Others say...

"Special Forces"
If you like Battlefield 2 this game is a must have addition. Besides the 6 new maps, including the very populated map "Ghost Town", it is a weapon & career accelerator. For each 2nd tier unlock you have, you will receive a 3rd tier weapon-unlock. Choose wisely and resist loading game too early as i can't say for certain you get extra unlocks in the future.

I loaded just after 5000 score and 4 unlocks and received 4 additional unlocks. It will be few weeks before my next unlock. I personally believe I'll get extra when I hit 8000 but the net is split on this issue.

The other expansion - Euro Pack only makes sense if loaded right after Special Forces because ..........It only gives two unlocks which are specific. Snipper and I forget the other. Use the combo
correctly for max effect and it's lock & load - Rock & Roll, you've got the WORKS even though your still a noob (new be) !

SIDE NOTE: BF2 has years to go and you'll want these extra weapons. There are massive high quality MODS approved by EA. including single player-COOP- and regular Multi, all free on the Net.

"Multi-play is fun some of the time"
Multi-player online works great, but the level of fun is determined by:
1) The skill of the player
2) The teamwork of your co-players

It would be great if there were different servers for different skill levels. I'm not that good, and I get wasted whenever I play because there are usually players who have devoted their entire lives to this game killing me left and right.


"Special Forces Expansion"
This expansion pack is excellent when played online. Single player is not nearly as fun as the original Battlefield 2, though. Most people buy this expansion pack for the sole purpose of gaining different weapon unlocks in the regular Battlefield 2 game when played online.
Playing Special Forces online will limit you to 2-3 maps that are the most popular. I can never find servers running certain maps. Overall the quality of this expansion is equal to the original.

"Too bad EA don't care about campaign players"
This is a great addition to the battlefield family, only problem is finding a server without 8 yr old dee dee dee's is almost impossible. EA has made an error with this family by making offline play so un-rewarding, you can't even play all the maps that are available offline.

"Crashes because it can't find its own files"
The game won't load because it can't find a file. The folder it is looking in is empty. So I find the file manually and put it where the program wants it. Then I can load the game, but I can't join any servers because the game has been "modified."

I looked for a patch on the website. It's not very clear if there is any patch for Special Forces. The only patch listed on the Official Special Forces website is for the base game from 2005, and appears to be several versions old.

OK, let's send an e-mail to EA. Ha! You can't just send an e-mail to EA. You have to create a website account or join forums and all kinds of stuff.

This isn't even a new expansion pack. It's pathetic enough that EA is still shipping defective software, but they don't even make it easy to fix their product that you paid for.

Save your money and buy games from a company that can actually make working games.

Very fast update:
I tried to install the patch listed on the Special Forces page, and oh the joyous surprise, the link to the copy on EA's own website doesn't work! EA would be completely non-functional if it weren't for free file hosting services doing their job for them.