Battlefield: 1942
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Battlefield: 1942
Customer Review: Very Nice
Summary: 5 Stars
I've owned Battlfield 1942 for over a year now, so I've had a lot of experience with it and can say it truely is a good game. It has it's shortfalls, but usually you won't even notice them compared to this game's strengths. I'll list some of the shortfalls first, just to get them out of the way.
First of all, the original lack of variety in weapons was annoying. Being Japanese with an STG44 was rather unrealistic, especially at Wake Island (since the Japanese invasion of Wake took place roughly 2 years before the STG44 was created.) When I'm Japanese, I want to use Japanese equipment. Same with Russians. Eventually patches brought some variety which helped a lot. Either way, it really has very little impact on the game if any, it's just annoying.
The infantry combat also needs work. It's really awkward, I don't really know how to explain it. The bolt-action rifles are terrible. I was also displeased with the fact that it took them forever to add the M1 Garand, and even after they did only on Pacific maps and it sucks. However it's tolerable.
Connecting to multiplayer games needs work too. Navigating the menu is cumbersome and irritating at times. However once you get into a game you'll soon forget.
The things I like about this game surpass what I don't by far. Just the sheer possibilities of what you can do makes this game so adaptable. The possibility of opening up an attack on an enemy point by bombarding them with artillery and fighter bombers followed by an armored attack supported by infantry is just something you just can't get in most games (even though it never happens because players rarely want to act as a team.) It's fun to deflate the egos of arrogant players in tanks by crashing your jeep into them, killing them and yourself if you fail to bail out. Of course there are players who do the typical multiplayer behavior, like just take off in tanks, apcs or jeeps without offering anyone a ride (even if you ask for them to stop) park vehicles on runways, drive right into their own infantry, killing them without appologizing and those who contribute nothing to their team, just waiting for planes to respawn and kill any of their own teammates who might get the plane before them. Make no mistake, multiplayer games are usually full of immature, arrogant, self absorbed bigots who tell you how to play, yell at you for no reason, whine about any little thing and spew forth homophobic remarks. Even so, Battlefield 1942 is still a fun game even with these annoyances. Very few things are more rewarding than blowing up an enemy tank with your own panzerscreck or bazooka. Spectating skilled pilots can also be a great show.
My conclusion is Battlefield 1942 is an excellent game despite minor issues and the other players. It's very adaptable and is full of options, opportunities and fun. As a gamer I highly recommend it.
Customer Review: Great, can't wait to buy it
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently downloaded this demo as a celbration when building a new computer. One of my nerdy friends brags about BF1942 all the time. So I decided to try the demo, after half an hour of downloading, then installing i fired it up. This game is swweeet! It works great on my Athlon 2000 overclocked to 2400, with 1 gig of ram and a geforce fx 5200. I managed to get this stuff off of New Egg for 200 hundred dollars, what a deal. Thanx newegg. But besides that this game is killer, real physices and graphics keep you coming back for more, but make sure you have dsl or a cable modem, if you have dial-up just play off-line since you just ruin the game. And anyway single player is still fun. But the real treat is multplayer. My bro has a Pentium 2 Geforce MX 440 and 128 megs of ram. It is still very playable on the low settings, but it takes a while to load. So you really don't need a high end system, just a good connection and your set. Plus I never thought I'd get this comp before the doom 3 launch. Thanx dad for lending the money :p.Customer Review: Great, can't wait to buy it
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently downloaded this demo as a celbration when building a new computer. One of my nerdy friends brags about BF1942 all the time. So I decided to try the demo, after half an hour of downloading, then installing i fired it up. This game is swweeet! It works great on my Athlon 2000 overclocked to 2400, with 1 gig of ram and a geforce fx 5200. I managed to get this stuff off of New Egg for 200 hundred dollars, what a deal. Thanx newegg. But besides that this game is killer, real physices and graphics keep you coming back for more, but make sure you have dsl or a cable modem, if you have dial-up just play off-line since you just ruin the game. And anyway single player is still fun. But the real treat is multplayer. My bro has a Pentium 2 Geforce MX 440 and 128 megs of ram. It is still very playable on the low settings, but it takes a while to load. So you really don't need a high end system, just a good connection and your set. Plus I never thought I'd get this comp before the doom 3 launch. Thanx dad for lending the money :p.Customer Review: Great game!
Summary: 5 Stars
This the best game ever, one problem is I find it hard to find a sumbmarine, and acsess it, you must get it from Amazon.com.Customer Review: Good...but no missions really
Summary: 4 Stars
This game is for people who just want an arena to fight in. The game contains no real mission and therefore no scripting. The absence of scripting can be good because it basically deletes predictability. I, for one like having a mission. I know I gave it 4 stars... but it's closer to a 3.YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED