Those First Awkward Steps Into Console Online Play

Playing Battlefield 2 online for the first time on PS2

Aug 09, 2025

∙ Paid

Flashback Friday - Battlefield 2 Modern Combat (PS2) My first Battlefield and first multiplayer game. Back in the days of the SOCOM Headsets and PTT comms. Miss these days :/ : r/Battlefield

There's something beautifully imperfect about those early days of console online gaming, when the very idea that my PlayStation 2 could reach across oceans to connect with strangers felt like science fiction made real.

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat on the PS2 wasn't the pinnacle of the franchise, that honor belonged to its PC counterpart with its sprawli…

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