Begin the Era of Modern Combat
‘Battlefield’ finally comes to the PS2. Expect a rise in anti-social behavior.
Published: October 25, 2005
Console gamers have been spared the irresistible life-sucking pull that the unholy power of Battlefield 2’s multiplayer wreaks on poor, unsuspecting PC gamers for a while now, but that’s all about to come to an end. Starting today for a mere $50, the addition is available over the counter.
You can blame the tag-team of what’s left of the Swedish-based Digital Illusions CE development team and the boost they got from EA’s UK studio for that if you ever see them, but chances are if you’re unfortunate enough to trip and fall and end up at a game store and buy the game then trip and fall and land at home in front of your TV with the game in your PS2, you’ll never be seen again. Avoid them potholes.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat condenses all of the functions and gameplay of the PC version down into something more easily digestible for the PS2 controller. After all, if you can’t take a huge bong rip while bunny hopping away, it’s really not worth playing, right? Modern Combat’s multi-player is more or less unchanged from the PC version, though it does add simple ways to call in strikes, take control of the 30+ vehicles and pick and choose between the 50+ weapons in the game.
The single-player game is actually a little different, allowing you to “Hotswap” into any character on the battlefield, allowing for instant gratification if you want to be “that guy that gets to shoot the rocket-thingie at the chopper” without risk of being called a pussy for whining about it. Stupid friends, you don’t need them! You can play with 24 new ones online and whine all you want. Just read our preview, we did!
You can blame the tag-team of what’s left of the Swedish-based Digital Illusions CE development team and the boost they got from EA’s UK studio for that if you ever see them, but chances are if you’re unfortunate enough to trip and fall and end up at a game store and buy the game then trip and fall and land at home in front of your TV with the game in your PS2, you’ll never be seen again. Avoid them potholes.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat condenses all of the functions and gameplay of the PC version down into something more easily digestible for the PS2 controller. After all, if you can’t take a huge bong rip while bunny hopping away, it’s really not worth playing, right? Modern Combat’s multi-player is more or less unchanged from the PC version, though it does add simple ways to call in strikes, take control of the 30+ vehicles and pick and choose between the 50+ weapons in the game.
The single-player game is actually a little different, allowing you to “Hotswap” into any character on the battlefield, allowing for instant gratification if you want to be “that guy that gets to shoot the rocket-thingie at the chopper” without risk of being called a pussy for whining about it. Stupid friends, you don’t need them! You can play with 24 new ones online and whine all you want. Just read our preview, we did!
