Battlefield: 1942 - PC
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Product information
ASIN | B000067O0Q |
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Release date | September 11, 2002 |
Customer Reviews |
3.7 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #98,206 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #3,465 in PC-compatible Games |
Package Dimensions | 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches; 4 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Rated | Teen |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | Yes |
Item Weight | 4 ounces |
Manufacturer | Electronic Arts |
Date First Available | May 9, 2002 |
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Strategize, command and execute campaigns as you command Allied Forces against the Nazi empire in the bloody battles of WWII.
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In Battlefield 1942, you're a WWII soldier on a true-to-life battlefield, equipped with weapons that look and sound authentic, able to storm the beaches on foot or seamlessly jump into and out of any of 35 vehicles of war. The depth is incredible. While on foot, you play as one of five specialized classes (assault, medic, scout, antitank, or engineer) with varying equipment and abilities. The choice of vehicles ranges from a selection of tanks, jeeps, and other fairly standard mechanized land vehicles to exotic craft like battleships, submarines, and dive bombers. Best of all, you can pit yourself against your fellow man in objective-based online battles in four distinct WWII theaters of war: North Africa, South Asia Pacific, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe. This is everything that World War II Online should have been. This is Tribes 2 with better code, graphics, control--everything, and without the cheesy sci-fi trappings. This out-WWIIs Medal of Honor and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. This game is like the ultimate sandbox, with all the best toys.
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Customers find the game pretty neat, fun, and dynamic. They also say it's one of the best war games available.
"The game itself is fun..but for some odd reason it lags on my new gaming pc..i have no idea why?" Read more
"...with being able to choose unique classes of player makes this a very dynamic game...." Read more
"Great old game that doesn't take a state of the art computer to run. The graphics don't compare to today's games, but that's to be expected." Read more
"...gameplay is pretty cool, but in some ways it is like "SWB". overall, i geuss its a pretty neat game." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the video game software. They mention that it is a great product at a reasonable price. Some customers also say that the product is in very good condition and complete for a pre-owned item.
"Product was in very good condition and complete for a pre-owned item." Read more
"This is a classic for me and thought I would never play it again. Good price, quick shipping and the memories keep coming!" Read more
"Good price, fast service, good condition, am happy." Read more
"great product, fast shipping, great price, great seller" Read more
Customers like the appearance of the video game software. They mention it's very pretty, cool, and antique.
"...when I click on it.. not sure what's going on game is brand new and very pretty I recommend these guys they got the stuff down quickest shipping..." Read more
"It is cool, but it does not have eye popping graphics like star wars battlefront.gameplay is pretty cool, but in some ways it is like "SWB"...." Read more
"Looks great, came with all manuals." Read more
Customers are happy with the condition of the video game software. They mention that it's in good condition.
"Product was in very good condition and complete for a pre-owned item." Read more
"This game came in great condition and is one of the best shooters of all time. But do not buy it, it is free for digital download on orgin." Read more
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Customers are dissatisfied with the performance of the video game software. They mention that it won't even run, it may not work for older PCs, and even then it may never start up.
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"...The game would not play and numerous Tech's told me that the game is defective. Do not order and wish I never placed the order!" Read more
"Product installed ok, just wouldn't run. tried everything, on Win10, Win7, in XP mode, Administator XPMode, just won't run...." Read more
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Even though the AI is a bit goofy, it is extremely entertaining.
This game brings in a lot of different elements that you can control - like flying planes, shooting flack guns, driving tanks just to name a few - along with being able to choose unique classes of player makes this a very dynamic game.
I love all of the mod packs you can buy or download for free.
I am a huge gamer overall and this rates in the top 5 for me.
Some things i see wrong with it and it is really a combination of these that makes the single player boring:
1)aircraft are difficult to control and more effort than they are worth without a joystick.
2)Maps are unbalanced. Playing strictly as one side, they are either to easy or to hard. Some maps are hard to beat even on the easiest setting. And some you dont even need to play to win even on the hardest setting.
3) Ticket point bleeding ( you can reduce your opponents tickets by holding so many control points without ever killing them) is stupid. What really does it for me is the stupid AI. IF you had a decent AI, it wouldnt be as bad.
4A) AI is terrible and unbalanced. Your side is stupid. Sometimes they stand around, they use bazookas on infantry, they can barely take a control point without your help and it takes them forever to it. Their accuracy is terrible. And one enemy will keep 1/2 dozen or more busy for over a minute. They are basically cannon fodder that steals all your vehicles and gets them blown up.Increasing cpu time to AI solves the problem to a degree but it also makes the enemy AI a lot more difficult so it is still unbalanced.
4B) The enemy AIs are expert snipers.... with any weapon. I have been perched on a large hill sniping and got hit from sniping distances with just about every enemy weapon but grenades. Even the enemy planes can pick me off on the first pass with guns. The enemy AI is amazingly accurate even at distance. They are also crafty. They always know where you are and can always get behind you or sneak pass you and come up from behind and shoot you. They are much better organized and work together to take all the control points. IE: all of your own AI will run to the same control point where they will spend anywhere from a minute to several trying to take it. The enemy AI will head to different control points in small groups and capture several in quick succession. They will also grenade your armor in a group and take it out quickly. Whereas your own AI will not do this or manages to get killed before they even get close.
5)Scenerios play out to fast. Because of the constant ticket loss( bleeding) from one side or the other that almost always occurs games are short. You may only spend 25-50% of your time fighting. The rest of the time is spent getting to where the fight is and waiting on respawns. It doesnt really let you have a big effect on the outcome of the game. The biggest effect on the game is holding the right amount of control points to cause bleeding( or stop your own). You will spend alot of time running around trying to do this. And as soon as you leave the control point It will be taken over by the enemy again. Which makes this a completely pointless task. It would be much better without ticket bleeding. Then it would be based solely on kills to win( winning by attrition)
6) A combo of the above really kills the game. And really lowers the replay value. You will probably find single player to be more annoying than fun.
7) Bonus: EA even fails at cheats. The godmode cheat for this game reduces your tickets to about 1/4 of your normal starting tickets. Since your almost guaranteed to bleed tickets within the first 2-3 minutes it makes for a very short game. It is sad when they even make god mode boring. I always use cheats after i get bored with the normal game to add some extra spice. EA really failed with this games cheat codes.
NOTE: Later Battlefield titles such as Vietnam had improved game mechanics. And some of the problems here dont exist in the later titles. I suggest skipping this title and moving to a later title if you really want to try the battlefield series.