Battlefield 1943

[Sky]

Medics were friggin' great. In 1942, I played a medic as my preferred non-specialist class (I was an engineer/pilot). So I also disagree about your comments on engineers, they had a great rifle and could wtfpwn against just about everything in the game - infantry, tanks and aircraft.

More weapons and explosives would be great. Except they'd be mmotarded to be unlocks.

Some day the gaming world will homogenize to take the worst of mmo mechanics and console interfaces and hardware limitations to make a gajillion dollars.

[HaemishM]

Are you kidding about the medic? BF2 and BF2142, medic was one of the easiest classes to work up unlocks in. All you had to do was heal and revive people and occasionally pop a cap in someone's ass and you get mad points. It was the perfect beginner class because it didn't require you to be a hard core shooter.

[Nebu]

Are you kidding about the medic?

Never played BF2 and BF2142, so I don't know about the class in those games. 


Edit: I also hope that they a) make it more of a penalty to shoot while running/strafing and b) do something about dolphin diving.  I really enjoyed the fact that you got aim bonuses for being crouched or prone and would love to see aiming tied to fatigue in some way. If you're running and jumping, you shouldn't be able to hit the broadside of a barn. 

[Prospero]

I <3 medic in 1942, but I love playing medic in most games, so I could be biased. Teaming up with an engie in a tank was good fun.

[Sky]

I occasionally healed others as a medic, but I originally took up the class because as assault I'd have a close firefight and then die to the next guy I saw before I could get to a heal closet. So much easier to just duck behind a rock and heal to full. Hell, in some medium range fights you could just prone and heal up between clips. You did lose a bit of damage of the assault gun, but I think the accuracy was a bit better (been too long to remember details).

I also like the way 1942 rewarded positional aiming over bunny hopping. Shit like that and dolphin diving and what ever else these jackoffs come up with in these games, that's why I don't even bother with 'em anymore. That and the utter uselessness of non-clan play on pubs. And the interminable search for a good server, having good ping and players. Almost impossible, and with the server browser many times I just gave up after trying to find a server for a half-hour. I prefer a game where I can log in and play for a half-hour, not one where actually getting to the gameplay takes that long.

Srsly, when 1942 came out, it was my favorite game and I played it constantly. Even with my reductions in gaming time overall and lack of clan play, I still played a heck of a lot of Vietnam and BF2. They took a franchise I loved and instead of improving the faults in a product that was a damn nice change from traditional, they pushed it more in that fast-paced bunnytard direction and have kept doing so. I was on the fence with 2142, never bought it, tried the Heroes beta....just no more interest in DICE products.

[ashrik]

Well goddamn, I can't find my disks

BTW- The medic has always rocked in BF games. Much better than that useless-if-alone TF2 medic.

[stray]

Anyone playing this? I suck (PS3 thumbsticks). 

Selling for the nice price of 14.99 though.. Can't beat that.

[Jimbo]

Back from the beach, we just downloaded it for Xbox 360, I have never played 1942 (played a ton of BF2, BF2142, & BF Heroes), so it is pretty cool.

No Dolphin diving or bunny hopping!  Well so far, they made it so you have to slow down to fire, so you can't run and shoot at the same time, kinda sucks that you can't run and gun, but better than the other crap I remember from BF2.  I still suck at flying a plane in BF (Heroes is the only easy to fly game), but the other vehicles are great fun.  Blowing up the terrain to get to a hidden player is fun too.

[Mrbloodworth]

I may be picking this up, for that price, ill just learn-2-use-thumbs. Well, until I get that nice mouse replacement =)

[sigil]

I picked it up.

I am enjoying it, but man do I suck.

[AcidCat]

I've been having fun with it (since they fixed the server issues) - it brings back some good memories, but it's different enough to feel kinda new. Great for a quick FPS fix.

[ahoythematey]

Is anybody as surprised as I was at how well it controls with a controller?  It's battlefield, it's awesome, hit me up for a game on PSN.

[stray]

Err, I still suck. I mean, like, I can't kill shit. I haven't put a lot of time in it, but... zero kills. I'm usually not one to complain about controllers, but I was halfway decent in '42.

I'm determined to get better though. Besides the controls, it is the same good ole Battlefield game... albeit with some welcome additions (spaciousness).

[Triforcer]

When is the PC version coming out?  And when do we get Euro maps?  Why do these games keep releasing with 3 maps? 

[stray]

Why do these games keep releasing with 3 maps?  

To purposely release DLC, I'm sure Then again, I've only paid $15 so far, so I can't complain.

[HaemishM]

When is the PC version coming out?  And when do we get Euro maps?  Why do these games keep releasing with 3 maps? 

The PC version is out in September (think it's $29.99) and will come with the Coral Sea map already unlocked.

[sigil]

I think I might have provided a full tenth of a  decimal point to the total number of kills needed to unlock last night... oof, that was a rough Iwo Jima...

[Hawkbit]

Had fun with the demo.  Seems fairly stripped down and more enjoyable for me. 

Will there be more maps than the three/four already released?  DLC only, I suppose?

[Gunzwei]

Loved me some 2142 and looking forward to the new map.

The 24 player limit on 1943 kills the game immeditely for me. It's not Battlefield without 32-64 players.

[Mrbloodworth]

I picked this up last night, didn't get a change to play yet. (PS3)

[jakonovski]

Gods, this one is tempting. But I shall not succumb until all the server problems are dealt with! I made that mistake with Bad Company and I'd be an idiot to risk it again.

[stray]

I haven't had any server issues, but I'm on PS3, not XBL. It could be different? (no one spaz out and shoot me for this plz.. )

[ahoythematey]

I've played this every day since downloading and I've not had a single problem, but then I'm playing it on PS3...

[jakonovski]

I haven't had any server issues, but I'm on PS3, not XBL. It could be different? (no one spaz out and shoot me for this plz.. )

Yeah, it's 360 specific.

[Mrbloodworth]

People need to add Trucegore as a friend...