EA Games has a way with publishing surprise hit titles. Who seriously thought Battlefield 1942 would be a good game? Who had even heard of it before its release? I sure hadn't. So naturally, after BF1942 and a few expansion packs later, EA felt it was time to add to the Battlefield franchise that has become a huge mega hit.
Battlefield Vietnam will at first seem almost like it should be a mod for BF1942. A lot of people are wondering if it is, so is it? Yes and no. In many ways it is just like BF1942. The huge maps, the vehicles, the way the gameplay works, all of that is similar to BF1942. But on a larger scale of course. There are tons more weapons and vehicles. All modeled after their real life counter parts from the Vietnam war. The thing that made BF1942 so popular were the vehicles, same thing here. The helicopters pretty much steal the show. They are very complicated to control at first, but once you get the hang of them they are a blast. The vehicles add a lot of atmosphere to BF: Vietnam aswell. Everything seems so alive when you see helicopters dropping troops off, or jet fighters dropping napalm on the hills and mountains.
It gets real intense though when you are attack a control point. Hiding in the bushs and tall grass in multiplayer games is a must if you want to survive. It is crazy when you are scanning the area and see muzzle fire coming from the grass, but you don't see the player shooting at you. This one time I walked over a hill and saw all this tall grass with machine gun fire spewing out of it. I never saw a single player in that grass, but I knew they were there because of the machine fun fire.
Because of how easy it is to hide and move around the map, you will be getting a lot of advantages to snipe and kill people. Dieing happens a lot in BF: Vietnam.
The maps like I mentioned earlier are huge. They are also wide open, and contain a lot of trees, bushs and tall grass. The landscape has a lot of water, and hills too. It all looks very realistic. There aren't any real set paths you can take in BF: Vietnam. Where in BF1942 there were a lot of choke points and places you were restricted to going. This means that in BF: Vietnam it is a lot easier to say come in from the back of a base and capture the flag so you can get that base. The maps maybe big but you never seem to be alone. You will also hear or see planes, helicopters and fire fights all around you as you walk around the terrarain. Of course you see it all the time when you are flying a helicopter or plane yourself!
My only real complaint with BF: Vietnam are the jet fighters. They move around the map way to quickly. It makes dropping napalm a huge chore, and I find myself going outside the boundries of the map way to often. If you go outside the boundries of the map you die.
You are also going to need a very powerful computer to run this. All the grass and trees puts a huge demand on even the most high end of computers. With the graphic detail up on high load times can take one to two mintes.
Overall BF: Vietnam is a wonderful multiplayer game. But it strictly though for the multiplayer, not for the single player, as the AI is worthless. It'll provide a challenge on the impossible difficulty setting, but only because of its amazing aim. Otherwise it is way to retarded with vehicles and using tactics. EA Games needs to get some pointers from Epic on how to do good AI. If the AI was good with the vehicles then I would even go as far as saying BF: Vietnam is the best first person shooter out this year so far. Otherwise it still ranks up there as being a very fun game.
I give BF: Vietnam 8/10 hot carls and totally recommend anyone who is a fan of first person shooters to pick this one up. :tup:
Battlefield Vietnam will at first seem almost like it should be a mod for BF1942. A lot of people are wondering if it is, so is it? Yes and no. In many ways it is just like BF1942. The huge maps, the vehicles, the way the gameplay works, all of that is similar to BF1942. But on a larger scale of course. There are tons more weapons and vehicles. All modeled after their real life counter parts from the Vietnam war. The thing that made BF1942 so popular were the vehicles, same thing here. The helicopters pretty much steal the show. They are very complicated to control at first, but once you get the hang of them they are a blast. The vehicles add a lot of atmosphere to BF: Vietnam aswell. Everything seems so alive when you see helicopters dropping troops off, or jet fighters dropping napalm on the hills and mountains.
It gets real intense though when you are attack a control point. Hiding in the bushs and tall grass in multiplayer games is a must if you want to survive. It is crazy when you are scanning the area and see muzzle fire coming from the grass, but you don't see the player shooting at you. This one time I walked over a hill and saw all this tall grass with machine gun fire spewing out of it. I never saw a single player in that grass, but I knew they were there because of the machine fun fire.
Because of how easy it is to hide and move around the map, you will be getting a lot of advantages to snipe and kill people. Dieing happens a lot in BF: Vietnam.
The maps like I mentioned earlier are huge. They are also wide open, and contain a lot of trees, bushs and tall grass. The landscape has a lot of water, and hills too. It all looks very realistic. There aren't any real set paths you can take in BF: Vietnam. Where in BF1942 there were a lot of choke points and places you were restricted to going. This means that in BF: Vietnam it is a lot easier to say come in from the back of a base and capture the flag so you can get that base. The maps maybe big but you never seem to be alone. You will also hear or see planes, helicopters and fire fights all around you as you walk around the terrarain. Of course you see it all the time when you are flying a helicopter or plane yourself!
My only real complaint with BF: Vietnam are the jet fighters. They move around the map way to quickly. It makes dropping napalm a huge chore, and I find myself going outside the boundries of the map way to often. If you go outside the boundries of the map you die.
You are also going to need a very powerful computer to run this. All the grass and trees puts a huge demand on even the most high end of computers. With the graphic detail up on high load times can take one to two mintes.
Overall BF: Vietnam is a wonderful multiplayer game. But it strictly though for the multiplayer, not for the single player, as the AI is worthless. It'll provide a challenge on the impossible difficulty setting, but only because of its amazing aim. Otherwise it is way to retarded with vehicles and using tactics. EA Games needs to get some pointers from Epic on how to do good AI. If the AI was good with the vehicles then I would even go as far as saying BF: Vietnam is the best first person shooter out this year so far. Otherwise it still ranks up there as being a very fun game.
I give BF: Vietnam 8/10 hot carls and totally recommend anyone who is a fan of first person shooters to pick this one up. :tup:
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Good one! :tup: