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    BF2142 Demo Out! Links Included!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by usapatriot, Oct 5, 2006.

  1. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    hoo boy, that's large, thanks for the link. Report back on how it is.
     
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I will :), its downloading at a good clip
     
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    Can wait downloading now
     
  5. Tim

    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is that only the multiplayer or is it single player?
    Tim
     
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Only multiplayer, the retail will have Single, but BF is really only geared for multiplayer.

    Come on we need more peers!!!
     
  7. gilo

    gilo Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Or for those on low bandwidth like me .... wait 2 days and download it in several hours at Yahoo -- oh , the agony .

    Btw , ever since 1.4 the game is even more laggy then before and still buggy like a beta , I'm not sure I'm gonna buy the new one even if its good .
     
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    im at 80%, ill stay as a seed when im done!

    not to me, BF2 patch 1.4 seems good, it runs stable on my laptop, no problems.

    especially ever since I upgraded to 2gigs of RAM.
     
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    I thought BF2 1.4 was perfectly fine. In fact I thought BF2 was great the entire time.

    Downloading this now. Thanks for the link. :)
     
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    im done downloading, its valid :D
     
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    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    Is this legal? Enjoy anyway. Let's all meet up in a server.
     
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    solag3 Notebook Consultant

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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Do you have the latest version of direct X?

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx


    Also, I played the demo, was very good! I loved titan mode, its very fast paced, a few bugs but good.

    I ran everything high minus dynamic shadows and light which were are medium I also has 2xAA.
     
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    any word if the x1400 video card can handle it?
     
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    solag3 Notebook Consultant

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    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    You don't need your CD key. You'll only have a problem if you have an illegal copy of XP on your computer.
     
  17. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    I tried out the demo last night. Keep in mind that I have never played BF1942 or BF2. But the first time I fired it up after the install, my computer never quite processing. I couldn't do a thing, even at lowest settings... definitely not right. Finally, it brought my computer to a screeching halt and just kept accessing the hard drive and I couldn't do a thing... not a good first impression. I had to hard stop the computer... definitely not good.

    But, upon reboot, I decided to give it another go. Everything was fine at high settings that time. Not a problem. But, strictly speaking, I didn't find it particularly enjoyable. I'm gonna give it some more time, but for the half hour/45 mins I played last night, I just wasn't all that impressed. Maybe it was the server I was using or something... idk. Titan mode looks cool, but conquest sucked, I can say that much. At least, it did on that server. Like I said, I'll give it another try on a different server this weekend.
     
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    Can someone post screens of high rez where everything is maxed out?
     
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    its dling super slow for me. >10kbs. I have 28 seeds and a ton of peers, but its only connected to 2 seeds and 8 peers. are there other ways to dl it? or is there something i can do to speed it up? I'm using utorrent.
     
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    Maybe people aren't seeding right now. I downloaded it last night at over 300KB/s at some points. I'll keep seeding it until I have to leave school in a bit. Otherwise... welcome to the world of torrents. Sometimes they're blazing fast, sometimes you download at 0.3 KB/s for hours.
     
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    This game is totally over-rated.

    It feels like a 100% mod for BF2, despite the developers spending months trying to convince us it was a totally new experience.

    It's not terrible, just not worth it, and in my opinion, not even half the game that Battlefield 2 is. It feels clunky, the weapons are boring, the vehicles, other then the awesome Euro Mech, are equally as boring.

    Out of BF1942, BF Vietnam, Bf2, I would have to say this is the poorest effort.

    A true let down. We'll have to see what Enemy Territory can offer us now....
     
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    yan Notebook Consultant

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    EA Downloader has blazing fast speeds.

    As for the Direct X crash issue, check out the forums at bf2142.com

    Quake Wars is going to suck big time, mark my words.
     
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    It couldn't possbily be worse then BF2142, and believe me I absolutely love BF2 and had amazingly high hopes for this.

    It's a mere mod, end of, and a crap mod at that.
     
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    After playing the demo for a while, I highly doubt I will be buying BF 2142 unless it gets a score of 8.5 or above from most reviewers.
     
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    one word: BORING

    Ill stick with bf2
     
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    As a Bf2 veteran, and after playing BF2142 this weekend I can only say that I will definitly buy this game.
    The graphic is top-notch, the new Titan mode is excellent and the action is just as intense as, if not more so, than what Bf2 can offer.
    Keep in mind that this is only a demo and the full game will have much more to offer when it comes out.
     
  28. AznImports602

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    I just played the demo and it is filled with some many bugs!!!! I will probably get the game when it is much cheaper than 50 bucks. For now ill play bf2, but what I really like is how it loads up quicker than bf2.
     
  29. Aero

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    Ill do that, in 30 minutes when the game is downloaded...500kb/s good speeds guys keep it up :)
     
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    Ok downloaded, installed, video settings maxed out. I type this while I play the game.

    Conclusion: Game is still pretty buggy, from the programming side to play & the User Interface is one of the worst I have ever seen. Graphics are really nice though, here is my screenshot on all settings maxed out:


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