The folks over at EA sent Loot Ninja an early download token for their latest multiplayer shooter. With FPS’s already flooding the market, Battlefield will have to show gamers something special to pull them away from COD4. In Bad Company, they did just that. This game is fun as hell to play. Imagine a cross behind Warhawk and Call of Duty 4, but with the originality that made the Battlefield series so popular.
If you like vehicles then this is a must have. Although you can choose to run around on foot, the game’s beauty really lies inside the vast amount of vehicular punishment you can dole out. A nice variety of tanks, APCs, Humvees, Patrol Boats, Helicopters and even gun emplacements and artillery batteries, the game lets you do almost whatever you want. There is a nice balance between the vehicles also. A support troop can easily drop a tank dead in its tracks with some well place RPG shots. Helicopters can be shot down with a gun emplacement.
The game mode that is playable in the demo is called Attack and Defend. The defenders have 6 gold crates that must be guarded. They can be destroyed via weapons fire, which takes some time, or a charge can be placed by anyone. After a minute or so countdown, the crate is destroyed. There are 3 pairs of crates and each pair destroyed yields a new spawn point for the attackers. The attackers have a health bar and every new spawn decreases it ever so slightly. When all 3 pairs are destroyed or the number of spawns is up, the game is over. Playing as the attackers is much more fun and almost always wins.
There are your usual varied weapons classes and additional secondary weapons and upgrades can be unlocked by ranking up in the ranked matches. The game also promises to keep the unlockables attained in the demo in the full version. When this goes live in a few days, you should download the 1.5 GB demo.
The shriek of the wronged gamer rarely goes unheard these days and it has reached the Ivory Tower over at EA. The gaming studio monster has the reputation for producing amazing games, but really sticking it to gamers when it comes to downloadable content. They had planned to charge gamers for guns in the BETA. When the beta closed, the gun was lost. They were also planning to do the same in the actual game which is beyond absurd. They have since changed their position on the matter:
IGN: So there’s no charge for the Gold Edition guns?
Karl-Magnus: No, there’s no charge for any of the guns in the game. All of the guns in the game can be achieved without purchasing them. All guns are available to everyone. However, we want to give some exclusivity to those who buy the Gold Edition. They will get the five Gold Edition weapons from Day One when they put the disc in. People that don’t buy the Gold Edition can get the five additional weapons by getting to the final rank in the game. There will be a golden, shiny five-weapon unlock when they hit level 25 in the game.
The Gold Edition is $10 more and you will get these Gold guns right away. Is it worth it? Doubtful. At least gamers are given a choice on the matter. Kudos to EA here for doing the right thing.
Many of us cannot wait for the latest Battlefield to hit the shelves. The graphics and destructive environments look like the price of admission alone. This could rival COD4 in multiplayer due to the ability to use vehicles. The news that you have to actually pay money for weapon upgrades in the beta makes no sense whatsoever, but we are hoping that EA gets their shit together and makes this a hell of a game.
Cartoon style free PC shooters. There’s a genre we can all get in, right? EA looks to capitalize on this with Battlefield Heroes. Here’s the debut trailer for your online fragging pleasure. I hope this comes out for Mac as well as PC.
In a strike of unusual generosity, EA has announced that the upcoming Battlefield series installment, Heroes will be issued as a free download. There seems to be no reason for this, but here is a statement from EA themselves:
“It is easy to pick up and play but with robust character customisation and a deep online meta-game, gamers can spend hours building up their characters and conquering the world”, says EA.
The game will most likely be funded by some in game advertising of some sort. The game will also have a more cartoonly feel than the prior games which strived for realism. No word on the specs for the game to be played, but we will keep you informed when the download is made available.
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