Project Reality is a free to download game modification for
the Battlefield 2 (BF2) retail pc game. The Reality Mod installs
alongside the existing game installation allowing both the original and
Project Reality to be played separately without causing conflicts.
The Mod developers' aims are to rework the original game engine
developed by Digital Illusions of Sweden (Dice) within legal and
feasible constraints to create a realistic combat environment for
gamers. This includes adjusting the games various elements including
physics, visual effects and game play. Along with changes to how the
game handles, the PR team intends to include additional factions, such
as the British military and add to or alter existing factions so that
they resemble real life combat elements found within their contemporary
environments.
The Mods name, 'Project Reality', is self descriptive in its aim to
create a realistic combat environment on the home computer. The Project
Reality team comprises a group of dedicated individuals, several of
whom have backgrounds in armed services, whose sole task is to provide
researched material, including statistical information, to the
developers who are in turn tasked with coding and creating the mod
itself. If you are looking for a fact based first person shooter from
the perspective of a combat soldier, we feel Project Reality will
provide for your gaming needs.
Inspiration for this modification can be found in interviews BF2 developers have participated in.
"
Battlefield is all about fun, action-orientedgameplay. We'll leave the truly realistic experiences to the mod teamswho thrive on that type of action." (DICE)
"
Battlefield will always be first about fun and secondly about realism. Realism implies complexity."(Sean Decker)
The Mod is now going through its seventh installment, Project
Reality 0.7. In its earliest forms, the Project Reality Mini-Mod series
began as a platform to experiment with certain realism changes and
analyze their impact on gameplay with the retail BF2 engine. As the
changes have progressed into workable features it has become a product
with a frequent release schedule which provides the gaming community
with ever increasing material and realistic gaming to satisfy their
wants.
The goal at the moment is to develop and release Project Reality
v1.0, a stable and completed Mod build which will be a markedly
increased step up from the Project Reality Mini-Mod beginnings. This
will include a complete British faction, including their various
soldier classes, weaponry, vehicles and assets.