Battlefield 1942

SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
<div class="IPBDescription">I may get it, I need opinions...</div> Well, Christmas time is coming, and my mom is pressuring me to give her a gift idea <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I am unusually short on ideas this year, but I heard battlefield 1942 was pretty good. First of all, is it pay-to-play? I will not play it if it is. Please give good reviews, I need guidance.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    There is no Pay to Play game that is not an MMORPG, so you can stop asking that question, ever. Battlefield 1942 is one of the best games I have ever played, period. It is the best when the server is working together. If you can handle the unrealism, it's a wonderful game.
  • InjuryInjury Mahou Shoujo Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 7992Banned
    Its pretty good, I used to play it almost obsessively in the demo phase, heh. However, the retail version locked up on me and I ended up selling it to a friend at a loss of 10 USD.
  • GnatsumGnatsum Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10566Members
    Battlefield 1942

    - Need a Very top notch system to play it
    -Has bugs... not a disgustingly alot...but not few
    -Historically Incorrect.
    -IS good if you are bored and need a new game
    -needs some balancing

    i would go for some dod rather than BF 1942
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Sure, many people (such as me) prefer DoD for the realism. BF1942 is a lot like Tribes.
  • borbilborbil Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2071Members
    Well in my own opinion you cant go wrong with Battlefield 1942. Sure there are some bugs but with patch 1.2 you got to find them. There is some unrealism but then again every "GAME" has some, plus they fixed some of it. If youre a teamplayer then by all means you should get it, find a clan, and get one of the greatest gaming experience youve ever had. If youre not much into teamplaying, i can suggest No one lives forever 2, which has one of the most interesting and refreshing single player stories ive played so far. Two thumbs up to those 2.
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    The only reason I thought it may be pay-to-play is because I heard it was a MMOFPS, which is similar to an MMORPG. Guess not <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> I think I'll get it, as if I don't play enough computer games already! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    hehe, never played it OL (only on lan)

    on a lan game it is fn great (get like 5 people and play one side have the bots out number you like 5 to one on the other side, now THERE is a chalange)


    as a side note for those of you who play with bots:

    does any one else FN HATE Udo? (either kotch or mayer)?

    for some reason he seems to be the most retarted boyt if he is on your team or fn amazing if he is on the other side, lool
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    Bots? That sounds so fun! 5 friends? I thought it was a MMOFPS. How could 5 and some bots be enough?
  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    I play it at LAN parties occasionally - it's really fun.

    I haven't played it in a long while, but when I stopped, it was kinda buggy and took forever to join a server (cd checks and whatnot)

    DON'T buy it for the single player though - it's awful.
  • SanchoSancho Join Date: 2002-03-30 Member: 365Members
    What about for multiplayer? (not LAN)

    I heard the number of lamers is incredible.
  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Someone Who Cares+Dec 15 2002, 04:08 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Someone Who Cares @ Dec 15 2002, 04:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I heard the number of lamers is incredible.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    And what multiplayer game doesn't have any?

    To quote PA, "The worst thing about multiplayer games is that you have to play them with other people."

    It's awesome multiplayer, but can lag a lot due to the extremely high number of players on a server. You may have to bear with some low resolutions and detail levels.
  • LegionnairedLegionnaired Join Date: 2002-04-30 Member: 552Members, Constellation
    YEah, i hate the idiots that sit on the aircraft carrier and mow down your own planes, but nevertheless, it is a great game.

    BTW, check my 1337-as-heck sig!
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    hehe, legion manke the BG transparent if you can

    Aparently you don't get the idea of BG

    I don't know what this *bleep* is about a 'mmpofps'

    it is an FPS just like any other exept that the scale of the game is friggin huge

    each 'map' is a battle from WWII (yah yah it aint realistic so fn what?)

    the normal mode (not deam DM) consists of 2 teams (axis vs alies) batteling over points on the map

    each team has a number of credits that get depleated when ppl get killed and some other stuff I think

    each area that you can cap is a spawn point (so when you cap you can respawn at the front lines)

    each map has diff set up (teams have diff # credits, diff # spawmns etc)

    another variable is that if a certain # of spawns is held by one side the other side starts to loose credits

    Also if you loose all you spawns and no one is alive GG (just like NS)

    umm, there are diff classes (sniper/scout, assault, enginere, and medic), each time you die you can switch class, you also cohse were you spawn


    umm, there are tanks, jeeps, artilery, planes, subs(only in DM and they blow), boats, APCs, and friggat type ships, every thing can be pioleted, and many have more then one spot for a person (so you can have a tail gunner and cool stuff like that)



    as for the style I described:

    we get the ppl in on the lan who want to play and we all go one side (allied or axis) and set it so that the other team will hideously out number us, its great, we have the advantage of not being stupid bots and the fact that we have the best voice com system (we are in the same room), they however JUST NEVER SEEM TO DIE!!!!!!! ;D


    yah, 1942 kicks **obscenity** on LANs I don't know about OL ;D (we only have it instaled in the CS lab ;D)
  • TzarconTzarcon Join Date: 2002-02-28 Member: 259Members
    Im getting this game too
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    BF1942 is a very good game... the idea of vehicles, planes, battleships... very nicely done.

    While some annoying bugs are present (flying off ships while it's moving and you're going up the ladders) it's still a fun game overall.

    Lamers are present, and on a FF server at least one person will have a -40 score... it's almost a gaurntee, but otherwise it's no worse than rushing for the airplanes, blowing people off battleships with grenades, and running a jeep into the water with a passenger in it.
  • SaltySalty Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6970Members
    im prolly gonna get it. Any game with a medic is never realistic <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> I played the demo alot and now it looks like some cool mods for the game are comming out.
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