I was one that never really got in to ET (Enemy Territory), I played RTCW (Return To Castle Wolfenstein) to death so to me ET was just more of the same. Battle Field on the other hand has always taken my interest. Although the game is not perfect and does have it’s fair share of bugs, it does offer one of the biggest ranges of things to do in an online game to date.
I have had almost every Battle Field game + expansion there that has been released and now on top of that I am participating in the closed beta test of Battle Field 2142.
Battle Field 2142 is a game set in… you guessed it 2142. The world has gone in to a new ice age causing an all out world war to arise out of the need for permeable land to grow crops for food and oils. You will be playing one of 2 side, first of which is Europe as we know it just now and the second is China and the surrounding country’s.
As a game it is more of the same but better, with added features that lets you for instance. Spawn in friendly APC type vehicles, that has pods that can shoot you about 200 meters in to the air to ether bored titans or shoot across to waypoints from an outlying areas. It also does have new vehicle types, for instance it has the mech warrior type walker. That does, just to confirm this work perfectly having very good movement effects that makes it very believable. Better than any other game I have seen, you will be impressed by this I am very sure.
The aircrafts handle just like choppers, basically they are what you would expect to find on a futuristic game that has aircrafts. They do work well although they could do with a bit more firepower for taking out ground units, although as I said this is still a closed beta so changes have been made and I bet more will be made in the near future.
As for the infantry and the rank system, they are much more advanced than what was in place in Battle Field 2, almost as fully featured as an MMOG as far as the upgrades go. On that note I will pick up on what the original poster asked.
Does any think either of these games will be a bit similar to Planet Side? Is BF2142 a tweaked BF2?
Is this game a tweaked BF2… yes but in the same way BF2 is a tweaked Battle Field 1942, the graphics are a lot better and the game is a lot more interesting and has enough features to keep anyone happy.
Is this game similar to Planet Side… This game is how planet side should have been. The upgrade system is a lot fairer and there is none of this people taking tens of hits before dieing. The vehicles are much more responsive and well balanced, I am sure you will love or hate the new hover tank
Well anyway that’s my bit on Battle Field 2142, it is a game well worth getting and I for one will sure as hell be getting the full game when it is released. They just keep making the game better with ever patch they put in to this beta phase!