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Summary: EA Games could have done better
Review: Battlefield 1942 could have been much better. It was written as if some amateur team at EA had done the work. Guns are not very realistic nor are the troops. EA's games in the MOH series are so much better and I would stay with that series. Either way, better have a computer with some power and be ready to tweak it maybe. I had to set (I use XP) paging (Virtual Memory) to allow auto setting as needed. This prevented crashes. By the way. I'm an Army vet and age 65!
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Summary: Wickedly hazardous to your schedule
Review: Do not buy this game if you are working on the cure for cancer, world peace, or a longer lasting light bulb. We need you to continue doing just what you are, right now. For anyone else that wants to have a blast playing the variety of roles and piloting/driving the many vehicles in BF 1942, then waste no time. This game deserves all of the "Game of the Year" awards it has received, and once you become adept at the keyboard and mouse controls (this takes a little time) you will find yourself immersed and enthralled in a fun, fast paced online multiplayer game.
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Summary: Swallows you up
Review: I have had BF: 1942 for 3 months now. Many games out there now are great but they get old and boring after the newness wears off. I can only say, that isn't the case here. Now that map editors are out, there is limitless variety to how the game can look and feel. I play online for a while and when I finally get frustrated from being on the losing team way too many times, I switch to single player on easy and make myself feel competent. I am using different mods as well and this is where is value is. You can completely change the game to modern war (Desert Combat Mod) or Jungle Combat (Day of Destruction). Best part is: the mods are free! All in all, its a hoot and a good value for your gaming dolar.
Pros: Lots of vehicles
Multiplayer Teamwork
Available mods
Different ways to win (infantry, tanks, artillery- your strategy)
Cons: Multiplayer interface could use some streamlining
Waiting for a long time to spawn
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Summary: Worst Game Ever- VERY Unrealistic
Review: Imagine if you will, a sherman tank, and a tiger. Now in realistic conditions the sherman wouldn't be able to jack to the tiger, it would take more shots from a sherman, compared to the tigers 1. But no, in battlefield 1942, it takes two shots from a sherman to destroy the tiger, and two shots from the tiger to destroy the sherman. Now explain this, how can a sniper rifle, be so accurate at 1000+ yrds? Without an arc at all? Pin point accuracy. Best of all, that accuracy requires a single shot to the head for instant kill, a shot the the chest will not mark an instant kill, takes two to kill a person. Planes, oh my god. It takes over 5 clips with a colt 45 to kill a plane, doesn't matter what, everything is the same plane,tank,ship just reskinned.. Carriers are a joke. It takes 6 torpedoes to take down an enterprise class carrier. It takes over 8 bombs to sink it.. This game for those of you who are WW2 Enthusiests, WILL NOT ENJOY THIS GAME FOR IT'S REALISM. You will probbaly die laughing from the lack of realism in combat, a thompson is so accurate from distance you can use it as a sniper rifle, granted it does hardly any damage. It will still work if you nail them in the head. Just once.. this game is so horrible, I felt that I should sue EA for making such a bad game. That's just my two cents..
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Summary: Excelent online and off
Review: Great game for people who like single player, multi player, or both. Something for any war game lover. Welcome to Hell gentlemen!
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Summary: Flying High....
Review: ...The rocket pack is one of the most sought after new items in the arsenal of "Secret Weapons". The problem really is that, at least in the demo, people will kill you for the rocket pack. And I don't mean the ENEMY, I mean your teammates! Since the demo has come out with one map I have played it extensively, merely waiting for the full version to be shipped out. In addition to the rocket pack are two new amphibious vehicles, a German Jeep w/ a side gunner for the passenger (finally!) and a tank like armored vehicle with 2+ guns. Both are great for crossing waterways, etc. Even by ones self you can quickly switch over to the gunner and pop the enemy, getting back into the drivers seat to zoom away for the next unsuspecting enemy. The various new weapons include the throwing knives which only seem to go about 6 ft, a semi-automatic shot gun (allies), and a couple of heavier machine guns. Most noticeable in this category is the addition of the semi-automatic sniper rifle that actually keeps your eye in the scope and allows you to be MUCH more effective picking off the enemy even if they seem like ants in the distance. But you won't be killing any krauts with this weapon as it is an Axis only goodie! There are several new planes, only two in the demo. They are pretty fun too, rocket propelled and fast. Need I say more? There will be many more new things and maps in the full release, my advice is to get it if you like FPS's or already play any of the BattleField series. You won't go wrong, believe me.
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Summary: Best game I've ever played
Review: This game took me away when I started playing it. The only bad thing is (this didn't happen to me but it can) that the graphics for this game is so good and the memory is so big that it might just not be worth getting. I would only get this game if I knew I had a top-of-the-line computer. The Road to Rome expansion pack is also worth getting. I also think The Secret Weapons pack looks like it's worth getting but I haven't bought it yet.
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Summary: check out the mods
Review: this game is good on it's own but the Desert Combat mode is why this game is soo awsome.it's it has jets,hummers,and some maps have there own vehicles.and a star wars mod called glactic conquest.check it out at ...
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Summary: I beg to differ...
Review: Since the second X-Pack (Secret Weapons) is going to be released in about two weeks, I thought it might be interesting to provide my thoughts on the very first X-Pack (Road to Rome) which was released some months ago... Most of the reviews for the first X-Pack on this Amazon page are quite old and were made right after the Road to Rome X-Pack was released. They are positive reviews; but I would suggest that should those very same reviewers write about 'Road to Rome' today, they may indeed have a different perspective on this first X-Pack. As much as I loved the Original 'Battlefield 1942', I was ultimately quite disappointed with 'Road to Rome'. Indeed today, current on-line 'Battlefield' players seldom play the 'Road to' maps anymore and instead prefer to play the original 'Battlefield' maps. The 'Road' x-pack provided inferior weapons, unacceptable map gliches (to be mentioned later), silly placement of defensive fixed weapons (such as AA guns in unlikely defensive deployments), and an overall uninteresting and rather boring gaming experience. As one writer (at another on-line forum) put it, 'why would I want to spend money on an X-Pack that gives me weaker weapons than in the original Battlefield?' Granted EA was trying to be 'historically correct' as the weapons of the 'French'or 'Italian' armies (in 'Road to Rome')were certainly inferior to the armies (US, Russia, Germany, Japan,)found in the original 'Battlefield' game. But 'historical correctness' does not make for a fun x-pack game; especially when your weapons are weaker than the original 'Battlefield' game and are less fun to play or use. Regarding the 'Road to ...' maps, they are beautifully detailed, and richer in devlopment and scope than the original 'Battlefield' maps. Unfortunately, they are also much more boring to play--hence today they are rarely played on the Internet; while the original 'Battlefield' maps continue to be played daily. They 'Road to Rome' X-Pack maps are boring for a number of reasons, some of which I will detail here: 1) Unfixed Map gliches: Of all of the 'Road to Rome' maps, the best map is 'Husky.' Husky however also has a map glitch which renders it almost unwinnable by the Axis Team unless the Ally team is populated by veritable newbies to the game. I speak of course of the 'infamous' wall gliche which allows Allies to sneak around the back of the map by climbing (not x-pack jumping which was even worse until patched, this is a permanent wall glitch)a wall/hill which was designed to be insurmountable. Well, the designers made a mistake and haven't fixed it. Therefore the Ally team wins this map virtually every time (unless newbies are involved). It's really a shame because except for this (albeit huge) glich, the 'Husky' map would be one of the best of any of the maps, including the originals. 2) Poor design and deployment of fixed placement defensive weapons: Well, the AA gun emplacements come to mind. The 'Road to Rome' X-pack seemed to have been designed during a period in which the EA designers were too heavily influenced by 'pilots' on their own staff, or perhaps by game-testers who were too heavily airplane oriented. Thus we got the 1.3 patch and the 'Road to Rome' maps with some very strange AA gun locations which render them almost useless. To give EA credit, they have since tried to rectify this particular issue with the 1.4 Patch which brings the AA gun back into the game by making them more effetive against planes (In essence, they reverted back to the 1.2 patch). Unfortunately the 1.4 Patch cannot help the AA guns too much in the 'Road to Rome' maps as the permanent deployment of most (not all, just most) of the AA guns are too far away from the normal traffic patterns of airplanes and just about everything else. 3) Maps like 'Cassino': I must state that I actually like the Monte Cassino map though I know that most people detest it. The idea was sound, and the map was designed for the (French) allies to win with heavy artillary, ala The Priests. This, of course, requires a strong coordinated effort by a like-minded team willing to work as a team and as an army. Well, unless you are in a clan or you play with a bunch of team players (whom you know), this 'heavy artillary' strategy is rendered in-effective as soon as this map begins. Instead the true 'usable' strategy which has devloped (and works mainly vs. poorer axis players) is to try to sneak an infantryman through the killing zone, sneak to the back of the map, capture the monastery flags and work your way down the hill. Not a sound strategy against truly good players. 3) Santa Croce Map: Well the problem with this map is that it's really just the 'BattleAxe' map (round and round you go capturing and losing flags) only not as fun... In summary, the 'Road to Rome' X-pack just isn't very fun to play and THAT is the first rule of thumb for any game or X-pack. It's gotta be fun. Hopefully the upcoming 'Secret Weapons' will include weapons and maps that are a) fun and b)not inferior to the original 'Battlefield' weapons and maps.
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Summary: Great Game
Review: Battlefield 1942 is a fun game... The physics of the vehicles aren't terribly detailed and you need a pretty high-end computer to run it smoothly, and broadband internet to play multiplayer but even single-player you can have a lot of fun. Many aspects of the game are somewhat like an arcade style shooter/simulation... There are a lot of controls, but once you get used to them it's pretty simple. I have read that people thought that there weren't enough maps with the original game without any expansions, but I do not have any of the expansions and don't really plan on buying any of them but I am perfectly happy with what I have now. If you look around on the internet (www.planetbattlefield.com is a great site with a lot of mods) you can find mods which add vehicles, weapons, and lots of other stuff. You can download new maps if you are really bored with the ones provided. My personal favorite mod (and the only one I have) is called Desert Combat. It takes place in modern days and adds new weapons for the Americans (or Coallition) like the M16, M249, M203 grenade launcher, and many more. New vehicles include helicopters (Blackhawk and Apache for the Allies/Coalition), Harrier, A-10, M1 Abrahms, and more. The maps are the same (but there are some extra like on El Alamein there is a day 2, 3, and maybe more than that... I forget.)
If you are still there you are my friend and are really cool and should win lots of money... ...Anyway... Overall, I think Battlefield is a great game, tremendously fun, and (although a little bit pricey for a game that came out so long ago), a great value. You can spend many hours just playing single player... Don't even get me started about playing at internet cafe... Place... Things... ...Go! Wash your ankles!
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