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Battlefield 1942 Franchise Goes To Vietnam
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?
Why now? Because we've all been watching war on our TV screens for the last little while, and it's much more fun to live vicariously through a virtual rendition one of the world's messiest wars in the comfort of your own home. I'm looking forward to this BF1942 is awesome fune, but I dont really like the WW2 theme that much. Bring it on, I say!
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Hmm, seems like Vietnam-based combat games are a rather crowded genre suddenly - why now?
/. editors would keep their comments to themselves, or at least keep em in the comments area, and not in the actual news post.
Hmmm, let's see. BF1942 came out after quite a few popular WW2 based games had already been out (MOHAA, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, etc...). So now they announced a Vietnam game, whoopee! How is that any different than the original BF1942? I really wish
(BTW, I'm really looking forward to BFVietnam. I absolutely love BF1942 and still play almost every day. Far superior game than MOHAA or RTCW).
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I'm not sure. I'm not inherently opposed to the idea, but my first instinct is to say that the Vietnam war may not yet be appropriate subject matter. It was one of the most controversial conflicts in US history, and the veterans and victims of the conflict are still alive and active members of society. If the bias is towards the American viewpoint it could seriosly upset asian sales, if towards the Vietnamese then it would get slammed in the states. If they did the near impossible and made it unbiased, both sides would probably be offended.
I fully support free speech and expression, especially in programming but are there some topics that that should be handled with kid gloves when being used for entertainment?
I actually think it would hurt the sales. One thing that EOD does right now with its maps, is make the game not so vehicle intensive. In mods like DC, if your not in a vehicle, your pretty much worthless (unless you have the stinger). Hense, half your team standing and waiting for planes on the airfeild. For me, it gets kind of old. EOD has 2 maps where there basically are no vehicles. Your in the jungle with your gun. And even with the maps with the heli's, they dont dont over power ground forces. Unlike in regurlar BF(planes) and DC heli's. The jungle is VERY dense which makes for a very different experience over any other mod and regular BF.
From what it seems, EA likes to favor the vehicles over the actual running around with a gun. They have an expansion pack "secret weapons" which you get a a lot more vehicles to play with.
And for not knowing about EOD, you must not go to ANY community websites for BF1942. ANY site that told a person about DC, would have listed EOD. And even while playing DC or BF, people are always mentioning different mods and what people think of them (from my experiences). And since you dont go to community websites (http://www.planetbattlefield.com/) is a good one.