March 19, 2004

Battlefield Vietnam Review

Firingsquad has a full review of the sequel to Battlefield 1942. The hype for this game is receding against Unreal Tournament 2004. Sites are saying it is almost like an expansion pack than a true sequel. Read BFV's lack of originality can't be excused - not only isn't it all that much different from the original, it isn't even clearly better than the Desert Combat mod. On the one hand, we're glad that DICE didn't fix what wasn't broken, but on the other, there's still the vague feeling that the Battlefield games are rough around the edges and could use something to spruce them up and put them over the top.