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Summary: Slowest mouse response ever
Review: While I've played a lot of shooters, this one, even with the fastest adjustments, has the slowest mouse response of any game I've ever tried, and it's infuriating. Spoils the game completely--molasses meets the shooter. The vehicle controls are also remarkably primitive. Save your money for a future more refined version, and buy Return to Castle Wolfenstein in the meantime.
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Summary: Awesome and Addictive
Review: Im really 16 years old but i didnt feel like registering to write a review. Anyway this game is the best multiplayer game i have ever played. If you like war games this will blow you away. You can get into tanks, planes, naval ships, machine guns, aa guns, and huge artillery guns. The graphics are great and so is the sound. The weapons are realistic to each side either axis or allied. Allieds have the BAR and the thompson while the axis have the mp40 and the stg44. There are five soldier classes you can be in. They are scout,medic,assault,engineer, and anti-tank.
Multiplayer is the main focus of this game. Single player is OK to practice on but the AI is just stupid. But once you play over the internet with 32-64 people you will never play single player again.
The one bad thing is the system reqs. I am in a good position to review this game because it runs flawlessly on my computer. For others it might not run as good if you dont have a high end machine.
My system is a :
Pentium 4 2.4 ghz
512 mb rdram
128 mb ati radeon graphics card
soundblaster sound card with surround sound 5.1 speakers
Cable Modem (dont buy the game unless you have high speed internet access![.])
The game runs perfect on my computer with every detail maxed out at 1024x768.
Also another bad thing about the game can be the lag. Even on a good system you need to find a game with a ping in the 70s or lower for a perfect game. Usually it isnt hard to find one with a ping like this because of the ten thousand people that are on on any given night.
Overall if you have the system to run the game on this will be the funnest experience you will ever have. and ADDICTIVE
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Summary: Game for those with meaty processors and hi-speed internet
Review: This game is definitely fun but a little too powerful for the average end computers. For internet gamers, this is a good one, fun and simple to understand with richly layered, though limited in number battlefield environments. The non-internet game is a fun one as well, but only a super powerful computer can truly appreciate the details, figures and sophisticated AI. Make sure your computer has beefy RAM and Processors (512 and 1.5 gigs minimum) to get the most out of this game.
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Summary: Battlefield 1942 - perplexing
Review: Played the demo and liked it. Since I have a Dell P4, 1/6ghz, 256Mg memory, Nvidia Gefore 2 MMX w/64mg, XP I highly anticipated the real deal which I bought. It's been mixed feelings since then. With just a dial-up connection, forget multiplayer. I've gotten in to a couple of games but with more than 6 players you just lag out. Even in singleplayer mode, it's maddening. I've read a lot of comments (here and other places) and there is no seemingly set formula for good gameplay on your machine. I've messed with virtual memory, tweaked B1942 settingly with video modes, used different monitor refresh rates, unistalled McAfee virus and firewall to see if it helped and all that still makes the game hit and miss. Any action with planes (Midway) kills the gameplay. What makes it a bigger issue for me is that I love this game, especially Berlin, where infantry rocks. Having to Look at bulletin boards and all the tweaking just to try to get this game to an acceptible level of play is just not worth it. A P4 1.6ghz with a Geforce 2 w/64 OUGHT to work...Added 2/4/2003 I got this game to work a whole lot better. Are you ready? - Changed my desktop to 800x 600 16-bit color, 75mhz monitor refresh rate and matched this in the games video settings
- Turned off my video cards antalizing (sp) - set to none
- Turned off my soundcards hardware accleration to none. To play multiplayer you must have broadboard or DSL. Obviously, if you don't know what I'm talkng about, this game is not for you. Changed my rating from 2 to 4 stars but EA still shouldn't have made it this tough. Microsoft's success with Age of Empires was that it was/is playable on most systems.
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Summary: Great if you have broadband + a beefy PC
Review: Battlefield 1942, with the latest patch (1.2) installed, is one of the most thrilling multiplayer games ever made (and I've been playing them since "Pong" came out). The main attraction of the game is the variety and scale of the levels. This first player shooter models various battles of World War 2, for example Omaha Beach and the battle for Midway. Two teams square off against each other and try to capture all the flags in the territory while killing each other! It's quite a rush to swarm into an area with your teammates, bullets and artillery shells raining around you, trying to survive and capture a flag. There are some other multiplayer modes, but this "conquest" mode is the most played. In the same 30-60 minute game, you'll drive tanks, fly planes, man battleships and aircraft carriers, and man all sorts of stationary weapons like anti aircraft flak guns, machine gun nests, and coastal guns. The game stresses gameplay and fun over realism, so it doesn't take that long to figure out how to play. The controls are logical and the operation of the various vehicles and roles you can play (Assault, Medic, Anti-Tank, Engineer, Scout) are easy to figure out. I haven't tried playing the single player yet because I'm having too much fun playing multiplayer ...Some people have complained about the game, but they probably have one of the following problems: 1) They haven't patched the game to 1.2. The game had lots of problems when it came out, but Electronic Arts/DICE is doing an admirable job patching most of the problems. 2) You have to have a broadband connection! 3) You need a fast computer. If you don't want to wait forever in the level loading screen, you must have at least 512 Mb of memory. You should also have at least a Geforce4 card or equivalent, and a 1 Ghz CPU at minimum. There is an expansion set coming out on Feb 4, 2003, EA already released a free level ("The Coral Sea"), and there are plenty of servers to play on, so you get a lot of value from this game!
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Summary: It's over
Review: Life as we know it is over with this game. This IS THE only game you will ever need again. I put up my quake 3 for this game, this is serious. Up to 64 players online cant beat it. Anyway, BF41942 Rules!!! Nuff said. Get it or miss out on the greatest game ever. ...
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Summary: Great Game, but get you system ready!
Review: I got this game, put it in the computer and it ran ok, but not nearly as bad as some are saying. I reinstalled windows since it's been over a year since I cleaned out my computer hard drive or registry, and the game runs wonderful. Also found that I was getting poor service from my broadband service so I switched and now have almost flawless gameplay. I strongly recommend 512 meg or more with windows XP, you will see a big improvement with this game. Very good game that is played daily, my wife hates it!
Althlon XP 1700+
512 meg ram
Geforce 3 ti500
Soundblaster Live
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Summary: best game ever!
Review: I heard about this game fom my friend and thought it would be one of those flashy yet not fun pieces of bs games . I was completely wrong. It's 1 of the best games i've evered played i can't wait for the xbox version (if they ever finally get it done.) But to make things short buy it it's the best game ever you won't be dissappionted.
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Summary: allied versus axis
Review: i think this game is excatlly like Medal of Honor....but with a better Multiyplayer. Its pretty cool to fly in a plane bombing a defense person who just so happens to be out off ammo in the heat of battle(a soldiers nightmare). tanks are kinda hard to control though...if you get the hang of them for awhile though its ok. now jeeps are pretty straight forward....just jump in and take a ride......its pretty wierd how this game is based on WW2, because its about (what i like to call gangs) Allies and Axis fighting each other. Major fire power in this game...Single player is a PC gamers dream...though menus take a LONG!! time to load, hope this review (well readme) was cool:)
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Summary: This game is a fantastic MULTIPLAYER game!
Review: Have you ever played a 1st person shooter and tried to jump in a tank, jeep, etc., only to find out you can't?? Well, in BF1942 you can drive everything. It's what I was hoping Medal of Honor Allied Assault was going to be (based on their exagerated hype). The game was written for Online play - nobody I know plays the single player mode. The "conquest" mode, where each team vies for control of certain objectives and you loose lives from the available pool if you fail to control a certain number of objectives, is great for encouraging team play. Nothing like storming an outpost with a buddy on your left, a buddy on your right, and a tank behind you for support. The ability to drive tanks, planes, APC's etc. add a whole new combined-arms based range of tactics that other games don't have. Period. Also, your Function keys drive a menu of voice commands. There are quite a few - over 40 at least. At first I thought that would be kind of cheezy - but it adds to the team concept. It also ties in with the minimap in the top right corner of your screen (a minimap is something I've wanted to see in first-person shooters for a long time). When you issue a voice command, your icon on the minimap flashes. This ways when I hear "Enemy armor spotted!", a quick check on the minimap lets me know where I should be heading to (or running away from, depending on the weapons at my disposal). Some servers support up to 64 people. Trust me, there's nothing like a 32 vs 32 battle for Berlin. Absolutely non-stop mahem. For more strategy, try one of the huge expansive maps such as Guadalcanal. I personally have not had any problems with performance or bugs. However, you will want a speedy Internet connection anytime you play an online game. I have basic DSL (128/586) and it's pretty much lag free. Get BD1942 before you pick up Medal of Honor, Return to Castel Wolfenstein, or any other game. You'll thank me later.
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