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[Gram Negative Cocci]

Finally got around to playing this last night and the only thing that kept going through my mind was how much better Bad Company was in comparison. It's really too bad that game wasn't recieved as well as this.

 

[RedDeviLMUFC]

Finally got around to playing this last night and the only thing that kept going through my mind was how much better Bad Company was in comparison. It's really too bad that game wasn't recieved as well as this.

to be fair .. your comparing a full game to a $15 arcade title. Im happy with what we have got.. it may just be a dumbed down version of bf1942 but it still retains that fun factor that the original game had and lets be honest , blowing up buildings , rushing into enemy gunfire and capturing the flag is so much fun.

Im sure they'll extend this games longevity with more maps to play and i'll be happy to pay

 

[Rapping Granny]

Finally got around to playing this last night and the only thing that kept going through my mind was how much better Bad Company was in comparison. It's really too bad that game wasn't recieved as well as this.

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

 

[BenBen]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

Also:

- Takes less bullets to kill someone (I hate having to shoot a whole clip into someone)
- Tanks are more fun since the cannon rounds arc and they are generally more powerful against infantry
- Infinite ammo (playing the ammo support class in other BF games is boring)

 

[PedroLumpy]

This game is much better than BF:BC, although they do offer very different experiences so perhaps it's unfair to judge.

 

[dorkimoe]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

i agree with all except more action

 

[The Librarian]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

Bad Company has color. Don't know where you're getting that from.

 

[VelvetMouth]

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.

lol that could have been me if you were the lone tank heading towards my airstrike bunker :lol

I had some terrible games last night. Our team was just getting decimated by the other team who stuck to tanks and jeeps. They would roar in on our bases and beat the crap out of us. It was no fun at all until they started coming down to our spawn base on Wake Island. Me and a couple of guys were able to make it over the bridge before they started firing and right as the tank and jeeps were heading over the bridge, we shot the bridge out sending them down into the water. They bailed out of the tank and jeeps and we just stood there above them killing almost the entire team at once. It was so awesome and gave our team a confidence boost. We still lost

 

[zedge]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

I enjoy both, but BC is a bit more hardcore.

The only thing that I hate in BC is havnig to hold the stick down to run. Glad 1943 copied Call of Duty with the one click to run. You can pick up BC for $15 or less now.

 

[Fëanor]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

- Sure
- No
- Either way is fine with me
- BC has colour.
- Wish it had more weapons
- BC was designed for Gold Rush, not Conquest Mode
- If you are playing this game sure, not in BC
- Not affected by that
- Sure
- Downloadable game/3 maps/ etc.

 

[PedroLumpy]

Does killing people in the Uncappable spawn still reduce tickets? I'm cool with not earning points, but I just want to make sure I'm still helping the team.

 

[The Librarian]

Downloaded it yesterday, played a couple of games today. I kept on joining the losing team: everyone seemed to be concerned with getting kills rather than capturing points.

 

[TheSeks]

- Regenerated health
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.

I'll agree to these, because BC's non-regen health system fucking sucks since no one plays support (because the LMG FUCKING SUCKS/there is too much shit on the L/R2 buttons to have to fumble through to get to health packs and shit like that. Why it isn't R2 weapons L2 one item of that support class is beyond me... 1943 hit it out the park by doing it like that.)

- capture the flag mode > Gold rush

Speak for yourself. I like Gold Rush more than Conquest, because at least there is a point to objectives than "get them so you kill them faster" (BC's conquest also has "capped all the points? They start losing their tickets QUICKLY unless they get a flag within a few minutes," which is nice so you don't spawn camp the other team. They've lost. Game over. No need to keep killing.)

 

[ILOVEASIANS]

Experienced some terrible lag last night, I would go over a bridge only to be pushed back to the side I just came from.

Only time I've had lag is when I play with one particular friend. And when I get it, it's unplayable. We can get around it though by joining the game separately instead of as a squad.

 

[Violater]

Only time I've had lag is when I play with one particular friend. And when I get it, it's unplayable. We can get around it though by joining the game separately instead of as a squad.

We were trying to get the squad trophy and either way it was lagging real bad.

 

[KillJade]

So, is voice chat completely borked on this (PS3 version) or what?

I haven't experienced any lag whatsoever, but the voice has never worked for me.

 

[Violater]

So, is voice chat completely borked on this (PS3 version) or what?

I haven't experienced any lag whatsoever, but the voice has never worked for me.

It will work for me when we join as a squad for the first minute or so then it goes dead, such a buzzkill

 

[PIMPBYBLUD]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

.

 

[MMaRsu]

Downloaded it yesterday, played a couple of games today. I kept on joining the losing team: everyone seemed to be concerned with getting kills rather than capturing points.

Play more with other gaffers, people on pubs are idiots most of the time.. concerned with getting kills rather than flags .

 

[KillJade]

It will work for me when we join as a squad for the first minute or so then it goes dead, such a buzzkill

Yeah, I've had similar experiences. Sometimes I can hear a friend, yet he can't hear me or vice-versa. Or I will hear other people, but can't hear my friends. Or I can't hear anyone at all.

Ridiculous.

 

[Violater]

18 Kills 447 points woo hoo baby

 

[dallow_bg]

Yeah, I've had similar experiences. Sometimes I can hear a friend, yet he can't hear me or vice-versa. Or I will hear other people, but can't hear my friends. Or I can't hear anyone at all.

Ridiculous.

Has DICE even acknowledged the problem?

 

[Violater]

Has DICE even acknowledged the problem?

The same thing happened with bad company, they pretty much said it was PSN related.
It was never fixed then, it does not work here and I don't expect it to work for Bad Company 2

 

[timkunedo]

Well I still can't login to EA online so i had to open up an incident report with them. Hope they can get me fixed. I logged in for an ever so brief moment this morning and it was Awesome!

 

[Rapping Granny]

Bad Company has color. Don't know where you're getting that from.

From playing Bad Company.

AND STOP PUTTING IN ME IN A FUCKING GAME WHERE ITS 30 SECONDS AWAY FROM BEING FINISHED AND I AM ON THE LOSING TEAM, FAWWWKKKK!!!

 

[Nizz]

Well I still can't login to EA online so i had to open up an incident report with them. Hope they can get me fixed. I logged in for an ever so brief moment this morning and it was Awesome!

What are you playing on? 360? PS3? A weird thing happened to me on PS3, the game just completely froze and it somehow even messed up my network settings.

I quit the game and then tried to sign into PSN again but connection failed. It was easy though, I just restarted the console and everything was cool again.

Just weird that it happened. I wish there was an easier way to join friends. At the start screen where quickmatch and other options are available, I click join friends. But I can't join their game in progress? I have to invite them with a match I start on my own?

Unless I'm missing something...

 

[agm2502]

What are you playing on? 360? PS3? A weird thing happened to me on PS3, the game just completely froze and it somehow even messed up my network settings.

I quit the game and then tried to sign into PSN again but connection failed. It was easy though, I just restarted the console and everything was cool again.

Just weird that it happened. I wish there was an easier way to join friends. At the start screen where quickmatch and other options are available, I click join friends. But I can't join their game in progress? I have to invite them with a match I start on my own?

Unless I'm missing something...

You can join their game in progress just select them with X and choose join game rather than invite to squad. Something like that anyway can't remember exactly.

 

[The Librarian]

From playing Bad Company.

You must've been playing an early beta version of Bad Company because there is a lot of color in the copy that I have.

 

[Kibbles]

All this stuff about not hearing friends, you have to be in a squad together. It should work out then... otherwise just do a chat party.

Also, if they don't bring back Oasis in Bad Company 2, I'll be super pissed. Harvest Day is pretty cool too (and colorful Rapping Granny) because I just lay a ton of mines on the road and tanks and other vehicles always run over them. :lol

 

[Nizz]

You can join their game in progress just select them with X and choose join game rather than invite to squad. Something like that anyway can't remember exactly.

*smacks forehead* Ohh ok, thanks!

 

[timkunedo]

What are you playing on? 360? PS3?

I'm playing on 360. I just tried restarting the console, but still can't connect. It's weird since it worked flawlessly for me last week. Earlier this morning i cleared out my cache and was able to connect afterwards. I thought that might be the fix for me, but still not having any luck. Oh well....I'm sure it will work itself out.

 

[Amir0x]

Bad Company is definitely the better product, waaay more fully featured and deeper and more variety. It also cost much more, but that's beside the point.

That's not to take away from 1943... it's an arcade game and it feels like one, and is fun in its own way. I love it.

 

[Hootie]

Downloaded it yesterday, played a couple of games today. I kept on joining the losing team: everyone seemed to be concerned with getting kills rather than capturing points.

Well that's good in some cases. While the other team is busy battling your team, sneak around and capture 1-2 points unnoticed.

I've noticed that when the enemy has 3 or 4 bases, two of them are always barren save for a rare straggler.

 

[The Faceless Master]

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.

he wasn't away from the console, he was aiming around at the horizon, waiting for enemies to show up while 3 of us who actually just killed some people were wounded. i mean, if it's just me that needs health, i won't tk someone, but if it's 2 people? probably. 3 or more? guaranteed. not throwing out health packs is a bigger dick move.

as far as 1943 goes, since health regens, i don't really have a reason to TK anyone. though, i guess sometimes i do if i sneak into a base and i'm setting my c4's on a crate and someone spawns on me and i say "DON'T ARM THE CRATE" and they go and arm the crate.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- Regenerated health
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

those were reasons why BC is better...

- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- more action
- It has Color

this stuff is just wrong.

- the maps

the maps in BC are awesome for Gold Rush, and Gold Rush is better sooo....

Also:
- Takes less bullets to kill someone (I hate having to shoot a whole clip into someone)
- Tanks are more fun since the cannon rounds arc and they are generally more powerful against infantry

these i agree with, especially the tanks. in 43 i can pretty much take 2 tanks with 1 often due to me really grasping the arc, while in BC, it's doable, but trickier since the shots are straighter.

- Infinite ammo (playing the ammo support class in other BF games is boring)

no.

well, i guess it doesn't matter as much in Conquest mode, but in Gold Rush mode that would be terrible.

I enjoy both, but BC is a bit more hardcore.

The only thing that I hate in BC is havnig to hold the stick down to run. Glad 1943 copied Call of Duty with the one click to run. You can pick up BC for $15 or less now.

man, i had no idea how much i disliked having to hold the stick to run until i didnt have to do it anymore after doing it for a year.

 

[GashPrex]

I suck at 1:1 combat with guns so I stick to what do best - tanks(and I usually end up in top or near top spot). There is a lot strategy that goes into a tank, especially regarding vulnerabilies, using splash damage to light up enemies, avoiding air raids, and using the correct paths to get to targets so as to not make yourself a bit sitting duck. I actually like hoping on as a gunner/repair crew on somebody else's tank (who is competent) and dominating the map. I can't understand people who would rather run around "naked" than hop in tank or a jeep(and then just switch to the gunner when you enter a town).

My personal favorite is when an enemy team leaves a tank unoccupied next to a capture point. oh and people who think that just because they have a RPG they can take you head on ...

Played some good games and some really bad ones where by the end my entire team was just taking pot shots at the landers coming off the carrier.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Does killing people in the Uncappable spawn still reduce tickets? I'm cool with not earning points, but I just want to make sure I'm still helping the team.

good question, i only really home base kill when the enemy has no other capture points.

I'll agree to these, because BC's non-regen health system fucking sucks since no one plays support (because the LMG FUCKING SUCKS/there is too much shit on the L/R2 buttons to have to fumble through to get to health packs and shit like that. Why it isn't R2 weapons L2 one item of that support class is beyond me... 1943 hit it out the park by doing it like that.)

the M60 is good! and there's lots of people who play support! also, yeah i always wonder why it's not the health and then the drill on L and the LMG then the mortar on R.

it also baffles me that assault has the auto injector first instead of grenades.

Speak for yourself. I like Gold Rush more than Conquest, because at least there is a point to objectives than "get them so you kill them faster" (BC's conquest also has "capped all the points? They start losing their tickets QUICKLY unless they get a flag within a few minutes," which is nice so you don't spawn camp the other team. They've lost. Game over. No need to keep killing.)

yeah in BC Conquest if you cap all 5 points, at a full ticket bar they have like 10 seconds to contest a flag or it's good game, peace out.

 

[StriKeVillain]

I'm surprised that no one is experiencing the lag/stutter that I am. I left the game for a week to see if that would improve things but I return today and things are just as bad. I deleted the game and am redownloading to see if that works. If it doesn't I have no clue what to do.

 

[Evolved1]

the M60 is good! and there's lots of people who play support! also, yeah i always wonder why it's not the health and then the drill on L and the LMG then the mortar on R.

it also baffles me that assault has the auto injector first instead of grenades..

You can double tap the button to get frags (or any weapon/item) just as fast as the primary... you just need to be aware of where things are. Imo, the auto injector has highest priority, especially in a heavy firefight. If you really need a frag that quick, your best option is the grenade launcher on the rifle... it's a more direct shot and explodes on impact (unlike a frag that has a delay) and it's just one press away.

I prefer the (infinite) injector over auto health regen... and many other aspects of BC over 1943, but both games are extremely enjoyable. Two of my favorites. Love the pace of these shooters, and player movement speed, especially in BC.

DICE gets so many things right, it's too bad about stuff like clan support and voice chat... really hampers an otherwise AAA experience.

 

[Narpas Sword0]

Why 1943 is better than Bad Company.

- noob friendly
- more action
- Regenerated health
- It has Color
- Simple balanced classes and doesn't overwhelm you with weapons and gadgets.
- the maps
- capture the flag mode > Gold rush
- The gun doesn't take half of the screen and doesn't jiggle as much when walking.
- Planes>Helicopters
- $15

-so's bad company
-uh maybe?
-matter of preference
-uh so's BC
-5 classes are too much?
-4x as many maps
-bad company has gold rush in addition to this mode
-ok?
-ok?
-$20

 

[Kunan]

So I was playing the demo, and I shot at a guy in one of the towers with the alt fire of my tank. He fell off the back of it, and swung back around and was hanging by his neck from the middle. Is that supposed to happen? :lol

 

[methane47]

Just spent my 30 minutes in the demo.. and I came out 1st in three games...

Game is definitely fun... GAF is it worth $15?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

-so's bad company
-uh maybe?
-matter of preference
-uh so's BC
-5 classes are too much?
-4x as many maps
-bad company has gold rush in addition to this mode
-ok?
-ok?
-$20

$20? MOTHERFUCKERS! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?!!!


No really. Current price/changes don't count. What counts is what they offered when the game released. Bad Company offered Gold Rush and ONLY Gold Rush. Oh and yeah, it cost $60.

Did you buy the game day one? Cause I did, and it ain't pretty. I loved it while it lasted but then shit got the same and I stopped. I don't care if they added new game-modes later down the line or they made some changes or the price-dropped.

BF1943 offers more than BC offered when it released (unless you argue about the single-player mode which we are not arguing about).

 

[Kunan]

Just spent my 30 minutes in the demo.. and I came out 1st in three games...

Game is definitely fun... GAF is it worth $15?

I'm wondering this too. I'm on the fence after playing the demo, but the lack of current content hurts it a bit

 

[Evolved1]

Just spent my 30 minutes in the demo.. and I came out 1st in three games...

Game is definitely fun... GAF is it worth $15?

I've spent $60 on games that couldn't hold 1943's jock. For only fifteen dollars you're getting a trimmed down Bad Company (dressed up as WWII).

And there are fighter planes. (Just consider inverting the flying controls and switching them to southpaw if you have any trouble with the defaults... and you can mess around in the tutorial learning how to fly before you go into a live game and crash the team's plane just after taking off.)

 

[cresto]

I love how absolutely clueless most people are in this game. They can't seem to wrap their little minds around the basic concept surrounding this game. Either way, I benefit from their stupidity.

Edit: Also, I am stoked that I actually collected all the achievements in the game. I know they are simple and easy, but I don't ever do that in any game I buy/download.

 

[The Librarian]

I was on an aircraft carrier in one of the games I played earlier today. There was this jerk who planted C4 on the plane before I spawned, and when I did spawn, I ran up to the plane and he blew it up.

Another plane spawned, but sadly it was closer to him so he was able to get in it first. He didn't even take off in it, he just stayed in one spot. I got in a boat and drove to the island and on my radar I could see him getting out of the plane.

:lol

Spoiler

:/

 

[The Faceless Master]

You can double tap the button to get frags (or any weapon/item) just as fast as the primary... you just need to be aware of where things are. Imo, the auto injector has highest priority, especially in a heavy firefight. If you really need a frag that quick, your best option is the grenade launcher on the rifle... it's a more direct shot and explodes on impact (unlike a frag that has a delay) and it's just one press away.

yeah, i'm totally aware that i can double tap, and do, i just think the grenades should have priority

I prefer the (infinite) injector over auto health regen... and many other aspects of BC over 1943, but both games are extremely enjoyable. Two of my favorites. Love the pace of these shooters, and player movement speed, especially in BC.

DICE gets so many things right, it's too bad about stuff like clan support and voice chat... really hampers an otherwise AAA experience.

yeah, and 1943 does one of the weirdest things ever.. it'll actually sometimes split a squad that was together, while in BC, if you use the pre-game menu to make a squad, once that squad is all lined up (sometimes takes 1-2 games) it's until someone quits.

I was on an aircraft carrier in one of the games I played earlier today. There was this jerk who planted C4 on the plane before I spawned, and when I did spawn, I ran up to the plane and he blew it up.

Another plane spawned, but sadly it was closer to him so he was able to get in it first. He didn't even take off in it, he just stayed in one spot. I got in a boat and drove to the island and on my radar I could see him getting out of the plane.

:lol

Spoiler

:/

this is what happens when you can't TK.. imagine being able to move the carrier with no TKing...

 

[Violater]

Why did this thread become a Bad Company vs 1943?

 

[Loxley]

HAY GAIZ U PLEY DAT NU WERLD WAR TOO GAEM YET?