Battlefield 2: Special Forces

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Battlefield 2: Special Forces Expansion Pack
Battlefield 2 Special Forces box cover
Developer(s)	Digital Illusions CE: Canada
Publisher(s)	EA Games
Designer(s)	Dice
Engine	Battlefield 2 Engine
Platform(s)	Windows XP only
Release	November 21, 2005 (SG) November 22, 2005 (NA) November 24, 2005 (JP) November 25, 2005 (EU), (AU)
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Battlefield 2: Special Forces is an official expansion pack for the computer game Battlefield 2. It includes six new armies (compared to just three in Battlefield 2): U.S. Navy SEALs, British SAS, Russian Spetsnaz and MEC Special Forces, a Russian Rebel group and a Middle-Eastern Insurgent faction. These last two armies are apparently inspired by, respectively, Chechen rebels and insurgents in Iraq, but not named as such in the game. There are ten new vehicles, twelve new weapons, and eight new maps.

This expansion pack is available for purchase via EA's content delivery service, known as EA Downloader. The expansion pack also includes new awards that players can earn, such as badges, ribbons and medals. The day of release of the expansion pack, EA/Dice released a new patch (version 1.12) which fixed a few bugs but mostly added art assets for the original Battlefield 2 game to support the new weapons from the expansion.

New features

6 new forces: US Navy SEALs, British SAS, Russian Spetnaz, Middle Eastern Coalition Special Forces, Chechnya Rebel Groups, and Insurgents.

8 new maps: Devil's Perch, Ghost Town, Iron Gator, Leviathan, Mass Destruction, Night Fight, Surge, and Warlord.

10 new vehicles: Apache Longbow, MI-35 Hind, ATV, BMP-3, civilian car, technical, Desert Raider, HMMWV w/ TOW, jet ski, and Attacklift.

Night vision goggles, for use in night scenario maps.

Crossbow-fired Ziplines are provided to the Special Operations and Sniper classes. They provide rapid movement from high locations to lower locations, that may be impossible to reach otherwise. Once in place, the zipline can be used by anyone. After use, the ziplines can be retrieved and reused by any Special Operations or Sniper class that has already used theirs.

Grappling hooks are provided to the Assault and Anti-tank classes. They can be thrown onto rooftops to be used to reach places that are impossible to reach by conventional means. Once in place, the rope can be climbed by anyone. After use, the rope can be retrieved and reused by any Assault or Anti-tank class that has already used theirs.

Tear gas launchers are provided to the Supply class. Once fired, the tear gas creates a cloud that obscures sight and causes intense blurring of vision for anyone in the cloud that is not wearing a gas mask.

Flashbangs replace the smoke grenade used by the Assault class. While flashbangs do not interfere with the sight of enemies at long ranges, anyone caught in the effect radius is blinded temporarily. Players are provided five flashbangs instead of one smoke grenade.

RPG-7s are part of the new anti-tank weapons usable in Special Forces. They are more powerful than the other anti-tank weapons, but can not be guided in flight.