Battlefield 1943
Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Jul 08, 2009
Return to the Pacific Theater in this simpler, downloadable, console-exclusive sequel to the massive World War II first-person shooter Battlefield 1942. It was later shut down on December 2023.
Battlefield Returning to WWII In 1943
Yea it looks considerably better than 1942 did, and if it plays as good as 42 did, I'm on board for sure. I expect this game will sell for $15 or $20. 3 maps is low, but most 1942 servers only played the same map all the time anyways. It'd be a bit of a hard sell if it was just a full retail complete 1942 remake.
It's the future of WW2, taking place exactly ONE year after those harrowing events of 1942 played out in 999 WW2 themed shooters thus far. So crazy!
Actually, my complaint isn't entirely the war upon which the game is based, but rather, I wonder why there's a need for another Battlefield game to take place in this same time period. Save that for a "modernization" of the series some years from now, when the basic tech of games will be drastically different.
Of course, I imagine they need some game in the pipeline for the time being to keep them afloat until then...
Ohhh Wake Island, has it really been that long?
Nice to see it using the frostbite engine, and nice little nod to the classic Battlefield theme tune. I love that theme tune in all it's incarnations.
And Bad Company 2, nice!
"As a long time fan of the series I gotta say I'm not very impressed. Only 3 maps and 24 players on the PC is not a true Battlefield game . They're calling it an XBLA title in the press release. It looks like it could be fun, but I was hoping for more."Well you got Bad Company 2 which has a PC release as well as consoles this time, and that one will be more substantial, unless you consider the inclusion of a single player mode to be a negative.
I dreamed about this day for some time... And finally a new WWII BF game is comming out.. The thing that really did it for me, in BF1942 was the dog fights.. and non homing missile gameplay.. so im totally hyped for this!
Past, present, future, back to the past. Oh well thats cool, I spent months playing BF1942 so this should be interesting.
Dammit why does almost every WW2 game have to be from the American perspective?They didn't even do that much in the war,and they joined halfway through,and only when it benefited them.I would love to see this game be from the Canadian point of view set in the battle for the Anzio Bridgehead.
"Well you got Bad Company 2 which has a PC release as well as consoles this time, and that one will be more substantial, unless you consider the inclusion of a single player mode to be a negative."It's just that when a game that is developed for the console gets ported to PC it usually doesn't work well. Although DICE has a long history on the PC so we'll see.
1942 was awesome, it was the first game I played online. I'm onboard.
Can't wait to strafe and bomb those landing craft on Wake Island again!
It's just that when a game that is developed for the console gets ported to PC it usually doesn't work well. Although DICE has a long history on the PC so we'll see."I don't think there's much to worry about in this case. The Mirror's Edge port was just fine I hear.
I loved BF: 1942, way more than the sequels that followed. Even if this is just the old game with a new coat of paint I don't care, I just wanna rock some more WW2 Battlefield.
I like the download only focus. But I have been wanting a real Battlefield 3 since 2005. This is not that game, nor is BF Heroes. And I kinda hate WWII era games. Oh well, at least it will be more colorful than 2142.
Also, no ranks/unlocks? C'mon!
EDIT: @ Hatking: The games really aren't the same. Especially since they're modifying the BF formula by disabling unlocks and shrinking the server size to a third of what it should be. Though I agree that revisiting an era recently (and overly) explored gets old fast.
The reason BF is what it is, is the massive maps and sheer amount of action. Size keeps things fresh and varied. However with the destruction to the environment, there is quite a bit of variance and tactical improvisation as a result.
Hmmm I dunno what to think about this. I'm kind of excited but I'm kinda scared. If it's being released on PSN and XBLA then what's PC getting it for? Hopefully about 15-20$. I would be expecting 64 player combat in this day and age. Oh well, hopefully I'll pick this up for PC.
Oh, and BFBC2...Woot?...Thumbs Up?
For PC users I think 1943 will be a significant release... this will be the first playable game using the Frostbite engine on the PC. It's essentially a tech demo of what is to come with Bad Company 2 on PC... I wonder if BC2 is BF3...
Additionally I wonder if they will they include the first person body as seen in Mirror's Edge? or maybe they'll save this for Bad Company 2.
@Evilmetal: Mirror's Edge is a playable PC game using the Frostbite engine. Though the aim sensitivity seems to go way down when you're looking really far up or down. That seems like some thumbstick aim-code misapplied to the mouse.
But I too like seeing the body of my character in FPS games. I thought it was weird as hell in Far Cry 2 that you only seem to have a lower body when you're pulling bullets out of it.
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