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Summary: They did a lot of things right...
Review: This game provides the best internet multi-player experience to date. The only reason you wouldn't enjoy this game is if you didn't like shooters. (And even some people I know who don't like shooters liked this game...).Of course, I have seen some people rating the game low here because of hardware difficulties. Well, they got a point: You need a high-end machine to have fun with this. (Hint: If you do not have a high-end machine, make sure you at least download all the patches!) What makes this game truely great is the open gameplay and the number of options your have. You can do anything from walking aroudnt the battlefield, to driving a Jeep or tank, fly a plane, man an AA gun, and even operate aircraft carriers and submarines! And it is all easy to pull of! How about this: Take of with an airplane to torpedo an enemy aircraft carrier. Then, when you run ouf of torpedos, parachute into the water next to the carrier to climb up the safety net and snipe some of the crew. Then, move on to steel one of their aircraft and take off, just to bomb them with your own bombs before returning to your own home base where you switch into a Jeep to make it to the next stationary cannon to fire at an enemy destroyer, just to realize they have spotted you and taken out the whole facility with a precission strike... This describes a scenario I have played through.
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Summary: Good and Bad
Review: When I can play it, its fun. And 3/4 of the time I cant play it. This is the only pc game in 6 years that I have bought that has given me this much trouble. Many times when loading a game it crashes to the desktop and the game just disappears without any indication of why it crashed. That becomes annoying very quickly. Now along with that, there are periods where the game goes into super slow loading times where the music goes in and out, in and out and takes about 3 minutes to load a game, if it doesnt crash on me. Another problem I'm having is when I do get into a game, and that game ends and goes to load another map, it freezes and just sits on a black screen. When I can actually play this game it is quite fun. The graphics are nice, crisp, and run well on my system (I have heard that it takes a fast computer to run bf1942). There are a number of vehicles to choose from such as tanks, jeeps, airplanes and battleships. The vehicles pretty much rule the battlefield and ruin the game for the people that like to play as infantry. I wish this game focused more on the basic infantry than on the tanks and planes. I cant say that this game is very realistic either. I'm no war expert but I know that when pumping 25 bullets into a human, from 10 feet away, they should die. And no I dont have very bad aim or ping. Other examples are that it takes three or more shots from the rocket launcher infantry to destroy a tank. Also the flak cannons are basically worthless when trying to take down an airplane. When buying this game I was hoping that it would be simialr to Day of Defeat. Boy was I wrong. It's more like playing Medal of Honor which is not one of my favorite games. All in all this is a solid game that will give you many hours of enjoyment. I would have rated this game four stars if I had not experienced all of these problems. I just hope that this game works for you.
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Summary: Battlefield 1942
Review: This game has a new twist on first person shooters... vehicles, but Battlefield didn't just do vehicles, they did them right! The gameplay is strategic: you fight your way up to spawn points and capture them by taking out nearby enemies and then standing on them for a few seconds. There is a system of "tickets", and the first team to lose all their tickets loses. Since you are always losing tickets, you slow that loss down by taking spawn points and killing enemies. You speed up your loss of tickets by losing spawn points, letting the enemy gain ground, or dying. This game also has a class system with medics, engineers, assault, scout, and anti-tank. Throw in the vehicles and you have limitless possibilities. The only downfall of this game is that it needs a pretty good computer. Before you buy, check the system requirements.
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Summary: Simply Bad..., A true Gamer's wet dream
Review: Ok this game is simply awesome, it has tremendous freedom and variety yet it doesn't take a month to get used to the game, something that can appeal to people. It has standard FPS gameplay and control so if you've done a fair amount of gaming it comes absolutely natural (CS, NS, even Duke w00t). The animations and detail are outstanding if you've got the hardware to support it, which is a prob if you don't, but that's just the price of intensive gaming. Some have said the game should run smoothly on a less-than-par video card (GF2 MX isn't exactly top-of-the-line) and to get great graphics you need a video card that can pull some weight. Now if you're wondering if your system will run it good enough all I can say is I've got an XP 2100+, 512 MB PC2700, ATI Radeon 9500 Pro OC'ed to 9700 specs and it runs like a dream. It is also a problem if you have dialup, pretty much impossible to play online, so broadband is a must...but that also means IF you have broadband, you almost can't get a bad ping'ed server because everybody playing online has cable/dsl/adsl. There are something like thirty five vehicles and four different classes which allow amazingly varied gameplay and none of the classes are weighted above the others, even though the assualt soldier seems to be a stronger character. Now that the Road to Rome expansion is available, it's almost a must to get the full perspective of the game as well. Also there are two add-on maps called Aberdeen and Coral Sea; a massive North African tank battle and massive Pacific Fleet air-battle, respectively. With arguably the very best physics engine and very lucrative graphics engine out right now, it's no surprise it was PCGamer's Game of the Year and Multiplayer Game of the Year, it absolutely rocks, and people I know who have played Medal of Honor prefer Battlefield 1942. If you don't own it go buy it or pirate it, oops, I mean go buy it :). One way or the other, GET THIS GAME!
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Summary: MOHAA at the next level
Review: This game is pretty much like MOHAA, but with much larger terrains, vehicles, and in general much larger battles. Some may like the freedom given to them, while others may not. Basicaly, you should like the game, but depending on your tastes, you may want to pass it. Borrow it from a friend first!
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Summary: Lots of large empty spaces
Review: Overall a game that only comes to life when played with a large number of other players. Otherwise it can be frustrating running around and trying to find something to look at. Graphics are quite good and it ran well on my system P4 with ATI graphics card. I didn't like some of the sound effects, though. I think that action games such as Unreal Tournament and Quake III are more fun.
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Summary: Endless Wartime Possibilities...
Review: This is a truely entertaining game. It is a very open ended game. Wanna land on an enemy aircraft carrier? Well, you can. Think landing is to risky? Try the parachute. Or perhaps it might be better to just torpedo the ship. All of that assumes you want to fly a plane of course. Perhaps tanks are more your thing. Or how about sniping? Grab a tank or hitch a ride as a gunner. This game probably implements the best multi-player experience that is currently available. It's only up to 64 players per game, but that makes things even better. In fact, I personally enjoy the game with less than 20 players the most (otherwise waiting for vehicles - if you are interested in them - can be quite taunting...). Great maps. Greap game mechanics. Great performance. Great fun. I give it 5 stars.
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Summary: Well done. Best for multi player.
Review: This game is fun in one player mode. The graphics are very good, and game patches have fixed some problems with sound quality compared to other games. Where this game really shines though, is in online multi player mode. WWII has never been portrayed in such an open manner. There is access to more items, and to more communication than in any of my other favorites. Drive the tank, fly the plane, command a ship. It's here. Pay close attention to learning the key combinations that allow you to coordinate with others on your side though. If you don't master teamwork in this game, you will spend a lot of time getting killed (kind of like the real war game). I think it is a must have, even if you never give up on Medal of Honor.
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Summary: A lot of trouble
Review: I had a LOT of trouble with this game and I have a pretty hefty gaming PC. It locks up my computer all the time and I cant even play it. I have downloaded the patch and I am still having trouble with it locking up and occasionally the sound will not even play. I have almost [$$$] in the game, the expansion pack, and the prima guide and it is just setting on my desk. I am an avid PC gamer and I have never had so much trouble with a game. I would advise anybody who is thinking about this game to go to the official Battlefield 1942 web site and check out the message board. You will see that i am not the only one with this problem.
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Summary: A great expansion to a great game
Review: Battlefield 1942 Expansion: The Road to Rome is an expansion to the hugely popular game Battlefield 1942 - bringing new maps, new units and new vehicles. This is definitely a great expansion, providing real improvements over the already engrossing Battlefield 1942 gameplay. The new maps include Operation Husky in Sicily and Monte Cassino, where you're assaulting a hilltop monastery. There are new vehicles too, many which help emphasize teamwork. There's the British Mosquito and the German BF-110 plus the M3 Grant tank and APCs. There are two new unit sets too - the French Legionnaires and the Italian Army. There's an upgrade included in the set which you can get for free on the web, which for dial-up users might be a big benefit. Definitely an expansion to buy for any Battlefield 1942 fan!
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