Great game, but not as groundbeaking as the original
User Rating: 8.8 | Battlefield Vietnam PC
When Battlefield 1942 came out, it basically showed us all what a multiplayer FPS really is. It came out with excellent gameplay, amazing multiplayer, and some great graphics. Battlefield: Vietnam, while can be called a "rehash," is a worthy enough game to come into the Battlefield series, even if it's basically BF1942 in a diffrent setting. BF:V is basically a multiplayer foccused game between two teams set during the Vietnam War. One team is of the VietCong, the other is the Vietnamese. You're main object is to conquer the whole "battlefield" at which you and the other players are on. You will be stocked with a pistol, and a basic assualt rifle, along with the abilities to jump into tanks, vehicles, helicopters, and jets. You are even allowed to have more then 2 people in a vehicle at a time. For example, in the tanks, you can have more then 2 people. One person might drive, the other might shoot with an assualt rifle, and another might shoot with the attached gun on the tank. All of these vehicles, helicopters, and jets do take practice and skill to drive. If you've ever played BF1942 you know the music in the game was meh at best. This game is just the oppisite of the original. The songs are all songs I'm sure you've heard that are set during the time of the Vietnam War - everything from protesting war songs, to classic 60's and 70's peace songs. The graphics are pretty good, and the gameplay is kept intact from the original which are all good things. BF:V does have it's drawbacks however. One of them is the fact that it's very much like BF1942, giving it the possible tag of a rehash. Therefore it hurts the actual value of the game (as you can see from my rating). Although BF:V is a great game, it's one drawback hurts it dramitically. I reccomend a definite purchase from anyone who doesn't have BF1942. If you do have the original, then you might want to forget about this game all together.
