Stunting
Make fun not war is the message here. Battlefield 2's huge environments and varied aircraft provided all the fun any gamer could ever need, with hundreds of players downing weapons and turning to the more pacifist appeal of stunting. Top Gun's Maverick has nothing onsome of these pilots, with anything less than a vertical takeoff followed by loop-the-loop under a low hanging piece of scenery earning comments along the lines of "Noob! U SUck!!!".
But far more impressive arethe multi-vehicle stunts. We've seen peoplebail out of helicoptersthen re-take the sticks and avoid a crash. Or two-seater planes doing loop-the-loops, withone pilot ejecting at the apex, plummeting to earth and then hoisting themselves back into the cockpit as the jet passes by underneath. Then there's theTNT-fuelled jumps, where primed charges are set off in order as a vehicle accelerates uphill, thrusting the tank, jeep or whatever intoa mammoth leap across the map.
Both Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2142 alsoplay hosttosome insane trickery, but it's BF2's jets and helicopters - not to mention the brilliant maps - that provide the most stunting opportunities. And while watching some of this crazy stuff might be breathtaking, rounding up some friends andactually attempting a stunt yourself(or even failing spectacularly) is where the real fun is at.
