I never played Battlefield 1942, and to this day the appeal of the Wake Island map evades me. But I loved Battlefield 2. Played the hell out of it. Sure, it was always a little flawed—OK, a lot flawed, because good pilots could completely ruin the game for everyone else—but the wide range of classes, the mix of vehicles, the squad-based play, and the whole commander dynamic made it a great game.

So when I found out that EA was to make a free-to-play version of that classic game, Battlefield Play4Free, I was immediately intrigued. The promise of the new game is simple: the maps and vehicles of Battlefield 2, combined with the zero entry fee and micropayments of Battlefield Heroes. I signed up for, and got into, the closed pre-beta, and a couple of days ago the beta opened up. Now anyone can play.

I wish I’d never bothered. The game is wall-to-wall horrible. The the gameplay mechanics are broken, the game itself is aggravatingly buggy, and the micropayment model is an egregious and blatant cash-grab.

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