Mannlicher

I've had immense problems with BF2, and from what I've read on messageboards lots of others have experienced exactly the same. Had to hack around to get the patches to install, serious graphic glictches have been introduced in two different patches (1.12 and 1.21). And no, this is NOT like any other game. Regardless of patches, 1.0 to 1.21, I've never experienced a game where the servers have crashed as often as in BF2, it has more bugs than any other FPS game I've played, and the patches have introduced more bugs than in any other game I've played. The "can't hear enemy fire", revive/head sound hang and "AT/TVG missile goes through armor" bugs are STILL THERE IN 1.21!

Therefore, I'm not going to bother with BF2142 until well after it is released and I've read a lot of comments on how bug-free it is.

After 1.21 I've turned to Red Orchestra -- www.redorchestragame.com, which I find to have much better gameplay. Most likely, if I feel like playing a futuristic combat game this autumn I'll be playing Quake Wars, which will also be a online-oriented FPS, but made by someone I respect a lot more than EA as a game developer:
http://www.quakewars.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_Territory:_Quake_Wars