Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Review - for Xbox 360

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, or for short BF2: MC comes to the 360 as a loose port of the PC game Battlefield 2.  Those familiar with the previous console versions will find that the Xbox 360 edition of the game is almost identical to its PS2 and original Xbox counterparts aside from aesthetics.  Only small additions have been made in terms of gameplay to the series.  However for a fan of the previous-gen versions, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  

With the core of the game unchanged, all of the primary entertainment value remains.  Choose your country from the USA, Europe, China, and the MEC (but never more than two per map).  Then choose between one of the five different kits each with its own specialty; Assault, Sniper, Special Ops, Engineer, and Support.  Each kit has a different primary gun and set of goodies to play with, some of which are very interesting.  Looking for the ultimate personnel killer, choose assault with an excellent rifle, hand grenades, and gun mounted grenade launcher.  

Tired of getting pounded by tanks or gunned down by jeep crews, take the engineer class with a shoulder mounted rocket launcher and shotgun.  While you’re at it, lay down a few anti-vehicle mines on a high traffic area.  If they go unspotted you might just earn an easy kill or two.  For a mix between the two above classes try the Special Ops.  With a silenced rifle and C4 they’re prepared for any kind of action and while the knife they carry is only useful for humiliation kills, it is very good for that purpose.  Support comes armed with a 100 round machine-gun and mobile health injector.  The sniper class, while rather self-explanatory has some gadgets as well, like a GPS device that reveals enemy positions to you and your team.  (Although I find myself missing the anti-personnel claymore mines found in the PC version).