Second BF1942 Expansion Announced
by Maarten Goldstein, Apr 02, 2003 6:08am PSTIt was already confirmed a few weeks ago and now it has been officially announced, the new Battlefield 1942 expansion pack is Secret Weapons. This expansion will add some of the more unknown vehicles and weapons used during World War 2. A new objective based gameplay mode will be added to the game as well.
In Secret Weapons of WWII, players will engage in war with a choice of up to 46 vehicles to control. In addition to the 30 vehicles introduced in the original game such as fighter planes, tanks, and aircraft carriers, players can operate 16 new vehicles including the Horton HO 229 "Flying Wing" that is equipped with 30 mm machine guns and missiles. Other vehicles consist of a U.S. Sherman tank with a T-34 Calliope rocket launcher, U.S. T95/T28 Super Heavy Tank, the Sturmtiger (naval gun mounted on Tiger tank), U.S. Goblin jetfighter, C-47 cargo plane that will serve as a mobile spawn point, the American Armstrong Whitworth AW-52 advanced fighter, the German Wasserfall guided anti-air missile and the German Natter rocket plane. Also, for the first time, Secret Weapons of WWII will give players the chance to fly and fight at the same time with a top secret German prototype Rocket Pack.More info here. A fall 2003 release is planned.
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Shells would just bounce off it, here's a few loose quotes:
"One tiger took 250 direct hits from enemy tanks and was still in workable condition"
"One famous tiger tank took 46 direct hits, even with its wheels, treads and engine damaged, it was still able to press on over 40 miles"
There was a story about a famous german tiger tank operator named Michael something who had over 110 confirmed tank kills in his tiger. They interviewed an american tank driver who valiantly tried to ambush him after the the german tiger took out his ENTIRE armor brigade of 13 tanks single handedly.
American Tank driver: Well, I got the jump on him, my first shot.........bounced off the tiger......and my second shot......well...it bounced off also.....his first shot didn't bounce off me, I was literally blown out of the tank.
Anyway to sum it up, jetpacks are lame.
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This must be why the SDK hasn't/isn't coming out. All this stuff could be added by modders for free. >:(
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The game was respectable as it was; adding all these ridiculous weapons and vehicles turn it into some sort of crass interpretation of a "battlefield." Leave this sort of stuff to the mod makers.
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I was turned on until I saw the rocket pack
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*thinks* Actually, it would be kinda cool if you could shoot someone in the rocket and blow them up.
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"In addition to offering innovative weapons and vehicles, the game introduces British Commando and German Elite troops while enriching gameplay by adding a new "objective based" gameplay mode. In this new mode, players will be tasked with a specific objective such as destroying a secret facility in order to win the battle.
Seems pretty sweet to me, alot like CS (hostages/bombs) - with the difference that the possibilities are so much greater than within the BF1942-world...
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Btw, check out the T95/T28 Super HEavy Tank:
http://www.naritafamily.com/Scalemodel/reference/patton/T28/page_01.htm
I thought I was a semi-WW2 buff, but I had never even imagined something like that.
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It's too late for April fools isn't it?
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bring on OFP 2 :)