Of all the battlefield-type games (Joint Ops, BF1942, etc), this is probably the most fun. I think open terrain combat needs to be arcade-like and somewhat shallow, because the maps are too unforgiving to the more realistic high-damage nature of the other games. I bought Joint Ops from Ebay a few weeks ago, and just Ebayed it back. It sucked!
Still, I don't see Battlefront as being worth $50.. maybe $30 or less. Hopefully, Pandemic will let people mod the game into greatness, as I loved modding their Battlezone 2 into an action-packed explosion-filled game ;). And it was extremely easy to make a BZ2 mod too!
Adventures of a video game mercenary
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