BF1942 Add-on? [Nov 13, 2002, 12:23 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The
EBGames.com Website (thanks GameSpyDaily)
has details on an unannounced multiplayer add-on for Battlefield 1942 titled
"The Road to Rome" that's apparently in
the works. Here's a bit from the EB listing, which also includes a batch of 20
screenshots (though the images seem to be broken at the moment):
Though multiplayer experience will be the focus of The Road To Rome, there will be a mode of unique single player action. These levels feature improved artificial intelligence with no scripting, meaning players will get a completely different experience each time.
- Six new maps from the Sicilian and Italian campaigns including Operation Husky (Sicily), and the battles for Anzio and Monte Cassino.
- Eight new vehicles including the German BF-110 and British Mosquito fighter bombers.
- Two new fighting forces including the French legionnaires and Italian forces.
- Three new hand-held weapons including a rifle grenade launcher, the British Sten SMG and bayonets.
- Proprietary Refractor 2 engine raises bar for graphics and 3D rendering.
- Huge multiplayer component supporting up to 64 players that requires teamwork and cooperation from each member in order to achieve victory for the Axis or Allies.
- Unique single player mode features no scripting, meaning the player gets different experience each time they play.
I find this game dissapointing in a performance kind of way. They said 64 player support (among other things). What they didn't tell you was the list of bugs and the fact that you need a $3000 computer to even play on a 32 person plus server. I have a Duron 800MHz running 256MB PC1600 DDR200 Ram and a GF3. When I got this game it ran so bad that I couldn't move, even with 4 people on the server. Of Course the minimum requirements stated I should be able to run it fine. I know its a shitty machine and I do have a high horsepower secondary machine (2400+, 1GB Ram, etc.) but it just goes to show you that companies arn't putting care into their games now a days. And with this expansion coming so soon, it just tells me more problems are coming.
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