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Summary: Not nearly as good as BF1942
Review: I loved BF1942. Just could not get enough of it. So I was looking forward to BF Vietnam. Unfortunately, the game has been a bit of a disappointment. Don't get me wrong. This is a solid game. Just not what one would expect from the franchise. Here's why I do not like it.For one, the game too often leaves you guessing at what happened. In BF1942, one often got killed in surprising ways as well. But here, at times it seems to be impossible to even spawn. The gameplay itself just doesn't quite feel right. I am not sure why. There are some obvious things such as the vegetation getting in the way (although this is nowhere near being the jungle environment I expected), but there also is something else. Although I can't quite figure out what. The game just does not play as well as BF1942 did. The graphics are a major disappointment. They are not overly impressive. I do not care what some of my fellow reviewers say. This is not top-of-the-line anymore. Especially things like the water just do not seem like water to me (not even like swampy water). At the same time, performance is not great. In times where games have to compete against works of art such as FarCry, this just isn't impressive anymore. I like the "rock and roll" gameplay with songs from the era licensed. It is great to ride into battle on a chopper that has the radio tuned to some great music. However, time spent in helicopters is not that much, and other than that, the sound seems strangely missing. I have been trying to find out whether there are some option settings or anything else I might have wrong, but wasn't able to find anything. For some reason, most vehicles hardly seem to make any noise at all. At the end of the day, this is a good game, but not nearly what I had expected. Some people argue that this should have been an expansion, and in some ways I agree. I am sure I will be seen on some BF Vietnam servers, although for most of my BF 'needs' I am more likely to return to 1942.
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Summary: Top of line system
Review: I dont know what you fools are talking about, saying you have a high end system and it runs bad... I have an AMD 64 / 1Gig DDR400 RAM / GeForce FX 5800 and my Battlefield runs flawless (except for the punkbuster scan upon joining a server)... Now about you people who complain about the gameplay... There is nothing wrong with it! It's a new game, get used to it... And about this Desert Combat mod... Hmm from what I understand there is already a mod being made with the new codes... Great game, buy it!
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Summary: A sweet game!
Review: One thing I can't understant is why people are giving this game such bad reviews! Plain and simple, this is the best military simulation I have ever played. It combines realistic and historically acurate weapons, vehicles, and locations with beautiful graphics and awesome multiplayer. Sure, the game's specifications are a little high, but what do you expect for a game thats multiplayer maps cover like five square miles! My computer is a 2.4 GHz pentium 4 with a Radeon 9800 Pro video card and 512 megs of RAM. The game runs like a charm on 1024 by 800 resolution and high graphics detail. But graphics are the least important part of the game. The excitement you feel when your running through an extremely dense jungle and enemy choppers are hunting you is unparalelled in any other game. I dont know about everyone else, but I am tired of all these world war 2 games-they are all the same!
I have one more thing to say: GET OFF YOUR COMPUTER GO AND BUY THIS GAME!
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Summary: True 1st person shooter
Review: The Battlefield franchise enters a new era equipped with more firepower, modernized weaponry and vehicles, and a deeper infantry experience from the jungles to the beaches of Vietnam. From villages on the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the city streets of Hue wage modern warfare as the United States or North Vietnamese Army (NVA).
Select from a variety of characters within the different soldier classes as you command powerful new vehicles including attack and transport helicopters, the M551 Sheridan tank, and the F-4 Phantom fighter jet on the U.S. side and the Russian-made T-54 tank, the MIG-21, and Mi-8 multipurpose helicopter on the NVA side.
Go to war in new dramatic battle scenarios including leading a squadron of helicopters in an all-out attack on an enemy compound, executing an ambush of enemy soldiers from dense foliage, captaining a PT boat through a dangerous jungle river passage, and more. Grab your M-16, ready the Napalm, and prepare to enter some of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War.
It uses DX9 in Very high quality mode
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Summary: What a Letdown
Review: After seeing the preview of this game I was anticipating an excellent adventure like Call of Duty. What I got when I purchased it was entirely different. This game is bad. The gameplay seems unfinished, the AI is shaky, the vehicles seemed like cardboard cut-outs, the airplane you have to fly had me cursing my computer, etc.... There is too much to complain about to even warrent a review. I usually love Electronic Arts games. I'm a huge fan of Medal of Honor and Command & Conquer but this game wasn't worth $10 let alone the $45 I wasted on it. Luckily a store near me took pity on me and gave me my money back. I can't wait for Medal of Honor: Pacific .
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Summary: Horrible!
Review: I bought this game expecting to have some fun! But even with a brand gameing system which cost over $3000 it still laggs! The graphics look choppy and thers not that many maps! Buy battlefield 1942, its better than this and cheaper. This also has tons of bugs and a lot of hackers! EA games rushed to get this game into the shelves but it is just a pices of [S(h|!)t]
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Summary: Excellent game
Review: I can't understand why people would rate this with 1 or 2 stars? OK.. if you are a 60's peace activist who has been on the barricades during the Vietnam war, it might be logical that you don't like the game. Or if you have a misconfigured machine, like one of the other reviewers. I am running the game on a 2.8 pentium, with a 9600 radeon 256mb and the machine as 1 gig internal memory --> everything set to HIGH and running with over 90 frames a sec. So, that's the tech part. Gameplay is fantastic. Multiplayer is absolutely a must when you play this game. Nothing beats playing this game with a couple of friends, forming a clan. Use teamspeak to talk to your buddies. The sounds are excellent and the graphics outstanding. If you have an ATI card, make sure to switch off AA and AF (this will be fixed in a later ATI driver I am sure or with a patch of BFV). It was the best 40$ spent in a LONG time.
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Summary: The Best War Game Ever
Review: I know that everyone is probally a little hesitant about buying this game do to all the negative reviews. Not true. I can't tell you how much fun this game is. I absolutely love it. People who don't like it probally have inferior computers, no offense. But their right. You need a half decent or atleast average computer for todays standards. But to be honest, I think it works better than the original great Battlefield 1942. On battlefield 1942, I could play on half of the levels, even on the expansion packs. Sucks huh. But with battlefield vietnam, I play every level and each level is a marvel.Some complain that "its to big", but you would regret it being smaller. While flying a huey, or strafing with a F-4 Phantom you dont want to worry about going out of bounds. Thats another thing I love about this game. The HUEYS!!!!!! I love flying those helicopters. But, they r a (pardon my french) a B**** to learn how to fly.But after u learn, its awesome. I also love playing music while in a vehicle. You get a list of great vietnam-era songlist. You can listen to Somebody to love while driving a jeep or play Ride of the Valkyries ( the song they played in apacolypse now while strafing the base ). Here's the pros and cons -1st the pros
Playing music, chat, helicopters, huge weapon list, huge vehicle list, levels, and the little factoids while loading levels -the cons
The annoying guy who is on the radio of every american base, crappy single player, hard to lift things with the helicopters Thanks for reading
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Summary: Nowhere to run to baby....
Review: So, a few things... First off, this is a fantastic production and a follow-on that the folks at Digital Illusions can be real proud of. They had some very high expectations after their previous groundbreaking release "Battlefield 1942". Battlefield Vietnam is an extremely fun game to play from the first minute (in fact, before you even start you'll be moved by the level of detail and attention that went into the pre-game screens; the UI is insanely intuitive, the music is some kind of 70's funk-electro mix with dubs of Lyndon Johnson in it...RAD). Getting in a game is a snap, their are tons of servers, and plenty of room in multiplayer mode. In game, you'll be very impressed with the graphics. Next to Far Cry (which has undoubtedly the best graphics by far in any game today) the graphics are breathtaking. Lush jungle, totally reanimated water (from BF1942), cool particle effects, refraction...you name it, this isn't a mod, they substantially improved the engine. The play speed is slightly faster paced than 1942, but not noticably. Those who liked the physics of 1942, the vehicle speed, combat speed, damage-take speed...well, you'll be right at home. As for specs, if you can run 1942, you should have no trouble. In fact, a friend of mine (who has a somewhat dated system) contends that Vietnam runs better on his machine (I haven't independently verified). But lets talk about the coolest thing in the game: Music! Not just music, but mega $ super hits from the 70's. EA spent the big bucks and enabled the game with a bunch of really cool tracks. Now I understand that many games have music, but what's so special about this game is that OTHERS HEAR the music you're playing! Get in a vehicle, choose a song from the playlist and it blasts from your vehicle (louder the closer in proximity you are to others). Add helicopters, you get a monster load of gaming goodness! I was in an Apache last weekend chasing a convoy (including two of my buddies) through the jungle bumping "Nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to hide...." from my Heli. I could practically hear them screaming "oh S@#$" from their PC's. RAD! A few very minor grievances: First off, you'll notice this game is like 5 disks to download (yikes). But that's minor. Another issue that is really just my opinion (because I think helicopters are so cool)...I take issue with just how vulnerable they are in the game...Jet Fighters eat them for lunch, but from the ground the Surface to Air Missiles ARE GUIDED! Needless to say, even the most experienced pilots will be having some pretty short trips on allot of maps. Also, and this is just my experience with a very popular mod for 1942 (Desert Combat), I actually found the helicopters easy to fly. But again, for those of you who remember the first few versions of DC, they were released when 1942 didn't have any real flight guidance software for developers. Helicopter flying was INSANELY HARD. I literally spent over 50 hours flying before I could reliably land and pick people up. You get a private helicopter license with only 40 hours in the "Real World"...! Anyway, this game is a blast and worth every dollar. You'll be wowed by the game and laughing hysterically on your first map. EA did it again. I hope this was helpful.
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Summary: The Best War Game Ever
Review: i loved this game. it has absolutely everything. choppers, jets tanks, boats, everything. but, u need to have a good computer to play this game w/out a hitch. Also, u need to practice on singleplayer before u get on, or you'll get creamed, or do what i did and learn what to do after being creamed. Also, the helicopter is real hard to fly at first, then after u practice you'll be thankful u learned. people who think the maps r to big, there wrong. if your flying a huey, or strafing w/ an f4, then u dont want to deal w/ goin out of bounds. its a great game. I hope you'll buy this and see what im talkin about. By the way, my favorite features r the hueys and there lifting mechanism, and that u can play songs while in a vehicle.
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