Hey all, I haven't bought a new game in years, but noticed recently that the die-hards are fading out of BF1942. There's only like 500 people online anymore, and only a handful of good servers to play on (or at least local to me!). That being said - does anyone know of games out there now that resemble BF1942. That might have the following: -Tanks & other vehicles -Aircraft (planes and/or helos) -Ships All in the same theatre? If not, then there is a gaping hole in the gaming world....
Battlefield 2. Even battlefield bad company is nothing like it. ( lack of planes less players no mods ) Also battlefield 3 is most likely to come out next year and hopefully its a true sequel to BF1942 and BF2 There is also battlefield Vietnam which is very similar to 1942 ( not the new one that its gonna come but the 2003 one )
[QUOTE="pistolpt"] If not, then there is a gaping hole in the gaming world....superfluidity
Couldn't agree more, luckily Battlefield 3 is in the works.
I'm still waiting for a new Tribes however......
Indeed there is a gaping whole in the world. There has never been a game that matched 1942, even BF2 (peashooters and horrible network code/hit detection. I am crossing my fingers for BF3, but won't be getting my hopes up, 90% of devs these days do not know how to make games properly.
Battlefield 2 was pretty much the last really good BF game. Bad Company 2 was okay, but dumbed down because of the console versions. Star Wars Battlefront II is also a good game, but I wouldn't recommend it since the online is nearly dead these days. Much like BF1942, it's hard to find good servers to play on.
[QUOTE="pistolpt"]Hey all, I haven't bought a new game in years, but noticed recently that the die-hards are fading out of BF1942. There's only like 500 people online anymore, and only a handful of good servers to play on (or at least local to me!). That being said - does anyone know of games out there now that resemble BF1942. That might have the following: -Tanks & other vehicles -Aircraft (planes and/or helos) -Ships All in the same theatre? If not, then there is a gaping hole in the gaming world.... Honestly, there's nothing else like that in the gaming world anymore. So many FPS games came out over the years that many just stop playing the older ones.
My relatives still have BF1942 on the local LAN since the PCs and laptops that connect range from new to dinosaurs. But they play mostly the Desert Combat mod.
Battlefield 1942 had a medic class. I have been looking over these newer games and some aren't clear as to whether or not they had it ? How many of the war 1st person shooters have it ? I know COD: Black Ops does not have a medic class. I think the medic class is what made Battlefield 1942 awesome and honestly would like to know what others games have it.DeViLzzz
I also really like playing as a Medic. Battlefield 2 and Bad Company 2 have that class as well, but outside the BF series, I really don't know.
Really nothing like BF1942. The scale of the battles, the variety of vehicles, the openness of the maps, it's a totally different experience.
BF1942 actually feels like a war rather than a minor skirmish between special forces.
EXACTLY. BF1942 felt like a complete war, not just a skirmish, which is what EVERY other FPS feels like. Hoping BF 3 will bring back the classic "complete battle" feel - Where you can take off from one carrier to bomb another carrier, or use snipers to spot for artillery a mile away. Sigh.... I miss it so much. From what everyone has said it seems there really isn't anything out there like it any more :(
Wait for Red orchestra 2, its similar to the BF series, but a lot more realistic.
cobrax25
Completely different game altogether. Part of the fun of the BF series is that it has a balance between realistic and unrealistic that makes it loads of fun.
I am not saying RO is not fun, I find it fun, but it's a completely different style game to me.
1942 in essence to me is running up Omaha beach, bombing the crap out of something or getting into dog fights and then bailing over the enemy base and sniping people, or running through the alleys of Stalingrad and capping flags.
Although it hasn't got much popularity among the PC communtiy, Frontlines : Fuels of War is something like Battlefield. Was meant to be the battlefield of consoles.
Couldn't agree more, luckily Battlefield 3 is in the works.
I'm still waiting for a new Tribes however......
wis3boi
Tribes Universe is coming next year
I don't have high hopes about it from what I've read, they're taking it in a weird direction when what would make sense is to redo Tribes 2 with modern graphics and physics. Also, never heard of the developer.
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