Author Topic: Battlefield 1942 (Read 839 times)

Pei · « **on:** September 30, 2002, 03:34:59 PM »

I played this a fair bit this weekend and a had a lot of fun, when I could find a decent server. I didn't bother with the aircraft (after taking a close look at thier "Spitfire") but the infantry is a lot of fun in the urban levels (Berling & Stalingrad are my favourites). Of course it's not a sim (IJA with Sturmgewehr 44s anyone?) but it is fun.

Since I like the infantry best I was wondering if it was worth the effort of downloading Day of Defeat. At least the weapons seem a bit more accurate and the spawn system seems to be similar. Any recommendations?

Dowding · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2002, 03:40:36 PM »

Day of defeat is excellent, if you don't mind the dated graphics. They've really gone for historical accuracy.

BF 1942 is great. I love the Market Garden, Tubruk, El Alamein and Iwo Jima maps. Kharkov is also good.

What I don't like is the dubious 'substitutions'. The Japanese with all German weapons, the British without a Lee-Enfield or Vickers in sight and the Russians with BARs and Thompsons?

The planes are fun in their own way. It's like an arcade game of yesteryear with superb 3D graphics.

fd ski · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2002, 03:58:02 PM »

Still playing DoD. Caen2 map rocks !!!

HL has got to be THE GAME for PC. What is it now ? 5 years running strong ? Last i checked Counterstrike was still most played game on the net !!!

As for DoD weapons. MG42 baby !!! With the tippod down.. just move often before snipers show up

Revvin · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2002, 04:07:40 PM »

A nice game let down by lousy net code, it needs patching fast before the community moves back to MOHAA or RTCW, the ammount of servers seems to diminish slowly in size every day.

Dowding (Work) · « **Reply #4 on:** October 01, 2002, 02:49:11 AM »

That's the one thing that lets BF1942 down - the lag. Even with a 60ms connection to a server, at long range using the sniper rifle it's very very difficult.

My favourite tactic is to fly or jeep to their major spawn base and snipe people from afar in the hills that can usually be found around the main bases. Being British on the El Alamein map is the best - there are some high elevation bushes on the Western side of the ridge overlooking the German base. Hide in there and shoot the tards in the head, as they stand around waiting for a plane to spawn.

SKurj · « **Reply #5 on:** October 01, 2002, 08:45:23 AM »

Very few lag issues for me...

Though I don't choose servers with a ping of any higher than 90 or so. I also usually stay with the smaller servers <24 players

a couple i have found that work real smooth:

JEC Battlegrounds
ASDA Toronto

SKurj

Superfly · « **Reply #6 on:** October 01, 2002, 09:18:54 AM »

The game is a lot of fun if you can actually get into a server that has less than 100 ms ping. Usually they are all full for me, and I spend a half hour trying to get into one. Man, I'm glad AH doesn't work like that!

I'll buy the game once they work out the lag issues. Until then, I'll enjoy the demo. I've gotten pretty good at rolling the tank into a heavy situation against other tanks/anit-tank personel, and cleaning up the place for my teammates.

moose · « **Reply #7 on:** October 01, 2002, 09:22:48 AM »

I like the arcadish way 1942 plays. Feels more like a movie every second

im already kinda bored with the maps in the retail game though. maybe because i havent gotten a good game with 64 people in it and waiting to see that work flawlessly is what i bought the game for

Superfly · « **Reply #8 on:** October 01, 2002, 12:50:20 PM »

I'm usually an engineer, so when the tank starts to get beat up, I jump out and repair it. Then, kick some more ass.

hardcase · « **Reply #9 on:** October 01, 2002, 01:14:31 PM »

jumping out and reparing a tank? Sounds like a fun game.

hardcase

Wotan · « **Reply #10 on:** October 01, 2002, 01:31:03 PM »

I never played it but it seems no more or less fun then havig a guy stick his pistol through the tanks armor and killing the whole crew.

hardcase · « **Reply #11 on:** October 01, 2002, 01:41:50 PM »

Feature vs bug and an old bug at that. Seems you can tolerate something being askew if you enjoy the game, huh?

Yes, it is a game and quite fun. The one it is being compared to..say on EA board...is a sim. Lots of things could be done to make the other sims easier, but whe re would be the fun for a simmer?

hardcase:)

Creamo · « **Reply #12 on:** October 01, 2002, 01:44:12 PM »

heh, damn tc, wouldn't it be just as fun to sit in a corner and hit yourself in the head with a tack hammer then ask for these constant bbs beatings in responce to your insipid sour drivel on all games not related to wwiiol?

hardcase · « **Reply #13 on:** October 01, 2002, 01:48:58 PM »

Pretends quite well and gets better at doing so each patch, perhaps some day it will satisfy your level of sim experience. When is the first BF patch due? I hear the netcode needs work, something about laggy servers, maybe it it is the number of players online. Tribes2 had that same problem trying to get 64 ppl online at once. I dont think anyones middle road server is going to handle that many ppl yet.

hardcase

Wotan · « **Reply #14 on:** October 01, 2002, 01:56:48 PM »

wwiiol online in no closer to being a simulation then any other, from 1942 to mohaa or DoD or any of umm.

You are fooling yourself..........