Euro forces FUBAR, released 2 weeks early!

December Son

From 1up.com

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.
Adblock

GG EA!! f*ckin morphodykes

Keyzer

So does this mean its available for download and play on LAN?

Ponster

It *was* available for download. People used the EA Downloader to pay for it and got it legit but EA copped on and shut it down. You can't download it anymore.

There are 8 ranked EF forces atm and most are full these days with players who managed to grab it early.


Plenty of screenshots available here :

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59752

the_syco

A10's? Sweet :cool: I used to have tons of fun with those in Desert Combat, nailing tanks easily. This'll mean I'll really need a joystick now, but what the hell.

dazftw

How much will euro forces cost ? A fiver ?

jaggeh

tenner

a-10's..........OH SWEET JESUS YES

SeantheMan

I dont think theres A-10's, otherwise EA wouldve announced it

The only aircraft announced was the EuroFighter

Only 10 Euro then ??? Pay by credit card i suppose ??

Anyone bought it yet ?? if so, where and how

d22ontour

You can buy it in germany as it was released with the patch there and too many were sold before ea realised they fecked up again.

Taken from here.

http://www.bfgeeks.dk/index.php?page=nyhed&id=2493

projectmayhem

you wouldn't think EA was a multi-million euro corporation looking at all the news from BF2land, would you? (i don't really play any other EA games so i dunno if their fans are treated as badly as bf2 fans)

Ponster

My post mentioned the A-10 but AFAIK it isn't in the EF booster but in the AF booster coming out later this year.

You won't be able to buy EF until the 15th Sean.