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Battlefield Vietnam Impressions

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 10, 2003 7:41am PDT

Related Topics – Battlefield 1942, Battlefield

More impressions of Battlefield Vietnam are online, you can check out GameSpot and PC.IGN which are both pretty positive about the new game.

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By: stump x Show Full Post

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This sounds awesome.

The control points in Battlefield Vietnam will be governed by "man-seconds" instead. So, if a certain flag normally takes 60 man-seconds to capture, then bringing two players to the flag will reduce the capture time to 30 seconds. A four-man team would be able to control the area in just 15 seconds, and so on. This obviously encourages teams to become more organized about capturing spawn points.

Better graphics, cool ways to kill (log traps and booby trapping parked vehicles) and classic tunes. I'm liking this even more then I was when I first heard about it.

Jul 10, 2003 10:10am PDT

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This sounds awesome. The control points in Battlefield Vietnam will be governed by "man-seconds" inste... : stump
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  The man-seconds may not work in practice. In BF it's hard enough to get anyone to focus on objectives/fl... : P-Squid
  - Well, since I think clan play is the real meat of the game I think this sounds awesome. When I think of p... : Speedy8
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    It's not making it harder for one man. It's making it easier (beneficial) for more tha one. : acheron
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      I'd say 60 seconds is harder to cap for one man. If I can assume it's similar to BF. : P-Squid
      
      yeah, i hope 60 seconds is just an example, cuz that'd be a bit ridiculous. : spenmoney
- what a neat concept to enhance teamplay, tho. : *TerraFORM

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I'm all giddy about this one--hopefully a true enhanced expansion of what is my current OL game of choice (DC actually).

Jul 11, 2003 6:44am PDT

I'm all giddy about this one--hopefully a true enhanced expansion of what is my current OL game of choice... : *TerraFORM

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Bright side: There are sufficient gameplay differences/additions to make this (potentially) cool/worth playing.

Not so bright side: I'll bet if an SDK had been released, much of this would have been done/attempted by the BF "community". I guess this is why it has not been released.

All about the money, we all know, but I wonder which business plan pays off in the long run.

Jul 10, 2003 10:11am PDT

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Bright side: There are sufficient gameplay differences/additions to make this (potentially) cool/worth pl... : P-Squid
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I love how there's like 5 Vietnam FPS games on the market now, and like 5 more in development, and then, BAM! Compete with this, jerks!!

Just as well though, the other ones mostly suck...

Jul 10, 2003 12:06pm PDT

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I love how there's like 5 Vietnam FPS games on the market now, and like 5 more in development, and then, ... : Liquid
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- Yeah, the difference is, this one is basically guaranteed to be fun, even if people like to call it a "mo... : Speedy8

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"As the soldiers went down, their outlines effectively disappeared from view. You'll still be able to reveal locations and the identity of hidden opponents if you mouse over suspicious areas long enough, but the time you waste doing that should be plenty of time for a hidden enemy to get the drop on you."

Great I hope there is a server option to turn that off...oh wait I'm probably not going to buy this "mod" by the time it gets done in 2004.

Jul 10, 2003 5:30pm PDT

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- Sounds like they're trying to boost snipers a bit. As it is, snipers are pretty easy to spot, so I think ... : azshack
- Errr, you could already do this in BF1942... just depends how far the name indicator is set for. When you... : Speedy8

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Sounds good, I'll get it.

Jul 10, 2003 7:49am PDT

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Sounds good, I'll get it. : Speedy8
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- i think a few million others are thinking the same... : SlamDunk
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  well it sounds way better than secret weapons. : bling1bling
  - http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8023173 : Katarn3279

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maybe because this is a new, full game and secret weapons is an addon.

Jul 10, 2003 1:37pm PDT

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maybe because this is a new, full game and secret weapons is an addon. : Katarn3279
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- son of a : Katarn3279

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Nono, fools, how soon ye forget!

http://www.shacknews.com/redir_comments.x?id=27350

163 posts of pure crap

Jul 10, 2003 9:20am PDT

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- i was thinking the same thing. suck it down, doubters. : jvox
- Oh yeah, it doesn't have thick jungles.... I guess it can't be fun now. ;p : Speedy8
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  - fuck 'em : djustifier

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Sounds good..hope I'm bored of bf42 by the time this comes out.

Jul 10, 2003 10:01am PDT

Sounds good..hope I'm bored of bf42 by the time this comes out. : IcomeINpeace

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Damn this sounds fucking sweet to say the least

Jul 10, 2003 8:48am PDT

Damn this sounds fucking sweet to say the least : stgdz