Battlefield 1942 (Nog beter dan Flashpoint?)

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College football fans can tell you that one of the big games each year is the classic Army vs. Navy matchup. From the standpoint of pure athletic competition, the hubbub around the game doesn't make much sense--neither team is usually ranked highly, nor do many of them make it anywhere near the NFL. Of course, that's not the point. The game has essentially become the singular outlet for the rivalry between the different branches of the armed forces.

All of this could be yours.
We mention this only because Battlefield: 1942 is the first console game that isn't trying to separate war into tidy pieces. Usually, if you want to pilot a submarine, plane, or tank, you must buy a sub simulator, a plane simulator, or a tank simulator, respectively. Battlefield, as the name indicates, is all-inclusive. You can control any and all elements of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. Even more impressive, you can potentially play them all on the same 3D field of play--all in the same mission. This isn't some removed real-time strategy game we're talking about, either; you can jump in a tank, then take off in a plane, fire the guns on a battleship, or run through the trenches as a grunt, seeing exactly what they see, as they see it. As you've probably figured at this point, Battlefield is a tremendous undertaking. Digital Illusions Computer Entertainment (DICE) claims it's been working on the PC game for three years now and has finally confirmed the game's simultaneous development for Microsoft's Xbox.

The year 1942 has been considered the real turning point of World War II. In Africa, Rommel's Panzers were halted on the border of Egypt by a determined British defense; in Russia, the German blitzkrieg was blunted in Russia, at Stalingrad; and in the Pacific, the Americans anticipated the Japanese attack on Midway and routed their powerful fleet with a preemptive strike. Against this dramatic backdrop, Battlefield lets you participate in four of the major campaigns that proved to be the turning point of the war. DICE promises that these four campaigns in the game (each about six missions long) take place in both the Pacific theater and in Europe and are playable from both the Axis' or the Allies' perspective.

A bazooka's eye-view of the ground.
You will have the entire World War at your fingertips, and DICE is promising that it has given the game's single- and multiplayer games equal attention. In the single-player game, you begin as a noncommissioned officer, mostly performing the kind of infantry missions you may have played in the Medal of Honor games (though Battlefield's first-person shooter grunt game is a more bare-bones representation). What makes Battlefield different is what happens as you complete your missions. Sure, you can win medals and promotions for speed and accuracy, but these rewards are mere harbingers of added responsibility. One you're promoted to sergeant, you're given control of your own platoon of men. Eventually you'll control a platoon of tanks, squadrons of planes, and even a battleship. You'll turn from being a participant in the battle to being the commander of the battlefield, dictating the action as you see fit. You'll be scheduling bombing runs, coordinating assaults, and plotting artillery strikes. Furthermore, DICE claims it's made these battles fit into a larger dynamic campaign, which changes the overall situation based on your performance. The goal is to win enough major battles to swing the course of war to your side's favor.

Electronic Arts recently held a press event at its offices in Redwood City, Calif. It showcased its entire lineup of upcoming games for 2001 and early 2002 at the event...that's no less than 30 games for platforms that included the PC, the Xbox, the PlayStation 2, and the GameCube. The most surprising among all those games was arguably Digital Illusion's Battlefield 1942, a first-person shooter set during World War II that, until now, has taken a backseat to some of Electronic Arts' higher profile games. The game is being developed by the same team that worked on Codename Eagle, which was also set during the war. And unlike similarly themed shooters like Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Battlefield 1942 is a decidedly lighthearted game that focuses on simply being fun rather than being realistic or historically accurate. It also has a robust multiplayer component, which, judging from our short demonstration, looked quite addictive. To learn more about the game, we sat down with its producer, Lars Gustavsson from Digital Illusions.

Battlefield 1942 will feature a host of World War II-based weapons and vehicles.

GameSpot: How long has this game been in development? Did you start work immediately after Codename Eagle?

Lars Gustavsson: The thoughts of creating the ultimate multiplayer gaming experience have been with us for a long time, even before we made Codename Eagle. After completing the Codename Eagle project, we felt that, however good Codename Eagle was, it still wasn't the ultimate experience. Therefore, while the rest of Refraction put the last touches on Codename Eagle, our designers sat down to sketch the outlines of a new game. Shortly thereafter, the rest of the team joined in and the creation of the Refractor 2 engine and Battlefield 1942 had begun. This was around Christmas 1999. Now Refraction is merged with DICE and the team is working hard to finish the game.

GS: At a recent press event, Electronics Arts was showing off Battlefield 1942's multiplayer component. Is there a single-player element to the game? How is it structured?

LG: There sure is a single-player element in the game, and it is not only there to prepare you for your multiplayer sessions, but also to give you an exciting experience even if you don't have an Internet connection.

There will be four different campaigns, which take you to North Africa, the Pacific, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe. Each of these will let you take part of some of the most famous battles during the whole war as a member of either the Axis or Allied forces. There will be more than a dozen missions for both sides. Each mission will contain one or more tasks for you to complete. Unlike many games, where your choice of actions is very limited, Battlefield gives you a goal to accomplish but doesn't tell you how to do it. Can you take the risk to close up on the village through the minefield, or would you rather try to call in the artillery and then grab a Sherman tank to go head-to-head with the well-dug-in Tiger tank?

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http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screenindex/0,11104,466245-2,00.html

staan ook nog een paar hele leuke screenshots.

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2001 14:30 schreef F.U.B.A.R het volgende:
Ik ben nog bezig met Max Payne!

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Op woensdag 29 augustus 2001 10:05 schreef Aneurism het volgende:

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