It's time again for another booster pack for Battlefield 2! For those who haven't been keeping up, booster packs are minor additions to the core game opposed to full expansions, and therefore cost a lot less money. Armored Fury, the latest booster, is available for direct purchase and download through EA's downloader service. Like the previous booster, Euro Force, this one comes with a small selection of maps and a good number of new vehicles. Unlike Euro Force, however, Armored Fury does not come with any new weapons. But seeing as how the extra weapons in the previous booster felt superficial, they aren't really missed here.

Like the previous booster, Armored Fury comes with three maps which are scaled to support 16, 32, or 64 players. They are entitled Midnight Sun, Operation Road Rage, and Operation Harvest. These maps actually bring the game full circle. For the first time, the Battlefield 2 front hits American soil!

Midnight Sun has the Chinese as an invading force along the Alaskan Pipeline, which is an interesting twist on situations. There are two main chokepoint bridges and a small water gap which greatly hinders troops getting back and forth. While infantry have a tough time on the bridges (they are easily mowed down and run over), there are strategically placed anti-vehicle guns to take out tanks and APC's shortly after they cross over.

Operation Road Rage is probably the most intriguing of the three maps because it is a suburban landscape divided by a large highway. At the center of the highway is a critical capture point, as all traffic needs to go through it in order to gain direct access to the other points. Playing on this map means a constant back-and-forth for the center position.

Operation Harvest puts players out in wide open fields, in farmland that isn't too far from Washington D.C. Each capture point has multiple entry points and are difficult to fortify. Although this environment looks great, it's not quite as unique as the other two maps. However, there is plenty of room for vehicles to really have it out and high towers to snipers to post themselves.

While Armored Fury doesn't deliver any additional weapons, it makes up for it by offering a wide selection of new vehicles, most of which are aircraft; three jets and three helicopters. They all operate in the BF2 tradition. If anyone still has trouble flying helicopters in this game, then much of this booster may be lost on you. The jets are fast and powerful, with the Fantan Q-5 specializing in low-altitude combat. Of the helicopters, the Littlebird and EC-635 are fast and have light armor, but are equipped with radar. Both infantry and vehicles will show up on allies' radars when this chopper flies over.

What really makes people scratch their heads are the two land vehicles, which are composed of a Mustang-like muscle car and a semi truck. Neither of these cars are equipped with weapons or stand out in any way. The muscle car is great for quickly getting from one place to another, while the semi offers some nice ramming power against light vehicles. While they probably won't compel a lot of players to give up using tanks or buggies with mounted machine guns, they match the environments nicely. However, with a title like Armored Fury, one would think that there would be a lot more heavy armor involved.

While Armored Fury brings a lot of nice touches to Battlefield 2, especially if you like using aircrafts, but nothing that really changes the look and feel of the game. Although there aren't many maps, they are clever and challenging. For the very low price, it might be worth it for many to pick up. But aside from the radar choppers and the very exciting Operation Road Rage map, players wouldn't be missing out on too much.