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Ok, I played the demo over and over and over again waiting for this game to
be released and enjoyed it very much. I don't buy games much any more and
don't have a lot of time for them. But being a fan of BF1942 and Joint
Operations, this one definitely caught my eye. For some reason I'm not
having nearly as much fun as I did with the demo.
For one, as far as I can tell, its just more of the same thing over and over
again. Even switching maps, afer only 10 minutes or so you know when the
tide has turned and you only just keep playing because you can. You know
your team will lose because there is no way for your team to take control of
another base in time to turn the tides. Part of that reason is that you keep
respawning in front of the enemy. Appear, and BLAM! you're dead. *EVERY DAMN
TIME* !!!
There are few aircraft in the game, and the timing between when the driver
dies and the plane or helicopter explodes, puts that same driver right near
the aircraft as it respawns, so nobody else gets a chance to fly.
Weapons are too unbalanced. Grenade launcher has almost NO range effect. I
blast three grenades within a few meters of a few guys and they are barely
harmed. Grenade launchers also have little to no effect on tanks, APC's, or
even Black Hawks, or other armored vehicles. Lay all five grenades into a
Black Hawk, do the side gunners even get hurt? nope. Does it damage the
tanks at all? Nope. I haven't played much as the sniper, but from my limited
experience, the snipe weapon doesn't seem real effective.
There's no peeking around corners, diving under water, or rolling on the
ground to avoid fired shots. You just scoot sideways very slowly. Maybe
I've just been spoiled by Joint Operations, but those should be standard in
any game like this these days. It's mainly BF1942 but with new modern units.
That's too bad because I was expecting so much more from it.
On the bright side, I do have to say that so far there are not any annoying
or fatal bugs. It runs fairly solid, and have only had an occasional
disconnect.
For the record, I run an AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 1GB DDR Dual Channel PC3200,
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum, and have a cable internet connection, so I know
my system isn't a problem, at least with respect to system requirements and
bandwidth. Running at 1024x768 has a solid framerate, but at 1600x1200 it
can slow down at times.
Maybe with a little more time, my opinion will change. I can only hope.
Ok, I played the demo over and over and over again waiting for this game to
be released and enjoyed it very much. I don't buy games much any more and
don't have a lot of time for them. But being a fan of BF1942 and Joint
Operations, this one definitely caught my eye. For some reason I'm not
having nearly as much fun as I did with the demo.
For one, as far as I can tell, its just more of the same thing over and over
again. Even switching maps, afer only 10 minutes or so you know when the
tide has turned and you only just keep playing because you can. You know
your team will lose because there is no way for your team to take control of
another base in time to turn the tides. Part of that reason is that you keep
respawning in front of the enemy. Appear, and BLAM! you're dead. *EVERY DAMN
TIME* !!!
There are few aircraft in the game, and the timing between when the driver
dies and the plane or helicopter explodes, puts that same driver right near
the aircraft as it respawns, so nobody else gets a chance to fly.
Weapons are too unbalanced. Grenade launcher has almost NO range effect. I
blast three grenades within a few meters of a few guys and they are barely
harmed. Grenade launchers also have little to no effect on tanks, APC's, or
even Black Hawks, or other armored vehicles. Lay all five grenades into a
Black Hawk, do the side gunners even get hurt? nope. Does it damage the
tanks at all? Nope. I haven't played much as the sniper, but from my limited
experience, the snipe weapon doesn't seem real effective.
There's no peeking around corners, diving under water, or rolling on the
ground to avoid fired shots. You just scoot sideways very slowly. Maybe
I've just been spoiled by Joint Operations, but those should be standard in
any game like this these days. It's mainly BF1942 but with new modern units.
That's too bad because I was expecting so much more from it.
On the bright side, I do have to say that so far there are not any annoying
or fatal bugs. It runs fairly solid, and have only had an occasional
disconnect.
For the record, I run an AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 1GB DDR Dual Channel PC3200,
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum, and have a cable internet connection, so I know
my system isn't a problem, at least with respect to system requirements and
bandwidth. Running at 1024x768 has a solid framerate, but at 1600x1200 it
can slow down at times.
Maybe with a little more time, my opinion will change. I can only hope.