A remake of possibly my favourite game of all time. AKA: The reason i'm such a nerd.

The original Battlezone Combat Comander (2) came out in 1999 and was miles ahead of its time.
It features intuitive RTS mechanics intergrated with a fun space tank FPS. Featuring a great story in which you fight a terrifying alien threat on distant and bizarre planets. If you're a sci-fi fan and love video games then i can whole heartedly recommend this to pretty much any type of gamer.

The Good!:

Graphics!
This remaster brings the old 1999 classic to more modern standards, and concidering the age of this game and its engine it manages to pull of some impressive visual fidelity with a beautiful atmosphere in each planet/terrain and amazing detail on every model its breathtaking to see such a classic game look this good.

Mod Support!
Although i personally haven't attempted to mod this game since 2002 when I was a wee lad. There are still some amazing obvious and (long) requested improvements with the steam workshop intergration and way mods are written into the game.

Multi-player!
I actually reinstalled BZ2 1999 in anticipation for the remake and i was pleasantly suprised at the fact there are people still playing this ancient game! but now with a full remaster its great to see all the community come back and all the newcomers find their place in a thriving community!

SpaceTanks!
Hovertanks in space! not much has changed in terms of gameplay but its still fun as balls to zoom across the map in a hovertank blowing up aliens! with weapons ranging from a basic minigun to a giant ball of lightning that fry's everything its all fun to use and fight against (maybe with the exception of the archer units but thats another story)

The Meh!:

Audio!
Whilst the audio does sound crisper with the sound effects, music and atmosphere all great, unfortunately the voice acting quality is all over the place whilst sometimes immersive and sounding great can randomly cut to sounding like it was voiced by someone in their basement with a $2 mic. Whilst i understand audio quality has improved vastly since the time it was made and the fact it would be impossible to re-voice everything it can still be quite jarring

The Bad!:

Cutscenes/loading screens!
the original artwork for loading screens and cutscenes remain the same tiny resolution with some minor background thrown in to mask it.

AI!
The AI pathing although better then in 1999 is still awfull and its common to see AI get stuck eachother, the terrain and well pretty much everything.

RTS Mechanics!
the RTS side of things in the battlezone series has always felt lacking, and here is no different. missing some basic commands such as "attack and move" or a way for units to "patrol" an area it adds alot more micro managment to your units then should be nescecary, especially concidering most of the time you just want to roll in with your army and attack personally.

TLDR: The game has been given a huge facelift and still manages to prove that it is quite possibly my favourite game of all time, that said i'm not completely blinded by nostolgia and i can see alot of issues that would annoy most people.

I still have to give this game a huge thumbs up and a huge thank you to rebellion and bigboat for bringing this classic game back. <3

A remake of possibly my favourite game of all time. AKA: The reason i'm such a nerd. The original Battlezone Combat Comander (2) came out in 1999 and was miles ahead of its time. It features intuitive RTS mechanics intergrated with a fun space tank FPS. Featuring a great story in which you fight a terrifying alien threat on distant and bizarre planets. If you're a sci-fi fan and love video games then i can whole heartedly recommend this to pretty much any type of gamer. The Good!: Graphics! This remaster brings the old 1999 classic to more modern standards, and concidering the age of this game and its engine it manages to pull of some impressive visual fidelity with a beautiful atmosphere in each planet/terrain and amazing detail on every model its breathtaking to see such a classic game look this good. Mod Support! Although i personally haven't attempted to mod this game since 2002 when I was a wee lad. There are still some amazing obvious and (long) requested improvements with the steam workshop intergration and way mods are written into the game. Multi-player! I actually reinstalled BZ2 1999 in anticipation for the remake and i was pleasantly suprised at the fact there are people still playing this ancient game! but now with a full remaster its great to see all the community come back and all the newcomers find their place in a thriving community! SpaceTanks! Hovertanks in space! not much has changed in terms of gameplay but its still fun as balls to zoom across the map in a hovertank blowing up aliens! with weapons ranging from a basic minigun to a giant ball of lightning that fry's everything its all fun to use and fight against (maybe with the exception of the archer units but thats another story) The Meh!: Audio! Whilst the audio does sound crisper with the sound effects, music and atmosphere all great, unfortunately the voice acting quality is all over the place whilst sometimes immersive and sounding great can randomly cut to sounding like it was voiced by someone in their basement with a $2 mic. Whilst i understand audio quality has improved vastly since the time it was made and the fact it would be impossible to re-voice everything it can still be quite jarring The Bad!: Cutscenes/loading screens! the original artwork for loading screens and cutscenes remain the same tiny resolution with some minor background thrown in to mask it. AI! The AI pathing although better then in 1999 is still awfull and its common to see AI get stuck eachother, the terrain and well pretty much everything. RTS Mechanics! the RTS side of things in the battlezone series has always felt lacking, and here is no different. missing some basic commands such as "attack and move" or a way for units to "patrol" an area it adds alot more micro managment to your units then should be nescecary, especially concidering most of the time you just want to roll in with your army and attack personally. TLDR: The game has been given a huge facelift and still manages to prove that it is quite possibly my favourite game of all time, that said i'm not completely blinded by nostolgia and i can see alot of issues that would annoy most people. I still have to give this game a huge thumbs up and a huge thank you to rebellion and bigboat for bringing this classic game back. <3