Battlefield 1942’s biggest thing was it offered all forms of vehicles, whereas other games did not. Those days are over now. The people at Novalogic realized this was a huge asset to a true to life war game. They have included a pretty decent variety of vehicles in the retail version. You can expect more in the future with patches as well. You have your variety of helicopters, ranging from small attack helicopters, to gigantic Chinook helicopters. On the battlefield you have your regular Jeep’s, Humvees, and you have APCs. The APC is a good vehicle to take across water since it is an amphibious vehicle. The sea vehicles included in the game include some decent sized patrol boats, inflatable boats, and a hovercraft to quickly move armor across an ocean to your opponent. Because the maps are so large you have to use teamwork to move people and lots of weaponry across vast regions of land quickly. Teamwork is really emphasized in this game, otherwise, you will lose. People who get in the chopper and take off without anybody in them will not last very long when they try to land it behind enemy line themselves. Not that it is a bad thing, teamwork is something that should be emphasized in all war games because if they are striving for realism. The only complaint with vehicles is that there are no real physics. You can drive your vehicle through trees basically, and you will just shoot through them. While it is sort of disappointing that they did not focus on that a little more, it is still nice to be able to just pick it up and play rather than being forced to learn how to fly and mastering the art.
I was playing last night and noticed the sound in
Joint Operations is actually pretty good. I just thought it was average, until I heard that helicopter hovering over me. You get the impression of 3D sound and knowing where your opponent is through listening. This is very helpful when a helicopter is firing at you and hovering over head. You will be able to find it quicker, and if you have a stinger missile, you can quickly bring that threat down. If you play the game regularly like I have, you will also be able to pick out the differing gun type sounds.
Overall the game is very solid. It is probably the most complete war game to date. When you look at the other options, as complete,
Battlefield 1942 may be about the only competitor. The complete package is a good look at war. The 150 multiplayer games are incredible given your team is experienced and knows how to use teamwork. The game does not include a single player mode, however, so all of the resources are being poured into the multiplayer game. This is a good thing though, because this means Novalogic will work to fix the multiplayer bugs rather than random bugs in a single player version. There are some glaring bugs that are seen by many people. Some games are even struggling to connect due to errors, however, if your machine runs this game, it is simply an amazing game. It is a must own for anyone that enjoys military games.
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Novalogic’s best game to date, a series that keeps getting better. Could this be the Battlefield1942 killer? Time will tell…
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