Battlefield 2142: A Historical Analysis and Retrospective Review
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- Gravity, a Battlefield Veteran since Battlefield 1942 in 2002, attempts to provide a full history and review of Battlefield 2142.
0:00 - Intro.
0:59 - Game Origin and General Overview
04:18 - Game features and Menu options.
06:50 - Game Modes - Titan Assault.
09:25 - Maps.
11:32 - Classes and equipment.
15:59 - Equipment UI System and Gadgets.
20:22 - Sprint Mechanic, Commander, and Movement Issues.
25:32 - Weapons and Weapon Issues.
29:19 - Vehicles of 2142.
36:19 - Music of 2142.
37:10 - 2142 Expansion pack
38:01 - Gamespy Network Shutdown and Revive Attempts.
39:51 - Legacy and Battlefield References.
43:14 - Conclusion and Final Score.
To Play Battlefield 2142 Today, a physical copy of the game is REQUIRED.
- You will need to find a copy which includes a valid CD key. Some can be found on ebay and amazon.
- If you have a copy of the game, you will also need to download and install 2142 hub, the system providing a new server backbone.
- The easiest way to install and play the game is to follow the instructions on the BF2142 Reclamation Project Website.
This can be found here: battlefield2142.co/help/
For more, visit Gravity's twitchTV channel at / gravityxiii and @gravityxiii on twitter! 
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To Play Battlefield 2142 Today, a physical copy of the game is REQUIRED.
- You will need to find a copy which includes a valid CD key. Some can be found on ebay and amazon.
- If you have a copy of the game, you will also need to download and install 2142 hub, the system providing a new server backbone.
- The easiest way to install and play the game is to follow the instructions on the BF2142 Reclamation Project Website.
This can be found here: battlefield2142.co/help/
Thx bro!
This remains the greatest multiplayer game I've ever played and nothing has come close to the enjoyment I gained from this game since. And I've played everything.
I do still have my base game disc, but I'm not sure about the DLC disc. Do you need that one, as well, or is it enough to have the base game disc?
Thanks for this trip down memory lane!
Will this work on Apple if I have a disc reader?
This remains one of my favorites in the series, criminally over-looked! Titan battles were so fun
It's criminally overlooked because 97% of today's Battlefields playerbase have probably never heard of this game.
@@x-svy A lot of them jumped onto BF3 wanting MW 2007 or MW2 2009 with destruction. I mean I recall that E3 Queue Stream of one dudebro saying that.
BF3 was successful because CoD fans could pick it up and make it their game.
Dangerman I agree with you so much and this does not get emphasized enough when talking about BF history. The playerbase/desired audience changed significantly with 3 and has pretty much stayed that way until now.
It breaks my heart how forgotten this game is
Yeah,it got shadowed by BF3,BF4,and Cringefield 2042. Good thing there are some fanmade servers.
There’s still a small community keeping the multiplayer alive.. there’s usually at least one server with like 30 players
Glad people still make videos of Battlefield 2142, I still play 2142 today and it is the best I love the game I wish more people would play the game.
Ive been thinking about getting back into it, I still have access to my old account so it shouldnt be too hard to set up reclamation project. I agree with all of the complaints listed in this review but still have very fond memories of the game.
I legit just play'd with a some people the other day. Download the mod and hop on broski
omg a 45min video about my favourite BF of all time?
HYPE
This is a fantastic retrospective. I absolutely love this game but certainly recognize the flaws, and you've brought a really balanced approach to reviewing the game that hit on all the things I love about it, while also citing the things that don't hold up and deserve to be critiqued. This was a fun and really creative, imaginative game that suffered under a short development time and an outdated engine/tech. Very well edited and produced video, brother.
My most beloved Battlefield game in all Battlefield games because of its future combat concept which is grounded in realistic weaponry with a mix of sci-fi vehicles and tools.
I always look back at it with good memories because it was the Battlefield game that really gave me real moments in gaming that could only happen in Battlefield. I think DICE should definitely give future warfare another chance and bring back the Battle Walkers and Titans to us once more ever since teasing us with all the easter eggs in BF4 with the EU drone, the PAC emblem and battle walker prototypes in Giants of Karelia, the prototype launch pods and also the prototype Titan in Hangar 42. Oh, don't forget the prototype railgun (Rorsch Mk-1) that would end up being the stationary railgun anti-vehicle turret in 2142.
By the way, the unlocked sniper rifle (Zeller-H AMR) could also destroy lollermines and any other explosives in the game other than the RDX shotgun's projectiles.
Awesome Video. 28:30 I've never really had trouble shooting. It's pretty realistic that you can't hit in continuous fire with an assault rifle. That's why there was single fire, adjustable for assault rifles.
The peak of the series, as it turned out.
Excellent video. I’m bummed I skipped this one. This video proves this game is way more than just a mod of BF2.
The DICE Battlefront 2 has a supremacy mode where on some maps after a team wins a conquest round, they board transport ships and land on the enemy capital ship and either destroy it or are repelled by the enemy team where then another conquest round takes place with the damage caused on the defending ship carries over. Not exactly like Titan assault, but you can tell they probably took a lot of inspiration
Titan mode, commander and the maps where great! One of my favorite games of all time.
Concerning weapons characteristics since I believe this is important:
Battlefield 2142 introduced bullet damage drop-off on a far larger scale compared to BF2 (where almost all weapons baring pistols had a flat number and the same bullets to kill regardless at range) and almost all the weapons had damage drop-off; in addition, some weapons were also given more penalty in terms of bullet deviation more when strafing sideways compared to moving forward for some reason and in general 2142's weapons are more inaccurate (with the exceptions of LMGs) and less lethal at range compared to their BF2 counterparts. Add onto the fact body armor may skewer range performance with a .8 multiplier against most targets and I believe this is why at times BF2142 shooting feels overly clunky and at too a lesser extent "random".
This is true, but all of the Refractor engine games had a very clunky feel, including BF2. It may have been a bit worse than usual in 2142, but the shooting experience in all of the games was sub-par when compared to things like COD, CS1.6, UT2K4, or many other popular multiplayer games from that time period. The chaos and large scale combat where really what brought people in, more than the gun feel.
Need to get you a job for new battlefields asap. You’re their #1 fan. Thank you for highlighting the content
24/7 camp Gibraltar was my go to. Sitting on PAC and using the ganz hmg. Loved the sound of that gun.
One of the greatest BF games ever. Gun control was needed by operator. Burst fire and controlled placement worked a charm.
I remember the Voss to be op and easy to use.
This is something we would most likely never see from Dice again.
Rip.
BF 2 is the golden standard (minus a few kinks) for how BF game should be designed but BF 2142 still remains my personal N1 BF game ever made.
2142 will always hold a special place for me. A part of me hopes DICE will show some appreciation to the game by adding some 2142 content to 2042 Portal.
Great video essay! 2142 was my favorite game for many years, unfortunately I didn't know anyone else at the time who wanted to play it. Happy to see that it's once again possible to play it though, definitely going to check out out!
By the way, one more thing to that soured people initially was that I believe EA wanted to add real ads on banners in the game and there were rumors about a supposed spyware being included to facilitate this.
Haven't watched this yet, but I can't wait. 2142 was my first battlefield and loved playing it back in the day and when revive first came out. I loved the near future aesthetic of the game, especially the tank, mechs, and gunships - there really was nothing else like it bsck then. 1Final stand gave me hope for some successor and 2042 kinda destroyed that.
Superb Gameumentry! Brings back so many great memories! Thank for your efforts. Much appreciated.
Hey, nice video :) But I would like to clarify a couple of things:
1. A physical copy is not a hard requirement but preferable.
2. There is another community called NovGames.
3. 2142 performs bad with high ping. Already at 60-70-80 it becomes quite noticeable. Yours being 100 means your critique of weapons, hit reg and movement clunkyness is somewhat unfair. For players with 20-30 ping ~ things are relatively smooth. There are many US players on EU server with 150 ping. IMO you should rather critisize ping / netcode as the issue, not the weapons.
4. Back in the day there was a lot of aimbot / wallhack etc. IMO frequent cheaters, random punkbooster kick every 5 minutes ~ and highroofing did way more damage to the playerbase than bugs / quirks / flaws.
5. The consoles must not be destroyed in numerical order. You can do 2-4-1-3 or even rush 3 / 4 and destroy the shield gate if 1 / 2 is too heavily defended. The strategical depth of the titan mode is under-appreciated.
6. Even before DLC came with motion mine bait grenade, you could shoot the mines with Zeller from safe distance. But anyways it was a big and annoying issue for too long.
Thanks for the clarification. I appreciate it. To respond to your points: 1) I didnt want reference any nefarious methods of getting the game, although its always an option. 2) This I hadnt heard of until I made the video, so definitely a good point. 3) I agree with you that ping/netcode is a huge issue, however, I recorded a lot of gameplay from playing on the US reclamation server with ~30 ping and had similar issues. 4) This is something I dont have a memory of during its prime, so i didnt mention it. Ill have to take your word on it. 5) This I knew, but I wanted to keep things simple for time-constraints and new viewers. 6) This was definitely an oversight. Somehow I completely missed it. Thanks for the comment!
the most underrated battlefield game and the one absolutely deserving of a revamp/sequel. couldn't have said it better myself fantastic video review
greatest battlefield game ever. TITAN MODE IS KING!!!!
Oh boy, this was a game. I played this baby so much, that I was promoted to Lieutenant General. Being in the top 100 in the world crushed my life back then :P
excellent, now we need a remake
Id advise against that. Seeing what they have done to plenty of "remakes" its better this one stay in the modders and communities hands.
There is a Project Remaster that works as a mod improving maps, graphics, sounds, animations, and also weapons, but many die hard fans of 2142 still prefer original weapons.
It's in development by some community for years, you can download it and play but there is rarely any event where there would be chance to play it multiplayer. I enjoyed it a lot when I had chance to play it on multi, but the amount of remastered maps is small.
Amazing video!
You earned a subscriber. I love 2142
the last great game of the series
i miss this game so much
Great breakdown!
Great video thanks for reminding me
Great video. This was a fun game but I credit you to also name the issues.
The setting itself had so much potential and lead to a variety of cool weapon animations like the engineers huge railgun loading a tiny pack of one charge. Or all the differently tinted optics.
If I could choose, Bf 2142 would be my number one to be remastered. I wish I could experience this game with better graphics and netcode, polished gunplay and better balanced vehicles with a squad. The play and counterplay of emp, stealth and detection adds so much more.
Too bad this is not to be expected after star wars and BF 2042.
titan assault was so good! Look at all the option we don't have in new BF game, such a shame
Hey I’m still watching through currently, but the support class doesn’t get RDX. And the Radar grenade was introduced in the NorthernStrike DLC, so the Infantry Sonar in the support class was the first instance of a radar gadget along with the vehicle sonar.
You mixed up the RDX on support with the RDX shotgun
Thanks for that correction! Turns out after proofing the video for weeks some things still slip through. I knew the radar grenade was introduced in NS, and there is a comment during the DLC portion alluding to that, but I definitely shouldve made a more clear note about the infantry sonar.
@@GravityBFTV Aye it's all good! just glad someone else has a similar enthusiasm for the game!
And one thing to note about the gun play, if you are moving in any capacity it completely fucks your spread.
@@HawkeAssault Right. However, even stationary it still had issues.
And as the Squad Leader, you better damned well be a Support to stick the infantry sonar on the spotting drone that you can call in for your squad.
14:35 Were it up to me (if it wasn't done already and we didn't know), I would've made the unlock sniper capable of destroying motion mines and other deployable equipment in one shot. Afterall, the point of an anti-material rifle is less so to snipe infantry but to destroy equipment and perform EOD.
32:04 "MechWarrior players feel at home." MechWarrior: Living Legends literally started development in 2142's Refractor engine, there are videos of various tests like implementing LB-10X autocannons, JumpJets and even a WIP Mad Cat but the limitations eventually moved it to the CryTek engines of Crysis and then Crysis: Warhead.
2142 definitely deserves a modern sequel. Heck, BF2 deserves a modern sequel… all my love for battlefield come from BF2, and they haven’t really made a title like it since. Vehicles used to have good handling. Aircraft had better controls that felt real compared to the arcade feel they have now.
Snipers didn’t have silly beacons giving away their positions, ect ect. As annoying as it is to get killed by someone camping, it doesn’t take tremendous skill to respawn and figure out how to deal with them.
The game was more fun that way, you actually had to look 👀 for the enemy and stay razor focused in some situations.
It's a crime that this game doesn't get enough attention as BF3,BF4,and the last BF game that we didn't talk about.
I think we should treat BF2042 like Postal 3 or Hunt Down the Freeman from now on. :)
@@joyisgoodlol BF2042 ain't bad after Season 3.
This was also my first real video game outside of Wii bowling. I loved it even with all its problems. I thought this game was so great it would see book after book. Movie after movie. Remaster after remaster. And it pains me to see none of it
For me still the best BF. The Ganz LMG:((( iam crying right now:( What a joy of a weapon. Squad Spawn Pott. was always leader and people enjoyed the spawn beacon. Actually i loved the patch 1.2 I wish a realistic happening in 2042 as well. Slide jump bla something ultra COD action should not happening to a bf. BF was always the perfect balance between tactic shooter and action. Leibzig was a brillant map. Actually all city maps have been fantastic. Just put this game into the modern engine. (i know there is no Simply about it!) Man i miss so many things, what made bf 2142 so different. The aim and weapon handling was a thing of learning. I played it from day 1 until BC2 came out on pc.
Despite it being set in the future, I found the infantry combat more grounded and satisfying than BF2.
Watching the conclusion I think my main fustration is that DICE doesn't look at 2142 (or even BF2) and yet built off that template while rectifying some of the flaws like you mentioned. Just every BF just feels *shallow* in not trying to make a proper large team Vs large team BF game. Maybe BFV was close-ish but still had that terrible vehicle spawn system which drags it down quite a bit.
BTW are you planning to do a BF2 review?
Been playing reclamation for awhile now. This is my favorite bf. When I found out about Rec a few years back I was so excited.
I honestly do not remember the issues with bf2142 other then rubberbanding On Titan, but it was more often dependend on a server. And gunplay itself was So So, but I got used to it. The vibe from the game was So amazing that I was blinded by it xd although I hate walkers as they were going out of balance and falling on their face.
Amazing breakdown Gravity. Don’t disagree with any of that. I want 2 more changes. Reload animation every time you spawn gone and getting timed out while waiting in a lobby
Awesome video. Can you make more videos on Battlefield history please?
Thanks! That's the plan!
Would love to see some of this in the next BF game!!
I love BF 2142
That was one of the best battleifelds ever!
Remake plz
Miss and loved this game!
I was part of the beta, I hated 2142 and went off to play Project Reality until BF3 was released. Titan mode was the only mode worth playing. I remember tags being introduced- still one of my favourite features to this day.
loved 2142 always wanted 2143 to release. But who knows we may get some 2142 content in 2042 portal but id love them to add the prototypes or first batch of the tech make it into the 2042 base game to tie BF4 end game and the eventual 2142 together. whilst 2042 has its problems each path is making it more enjoyable, they need to deliver content and if that was inspire or taken from 2142 id be extremely happy!
Im trying to make a fps with some battlefield style maps, do you know any good design videos for the base capture game type that battlefield is known for?
So underrated
My favorite BF.
And you know what?
BF2042 is QUICKLY turning into a *WORTHY SEQUEL* .
If you haven't played it since classes returned, I BEG YOU to give it another chance. It's so good now. And the games are very readable.
tbh i liked the bullet spread when using it auto. Stops most players turning into automatic John Wicks from afar reminding me about games like Call of Duty.
Is there a way to play this on the Mac if I have the disc? Could I get some help? I want to play!
i hope battlefield 2025 brings back titan mode and make it the stable game mode like operations in 1 and breakthrough in 2042... One of the best game modes ever conceived in the series
9/10 easily
"there was no game breaking issues" lol i remember using the APC launch pod to land between lamp posts and buildings to glitch into the building, in which you could shoot out from but people couldn't shoot in. I also remember assigning the mouse scroll wheel to be walk forward and/or backwards or something like that and literally flying in the pods.
Maybe not game breaking in the way of making the game crash, but definitely game breaking in the way of balance lol. Seriously though, BF2142 was and probably still is my favorite battlefield game, all things considered. It's aged a lot now, but i have yet to play a battlefield game that felt as fun as it was for the first several years after its launch. Even battlebit, as goofy and fun as that game is, doesn't match the joy BF2142 brought me.
Yea, i guess context matters there, By "Game-breaking", I simply mean completely broken weapons/vehicles/systems, server crashing, wild lagging, etc. Being able to glitch inside textures was a problem in every refractor engine game, and to a lesser extent, to literally most games ever made.
We need a new 2142 game for sure!
super game, spiele es immer noch sehr gerne!!
I'd love to see a group of modders/indie team recreate this in either Unreal or Unity which already has Ravenfield.
Woulda been crazy in bf1 if we got airship assault, we kinda did with the air supperiority mode but I mean full reimagining of the titan mode or CA in 4.
Reminds me of the elephants on halo 3 sandtrap but better in every way lol
I don't think the gunplay was bad and about luck. There were really good players, it was about movement as well in very close combat. Everything from medium to far range was pretty much mandatory semi-automatic fire mode with assault rifles, like it would be in real life.
Support had no RDX!
i hope EA works on a modern version of 2142. i hope there is a mech superiority game mode. i remember wanting to play this game when it released but not having a pc good enough to run it. maybe if i wish hard enough.
the devs of this game were absolute geniuses
A modern BF2: Special Forces game would be sweet too… and no not like hardline. Super dark maps that actually encourage the player to use night vision
To shoot... You had to stop, crouch or prone and shoot... Unless you had a shotgun.. it wasn't broken because there was heavy recoil, and it's not luck based.
I love your video... You got some personal bias here that wasn't what every experienced 🙂 but I'm a fanboy this was my favorite game of all time.
I didn't play titan whenever possible. Always seemed like the obvious solution to the problems of titan mode.
i Do not remember the name of the two assault rifles. The big one, this black thing. I only used it on single fire and it was kind a semi automatic sniper rifle.
Played this more than I played Vietnam. Which wasnt much. It was OK. I think when this was popping we were still playing 2.
Downvoted for voss gameplay ^^ good video dude this was a great era for bf
Instant Action? Titan assault? Reminds me of star wars battlefront.
you coul destroy a walke as Inf by emp'ing it and shooting at its airvents
Bring back Titans please DICE🤞
Isn't that stamina that almost doesn't run out just a reclamation addon? Old game and other servers don't allow you to run this much.
Also I never noticed any difference in movement on the moving titan compared to the ground... I think there was something like that on old computers with slow internet connection in the past tho. This game really easly became unplayable under lags.
And finally, Reclamation is not the only and not the largest community nowadays. There is also Russian Novgames community that has more active players and also a few small english-speaking communities here and there. Recamation rely only on being best know one among english-speakers, sadly they are quate bad quality wise compared to other servers.
I tend to play on whatever server has most players at the time, so it's mostly the russian one unless it's full, the downside is that most player there don't know english and there are rarely english squad around there. I never liked 2142 voip system anyway, the quality is annoyingly bad and makes it hard to understand many people.
sucks that nov games is running their own server and account system, never managed to sign up there
@@MKR3238 Yeah, it's annoying they are separate. I don't remember how to register there anymore, but I like that you have the unlocks system there so I feel the progress instead of having everything unlocked. Thats the advantage of their separate master server. Most people probably dislike that part and I'm the strange one.
@@hory-portier i think i would prefer having to unlock my stuff (again) than just getting it all for free
something to work towards to ('tho playing in itself is already fun enough in 2142, don't necessarily need the carrot on a stick haha)
i dont agree on the mines i think they were cool!
I think if they were able to be destroyed by explosives and tank shells, they wouldve been fine. They were a cool idea.
i just like all of the game, it was perfect to me only the connection and lag problems were fuckt up. it was and still is my favorite game! time they make a new one like this!
You're massively exaggerating yhe movement issues, and yhe gunplay really wasnt that bad, less bloom than BF2. It also encouraged slower paced gameplay, while future BF games would feel like CoD
shooting mechanic wasn't terrible?
why are you shooting full auto w an smg?
bruh, like seriously? my kda was 33 average when i played this on my family imac 2007 when I was only 14.
interesting.
BF 2142 in 2023 still the best shooter, old is gold, its orgasmic!
All the new games are crap, unleashed by money greedy publishers and feminists, forcing themselves into gaming.
Fancy graphics shitty games.
Bf up to BF4 was in my opinion a peak. The fact they didn’t take the bf4 engine and go back to 2142 and 1942 is beyond me. The new shit and ecscpecialy 2042 is a mess. So tired of the new corporate games