POST YOUR THOUGTHS ABOUT THE BF2 DEMO.

Post by **Dre** » 2005-06-13 01:31

requiem wrote:I like how it takes 3 92FS shots to the head though, not much of realistic ballistics there

That's part of what I'm talking about. Game is great fun, but I think we can add a little something to it.

Post by **BrokenArrow** » 2005-06-13 01:47

haha im COUNTING on you guys to add something to it, or in some cases take things away, like the frontline skyward-pointing artillery and the moon jumping... and the moon ragdoll efects.... and the inaccurate opperation of firearms....you get the idea

Post by **JS.Fortnight.A** » 2005-06-13 03:15

Ever notice how you can actually run faster backwards than forwards (not sprinting)?, or the fact that you an a friend can throw 7+ grenades at eachother, or lay on top of them, and not lose more than 1/6 of your life... why would one even use the word frag out?!?! For god sake, its more like bean-bag-, featherpillow, stuffed animal-...out.. Nades are horrible. I mean compare what is in game to the "grenade in washer movie" we have here floating somehere on the boards

rediculous!

Not to mention I unloaded my whole M4 clip into the chest of a guy running at me with a Saiga... he started from 50 feet away... guess who died... I did (from a single shot mind you, and I had full life).

Post by **Dre** » 2005-06-13 03:59

[R-DEV wrote: JS.Fortnight.A]
Not to mention I unloaded my whole M4 clip into the chest of a guy running at me with a Saiga... he started from 50 feet away... guess who died... I did

OMG NEWB!

The grenades are weird. They seem to richochet like they were made of rubber. I've thrown them off the ceiling of one of the dual story bunkers, which is made out of corragated metal with the intention of hit smashing against the metal and landing in the corner of the bunker. Instead, it landed about 10 meters away... on the beach. Was amusing.

snipurs · Post by **snipurs** » 2005-06-13 12:48

First the heli is awsome i am a pro heli pilot now lol not really..i can do back flips front flips and rollers twisters you name it.. my gunner on voip was screaming the whole time cause i fly so dangerously and we once stood the the chopper for one hour without dieing once ^^

Also i have to gripe about the sniper rifle..ITS A HIGH POWERED RILFE. yet i was prone looking a STILL target and fired a m24 and a svd and he was atleast hmm maybe 500 yards. I was aiming at the head missed..i aimed at the center mass missed.. it seemed that i could only get "lucky" with it i am very disipointed in it that the sights misslead you.

GABBA · Post by **GABBA** » 2005-06-13 12:53

Iv'e always been the guy to help people so i'm a medic, spec op's, or support....

but i really love being a medic, its just so satisfying to come home after a day of war knowing that you saved someones life

.........

I had a great game yesterday..... everyone was on the beach trying to catch the flag on the otherside, were all just hiding behind sand hill's just waiting for someone to make a charge. Finally i got some balls and charge ahead , pretty soon my whole team was behind me and before long we got that flag

........

snipurs · Post by **snipurs** » 2005-06-13 13:03

i totaly forgot my spec ops mission we had, the cammandor issued that we take a boat and hit the carrer so my squad geared up 3 man crew at first, support(me) medic(SL)specopz(other buddie) we then took the boat after a hour of blowing things up holding the fort more people joined us we have a full boat. Once we landed we were set but somthing i find only a bf moment could have. We were in the boat and we saw a enemy boat(little did we know that a bh was looking right at us and the gat on the boat also to) we engaged the boat then 3 gat guns started hitting behind us we keeped going i look behind us and you know what i see?

i see the boat rattled full of holes and tracer fire hittng the water behing us as were running away and the water was kicking up like it has a itch as we were getting close the the bay of the ship the bullets keeped getting close then finnaly we got in. i felt like i was in a move where the hero was getting shot from behind and just ran faster then the bullets hitting the floor. after we landed all u heard in the squad SL say.. who ever that was good driving.. after deep breaths were taken we gave the marines some hell

GABBA · Post by **GABBA** » 2005-06-13 13:11

Was it just me who found Snipurs story a little hard to understand......?????

Sh0rtbUs · Post by **Sh0rtbUs** » 2005-06-13 13:21

I've downloaded 4 times, and every time I've installed and when I go to play, I just crash to desktop before the game even gets going.

*oooh bf2 demo...lets play!* Clicks icon *black screen, fools me into thinking it's going to work.... flicker...hope fading... desktop* back to Porn

All downloads were from different mirrors, and my PC is more than capable of running it. Suffice to say, Im pissed.

Post by **ArchEnemy** » 2005-06-13 14:31

download catalyst 5.1 drivers or older. New ATI drivers dont work.

Fubar · Post by **Fubar** » 2005-06-13 14:55

I really love the demo. Infact, it was even better than I thought it would be

My favourite class is Medic.

Sh0rtbUs · Post by **Sh0rtbUs** » 2005-06-13 16:18

[R-DEV wrote:ArchEnemy]download catalyst 5.1 drivers or older. New ATI drivers dont work.

been there, done that, bought the shirt. I roleld back to 1.5, and changed card settings. Now, instead of black screen, I've stepped up to the single/multiplayer option screen...but thats as far as i go. I cant click anything..

Maasika · Post by **Maasika** » 2005-06-13 16:50

Sh0rtbUs wrote:
[R-DEV wrote:ArchEnemy]download catalyst 5.1 drivers or older. New ATI drivers dont work.
been there, done that, bought the shirt. I roleld back to 1.5, and changed card settings. Now, instead of black screen, I've stepped up to the single/multiplayer option screen...but thats as far as i go. I cant click anything..

The new catalysts work fine. 6.5. Cats with R9800Pro at least...

And back on topic, comparing this to Americas Army, it's a bit too arcady but I'm not sure what to think about the "instant" spawning. Kind a like it when you don't have to sit around 9mins to start another round

Gun accuracy is a bit disappointing, although I've been improving with shorts bursts to the head area. Most effective, at least with the assaulters rifle... (can't remember the excact model). Sniping is frustrating, very little cues where you're hitting, do you need to take gravity into consideration?

But for competitive online play the graphics settings can lead to a very unbalanced gameplay. For intance if you lower everything to max the framerate you get additional "bonus" from not having any shadows. Forget about selecting a dark area to snipe from when possibly you're not covered at all depending on the graphic settings. Can you force certain settings when starting the server?

Shaitan · Post by **Shaitan** » 2005-06-13 18:26

Well here goes.

1: for fast action paced games with alot of peeps in them, the weap accuracy suffers. Why? Because the way accuracy is balanced right now, it seems more balanced for smaller player amount games. In smaller player amounts you have more time to try for better accuracy. In larger player amount games, you have less time to concentrate on accuracy shots imho. This can lead some peeps to believe the weap accuray is suspect. Cause at the moment, it ain`t made for twitch playing. In smaller player amount games it IS usable tho.

2: Sniper rifle

I fail to see why the sniper rifles zoom is fixed so low. It takes 2 hit to the body to take someone down, or 1 headshot. This is ok. And the scope view is ripped away when reloading for the US sniper rifle. I think the low fixed zoom is not enough. I see way more dudes sniping at CQB distances. ?????? Helloooo? This is because you can SEE what you are aiming at. 2x right now. That zoom enhancement should be more of a logical amount than just 2x.

And like has already been said, no visuals cues to adjust your elevation if ya need to. But the way the US scope view is ripped away so fast, if there is any visuals cues, ya won`t see em anyways. lol

I think snipers should manually reload after a shot=no autoload, and the scope view stays until the sniper decides to put another round in the chamber. This way you can see whats up... do ya need to readjust?

3: There are alot of vehicles. It`d be nice to limit the vehicles amount.

4: Ya have to almost sit on the flags to cap em, a larger capture radius would be nice. And seeing guys in vehicles capping a flag is sorta suspect. I`d like to see eveyone onfoot to capture a flag.

Well there ya go. These were my major griefs. But this is just a demo afterall. Gotta play the final version. There IS lots to love here. This is my 1st foray into BF territory, and I am glad as heck I waited till now to do so.

What EA/DICE doesn`t fix, I am hoping the Reality Mod does. (S)

keef_haggerd · Post by **keef_haggerd** » 2005-06-13 20:18

i had a problem with sniping, guys would be in prone, and it just seems liek its impossible to hit them, it took 5 rounds with my sights right on the guy to kill him. you really need a way of seeing how pinpoint your shots will be.

claygast · Post by **claygast** » 2005-06-13 23:41

The demo is sweet, however there are several things that get on my nerves.

For one, all types of weapons are horribly inaccurate, especially the machine guns and sniper rifles.

And two, they're all pea-shooters. One or two shot kills are VERY rare.

Ugly Duck · Post by **Ugly Duck** » 2005-06-14 02:06

If you hold down the fire key after firing your scope will stay up longer.

snipurs · Post by **snipurs** » 2005-06-14 13:05

GABBA wrote:Was it just me who found Snipurs story a little hard to understand......?????

told ya i have a hard time explaining things..when you get no sleep cause the demo it happens

ops:

keef_haggerd wrote:i had a problem with sniping, guys would be in prone, and it just seems liek its impossible to hit them, it took 5 rounds with my sights right on the guy to kill him. you really need a way of seeing how pinpoint your shots will be.

dude i was prone he was prone i had a better angle of a attack and i still couldnt hit him.

Post by **Black Beret** » 2005-06-14 13:41

There's definitely something wrong with the sniper rifles.

GABBA · Post by **GABBA** » 2005-06-14 13:48

..sorry snipe

....... when i was up for 12 hours playing bf2 i'm sure none of my post's made sense.....

all this talk about inncaurate weapons is starting to piss me off. it think the weapon's are fine and maybe some poeple should go back to the range before they have a go at the accuracy....The only thing i do agree about is the sniper rifles....