What Happened to BF2142?

Dukefrukem · #1 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 10:13 AM

We played hardcore for a good month. Everything was peachy...(for the most part), but a series of timelined events buried this game. Discuss the reason for its fall.

Guntizzle · #2 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 10:15 AM

crappy game engine that the game shouldn't have been built on. I always hated that

jcll2002 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

We played hardcore for a good month. Everything was peachy...(for the most part), but a series of timelined events buried this game. Discuss the reason for its fall.

2nd that for me.

Dukefrukem · #4 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 10:26 AM

Any more specifics would be great. I'm re-rewriting my 2142 review and need specific examples. This is the most obvious one.

VincentVega · #5 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 10:27 AM

did quake wars have anything to do with it? I haven't seen Hunt3r in forever

Guntizzle · #6 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 10:56 AM

patches thats usually casued more harm than good

basso4735 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 11:03 AM

IT FOOKING SUCKED

true story

Craig · #8 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 11:33 AM

it had great potential...both BF2 and BF2142 were great games theoretically but never panned out due to a buggy game engine and horrendous server builds.

patch after patch did more harm than good as Gunt said and in the end EA made it obvious that they didn't understand what a hardcore gaming community wanted out of a title...and that for what they charged GSPs per slot to be a ranked partner, they should have focused on server stability from day 1.

Rage1 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 11:35 AM

I think one of the reasons is it's too easy to rank up.
I agree with Craig you couldn't play more then two rounds without
the server crashing,then nobody would reconnect to play.
Don't get me wrong I don't hate the game I still play on the 2142
sR Team, but the game just gets boring after a while.

Hunt3r · #10 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by VincentVega

did quake wars have anything to do with it? I haven't seen Hunt3r in forever

Sorry VV, I was getting burned out on source especially with Office being the map I played almost all of the time and before that just regular CS since around August of 99 (second to last beta before 1.0 retail was released). ET:QW is the first game since CS that has really just grabbed me ..... it truly is just a perfect combination of fast paced action, teamwork and amazing graphics.

I may pop in to say Hi or play a few rounds but if people are in our server playing ET:QW I am gonna be there as well

If you have not tried it VV you really should