Battlefield Vietnam announced

Dom · Jun 18, 2003, 05:41 PM

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - June 18, 2003 - Lock and load your M-16 and grab your flak jacket, it's time to hit the jungle in Battlefield Vietnam(TM). Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS - News) announced today that Battlefield Vietnam for the PC is under development and expects to debut in early 2004. The title will be published and distributed by Electronic Arts under the EA GAMES(TM) brand.

The Battlefield franchise is entering a new era with more firepower and beautiful yet ferocious new combat settings. Staying true to the over-the-top, action-packed multiplayer style that gave Battlefield 1942(TM) its critical and commercial success, Battlefield Vietnam will drop players into some of the Vietnam War'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.

Offering an arsenal of weapons and vehicles authentic to the Vietnam conflict, players will battle in first-person perspective. The workhorse vehicle for the U.S. during the conflict was the helicopter and it will serve the same purpose in Battlefield Vietnam. The NVA will be outfitted with many Russian-made vehicles including the T-54 tank and Mig-21 jet. Taking a step forward from its franchise predecessors, Battlefield Vietnam will allow passengers to fire from moving vehicles and players will have the ability to airlift other vehicles via helicopter. The game will also deploy new rendering and sound engines that will help take players deeper into the 1960's mindset.

Battlefield Vietnam, like its brethren Battlefield games, allows players to join forces on teams in games up to 64 players over the Internet, or jump into single player action. Battlefield Vietnam is being developed by Digital Illusions Canada, a subsidiary of Sweden-based Digital Illusions.

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BWX · Jun 18, 2003, 07:51 PM

Hey, have you guys played "Eve of Destruction" mod for BF1942? It seems like those guys beat EA to the whole Vietnam for BF1942 deal. The EoD mod for BF1942 runs better than the original game, and looks better too IMO- and it's only 12% done.

EcPercy · Jun 19, 2003, 07:40 PM

thanks for the info i am getting the EOD mod now... prolly check it out this weekend sometime

~~Mac Daddy~~ · Jun 19, 2003, 09:42 PM

There are groups of people who are working on mods and maps for BF1942 ......
Trust me I know ...........

Lets hope the new game measures up

BWX · Jun 19, 2003, 10:24 PM

I always thought the whole idea for BF1942 was a great idea- but when I bought the game and played it, I could not believe how buggy and UNplayable it was- I felt ripped off and that the game was a pile of steaming dog terds.

HOWEVER- after all the patches I always loaded up the game again to see if it was any better- It always got a LITTLE better- but not good enough- To me it was still unplayable. Finally after the last 1.4 patch I did the usual loading up of the game and trying it out to see if it was any better- This time I also downloaded the EOD mod to try it out- I was very suprised to see how good the game ran and how awsome the game looked- I couldn't believe it, I was actually having FUN playing BF1942 after all those months of frustration! Well, the original game still has it's problems, but it is MUCH better. I can actually run it quite smooth with 4xAA and 8xAF on and all the graphical options maxed out- Sometimes I set the texture to 80% and it seems to run a little better- of course that's my problem as I only have 265MB of system ram and I'm sure it would run better with 512 or more. With all the AA and AF my video card ram is probably about used up too-

Anyway- I hope they keep working on the game, it always was a great idea that IMO just lacked the polish needed to make it any fun to play- now I think it is finally living up to what it was trying to be all along. It's finally a good game!