Will BF: Vietnam be better then BF: 1942?

[Draco]

Hard to say considering Vietname isn't quite out, but what are you projections?

 

[hdeck]

well, bf1942 was so bad that it would be hard for this one to be worse

 

[AnyMal]

you are comparing apples and oranges

 

[LordJezo]

UT2k4.

Never could get into UT2k4.

 

[Schadenfroh]

does it have a new engine?

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
does it have a new engine?

From what I've read, no.
I don't like to make predictions about games which aren't even out yet, but it looks like it'll be a blast. Those preveiw trailers are awesome.

 

[chsh1ca]

BF Vietnam looks like it will be a blast, but really, BF1942 takes the cake just because of Desert Combat.

 

[onelin]

Originally posted by: hdeck
well, bf1942 was so bad that it would be hard for this one to be worse

if it doesn't have a new engine, I'll find myself hard-pressed to buy this one. That is, unless they only start updating desert combat for BF:Vietnam due to the deal between the mod maker and DICE....Sure it's fun, but overall it's just shoddy coding.

 

[Mursilis]

Originally posted by: onelin0

Originally posted by: hdeck
well, bf1942 was so bad that it would be hard for this one to be worse

if it doesn't have a new engine, I'll find myself hard-pressed to buy this one. That is, unless they only start updating desert combat for BF:Vietnam due to the deal between the mod maker and DICE....Sure it's fun, but overall it's just shoddy coding.

What do you mean by shoddy coding? I'm not a coder, so I'm curious about your statement.

 

[Chucko]

Are they going to come out with a Demo?

 

[scottrico]

It is just an updated version of BF 1942.

It is a very good thing.

 

[Schadenfroh]

i hate the way 1942 "feels" i mean, its not lag, i get over 100 FPS, its just that you feel more detached, especially as infantry than you do in games based on quake 3 engine, like COD

 

[BD231]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
i hate the way 1942 "feels" i mean, its not lag, i get over 100 FPS, its just that you feel more detached, especially as infantry than you do in games based on quake 3 engine, like COD

I agree, very awkward feel to BF, but it's still fun at times.

 

[onelin]

Originally posted by: Mursilis
What do you mean by shoddy coding? I'm not a coder, so I'm curious about your statement.

It's a very buggy game and has been since release. The engine is full of oddities, like bullets going through walls, tanks that couldn't climb 20 degree inclines, the list goes on and on...every time I fire the RPG I can't switch to a handgun after and I get stuck in the reload sequence until I tap the key 5 times....the list is long, and it's no secret that there's all sorts of stuff like that. Sure, in a year or two they've managed to improve it a lot, but some things are just 'bleh'.

DOn't get me wrong, I have a hell of a lot of fun playing this game with people I know (desert combat mod, anyways) ...but I'm not going to give them more money for that kind of stuff, and the only reason I did give them money was so I could play with my friends.

If you look at the UT2k4 demo and it's vehicle support...they stay 'flush' with the terrain and just move as they should... and so on and so forth. I can't wait for the DVD version of UT2k4 this month!!!