Battlegrounds 2
| The Battle Grounds 2 | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | BG2 Team |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | 12 August 2005 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Distribution | Download |
The Battle Grounds 2 or The Battlegrounds 2 is a free first person shooter computer game based on The Orange Box Multiplayer Mod platform. It is the sequel for The Battle Grounds which is a mod for Half-Life.[1]
Battle Grounds 2 allows the player to participate as a soldier fighting for American independence or the British Crown during The American Revolutionary War. The player is offered a variety of classes and weapons from which to choose. Classes are composed of: British infantry, British officers, Native American tribes, Hessian Jaegers, American minutemen, Continental soldiers and officers, and American frontiersmen.[2] A variety of weapons may be chosen, ranging from muskets and pistols to swords and bayonets.[3]
The game has several game modes of play, including capture the flag, territorial control, and last man standing.[4]
On 7 October, the BG team released the newest version; Battlegrounds 2 v2.1. This version included new and reworked maps, as well as a changed melee system.[5]
On the 11th of November, 2011 the BG team released a minor patch, 2.1.1, which fixed a melee bug for bayonet weapons.
Mod Status: Battlegrounds 2 currently and still remains to be active getting at least 15-20 players on every 1–2 days. The Battlegrounds Team plans to create and release a new version.
References
External links
- Official Battle Grounds 2 website
- Battle Grounds 2 on ModDB
- Battle Grounds 2 on Steam
- Moddb 2005 Award Reinvention website