Yep, Gibsonfire [thread=119]brought it up[/thread] back in early 2006. I'd given up on BF2, and Battlefield in general, until I picked up Project Reality 0.5.
Now, I'm pretty short on play time but what time I do get I'm pumping into this. It's pretty much how I like my FPS games: tactical, brutal and with a heavy edge of "if this were the real world, it'd work like this" while still not losing the game aspect.
The download is over 1GB (1.3ish?) so I'd say only start on this if:
The basic rifleman, medic, engineer, light AT and spec ops kits are available for anyone. Snipers, support gunners, heavy AT and AA kits are restricted to squads with 2/3/4 people (or more) in them. Vehicles require a crew kit. Kits are acquired at spawn points. No more uber-sniper TKing to steal the tank. Oh, and the sniper, heavy AT, AA and support kits are limited across the team. No longer a team of 8 snipers, 10 support gunners, 8 spec ops and the rest as medics... (that said, plenty of people do take the medic kit...
).
You're going to die in 1 to 3 rounds to the body, 1 to the head. Even if you don't, you'll be bleeding. Keep a medic nearby at all times. The more you die, the longer it'll take you to spawn. Play carefully. Sometimes it's better to lose a flag and come back in force than it is to sit on it and die over and over (though that was true in BF2, IIRC).
Most weapons are on ironsights. Only a short list have a scope worth a damn, and when you've got a scope don't expect to have a nade launcher. Balanced squads rule.
There are some server lag and crash issues at the moment. Expect 2/5 patches of lag in any hour, plus a crash every two hours. They're working on the fixes right now.
Despite the issues and the clear nature of this game as being "in development", I'm very pleased. It's like airsofting. With better guns in better locations and more people. And without having to go out or pay any money.
Anyone else playing?
Now, I'm pretty short on play time but what time I do get I'm pumping into this. It's pretty much how I like my FPS games: tactical, brutal and with a heavy edge of "if this were the real world, it'd work like this" while still not losing the game aspect.
The download is over 1GB (1.3ish?) so I'd say only start on this if:
- You like games that deal out brutal, sudden death (e.g. Red Orchestra from a year or so ago).
- You appreciate the fine line between "realism" and "this is still a game, not a simulator".
- You kinda liked BF2 but got fed up with being pwned by the same MG, spec ops or sniper over and over to the point where you wondered if there was any point using anything else.
- You like your ironsights and lack of a central crosshair... and ammo counter (you get a mag counter)... and health bar... and kill messages...
The basic rifleman, medic, engineer, light AT and spec ops kits are available for anyone. Snipers, support gunners, heavy AT and AA kits are restricted to squads with 2/3/4 people (or more) in them. Vehicles require a crew kit. Kits are acquired at spawn points. No more uber-sniper TKing to steal the tank. Oh, and the sniper, heavy AT, AA and support kits are limited across the team. No longer a team of 8 snipers, 10 support gunners, 8 spec ops and the rest as medics... (that said, plenty of people do take the medic kit...
).You're going to die in 1 to 3 rounds to the body, 1 to the head. Even if you don't, you'll be bleeding. Keep a medic nearby at all times. The more you die, the longer it'll take you to spawn. Play carefully. Sometimes it's better to lose a flag and come back in force than it is to sit on it and die over and over (though that was true in BF2, IIRC).
Most weapons are on ironsights. Only a short list have a scope worth a damn, and when you've got a scope don't expect to have a nade launcher. Balanced squads rule.
There are some server lag and crash issues at the moment. Expect 2/5 patches of lag in any hour, plus a crash every two hours. They're working on the fixes right now.
Despite the issues and the clear nature of this game as being "in development", I'm very pleased. It's like airsofting. With better guns in better locations and more people. And without having to go out or pay any money.
Anyone else playing?
