Battlefield: 1942

THE GOOD:
Decent visuals, excellent control scheme, exciting battles, massive variety, great sounds

THE BAD:
Connection problems, steep requirements, horrible single player mode, few online morons

SUMMARY:
Written by Laughing Target for netjak.com

A couple years ago, a game called World War II Online was released. I thought it would be incredibly cool to be able to take part as a single soldier in what has to be the most interesting war in all of human history. To take command of a tank and rush the enemy. To live the life of a soldier pushing forward mere feet per day. To dogfight with the dreaded Luftwaffe over the English Channel. To partake in massive ship battles. Unfortunately, the game turned out rather horrible, mired by a convoluted control scheme and some rather raunchy visuals.

Few other games tried the massive scale war feel, such as Operation Flashpoint, and they all failed, be it because of horrible...

THE GOOD:
Well, lets start with
1) HUGE variety-interact with every vehicle, submarine, airplane, bomber, tank, 150mm land-based weapons, jeeps, APCs and a whole crapload of other vehicles.
2) Very realistic
3) THE MOST ADDICTIVE MULTIPLAYER YOU WILL EVER PLAY!!!!

THE BAD:
It is extremely hard to fly the airplanes, as you can't see very well...

SUMMARY:
Choose from a Scout with a sniper rifle, Medic that can heal, Assault which can mow down infantry, and the Anti-Tank man, who everybody calls for tank support. All of them can get in and drive vehicles just the same. This game is the reason you got/going to get Broadband, DSL, LAN, or Cable! Play anytime with players around the world. Over a thousand servers are ready for the action. The multiplayer alone is worth this game.

General/Summary: When I first looked at the game I was in EB looking for a new game to buy and I came across BF 1942. I did like WWII games but I had only found 1 that a really liked and that was MOHAA. So I looked into it and I decided that I would pick it up and see how it was. This was one of the best decisions in my gamming experiences. I started it up and went online and I loved it from the start. I was hooked from the first time I spawned into the first battle I ever did at Iwo-Jima. I couldn't seem to pull myself away from the game. The wonderful graphics and sound, and the way that it played were better than I'd seen in a long time. Its one of those games that hooks you and then reels ya in so that you'll never be able to wriggle free. It is a game that I think everybody should check out for themselves. Its a game that any computer gamer should have. Even if you aren't big into computer games you should still pick up a copy of this so that you can experience this for...

It is slow but it can be fun in game. - Ten Worder
It is a fun decorative game, that allthough the loading is slow; the wait is worth it. In multiplayer which can be up to 64 player you can do a lot more. However, it is worth $50, but it's only $20! And the XPACKS are 10. A mod X-Pack, desert combat (gasp) is the freebie and is good. Also believe it or not Desert Combat's Developers are making Battlefield 2 with DICE!
Anyhow, the multiplayer is great. I recommend you do however practice with the game's drones (EL) or AI. But, buy this game and it's two X-PACK and superb multiplayer and you only paid (GASP) $40! There are over 10,000 people that play this game at once SO PLAY PLAY PLAY MULTIPLAYER. You can be infantry, enginneer (minelayer), scout (sniper), medic (commandos), and AT's (bazooka, anti-tank) as well has Tank Driver/Gunner, Artillery Driver/ Artillery Bombardiare, Bomber, Fighter, Decoy, APC Gunner, A Destroyer, Cruiser, Battleship and Aircraft Carrier captain. And...

THE GOOD:
EVERYTHING!!! Vehicles span from land, sea, and air~Many Wars to fight~Realistic~Addicting!~many weapons

THE BAD:
Its on computer, not XBox~Stutters sometimes

SUMMARY:
Battlefield 1942 is a war game everyone SHOULD love. Its an addicting war game (Like MoH:Frontline, but WAYYYYY BETTER!!!), that takes the place of a lot of the major wars in the world. You and your opposing army have a set amount of men at your disposal, which ever army loses ALL their men first, loses that war. The only thing i wish is that this game was on XBox so i wouldnt have to buy expensive parts for my computer. Battlefield: 1942 is a MUST BUY game for the PC if the specs fit the discription of your computer. Battlefield should be able to make its own genre, like Survival war series or someting like that, because its so different and in depth.

THE GOOD:
the ability to blow up stuff. mildly addictive. doesn't lag a lot. also LAN so you can kill...i mean, play with your friends.

THE BAD:
too educational. also, realistic ranges. like, you can't kill someone up-close with a long range weapon. has led to many of my deaths.....

SUMMARY:
battlefield 1942 is a shooter game that lets you be an american soldier fighting in WWII. i suppose you could also be a japanese soldier or a british guy, or even a nazi, but come on. we won, didn't we? kind of risky don't you think. okay, now i'm getting off subject. this game has authentic WWII weaponry and vehicles that you can handle, and real WWII maps based on real battle. like Iwo-jima. (one of my fav's). you can drive anything from gunboat to a 4-ton tank. and blow thier asses off. oh, you can fly planes too. to bombs thier asses. my favorite part of this game is the LAN, or local area networking system, which allows you to play with your friends....

THE GOOD:
Where to start??

Theres a huge selection of battles to choose from.

Use real World War II guns

Drive real World War II vehicles, from military jeeps, to tanks, and even huge aircraft carriers and battleships or even landing craft.

The AI is awesome, your fellow soldiers will actually use the vehicles, and drive them.

You can pick between being the allies (British, American, or Russian, depending on what battle) or the axis, (Japan or Germany).

THE BAD:
Nothing I can think of

SUMMARY:
This game is probably better than the Medal of Honor series. You have a huge selection of vehicles, jeeps, tanks, bomber planes or torpedo planes, aircraft carriers, battleships, landing craft, and any other vehicle you can think of. But don't expect to have the M1 tank or the Aurora bomber or anything like that.

You can pick between axis or allies in any battle, but you can't...

THE GOOD:
Sound
Grade-A Multiplayer Expierence
Large Ammount of Available Mods and Conversions
Large Ammount of Weapons
Good Vehicles
Cheap!

THE BAD:
Graphics Aren't Exactly the best around
Single Player "Campaign" Sucks
Horrible Load Times

SUMMARY:
I really really love this game. It is one of the best multiplayer games out there. I loved having a 64 player battle of Omaha Beach. The graphics are good but not top notch like Call of Duty. The large amount of mods like the Desert Combat mod help keep the replayability of this game high. I wish the load times weren't so long, but it is easily worth it. Oh and there are planes. Yes planes. You can grab a Japanesse Zero and dive bomb your enemies.

You need to pick up this game as soon as possible. And for 20 dollars you can get the original game and two expansion packs.

THE GOOD:
Friggin awesome game. Hope there will be more like it.

THE BAD:
Net issues (hit detection, mem. leak, etc)

SUMMARY:
This is an awesome game. Havent put it down since the demo came out. All the different aspects of this game like multi-person/multi-station vehicles and different weapons of war just make this all out fun. Probably wouldnt want to bother if you have dial up though. Then again, you probably dont have much reason to live if you have dial up.