That isn't the point I was making. (There's a clue in the fact that I was talking about the gfx

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Are you saying you'd be happy to shell out the best part of £40 for a map pack and 64 player servers?

I'm not.

(Not forgetting the usual public beta fiasco we are always treated to these days as an excuse for retail ready

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Nope I wouldn't be.
But as I don't think it does look exactly the same and I do think a true old school 64 player multi player is worth it, then yeah. I will be happy to shell out for it.
Plus it's not like a map pack for BC2 at all. It's a Battlefield game meaning it will have vehicles, not the sparse token vehicles of a BC and BC2. It should have a different feel to it.
Anyhoo, every feckin game on the planet is some incarnation of a previous engine anyway.