Battlefield 1943

[Mrbloodworth]

Battlefield 1943 Debut Trailer

However, that is not all coming from EA and DICE. Battlefield 1943 will be available for the PC, PSN, and Xbox Live Arcade and will offer multiplayer modes for up to 24 players with the “through-the-gun and vehicle warfare experience” DICE and the franchise are recognized for.

Yes, 24 not, 64, but take note of the buildings to the end of the video. (and trees)

[Sky]

Now...I dislike the direction DICE has gone for a while now....but that looks pretty wicked.

[Mrbloodworth]

Now...I dislike the direction DICE has gone for a while now....but that looks pretty wicked.

Its basically the bastard child of Battlefield, and Bad company.

[Engels]

I'm confused and sad. How is the trailer a herald of anything different at all?

[TripleDES]

Prettier BF1942...

What made the initial Battlefield game for me was the glitching. TNT jumping and all that shit.

[HaemishM]

Lots of good Battlefield news yesterday. 1943 looks decent, though I'm not sure about the 24 player limit. Bad Company getting made for the PC - meh, I could take it or leave it.

But a new patch is coming for both Battlefield 2 and 2142, which will also have a new map for each. Yeah, I'm all over that. Hopefully it'll fix some of the rampant cheats in 2142.

[Mrbloodworth]

I'm confused and sad. How is the trailer a herald of anything different at all?

Its seems to be a collection of the most popular 42 maps, redone, with destructible environments, that means physics and all that across a network, like Bad Company.

I really liked Bad Company. I love the fact that ill be able to play it with mouse and keyboard. To me, they dropped the ball with B2, and 2142 was just a bad B2 re-skin that stole Borrowed to much from Plantside, with out realizing what made PS great.

[Sky]

Slower planes, return of ships, great classic maps redone with modern tech, modern graphics...What's not to like? Herald of something different? I think you want to stick to MMO for that :)


Thanks to TripleDES for reminding me that exploiters will probably just ruin it for everyone and saving me the cost of buying it.

[Samwise]

 

[Nebu]

Slower planes, return of ships, great classic maps redone with modern tech, modern graphics...What's not to like? Herald of something different? I think you want to stick to MMO for that :)


Thanks to TripleDES for reminding me that exploiters will probably just ruin it for everyone and saving me the cost of buying it.

I'm in anyway.  Maybe we could open a private server so I can show off how terrible I am.  Damn I love WW2 era games.

[Azazel]

Well, it looks good. I'm not sure how badly DICE might will fuck it up, though.   

[TripleDES]

Thanks to TripleDES for reminding me that exploiters will probably just ruin it for everyone and saving me the cost of buying it.

Shitty physics while FF off isn't exploits.

[HaemishM]

To me, they dropped the ball with B2, and 2142 was just a bad B2 re-skin that stole Borrowed to much from Plantside, with out realizing what made PS great.

You are on crack. I still play and love both B2 and 2142.

[Mrbloodworth]

To me, they dropped the ball with B2, and 2142 was just a bad B2 re-skin that stole Borrowed to much from Plantside, with out realizing what made PS great.

You are on crack. I still play and love both B2 and 2142.

To each his own. 2142 was terrible (Read: Buggy ass POS), and B2...well....yeah, just not my favorite in the line, and seemed to break from all the fun stuff of 42. 

I don't think less of you for liking them  I had good times in the too... Just not for long. 2142 had some really cool stuff like titan assaults. Something we had asked for in PS a long time ago. Shitt, i wonder if i can find the posting on the PS boards where the exact same mechanic was illustrated and pitched (CHARTS!). The conspiracy in me things someone at dice was a PS fan. 

[Prospero]

Apparently they are trying to make 1943 casual friendly. I'll be curious to see how that turns out. As long as the planes are still awesome, I'm sold.

[Sky]

Shitty physics while FF off isn't exploits.

Well, you can't really have FF on for a pub! Anyway, your post is contradicting itself. You were exploiting the shitty physics with FF off.

Part of the reason, probably the only reason, I loved 1942 so much was playing on private servers with a clan. FF on, no name tags, it was the way the game should've been experienced. Pubbing is so crappy, boring and pointless. Especially with DICE's abysmal server browser that seems to never get fixed game after game.

B2 was ok, but I hated the planes in it. The 1942 planes were so much more artful with their slower speeds allowing more surface-hugging and aerobatics, the slower bombs with their graceful arcs of death...but on pubs it was tard central trying to get into a plane, and forget a pub with FF on.

Nebu, a Bat Country 1943 server would rock. For two weeks  

[Mrbloodworth]

Nebu, a Bat Country 1943 server would rock. For two weeks  

Woot!

[NiX]

Well, it looks good. I'm not sure how badly DICE might will fuck it up, though.   

You didn't play Bad Company, did you? If this is just WW2 Bad Company it's going to be awesome.

[ahoythematey]

24 people is plenty.  I am fucking down for Bat Country with this, assuming it works better than BF2.  I love that game, but goddamn it has problems.  And load times.

God the load times, they are a problem.

[Nebu]

Nebu, a Bat Country 1943 server would rock. For two weeks  

If it's like the usual Bat Country FPS, 2 weeks is long enough to remind me that I'm too old to be competitive in an FPS.  Still... good for a few laughs.

[TripleDES]

Well, you can't really have FF on for a pub! Anyway, your post is contradicting itself. You were exploiting the shitty physics with FF off.

Almost all pubs I've played BF1942 and BF2 on had FF on. If you don't think sending tanks or jeeps across the maps is hilarious, you're a sad person.

And FYI, most FF off servers were stunt servers. Can't really be exploiting if it's desired gameplay.

[ahoythematey]

Concerning Friendly Fire: only noobs prefer to play with FF off.

[Ingmar]

Concerning Friendly Fire: only noobs prefer to play with FF off.

<----- noob

[Azazel]

Well, it looks good. I'm not sure how badly DICE might will fuck it up, though.   

You didn't play Bad Company, did you? If this is just WW2 Bad Company it's going to be awesome.

I played the demo. But console FPS controls and all that. You know what I'm talkin' bout.

Their biggest failing is always the browser and gametypes. Though I've played less of the game each iteration (except VN goes somewhere around 2142)

[ahoythematey]

Concerning Friendly Fire: only noobs prefer to play with FF off.

<----- noob

Hey, it's all cool.  Everybody has to start somewhere.  Hell, even I used to prefer friendly fire off back when I was a noob.  Well, except for Doom2 LAN.  God that was some fun griefing.

[Goreschach]

I'm in the '42 was awesome, everything after sucked' camp. If this really is a return to the original gameplay style, I'd be up for it.

[NiX]

You know what I'm talkin' bout.

Yeah, I do. Bad Company was really fun and I usually hate the level up and unlock guns deal. There was something about the accessibility that made BF:BC so much fun and you had moments where you felt useful over a sustained amount of time. Best example was me rigged as a sniper, breaking a window to a boarded up house, sneaking into the attic and picking off enemy soldiers as they tried to advance up the road.

[Hindenburg]

Concerning Friendly Fire: only noobs prefer to play with FF off.

Concerning Friendly Fire: only noobs care. Cool kids own faces either way. 

[ahoythematey]

In theory, it shouldn't matter.  However, too often I've been to servers where the majority of players are using friendly fire being turned off as a crutch, and just blindly shooting at anything that moves, or shooting through their allies.  I won't stand for it!

[Azazel]

BC was on my "games to buy when they're really super-cheap" list, because I liked it reasonably for a FPS. Does it have a 3rd-person option? For some reason I can do shooters in 3rd person on the consoles wheras 1st just doesn't work.

[Falwell]

Twenty four isn't enough. Considering that of your team of twelve, at LEAST three will be camping planes and killing the guy who "steals" theirs. At LEAST one will be practicing driving tanks on the bottom of the ocean. At LEAST four will be snipers with three kills in four hours, and at LEAST one will be griefing the other team by placing explosive charges on the enemies landing boats, no, it isn't enough.


Not to worry though, it'll take the better part of a day before you start seeing 32+ player games being hosted.

[AcidCat]

If this really is a return to the original gameplay style, I'd be up for it.

I was pretty excited until I read about the gameplay changes  -  I can deal with less players, but cutting the classes down to 3, having regenerating health, unlimited ammo, and giving all classes anti-armor capability just totally changes the gameplay dynamic. I'll probably still pick it up but I don't know why they had to fuck with a great formula.

[Jimbo]

Ya!  More Battlefield!  So that means Bad Co will get a PC port, Hero's will come out  , & now this, plus the maps for 2142 & BF2!  Rock on, time to dig out and re-install both BF2 and 2142!

I've noticed some things, but CoD4 is better to play on Xbox live than on PC.  Something about only 9 people max per side and getting on a full server each game is more fun for me.  I liked Battlefield Modern combat for Xbox, but it never had the fun that BF2 or BF 2142 had, and I only played the beta for Battlefield Bad Co (was too busy with other games).  As long as I can drive a tank & blow people up it sounds good to me. 

[Azazel]

I was pretty excited until I read about the gameplay changes  -  I can deal with less players, but cutting the classes down to 3, having regenerating health, unlimited ammo, and giving all classes anti-armor capability just totally changes the gameplay dynamic. I'll probably still pick it up but I don't know why they had to fuck with a great formula.

wait.

wat?

[ahoythematey]

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Please tell me you're talking about Battlefield Heroes.