Sorry for a bit of self pimpage, but I've seen some discussion of BF2 around here and thought it might be acceptable this once. I got to play BF2 last night at EA's offices, and it was brilliant. I've posted a review of it here. I spend a bit of time talking about my first impressions, then some discussion of how I think the game will play out in pub servers and for competition play:

The commander is going to be an interesting question for teams. The commander can be a member of a squad, and as long as he is alive he can do his business from anywhere on the map. His "powers" don't need much supervision, just an eye on the clock so that you keep the drones flying and the arty coming down. However, there is the option for the commander to stay in his most zoomed in top down mode and watch individual units move around. Teams will have to decide whether they want this extra spacial awareness, or an extra player on the ground...

Everything about this game has so much depth for competition play. Teams will simply fall in love with it, and I personally can't wait to start developing strategies for the different maps.

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