Battlefield 2142 Trailer [Archive]

Nite_Moogle

03-20-2006, 06:14 PM

A video has surfaced on youtube of what will presumably be the intro movie for the upcoming Battlefield 2142 from EA and DICE (who really are part of EA now anyway). Check the video out here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-DnK-d_sp0).

fitbabits

03-20-2006, 07:36 PM

Looks spiffy!

Averic

03-20-2006, 07:38 PM

Very cool. Looking forward to it. The robots reming me a lot of ED209

Liquidize105

03-20-2006, 07:43 PM

Fall 2006? BF2 barely came out a few months ago. It better be an expansion pack.

Oh who am I kidding? They're milking the franchise.

Unless it's a fake video.

XenonCJ

03-20-2006, 07:48 PM

Wow I'm fucking stoked, this looks fucking tight as fuck.

Krom

03-20-2006, 07:50 PM

Must...keep up....with...new....battlefield releases.

Voodoo

03-20-2006, 07:52 PM

I would say this is meant to compete against Quake Enemy Territory. It looks damn good and I'm happy with the mechs!

The_Darr

03-20-2006, 07:52 PM

with all the different things going on i hope they balance things good...

for some reason BF2 was different, but still felt "familiar" enough to ease into then fall in love with. i would rather this game "feel" like the others, only with a futuristic twist. I'm not a fan of cloaking either...

anakin876

03-20-2006, 08:07 PM

Adam Blue

03-20-2006, 08:08 PM

This looks terrible..... there's nothing neat or interesting about it. If it was April 1st, I would understand. Look at the tech...i hope I'm right and it's just a mod someone built.

Busted_Astromech

03-20-2006, 08:12 PM

Wow, who knew Dice had such storytelling talent? That was awesome!

But why does the screen tell me "Fall 2006," and not Fall "when it's done?" It'd be nice of them to give the game some, um, development time. 1 year is not enough time to make a good game. It's only enough time to make a future-themed Battlefield 2.

This looks terrible..... there's nothing neat or interesting about it. If it was April 1st, I would understand. Look at the tech...i hope I'm right and it's just a mod someone built.

This game must be based on Battlefield 2 tech, and as such has should look decent if not amazing. I mean, it's only a year from BF2, they apparently won't have time to do much to the engine.

Suicidal ShiZuru

03-20-2006, 08:12 PM

Wow that could turn out good. I have high hopes for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars though.

Zeal

03-20-2006, 08:14 PM

Looks really good.

Ph00p

03-20-2006, 08:15 PM

I wonder what the buzz words will be on this one "NOW WITH 50% LESS BUGS than BF2!" why tha'd make it almost playable! rofl.

KarmaGhost

03-20-2006, 08:23 PM

This looks terrible..... there's nothing neat or interesting about it. If it was April 1st, I would understand. Look at the tech...i hope I'm right and it's just a mod someone built.I would agree with you, in particular about the "neat or interesting" part. It's just BF1942/BF2 with different vehicles. It would be nice if it were a mod; I wouldn't put it past PC Gamer to promote a mod, seeing as they have a history of supporting them.

Genital Eclipse

03-20-2006, 08:43 PM

I would agree with you, in particular about the "neat or interesting" part. It's just BF1942/BF2 with different vehicles.

Different vehicles??!?!?

Those are fucking flying metal ships that don't exist today man. The future. Think of the crazy fights and potential for metal-trimmed robot condoms that talk to you and flash neon lights in your peehole.

Man, we should have thought about the ice though. Coming down on us like that. We had no clue that could happen.

I'm off to my salted-beef shelter for the next 60 years until the ice melts away and America 2 is reborn by a robotic jesus.

Maskatron

03-20-2006, 08:53 PM

Looking forward to an awesomly fun, yet rushed and super buggy game.

StrifeSnake13*

03-20-2006, 09:02 PM

cool, but it does not really wow me at all, it just looks like BF2 with a futuristic mod or something.

I'm still looking forward to it.

Franjo

03-20-2006, 09:12 PM

BF2 is wicked, but I wouldn't waste my time on this shit.

Hg-203

03-20-2006, 09:13 PM

/insert obligatory comment about bugs, dice, EA, and the sort

edit: don’t get me wrong, I would love to play this game… but well bugs galore

Evil Avatar

03-20-2006, 09:13 PM

I loved this game when it was called Unreal Tournament 2003/2004.

Iron Maiden

03-20-2006, 09:18 PM

its a mod people

Demo_Boy

03-20-2006, 09:23 PM

By the way DICE, Quake Wars ownz u.

Thenetcase

03-20-2006, 09:24 PM

Fall 2006? BF2 barely came out a few months ago. It better be an expansion pack.

Oh who am I kidding? They're milking the franchise.

Unless it's a fake video.

you are forgetting that if it's released in Fall of '06, that means that it'll be another 6-9 months before it's actually worth buying. You know... after the 12-14 y/o PUNKS have helped DICE work out the bugs.

-TNC-

astronautsandwich

03-20-2006, 09:38 PM

As long as there are meat rifles, I'll be happy. Otherwise, this game will be hot sick ass.

Kyro

03-20-2006, 09:49 PM

I'm going to have to throw my vote in with the "it looks like a mod" group. If they're going to make a whole new game, at least make it different enough graphically and/or artistically.

If you're just adding crazy looking space vehicles, just make it Battlefield 2: Fast Forward A Hundred or So Years

F3nyx

03-20-2006, 10:04 PM

Different vehicles??!?!?

Those are fucking flying metal ships that don't exist today man. The future. Think of the crazy fights and potential for metal-trimmed robot condoms that talk to you and flash neon lights in your peehole.

Man, we should have thought about the ice though. Coming down on us like that. We had no clue that could happen.

I'm off to my salted-beef shelter for the next 60 years until the ice melts away and America 2 is reborn by a robotic jesus.This made me laugh, a lot.

I loved this game when it was called Unreal Tournament 2003/2004.That didn't have motherfucking MECHS.

This looks new and interesting to me, but maybe that's because I've never bought any Battlefield games.

Kyro

03-20-2006, 10:09 PM

This made me laugh, a lot.

That didn't have motherfucking MECHS.

This looks new and interesting to me, but maybe that's because I've never bought any Battlefield games.

Yeah, I'm thinking that has a lot to do with it =) To those of us who have played through 1942, Vietnam and BF:2, this sort of looks like how the desert combat mod was for 1942.

[SMS]Rantage

03-20-2006, 10:30 PM

I'm not touching it. I've had a nice tall pitcher of the BF2 Kool-aid (got the SF expansion and purchased the EF booster pack), but it is blatantly obvious that EA/DICE is hip-deep in monkeys masquerading as software engineers. There's no other explanation for the complete and utter goat-rope that every patch brings. The incompetence behind the post-release support of their current game makes the Sierra/Dynamix handling of Tribes 2 look like the Apollo program.

I'll let everybody else be the guinea pigs this time, thanks very much.

Klade

03-20-2006, 10:31 PM

That video represents the best use of mechs and foot soldiers combined into one game. Quake Wars has mechs and foot soldiers but every time I see videos, the mechs always look very sloppy.

I have to say this game has me interested. Then again anything battlefield, (or for that matter vehicle oriented FPS + multiplayer) has me interested. I've got no problem with them using the battlefield 2 engine. Its still decent graphics, even though it is a resource hog.

trip1eX

03-20-2006, 10:46 PM

AversionFX

03-20-2006, 11:14 PM

Bleh. I dont understand why they would release another battlefield game barely a year after BF2.

I still wish I knew what the idiot brigade was talking about when they say "BF2 is buggy."

Genital Eclipse

03-20-2006, 11:18 PM

Looks promising. The kewl thing is you won't have the 'realism' folks crying that so and so weapon/vehicle isn't like it's real-life counterpart. They should be able to better balance the game too cause they make up whatever the hell weapon or vehicle they want to make up.

Word to this my brother from up high. You are an angel and bring words of truth to us.

Realism in DICE games is a ploy by communists to convert our youths from porn and rifles to wearing red pajama bottoms and building snow rocket ships to launch the new revolution. A new commie revolution of posts containing scientific facts that jumping and shooting rifles is inaccurate and unfair to those who sit prone two feet away in a highly realistic adaptation of modern warfare. Be careful, for if you ever disagree with them, you will be called a dolphin diver. Which I think means you like dead male goats.

I no longer have any clue what I was typing, but in conclusion I agreed with you at some point.

ProfPuppet

03-21-2006, 12:34 AM

I remember when this intro was for a series of games called Mechwarrior.

Seriously, show some fucking creativity, make some different looking robots. I'm not talking super original even, just something that doesn't look like it should have 'Inner Sphere' or 'Ghostbear Clan' decals on it.

I saw absolutely nothing that made it seem unique, creative, or even remotely interesting. Color me unimpressed unless they release movies/screens/info that show how it's going to differentiate itself from Mechwarrior/Tribes/Unreal Tournament.

Cyotik

03-21-2006, 01:06 AM

Giant robots. My greatest weakness. I'm sold.

Morratut

03-21-2006, 01:38 AM

Robots - check.
Guns - check.
Death on a massive scale - check.
multiplayer mayhem - check.

I'm sold :D

The basic story though is from the Day After Tomorrow, just with a cooler ending because everyone starts fighting for land :D

Plus even though I agree with what someone else said earlier regarding Quake Wars mechs being sloppy I do prefer the overall look of Quake Wars.

I'm not even a fan of the Doom3 engine either.

Shifteh

03-21-2006, 01:38 AM

Wow, who knew Dice had such storytelling talent? That was awesome!

Storytellin-..? talen-...?*breathes deep*

Welcome to some later time, where guns are the same with different coloured flares, and mechs are like tanks, except... uh... they walk. But doesn't it look like Mech Warrior! Please buy our buggy crap!

I'll wait a year after it's released. Maybe they'll let me bind shift to duck by then.

defiant

03-21-2006, 02:08 AM

fnname

03-21-2006, 02:09 AM

Whaa? I havent heard anything abot this game. Fall 2006? They are really pumping out these Battlefield games.

Oblivion

03-21-2006, 02:12 AM

what will be the next battlefield game? BF: 1800? 3000? 1000 B.C?

Sl1pstream

03-21-2006, 02:36 AM

This could still be a joke if it's released on their next demo disc. Otherwise it's just a mod.

Change the map and textures and it looks a lot like the Star Wars mod that was released for BF1942.

Parsifal

03-21-2006, 03:10 AM

The main reson I think it might be a mod is because the soldier models and animations looks a lot like the ones from BF2 (which I don't own, so I'm going from memory).

reimomo

03-21-2006, 04:08 AM

The main reson I think it might be a mod is because the soldier models and animations looks a lot like the ones from BF2 (which I don't own, so I'm going from memory).

Yeah, while paying for a dev quality mod doesn't bother me much, gameplay improvements > mechs.

bboy

03-21-2006, 04:33 AM

What a POS...this simply looks like a mech BF2 mod. Same exact gameplay, engine, with new 'vehicles' and kits (invisibility, big whoop). Now that EA has fully scooped up DICE into their clutches I guess we can only expect the quality of their shipping code to further nosedive. I'm keeping my money in my wallet thanks.

The concept looks cool but I'm sure the execution will be faulty.

/sheds a tear in memory of Desert Combat Final for BF1942.

LilEvilFish

03-21-2006, 04:46 AM

I'm with you on the Desert Combat Final.. happy memories.. *sniff*

However, if this is a mod, as most people are calling it, it looks good quality for a mod! I'd buy that for a dollar.. which is 75p ;) heehee

F3nyx

03-21-2006, 05:14 AM

I remember when this intro was for a series of games called Mechwarrior.

Seriously, show some fucking creativity, make some different looking robots. I'm not talking super original even, just something that doesn't look like it should have 'Inner Sphere' or 'Ghostbear Clan' decals on it.I thought they looked more like the (extraordinarily bland) HERCs from Starsiege, myself. Specifically, a mix between the Olympian and the Apocalypse. Battletech Mechs aren't usually so "chunky," and they often have arms instead of hardpoint-mounted weapons.

anakin876

03-21-2006, 05:26 AM

This could still be a joke if it's released on their next demo disc. Otherwise it's just a mod.

Change the map and textures and it looks a lot like the Star Wars mod that was released for BF1942.

galactic conquest was awesome. Too bad almost everyone who was still playing bailed the day BF2 came out.

The Continental

03-21-2006, 07:00 AM

Does nobody remember Battlefield Vietnam? It was essentially a polished mod for BF1942. I imagine this is the same situation with BF2. I personally am tired as hell of real world combat, be it WWII or modern day Counter-Terrorism. I'll be snagging this and Quake Wars for sure.

mylittlepwny

03-21-2006, 07:48 AM

Fuck it, BF2 is still unfinished.

Magnanimous Gnome

03-21-2006, 09:23 AM

Ice coming down from the poles and driving humanity to the tropics? How about some realism EA? Everyone with a brain (ie not George Bush) knows that global warming is going to melt the ice caps and flood large swathes of land all across the globe, driving the survivors into the middle of the continents.

As for the part about everyone killing each other in a huge global crisis, that's pretty spot on. You thought the oil wars were bad - wait until there's little clean water or the ice caps have melted. The compassionate people will be run over by the Jesus freaks and other nuts who will bring ideas like "patriotism" and nationalism to a whole new level of depravity. I weep for the future.

Oh wait, was I supposed to not take this shit seriously? My bad...

EGO

03-21-2006, 09:52 AM

So much for EA being committed to developing new games and not whoring existing franchises.

Ps this looks like complete ass, Mechwarrior Mercs which is a couple of years old absolutely shits on this. Quake Wars is gonna sodomise this game

I think they're talking about future games, not the one's already in production.

Either way, I think the vids a fake. There's something about it that's too "sloppy" for EA. :rolleyes:

Kyle Jones

03-21-2006, 10:52 AM

This looks terrible..... there's nothing neat or interesting about it. If it was April 1st, I would understand. Look at the tech...i hope I'm right and it's just a mod someone built.

Though I don't think it looks nearly as bad as that, I think the concept is pretty lame at best. All they did was take Battlefield and throw it into a generic future with some mechs and weird guns. I'm just pretty skeptical at something like this that really lacks any creativity, minus some nice looking tracked vehicles.

More importantly, this makes me think about something more important. When the fuck are you going to make a new Battletech-universe game for PC Microsoft? I want a giant turn based strategy game!

sflufan

03-21-2006, 12:05 PM

I think they're talking about future games, not the one's already in production.

Either way, I think the vids a fake. There's something about it that's too "sloppy" for EA. :rolleyes:

Not a fake - DICE just posted the press release on their website.

Crabby

03-21-2006, 12:09 PM

Seems to me that the sensible gamer would just steer toward ET:Quake Wars and wash his or her hands of this.

eatme

03-21-2006, 12:09 PM

This game looks fucking sweet. Whiners.

TheKeck

03-21-2006, 12:21 PM

Not a fake - DICE just posted the press release on their website.
Got a link? I just checked out DICE's website, and saw no such thing.

This whole deal smacks of fakesville to me.

Parsifal

03-21-2006, 12:31 PM

Well, at their swedish site dice.se (http://www.dice.se) they have the official announcement up. It's aimed for a fall 2006 release (which means they have a real high tempo in my opinion) and it's based on the same technical platform as Battlefield 2.

Magnanimous Gnome

03-21-2006, 12:44 PM

More importantly, this makes me think about something more important. When the fuck are you going to make a new Battletech-universe game for PC Microsoft? I want a giant turn based strategy game!

Probably never. I'm willing to bet that we'll see nothing but Mech Assault from here on out. It's too bad too, as the Mech Warrior series and it's ilk were so much better.

Seems to me that the sensible gamer would just steer toward ET:Quake Wars and wash his or her hands of this.

I don't really understand why people are so excited about Quake Wars. The last two games using id properties - Quake IV and Doom 3 - were pretty bland at best. I'd think that people would be really cautious about anything in those universes.

TheKeck

03-21-2006, 12:56 PM

Hg-203

03-21-2006, 01:23 PM

Interesting. Why do people suppose they put it up on the Swedish site, but not the English version?

licensing issues would be my bet, they don't have a full contract on US distribution. Take the Earth 21X0 series those games had be finished and distributed months before they had someone to distribute it.

Shifteh

03-21-2006, 01:27 PM

I don't really understand why people are so excited about Quake Wars. The last two games using id properties - Quake IV and Doom 3 - were pretty bland at best. I'd think that people would be really cautious about anything in those universes.

I've been a Quake fan for a long time. While not a fanboy (I wasn't as big a fan of 2 as I was 1), I generally buy from the series.

I hated Doom 3. It was one of two games I ever returned (Deus Ex Invisible War was the other). I didn't, however, hate Quake 4. Quake 4 brought me back to the old days of gaming - fighting more than one miniboss at once, circle-strafing the Makron, corridor strafe-jumping, etc. It didn't change my life forever, but it wasn't as disappointing as Call of Duty 2. I never once, in Quake 4, had an autosave game that started me dead.

I am looking forward to Quake Wars. The universe has a lot of neat ideas, and is always at least moderately well done.

Battlefield, however, is almost always a great idea followed by terrible follow-through. Quake (2 and 4) didn't have a great story, but "ice, contrary to the melting we know it's all doing... is growing!" seems really half-assed. And come on.. if that isn't Battlefield 2 - With Mechs! I don't know what is.

H.Bogard

03-21-2006, 01:42 PM

Sometimes I wonder if all games could take 6 years like hl2 did....

Steve_Erhardt

03-21-2006, 02:18 PM

its a mod people
http://www.ea.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=communityupdate_032106

Personally I'd like to play it, but on the other hand, it really pisses me off. Now I know why the Mech Tactical Simulation team had such a god damned hard fucking time getting any cooperation from EA/Dice on their Mod (Basically exactly this but with actual Battletech mechs). That was just shitty. So MTS finally folded, though now, as I've researched this real fast, they are evidently moving MTS to the Quake Wars engine, so all is not lost.

Magnanimous Gnome

03-21-2006, 02:36 PM

Ah, thanks for the reply Shifteh. I'm glad that you are looking forward to the game. My last post was somewhat snarky, so cheers for replying and explaining why you are looking forward to the game instead of just 1-uping the snarkiness. :)

Crabby

03-21-2006, 03:33 PM

anakin876

03-21-2006, 04:15 PM

Ice coming down from the poles and driving humanity to the tropics? How about some realism EA? Everyone with a brain (ie not George Bush) knows that global warming is going to melt the ice caps and flood large swathes of land all across the globe, driving the survivors into the middle of the continents.

Actually, one of the current theories is that melt from global warming will cause too much freshwater to melt off in the northern hemisphere - which will cause the north atlantic current to stall out. Without the current hauling all the warm water up there, ice will start reforming and we may get a huge amount of ice in the northern hemisphere - not sure what the theory says about southern hemishpere.

Wasson_

03-21-2006, 06:11 PM

Every so often I fire up the first quake for a good old-school romp. Solid, damn fun game.

Quake Wars has some really interisting concepts behind it from what I read in GI, I liked the idea of the game putting the player in a situation that best suited his abalities. But - that could also be a bad thing if it works how I think it might...(people hacking and then doing whatever they please...ect.)

But- what anakin876 says is true, that is one of the working theories, and If it turns out to be true...it would be dreadful.

Aries7777

03-21-2006, 09:37 PM

The song in the end of the video sent fucking chills up my spine. CHILLS!!!! No game has done that since MGS2 for me!
Its the same as BF1942's theme.
*singing* Doo doo doo de doot doot!

Crabby

03-22-2006, 07:31 AM

The song in the end of the video sent fucking chills up my spine. CHILLS!!!! No game has done that since MGS2 for me!
Its the same as BF1942's theme.
*singing* Doo doo doo de doot doot!

I definitely agree there. Potentially the best part of that whole thing was the nostalgic tie-in.