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**BrunoNoMedals** · 21-05-2011, 21:30

Originally Posted by The_Seagull

True, playing BF2 a few years back with a few other ex military types we actually started pepper potting. I can't imagine many COD die hards managing that.

Exactly. And of course, once you're into BF2 it's only a short free download from Project Reality and then you can fill your boots. I have to admit, though, that PR is more of a lifestyle choice than a game. I just don't have the time to give two hours to a mission!

**Mr Happy** · 22-05-2011, 00:21

Originally Posted by The_Seagull

It's a pity that EA never managed to convert Battlefield2 from the PC to the consoles. It was by far the best multiplayer FPS game I've ever played. Bad Company and MOH's multiplayer was disappointing to say the least.

I challenge that. I played on the PC and PS3 and am more than happy with the PS3. Why do you think the conversion didn´t work?

**unicycle** · 22-05-2011, 11:54

The new MoH game was good, and the multi-player was different enough from CoD to make it interesting, but there were only about 6 maps and I got pretty bored.

I do like the kiddy-tastic way you can do what you like to your weapons in CoD and I missed it on MoH. More choice and more maps and it would be a much more successfull game.

**Rukh** · 22-05-2011, 12:14

The reason console ports suck is because they do a lot of behind the scene fiddling to make them work better, such as aim assist. The reason for that one being the thumbsticks which limits directional movement, whereas a keyboard/mouse setup has far more precise control over aimpoint. Coincidentally, this is why games are not crossplatform; the only reason you can't play Games for Windows and Xbox titles together is because the mouse-players consistently mopped the floor with the consolers. (I read that somewhere.)

Further, lower resolutions for the TV generally mean field of view tweaking occurs that doesn't always get corrected. Battlefield: BC2 is a sinner there, though I love it so, you can't fix the field of view without messing in the config files.

Just a couple of the reasons why PC gamers complain about games being "dumbed down": because they are. The developers have to start with the lowest common denominator and build up, and the consoles have very real limitations no matter what the fanboys say, whereas the PC gaming you can really open up the options, but you alienate a portion of the market unwilling/unable to upgrade their systems every six months to run the latest and greatest.

CoD multiplayer is good frantic fun, but I do like the more cereberal, larger maps of BF2 and BFBC2. I have much hope for BF3, and I'll probably end up getting CoD3, too.

I hope they stop tapping the Russians as the big-bad though. Silly americans. What'll they think of next, North Koreans becoming a superpower and invading?