And, as one might expect, the alterations to Battlefield's core game play are the most troublesome.Īnyone familiar with the Battlefield games will be suspicious from the second they see Modern Combat's box art, which on the front shows a spectacular explosion sending a dune buggy soaring through the air, and on the back features a trio of stylized video game soldiers who are more reminiscent of characters seen in games like Counter-Strike than the more authentic looking troops that typically traipse across a Battlefield battle ground.
The latter changes are where PC ports most often run aground.īoth superficial and core game play changes were made in bringing Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, a port of the most recent game in Digital Illusions CE's exceptionally popular PC-based Battlefield franchise, to the Xbox and PlayStation2. Some graphical and level design adjustments are typically required to ensure the game performs well on console hardware, while alterations to core game play are frequently made in an effort to meet what the developer thinks are the expectations and requirements of console gamers. Of course, many PC games eventually make their way to consoles - but in the transition developers often make significant changes to the original game. They read in magazines about the precision control afforded by a mouse and keyboard, visit gaming websites to see beautiful screen shots and video from triple-A PC titles, and their PC gaming friends tell them about epic 64-player on-line matches. The world of PC games can be both exotic and alluring to many console gamers. The Verdict: It's about the most we could expect from a console-based Battlefield game - just do yourself a favour and skip the silly single-player campaign.The Bad: Single-player mode is short, shallow, arcade-like, and unrecognizable as a Battlefield game.
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