Hey guys, I know we can't quote this as absolute truth, but 1up had a story about the leak of Euro Forces, and mentioned tentative release dates for the patch (March 10) and Euro Forces (March 15). I looked on the site here and didn't see anyone mentioning this.
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Re: Patch and Euro Forces coming very soon!
Good news, never known EA to deliver a patch as quick as the last one, hopefully the bugs etc have been solved, but people always find new bugs, glitches, exploits, they can never win haha. -
Re: Patch and Euro Forces coming very soon!
This has alrady been posted but without the link.
EA Downloader Snafu Drops Battlefield 2 Expansion Early
Rocks on the road to a digitally distributed future
by Shawn Elliott, 03/02/2006 39 of 43 users recommend this story.
Within the next ten years, says Electronic Arts European VP of sales Dr. Jens Uwe Intat, "all entertainment media will be downloaded to a device." This week, though, the road remains rocky. On March 1st, an EA downloader snafu made forthcoming Battlefield 2 (PC) booster pack Euro Force available for purchase and play a full two weeks prior to its scheduled release. For a period of 18 hours, fans including those at TotalBF2.com's forums played via LAN connections (a lack of server clients prevented online play), and posted screens and impressions.
Like fan favs Strike at Karkand and Sharqi Peninsula, Great Wall, one of Euro Forces three new maps, favors infantry over armor and aircraft. In fact jeeps, mobile anti-aircraft platforms, and tanks are its only vehicles.
TotalBF2.com member "xXMMMSXx" likens map Operation Smoke Screen to movie Jarhead-small villages scattered amid vast burning oilfields. With little to no cover, it's a groundpounders battle between armor and the odd A10 tankbusting aircraft. Tanks are so plentiful that players report advancing in formation, four at a time.
Taraba Quarry, the third map, is said to look and play much like BF2's Zatar wetlands-in other words, too much acreage, too little cover for exciting infantry engagement, but open season for sharp-shooting flyboys and APC crews.
EA delayed Euro Force's digital launch to coincide with the release of BF2 patch 1.21 when its 1.2 patch proved troublesome. (Bugs include missile-launching oil stations, wonky Blackhawk helicopter flares, and super-duper defibrillator paddles to name a few.)
At present, EA's plans are to release patch 1.21 on March 10 with Euro Force following on March 15.
Still not convinced.Comment
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Re: Patch and Euro Forces coming very soon!
Well ,thats how it is with any big game like this. Fix something, the laws of reality say that something else has to get messed up, otherwise gamers are HAPPY! And that would cause reality to shatter.Comment
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Re: Patch and Euro Forces coming very soon!
I wouldn't trust that source. First of all, 1up has been known to make certain things up to get more attention, and then blame a faulty source later on.
Second of all, that article is WAY below their usual standard. It didn't flow very well, contained very little information (they could have added pictures/video), and their information is most inaccurate. Not to mention that they mispelt quite a few words, very obviously.
Plus, EA has always released their BF2-related materials on a Tuesday (just like it was a Friday for BFV), and neither the 10th/15th are a tuesday.
~SaladComment
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Re: Patch and Euro Forces coming very soon!
Originally posted by SaladFork
Yeah true.Comment
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Re: Patch and Euro Forces coming very soon!
Originally posted by SaladFork
Except the 1.01 hotfix which came out on a Friday I think :)Comment
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