how many of you are going out the first day...

[Mr. Redundant]

I hear what you are saying, games are too hyped, and more often times than not (if ever) they do not live up to that hype.

let's just put it this way, for me (my personal experience with the game) it surpassed the hype.
I am not a fan of BF1942 or BF:V, I own both and was dissapointed on both counts, I have DC too... but I don't like it.
and that is not a double standard, the difference is the way the engine is built, how it runs, how it looks, how it sounds, squads, teamwork, the feel of the infantry combat (this is a big thing, at least to me).

no it is not a revolutionary title, however the fact that this is the first game I have ever played where you can get on a public server, get into a squad and work effectively together... just blows me away.
I have been gaming forever, and I play everything... online FPS' just don't come this well structured and built with teamwork in mind, from having kits rely on eachother to spawning with your squad.

yes Splinter Cell had coop, where you had 1 other person with you. impressively handled but I don't see how that compares to getting on a large scale game like a 64 person match of BF2, and finding your niche, working together and really acting like a cohesive unit.
same thing goes for Rainbow Six... sure it had some good teamwork aspects... but imo the rest of the game was pewp.. which is why I didn't play it.
they weren't structured correctly, didn't have the whole package.

this (as you said) is not the first of it's kind, it is however the first game that does it all RIGHT.... at least to me.
DICE hired Trauma studios, but didn't they state it wasn't to work on BF2, but another project?
I am trying to understand how people can compare DC to BF2 (especially since as I stated I have a lot of experience with DC, and quite a few hours logged in BF2) they just aren't on the same level... be it from one addition or a complete overhaul.

then again I understand your cynicism, I felt the same way towards HL2 when it came out, because I was really expecting a lot out of it... and the year long delay didn't help.
with BF2 though (for me) I was expecting a lot, and thought that DICE a team that made BF1942, and BF:V couldn't pull off... and what blew me away is that they did. the loading times were shorter than HL2, and BF:V, the game ran better and looked better (that was especially impressive).

 

[Sparta]

After i thought about how much i'm annoyed about the gaming industry at the moment it occured to me "hang on.....its a ****ing game....why do i care this much?" And now i really don't care what anyone else thinks about the game. I have fun with it, nothing else really matters. So in short, i dont care about BF2 anymore. In a good way i mean. Like, i don't give a shit about what i said earlier, even if the game feels a whole lot like DC to me i still have fun playing it so it shouldn't stop me.

With that said i still dont know if i'm gonna spend the money on it though lol.

 

[CptStern]

I'll probably pick it up when it's released ..only cuz it's $10 cheaper on release day ...probably wont get to play it till sometime on the weekend

 

[CptStern]

I don't see that as revolutionary, as games like Rainbow Six have done that before. And Splinter Cell with its Co-op and virtually any other game with Co-op. Battlefield 2 just does it better then most of them, and thats nothing revolutionary.

Don't get me wrong, like i've stressed so much in this damn thread, i like the game but i'm just not buying into all this hype. I mean, every game in the last 12 months that has come out has gotten fantastic reviews and tons of different people say its the best game ever made or its the best game of its kind or its revolutionary or blah blah blah blah when all it is, is the same as another game thats come and gone. Or the same as its predecessor. Every single big game. The only game that has come out in the last 10 months that has either lived up to the hype or surpassed it is Resident Evil 4 and Burnout 3. And both those games had relatively little hype surrounding them.

And its not only that, its the double-standards too. You say you loathe DC when you love BF2 and they are virtually the same game, i mean DICE hired the people who made DC to work with them on this game, doesnt that suggest something really obvious?

It just seems to that every game with tons of hype around it is set on getting some of the best reviews and everyone gives into it. It's really ticking me off lately.

If Battlefield 2 had come out earlier i'd bet i wouldn't be thinking this at all. I'm just a whole shitload more cynical now i guess. As you can obviously tell.

you need to play something from a small time developer that pushes the envelope in terms of gameplay ..I recommend Boiling point ...no where near as polished as, well, pretty much any AAA game but boy is it fun (IMHO)

 

[Zerimski]

I'll be picking mine up tomorrow.

 

[Icarusintel]

anyone know if its out in any stores yet? as in physically on the shelves?

 

[MiccyNarc]

Ebgames of Syracuse NY (where I live) doesn't receive it til tommorrow *tears*

 

[Mr. Redundant]

I just called my local Gamestop, the guy said to call back in an hour (when they open apparently), he said they recieved their shipment of games, but he is unsure if BF2 was in them as the shipment is yet to be opened (he basically just walked into the store).

nice guy, hope he has BF2... or else I may have to break his legs ;(

 

[Icarusintel]

damn, called EB Games and the guy said they'd have their shipment at 1, then a guy piped in and said BF2 wouldn;t be there til tomorrow.... bastards

 

[bryanf445]

Same here.. Before there was this crazy guy that worked at my local Gamespot, and well, lets just say this man loved XBox.. Lets say there is a game that comes out for PC and also XBox.. He would rant about how the XBox game is superiour.. Maybe I'm overexaggerating a bit.. Ask Bryanf445, he knows what guy I am talking about.. Anyway, I just walk in, tell them the game I want, and whammo, I am out of there in a matter of minutes. Thats just how great I am.

he is, that dude was crazy. My friends and I called him the x-box. there was also a guy there a few years back saying there was no way that my card (radeon 9100) would run the game. Too bad he was wrong. Man i hate those guys, they think they know everything