Battlefield: 1943

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:09 am

Yeah, I can't wait until they completely iron out the server issues, so that I can at least go into a match with 3 people I know and be able to communicate. I haven't heard one person talk the entire time I've been able to play...

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:38 am

Teal wrote:Yeah, I can't wait until they completely iron out the server issues, so that I can at least go into a match with 3 people I know and be able to communicate. I haven't heard one person talk the entire time I've been able to play...

Funny you should mention that. Last night I finally got to play a couple of games and I was stuck on a team with some guy who kept talking and whining. All things he said: "C'mon guys, they're taking the Radio Tower!" "I need assistance at the Radio Tower!" "Can anyone hear me?" "I know you can hear me because I hear my echo!" "Am I the only one who knows how to capture a base?" "C'mon guys you can't just fight, you need to capture too!" "I'm the best one in this mother******!"

This is during a game that we were absolutely annihilating the other team and were very close to victory. It would have taken a miracle or my whole team putting down their controllers for the other team to win and this teenager was acting as if the Radio Tower was the lynch pin of our success.

I felt bad laughing and not responding but I couldn't help it. I just can't take defending the radio tower that seriously.

As far as the game is concerned I can't believe this is an arcade game. I thought the graphics would be on par with the original Battlefield 1942 which has got to be showing it's age by now but this game is gorgeous for an arcade title. The gameplay was fantastic too. Hopefully the DLC won't be too pricey because this title will definitely get a lot of DLC.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:41 am

Well, yeah, scoop, there's definitely something to be said for silence, too, I suppose...

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:00 am

I really have no clue what I should be doing, but I enjoyed playing this for a while last night. Sure, my kill to being killed ratio was about 2:20 but it didn't really get in the way of having fun.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:09 pm

I've never had so much fun losing...

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:19 pm

I had a blast last night playing with Zep, teal and Rob V.

It seemed we won every match.

There is so many things I love about BF 1943.

Taking a tank, winning a flag point and defending the point is insanely fun.

Jumping on an AA gun and shooting down enemy planes makes me giddy

Getting on the back of a jeep and manning the gun while we speed to an enemy flag point, jumping off, and trying to capture it

Dog-fighting and flying low in a plane while trying to precisely drop a bomb

There is just so much depth.

I have spent 6.5 hours so far and I think that is more hours then any game I have spent online combined in 09.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:26 pm

Might be time for me to pull the trigger on this one

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:09 pm

Damn, Coral Sea didn't take too long to unlock. 4 days for the Xbox Live community to reach 43,000,000 kills with server issues. That's staggering. I wonder how close the PS3 community is to unlocking it.

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:10 pm

ScoopBrady wrote:Damn, Coral Sea didn't take too long to unlock. 4 days for the Xbox Live community to reach 43,000,000 kills with server issues. That's staggering. I wonder how close the PS3 community is to unlocking it.

4.5 months?

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:08 pm

pigpen81 wrote:I had a blast last night playing with Zep, teal and Rob V.

It seemed we won every match.

There is so many things I love about BF 1943.

Taking a tank, winning a flag point and defending the point is insanely fun.

Jumping on an AA gun and shooting down enemy planes makes me giddy

Getting on the back of a jeep and manning the gun while we speed to an enemy flag point, jumping off, and trying to capture it

Dog-fighting and flying low in a plane while trying to precisely drop a bomb

There is just so much depth.

I have spent 6.5 hours so far and I think that is more hours then any game I have spent online combined in 09.

It is a lot of fun. I loved Bad Company, so the mechanics are fine with me. It's a bit silly at times, but as I told Zep and Teal last night, it's like playing an Audie Murphy flick.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:37 pm

I'm beginning to think I just didn't get it when I was indifferent about Battlefield 1942 on PC several years ago. I just wanted it to be a shooter with vehicles, which is incorrect.

As pigpen was saying, the beauty is how many things there are to do on a battlefield. Fly a plane, drive a tank, man permanent guns, trooper assault and defense, or snipe people from clean across the map. Every round is so different, and this game is really monopolizing my 360 time.

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:30 am

I've never been big on FPS, but this is the most fun I've had in multiplayer since the WWII mod for Myth II.

I actually prefer that hardly anyone uses voice - being plunked down in a random team is strangely compelling as you try to sort out your role on the team without a bunch of wankers shouting expletives in the background.

I definitely suck at this sort of thing, but found I can pick up a few kills just by laying in wait in the more remote areas of the maps.

Safe to say it's the best $15 I've spent on a game.

Badgun · Post by **Badgun** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:21 am

Blublub wrote:I've never been big on FPS, but this is the most fun I've had in multiplayer since the WWII mod for Myth II.

I actually prefer that hardly anyone uses voice - being plunked down in a random team is strangely compelling as you try to sort out your role on the team without a bunch of wankers shouting expletives in the background.

I definitely suck at this sort of thing, but found I can pick up a few kills just by laying in wait in the more remote areas of the maps.

Safe to say it's the best $15 I've spent on a game.

Gotta agree with you. I hardly ever hook my headset up and I see no reason to in this game either. Free stylin' is the way to go. Sometimes you're on your own, sometimes you hop in a jeep or tank with someone else with the same idea in mind. Either way the game is so entertaining to play and I'm usually laughing like crazy most of the time. Kudos to Dice for turning friendly fire off which eliminates the team fighting for planes and tanks. This is definitely one of my favorite games this year.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:03 am

This game is sweet. Love finding a comfy place to snipe from. A nice game to jump in and out of (like most of my games these days... 15 to 30 minute little excursions). Simple yet chaotic.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:36 pm

Anyone try out 'Coral Sea' yet?

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:54 pm

Teal wrote:Anyone try out 'Coral Sea' yet?

Unfortunately no - I've been playing for a couple of hours but have yet to get that map in random.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:25 pm

Blublub wrote:
Teal wrote:Anyone try out 'Coral Sea' yet?
Unfortunately no - I've been playing for a couple of hours but have yet to get that map in random.

It is not "random"

It is under "air superiority" in the game menu screen.

Just tries it, got my ass handed to me...but it is major fun

Blublub · Post by **Blublub** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:39 pm

D'Oh, that would explain it then. Yes I saw that menu option, will have to give it a try.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:44 am

Wow, I like Air Superiority. That's a fun mode, and feels more like dogfighting to me than any flying game I've played.

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:01 pm

Teal wrote:Wow, I like Air Superiority. That's a fun mode, and feels more like dogfighting to me than any flying game I've played.

I tried it for a bit yesterday too and was pretty impressed. I'm pretty terrible at it though, as even when I'm well positioned and think I'm zero-ed in my shots aren't connecting. Are you guys leading the enemy planes with your shots by quite a bit?

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:57 pm

Naples39 wrote:
Teal wrote:Wow, I like Air Superiority. That's a fun mode, and feels more like dogfighting to me than any flying game I've played.
I tried it for a bit yesterday too and was pretty impressed. I'm pretty terrible at it though, as even when I'm well positioned and think I'm zero-ed in my shots aren't connecting. Are you guys leading the enemy planes with your shots by quite a bit?

Yeah, I couldn't score a kill to save my life at first. Can't rack 'em up now, but leading them did the trick. Honestly, chasing some guy (or being chased) and dipping, dodging...man, it's fun even if I don't get 'em...

btmmayor · Post by **btmmayor** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:09 pm

I cannot stand the COD games so I never thought to give this game a shot....what a mistake. I'm having a blast with it. With the wide open islands and great layouts, it feels so much more like an actual battlefield than other games of this type.

I'll look to add any DSP Battlefield players to my friends list if you guys are still playing. I'll be on this one for a while.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:47 pm

I am pretty much playing nightly (10:00 PST) and am still having a blast.

My best map personally is Wake Island as I rack up the points on the village point between securing flags and shooting down planes/bombing squads with the AA Guns

My point high is 393...which almost got me 1st place

...on only 8 kills.

Only 3 classes and a ton of depth for each.

My GT is pigpen81

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:10 am

I snagged the game last night (finally). I played a quick match for a bit before I had to go out and had fun. The game definitely brought back memories of BF 1943 on the PC. I really need to learn the maps. Am I right in saying there is no communication in this game unless you are in a chat? Look for me online if you guys need a marginal player

Naples39 · Post by **Naples39** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:18 am

I had my euruka moment for plane dogfighting yesterday, when I was pursuing an enemy who had dived near ocean level. I noticed all my shots were hitting the water behind the enemy, meaning I wasn't leading the target enough. Now that I know the proper leading range, I went from 2-3 kills a round to 15 the next (I do have to admit though, 3 were by head-on collision

). Also used yaw a lot more rather than constantly rolling the plane.

Btw, anyone know how to lay anti-tank mines in this game? I haven't figured it out.