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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. Why now? by The_dev0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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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  2. Eve of Destruction by FrenZon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Meanwhile, if you want to do the whole Vietnam war thing with the BF1942 engine, be sure to check out the excellent Eve of Destruction mod, which seems to have almost as many servers as vanilla BF. It's going to be hard for EA/Dice to compete with this.

  3. Eve Of Destruction by Vengeance_au · · Score: 5, Informative

    Eve Of Destruction (EOD) is a BF1942 Vietnam mod that has been released - its up to version .12, or as they say its "12% of what they expect the final version to play like". I've been playing it for a week now and its an excellent mod - you can tell its still got rough edges, however some of the EOD specific maps are particularly good, with dense forest fighting (something that BF1942 has none of) and great vehicles. Bonus marks for the music on loading :). I'm not sure what this announcement will do to/for this mod - I'm hoping it doesn't stop the development of an outstanding mod. EOD is already quite playable and enjoyable - if EOD is complete before Battlefield Vietnam is released, it may severely impact sales of BFV.....

  4. So.. by dr+ttol · · Score: 4, Funny

    When do we get the localized versions where each country plays as a member of that country..the americans can play as americans only and japanese can play as japanese, and when they fight, it's with real valor and honor?

  5. So ... by vrai · · Score: 5, Funny
    When do we get the localized versions where each country plays as a member of that country..the americans can play as americans only and japanese can play as japanese, and when they fight, it's with real valor and honor?

    Somehow I don't think this would sell very well in France or Italy ...

  6. 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.