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Battlefield 1942 Franchise Goes To Vietnam

Posted by simoniker on from the next-up-battlefield-earth dept.

Thanks to several readers for pointing to the Electronic Arts press release announcing Battlefield Vietnam is in development for the PC. This new title in the Battlefield 1942 franchise "..will drop players into some of the Vietnam Warâ(TM)s fiercest battles. Fighting in theatres from jungles surrounding the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the city streets of Hue, players will choose from two well-equipped forces, the United States or the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Vietcong." Hmm, seems like Vietnam-based combat games are a rather crowded genre suddenly - why now?

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  1. i guess. by cyrax777 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    its to get a jump on the mod teams that are allready working on a couple of viatnam mods. instead there going to make a standalone game.

  2. hmm by joFFeman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    maybe because with this new fraudulent war we're kind of reliving vietnam, and there's money in games based on the same type of combat, but companies worry about being 'distasteful' by releasing Kill Saddam: The Game at the moment.

    the unrelenting patriotism should soon give way to realization, disgust, and ultimately change- at least, i hope.

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  3. BF Vietnam by zoobaby · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I heard about this a while back. There are already a few mods for BF that use Vietnam as a theme. However, they are not the greatest (better than I can do though). The BF engine is good and needs a few more tweaks, but this will be a very cool game and EA will suck another $50 from me.

  4. VIETNAM! by grimani · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Awesome! Do we get to slaughter civilians too?

    It's about time we treated napalm as a real weapon in games.

  5. Vietnam by Ese+L0C0 · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I don't think that anyone has mentioned that it is gonna have a new 3d engine...not the same one that BF1942 uses....

    Plus passengers are able to shoot and aim there personal weapons from vehicles...like trucks and stuff.

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