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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #225889 is a reply to message #225881] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 10:04   |
KIRBY-098
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I like the battlefield series, and the titan mode really seems like it would be a lot of fun.
I'm only at 16% and Ive been DLing for .5 hrs.
The mecha should be fun to pilot too, but i think I will end up as anti-armor infantry most of the time.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #225892 is a reply to message #225881] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 10:12 |
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I've had the demo downloaded for like 3 full days now, and haven't installed it yet, lol.
A buddy of mine played the demo and had a discussion with me about it and he told me that there are a lot of bugs in the demo and EA has absolutely no plans of fixing them for the full release. l33t
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #225897 is a reply to message #225881] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 10:48 |
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Well, all of us that have played the BF series, know that that is part and parcel of Dice's EA mandated release strategy. You have to overlook that for the fun factor.
Just like renegade.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #225900 is a reply to message #225881] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 10:55 |
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Looks nice so far. Only serious bug I've encountered is the titan turning invisible. Sure, it gets a bit boring after a while with no unlocks, but with them enabled and a goal to chase, it's just as fun as BF2 is, in my opinion. Those who were in the beta should know, it was fun even with the bugs, and now most of them have been removed.
There's a hole in the sky through which things can fly.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #225906 is a reply to message #225881] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 11:55 |
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most of the bugs i've encountered are identical to the ones i had encountered in earlier versions of BF2, so the demo is probably not running the updated engine. (game locks, screen blackouts, textures missing, text/gui missing, etc.)
as for that though, i'm USUALLY able to play through for a few hours without any bugs that require me to restart the game (when textures are missing or game locks), and personally, i find 2142 quite fun, especially Titan mode once you get the hang of it.
2142 is getting pretty much the same response BF2 did and look how popular that was, hell, still is.
Alex "Griever92" Bracken
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226000 is a reply to message #225881] |
Tue, 10 October 2006 21:28 |
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Titan mode is nothing new. It's basically Conquest mode recycled to have a giant floating ship for each team and that's it. You still go around capturing and holding points, but the flags were changed to missle launchers. The more launchers you hold for your team, the more damage the enemy Titan takes.
Yea, you do get to board the enemy Titan, but that in itself isn't very exciting.
WHATEVER, FAGGOT
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226016 is a reply to message #225881] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 00:36 |
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It is NOT because you can expect bugs that you need to accept them. Just like I wouldn't accept my notepad to crash when I'm using it.
That's like saying it's normal that Packard Bell sells shit MP3-players because we're used to it now and we should still buy them!
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226106 is a reply to message #225881] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 11:55 |
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On the other hand, because it is essentially a pay-mod for BF2, one would expect at least most of the bugs to be gone by now. It's not as if they had to re-write the whole engine.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226182 is a reply to message #225881] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 19:14 |
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I'd buy the game if it wasn't for the numerous problems in Bf2.
I play BF2 occasionally, but it's just such a task just getting into a server:
-Wait for the game to load
-Wait to connect to Account Server
-Find a good server(And wait a ridiculously long amount of time to get the player information for each server you click on)
-Wait for the map to load
-Wait to have your Client Data "Verified"
-Wait to load another map, just because it took you so long to load, that the one you were loading has already ended...So you have to now load the new map, and re-verify your client data.
-Wait for the Join game button to actually work
-Wait for your screen to load
-Get kicked from the server for a "High Average Ping of 105", and start the process over again from step 3.
- Your game crashes. Wait for your desktop to load.
-Start all over again
That's pretty what it's like for me, every time I play BF2. I'm in-game for 2 hours maybe, but only get to play for about 20 minutes. It just isn't worth it. If BF2 was as easy to jump into as Renegade is, then it'd be a whole lot easier for me to enjoy the game. Not to mention the numerous patches released that neither improve the gameplay, nor fix any of the major bugs.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226202 is a reply to message #225881] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 20:35 |
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NukeIt15
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The demo installer crashed my computer. Twice.
When it finally installed, it claimed my DirectX was out of date... but Microsoft's DirectX updater says otherwise.
Demo does not run on hardware/software setup that ran BF2 (the same bloody engine) and other contemporary games= -1
Demo apparently believes that it knows more than MS about the latest DirectX version= -0.5
Demo installer crashed system twice= -1
I am not optimistic. Not that I intend to buy the game unless it turns out to be incredibly impressive anyway; even then I'll surely wait at least a few months for the price to drop, and I'll just as surely hunt for ways to disable these supposed "dynamic ads" that I've heard will be in the game. Still, a few friends of mine who have the demo working say it is good, and I'm inclined to at least take a good hard look if people I trust say good things about it.
And just because I'm here, and I like to shamelessly plug good work, the Clancore team will be making the Starsiege:2845 Alpha Tech Release available for download on the 18th. I mention this only because 2845 will be a combined arms game, and probably have at least some appeal to the Battlefield crowd. And the multiplayer of the final product will be free. And I'll bet my bottom dollar that even the Alpha will have fewer bugs in it than anything EA can come up with.
That is all.
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Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226209 is a reply to message #226182] |
Wed, 11 October 2006 21:59 |
icedog90
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Fobby[GEN] wrote on Wed, 11 October 2006 19:14]I'd buy the game if it wasn't for the numerous problems in Bf2.
I play BF2 occasionally, but it's just such a task just getting into a server:
-Wait for the game to load
-Wait to connect to Account Server
-Find a good server(And wait a ridiculously long amount of time to get the player information for each server you click on)
-Wait for the map to load
-Wait to have your Client Data "Verified"
-Wait to load another map, just because it took you so long to load, that the one you were loading has already ended...So you have to now load the new map, and re-verify your client data.
-Wait for the Join game button to actually work
-Wait for your screen to load
-Get kicked from the server for a "High Average Ping of 105", and start the process over again from step 3.
- Your game crashes. Wait for your desktop to load.
-Start all over again
That's pretty what it's like for me, every time I play BF2. I'm in-game for 2 hours maybe, but only get to play for about 20 minutes. It just isn't worth it. If BF2 was as easy to jump into as Renegade is, then it'd be a whole lot easier for me to enjoy the game. Not to mention the numerous patches released that neither improve the gameplay, nor fix any of the major bugs.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I have that problem when I just play with some friends of mine in the real world (which makes BF2 actually fun because you're yelling at each other across the room). Even with like four people, it still sucks REALLY bad when loading. It's not because our computers suck. Mine doesn't suck, but BF2 crashes a lot for me when I load, or simply has a lot of trouble loading if I change the settings too drastically. The whole loading system is all fucked up, and it takes me like 20-30 minutes just to get in a four player server that is on the local network.
I don't even know why we play it sometimes. I guess it's when we're really bored. Battlefield 1942 is much more fun and classical.
[Updated on: Wed, 11 October 2006 22:01] Report message to a moderator |
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226242 is a reply to message #226209] |
Thu, 12 October 2006 02:43 |
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Scythar
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| icedog90 wrote on Thu, 12 October 2006 00:59 |
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Fobby[GEN] wrote on Wed, 11 October 2006 19:14]I'd buy the game if it wasn't for the numerous problems in Bf2.
I play BF2 occasionally, but it's just such a task just getting into a server:
-Wait for the game to load
-Wait to connect to Account Server
-Find a good server(And wait a ridiculously long amount of time to get the player information for each server you click on)
-Wait for the map to load
-Wait to have your Client Data "Verified"
-Wait to load another map, just because it took you so long to load, that the one you were loading has already ended...So you have to now load the new map, and re-verify your client data.
-Wait for the Join game button to actually work
-Wait for your screen to load
-Get kicked from the server for a "High Average Ping of 105", and start the process over again from step 3.
- Your game crashes. Wait for your desktop to load.
-Start all over again
That's pretty what it's like for me, every time I play BF2. I'm in-game for 2 hours maybe, but only get to play for about 20 minutes. It just isn't worth it. If BF2 was as easy to jump into as Renegade is, then it'd be a whole lot easier for me to enjoy the game. Not to mention the numerous patches released that neither improve the gameplay, nor fix any of the major bugs.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I have that problem when I just play with some friends of mine in the real world (which makes BF2 actually fun because you're yelling at each other across the room). Even with like four people, it still sucks REALLY bad when loading. It's not because our computers suck. Mine doesn't suck, but BF2 crashes a lot for me when I load, or simply has a lot of trouble loading if I change the settings too drastically. The whole loading system is all fucked up, and it takes me like 20-30 minutes just to get in a four player server that is on the local network.
I don't even know why we play it sometimes. I guess it's when we're really bored. Battlefield 1942 is much more fun and classical.
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This is all very true, and is likely one of the main reasons games like CS/CS:S are popoular: you can join the game in about 10 seconds, loadings included. You also don't have to wait 2 minutes just to unload the game after playing, either. Many of the next generation games have ridiculous loading times already...sucks.
The BF2142 demo loads quite fast though, I'm done loading a map in about 20 seconds, and since the demo only has one map, the first time you load it is the only time you need to do it per session. Then again, the demo might now have any cheat detections or other verifications which take time.
Oh and you can disable the movies, legal notes and other ads that appear when you boot the demo by renaming the files in mods/bf2142/movies folder. I just added an extra extension to them (.backup), works fine.
There's a hole in the sky through which things can fly.
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| Re: Battlefield 2142 Demo out [message #226392 is a reply to message #225881] |
Thu, 12 October 2006 18:30 |
Apache
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I downloaded it, but my crap intergrated video chipset won't run it, even on all the lowest settings...
Dang I need to get a new video card badly, lol
- Russell
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