strategy

The multiplayer demo of this game, which just has 1 map, 2 sides, and not all of the vehicles from each of those sides, has already proved to be extremely addicting and fun to play.

There's just so much you can do and so many possibilities, since you can jump into and out of any vehicle instantly and play as one of 5 infantry classes. Even your infantry class selection is flexible, because you can quickly drop your current kit and pick up a dead infantry's kit from the ground, effectively changing your infantry class on the fly.

Also, the weapons and vehicles are all very well balanced. For example: the rocket that the bazooka/anti-tank infantry class fires doesn't do much damage to infantry, unless if it's a direct hit. This makes players have to choose the best kit for what they want to do, and ,unlike Quake and other action games, rocket launchers wont dominate all aspects of combat. They are, however, good at what they're meant to do: destroy tanks, with their shaped-charge explosives. Just the way everything fits together is so beautiful, and there's always a counter for every weapon and vehicle.

The gameplay is so open ended that you can get pretty creative. I've done things throwing all my explosive packs into a japanese jeep (as an engineer), getting my detonator ready, driving to an enemy base or battle, jumping out of my jeep and letting it roll into the middle of enemies, and then blowing it up to get a few kills (especially when they get inside to drive it while my explosives are still in it, hehe) and other crazy things.

The demo has already become the 2nd most played game on GameSpy, beating all others except Half-Life (which has a ton of mods since it's been out so long), so there will probably be a large playerbase, making finding servers easy.

The system requirements may be a little steeper than some other games, but it is well worth it, and the game runs beautifully. (I can run the demo, all graphics options maxed at 1024x768 32bit, on my athlon 1.4 ghz 512mb ram GeForce4 ti4200 128mb at a smooth and high framerate) The models are very well detailed, you can see the eyes on the infantry moving and blinking, and their mouthes opening and closing. The level of detail system allows this by scaling down the polygon counts and stuff as vehicles and infantry get further away from you, and increasing details as things get closer to you, so there's no wasted visual performance.

This game is like many games in one, and has something for everyone that likes action or war games. My favorite genres are action games and flight sims, and the way this game mixes it all together, in an accessible, balanced, and action packed sort of way, is perfect.

Im really 16 years old but i didnt feel like registering to write a review. Anyway this game is the best multiplayer game i have ever played. If you like war games this will blow you away. You can get into tanks, planes, naval ships, machine guns, aa guns, and huge artillery guns. The graphics are great and so is the sound. The weapons are realistic to each side either axis or allied. Allieds have the BAR and the thompson while the axis have the mp40 and the stg44. There are five soldier classes you can be in. They are scout,medic,assault,engineer, and anti-tank.
Multiplayer is the main focus of this game. Single player is OK to practice on but the AI is just stupid. But once you play over the internet with 32-64 people you will never play single player again.
The one bad thing is the system reqs. I am in a good position to review this game because it runs flawlessly on my computer. For others it might not run as good if you dont have a high end machine.
My system is a :
Pentium 4 2.4 ghz
512 mb rdram
128 mb ati radeon graphics card
soundblaster sound card with surround sound 5.1 speakers
Cable Modem (dont buy the game unless you have high speed internet access![.])
The game runs perfect on my computer with every detail maxed out at 1024x768.
Also another bad thing about the game can be the lag. Even on a good system you need to find a game with a ping in the 70s or lower for a perfect game. Usually it isnt hard to find one with a ping like this because of the ten thousand people that are on on any given night.
Overall if you have the system to run the game on this will be the funnest experience you will ever have. and ADDICTIVE

A Very Excellant Game... <br /> <br /> The bad:<br /> Single player mode AI is lousy. Not very bright. Your comrades are oblivious to your orders, doing as they wish when they want. EA has been guilty of putting out some poor patches with sound and graphic card compatability issues, but, are quick to correct them. Finally, the learning curve is a bit steep at first and can get frustrating especially during multiplayer mele. Ventrillo not included in the game interface.<br /> <br /> Now on to the good: (far outweighs the bad)<br /> Superb realistic graphics with great sound. An open battlefield environment leads you to endless possibilities in order to reach your objectives, which are basically take flag points and hold them if you can. You can drive and fight in numerous vehicles..tanks, planes, jeeps, apv, ect. Multiplayer mode is intense. Teamwork wins your battles. Provide fire support and eliminate enemy positions with defguns or artillary from ships. Scouts snipe and spot for artillary. Pilots provide air support. Infantry supports armor. You get the picture. Communication is a breeze via game chat or ventrillo on servers who support it. Game interface also provides an ample menu of general battle comands at the touch of a key. History relived:) <br /> <br /> So much more to tell, but, must return to battle.<br /> <br /> Cya on the battlefield<br /> SSgt Thumper<br /> P.S. EA...Battlefield 1942 blows away Battlefield Vietnam. Don't be so rushed to change great things. Do better on Battlefield 2.