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The Battlefield 1943 (XBLA/PC/PSN) Official Thread
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lemon__fresh
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lemon__fresh
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Spl1nter said:
except you could usually hear/see it coming, run for cover and stand a decent chance of shooting it down.
Spl1nter said:
Helicopters were definitely powerful in the right hands, but they definitely weren't as scary as the fixed wing aircraft. I shot down plenty of helicopters with the anti-tank guidable missiles. Hell, I even killed the pilot of one by shooting a grenade launcher right at the cockpit when one flew up in front of me while I was on a building. Best battlefield moment ever :lol
Fixed wing aircraft on the other hand would fly by at 800 mph and just obliterate anything with a well placed bomb strike. Man, it was so fun flying those in BF2. Nothing can take you down except another plane, and most people couldn't fly decently at all.
Talladega Knight
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It's a scene from 21 Jump St. Good ol' Johnny Depp.Asmodai said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlBjbxeaTA
lemon__fresh
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Talladega Knight said:
THX!!!! Omg so good.
Anybody else experiencing lock ups on the PS3 version? The game has frozen on me at least 4 times since I got it, and my PS3 rarely ever freezes with other games...
I swear lately every time I'm having a good game I either get disconnected from the server or the fucking game locks up...
I swear lately every time I'm having a good game I either get disconnected from the server or the fucking game locks up...
Bumblebeetuna
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360 version has lock up problems as well.
The Librarian
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So I popped in this thread to see what's been up.
brandumpling: :lol
I haven't played this game in about a week. I'll try to get back to it this weekend.
brandumpling: :lol
I haven't played this game in about a week. I'll try to get back to it this weekend.
The Librarian
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Are you on 360 or PS3?Asmodai said:
The Librarian
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I'm not sure if I like you enough.Asmodai said:
I like you. I'll send one. You should really have your gamertag in your profile.
Aesius
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I cannot emphasize enough how much I enjoy this game.
I love how spread out everything is. Stuff like COD4 and going back to CS/Q3, it's all too claustrophobic and too twitch based. Just running around corridors and hoping to get the drop on someone. You have so much more freedom in this, and direct confrontations are pretty rare. Plus, it's just entertaining as hell to play. So many funny and crazy things happen in every game it seems.
I cannot stand watching other people play most FPSers, but I have almost as much fun just watching my roommate play as I do actually playing it myself. The only thing I could wish for at this point would be more maps and to somehow increase the player cap to 16v16, or......24v24. Maybe on the next round of consoles?
Best $15 (actually $20, thanks MS) I ever spent.
I love how spread out everything is. Stuff like COD4 and going back to CS/Q3, it's all too claustrophobic and too twitch based. Just running around corridors and hoping to get the drop on someone. You have so much more freedom in this, and direct confrontations are pretty rare. Plus, it's just entertaining as hell to play. So many funny and crazy things happen in every game it seems.
I cannot stand watching other people play most FPSers, but I have almost as much fun just watching my roommate play as I do actually playing it myself. The only thing I could wish for at this point would be more maps and to somehow increase the player cap to 16v16, or......24v24. Maybe on the next round of consoles?
Best $15 (actually $20, thanks MS) I ever spent.
The Librarian
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That's true.Asmodai said:
You didn't really show yourself in the junior thread, but you have everywhere else I look.
The Librarian
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Huh? I said I didn't like your avatar, not you.MMaRsu said:Hey Dax I know you don't like me but I'll play with you regardless next weekend if you want
Aesius, say hello to the proper Battlefield series.Aesius said:
I really hope DICE see that there's never any need for Bad Company or what have you. Yeah there are fans of those games out there, but nothing can compare to the multiplayer brilliance that is BF1942 and BF2. I'm more than glad to see that BF1943 continues on that tradition, even if it does contain small player numbers and unlimited ammo. It'd be unreal if they pumped out an update to the Invasion of the Philippines map, but that map is only awesome when it's 32v32 because it's so huge.
I'm tossing up whether to grab the PSN version, the trial was that fun. Alas I don't want to buy the same game twice :lol
The Librarian
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From where? Not much from the junior thread, that's what I'm trying to say. You seem like a fairly intelligent guy, I like that.Asmodai said:
lemon__fresh
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it's getting weird
ILOVEASIANS
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lemon__fresh said:
Very.
Played a couple games tonight after taking a week break because I was moving. Pretty sure I played 5 games of Guadalcanal in a row tonight which was pretty brutal. Other than that though, still having fun with it.
Neverender
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Dax01 said:
Easy now.
lemon__fresh
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S1lent said:
I'm thinking its either your connection or console cause I have yet to get a lock up.
PoweredBySoy
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S1lent said:
I've been playing quite a bit since release and it has happened to me once now - where I had to completely hard boot the PS3. Sucks you're getting it more often, but ultimately I don't think it's your PS3 at fault. I still get a lot of blackbox artifacts while playing too. It's DICE, ya know.
PoweredBySoy
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BradleyUK said:The planes are so fucking hard to fly
They are?
My problem isn't the flying part. My problem is identifying targets to strafe. I tend to fly fairly high up in order to avoid AA and other planes - and sometimes I can pick out a tank or two, but for the most part I'm highly reliant on my teammates to highlight the enemy, and often times they just don't do their duty.
I'm not flying very often anyways - besides the beginning of the match where I use it as a taxi.
PjotrStroganov
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PoweredBySoy said:
Planes are relatively easy to fly yes.
You could also try to seek out the battle hotspots, marked with the yellow sign. There's a good chance that there are a bunch of enemies fighting against your team.
A semi low approach works best for me. Not having to dive results in a much lower airspeed and gives time to spot enemies and shoot infantry.
It's also wise to have an insight in the flow of battle. Having an enemy base near a group of friendly bases will most of the time result in some armor or jeeps rolling that way. This can especially be useful at wake island.
PoweredBySoy
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PjotrStroganov said:
Yeah, I see a lot of pilots taking the low-and-slow approach lately, which, as a soldier on the ground, I love to see, as it makes them very easy targets for AA or tank shells. But as you say, it also allows them to see targets much more clearly.
I've been getting somewhat bored with my usual Rifleman/Tank gameplay, so I may try flying some more and I'll give the low approach a try.
PoweredBySoy said:
You really have to figure out where the main bulk of the enemy is and pay attention to what flags are being lost and taken. On Guadalcanal Ridge is a great killzone for planes while wake I find beach and the radio tower base and airfield the good ones for getting kills on. Iwo Jima is probably the hardest map for finding people on due to the Time of Day.
Asmodai said:
Well then you never faced me in a Heli.
So much fun circle strafing and just killing everyone and everything.The planes where definitly fun but the F35 vs J10......
blindrocket
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I got 100% of the Trophies last night (I got into the game at least a week after it released).
Lovely game. Though I do seriously look forward to Hardcore mode in Modern Warfare 2.
Lovely game. Though I do seriously look forward to Hardcore mode in Modern Warfare 2.
StriKeVillain
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Has anyone had any luck joining any games today? I can't get into a single game on 360. I get "The game appears to be unavailable, please try again." error every single attempt.
UltimaPooh
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striKeVillain! said:
I was in one about an hour ago.
Had two great moments last night.
On Iwo-Jima, we were about to win this match. There were no more planes on our carrier, so I spawned with my squad at lighthouse. Right when I spawn this Zero flies overhead, firing and dropping bombs on us. Took a few pop shots at him with the M1, hit every time.
Guy decides to fly around again to try to hit us once more. Flies by, misses everyone, and starts to turn again. Took another few pop shots with the M1, and I see at the bottom of my screen "Enemy vehicle destroyed +10", "Gamertag killed +10", "Savior kill + 5".
On Gudalcanal. I was flying around in a Zero, and one of my squad mates told me that there was a sniper on top of the large hill by ridge taking them out. I turn around a ways out from the airfield to go shoot at him. Got to the hill, and rained down a ton of bullets from the plane.... for some reason, absolutely nothing hit him. Fly past the hill and turn around. Now I'm flying perpendicular to the hill's road, and I see the guy running down. I'm about at the guys level in height, I fire... nothing. However, I was so low to the hill that ran into the guy running down without ever even touching the ground. I ran him over, with the plane, and lived.
On Iwo-Jima, we were about to win this match. There were no more planes on our carrier, so I spawned with my squad at lighthouse. Right when I spawn this Zero flies overhead, firing and dropping bombs on us. Took a few pop shots at him with the M1, hit every time.
Guy decides to fly around again to try to hit us once more. Flies by, misses everyone, and starts to turn again. Took another few pop shots with the M1, and I see at the bottom of my screen "Enemy vehicle destroyed +10", "Gamertag killed +10", "Savior kill + 5".
On Gudalcanal. I was flying around in a Zero, and one of my squad mates told me that there was a sniper on top of the large hill by ridge taking them out. I turn around a ways out from the airfield to go shoot at him. Got to the hill, and rained down a ton of bullets from the plane.... for some reason, absolutely nothing hit him. Fly past the hill and turn around. Now I'm flying perpendicular to the hill's road, and I see the guy running down. I'm about at the guys level in height, I fire... nothing. However, I was so low to the hill that ran into the guy running down without ever even touching the ground. I ran him over, with the plane, and lived.