Vietnam

Woden

I'm not sure of the extact release date but play.com have it instock now for €45. Where are you getting your copy from? Have to say i haven't bought myself a pc game in a while but i'm going to pick this up

€45 didn't seem that cheap to me i thought it would be in town for €50 or so anyone have any definite figures on this?

data

RE*AC*TOR

I'm gonna install tonight and give it a go (single player - no broadband). Have to wait for a lan party for some good multiplayer. Let you know 2moro what I think.

Senor_Fudge

my friend has it ordered in smyths which i might add are great for games
also try the game stores around the country they're great 2
im sure it'd be about 40 - 45
is it a new game or just an add on

either way im sure it'll be great

Pugsley

Originally posted by Senor_Fudge
also try the game stores around the country they're great 2

Dont go near Game with a pointy stick, was in there a while ago and SOul Caliber 2 is STILL £40 (sterling, not euro), decided to look on gameplay and saved myself a nice £5.

RE*AC*TOR

its whole new standalone game. reviews suggest it'll be very cool, more of the same from bf1942, improved graphics (higher system requirements etc.)

Instant Karma

so its out now in stores - I thought it wouldnt hit the shelves until thur or fri even! no probs I'm headin to Belfast the morra night for a 2 day bender for ST. Paddys day so I think I'll wander drunkenly into a PC store and pick this puppy up

Jim

I'm pretty definate its not out till Friday.

bizmark

any reviews banging around the net ?

RE*AC*TOR

i'd say it isn't for sale till Friday alright. America tommorrow. Already on sale in brazil and probably other places.

RE*AC*TOR

Originally posted by bizmark
any reviews banging around the net ?

http://www.gamespy.com/pc

Winters

Originally posted by bizmark
any reviews banging around the net ?

See this thread on Battlefield Vietnam for a stupid amount of Pictures, Interviews, Videos' and Reviews.

As for the release date. Battlefield Vietnam is Officially scheduled for release THIS Friday [19.03.04]. See the sig. The US Version is being released on the 16th.

I will be heading into Gamestop at 9am Friday morning in order to get mine. Gamestop are one of the few retailers who will be selling the 'special edition' which features a CD of the music tracks featured ingame. Yea im a BF addict.

So, officially its out on Friday.

Woden

from that review i've read the soundtrack is real good might pick up the special edition myself. don't think i'll be getting it at 9 in the morning though

Moriarty

Play posted out my pre-ordered copy yesterday (monday) morning. Should be here thursday or friday \o/

Washout

Originally posted by Moriarty
Play posted out my pre-ordered copy yesterday (monday) morning. Should be here thursday or friday \o/

likewise.....lets see who gets it first Moriarty...altough IM OOTO thurs and fri so mine will be there monday.I hope! play used to take about 2 weeks but thwey have been so brilliant over the last lil while...that the time of delivery has been cut down to about 4 days.

RE*AC*TOR

Right so - I played some single player missions last night. First impressions were that it didn't grab me in the same way 1942 initially did - but that was probably to be expected. I was playing at 1152x864 on full details - it looked really nice. The models for the people have improved - smoother. The gun models are very nice. Although the vehicle models are good - maybe they could've been better. Soundtrack is wonderful - as I'm sure you've heard - really sets the tone. Load times are similar to 1942 - so no complaints. The jet fighters are very hard to pilot. Oh - one noticeable bug - sometimes enemies get into a jeep or something and just sit there and do nothing. Can't think of anything else right now. Looking forward to lanning it up a notch..... now onto farc cry ;-)

bizmark

hey dav hows the heilos ?

RE*AC*TOR

do you mean the helicopters? (i'll assume yes). They're cool - easier to fly than the jets. But more easily shot down too. It's really cool taking a ride with someone else in a helicopter - taking the side machine gun and tearing through charlie! :-) There's a couple of different helicopters - haven't played with them all - just the one with the teeth painted on the front.

Another thing I remembered - when you're on the ground and a plane drops a bomb on something it just looks awesome - napalm bomb.

bizmark

i want this game now

RE*AC*TOR

Originally posted by bizmark
i want this game now

i want a room with about 16 mates in it playing this now. You can pick up jeeps and tanks with a tow rope on the helicopters (haven't triedx this yet). How much fun would that be at a lan party. Fire a few missiles from the helicopter into a vietnamese camp, side gunner in the helicopterpicks of a few strays, then you drop the jeep with a passenger and tailgunner. Who burst on in for clean-up!

Ronan|Raven

*rings up the supply company and demands arrival of his ordered goods *

DirtyDog

I got a copy from a friend yesterday and I have to say I loved it at first, then I found it a little boring - the menu's and music etc are really good, and set the tone nicely. The grass and tree's are really well done, you can be lying down in the grass and someone could walk right past you and not know you were there. There are some great new weapons which were needed to change the close combat a bit - great bouncing betty bombs, stick bombs, timers etc slightly better sniper rifles and not if you pick the guy with the rockets\stingers he also gets an m60! and i love the helicopters watching the lads stand on the side is class.

I still think DC wins, but I'll not leave Vietnam just yet - have to give it a fair shot. The DC version of it should be good...

I hope the MP has a better felling to it.

ssh

Apperantly the Pattons can fire when they are attatched to the huey. So you're flying along with a 105mm gun hanging from the bottom of a helicoptor. Sounds like a poor man's AC-130 :-)

Play.com shipped mine last night, hopefully it'll arrive by Friday, though I somehow doubt it.

Moriarty

I could swear there was a thread somewhere around here that had verged into talking about landing quickly... but i can't for the life of me find it. It seems like I've finally lost it.

TheGreatOne

Where have you guys got a copy from? I was in Game last friday and they still didnt know when they were getting copies.

Winters

Originally posted by TheGreatOne
Where have you guys got a copy from? I was in Game last friday and they still didnt know when they were getting copies.

Officially it is not going to be released till Friday the 19th. It was launched in the states today 16th and Brazil/Sount America last week or so [12th I think]. There may be illegal copies already floating aorund by now which some people may have got their hands on. Although more then likly if you know someone working in a game shop such as GAME or GAMESTOP etc. you might be able to get them give you a copy early.

Eitherway, its out here in the shops on Friday.

DirtyDog

GreatOne - as the saying goes "I know some people, who know some people, who rob some people...." -

magick

GreatOne - as the saying goes "I know some people, who know some people, who rob some people...." -

yup played it too, and................. Its over all brillant the AI is the most impressive aspect its soo hard and it actually has a mind , as a opposed to the mindless bots in bf. Levels are huge, the new menu system takes a little getting used to, and for some reason the American Forces dont use the American flag,the use the South Viet Forces flag. but all in all very good, the music is brillant !!!

But......................

this is one of my gripes the chopper controls are terrible, really designed for someone who has no clue, the choppers are way slower and completely unresponsive, the Anti Aircraft Missles that the VC use end chopper domination VERY quickly!

All in all very good game, one, people will enjoy, (besides from the crappy chopper controls)

bizmark

wtf is it released in places like south america first and not the massively richer EU (or just uk/ireland)

Winters

Reason being possible the more localisation that has to be done.

For America [north and South] there is three main languages. English, Spanish and Portugeese.

For places like Europe there are many more languages to have to translate. English, Spanish, Portugeese, German, French, Italian, Swedish ... etc. Takes a bit longer I suppose. Although I still dont understand why it came out in Brazil first before the US/EU. It might just be an EA thing.

the_syco

I could DL it, but I want it for the multiplayer mainly

magpie

How much higher specs do you need to run this than BF9142. Call of Duty runs ok on my machine, so should this be ok for Vietnam?

bizmark

i think you need a 1.2 ghz 256meg ram geforce 3 pc

Mine should just about play it

2600xp
512meg
geforce 5900 (well 5200 right now my other card needs to be replaced/repaired)

Woden

i still think more ram would be nice we'll see how it runs XP is a bit of a ram hog anyway

magpie

I've got an Athlon 1800, 512 RAM and I've no idea what graphics card I've got, but it stands up to call of duty as I say... Bugger, hope it works ok, otherwise upgrades will be needed... I'm not missing out on this!

CombatCow

This is from the readme file :

Minimum:
933 Mhz CPU
Directx 9.0b
3D accelerated GeForce3 64 MB or equivalent DirectX9 compatible videocard
256 Megabytes of RAM
2 GB free hard drive space
(additional space required for Windows swap-file and
DirectX 9.0b installation)
16x CD-ROM drive
Directx 9.0b Compatible Sound Card
MS compatible mouse
Keyboard

Recommended:
1.2 Ghz CPU
Directx 9.0b
3D accelerated GeForce3 64 MB or equivalent DirectX9 compatible videocard
512 Megabytes of RAM
2 GB free hard drive space
(additional space required for Windows swap-file and
DirectX 9.0b installation)
16x CD-ROM drive
Directx 9.0b Compatible Sound Card
MS compatible mouse
Keyboard

Recommended for optimum performance:
2.0 Ghz CPU
Directx 9.0b
Geforce 4 128 MB (Not MX) or equivalent DirectX9 compatible videocard
512 Megabytes of RAM
2 GB free hard drive space
(additional space required for Windows swap-file and
DirectX 9.0b installation)
16x CD-ROM drive
Directx 9.0b Compatible Sound Card
MS compatible mouse
Keyboard

Required Operating Systems:
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP or Windows 2000

Not Supported:
Windows 95
Directx9.0a and previous versions.


Iv been playing it since the weekend and i find the maps take a while to get used to, but other than that it's still the battlefield we all know and love.

CombatCow

Winters

How did you get your hands on it?
I'm wetting myself trying to wait till Friday.

I really need to get money together to upgrade my graphics card. Its the only downside to this here box of mine,

magick

How did you get your hands on it? I'm wetting myself trying to wait till Friday. I really need to get money together to upgrade my graphics card. Its the only downside to this here box of mine,

Ahem, eh, well lets just say i know someone who knows someone , actually me and Shinzon played it , he loved the the same things as myself, but im sorry i HATE the new chopper controls, or how they act in the air its like flying a bus with wings. But your probably going to create salty cream between your legs when you use the anti aircraft missles.

SPOILER !!!!!! ALERT DONT LOOK DOWN AND READ IF YOU DONT WANT TO !!!






The Vietcong Troops have booby (boobies! ) traps in the form of pikes which are deadly! plant them in the ground and watch the Poor Enemy get impailed on em!

Jim

Originally posted by magick
. But your probably going to create salty cream between your legs

(boobies! )

Watch it mate, or there'll be bannings
(esp for those who have played vietnam before me)

Rew

Im pretty much a Battlefield noob but after playing Vietnam im hooked! Cruiseing up the river in a gun boat blazing away at anything that moves rocks

The chopper is a bitch to fly. I took off and got a few hundred meters before planting it firmly in to the jungle in a nice fireball....

Cant wait to play a big LAN match.

[fi]Gremlin

I have to agree with magick on this one, desert combat is legendarily know for its chopper controls absolute genius. Dont get me wrong but theres kinda a console feeling to the flight in vietnam although i have to compliment the makers on the realistic feel when you are plowing down people in the battlefield either with a gun or a crazy little scooter . All in all i give it the thumbs up and im sure lots of ppl will

Meadows

nah
chopper controls in dc are really great, Vietnam is a dissapointment, the choppers fly far to easily and because of this they lose a lot of their joy. Also heatseaking stingers mean yet more of the skill is out the window. This makes the game easier to pick up and play and forget about. Time to play dc again me thinks. Oh an once again the AI is as stupid as ever.

Keyser Soze

Why has no one commented on probably the best part of the game, THE MUSIC.
Really makes the game with 70's classics all the way through, especially White Rabbit.
The Khe Sanh level is pretty mad with a Good Morning Vietnam commentry running all the time as you are trying to defend the base.
Oh yeah, game is pretty good too....

Ebonyks

magpie

70's classics all the way through, especially White Rabbit

Hmm, wrong decade methinks

dregin

very nice game. Love the music. Smaug refuses to get into a chopper with ya until the music has been turned on 0+o is a favourite.

One thing tho. If you're having load problems, turn of your firewall Mine went completely tits up yesterday and hadn't a clue what was goin on til there now.

BeatFreak

Out if interest how do the choppers fly as in what are the controls? Same as EOD or the choppers in SWOW? I knew the choppers would be a dissapointment after DC...

magpie

Arse... not in the post today. It'd better arrive tomorrow or there'll be trouble. Or sulking.

CombatCow

Originally posted by Beat Freak
Out if interest how do the choppers fly as in what are the controls? Same as EOD or the choppers in SWOW? I knew the choppers would be a dissapointment after DC...

It's not as hard as those sob's make it out ,basically i use w,s,a,d w= rise / s= lower / a=rotate left / d=rotate right, and the mouse is used to change the pitch of the helli.I was playing a few multiplayer games last night and i was giving charles a good beating in the assault chopper.

CombatCow

Winters

Its not that the controls are silly. Its that they are correct.

The controls used in DesertCombat are just modified plane controls. They are not in any way helicopter controls. Hence the reason people find it so hard. You cannot actually make moves with choppers in DC like yo can in real life. It is a pure skil to master. It is near impossible to hover and if you do even hover you cannot slide left and right as you can in a real chopper.

I belive the controls in BF:V allow you to do all this, and thus creating real chopper controls. Although I cannot say too much as i still dont have the game until tomorrow. People just are saying its easy as its flying using more realistic helicopter controls then just moodified plane controls.

Instant Karma

i called a game store today and they told me they have it in stock but arent releasing it until tommorow...why the feck is that...it seems other places are sellin it a day or 2 early...

Jim

Originally posted by Instant Karma
i called a game store today and they told me they have it in stock but arent releasing it until tommorow...why the feck is that...it seems other places are sellin it a day or 2 early...

Yeah, I remember this happening with a couple of other games, that they were on sale a day ofr two early.

Gonna go in after work and chance my arm.