An old gem that is worth buying!
Battlefield 1942 is a multiplayer game. The single player option is an afterthought but you can use it as a means to practice flying or learn some tricks. The heart of the gameplay contains a living, breathing battlefield that allows for endless options in an immersive World War 2 environment. Battlefield 1942 should appeal to history buffs, First Person Shooter fans, online gamers, and strategists alike. In other words, most gamers will find this to be one of the best online games ever made and it was definitely one of the best games released at that time. It is very good, very immersive, very entertaining, very exciting and a complete work of art. There is really no reason to pass up this title. The sheer size of the game can be overwhelming at first with different unit classes and many vehicles on land, sea and air. Forget BF2s jets, the dog fights in this game are amazing!
Bullets whiz by as you traverse hostile terrain trying to gain positions on the map. Planes sound closer as their propeller nears and the strafing begins... you can kiss yourself goodbye. Bombers bombing, warships blasting hillsides, machine guns firing and tanks battling are some of the sounds that you will hear. There is a warlike realism that provides an encompassing experience. The explosions are huge, and all the little details make this game feel great. All the sounds heighten the gameplay and make you come back for more. Also, the music is simple but it adds a great mood to the game.
The main online game is called conquest. There are other game options like capture the flag, but conquest is where the game really shines. The object of conquest is to capture spawn points on the map highlighted by a team flag. Each team has a home base spawn point, but there are advantages for having more. For example, when a team controls over 50% of the spawn points, it will remove tickets at a faster rate from the enemy. Tickets are points that countdown to zero in order to end the game, much like BF2. Each team starts with a certain number of tickets dictated by the server, and 300 is very common. This system encourages players to stay alive, because the team loses tickets for each death. This gameplay element adds a unique balance between killing and dying that makes the game interesting and challenging. The best way to stay alive is with stealth-like movement avoiding main paths. Also, finding health lockers and ammo bins are important for replenishing your health and ammo. Another need for capturing spawn points is to gain access to the resources there like vehicles, planes, guns, ammo bins and health lockers. Furthermore, your team will have the ability to spawn at the new spawn points.... hence the name. As in BF2, and a lot of newer FPS games, each class has unique weapons designed to deal with various situations. For example, anti-tank has a rocket launcher for shooting tanks, but may need to switch to a handgun for close combat. Also, an engineer can fix things, and lay mines.
If you are into BF2, or any other BF game at that, you will like this. And it is very cheap now that its been out quite a while. And there is still some online user base but it is starting to die, if you are going to enjoy what BF1942 has to offer you will have to get it soon! This is one of the best BF games released! This game introduced a lot of revolutionary features which you see in modern shooters today.
