Battlefield 1943
Introduction
The game “Battlefield 1943” was developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and it was published by Electronic Arts which was for the Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation network using a digital download which is similar to the game “Battlefield Heroes”. The game “Battlefield 1943” is an online multiplayer video game of the World War II and it is a first-person shooting game. This game take place only in the Pacific Theater of Operations of the World War II.
Gameplay
The game “Battlefield 1943” characteristicsthe Frostbite Engine for its ecological damage. It will only features the series’s signature Conquest Mode. The game only characteristics only three classes which are Infantryman, Rifleman, and Scout. Infantryman will be armed with a Type 100 submachine gun or a Thompson submachine gun and provided with a recoilless rifle, handheld grenades, and a wrench which is usedfor both melee and for repairing vehicles. Rifleman will be ared with a Type 5 or an M1 Garand, and provided with rifle grenades, handhled grenades, and a bayonet. Scout will be armed with a karabiner 98k Rifle or a Springfield, a Nambu pistol or a Colt M1911, a Katana sword or Ka-Bar combat knife, and remote explosives. Every class has an infinite supply of ammunation but explosive weapons takes atleast a few seconds to load. This game has the same regenerating health system as in the games of “Call Of Duty Series” or “Halo Series”. There are four types of vehicles in this game. Every team’s base has two one-man fighter aircraft with Zeros for the Imperial Army and the F4U Corsairs for the USMC. Every team can capture a furthur base in the classic maps which hold another airplane. In each airplane, there is a machine gun that can shoot down other airplanes or strafe ground troops. The airplanes can also drop bombs. Tanks can have room for two players. First a driver who use a tank round and a coaxial machine gun. Second is a passenger who can use a machine gun. The tank ara all medium size M4 Sherman and Type 97 Chi-Ha. The fast ground vehicles are the USMC’s jeep and the IJN’s Type 95 recon car which are provided with a machine gun and can hold up to three palyers. The landing crafts are provided with machine guns and can hold up to six players acrooss water. The players can also summon air raids which calls in three aircraft that can be used to bomb an area of a map. But the main plan of those air raids is tho destroy the enemy vehicles and kill infantry. This gives a great benefit to the player controlling the air raid as they can see every other players on the map which include the enemies and they can also inform their team comrades where the enmies are. Regardless of providing an obvious benefit, these three planes can be shot down by the fighter aircraft and anti-air guns, or it can just reduce the amount of bombs that the air raid will drop. By using the AA guns, it can be used destroy the enemy fighter aircraft too. The differences in the weapons between teams are purely creative.
Overview
The game “Battlefield 1943” casts players as either the United States Marine Corps (USMC) or the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) with up to 24 players on the three classic Battlefield maps which are Wake Island, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima. After each players have reached more than 43 milion kills, their personal console versions will receive access to an additional Caral Sea map. As for the PC version, it will have the map available on the release of the game.Accessibility and value were the main reasons the game went digital as opposed to a retail launch, accordingly to the game’s development team.
I love that we can download great looking first-person shooters that support 24 players online these days. Battlefield 1943 is an impressive package that sets a new standard for digital titles. You won’t find anything new in terms of gameplay, but the seven-year old Battlefield formula remains a lot of fun today. This is a streamlined game that does one thing and does it well: online multiplayer battles. If that’s your thing this is one of the best times you’ll have on PlayStation Network this summer.
(ps3.ign.com, 2009)
