Battlefield 2 - Project Reality review

Intro:
Project Reality is a team based mod, made with 2 things in mind, teamwork and realism. Does this mod succeed where others have failed in a strive for a realistic military experience? Or is it just another overrated multiplayer experience.

History:
The history behind the mod is simple, create a mod for Battlefield 2 that brings reality and teamwork into one overwelmingly awsome multiplayer mod. The project started off as different gameplay and a few new things here and there. Today at its .85 release, its beyond any of its predecessors! The strive for reality has come alive poeple!

Visuals:
Statistically this mod is not only good looking, but it's BY FAR the most graphically beautiful mod for battlefields 2 and 2142 TO DATE! Not only is it graphically amazing, but the graphics manage to keep the gameplay lag free no matter what graphic setting you are on! The textures, mapping, effects, all come alive and makes you feel like you are truly in an epic struggle!

Sound:
Black Sand Studios have surely also paid attention to sound as well as music! The music is FANTASTIC, it makes you feel more like you're in a war-based game, than just a multiplayer deathmatch game with a war-based theme! The sounds are also BEYOND expectation! You can hear the jungle come alive, you can hear the desert sands shift as you progress torwards enemy lines, the thunder rolls as you creep torwards enemy camps in the jungles of China, guns spring to life as you fire from long or short distances! This is a mod where both sound and graphics come together!

Gameplay:
The gameplay can be summed up in two simple terms, almost flawless! The animations are great, and keeps the feel of realism in EVERY aspect of the game! You bleed as you're hit from enemy cross fire, you causiously preserve ammo without knowing how many shots are left in your precious clip of ammo! Grenades are no longer spammed, you stay in a squad and keep coordinated gameplay throughout! Vehicles are no longer the death dealing juggernaughts, but a preciouse source of artillary that should not CANNOT be wasted on noob hunts! Gameplay realies on 1 thing and 1 thing only, teamwork. Without it you're just a moving target. If you want to go on a 1 man killing spree, go play counter strike or vanilla bf2. Kills in this mod are not simply racked up. Kills are also not your ONLY source of racking up points as in the default game. You're amount of points will more heavily rely on how much you help your squad and team. Players can no longer spawn at their squad leader, instead a squad leader can use his officer kit to make waypoints. Officers also have the ability to coordinate where squad members can build strategic structures. These structures include everything from fox holes, barbed wire traps, and even propped machine guns! The gameplay is heavily reliant on its 3 basic gamemodes: Assault(Conquest), Insurgency, and Training. Assault is the standard mode, where two armed forced collide in a battlefield for dominance. Insurgency is a strategic based mode, where the teams are divided into 2 basic categories: Attackers(USMC, British Armed Forces, or the Russian Military) and Defenders(the Taliban, Insurgents[terrorists for those wh don't know], or Rebels(or if possibly listed as "Militia" or "Rebel Militia" or some other group I'm missing). The object for the attackers are to capture outposts, destroy weapons cashes, and if possible to capture the Insurgent's Civilian Informant who constantly gives info to their side. This civilian addative is actually more realistic than expected, as you cannot simply shoot the operative(less you recieve a costly penalty, possibly even a kick), instead you must hand-cuff the operative on the spot. Training is simply Assault(Conquest) or Insurgency, but in a way thats just practice and won't count as a major match. This helps players online practice with the new vehicles, and gameplay features to ensure that they aren't clueless when they venture onto REAL online matches. This mode can also help players unwind a little knowing they are only practicing, and that theres no MAJOR penalty fo slip-ups or mistakes. The country theatres are all different, each with their own unique sets of weapons, abilities, and tactics. Some of these units can only be requested at a supply crate or weapons cash. There are also limitations to how many, and qualifications that will limit how many kits, and how often kits can be used. This puts stress on your teammates to not simply waste these kits. Also, only certain kits(such as the crewman or pilot kits) can use vehicles, which keeps the gameplay balanced so there's no more tank or copter spam. Commander mode has recieved the BIGGEST fix. Airstrikes no longer exist, Vehicle drops have been removed, and there is a strict limit on crate drops. The most helpful thing a commander can now do is give squads objectives. Ranking and weapon unlocks have also been removed.

Summary:
Over-all, this is one of the BEST if not the VERY BEST mod for battlefield 2. Sure it's download size is a beast, but that can be easily over-looked. It is absolutley hard to find fault in a game that's so much fun to play, it's even harder to find fault in a mod that makes the game so much funner to play. It even rivals Call of Duty 4(Though some might and will disagree).

Score:
This mod recieves a 9 out of 10!

Note: Based only by gameplay(lots of it I might add). Opnions may or may not be endorsed. Any major issues with this review will be fixed once notified(recommended that this is done via pm).