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DICE Announces $15 Price for Battlefield 1943 (PR)

Ysiadmihi said:
In Battlefield? Jesus fucking christ I hate what the Xbox has done to gaming.
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You understand that this version of Battlefield is aimed at those very gamers who like that right? Battlefield Bad Company 2 wont have that.. as the first one did not.
 
bigGIRLSblouse said:
You understand that this version of Battlefield is aimed at those very gamers who like that right? Battlefield Bad Company 2 wont have that.. as the first one did not.
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Oh I understand who it's aimed at, and I'm glad it's completely seperate from Bad Company. But I still hate to see series getting dumbed down.
 
Ysiadmihi said:
Oh I understand who it's aimed at, and I'm glad it's completely seperate from Bad Company. But I still hate to see series getting dumbed down.
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Dude, it is an arcade title. What do you expect?
 
DenogginizerOS said:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remove infinite ammo! I will likely not buy this if they don't. People will have little reason to move around and work towards the objectives if they can sit in single spots and pop away limitlessly.
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I don't remember being very ammo-constrained in BF2. Although, admittedly I didn't play more than 30 hours or so.
 
If the game ends up being good I'll pick it up off Steam or something in September I guess.
 
So you can buy the PC version of Battle Field 2 for less and it will be massively superior in every way? I don't get why anybody would want this.
 
Slavik81 said:
I don't remember being very ammo-constrained in BF2. Although, admittedly I didn't play more than 30 hours or so.
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It was (unless you die a lot), when you reloaded you lost your current mag, so sometimes you would have to hang on to half a mag and stick close to someone with ammo bags. And if you wanted to camp it wouldn't be too long untill you had to think about finding more ammo.

1943 is going to be a complete camp fest.
 
Lyon said:
It was (unless you die a lot), when you reloaded you lost your current mag, so sometimes you would have to hang on to half a mag and stick close to someone with ammo bags. .
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the fact this isn't a staple of rts games with any kinda swerve towards even thematic realism blows my mind.
 
Teknopathetic said:
Everything about this game sounds awful. 25$ too much.
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Agreed. Although even if they were paying me 10 dollars, I'd only take the money to install it. Minimum hours played = no sale.

EDIT: And this is from someone who wanted a 1943 sequel for years. Damn you, Dice.

rezuth said:
You can say the same thing about BF2 and TF2. They are completly diffrent games, this game is meant for shorter games infront of your TV. This is not your next "Lets see how long I can wait in the bushes and sniper people" fix.
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The sniper classes in 1942 bordered on irrelevant. I don't even remember if they had them, though I'm sure they must have. But they sure didn't bother you.
 
Spirit of Jazz said:
So you can buy the PC version of Battle Field 2 for less and it will be massively superior in every way? I don't get why anybody would want this.
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You can say the same thing about BF2 and TF2. They are completly diffrent games, this game is meant for shorter games infront of your TV. This is not your next "Lets see how long I can wait in the bushes and sniper people" fix.
 
i wonder how many bugs the game will ship with, bf2 sniper's bullets often never come close to dealing any damage or coming close to where you shot. bf 20XX had retarded bad server issues. i want dice to come up with a good game mechanic that forces people to work in squads and not just go oh look i can crash the fucking jet in to our own spawn over and over.
 
$15 is a great deal for updated BF1942. I will definately pick this up for some mindless shooter fun. It will fill the void until COD:MW2 comes out.
 
Meh. If the maps were like the BF2 way, changing with the size to the player count, I could see myself but no thank you. With the recent Battlefield 2 patch, I see myself with that more so then 1943.
 
Raide said:
This game or just Battlefield style games in general?
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This game. What is the appeal of a Battlefield that's hugely content-light and whose gameplay falls somewhere regular Battlefield's feel and Heroes' simplicity, when the reason both of those work is because they're two extremes? I don't get it.

I'd rather they just updated the three maps and made them for Bad Company or BF2.
 
TouchMyBox said:
So that leaves infinite ammo and 3 classes. I hardly ever run out of ammo in a multiplayer shooter, and simplification can sometimes be a good thing (TF2). You're more than likely right, but I wouldn't be so fast to right it off.
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You will regret this when you get 'nade spammed
 
Funnily enough regenerating ammo should fix the 'nade spamming issues, since you can't have support popping ammo packs all over the place. Though ammo packs should never of given grenades.

And sure ammo was never really an issue in BF2 if you worked as a team and had someone playing Support with you, but that's been removed and so has the medic. So a game that was built around teamplay is having these removed, yea EA can fuck right off with this one.

EA should just fuck off with their shitty webgame and console nonsense and bring out a true sequel to BF2 already, they seem to be promoting the series as having some sort of SP now when really, does anyone care about it?
 
Teknopathetic said:
3 Classes, infinite ammo, and regenerating health. A Turdfecta. They did say they were adding BF2's squad system which is great, but that can only make up for so much.
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Well, at least BF2 is still being updated, because this is certainly not worth my time.

BF3 please!
 
To appreciate this game you need to abandon all seriousness and embrace that it'll be all about messing around. But I guess the thing is, can't you do that in other Battlefield's already, to a greater degree, and also?

So I'm not quite convinced by that, and I'm not convinced by the price point, taking in mind the amount of content other games in the series have offered.

BF1942, 18 maps, $40.
BF2, 12 maps, $40.
BFBC, 8 maps, plus proper singleplayer, $60.
All of these got a bunch of free maps eventually.

BF1942, 3 remade BF1942 maps, one of which is fucking Wake Island...again. $15.
I'm struggling trying to justify a purchase at this point.

They say it's about capturing the spirit of BF1942. But honestly, with smaller maps, less than half the players, regenerating health and ammo, less classes, no naval warfare, huge carriers, no B17, no wingwalking, no jeep launching or glitchy AA guns, and probably no headbanging...I'm not so sure they've done that. If that stuff would've been in, maybe I would've been too. Seems more like Heroes mixed with Bad Company on 1942 maps from where I'm standing. At least I think they've retained the Hitler-mobile's slippery rear end, so that's always something.

I shall try the demo.
 
Oh, did I mention that all classes have anti-tank weapons?

Why even bother to call them separate classes, they should just have you choose between 3 primary weapons. That's essentially all it is.
 
I loved the hell out of Battlefield: BC so I think I'll be getting this. Whatever multiplayer games I play now are on discs. It'll be nice to jump into this right from the XMB. ;)

I see some people mentioning a demo, but I don't see anywhere in the PR that there'll be a demo...
 
Price is good and since I would be buying on Xbox Live if I did I could give a crap about any PC complaints.

That being said unless they change their stance on unlimited ammo its a no buy for me.
 
You can buy a copy of Battlefield 2: Complete (which has all the expansions included) for the same price as this. So yeah, I think I'll pass thankyou very much.

Anyone considering this game almost certainly has a PC that can run Battlefield 2 (definitely 1942), so do yourselves a favour and buy that, not this clusterfuck.
 
Teknopathetic said:
Oh, did I mention that all classes have anti-tank weapons?

Why even bother to call them separate classes, they should just have you choose between 3 primary weapons. That's essentially all it is.
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no medic class? that's my fav class =(
 
$15 for Wake Island = I'm buying it all over again. It's a little steeper than it needs to be, but I'll take it.

$10 for Bionic Commando Rearmed is still the best deal in all of downloadable gaming.
 
Even though they have unlimited ammo and regen health, I hope they add a "hardcore" mode with the way things used to be...

How hard is it to add a couple more classes or an extra map or two? This is what you call greedy devs who are willing to CHARGE you for the extra maps that I am sure they have already created. That way, they will justify the $15 price point and bump it up to regular game price with the DLC.
 
brain_stew said:
You can buy a copy of Battlefield 2: Complete (which has all the expansions included) for the same price as this. So yeah, I think I'll pass thankyou very much.

Anyone considering this game almost certainly has a PC that can run Battlefield 2 (definitely 1942), so do yourselves a favour and buy that, not this clusterfuck.
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I prefer a controller and my 100" screen thanks. Look forward to June.
 
CitizenCope said:
I prefer a controller and my 100" screen thanks. Look forward to June.
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