Thumby55's Official review of Euro Forces:
Did they screw up and release Armored Fury instead of Euro Forces? Because I swear to christ, there's like 14 tanks on some of these maps. Other than being an armor whore's paradise, there's a lot of airpower on some maps as well. Oh and one more thing that needs to be said...Why did the cumstains at EA/Dice make these maps 16 and 32 player only? All of these maps feel like they were designed with 64 players in mind. With that being said, it's enjoyable, but you start to miss Vanilla and SF a lil' bit
Maps
Operation Smokescreen
This is my favorite of all the maps in EF. It reminds me a lot of a cross between Oman and Songhua. Oman because of the middle east feel and songhua because of the sheer size of this map. The burning oil towers really add a tactical element with the thick black smoke. I always pilot the MI-28 and lurk in the smoke waiting for armor whores.
The Great Wall
This map has amazing ambience in it's environment. The wall adds a strategic advantage, and looks amazing to boot. The bad thing about this map is that it's big and a lot of it is spent on foot. Once you're in the courtyard of the wall itself, it feels like a completely different map and gets a lot "closer" in scope. There's also no airpower at all on this map. I would have also liked to see transport choppers as it would play out a lot like Mashtuur in that respect.
Taraba Quarry
This map is huge as well and is a lot like Smokescreen minus the smoke and with a river dividing the map down the middle. This map is okay but feels like it needs 64 players to be less sparse in it's battles. Nothing really memorable here to say.
EU Aerial Arsenal
Eurofighter Typhoon
This plane looks pretty sweet, a lot like the J-10 but with triangular wings. It flies like crap in my opinion. It feels fast but gives the feeling that it's "unstable" in some way. It's seems slugish when strafing but then again, I'm not a jet whore so I wouldn't really know for sure.
Tiger Attack Chopper
I'm neutral about this thing to be honest. It's faster than any of the other attack choppers, but takes a while to recover while swooping. If you jerk the throttle left or right while taking off, it WILL roll over and explode on you. This has happened to me twice now because I smoke too much chronic.
EU Tanks
There are 2 new tanks, one German, the other British. They're pretty much the same as the others with similar speeds and cannons. I don't like them that much because you can't see your tracks when you look down so it's tough to fit through tight spaces.
Weapons
Engineer
The new engineer shotgun kicks some serious ass. It's like the USMC shottie but semi auto.
Medic
Famas is cool as hell, has a mean sound and the sights are amazing.
Anti-Tank
P90 sucks knob as everyone knows.
Sniper
L96 Sniper is as accurate as the M24 and reloads a second quicker.
Assault
Love this gun. It feels and looks like the m16 and fires G3 shots.
Support
Hmmmmm...If I were to sum up this gun I would say it's a belt-fed G3 with the sound of an M60 from Rambo. Accuracy is like MG36
Spec Ops
This thing rox my muh-****in sox. I always use the MP5 as AT because I like the challenge but this version feels like a full-auto .45ACP. "you can pound nails with this thing all day"
K that's it for now...Go ****in' play it! The EA downloader actually gave me sustained 3mbit download speeds so eat it up son.
Did they screw up and release Armored Fury instead of Euro Forces? Because I swear to christ, there's like 14 tanks on some of these maps. Other than being an armor whore's paradise, there's a lot of airpower on some maps as well. Oh and one more thing that needs to be said...Why did the cumstains at EA/Dice make these maps 16 and 32 player only? All of these maps feel like they were designed with 64 players in mind. With that being said, it's enjoyable, but you start to miss Vanilla and SF a lil' bit
Maps
Operation Smokescreen
This is my favorite of all the maps in EF. It reminds me a lot of a cross between Oman and Songhua. Oman because of the middle east feel and songhua because of the sheer size of this map. The burning oil towers really add a tactical element with the thick black smoke. I always pilot the MI-28 and lurk in the smoke waiting for armor whores.
The Great Wall
This map has amazing ambience in it's environment. The wall adds a strategic advantage, and looks amazing to boot. The bad thing about this map is that it's big and a lot of it is spent on foot. Once you're in the courtyard of the wall itself, it feels like a completely different map and gets a lot "closer" in scope. There's also no airpower at all on this map. I would have also liked to see transport choppers as it would play out a lot like Mashtuur in that respect.
Taraba Quarry
This map is huge as well and is a lot like Smokescreen minus the smoke and with a river dividing the map down the middle. This map is okay but feels like it needs 64 players to be less sparse in it's battles. Nothing really memorable here to say.
EU Aerial Arsenal
Eurofighter Typhoon
This plane looks pretty sweet, a lot like the J-10 but with triangular wings. It flies like crap in my opinion. It feels fast but gives the feeling that it's "unstable" in some way. It's seems slugish when strafing but then again, I'm not a jet whore so I wouldn't really know for sure.
Tiger Attack Chopper
I'm neutral about this thing to be honest. It's faster than any of the other attack choppers, but takes a while to recover while swooping. If you jerk the throttle left or right while taking off, it WILL roll over and explode on you. This has happened to me twice now because I smoke too much chronic.
EU Tanks
There are 2 new tanks, one German, the other British. They're pretty much the same as the others with similar speeds and cannons. I don't like them that much because you can't see your tracks when you look down so it's tough to fit through tight spaces.
Weapons
Engineer
The new engineer shotgun kicks some serious ass. It's like the USMC shottie but semi auto.
Medic
Famas is cool as hell, has a mean sound and the sights are amazing.
Anti-Tank
P90 sucks knob as everyone knows.
Sniper
L96 Sniper is as accurate as the M24 and reloads a second quicker.
Assault
Love this gun. It feels and looks like the m16 and fires G3 shots.
Support
Hmmmmm...If I were to sum up this gun I would say it's a belt-fed G3 with the sound of an M60 from Rambo. Accuracy is like MG36
Spec Ops
This thing rox my muh-****in sox. I always use the MP5 as AT because I like the challenge but this version feels like a full-auto .45ACP. "you can pound nails with this thing all day"
K that's it for now...Go ****in' play it! The EA downloader actually gave me sustained 3mbit download speeds so eat it up son.
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