I recieved battlefield 2142 on Christams day. I didn't realise, and neither did the person who had bough it for me; that battlefield 2142 is predominatly  for playing multiplayer missions online.

However, this did not discourage me, as EA Games (challenge evryyyyyyyyyyythinggg) also put in a single player mode to entertain the people such as me who do not want to constantly be playing online. For one thing, online play means that there is lag time, a long time loading, and you can be disconnected from the server when your connection is lost.

But back to the game: Other than the above reasons (whcih are mainly to do with hardware) Battlefiled 2142 is a pretty good game. It is set in the year 2142, where most of the northern hempisphere has frozen over, and 2 amries are fighting for the right to survive in the temperate regions. The PAC and the EU armies come with a variety of standard weaponrary and 4 different classes of soldier: Engineer, Combat, Recon and Support, each with unique weaponrary. Both teams have a variety of vehicles that can be driven, helicopters, APC's, Mechwarriors, tanks, etc. And in Multiplayer mode - The titan - Tonnes of raw power with superior shields and a reactor.

The weapons can be upgraded as you are promoted through the ranks, the accessories that you carry can also be upgraded. As you become more experience, you are able to carry more kit as you can "buy" kit with your unlock points.

In total, i would give Battlefiled 2142 an 8/10, it's a pretty good game, but i do think that EA could of perhaps made more of the single player mode, rather than just concentrating on the multiplayer mode.