I took down a plane with my Garand in BF1942 - pretty sure I have the screenshot kill of it somewhere. It's rare but it happens depending on the amount of damage done to a plane in-flight previously. That's why us old vets constantly unload a magazine into a plane flying over.Relix said:
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The Battlefield 1943 (XBLA/PC/PSN) Official Thread
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The Librarian
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You can take screenshots in this game?speedpop said:
speculawyer
Member
speedpop said:
I'm with ya. These stories all remind me of when '42 came out. Nothing new with the stories, however, it's including new folks into the mix so they can see how great the BF series is/was. It's always a good thing!
I'm all over this game when I get a reliable internet connection in a couple of months. Hopefully they'll have some map packs out at that time with Berlin, El Alamien, Market Garden, etc.
Stoney Mason
Banned
speedpop said:
It wasn't like 1942 was some cult hit or something. I'm sure either most of us have played it to some degree or didn't game on the PC at that time period.
I just hope DICE don't forget how great it used to be. People hate on the WWII FPS games and all but nothing ever came close to the enjoyment of 32 or 64 players online duking it out in the theatres of Africa, Europe and Asia with absolute dogs of weaponry. A lot of the reason why it was a success platform for DICE was due to the fact that you could hop in a plane or jump in a jeep or smash through an outpost with a tank. If your vehicle blew up, you either escaped in time to stand and fight with a gun or you died.
Hopefully they expand on the idea of what BF1943 is doing and take it further. Like MotorbreathX said, get some maps in of Europe and Africa. Lot of people hated them but some of them were upper class. Nothing more awesome than having to defend your only non-spawn point in Tobruk under hail of 8 tanks and dozens of infantry crawling through your base.
Hopefully they expand on the idea of what BF1943 is doing and take it further. Like MotorbreathX said, get some maps in of Europe and Africa. Lot of people hated them but some of them were upper class. Nothing more awesome than having to defend your only non-spawn point in Tobruk under hail of 8 tanks and dozens of infantry crawling through your base.
elrechazado
Banned
Dax01 said:
He said 1942. This is 1943.
genhoffmann
Banned
RefigeKru said:
You are basically talking about pirating right?!
I want Dice/EA to support 1943 but I still feel it is just a stop-gap for Bad Company 2. I seriously think Dice/EA just want to get new people into the Battlefield games and then they should be excited about BC2 since it will flesh out and expand on that previous 1943 gameplay. Why else would BC2 have the 1943 weapons in it too? So people can get into the game and know what tools they have to work with. :lol
speedpop said:
Yeah. I'm sick and tired of WWII games but when it comes to huge battles with vehicles and capture points there's nothing that beats it. I think it's because the era creates a very balanced game overall. There aren't any super energy weapons or powerups that can result in an unbalanced and frustrating experience. You can't go in guns blazing. The planes are fragile yet deadly, tanks can dominate in the right hands but are vulnerable in the rear, and the infantry weapons must be used with precision.
For deathmatch/team deathmatch with less than 18 players and tight maps, I'd play a Halo/UT over a WWII game. But for the big epic battles I'd take the WWII games over the other shooters any day.
Eel O'Brian
Member
genhoffmann said:
Not according to Jack Tretton circa 2006:
http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2006/10/71982
And yes, BF1943 is shareable.
genhoffmann said:
No. Sony has gone on record in an interview somewhere actually supporting game sharing.
I find that hard hto believe too, but they said something like 'it gets the game in more people's hands, and will encourage them to try more PSN titles'...something like that
Edit...Damn you Eel!!! :lol
speculawyer
Member
How's the destruction in this game? Is it like BC or in between 42 and BC? I can't look up any videos here at work.
out0v0rder
Member
Only 2 posts talking about WWII hate. Very good.
I like WWII styled games because of the weapons. Modern style weapons kill too quickly and it gets boring. M4 + Red dot makes things to easy, it's nice having to work at some kills.
WWII style also means I have a chance to escape if someone is shooting at me.
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I like WWII styled games because of the weapons. Modern style weapons kill too quickly and it gets boring. M4 + Red dot makes things to easy, it's nice having to work at some kills.
WWII style also means I have a chance to escape if someone is shooting at me.
RSTEIN said:
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Stoney Mason
Banned
out0v0rder said:
I'm no big fan of WW2 games at this stage but honestly it doesn't feel like a WW2 game to me. The unlimited rocket and grenades are probably part of the reason why. It just feels like an action game. Which is a good thing from my perspective.
The Librarian
Banned
I've noticed people posting about weird things happening while they're playing the game. I've had some weird stuff happen to me during Bad Company that I've never encountered until 1943 was released.
Are Bad Company and 1943 hosted on the same servers?
Are Bad Company and 1943 hosted on the same servers?
out0v0rder
Member
Stoney Mason said:
did i do this right?
Im just joking, heres a smiley
Seriously I understand and agree with what you originally said.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
At a Gaming Cafe, forcing people to eject while I pull their seat back and not let them use the parachute... :lolspeedpop said:
Ok, so I thought headshotting a soldier from a plane was the highlight that couldn't be surpassed... well...
I was chasing down an enemy plane. I was about to deliver the final barrage of bullets but the cowardly foe ejected rather than face an honorable death. We were fairly high up. I swing around and I FUCKING HEADSHOT HIM WHILE HE'S PARACHUTING BACK TO EARTH.
I can now die knowing I lived a full life.
I was chasing down an enemy plane. I was about to deliver the final barrage of bullets but the cowardly foe ejected rather than face an honorable death. We were fairly high up. I swing around and I FUCKING HEADSHOT HIM WHILE HE'S PARACHUTING BACK TO EARTH.
I can now die knowing I lived a full life.
Bumblebeetuna
Banned
Man, Coral Sea sure didn't take long to degenerate into douchebag central. Just tried playing for about an hour, every single game was full of people who just wanted to crash their plane onto your ship then run and hide to try and snipe you as you spawn. That, or they would get into your AA guns and try to kill you as you took off. Little did they know one of our own teammates was also in our AA gun, annihilating our planes over and over as they spawned. Holy shit.
I love shooting someone though and watching them try to limp back to base. You let them get oh so close to the carrier then finish them off.
I love shooting someone though and watching them try to limp back to base. You let them get oh so close to the carrier then finish them off.
The Faceless Master
Member
i wish the melee felt as "good" as in bad company. i dunno what it is about the melee in 1943, it just doesn't feel as rewarding...
a lot of newbies playing bad company lately. i guess 1943 pushed them to try it out...
i feel bad for TKing a support earlier today. but hey when 3 guys are wounded and you stand there aiming at the horizon, waiting for the enemy to approach so you can take them all out, i can''t just sit idly by while the three of us need health. i mean, why are you refusing 30 free points anyway?
a lot of newbies playing bad company lately. i guess 1943 pushed them to try it out...
i feel bad for TKing a support earlier today. but hey when 3 guys are wounded and you stand there aiming at the horizon, waiting for the enemy to approach so you can take them all out, i can''t just sit idly by while the three of us need health. i mean, why are you refusing 30 free points anyway?
killer7ITA
Banned
NeoUltima said:I've done this in '43. I had couple bullets left in my clip so I took some pot shots at the plane, and boom. Obviously the thing must have had practically no hp left.
Lucky :lol
I real Love jump down from airplane, open the parachute, and shot enemy before landing...
Fleet of Foot
Banned
My 360 red-ringed a few weeks ago and I just got it back yesterday. Downloaded this demo, not expecting much because I'm not real big on multiplayer only games, and I've never played a Battlefield game before.
Thirty minutes later (right after the demo ended), I bought it. It's awesome. I've got several other online shooters I could be playing, but something about this game makes it stand out. I think it's the atmosphere. I love how there's no music most of the time, and I just hear the sounds of war. I love that the scope is so big - that you can see stuff going on halfway across the island. I love the vehicles. I got into a plane and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I teetered around the sky for about a minute before nosediving into the ocean.
One negative I can see is that the game is very silent. I'm sure this has already been brought up but this is a 100-page thread. No one talks, and so there's no coordination. Any team that's actually working together is going to have a huge advantage and get things done way more effectively.
Thirty minutes later (right after the demo ended), I bought it. It's awesome. I've got several other online shooters I could be playing, but something about this game makes it stand out. I think it's the atmosphere. I love how there's no music most of the time, and I just hear the sounds of war. I love that the scope is so big - that you can see stuff going on halfway across the island. I love the vehicles. I got into a plane and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I teetered around the sky for about a minute before nosediving into the ocean.
One negative I can see is that the game is very silent. I'm sure this has already been brought up but this is a 100-page thread. No one talks, and so there's no coordination. Any team that's actually working together is going to have a huge advantage and get things done way more effectively.
The Faceless Master said:
One of the things people complained the most about about with regards to BC's gameplay was that the melee hit detection was all sorts of fucked up. Due to Frostbite 1.0's wonky hit detection to begin with, you could be knifed from what felt like up to five feet away (and that's not an exaggeration, this is why people complained about it).
It looks as though they've actually listened and remedied that in Frostbite 1.5 (and I would guess 2.0) by making melee attacks much harder to pull off, they require lot more precision.
But as to why they don't feel satisfying, I think that comes down to the lack of any sort of sound effect when you pull off a successful melee attack. There's no *bonk* or *slice* sound effect when you hit someone, it's just quiet. Which is surprising given the otherwise stellar sound associated with the Frostbite engine.
Wow just had my best game by FAR.
Iwo Jima, 26 kills, 4 deaths, 4 flag captures, 602 points total. I finally got that damn leatherneck stamp and it couldn't have been in a more epic fashion. For the first ~5-7 minutes I was holding off countless guys while I was alone with my M1 Garand at the top of Mt. Suribachi. After that I was a pure killing machine.
I <3 this game.
Iwo Jima, 26 kills, 4 deaths, 4 flag captures, 602 points total. I finally got that damn leatherneck stamp and it couldn't have been in a more epic fashion. For the first ~5-7 minutes I was holding off countless guys while I was alone with my M1 Garand at the top of Mt. Suribachi. After that I was a pure killing machine.
I <3 this game.
Confidence Man
Member
Got my replacement PS3 and this was the first thing I downloaded. Pretty fun but it really feels like it's been stripped a little too much.
The way they sort of mashed the 1942 classes together seems pointlessly simplified. I mean what sense does it make for a sniper to have demolition? They could've just cut the medic and had the five classes from 1942.
And can I not go prone or is it that I can't figure it out?
The way they sort of mashed the 1942 classes together seems pointlessly simplified. I mean what sense does it make for a sniper to have demolition? They could've just cut the medic and had the five classes from 1942.
And can I not go prone or is it that I can't figure it out?
The Faceless Master said:
Melee in both console Battlefield games feels awkward and weird. The only game that I think has pulled it off decently would be COD4 and CODWAW, especially the bayonets in CODWAW.
I can understand why you'd be pissed, but tking someone because you don't like the way they're playing is a pretty dick move. Guy could have been away from his console for a minute or out of health. Even if he was just not concerned with helping his team, no reason to TK.
Of course, I'm just not a fan of TKing in Battlefield games since its one of the things that almost ruined the plane flying in the old game. Everyone would just TK for a plane or a tank and nobody would ever really get to fly unless they were ridiculously lucky.
I'm SO glad BF1943 has no teamkilling at all. Every time I get in a plane I hear gunshots and explosions as the rest of the team shoots at me, happens with everyone who gets in one.
I've been away from the game for about a week now and am about to fire it up. I'm hoping the Best Squad achievement unlocks for me since it appears a lot of people are complaining about it being glitched. I just need this one and the one for completing 100 matches. Game is sooooo addicting.
LordPhoque
Banned
Asmodai said:
Same here :lol Is it some kind of tradition in all BF games or what ? :lol
Man, bought this game and it's pretty darn awesome. It's a bit hard when you start out, but I'm starting to get the feel for the game. Been practicing planes, and i can fly them quite well. Still have some issues with timing on the bombs.
Also, how the heck do i use the parachute? I checked the control scheme in-game and i couldn't really find it. (I'm on PS3) I've died more to suicides then actually getting shot down thanks to that.
Also, how the heck do i use the parachute? I checked the control scheme in-game and i couldn't really find it. (I'm on PS3) I've died more to suicides then actually getting shot down thanks to that.
BeeDog said:When bailing out of a plane, just press all the face buttons on the pad and the parachute will open up. That's my way of solving it.
Yeah, that's what i usually do, i still plummet to the ground like a bag of potatoes. I guess i need to press more!
SnakeXs said:
Ah. Will try this.
The_Reckoning
Member
bah, was going to try and sleep. Reading this thread has made me fire up the xbox for some 1943!
Hootie said:
I call that passive spawn camping. Good for you :lol
I had one hell of an annoying night. 4 times, Someone decides it's better to waste their air strike on one single player(Me =[) then my entire bunched up team. I drove across the field on Jima for one of them. Not a single teammate even on my half of the map. And the mother ****er was still stalking me with those planes.
DragoNZ DZ
Member
Had a really good game tonight. 27 kills, 3 deaths, 792 points (beating the 600 pt barrier for me), and the first time I broke 20 kills. Nobody else came close during that game on Wake Island.
Did 2/3rds in the tank. And I wasn't even infantry, so I never repaired my tank. Nope, people who say the tank sucks just don't know what the hell they're talking about. Tank is an absolute fucking beast. I feel bad for doing so well in the thing. ("So well" still being quite inferior to some of the feats heard here on ze GAF)
Also had a really great moment where I was facing off against another tank, was going to win anyway, but a guy in a jeep on my side crashes into the tank, forcing him into a rock, which tilts him away from me preventing him from shooting me and giving me a nice opportunity at a side shot.
I then go to the other side, meet the same guy in a tank, and kill him again. Good times!
Greetings Brother! :lol
Though i've never had it happen more than twice in a match. So far, anyhow.
Did 2/3rds in the tank. And I wasn't even infantry, so I never repaired my tank. Nope, people who say the tank sucks just don't know what the hell they're talking about. Tank is an absolute fucking beast. I feel bad for doing so well in the thing. ("So well" still being quite inferior to some of the feats heard here on ze GAF)
Also had a really great moment where I was facing off against another tank, was going to win anyway, but a guy in a jeep on my side crashes into the tank, forcing him into a rock, which tilts him away from me preventing him from shooting me and giving me a nice opportunity at a side shot.
I then go to the other side, meet the same guy in a tank, and kill him again. Good times!
shintoki said:
Greetings Brother! :lol
Though i've never had it happen more than twice in a match. So far, anyhow.
Yeah I've been having a great time with the game, my best game so far is 31 kills 12 deaths 10 flag caps totaling 993 points.
I've had some hilarious moments like a 1 on 1 rifle fight while both of us were parachuting toward a plane on an aircraft carrier. I killed him before we landed, hopped in the plane and flew off laughing.
Teamwork and coordination is definitely an issue, but I've been able to play with squads (with friends) for most of my games and it is much better than lone wolfing it (but that can work to). I've even been able to have two four player squads all be in Party chat in the same game, it was a blast, although the games didn't last very long, 8 players all working together =complete domination.
I've had some hilarious moments like a 1 on 1 rifle fight while both of us were parachuting toward a plane on an aircraft carrier. I killed him before we landed, hopped in the plane and flew off laughing.
Teamwork and coordination is definitely an issue, but I've been able to play with squads (with friends) for most of my games and it is much better than lone wolfing it (but that can work to). I've even been able to have two four player squads all be in Party chat in the same game, it was a blast, although the games didn't last very long, 8 players all working together =complete domination.
Brownmonkey
Neo Member
Although i defiantly agree that teamwork is necessary for actually winning, nothing beats the feeling of going on a 4+ player kill streak and capturing a flag, on your ownBooshka said:
BTW I'm looking for a few good people to play in my squad, if youre interested hit me up
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