CherryPopper

Now while I'm happy that an older game like BF2 is still getting some attention, maybe not the right attention like a much needed patch but still its something new in the world of BF2. Through a collaborative effort Intel & EA have released a new *cough* advertisement *cough* map called Highway Tampa. It sounds good until you jump in the map for the first time and start to see these guys everywhere:

Now with images like that how is that NOT taking away from the game? I'm not going to be looking at the ads on the billboards, I'm going to be looking at the sniper sitting in front of the billboard taking shots at me. In my view they would have been better off just calling the map "Intel" or having the map load screen display an ad for Intel being "Cool under pressure". Destroying the look & feel of a game for what will amount to a small percentage of extra brand recognition (yes not sales just brand recognition) is not worth it. I really hope this doesn't become a trend as i can just see EA cashing in on this more & more and destroying the fantasy worlds the developers work hard to create & amerce you in.