BF1942 Q&A

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  Ahem. EA rep. Not DICE. DICE is the developer. EA is the publisher. DICE does the hard part, EA provides... : Fyunch Click
  • That's some seriously fucked up logic, man. Without EA (or any other publisher like EA), we wouldn't be e... : timmXXX

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  What do you need real physics for??? I love hopping onto Battle of the Bulge or Kursk and totally owni... : evlg
  • No shit, this is by the the most fun I have had with a game in the longest while : stgdz
• realism != fun : TPSReport
• WWIIO is still in Beta. : Homerr
• Personally I think its too realistic, my attitude is that realism is bad if it gets in the way of FUN (un... : Vorlonesque
• Yes, I'm still having the most fun with an mp game since q1ctf =) : znk

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  1. New maps: a.) Leningrad (Germans vs. Russians) b.) Malaya (Brits vs. Japanese) c.) Jersey (Brits ... : stgdz
  • hahaha! the bmw cycle? no way! : pyide
  • Man, a Stug would make a great addition. Sit back and just punch holes in enemy armor or entrenched posit... : Syixxs

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  There's a CE mod in the works, that's progressing pretty well AFAIK. : timmXXX
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    wh00t! hopefully when that comes out, you won't have to sacrafice a small animal, pray to the hindu go... : Kniggit
    • http://battlefield1942.org/ CE mod for BF1942 : Dechter

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  It's only $20? Where? And.. have they fixed the annoying copy protection between levels? : insta
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    No they haven't but they're working on a patch so maybe they will. www.gogamer.com is all you ever nee... : SatansFist
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      Their site is dead. : insta
      • It's hammered all to hell but it's not dead... keep trying, you have tomorrow as well to try ;) : SatansFist
• i wont buy until more patches come : ctlaltl33t
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  Because it sucks and my $20 is better spent elsewhere. : Poor Yurik
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    I think this is the first time I've ever disagreed with you =( How can you NOT like this game? : SatansFist
    • I like the game, but I don't think its the amazing earth shattering uber-game everyone makes it out to be... : Vorlonesque

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  It's been said a bazillion times today ;) : SatansFist
  • Ok, Ok, My bad! : Hugh G Wrecksion
• you might wanna check your link : ctlaltl33t
• No one told me this : rosewood

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• huked on fonix : kkatarn3279
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  *Bad English'd* : Normality
  • it was intentional :P : fuji-juice
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  You can't say gooder, that's unpossible. : Grigory
  • WHAT YOU SAY!!!? LAUNCH ALL ZIGS!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    gooder is a perfectly cromulent word : AssGoblin
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      gooder ain't a word : diddlyd
      • You took TEH BAIT! =) : Grigory

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  your comprehensions skills arnt all that great sir. : Silent Wolf
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    lets see! "Balthaser: Yes, we are supporting this and planning months and years ahead for expansion pa... : Beady
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      your jaded and bitter sir : Silent Wolf
      • nah, just seen EA do the same thing a few times. Just being realistic. : Beady

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  i presume more WW2 stuff. : pyide
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    BAH! Just the fact that everyone's got full auto already takes awy the WWII feel anyways. : chuk
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      huh? what do you mean? : jaga
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        Where's the m1 garand? : chuk
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          are you replying to the wrong person? I don't understand what you are saying. : jaga
          • Chuk is complaining that all weapons are full autos. (Except the engineers'). He wants to know where th... : AssGoblin
          • Just saying that WWII infantry units carried mostly semi auto rifles. : chuk
• A vietnam mod is in the works. Check bf42.com, it has a link somewhere I think. : timmXXX
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  BATTLEFIELD 1918 !!!! : Homerr
  • BATTLEFIELD 1812 !!!! : sys$manager
  • they already released that, it was called Codename: Eagle : Kniggit
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  Flamethrowers : Arjun Thakur
  • That *would* be cool! : Grigory
  • With cardboard flames! : pleeb
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    http://www.bf42.com/files/editing/flame01.jpg : timmXXX
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      that actually looks pretty sweet : SatansFist
      • Yeah, the effect is absolutely descent ;) : timmXXX
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  battlefield 1492 for the dislexics! : Nighteyes
  • nothing but Spanish galleons broadsiding each other until one finally sinks. Wash, rinse, repeat. : the archvile
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  BATTLEFIELD 2002 : TPSReport
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    Nah, I think it will be 2003 when we attack. Erm... I mean if we attack. : Grigory
    • 2003 will be in the expansion of course :) BATTLEFIELD 2002: Prelude to the Battle : TPSReport

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• i was looking forward to some games offline when bored at odd hours of the day.. very dissapointing stuf... : pyide
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  Yes, the Single Player is pretty crappy. Here's a tip though if you have an extra box. Download the Batt... : dorker
  • hmmm. good idea. : ultramega
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    Yeah. It's hard to say the AI sucks when you havn't pumped the AI all the way. : Cosmicfool
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      I played the SP campaign in 4-5 hours on 100% difficulty. El Alamien was rediculously easy and over in m... : Homerr
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        100% difficulty is one this with 10% CPU given to AI, and a totally different thing with 25% given to AI. : timmXXX
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          I play with full on CPU and the bots still suck. They still get stuck. They still know exactly where you ... : Ben Barker
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            I too can hit you across the map, given the bullet lands where I'm aiming. There are sliders that you can... : timmXXX
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              I don't suck dude. But when 5 bots all shoot bazookas at you through tiny windows and shit, there isn't m... : Ben Barker
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                I've never had that problem during the singleplayers missions or during coop-mode with my girlfriend, but... : timmXXX
                • They seriously are uncannily good with those rockets. If you stand still for more than a couple seconds t... : SatansFist

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  Battlefield 1942: Hot Date Expansion : Nighteyes
  • with Tokyo Rose and Berlin Betty? : Homerr

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  yeah but who could you get to play on the Iraqi side? 'Sit here for 20 minutes staring at the tanks ... : jaga
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    Hahaha, good one. =) But you have a point, I don't remeber any "balanced" scene in this war. There was ev... : Grigory
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      well the abrams range is up to 3 or 4 km versus the T-72 range of like 1.5 km.. literally alot of the tan... : jaga
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        Okay, you are right, US vs Iraq would be silly for an expansion pack. Iraq vs Iran... Maybe. : Grigory
        • Soviets vs Afghanistan!!! : Vorlonesque
      • Given the cheesy vehicle realism the T72 and the Abrams would be the same under the hood. : Homerr
• BF 1998!!!!!! : rorshack

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  It was mainly due to balancing issues. Balancing two sides is a LOT easier than balancing 4 sides. : timmXXX
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    Yeah but they could simply use different models but keep the damage the same, it least there would be som... : Skeez187
    • .. and THAT wouldn't make anyone complain that when they went that far, why not go the extra inch? I'd ra... : timmXXX
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      exactly... they didnt have to do anyting to how the gun shoots they just have to put in the different ... : -=kodiak=-
      • You didn't get what I was aiming for, but either way.. I think it's kind of pointless. If they were to mo... : timmXXX
• yes, thats one of my major gripes with the game. There isn't a whole lot to it, why not add in the cou... : Polish Sausage

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  doubt its gonna happen : ctlaltl33t
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    I know. :( : johnny rotten
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5718423 : stgdz
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  I thought the demo has already been patched at least once...? : Maddog_Delphi97
  • That's correct, but that was before retail release. : timmXXX
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    it was, but that was before the game's release : ctlaltl33t
    • i keel u too slow :/ : ctlaltl33t
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  why would they spend effort on a demo? that doesn't make much sense to me... : carnivore
  • Especially considering more people probably bought the game then are still playing the demo. : fuji-juice
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  Some of you guys get WAY too technical in deciding whether a game is 'good' or not.. Client this, predic... : dn__
  • 'perfect'? No. But it shouldnt be 'frustrating' or 'annoying'. : johnny rotten
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    This game is far from 'frustrating'. It's 'PURE FUN with some minor flaws' - flaws that your typical patc... : Agge
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      It has great potential to be pure fun. And I've tried to have fun but it IS frustrating. Not knowing how ... : pleeb
      • Uh, that should've read, "I'm shooting him like he's a dead duck." But that's a gay analogy anyhoo. 8'p : pleeb

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  The downloadable version of CS had more maps than the retail release. In fact, the retail release was "pa... : timmXXX
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    Yep, it was just a convenient, shady way for Valve to only buy the bare minimum of material and release e... : Poor Yurik
    • I'm just glad my map got cut before they went retail. Oh, wait. No I'm not. I'm just saying that, because... : timmXXX

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• You're really missing out then. : SatansFist
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  Usually I'd agree with this statement, as I'm a rabit anti-EA guy... but this game is an exception, it is... : TPSReport
  • I'm sure he'd be happy to hear that : fuji-juice
• what about Medal of Honor? That was damn good. : blueblo0d
• I don't care who made the game. If it's good, I'll get it. It it sucks, I won't. EA being the publisher d... : timmXXX

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  Good thinking. I will never buy a game when it is released anymore. I got it the day of release and it ... : digitaljihad
  • the game runs like a champ here. : beefmarine

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  do you even READ. Clearly it says they will be supporting it for a long time, dolt. : Silent Wolf
  • saying and doing are two different things. and dispense with the insults, they weaken your position. : Karnov
• I mean, "surprise" everybody by patching BF1942 on a regular basis, the same way that id software patches... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  EA is the publisher, they dont make the games or the patches. : sharpie
  • But they fund the patching process. : timmXXX

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  Uhm, you don't.. like the game? Then don't buy the godamn expansion pack. Me? I'm very much looking forwa... : timmXXX
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    i love the game.. it just sounds like we are not getting much with the exp packs.. stuff mod makers coul... : pyide
    • You have a point. How many games have servers running for the expansion packs? Not many. It basically spl... : SatansFist
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      Not getting much? New levels, new vehicles, new classes? Those three things make up the entire content of... : timmXXX
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        check out the BF42 edidting forums, they are allready making p-37's and FockWolfe190's Yeah they a... : stgdz
        • Yeah, I know, but they do nothing more than import the models, and I correct? I'm talking PROPER modding ... : timmXXX
    • Yeah, you aren't getting FREE LABOR, sheesh. : Arjun Thakur
  • Me too. It better not be $39 when it comes out like some other expansion packs tho... $19.99 is the perfe... : SatansFist
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  So what? id charged for the Team Arena pack so how is this any worse? This bandwagon EA bashing is gay. : 5150 Joker
  • i said fuck id back then for doing it. especially for stealing a real mod and selling it. : pyide
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    Plus I think they have a couple of really good games. : fuji-juice
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      What does it matter if they have a couple of good games? EA/DICE clearly has ONE good game here? Do they ... : timmXXX
      • No you're right, but my post was in support of the anti-anti-ea group. : fuji-juice
      • personally i think the game is fine as is. i'm not crying for it to be free, just saying it would be nice... : pyide

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• wow that sucks, I never had that problem : fuji-juice

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  Is this the post that makes you funny? I couldn't resist either : Arjun Thakur
  • yes it does : 5150 Joker
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  well, that was lame. : carnivore
  • It was meant to be : 5150 Joker

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  um no? that never happens. : Maarten Goldstein
  • Are you trying to imply Maarten=Big Steve=Small kekeke : Arjun Thakur

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• Afraid not. : timmXXX

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• And that was the interviewer saying that... Yeah not exactly accurate but whatever. The rest of the artic... : SatansFist

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• Definitely. I was wondering if the developers would say ANYTHING after they released the game... : SatansFist