What is BF2??

Battlefield 2 is an FPS (First Person Shooter) game for the computer. It was released in late June 2005 by EA games and DICE (the publishers and programers respectively).

It is based on modern 21st century warfare, and involves the player playing as a soldier on one of three sides (though that person is not restricted to that faction). The three sides are: the USMC (United States Marine Corps), representing the US forces. They are included in every map, and their weaponary is accuracy based; the PLA (Peoples Liberation Army), representing Chinese armed forces. Their weaponary is a blance of accuracy and power (though it does look old); and, the fictional MEC (Middle Eastern Coalition). This is supposed to represent a faction that may emerge if the Middle East crisis worsens.

This is a map of territory for BF2




Maps for BF2

There 12 original maps overall (not including Road to Jalalabad and Wake Island 2007, which were release in patches). Each of these has three variants: 16 player; 32 player; and, 64 player (the exception being Wake Island 2007). I'll go over those in detail later on, but here is a list of them for now, and the factions that take part :

Dalian Plant
USMC
PLA

Daging Oilfields
USMC
PLA

Dragon Valley
USMC
PLA

Fu She Pass
USMC
PLA

Gulf of Oman
USMC
MEC

Kubra Dam
USMC
MEC

Mashtuur City
USMC
MEC

Operation Clean Sweep
USMC
MEC

Road to Jalalabad
USMC
MEC

Sharqi Peninsula
USMC
MEC

Shonghua Stalemate
USMC
PLA

Strike at Karkand
USMC
MEC

Wake Island 2007
USMC
PLA

Zatar Wetlands
USMC MEC

:note that the expansion packs, Special Forces, Armoured Fury and Euro Force cotain extra maps which will be left out for now, since: a) This is just an introduction to basic BF2 and, b) My computer hates me, so I have trouble getting onto these and getting experience for them. :(

What is the difference between maps with the PLA and maps with the MEC? One of the main differences is the fighting style. The PLA/USMC maps are usually large, linear, rural (countryside) maps with few choices of advance, and where vehicles take a much larger role than the infantrymen, whereas MEC/USMC engagements almost always involve a large amount of urban warfare, and involve the skills of single infantrymen to make the day shine, the exceptions being Operation Clean Sweep, Zatar Wetlands and non-16 size Gulf of Oman.

For the classes I shall include many more pics, and will probably give a guide to each class, its unlocks and general tactics (for the veterans, don't worry I'm not a noob, so no 'nade spamming[the constant throwing of grenades, the usual weather at Strike of Karkand])