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Summary: So many ways to play
Review: Watch out... this one will absorb all your free time and then some. Great 3D engine. You can set how much CPU the AI will take. Don't set it too high or you can't move before you get killed. Great range of difficulty. You can set how many opponents are out there as well as how many friendly units. Several different maps. Each map you have to play differently. It is fun learning how to play each map. You can ride in a tank, shoot from a battleship, fly a fighter plane or be any of four different positions in a bomber. (Not to mention sitting on top of a hill as a sniper. :) Very fun game. Played on AMD AthlonXP 1800 with 1 gig RAM and GForce 4 video card. Multiplayer using 1/2 T1. (Ok, so... I am spoiled)
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Summary: Battlefield 1942
Review: OK, so this is the game of the year huh ? Come on EA Peoples/makers.... How bout something that actually works ? I mean you load the game, then you need patches. Then sit and spend about 20-30 minutes trying to connect to a server. Dont think I am joking. I am on day 5 now. I spend more time trying to connect then actually playing. And you want me to what !?!?!? Rush out and buy Vietnam this spring ?? I dont think so. I have windows XP, and my computer is less than a year old. I have all the system rqrmnts and then some. I have talked to your tech help on-line. I have run diagnostic tests on my pc. I am done with you guys. And yes, I am passing the word. Save your money. Dont waste your time. Go play something else on-line. And please.............. dont look for a new game around the corner. Cuz the corner coming....... wont come. For all you you people out there thinking "I know, I know.... but my kid wants the game......" dont give in. Save yourself now. Dont do it. Save the 35-40 bucks and dont get the game. And for all you people that said this was game of the year ? Heck... my 13 year old son and my 12 year old daughter think you are all on drugs. 'JUST SAY NO !' And I want to know.................... how are these people that said it was 'Game of the year ?' Some idiots that have a degree in something totally un-related to gaming. Come to my house. See what is going on with my system. I dare you to make me eat my words. I can promise you, I will prove you wrong.
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Summary: How did this get past QA?
Review: Ahh, Battlefield 1942. What postive things have been said about this game that have not already been said? It has already won high praise from many gaming magazines as well as several "Game of the Year" awards. With all those accolades, you'd be right in assuming that BF1942 is fine piece of code, right?Wrong. Now, don't get me wrong, Battlefield 1942 IS fun to play, on the rare occasions that you can find a good server with players who genuinely play together as a team. Most of the time, however, you'll be simply frustrated at the horrendous graphics bugs, sound bugs, input bugs, display bugs, connection bugs, menu bugs, CD-key bugs, copy protection bugs, etc. How, exactly, such an awful display of computer science-gone-wrong managed to win "Game of the Year" from so many magazines is beyond me. While I can definately see the appeal of being able to jump in a plane, tank, or battleship you come across, BF9142 suffers from the classic downfalls of "great concept, terrible execution." When I first installed BF1942 and the requisite patches, I loaded up the game with eager anticipation at the fun that was in store for me. I mean, this was the game of the year, right? Well, no sooner had I started the game did it dump me back to the desktop with no explanation. It turns out that BF1942, by default, will not run if you have overridden the display refresh rate. (something that is a must if you don't want to play at the eye-watering 60Hz refresh rate) So, making the necessary adjustments, I loaded up the game once more, only to be struck by what is possibly the worst menu system I have ever encountered. The server browser, in particular, takes ages to sort the servers and will not remember your filter settings. If you want to search for games to play, be sure to use an external app like All Seeing Eye. To make matters worse, the whole menu is apparently flushed from memory once the game begins, so if you want to go back an make changes while playing, you'll sometimes have to wait nearly a minute while the hard drive grinds away to page the menu back in. With 512MB RAM, I've never had this problem with any other game. After laboriously finding a server and waiting through the agonizingly long loading times, you'll be greeted by some the blandest graphics ever to grace an FPS. Despite their simplicity, however, the renderer runs quite poorly, even though games with graphics an order of magnitude better than BF1942 (like Unreal Tournament 2003 or Call of Duty) run smooth as silk of my machine. The explosion and pyrotechnic effects are passable, but the player and weapons models, as well as the texturing, are downright ugly. Oh, and did I mention that there is an omnipresent haze on every level that so close it makes it nearly impossible to hit these in the distance with artillery? As for the sound, it's yet another notoriously buggy area of the game. Sounds will mysteriously cut in and out when more than three our four were played at once, and sometimes they would not play at all. Even when the sounds play correctly, BF1942 is aurally bland, which gives the game a very sterile atmosphere. But nothing, absolutely nothing, compares the sheer awful-ness of the networking code. You'd think that, with a game where multiplayer plays such a big part (the single player is utterly forgettable), the developers would focus on making online play as smooth and lag-free as possible, but BF1942 once again defies all expectations. Even with seven patches (and an eighth on the way at the time of writing), it's still frustratingly bad. Often, it's necessary to lead your target a distance of several feet in order to hit them, but since the amount you must lead them is directly proportional to the amount of lag at that moment, trying to hit someone at a distance is often a matter of luck. In addition to all this, BF1942 does one of the most boneheaded things imaginable: Make the impact prediction server-side predicted, but have the impact effects client-side predicted. What this all means is, that even if you see your shell hit the enemy tank, or see your bullets hit an airplane and takes pieces off of it, none of your hits will register if the server doesn't say so. To top it all off, BF1942 might be the first game I've played where lag manifests itself as horrible framerates. Even on 32 player servers, the moment any number of players are gathered in one spot, the game will often become a literal slideshow. With a broadband connection, I can't imagine how people with a 56K could ever hope to play this game. Even when everything goes right, (technically) Battlefield 1942 will still find ways of annoying the hell out of you. Planes are ridiculously overpowered, being able to carry 15 or 30 bombs; add to that the complete lack of spawn protection, and you can look forward to being haplessly bombed from above with infuriating frequency. Of course, the power of the planes also means that half your time will usually be camped near the airfield while the rest of the team fights off the enemy. You can also look forward to being sniped regularly by unseen foes with rifles that fire as straight as an arrow at distances of over 1000 yards. What it all adds up to are some of the most frustrating deaths you'll ever experience in an FPS, often made worse by an inexplicable bug that makes the camera jump the very corner of the map when you die, making you wonder how exactly you got killed. "How did I die?" is a question you will be asking yourself, A LOT! I could go on about the myriad of bugs and gameplay issues, but I will simply conclude things by saying that no amount of patching will ever fix this game. Save your money for a real WWII FPS, like Call of Duty or Day of Defeat.
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Summary: Please understand what you are buying!
Review: Battlefield 1942 is an excellent online game, however there are faults:
-Horrible Single Player
-You need DSL or cable to play online
-You need a fast computer to play fluidly
-Need a large monitor to use the sniping mode perfectly
-This game will literally take away 4-6 hours of your day.
-If you have a wife, she will be mad for the lack of attention The main point: If you have the time, money, and power you will be addicted to this game. I am 19, my brother is 28, and we both fight to play this game. Anyone who plays the game will be blown away. I am not a crazy kid who is blindly in love with BF 1942; get the demo, and you will see why this game is the #1 online game out in the market. IF you HAVE THE RESOURCES, then buy this game.
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Summary: Best WW2 Game as of Yet
Review: Although this claim is difficult to state as Call of Duty is nearly out, so far Battlefield 1942 beats out any WW2 game (or any war game, FPS or RTS) that I have ever played. The controls are incredibly easy to manage, the graphics put you on a real battlefield, and the sounds truly bring you to the scary heat of battle. Then comes the concept and gameplay. This game truly makes you feel like you are part of a real time battle, and puts you at the site of many famous slaughters in WW2 history. Although you are one of many in this battle, the game truly makes it possible for the individual player to make a huge difference in the fighting. In summary, the best WW2 FPS as of now.
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Summary: great multiplayer game
Review: like i said it is a good multiplayer game but the singleplayer part is really short. i beat the singleplayer missions in less then 6 hours. and don't get this game unless you got more then 256 megs of ram or you will feel like a flickery light bulb. but if you like multiplayer games then get this one :)
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Summary: A MUST GET FOR CHRISTMAS
Review: U HAVE TO GET THIS GAME!#!IT IS SO FUN?? GET IT NOW OR ...!!
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Summary: The Best
Review: Battlefield is one of the best games that I have ever played. And the expansions and downloads greatly improve the play. This Game is the best.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Hi all, This the best game EVER. Get it now or else J-nf
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Summary: Wonderful game
Review: Hi all, This game is simply just the best out their. Their are only pros to this game. You get the already awseam BattleField 1942 and then come this very sweet expasion, Battlefield 1942: The road to roam. This game has stellar graphics and realistic sound. Persoonaly i like the planes the best but hey, thats me. Check this game out, J-nf
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