Battlefield 1943 Trailer and Screenshots

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » February 5th, 2009, 17:00

Battlefield 1943 Trailer and Screenshots
As previously rumored, Battlefield 1943 has been announced. Two screenshots and a trailer have been released.Download HDSoldiers, it's time to do...

Publish Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:40:32 PST
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Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 5th, 2009, 17:04

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » February 5th, 2009, 17:10

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » February 5th, 2009, 17:12

Screenshots, both Wake Island, lovely :D

Looks like they're adding lots of destructable environment, and to be fair, the Pacific is a hardly used WWII setting, so that's nice

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 5th, 2009, 17:16

Looks like good 'ol BEEF fun, but we'll have to wait and see.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 5th, 2009, 18:32

Some of the models look a bit dated.

I'm quite glad of the colour scheme, less brown on grey on mud on sludge than a lot of recent games.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 5th, 2009, 18:37

HereComesPete wrote:Some of the models look a bit dated.

I'm quite glad of the colour scheme, less brown on grey on mud on sludge than a lot of recent games.

I wonder if the less detailed models/textures are related to destructible environment stuff, or just laziness in early meeja.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » February 6th, 2009, 14:15

Probably not worth bothering with, it'll only have 3 maps and be download only, most likely via EA downloader. They've ruined the beef series.

Sheriff Fatman · Post by **Sheriff Fatman** » February 6th, 2009, 15:27

Lee wrote:Probably not worth bothering with, it'll only have 3 maps and be download only, most likely via EA downloader. They've ruined the beef series.

And 24 players max? No ta.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 6th, 2009, 15:43

Blimeh I didn't read that, just watched the video. The 3 maps and 24 players thing does sound a bit shit.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 7th, 2009, 10:19

Ah, so it's a game being designed with XBLA/PSN/digital distribution in mind. Makes more sense now.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 7th, 2009, 13:17

Apparently the frostbite engine is from bad company.

I think they may have shot themselves in the foot with this one. They've already got beef lite coming out with heroes. If they had taken the time to update/refine beef 2 into 1943 with a full range of maps, modes, guns and vehicles then it would have got plenty of players like future beef.

As it is I'll try this, but I can't see myself playing for more than a couple of nights. It had better not be the price of a full game when it's got less content than a beef expansion pack.

I wonder if they made wake island smaller for such a small number of players to navigate it? Or put cars everywhere? If not you'll be walking around looking for a fight and get bored real quick.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 8th, 2009, 20:51

HereComesPete wrote:I think they may have shot themselves in the foot with this one. They've already got beef lite coming out with heroes.

Heroes is Windows only, this one is consoles as well. And as everyone knows PC Gaming Is Dead™ so they're covering their arses with this.

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » February 9th, 2009, 0:20

I think they should have just polished up the multiplayer from Bad Company, added a couple of decent extra maps maybe some more weapons and then done a decent job of porting that over. Would have been a lot easier and cheaper instead of wasting money on a half arsed game like this.