Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Xbox, 2005)

This is the best game I've played to date on XBox Live, and I LOVED Halo 2 until the players ruined it with rampant modding and cheating. With up to 24 players in the game at a time, the action in Battlefield 2 is non-stop.

Very different from Halo, Battlefield 2 is much more realistic. In the multiplayer mode, you select first to either be a Friendly (U.S.) troop or an Enemy (China, Russia, etc) troop. You then select from 5 different troop types, or "Kits". There is an Assault troop, a Special Ops troop, a Sniper, an Engineer, or a Support troop. They all have different abilites, use different weapons, and really must be used for what they are intended or you won't make it very long. You can't rush a building with a sniper (no-scopes are hard to come by) and you won't pick an enemy troop from 100 yards with your heavy machine gun.

Each side has it's own unique vehicles as well, and you can drive/fly them all. From Humvees to sand-rail buggies, boats to Abrams tanks and missle-laden helicopters, they are yours for the taking (even snowmobiles). A good helicopter pilot is an ultra-valuable weapon, and you have to know what you're doing because there are lots of guys on the ground just waiting to knock your bird out of the sky.

My biggest complaints with the multiplayer game are two things:

First, as stated by another reviewer, your guys have blue icons over their heads, which is fine and good. But the enemy has a red icon over their head. Now unless they are behind a building, you can see that icon, even if they are hiding. What good is a sniper that crawled for 10 minutes to a great location if they are seen as soon as someone even glances in their general direction. You should have to see enemies by simply seeing them, not because of an icon. It would definitely make it harder, and also more realistic. (On a side note, when you kill someone, the person you killed gets a quick view of the direction the shot came from. Bad news if you're a sniper, because sure as anything they'll be headed right back for you as soon as they respawn. This needs to be taken out of the game too).

My second complaint is that you cannot buddy-up with your friends online as easily as in Halo 2. Once you are in a game together however, you can keep going to the next game with your party-mates as long as you'd like (provided you are of the same or close to same rank as your friend in a ranked game).

You can't create your own game on a map of your choice and limit the number of players either. While this would be a nice feature, it would subject Battlefield 2 to the same cheating and modding that now plagues Halo 2, and so I like it just the way it is (EA hosts all games).

If Battlefield 2 has a shortcoming, it's the single player campaign for me. While the Hot-Swapping feature is cool, I just don't like the very linear gameplay. In a given mission you usually can only do things one way, and you must do it in a short amount of time. You don't have freedom to move through at your own pace, or "explore" the map like you could do to some extent with titles such as Medal of Honor.

All in all, this is a must-have game for multiplayer action, especially if you like war games. I can't wait to see what they look like in 10 years.

GAME IS just amazing. i beat it. has over 200 missions with others such as challenge mode. XBOX LIVE WAS ALSO amazing. you warn medals and all that stuff. I LOVED THIS GAME
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I am very picky about the shooter games that I buy from xbox and the only ones being ghost recon, halo, and of course game. From the online demo to the real thing right here, this is the best game out there. The levels and game play are amazing and Ive gotten hooked on it from the first day Ive played it. I love the online ranking system and even though very few servers are laggy, they should be fixing the problem very very shortly here so i would definatly reccomend that you buy this game.

Total Rating = A

ONE OF THE BEST XBOX SHOOTERS! The ranking system kind of sucks but you learn to deal with it. But over all its a great game!

This game has many positives, and a few negatives. I'm here to tell you the negatives. First off while in game play for online multiplayer, you can easily spot your enemy's by the red diamond placed over there head, even if you cant see them through the trees or bushes or whatever you may be in. The other downfall, if your like me when playing a game like this, you like to hide while sniping the enemy. Well in this game after you kill someone the camera on their screen turns and faces you, making it easy for the enemy to come and find you after they respawn. Well happy gaming and good luck. Oh yeah, im selling my copy on Ebay!

THIS IS A COMPLETLY AWESOME GAME , THAT SO FAR LISTS OF NO PATHS OF CHEATING OR MODING OF ANY SORT!! THE ONLINE PLAY IS VERY FUN , BUT THE EA GAMES SERVERS SUCK COMPLETLY. THIS GAME IS KIND OF LIKE HALO, BUT MORE LIKE GHOST RECON GAMES, AND RAINBOW SIX GAMES. THE STATS ARE FUN BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE LEADERBOARDS ON YOUR XBOX BATTLEFIELS DASHBOARD! THE STATS DO MAKE PEOPLE GET THEIR MADAL IN A CHEAP WAY AS IN PLAYING AGAINST YOUR FRIEND AND KILLING HIM ON PURPOSE TO GET MADALS,-GAY- BUT STILL A FUN GAME, CAUSE YOU CAN JUST SHOOT THEIR ASS AND THEY CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT LOL. THEIR IS ALSO NO BOOTING IN BATTLE FIELD, THAT IS KING OF GAY THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE OCCASIONALY KILL YOU ON PURPOSE TO GET THEIR RANK UP -GAY-, WELL ANYWAY THIS GAME IS *HOT* AND YOU SHOULD GET IT IF YOU WANT A NEW GAME , THIS IS THE BEST GAME OUT CURRENTLY IN STORE AND EBAY ALIKE !!!!

My husband plays this game until its worn out and wont play anymore, so I have to keep buying replacement disks.

If you like the Battlefield series then you will like this one as well. Fun to switch from one fighter to the next during combat. You are able to use the vechiels in the game. Sniper mode is fun as well.

For months now,I've been playing Ghost Recon online but that all ended after i got Battlefield 2 on ebay really cheap.Ghost Recon just isn't the same anymore after playing this game.With vehicles you can opperate or go for a ride with a buddy.Ok we know that the multiplayer mode is great.Well,what about those without XBOX LIVE? I found so far that its got a pretty solid single player mode with lots of vehicles and weapons.each class of fighter has his own weapons and speacials and a feature called HOT SWAP .This is a feature that is like possessing other team members if you can see them,then you can take control of them.
*Final verdict-I'll have to recomend this game to all fans of the genre

I bought it for the Xbox and it was very fun. But I traded all games and xbox, for the 360 but I got BattleField 2 on 360 now and still love it.

Awesome action! Great display!! Once I started playing it was hard to put the control down!!! Loved the layout. Great game...

X-Box has some of the best action Military games on the market. This one is no exception. Real life playing and great effects make this one of the best war games they have come out with. Even my 5 year old plays this game with his brothers and sister, my children are ages 2-16 and everyone enjoys this game. I'm sure they will play it for years.

i HAVE BATTLEFIELD 2 MODERN COMBAT, FOR BOTH XBOX AND XBOX,360 IT IS ONE OF THE BEST ONLINE GAMES MADE. BECAUSE OF ITS PLAYABILITY,AND ITS REALISM ! CONTROL IS AWESOME, AND THE GRAFIX ARE LIFELIKE !! I RECOMEND IT TO ALL WHO LIKE SHOOTERS !!!!

Alway heard this was a great computer game .I've only play it on xbox and found it to be very good. I would recommend this game .

This game gives you the best first person shooter experience ever. The hot-swap feature allows you to "fly" from one team memeber to another which helps ypu better eliminate the enemy. You will drive tanks, fly helicopters and hadle all types of weapons. Last level is very tough, but if you are up to the challenge, this game is for you!

The campaign of this game will challege you to the end. It will be easy to pass the levels, but it will rate you in so many ways, you will want to go back and get bettere and better scores.
Live playing is good too. It will entertain you for hours and hours ... BUT:

- EA (Electronic Arts) servers are extremely unreliable ... your connection will drop frequently.
- Very little variety of game modes.
- Bugs and cheats that EA will not bother to fix.

To conclude, this game would be closer to 5 if EA would let Microsoft take care of the Live experience.

Hope this was helpful.

This is one of my top 5 favorite games ever. Probably, the 2nd best first person shooter on Xbox next to Halo2. One player mode is ok, but kinda' repetitive, same basic game play but numerous maps. But, what sets this game apart from other FPS games is the INCREDIBLE Xbox live play. Online play is HUGE. An all-out action classic, and must have for Xbox live fans!

my face blew off when i first played this game. online gives me pleasure.................................

no other game beats this game on XBOX LIVE!!!!! So realistic, its unreal!!! GREAT GAME!!! Hook up with all your friends online and play together to take out other teams and take flags!!!

What is best about this game is the online play. The online play adds a great deal to this games re-play value. This is a must own if you enjoy the Xbox Live experence!

Tank

great game so realistic you need to be patient its not halo, halo is far easier to kill then this game

This game is absolutely fantastic. It doesn't aim to just be a wannabe-realistic FPS but has this cartoonish aspect to it like TF2 for PC. Most importantly, it has something I love in games: tanks, helicopters, trucks, etc... These are all extremely fun to play with and make online multiplayer absolutely fantastic.

Unfortunately, the games online community is very small. Everytime I'd get online I would only find the EA default server and everytime I joined it I would only get to play against someone else, and have never played a game with more than two players.

Couldnt get it to run on my pc, so went with the xbox version. Im glad I didnt give up on the game and tried this version. Its so immersive and intense with features I havnt seen in any other game. A job well done for this intense war shooter.