Battlefield 2: Special Forces PC Review

Adapted by:  • Edited by: Bill Fulks
Updated Jan 20, 2011
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Battlefield 2: Special Forces is more intense than Battlefield 2, if it runs correctly. The additions to Battlefield 2: Special Forces include nice maps, new weapons, and a few more vehicles. They're all well balanced and add to the fun, making Battlefield 2: Special Forces a must have game.

The Good Parts
Rating Good

Battlefield 2: Special Forces
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Battlefield 2: Special Forces includes a bunch of new levels and factions to entertain and engage your senses in battle, they're all engaging and interesting and add to the fun wonderfully.The urban chaos makes fighting in these cluttered and confusing environments a lot more intense than open battlefields. Your senses will come alive as shadows move and light flashes across your eyes and you'll be squeezing the controller a little harder.The new toys and weapons have all been balanced to add to the game play and don't unbalance the battles with a weapon that's too powerful or hard to counter.

The Bad Parts
Rating Below Average

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Battlefield 2: Special Forces will use even more computer system resources than Battlefield 2 and if your system is underpowered you could experience game ending bugs that will have you wondering why you bought this game. These will include frame rate drops when the screen is filled with action and very long load times that will leave you time to grab a coffee. The computer system used to conduct this review was a Gamer Paladin F875, a powerful system designed specifically for today's video games - Intel X58 Chipset MB, Corsair 6GB DDR 3 - 1333 Memory, 1000GB SATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX-295 1792MB Video Card.

The Graphical Story
Rating Good

Battlefield 2: Special Forces has the same outstanding graphical presentation in the details and textures they put into the urban environments that you remember from Battlefield 2. The new maps are all bright, colorful and extremely engaging for the senses, with have nice textures in the buildings and characters. The new vehicles and items are all wonderfully detailed down to the little details and provide another layer of visual depth.The character animations are excellent; the soldier's movements are perfectly coordinated, from the handling of the weapons, to the movements through the cluttered environments. The visual effects include yellow clouds of tear gas that obscure your vision and make your eyes swim, to flash grenades that blind you and leave you in terror. Night-vision goggles will blind you if you suddenly go from a dark environment to a lighted one; all the effects are realistic and add to the feel of the game.

Sounds in the Game
Rating Good

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The sounds of combat are as good as you remember, with gunfire, explosions, and sounds of melee that immerse your senses in the chaotic world of urban fighting. All the new weapons have unique sounds that are sharp and distinctive enough to tell apart using audible clues. All the sounds mingle nicely and don't drown each other out, so you'll still be able to hear the voices of your team mates over the sounds of battle. The voice acting is easy to understand and the actors have done a good job of giving each voice a distinctive sound that gives each a little personality and character. The writers have done a good job of making all the character dialogue character-specific, with nice lines that are in tune with each character.

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