Battlefield Vietnam
 

Battlefield 1942 is one of my favorite games ever and the only PC game besides EverQuest that I've played extensively. I especially enjoy Desert Combat, which is possibly the best mod for any PC game ever.

EA announced the sequel to BF1942 a while back. It's going to be Battlefield Vietnam, which takes place (take a guess) during Vietnam. I think this is EA's answer to Desert Combat. :)

Check out all of the new features and look at those DAMN nice graphics. You can transport jeeps and tanks with the huge helicopters + tow cable. The F14 jets also come equipped with Napalm! This game looks amazing. I wonder when they'll release the recommended system specs! Enjoy!

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-Lasereth

I really hope the game rocks. Pics look nice.

Wow nice graphics, better than 1942. I just hope that EA or whoevers making this actually finishes it before they release it. Anyone who has played an earlier version of 1942 will know exactly what i mean. I hope i can get my system upgraded before this beast comes out. Does anyone know if the terrain will be deformable? This is something that i feel was left out of 1942.

Looks really good. It will look good on my new system.

I'd realy like to play this one. Does anyone know the release date?

The terrain probably won't be deformable...

I'm assuming they're using the bf1942 engine with some modifications...
But to add deformable terrain to an existing engine would be near impossible. So I don't expect it.


The screenshots look really good though, I just hope they can keep the performance like it is in bf1942 currently...

Deformable terrain on an engine such as this would be damn near impossible, especially for a game that had huge performance problems at the beginning, a good idea, but i think its not in their best intrest to put it in. Looks like a great game to me. The guys in the 5th screenshot need a grenade :) One thing i think that would be cool is to develop a cool way to do napalm, and maybe a flamethrower. These were extensively used in WWII and didnt make the cut for bf1942, maybe theyll be used in the tunnels of vietnam.

I don't know about this one... Vietnam wasn't as vehicle oriented as WWII, thus the BF1942 format doesn't fit it great in my opinion. I don't know if I want to pay $40 bucks for the same type of game play with less vehicles and better graphics. Of course, if they make those Hueys fly as cool as they look, then it might be worthwhile after all...

Was really impressed by those screenies until I saw the player model, pretty meh, but all else looks utterly fantastic!

I'm looking forward to it, but it' just looks like a big mod. It's not as cool as playing BF1942 was originally. BF1942 is a ton of fun. Are there are any big improvements to the game engine?

Of course there's no big changes to the game engine. The game engine is nearly perfect; there's no reason to mess with it. There are plenty of gameplay changes though, not to mention entirely new levels/weapons, new character models, new vehicles, and most of all, new graphics. It's much more than a mod!

-Lasereth

So does that mean you found maps like Omaha Beach uninteresting? there were 4 vehicles on the entire map. You think the allies had a tank on the beach right in the beginning? BF doesnt make an EXACT replica of every battle, im sure theyll add vehicles that may not have been present on the battlefield. Besides, correct me if im wrong, but artillery was a HUGE thing in vietnam, as was airstrikes, medevacs, dogfighting. The troops were covering too much ground to not have used vehicles effectively. I'm sure itll be a great game, with plenty of vehicles, weapons, and maps.

This game ships on 3/14/04

They changed the release date again, but not by much. According to IGN its gonna release on 3/16 this year. It's alot to look forward to. Jesus, all the shots and videos from this game look incredible, I can't fuckin wait.

yeah i can't wait for this one...i havn't really played pc games as of late, due to ps2 and the socom games, but this one will bring me back to pc really quick, i loved my battlefield 1942!

Ohhhh secksy ! I really like battlefield 1942.. .but I wish there was more gore to make it realistic.

looks sweet... the models look killer

The game is looking really good. I really enjoyed Battlefield 1942 and the expansions. I'll have to pick this up when it is released.

I hope the PAVN has some nice solid soviet hardware and interesting tactical advantages, for good playing balance. It'd be great to play as the VC as well with minimum hardware but savage guerilla advantages - scurry into a tiny tunnel network and watch the stocky American soldier get stuck in the entrance. Then you sic a cobra in his face.

After all, what would be the fun if it was just one big Huey-fest?

Well, most of the copters go down pretty fast in regular Battlefield with the Desert Combat mod because of the RPGs and Stingers. Hopefully the VCs will have some type of anti-air weaponry (either an RPG or aircraft missile launcher) to balance the Huey ordeal.

-Lasereth

I know this is a little off topic, but since you mentioned it, how do you work the AA missles in DC? Once in awhile ill shoot them and theyll chase the target. Or at least it seems like it.

The Stinger missile launcher in DC isn't heatseaking, but it *is* heat-sensored. In other words, if you shoot it and it goes 3 feet to the right of the UH-60 Blackhawk, then it WILL explode and do damage to it because it sensed it. It's not as good as hitting the copter directly, but it does do damage.

The RPG7's do NOT explode upon sensing armor, though. You have to actually hit the copter or tank with them. They do a LOT more damage, however.

So basically, the RPG7 is used for tanks and vehicles. The Stinger does a small bit of damage to tanks and vehicles, but two of those will take out a copter if you aim correctly. The RPG7 is also slow as hell since it's a rocket propelled grenade instead of an actual missile. The Stinger missiles are fast and weak; the RPG7 is slow and strong. Stingers explode if they get near armor, but RPG7's explode only on impact. Hope this helps!

-Lasereth

The rendering and audio engines are brand new started from scratch for BF Vietnam.

The other engines are the same but improved.

I am really excited about it. I hope to BUY it as soon as possible (which is a rare statement for me)

I think ive played this before. I remember this mod before the desert combat mod. Perhaps it was a beta? It was sweet though. The hardest thing about the new BF is the heilos. Is NOT a plane! You have to control the forward and back by the tilt of the bird, and turn with the rudder(something), just like a huey. IT IS HARDER THAN Fudge. But the was out cold. I am waiting.....

This isnt a mod though, its a whole new engine. And any leak wouldve had to have been pretty exclusive that no one else has heard anything about a leak. Heli's are from DC, and they only take a bit of practice, then theyre way easy.

All I know is I'm there when the store opens with the game on the shelf.

EA hasn't confirmed that the helicopters are gonna fly like in DC. I seriously hope they use the same physics engine for the copters! If they change it, then the DC players (most of anyone who plays Battlefield 1942) will be a bit weirded out about playing two Battlefield games with different copter controls. The Trauma Team (creators of DC) have helicopter controls and physics PERFECT right now...it would be a bad move on EA and DICE's part to fuck with it. They should just pay Trauma Team for their code. :)

-Lasereth

Cool.

"I did not watch my friends die face down in the muck so this...bitch...this whore...!!!"

"Walter, I don't see how this has anything to do with Vietnam."

"Well, not literally, but..."

Your thinking of the EoD mod, I suspect.

Also to add, the copters in BF:V are rumoured to have auto -hover( the transport choppers anyway)