Battlefield 2 System Requirments

[Alan Freeman]

Anyone know what the system requirments for battlefield 2 are. I have seen a few in game videos and i might add they look unbelievable. this game is going to rock IMO. So if anyone knows please help. Thanks

 

[Hazar]

I don't think they've released any official requirements

Here's my guess though:

1.5 ghz processor
256mb ram
5 gb free space
dx 7 (maybe even 8) or above video card.

 

[destrukt]

^ lol.

i doubt even that could make the minimum requirements though i'm guessing it will only be a bit above that.

why the dots in the name ? it's just plain battlefield 2, stalker has the dots because that's the official name.

 

[gh0st]

why the dots in the name ? it's just plain battlefield 2, stalker has the dots because that's the official name.

i think he's making a statement.

anyway, i can see them being higher than what was posted earlier. it should be a fairly hard game to mass market.

 

[Hazar]

Maybe 512mb ram would be a better guess.

Along with broadband only.

 

[blahblahblah]

Save yourself the money and don't buy another DICE product. Hell, don't buy another EA product while you are at it as well.

I already know for a fact that Battlefield 2 will suffer from extreme lag upon release. I also know that it will be buggy and unbalanced as well. Come on, this will be the third game in the series. The first two had the same identical problems. The third will have the same. Not to mention the entire formula is more stale than thanksgiving leftovers still in my fridge.

In all honestly, the system requirements are going to be steep. Especially if all the stuff they are touting makes it in to the game.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

I agree with blahblah.

What you will get upon release
- A buggy product rife with gameplay balance problems that won't be fixed for at least 3 months
- Lag lag and more lag

What you'll get 6 months after release
- After a patch or two, support for Battlefield 2 will be dropped
- Despite annoying gameplay problems and glitches they won't be fixed
- There will then be an announcement of an expansion pack for BF2 called something like BF2:Crisis in the desert against towel heads
- People will be pissed off that the problems in BF2 aren't being addressed
- All the bf2 fans will rush out and buy this game only to be disappointed that it's exactly the same as BF2 except one extra weapon
- The community will now be split, player numbers for both games will be lower.

12 months after release
-The second expansion pack will be announced called BF2:Stealth weapons this will be extremely crap with only a few of the diehards left over to purchase it.

This is what EA do with their game franchises. They get one idea and whore the ****ing shit out of it.

Though i'm sure some people will enjoy every second of it. I'm just warning what will happen if you really get involved with BF2 as i got involved with BF1942, i saw firsthand the bs EA dish out. EA/Dice had a golden opportunity to create a strong opponent to Counter-Strike but insisted on not taking the community oriented approach of Valve.

 

[destrukt]

i had no 'bug' issues with the first 2, and i never really heard about any.

though they were both unbalanced somewhere.

 

[Kyorisu]

BF is a chunky engine. BF2 will be even worse.

 

[Warbie]

It might be pretty good - who knows (I didn't like the first btw)

 

[dYiN]

what a BS , Bf1942 was great and they released a lot of patches. I admit that bf:v wasn't really like it should have been , but BF2 is being made by the original bf team (sweden) and the lame team of canada is making the console shit . I'm sure that bf2 will be the best MP exp. ever . They are taking 5 months to tweak the game just for the gameplay feeling. And they will realease a demo , so they will get a lot of advice .Just read the latest preview gamespy made , you will change your opinion :cheers:

 

[Direwolf]

I know what I'll do! I'll establish a pattern based upon one game! That makes sense.
For the lot of you: Vietnam was made by a different DICE, the Canadian one, with BF42 and BF2 being made by the Europeans. These are the guys behind the original Battlefield, and I'll be damned if that wasn't a hell of a game when it was released.
It of course was a little rough since no one had ever tried to do anything of that scale for people's mass consumption, but it was always playable no matter what. (People played the demo for about 3 months BEFORE the game was even released)
As for not buying any EA games, I might as well sit here and twiddle my thumbs then, because I'm going to be denying myself a A LOT of game time.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

I know what I'll do! I'll establish a pattern based upon one game! That makes sense.

Medal of Honor : Allied Assault 1 patch

Then

Medal Of Honor: Spearhead
Medal of Honor: Breakthrough
Medal of Honor: A whole bunch of console titles...

I'm not even going to start on the sports games...

I know these guys are out to earn a living but from a community perspective bringing out so many expansion packs sucks if it's virtually the same game. For MOH:AA had EA released numerous patches, new mp levels, new mp game modes, tweaked weapon balancing (the sort of thing Valve do) it would have galvanized a solid community. It would have also helped to sell many more copies of AA as word of mouth and possible CPL type exposure attracts many new players (the sort of thing that brought CS to it's dizzying popularity).

I'm looking at the situation with the goal of increasing the number of people who play PC games online and i think EA's tactics do nothing to help it. Imagine they could create a good online game , give it the right amount of support for the right amount of time (support includes adding new content), with the right server side tools....and they just may have a competitor for counter-strike. I'll watch what they do with bf2 closely, but i'm afraid they'll blow another golden opportunity.

So i'm probably over analysing the situation as usual, but i've seen so many EA games with so much potential for greater things dwindle into crap that i've become extremely cynical to anything they do.

though I sincerely hope i'm wrong and Battlefield 2 does significantly boost interest in PC gaming and does create a strong and large online community with the support from EA.

 

[Direwolf]

I understand that EA's support strategy may sometimes seem questionable, but I have to point out that:
A)The Battlefield teams have given away an awful lot of extra stuff and improvements for them to be too tied to EA's purse strings (such as the constantly updated and tweaked weapons of BF42 and the BF42 mod for Vietnam).
B)I don't think its worth even thinking about the patch schedule (much less expansions) at this point, as thats really worrying over milk that hasn't yet been spilt.
C)I take issue with anyone who immedietly assumes that the game will be broken upon release, as I've mentioned theres really no precedent for it.

 

[blahblahblah]

I understand that EA's support strategy may sometimes seem questionable, but I have to point out that:
A)The Battlefield teams have given away an awful lot of extra stuff and improvements for them to be too tied to EA's purse strings (such as the constantly updated and tweaked weapons of BF42 and the BF42 mod for Vietnam).
B)I don't think its worth even thinking about the patch schedule (much less expansions) at this point, as thats really worrying over milk that hasn't yet been spilt.
C)I take issue with anyone who immedietly assumes that the game will be broken upon release, as I've mentioned theres really no precedent for it.

2 Games. Dice's name was on both products. Just because the original Dice group didn't work on BF:V doesn't make it a DICE Product? I don't think so, the company as a whole should be putting out good products. If there is only one magic team at DICE putting out great games, most likely BF:42 was a fluke.

I heard about BF:1942 when it was released, it was almost unplayable. When BF:V was released, it was *apparently* less laggy, but had more balancing issues (that made it impossible to enjoy being the VC on most maps). Then they patched BF:V and introduced enough lag for me to leave the game.

I don't care about new content, why can't they fix and polish what they already have? Why should I have to be careful when walking down stairs (because I'm afraid that I will die if I fall 2 feet)? Why was the patch team more interested in putting out a 1942 mod for BF:V, then address critical lag and balancing issues?

The fact remains that DICE decided to put their name onto BF:V, that is a black mark on their record. I find it inexcusable. As good as a game idea maybe, polish is very important in my book.

 

[OCybrManO]

If you have any question about what will happen to BF2 look at any other EA game... wait... I'm sorry... series... any other EA series. Every game EA gets their hands on eventually turns into a series of games in the same theme with minor changes/additions until they run the idea straight into the ground. EA finds decent developers with a fun game and squeezes it dry... then, through a complicated process, converts all of the liquid fun into cash.

 

[dYiN]

@Blahblahblah , bf42 was not buggy , i played it from day one , and it still is one of the best mp online games . I can understand your frustration about bf:v , because i don't like it either . But i am possitive that dice sweden will do it's best to bring a super mp exp. never seen before ( like they did with bf1942 ) . Dice is a company that realy wants to take mp fps to next level ( they said that themselves) .It is a pitty though that dice canada and sweden have the same name . But with their bf2 demo they will show what they are capable of. Also , they release that demo to see what they have to improve before it hits the market. I'm sure dice sweden knows that they got a less good rep. after bf:v (and they admit it wasn't thé next bf game in the serie)
@people who say dice doesn't give any support : ( they release more than 6 patches for bf42 god damned )
The mp aspect of bf2 will be better than the one of hl2 ( and i love hl2 too )

 

[OCybrManO]

@people who say dice doesn't give any support : ( they release more than 6 patches for bf42 god damned )

... and yet they couldn't manage to give the community any help with modding? Perhaps that SDK they said they would release might have helped? They said they would release it with the first patch... nope. They said it would come with the second patch... nope. They said it would come with the third patch... nope. Are you seeing the pattern? DICE doesn't get any credit for the mods like Desert Combat that popped up because the community had to hack the BF1942 files and then make their own editors, converters, and other modding tools from scratch. How's that for support? Well, it's typical of anyone that gets involved with EA. Why? Having no mods makes more people willing to pay for an official expansion pack. If there are mods that do it just as well, why pay?

 

[SidewinderX]

this thread title made the baby Gordan cry. Fixed.


anyway, after the EA Spouse thing and the EA football monopoly, I don't know why anyone is thinking about buying EA games.

 

[Maxi]

Anyone know what the system requirments for battlefield 2 are. I have seen a few in game videos and i might add they look unbelievable. this game is going to rock IMO. So if anyone knows please help. Thanks

You are asking a question yes? ASK ONE IN THE TITLE TOO!

ARGGHHH, thought he had them....

 

[Direwolf]

I have to also give my account of BF42's launch: I was there from day 1 of the demo, about two months before launch, and played religously up until the game's debut and at least a year afterwards.
At no time was the game "unplayable" nor absolutely riddled with bugs. Something to understand with BF42 is that the scale and interaction was unprecedented for a game of its type, and DICE made a very good effort of ironing things out by squashing what bugs popped up and tweaking the balance over time.
This is not to say I'm supporting EA, but I'm not going to boycott good developers simply because they're under the EA banner. I'm going to continue buying those games that deserve to be bought (as are most gamers), and if EA doesn't learn from that its their fault.
The entire Battlefield community is still bitter over the SDK's delay, and the blame for that seems to fall entirely onto EA's shoulders.

 

[seinfeldrules]

Nobody has brought up C&C Generals yet. The most ignored game in history with flaws up the ying yang. EA sucks, plain and simple. I'm going to listen hard and long to the reviews and players on forums before even thinking about buying this game. Again, EA sucks.

 

[dYiN]

I hate EA games as much as you guys , but i don't think it is a reason to say that dice sucks . With bf2 they are going to release the tools they made bf2 with , and they said ' we are going to suport the mod comunity like no1 did before' I think it will be exagerated , but some will be true

 

[Kyorisu]

I despise the hell out of EA however I'm still going to get BF2. I won't neccersarily pay for it on the other hand, maybe just borrow it and a cable connection for a weekend.

My problems with BF1, V and most likely 2. are as follows.

Lag- You need and Uber CPU and RAM to begin thinking about playing.

Netcode- Even when using a cable connection with all the right settings BF1 was a pain for me living in AUS.

well those are what most people focused on and then there was the 600mb patch. If you need to release a patch thats 600mb from retail to latest version then WTFOMGBBQ.

Also WTF was with the explosive water? this is a war game a little splash in a puddle shoudn't blow up the APC holding my entire team.