EA shutting down BF1942, BF:V, BF2, BF2:MC and BF2142 +more on June 30th (xpost from r/battlefield)
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ea.comPosted May 11, 2014, 8:56 PM UTC
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ea.comBut they gave 1942 away for free not too long ago... This is a sad day :(
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few years, dude, the community isn't big and met the requirements + old game
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I played 1942 about 2 months ago and found 40 FULL servers. And that is just on 1942 let alone the others. BF2:MC I can understand and maybe vietnam as I've personally never played it and have no clue how populated it still is but BF2 and 2142 should not be shut down.
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Vietnam is no longer populated, it's been empty for a couple years now but it was pretty full for years & really fun.
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Well then I'd be fine with Vietnam going as well but 1942, BF2 and 2142 should remain.
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Wow imagine the top players in battlefield 2, there are guys there who played every day since release. Not being able to ever play on your account again, must feel strange to take something for granted and having it removed.
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They had a sale on all Battlefield titles before 4 on Origin not too long ago. Now that 2142 is going to be gone, I feel cheated.
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Yeah I bought it for $2 just after the updating to remove GameSpy was announced
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Well for $2 you should still get enough fun out of it against bots and with various mods (ah, good times when BF series actually had mods...).
Also as u/flammable pointed out, you should still be able to play them.
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To play 2142, you need to login. To log in, you need to connect to EA's master server for 2142. Unless they patch that out, then we're screwed.
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So...no more...BF2..?
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I still regularly played BF2 :(
Battlefieldy wise, its still the best Battlefield game.
Imo
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Its definitely the best battlefield. I dont play it anymore but i got the feels reading its finally being shut down. Good night sweet prince
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Dolphin diving. Weeew
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There better be some official response from DICE about this and not just silence until everything is forgotten. This is just shameful.
I'm just glad the community is working on keeping them alive already.
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I always wanted to go back to BF2 one day. Seems I missed the boat. Bye bye Warlord and Ghost Town. You will never be forgotten.
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Only saving grace would be if they brought them to a future DLC or title! Fingers crossed my friend, fingers crossed!
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I've been wanting the SF maps, zip line and grapple hook in a BF title ever since. Still waiting man. It's been 7-8 years!
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Yeah tell me about it. I can't believe those weren't picked up. At least the hook and zipline. They are still very useful in game, especially for sneak attacks.
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I can imagine they would be put to good use. The spawn beacon and parachute function kind of adds a similar game mechanic though.
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That's a shame. I knew this would come eventually, especially for the older titles, but still it's sad that they're axing all of their good games.
I mean, BF2 is still highly populated - at least 10 full 64 man servers every Weekend, and 3 or 4 full every evening. Although I don't know why people still play it. It's still the same unbalanced jet/heli rapefest it's always been. Better than no hit reg, and being killed around corners, I guess.
BF2142 has 1 or 2 48 man titan servers, and a 64 man meatgrinder map server full every weekend evening. I don't understand why there aren't more full, especially on the good open conquest maps. It's the best game Dice ever made.
Oh, well. If EA wants me to play TF2, RO2, and FC3 more, I guess I will.
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Why don't they just release all the stuff required for its own community to form around it? Like all the server side stuff.
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People will build a workaround for games like BF2 and 2142.
You do not need the EA master server and and Gamespy to play on unranked servers, so long as you have the IP you can join and the server can be set to have all unlocks available to everyone. . . So long as the server files are freely available, most of the games will still be playable online.
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Another piece of proof, if one was even needed, that EA put profits far ahead of customer satisfaction and customer loyalty for short-term financial gain. Imagine if they'd announced "hey everyone, we are going to guarantee another 5 years of old BF games" - that would have been a great and positive gesture - instead, after a very short time of putting the games on sale or giving them away for free they pull the plug. EA is an absolute master class in how to slowly fuck up your own industry and alienate customers. I know a lot of angry EA customers say this regularly, but I will not be purchasing another EA game again, unless they turn around their shitty, short-sighted attitude and start showing their customers that they come first for a change.
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Thanx captain obvious...
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The next on the list are BFBC2(+dlc) and BF3 :(
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Unlikely. BFBC2 has its own servers on Steam I think?
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BFBC2 doesn't own any connection to steam, other than distribution I believe. I believe BC2 has some sort of server in itself that both Origin, Steam & Disk users can connect to.
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R.I.P beloved BF2
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I'd love to meet the people who still play BF2:MC on the ps2
Edit: fucking phone auto correct
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There are still a bunch of people that play the original COD.
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BF2:Modern Combat on the PS2 was my first BF game and pretty much my first shooter :( Might fire up my PS2 and re-live them memories <3
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At least my precious BC2 is safe
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Not for long.
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They did it because they didn't want to "win" the shittiest company award... I thought it was ovious...
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Not BATTLEFIELD 2!!!@! NOOOOOO.... was my first Battlefield game :(
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no. no. no. NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO Why EA, why?
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im going to play the living shit out of Battlefield 2 before June 30 :(
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But they said that they were going to update them =( Bunch of liars...
No, they said they would try, but there were "technical hurdles to overcome".
you'll still be able to play them
Sounds like a bit more than trying
Sure, if you take it out of context like that it does sound like that. But they specifically said they were working towards making them playable, not saying that they 100% for sure guarantee that they'll be playable.
Mhm, yet the community can somehow find a solution? I wonder which developer (if at all) actually looked into this in the first place.
EA now even posted this:
The community already has working stuff for 42 (presumable easy to port to BFV) and BF2 mods (which perhaps could be transferable to the main game). Yet "Significant technical hurdles remain"... right.
Aka money
Well yea...
welcome to business world
I made a joke that the technical hurdles is bullshit because it's really all just money. Great comment though.
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BF 2 mods Project Reality and Forgotten Hope 2 will use a custom Masterserver before the gamespy shutdown.
I just hoped that they update BF2142. Only one that I haven't fully played yet.
It's GameSpy's fault! Dang it!
Its EA not gamespy, EA stopped paying gamespy for their services ..
No, GameSpy was used by many developers such as Rockstar Games, Bohemia, EA, ... Some developers could manage a transition, clearly EA not.