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I still miss Battlefield 2. There is really nothing like it today, not even close. The dynamics with squads and a commander and A+ physics and overall game balance remain unmatched for all FPS games.

Fortnite, PUBG, COD, all are disgraceful in comparison.

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Check out BF2Hub. The community isn't big, but you can generally find a server or three with real players in it (just look for players with a ping; 0 ping means a bot).

Miss BF2 too. Sank way so many hours into that game as a kid. Still remember the wonderful loading music. 2142 was great too.

I'll never forgive EA for C&D'ing the community efforts to revive the servers. Fuck EA.

BF2 was great, BF3 was definitely better, not that there was anything at fault of BF2.

I disagree with Fortnite and PUBG, whilst PUBG is a little clunky it did usher in a completely new game style AND importantly introduced much better situational audio which other games didn't have.

BF2 and Battlefield: Vietnam were my top 2 BF games. Loved the radio in BF:V and the ability to airlift stuff. Also, I really enjoyed the commander mode in BF2, that was ahead of its time.

>Completely new gamestyle

It might have popularized it, but PUBG was far from the first 'Battle Royale' game. Hell...I think it goes to those old Minecraft "Hunger Games' servers, but I'm sure it predates even that

I personally would attribute the better audio more towards Arma that PUBG was born from.

I miss the squad gameplay of Battlefield 2 too. It hasn't been replicated since, in my opinion, and subsequent Battlefield titles changed the classes and made the available loadout options too flexible to require specialized play.

There is a game called Squad that has a lot of similarity to BF2 in terms of teamwork and coordination. It's a spiritual successor to the BF2 mod called Project Reality.

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