[Athanasios]

It is not unbased why BF3 is called "Call of Battlefield 3"; EA just wanted a share of COD cake, and put many cod elements in bf (disclaimer: i loved cod4 - not the rest of course -, so, i'm not against cod), turning it more to a cod than bf.

The main issues is the removal of Commander and the removal of Squad Leaders. The MOST important is the Commander.

Other stuff such as hp regen, TDM maps, useless CommoRose and Minimap also add to the downhill of BF franchise; but the core gameplay, aka TEAMplay, was butchered by the removal of the Commander and the SLs.

2142 on the other side had everything polished; Commander functions, Squad Leader importance (with extra gadgets available only for him), tactical maps, the legendary TITAN mode that was a whole new object-oriented mode, classes done correctly... and if it wasn't overpriced (cause we're talking for a polished BF2), it would dominate up to date.

Truth to be told is that the majority of the current generation players are TDM console kids. And this is not personal biased opinion, it's a fact based on sales and the orientation of the developers/publishers.

Like it or not, the PC community that pushed the boundaries (technologically + gameplay) is currently the niche. I just hope PS2 stays true to our standards and from the look of it till now, it does.