmatch, team deathmacth, king of the hill, and several more. You can play LAN or via Novaworld. Novaworld is very reliable and most games run smoothly. Multiplayer takes away stupid AI and gives you a difficult challenge. Multiplayer maps give benifits to all types of players by providing sniper nest, bunkers, buildings, and mounted weponry. Muliplayer is really a fun experience.

Delta Force 2 is a good game overall. The glitches that occur are ones that look bad visually, but i haven't had any gameplay errors at all. If you freak out about small things, you probably wont like this game, but for the rest of us, this is a great game and is worth buying.