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Battlefield 1942 Preview

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2002-02-20 00:06:00.0


GameSpot has slapped up a preview on Digital Illusions' upcoming World War 2 - first person shooter, Battlefield 1942. Here's something to chew on:

Like similar games, Battlefield 1942 will have its fair share of multiplayer modes, including classics like capture the flag, though its most intriguing mode is one called conquest. Here, players on two teams start out in their respective bases on opposite sides of a map. Within these bases are health stations (the APCs we mentioned earlier) and a handful of vehicles, though this varies from level to level. In the middle of the map, there are a number of neutral bases. Each side starts with an equal number of "tickets," and the objective is to conquer and hold as many of these neutral bases on the map as possible, because the team that has captured fewer bases will lose tickets while the discrepancy exists. The greater the discrepancy, the faster the losing side's tickets will count down, and the first team to reach zero tickets is the rotten loser. Conquering a base doesn't involve anything other than touching its flag pole for a few seconds--though no enemies can be nearby--and if you die, you can respawn in any of your conquered bases, which makes getting to the battle a lot easier than hoofing it all the way from your original base. Again, this helps keep Battlefield's gameplay fast and furious.

I wonder how it will stack up against the latest power-house WW2 titles, Return To Castle Wolfenstein and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Guess we'll find out around summer time.

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