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Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is the fourth installment in the Battlefield Series and was developed by DICE. It is a spin-off of Battlefield 2. It was released on October 24, 2005 and then again on April 11, 2006 for the Xbox 360, improving graphics and online play through Xbox LIVE.
Electronic Arts ended their support for the game in September of 2009, shutting down its servers. On April 15, 2010, Microsoft closed online support for all original Xbox titles, including Modern Combat, though the Playstation 2 servers are still functional.
Achievements
- Main article: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Achievements
Singleplayer
Overview
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat pits the People's Republic of China and NATO in a fictional conflict. In Modern Combat, there are five classes to choose from: Engineer, Special Ops, Assault, Sniper, and Support. The Engineer class has a shotgun, a rocket launcher, a pistol, and a Blowtorch to fix vehicles. The Spec Ops class has a scoped sub-machine gun, a suppressed pistol, Flashbang grenades, a Knife, and C4. The Assault class has a scoped assault rifle with an undermounted grenade launcher, a pistol, Hand Grenades, and Smoke Grenades. The Sniper class has a bolt-action sniper rifle, a suppressed pistol, a GPS (this points out where any hostile individual target is hiding at, and is best used if they are taking cover), smoke grenades, and a Laser Designator. The Support Class has a light machine gun, a pistol, an Auto Injector (heals comrades or yourself), hand grenades, and a Mortar Strike designator. In addition, there are numerous vehicles to use on land, in the air (Helicopters only), and on the water (River Patrol Boats)
Also, this game has a unique feature to it: you can switch bodies with your comrades in order to get to or complete an objective relatively quickly. The feature is called the "Hot-swap" feature.
Plot
The conflict starts with the PLA moving into Almaty, Kazakhstan, while NATO forces attempt to remove them from the area. NATO then install bugs on Chinese computers to cut their communications in the area. NATO, PLA, and MEC diplomats negotiate in an abandoned school guarded by both NATO and PLA snipers. However, the NATO diplomat is assassinated by an unmarked Mi-24 Hind that both NATO and China believe to be the other side's, spreading the conflict from the Almaty Region to the Mangystau region.
China then attacks a NATO naval base and destroys thee submarines. NATO then lauches an attack on a Chinese oil rig on an island. However, China withstands the attack. Then, NATO sends a cargo ship disguised as a civilian ship filled with explosives to destroy the oil rig. China manages to blow up the explosives. NATO propaganda reveals that China destroyed a civilian ship in a random attack. The conflict then goes back to the Almaty Region were NATO takes back a vital heliport, gain recon data at the area, destroy an entire Chinese Armored Brigade and blows up a bridge the Chinese used to ship in reinforcements. Chinese propaganda accuses NATO of destroying the "peoples' only escape route".
The Scout Helicopter "Little Bird"
The PLA then launch a massive counter-attack, attacking a NATO-held hill off the coast, and plant explosives on the last oil refinery in Kazakhstan. NATO then kills a PLA commander in the desert but then the Chinese take back three desert towns.
The conflict then turns to the city of Quaraghandy, and if the player chooses NATO, the player must defend a plaza, and then attack and plant explosives in the compound of Lietenant-Colonal Yuanhang Zhu, leader of the PLA. If the player chooses the PLA,they must destroy the genarator powering the NATO commander, Lietenant Scotts compound. Whichever side is chosen, the commander of the other side attempts to fly away in a helicopter, and when shot down, the mission is complete.
It is then revealed near the end of the campaign that Commander 31, a leader of an organization called The Burning Flag, bent on world domination, was the one to instigate the war and also was the one who sent the Mi-24 Hind to assasinate the NATO peace diplomat. The last mission starts with news reports of Commander 31 telling the world he plans to send three missiles at either the US and Europe, or at China and the Middle East. Then the payer parachutes into the remote Burning Flag hideout, deactivates two of the missiles and laser target designates the control tower Commander 31 had locked himself into. When that is done, the campaign is complete.
At this point, the player can play the other faction's version of the game's end, because the game is now complete.
Ranking
The campaign in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat features a ranking system quite similar to the multiplayer ranking system. The player can increase their rank by earning stars and medals, the latter being achievements on the Xbox 360 version of the game. To earn a star, a player must have an exemplary performance at the end of the mission. There are a total of 266 stars to collect in all, and there are four categories in which a player may earn stars and a single category in which a player may lose stars at the end of a singleplayer mission. These are:
- Score - The amount of points the player earned from kills, completing mission objectives, destroying vehicles, etc.
- Time - How fast the player completed the mission.
- Style/Weapon Use - The amount of hot-swapping the player did in the mission.
- Accuracy - How many bullets hit enemies versus missed enemies by the player throughout the mission.
- Losses* - How many allied A.I. died during the mission.
- * Note: This category is the one in which players can lose stars, rather then gain them.
| Rank | Stars | Medals |
| Private | 0 | 0 |
| Private 1st Class | 4 | 0 |
| Corporal | 9 | 0 |
| Sergeant | 14 | 0 |
| Sergeant 1st Class | 20 | 0 |
| Master Sergeant | 27 | 1 |
| Sergeant Major | 34 | 2 |
| Command Sergeant Major | 43 | 3 |
| Warrant Officer | 52 | 4 |
| Chief Warrant Officer | 61 | 5 |
| 2nd Lieutenant | 72 | 6 |
| 1st Lieutenant | 83 | 7 |
| Captain | 95 | 8 |
| Major | 108 | 9 |
| Lieutenant Colonel | 122 | 10 |
| Colonel | 136 | 11 |
| Brigadier General | 151 | 12 |
| Major General | 167 | 13 |
| Lieutenant General | 183 | 14 |
| 5 Star General | 200 | 15 |
To get up to higher ranks, the player must not only acquire stars, but they must gain medals as well. Medals are non-mission specific and can be earned in any level possible in the campaign. These medals include killing a certain amount of enemies in succession with a specific kit or vehicle class, killing enemies with explosives, or doing a kit-specific task like healing allies or repairing vehicles.
Weapon Upgrades
The player can upgrade their weapons by gaining stars. For example, if the player has a total of 266 stars, the Light Machine Gun used by the Support Kit will get an armor-piercing bullet upgrade. Upgrades such as this help the player a lot in the campaign, especially in gaining more medals.
Challenges
Challenges include weapon training, hot-swap time trials, and race challenges with the in-game vehicles. The player has to get a certain amount of score to complete the challenge before time runs out. The player can get a maximum of three stars by completing a challenge with the highest score. The challenges are good practice for the player to master the vehicles and weapons featured in the game.
Field Tasks
The field tasks are search and destroy tasks scattered throughout the campaign. The player needs to find objects listed in the "Field Tasks" menu. After the player has destroyed, for example, all of the water towers on a level, the player will get a star towards their next rank. Most of the objects the player has to destroy are hidden around the outskirts of the map, but it is recommended that field tasks are done after completing the campaign. The easiest field task objectives to find are aerials, road signs, billboards, statues, sea mines and buoys. This feature, however, was removed from the Xbox 360 version.
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Multiplayer
- Main article: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Multiplayer
[[Video:BattleField 2 Modern Combat Online|thumb|300px|right|Multiplayer gameplay of the PS2 version of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat on the map Backstab.]]Multiplayer Online features 24 player matches on Conquest maps. The multiplayer is different from the singleplayer in that things such as controls, weapons, sounds and movement speed have been changed from singleplayer to balance gameplay. Sometimes, when the game is near a conclusion or the game hasn't proceeded almost at all and the timer reaches zero, the game will not end.
For a teamkill, the player loses a point, if the teamkilling persists the player loses more and more points until 24+ points is lost, when 24+ points is lost, the player gets kicked from the match. The player will get kicked even if the player does not go over -23. The game automatically saves the amount of negative score got in a match. If the player has for example, 30 points and started teamkilling, the player would still get kicked by going lower than 7 points.
There are ranks and medals in the multiplayer online mode as well. The player starts off as a Private like in the campaign mode, and goes up in rank by gaining medals, score and Points Per Hour (PPH).
Factions
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Maps
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Frost Bite, Full Frontal, and Hidden were not originally included on the Xbox and PS2 versions. They were made available for purchase sometime in late 2005 as a downloadable pack. They were however included on the Xbox 360 version.
Weapons
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Vehicles
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Soundtrack
The soundtrack for Battlefield 2: Modern Combat was released on the 1st of December 2006. It contains 14 tracks all composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams, the brother of the famous movie music composer, Harry Gregson-Williams.
- BF Menu Music (3:19)
- Headshot (6:02)
- End Of The Line (5:59)
- Bunker Bust (4:14)
- Air Traffic Control (3:23)
- Heavy Tonnage (4:28)
- Zone 2 China (5:05)
- Big Bang (4:14)
- China Final (9:01)
- Chopper Catching Flak (3:40)
- Defend The Villages (5:39)
- Helicopter Recon (4:00)
- Nato Final (8:12)
- River Mission (4:12)
Trailers
Reception
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat has received slightly positive reviews from critics. The game currently holds Metacritic scores of 80[1][2] for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and 77[3] for the Xbox 360. The game also has scores of 80.44%[4] for PlayStation 2, 80.63%[5] for Xbox and 77.36%[6] for Xbox 360.
GameSpot gave the game a score of 7.3 out of 10[7] for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions, and a higher score of 7.5 out of 10[8] for the Xbox 360 version, saying that "What's missing in Modern Combat are the little things that really made the Battlefield series so great in the first place, like getting the look, feel, and sound of the weapons and vehicles just right. Despite those deficiencies, Modern Combat is still probably worth a look, especially if you've never played a Battlefield game (or clone) before."
IGN gave the game a score of 8.5 out of 10[9] for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions, and 7.9 out of 10[10] for the Xbox 360 version, saying that "If you own this game already and you want something totally different, skip it. This is really a good port of an already existing game. If you love Battlefield and can't get enough, go for it. And if you're totally new to the genre, get going. This is a hell of a fun game, even if it's not the best Battlefield around."
Trivia
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is the first Battlefield game to appear on consoles.
- In 2005, a PSP version of the game was announced, but it was later cancelled.
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat was supposed to be multiplayer only, but DICE decided to add in a single player component as well.
- Many gamers thought of this as a console version of the smash hit Battlefield 2, in reality it's more of a spin-off featuring the same factions and most of the weapons, but consisting of its own Campaign, Multiplayer Maps, et cetera.
- The music in the game was composed by two people, the Campaign portion was composed by Rupert Gregson Williams, while the Multiplayer portion was composed by Tobias Marberger.
- The official soundtrack of the game only features music from the single player missions.
- This is the first Battlefield game to not use the Refractor engine, instead using the RenderWare engine.
- This is the only modern-era Battlefield game to NOT contain any Russian forces.
- Although Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Gamespy dropped support of the game, Clan stats, and messages can still be broadcasted, making it a beacon for many recent Battlefield games, such as Battlefield 3, because of it's unique and easy to use Clan communication system.
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