Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike Announced

January 19, 2007 7:12 AM

As had been expected, EA today officially announced the Northern Strike booster pack for Battlefield 2142. The press release pretty much confirms what we know, while mentioning a March release which is a bit more specific than the Spring indication we had before.

Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike features three new maps, including the infamous WWII battle scene at the Bridge at Remagen, an Alpine Titan docking harbour in Port Bavaria and a claustrophobic showdown in the Liberation of Leipzig. The booster pack also features new vehicles including the EU's heavily armed IFV Goliath and the PAC's hovering light IFV Hachimoto in addition to new unlocks, new badges and ribbons, new gameplay and more.

You can find a trailer on FileShack, and we have five screenshots here.

Maarten Goldstein

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freezejeans

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January 19, 2007 7:20 AM

And so it begins...was hoping for Tribes-style jetpacks at least but Titan mode in an urban setting sounds interesting.
- festivalman
  
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  January 19, 2007 7:29 AM
  
  I never understood the draw of jetpacks. Can you imagine 64 players all flying around independently in an urban environment, you'd never be able to hit anything or take any ground.
  - Metst510
    
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    January 19, 2007 7:34 AM
    
    The Secret Weapons expansion for BF1942 had jetpacks. You couldn't select them though. There were like 2 of them lying around on each map that people could pick up.
    - node
      
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      January 19, 2007 7:38 AM
      
      Secret Weapons was kinda silly IMO, the jet in that was insane.
      - doomed
        
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        January 19, 2007 7:58 AM
        
        insanely good or bad?
        
        node
        
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        January 19, 2007 8:03 AM
        
        Hard to control. It could lap an entire map in seconds.
        
        seanisdabomb
        
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        January 19, 2007 9:23 AM
        
        i think you are talking about the rocket plane
  - veras
    
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    January 19, 2007 8:24 AM
    
    Have you played Tribes? It's not like jetpack use is unlimited, and good players can get MAs pretty easy.
    - freezejeans
      
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      January 19, 2007 8:39 AM
      
      lol yes, but it'd be fun to use them to get on top of buildings and so forth...
  - jet-poop
    
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    January 19, 2007 2:27 PM
    
    Seemed to work out fine in Tribes.
  - nutcrackr
    
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    January 19, 2007 2:27 PM
    
    Have you played Tribes? In any case not everybody would have the packs and most definitely you'd put some restrictions on it's usage in terms of height and speed. It would also take up a full unlock and probably be hand operated.
    
    However from what I've read they tried jets in early on and could not get them to work so I don't see them coming.
  - Sgt_Boomstick
    
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    January 19, 2007 4:29 PM
    
    Dude, there were different classes, heavies could fly for about 5 seconds, while a light could fly for a lot longer but could go down in 1-2 shots. Its all about timing and such.