Well, after much anxiety of both a DVD retail and a Steam copy that did not work, I finally go the Steam version running smoothly after their patch and had a chance to play several rounds.

First impressions:

This is the game I thought it would be. Cool visuals, interesting maps, excellent progression of damage to buildings and vehicles, etc.

I did not notice a lot of difference in the light weapons damage, although I use mostly assault. I still seemed rewarded for the classic BF2 crouch or prone accuracy. Seems like the tanks and such can take a little more of a beating than they used to, but I am not sure.

EMP still rules. I like using all of the toys, but something about forcing the infantry showdown at a CP just gets me going. I think it was Digital that commented about setting one up really high on Solar Farm. I tried that on the mountain tops next to the big antennae in the middle and them covered the center of the cone. I had to bail in from a damaged helo and actually landed in the center of the suspended array (little white circle) and set up an EMP stick and then parachuted to the cone below. It looked really cool, but it was too high and you could actually fly below it. I noticed on the support towers to the array there were mid points that probably would be better.

Where did my multi-channel support for sound go? Game still sounds good, but I will hope for a future update to maximize the potential of all that is there.
Like others have said, VOIP will be a plus. When you are so used to using it, you really miss it.

Over all, very pleased I bought this game. It will be great to play it TG style.





I FOUND THE BUS WOO HOO !