Ace101
10-27-2006, 08:44 PM
TrustedReviews.com (http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?page=8572&head=0) has recently released their review of Battlefield 2142. They basically say while BF2142 has its flaws, it is still an extremely satisfying game. Take a look:
You can almost imagine the meeting: the bigwigs from EA and the guys at DICE getting together to discuss how to follow up Battlefield 2. “Hey”, says one of the money men, “Let’s make this the most controversial Battlefield ever.” “How?” replies a DICE dude, “Do you want us to get edgy? Have the troops shooting up with performance-enhancing drugs, or blowing up civilians willy-nilly? Shall we up the overt political content? Set it in North Korea? Have the US troops sticking it to Kim Jong-Il?” “Nope” the suit replies, “That’s not the sort of controversy we have in mind. We were thinking spyware, in-game advertising, poor security practice, patches and a game that has the hardcore fans practically screaming ‘glorified mod’.” “Great!”, says a DICE designer “we’ve got plenty of ideas in that direction.”
Well, maybe that’s a bit harsh. In truth the spyware thing has been blown out of all proportion. Yes, EA is using your IP address to bombard you with vaguely relevant in-game advertising, but it’s not watching your browsing habits and squirrelling the information away on its world-domination ready servers. Admittedly, there is an argument that a) we don’t want in-game advertising, b) it’s not as if EA is making Battlefield 2142 cheaper as a direct result and b) it’s not as if EA needs the money. It’s also slightly odd to want to advertise in a game set after an environmental crisis and the end of civilization as we know it. Who wants to be the biggest name in street fashion or the automobile industry in a clutch of war-torn cities on a mutilated planet?
To read the full review, please click here. (http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?page=8572&head=0)
You can almost imagine the meeting: the bigwigs from EA and the guys at DICE getting together to discuss how to follow up Battlefield 2. “Hey”, says one of the money men, “Let’s make this the most controversial Battlefield ever.” “How?” replies a DICE dude, “Do you want us to get edgy? Have the troops shooting up with performance-enhancing drugs, or blowing up civilians willy-nilly? Shall we up the overt political content? Set it in North Korea? Have the US troops sticking it to Kim Jong-Il?” “Nope” the suit replies, “That’s not the sort of controversy we have in mind. We were thinking spyware, in-game advertising, poor security practice, patches and a game that has the hardcore fans practically screaming ‘glorified mod’.” “Great!”, says a DICE designer “we’ve got plenty of ideas in that direction.”
Well, maybe that’s a bit harsh. In truth the spyware thing has been blown out of all proportion. Yes, EA is using your IP address to bombard you with vaguely relevant in-game advertising, but it’s not watching your browsing habits and squirrelling the information away on its world-domination ready servers. Admittedly, there is an argument that a) we don’t want in-game advertising, b) it’s not as if EA is making Battlefield 2142 cheaper as a direct result and b) it’s not as if EA needs the money. It’s also slightly odd to want to advertise in a game set after an environmental crisis and the end of civilization as we know it. Who wants to be the biggest name in street fashion or the automobile industry in a clutch of war-torn cities on a mutilated planet?
To read the full review, please click here. (http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?page=8572&head=0)