![]() ![]() ![]() If there was any initial doubt about the setting, the super tanks with heat-seeking missiles erased it. The setting in the demo level was a seemingly modern city that displayed as much in the way of detail as the entire 1942 game did, from the bills hanging on the concrete-and-brick walls to the lines in the roads. Now, bullets will pass through any material that you'd expect them to. There will be no more taking cover behind a canvas tent this time either. ![]() Rag doll physics have finally made their way to the battlefield, so riddling someone with bullets already looks to be more satisfying, in addition to solving the problem in the earlier games of not really knowing where or if your bullet made contact. The shadowing and lighting have been drastically improved and the character models already look as good as anything currently out there. Battlefield 2 looks nothing like its parents. Already, Battlefield 2 has an deeper and easier-to-use menu interface and a detailed profile system that's full of customization options, right down, we were told, to the patches on your soldier's sleeves.īecause we live in a very visual society, I'd be betraying America itself if I didn't mention the graphics. The whole point was to jump on a server with some friends, so the menus and profile options were completely stripped down. The interface for Battlefield games has always been accused of being uninspired. ![]() You say you want a step up? Looks like you're going to get it.Īs the lights dimmed and the gentleman from DICE started the demo, we knew right away that they had finally decided to make a new game. People who felt that Battlefield: Vietnam wasn't enough of a step up from the first game and its expansions will be writing "DICE" surrounded by hearts on the inside of their notebooks when they see what the developers have already done. The reason? Upon answering three riddles and working together to solve a puzzle involving a sundial, a glass daisy, and a bust of Will Wright, we discovered that we'd been invited to sit in on a showing of EA Games and Digital Illusion CE's Battlefield 2, the true followup to 2002's game of the year and one of the most prominent and promising titles of the coming year.ĭespite the fact that it's still very much a newborn game, Battlefield 2 is already showing some strong legs. Developer: Digital Illusions CE AB | Publisher: EA GamesĪs a special treat on the final day of E3, Nick Vlamakis and I were fortunate enough to be blindfolded and led into a secret room deep within EA's booth. ![]()
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