Battlefield 1943 Catch-all
Lots of rumors, but seem to have some substance. Blurb from the VG247 blog.
Dice was supposed to reveal a new game in London recently, but the snow canceled it. Supposedly it will be revealed sometime this week.
Update:
Soldiers, it's time to do your part in the action packed battles of the World War II Pacific campaign! Pick your path - be it as a rifleman crawling the trenches, a steel fisted tank commander, or ace fighter pilot dog fighting to protect the skies. Play as a lone wolf or with your friends, coordinating to turn the tide of battle, whatever you choose, you get to enjoy the thrill of a fully featured online shooter with the unique Battlefield sandbox experience.Battlefield 1943 will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network and on PC for download. This give players access to the famous action packed Battlefield gameplay quicker and easier than it's ever been. Play as the US Marines or the Imperial Japanese Navy on match-made servers for optimal challenge, as you gain ranks and awards. Battlefield 1943 is your own version of one of the most famous campaigns in the history of the world!
By Land, Sea & Air!
Unleash wide destruction with Bombing Raids, Tanks, or Fighter Planes launched from Aircraft Carriers and enjoy one of the best experiences in any multiplayer game to-date.Varied Locations & Up to 24 Players
Play with 24 players online in three beautiful and destructible locations from the Pacific theatre. Whether you choose Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima or the classic Wake Island, you'll experience the best balance of infantry combat complemented by land, sea and air vehicles.Frostbite-Enabled Destruction
Watch the beautiful Pacific Islands quickly turn into scarred battlefields as destruction rains upon you and your fellow soldiers as you fight to win the battle!Through the Gun Experience
Use classic and iconic World War II infantry weapons with excellent feel to defeat your foes. Hit 'em hard from afar through your sniper scope or use explosives or melee weapons like bayonets to make it really up close and personal.
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http://www.vg247.com/2009/02/05/rumor-battlefield-1943-pacific-en-route-...
Wait, no PC? What the... If this is true I will boycott the series. (until the PC version arrives at least!)
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Yeah, still in rumorville but more speculation had it that someone confused the BF43 announcement with the BF Bad Company 2 announcement, which will be console exclusive. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a PC version.
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There's no way the new BF installment won't be on the PC. I refuse to believe it. REFUSE!
Looks like PlanetBattlefield will be a good melting pot to keep an eye on things.
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Ohh come on guys, they are not doing a BF3.. it is BF Hero's all the way! US PC gamers complain too much when they release their normal 3/4 done games and then take a few more months semi-patching it...
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It's amazing. Call of Duty and Battlefield finally leave WWII behind, experience HUGE success with other settings... and retreat back to WWII.
NOTE: Not a doodle bug.
Steam-XBox-PSN: Lobstermancer
*yawn* Huh?
What Lobster said.
I mean really. Who thinks we need more WW2 games?
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Drunk frat boys who feel uncomfortable with the slightest iota of moral ambiguity. And Neo-Nazis, who like playing as the Axis.
NOTE: Not a doodle bug.
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Well, uh, Bad Company 2 is in a modern setting, right?
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If it's the same group of characters it better be.
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Steam-XBox-PSN: Lobstermancer
Bah. 1943 sounds great, but the fact it is also coming out on consoles doesn't bode well for the pc version.
And actually 1943 sounds more like a quick & dirty xpac than a well thought out next-gen Battlefield game.
The fact that they're advertising 24 players when BF2142 handles 64 does not bode well either.
NOTE: Not a doodle bug.
Steam-XBox-PSN: Lobstermancer
To get ready for the assault this winter, players can prepare for action in Battlefield 1943™, an all-new multiplayer game available this summer via PlayStation®Store, Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace and on the PC.
I don't get this. Is it a minigame or something that doesn't deserve the full DVD treatment? After watching what's happened with BF Heroes I am dubious about them being able to deliver something other than a newly reskinned version of Bad Company.
Sure. I guess I just have a hard time seeing how it's retreating to WW2 when the Bad Company series gets top billing in their press release and has a sequel in development for consoles and PC.
Additionally, the insane sales of COD: World at War (6M units and counting) seem to indicate that not everyone is as bored with the setting as we are.
I don't know about you guys, but when I filled out the Battlefield Heroes beta survey I commented that I wished the gameplay was more like classic Battlefield. I'll bet they had an awful lot of similar comments. The implied low price and download-only distribution suggests to me that BF1943 is the hardcore-oriented version of Heroes.
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Yeah, the fact that it's a title being available on Xbox Live suggests it's not going to be a "real" Battlefield anyway. WWII sounds fine.
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Could be. That would at least get them around the primary problem with BH: Heroes, i.e., "let me shoot this guy in the back for 10 seconds with my machine guy before he dies". Heroes maps seemed too small to match with BF tradition.
As for the WW2 setting, it's been three iterations since BF has done anything with WW2. I don't mind if they go back to it.
Yes, BF: Bad Company is not WW2.
Here's a trailer for BF43
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57101
Looks awesome, brings back some great memories
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Lobster you are on target.
I've got your numbers, I got all your numbers!
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WWII and OMG ON PC. I *still* retire from the series.
Steam: Varigear (playername Viibl)
Oh yeah, time to pull out the ol' dusty joystick. I remember buying it just for Battlefield games. I cant wait to do some old school bombing. This also brought back some good memories.
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NOTE: Not a doodle bug.
Steam-XBox-PSN: Lobstermancer
You should work on your reading comprehension skills.
It's not a comprehension issue, it's a skimming issue. And I fixed it.
Steam: Varigear (playername Viibl)
I hope the planes are still overpowered!
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I am optimistic and my heart warmed up a bit from watching the trailer.
But 24 players? That doesn't jive with the action in the trailer. Maybe pc version has more.
And why not show the game from the perspective of the player? That is unless they are going to have a new "camera man" class which allows you to run around the map and shoot footage of the battle and not other players.
And questions remain. Gameplay? Is the best of '42 and BF2 or just a graphical remake of '42 with some destructibility? Cost? How will they sell extra content? Piecemeal and splinter the community or will they support the extra content with advertising and uniform purchases like in Heroes?
And what is up with Heroes? They want us to play Heroes and then they announce this and it coming out a few months later?
Granted Heroes just wasn't fun, but the timing of the 2 releases makes DICE seem a bit schizo.
And where's BF3 for the pc? BF2 sold well didn't it? Personally I was hoping they would have announced BF3 already with a (cheaper than MMO) subscription or add supported business model after $50 purchase. That way the community stays together and they can keep supporting the game with patches and content.
Instead we get this '43 announcement which (upon first impression) just seems like an appeasement. I hope the "A" team is on this thing....
Sounds good to me! Loved 1942, bought Vietnam and found it disappointing. Battlefield 2 was fun, never played the futuristic one though.
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Pretty sure I've fought on Wake Island thousands of times before. Why make this game?