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Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Review (continued)
More User Submitted Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Reviews
Date: 2007-02-02
Battlefield 1942
The graphics and action may be very good, but it is the customer support behind the product that is most important! EA Games seems not to want to work with customers regarding simple problems.. such as inverting the mouse action. The game is totally unplayable unless there is a way to invert the mouse function. The default status is totally against logic for forward equals up, and backward equals down. All other game programs have the option to invert the mouse. Or, it can be added to the configuration file.
It would be near impossible to operate a plane or construction equipment in such a manner with a joystick or shuttle control. Obviously, the EA Games programmers have no sense of reality.
Date: 2007-01-15
Best *MULTIPLAYER* ww2 game I've ever played
This is IT for MULTIPLAYER ww2 FPS gaming. BF1942 is NOT, nor was it ever intended to be, a single player game (nor was bfVietnam). I prefer the ww2 genre to the modern stuff, so perhaps that's why I still like good old bf1942 and bfVietnam over bf2, halo, etc...
The graphics are great, there are still several servers to play on, the official sites along w/patches are still there, and the gameplay is just amazing. Accuracy depends on whether you're moving or not and you have to learn how much lead is required for the distance to your target (just like in most other FPS that don't have the stupid auto-locking type of aim). Only new players complain they can't hit anything while getting one-shotted. But that's not fair because it's the same w/every FPS game till you learn the mechanics of that game.
What's so fun is both the capture-the-flag(spawn point) gameplay and, most of all, the fact that every vehicle (ship, plane, tank, gun emplacement, you name it) is usable by YOU. No stationary or pre-defined pathing type vehicles. No eye-candy-only tanks, jeeps, planes - they are are all useable by you - and you've been trained in ALL of them (lol).
Lots of extras in the game like the function key voice system (that types a message in chat but simultaneously plays the voice over your speakers - in the native tongue of your team (Russian, Japanese, German, Vietnamese, English w/a British accent, etc...).
I don't play video games near as often as I used to, but when I do, I still reach for my bf1942 CD's 9 times out of 10. For ww2 multiplayer FPS games, this is the only choice imo. For single player only I don't know what to say - I hate single player FPS scenarios. After playing 16 v 16 (or more depending on the server) real live players, I just can't enjoy single player FPS games anymore.
Date: 2007-01-10
Super Golden review
Great game, great price. You get all of the expansions, so you can headshot or knife somebody till you fall asleep.
Date: 2007-01-09
BAD interface. No fun. Bad games
Don't buy it. It failed to pass me on to the next level even though I had beaten the level. The interface is badly designed and the game is not really fun.
Date: 2007-01-09
a good collection
these games are somewhat time sensitive. I bought them in 11/06, and while you can still find enough people playing, the numbers are going down. BF2 is out as well as bf 2142. All the games have a single player mode, but it is really just a way to learn to play. You really want to play against 15-30 other people to enjoy the games. There are also some large free mod's for bf1942 which can extend the usefullness of the game. I recommend getting a joystick (I use a saitek evo) for use with planes and helicopters. You can fly without one but it helps.
If you are thinking of buying this and more time has passed, you might try to use gamespy or xfire or some online tracker to see how many servers and players are still playing. As of 1/07 I would still recommend it. FYI: this is more of a serious shooter game and will require some effort to learn. I would not pick it as your first game.
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