Battlefield 2142 has an unlock system that allows the player to choose a new unlock every time they achieve a new rank instead of forcing the player to purchase items. It opens up new categories of vehicles and weapons not seen in Battlefield 2. It has its own ranking system to keep track of the user's statistics similar to the one used in its predecessor, Battlefield 2.
The game was designed primarily for multiplayer gameplay and allows for a maximum of 64 players on a server or a maximum of 16 players in single player mode against bots on Conquest mode. Battlefield 2142 is set in 2142, during a new ice age, depicting a war known as 'The Cold War of the 22nd Century', in which two military superpowers – the European Union (EU) and Pan Asian Coalition (PAC) – battle for the remaining unfrozen land during a new Ice Age. It is the fourth game in the Battlefield series.
Battlefield 2142 is a 2006 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts.
