Comments about new VID

[Reaper6x3]

First it looks F'ING great!

We now know the transport ship has guns which appear to be manned by a soldier sitting in the ship with a remote control.

Watching the magnetic tracking balls chasing after the tank until they denoted and destroyed it was GREAT!

Walkers the more I see the more it looks like A MONSTER. Really looks like nothing can almost stop it even a tank. It looks like you really need to coordinate many troops to take them down.

Transport cars look great to as it seems the gunner positions in all vehicles not just the tank are concealed now. With soldiers remotely controlling them inside. Your still exposed in the car and transport ship but alot less then bf2. Which is still great.

Now.... I REALLY NEED TO TEST THIS.... The Talon. Jet/helicopter hybrid. Its killing me. Looks really easy to pilot. It looks like it operates as if flying the helicopter just with a thrust jet like speed. I never see any one doing rolls or tricks, just hover and shoot. I HOPE THATS NOT THE CASE. I really want it to move like a jet just with the option to hover like a helicopter for my gunner to kill troops or take bases. Didnt buy a joystick for nothing. Ive heard from dice and testers that they arent easy to pilot at all with a keyboard and mouse. I hope it stays that way. Really want my joystick to matter in 2142. But we will all know in 3 weeks. For Beta.

[MrBenis]

The walker appeared to need about 3 tank shots to be destroyed..

As for the hybrids, I imagine they'll function the same as helicopters do in BF2, essentially.

[Richard012345]

I want beta, too!

[kiss my RICE]

I completely agree, the game looks absolutely amazing. The graphics are soo smooth! However, I don't think that the titan is too strong, three tank shots isn't too much, and there will be critical hits allowed. Also, is there another vid? I only saw the one part where the titan was moving, and glitched, and it's legs stopped moving, and then up to the part where Marcus Niilson was answering questions. :confused:

[Dangerdog]

Where the battle walker sort of froze and started sliding? Well he did say it's still Alpha, amazing looking alpha though.

Watch the IGN gameplay video, link is on the front page.

Nice to see the flying transport still has guns on them, previous screenshots looked like it didn't have any.

I just love the overall look of the game, you can see the strong influences from the movie Aliens, especially with the look of the gunships. Awesome!

[Splinter]

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/819/819222/vids_1.html

Vid is called.
EA Studio Showcase 2006 (07/13/2006)

Downloading now.:)

[rowdyman]

I couldn't tell whether the walker was using its active defense or not, could explain why it went down so quick.

[Splinter]

very cool vid, transports have guns:D
I also noticed that a PAC chopper had what looked like spaces for passenger's. Yet it also looked like a attack chopper
Maybe it's a light transprt/gunship:D

[kiss my RICE]

Lol...you could almost see Marcus Niilson's heart when the walker started doing the moon walk. *Crack* *Tear* *Bloody Wave* *Slows Down*. He probably would have danced naked on hot coals, wearing a shirt of fishhooks to draw ur attention away from the bug...good work DICE! Keep it up! (Seriously the game looks awesome!).:D

[Elinombrable]

Have you seen how improved the explosions and vehicle destructions are??

[colony]

It seriously looks great. The disappointment of the absence of jets is slowly going away, the Talon looks great. The walkers look great. The hover tank looks great. Everything looks great.

:)

[kiss my RICE]

I really hope that the helo-jet flys like the helo right now, the jet requires a joystick, or a very sensitive mouse, if you don't have one, to fly it. However, I hope that no one person can have an insane edge over others, when flying the helo. If they can't be stopped, then its not fun anymore. Those rolling mines...wow...I mean..those are crazy...but I see an easy way of getting kills. If you drop them around corners, once that tank turns around, it won't last a second. However, if you can see the mines beforehand, and hop out...will the mines stop because they no longer recognize a hostile target? Another thing I noticed was the huge difference between the PAC and EU tank. I would prefer the EU one most definetly, that thing is intimidating! The PAC one...not so much, if they don't make the EU one weaker, there will definetly be a difference in power between the two. The APC also looks powerful! The weapons haven't changed much. Also..what if you prone when a PAC tank tries to run you over? Will it work? Yup, I guess that covers just about everything!

[Cicchetti]

Yeah i to prefer the EU tank

[kiss my RICE]

Yeah, thats probably the PAC tank's advantage. Just to be able to "slide" out from behind a corner, fire, and retreat back around the corner. That is probably where the ownage comes from. Until the game comes out, we won't know which one is better, but I prefer the EU one!

[Cicchetti]

It just seems to much work to move the whole tank to line up the shot lol

[kiss my RICE]

If you're OK at using the helo in BF2, piloting that PAC tank will be a breeze, unfortunatly, I feel the same way towards the PAC tank, so I'll stick with the EU tank for a few games for old times sake, I'll practice the PAC one in singleplayer.

[Serenity]

can somone give me the exact time when the walker does this moonwalk? please :D

im just going to have fun with the pac tank slide :D that was cool lol like a car

[DarQraven]

Right after it sings "thriller".

I think the EU tank would be more familiar to pilot concerning tactics etc. The hover tank is a whole different kind of vehicle. Although I don't think it's a problem that the turret is fixed. I mean, in a normal tank you'd have to turn the turret anyway, right? Only this time, the body of the tank turns with it, and since it's hovering there won't be any "My tracks are facing the wrong direction ... crap!" moments...

So if you'd control the hover tank movement with the mouse, it would be pretty much the same, only more flexible when maneuvering.

[Asrath]

I'll practice with PAC tank it looks great, did u see how the inertia affects it? i'm imagining a 180 degree turn while u're sliding the same direction, shooting an enemy onthe back and facing the same direction again without problems. Like turning the turret to the back when u are going forward but more cool :D .

[RedDot]

I looks in the movie that the PAC-tank slides... but couldn't I be possible that he slipped by accident ;)

[Asrath]

Thats another question to ask to demice, can the pac tank slide?

[DarQraven]

Seeing as the walker has a bad sense of balance, it could be, yeah :p
Armor in 2142 has turned in to a bunch of clumsy, uncoordinated cannons on wheels/legs ... just great :D

[Asrath]

I'm agree its funny when the mech jumps back to shoot that man :D .

[kiss my RICE]

Yeah...but did you guys realize that that "man" was a engineer? Did you see his "armor-piercing" rounds? Man, it sounds like a freaking canon firing...wonder what the weapon would do to infantry...rip through em'！

[MrBenis]

The DICE guys haven't commented here in a while..

Comparatively, EA vs. JustAboutAnyOtherCompany, EA has terrible community support. Whether they keep in touch or not seems to be a whim of fancy, and what they tell you is neither wholly informative or conclusive.

The game might still be pre-alpha, but other companies (Flagship studios comes to mind) at least offer some closure on what they're saying, even when the project at hand is still highly subjective to changes.

To give an example of what I'm talking about: http://hellgate.loadedinc.com/

Ivan Sulic has consistently and methodically answered questions on this forum for MONTHS, the game isn't even alpha yet.. Sorry Demize99, but noone at DICE can make that claim for here.

[kiss my RICE]

Maybe because the people at DICE are soo busy working on BF2142 and making it perfect with a cherry on top. ;) That, or their too busy partying, drinking beer, and having a go at all those hot swedish girl's I've been hearing about..those lucky bast0rds.

[MrBenis]

Not only that, but their commentary on the big BF2 fan sites is sketchy at best too. I'm aware they're meant to be on holiday right now or whatever, but that doesn't excuse a whole years lack of effort.

One of them said they realised they need to support their community.. sure.. but it's a little late for that now. With DICE Canada apparently screwing over patch 1.4, and my frustration with the lack of any actually interesting video footage, my doubts are beginning to re-surface.

The game looks awesome, sure, but today for the first time ever, I actually got bored with BF2. Too much crap. I've heard hints that BF2142 will be bringing back some un-welcome features that were patched out of BF2.. also the talk of vehicles being over-powered has merit, or maybe they'll be underpowered?

Pray the BETA rests my nerves, I can see light

[Syrius187]

That marcus guy was weird.

I hope they let more people play this than bf2.... Im just glad I had one of the "20" graphics cards that bf2 would run on.

I can see already, Im going to have to be a Walker type guy. they will own. or AA since the aircraft will be easier to fly, everyone will be ACE's by week 2. So i will have to shoot em down.
muahhahahaa

[menace-uk-]

I can not play the video:cry: :cry:

Is it up on gametrailers or some where else yet:confused:

[Silent_Ops]

the vid was amazing a must see

[Angelsoul]

Lol...you could almost see Marcus Niilson's heart when the walker started doing the moon walk. *Crack* *Tear* *Bloody Wave* *Slows Down*. He probably would have danced naked on hot coals, wearing a shirt of fishhooks to draw ur attention away from the bug...good work DICE! Keep it up! (Seriously the game looks awesome!).:D

LoL almost a classic, I think :laugh:

These videos really makes me hooked on BF2142 :rolleyes:

[ReaperOfsouls]

I have not seen these videos yet, cant wiat!

[RedDot]

A riddle for the PAC tank:
The law of the nature says the following:
A moving object, wants to keep moving... an object in rest wants to stay that way!
If you solved it... just PM me :p

[ReaperOfsouls]

I dont get it at all lol, enlighten us.

[DarQraven]

Yeah actually it is :p
But aren't you getting a bit 'physical' here? :cool:
I think what that dude with the riddle meant to say is that inertia does play a role in controlling the hover tank, which is only logical. So cutting tight corners will actually take some skill instead of just moving the mouse and voilá.

[Cicchetti]

WTF is wrong with 5 big macs lmao jk

[MrBenis]

Ho ho ho, it looks like C4 chucking is back..