give me info about battlefield vietnam

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

i just ordered a copy of btv but have never seen a good review of it, all i know is that u can kill peopel fly planes tanks etc and play multiplayer, tell me if i can use my headset with it and othe such features and if i have to download any patch when i first get btv....

Stormfox1020

Well the game itself has been designed with one thing in mind... multiplayer. So if you dont have broadband you'll find that this game runs out of juice pretty soon. Sure you can play with Bots, but there level of AI is very poor, and nothing compares to playing with other people. On Each map there are two sides the US and the NVA. Each side will fight to try to capture and control different spawn points on the map until the other sides tickets run out. And yes there are a wealth of vehicles at your desposal, including helicopters, tanks, APC's, jeeps, patrol boats...etc. Its a damn fine game, but to really enjoy it you'll need broadband.

Rev Hellfire

Actually there are a number of people who play the game on dial-up and have done so quite successfully, its like any multiplayer game though. The bigger your connection the less lag related issues you will have.

Be warned though the patchs (and mods) are pretty big, but for those among us who are connectivityly challenged CD's are sent out on patch releases.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

oh cool that sounds great, thanks guys, i live in dingle co.kerry and i dunno when braodband but it should be soon enough i hope..

grimloch

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV wrote:

i live in dingle co.kerry and i dunno when braodband but it should be soon enough i hope..

yeah, broadband was gonna be nationwide soon because of the decentralisation project but who knows if that will go ahead

like some other people said, plenty of people play with a dial up and there are a few 'near' enough servers to keep that ping low enough so you should be grand (problem is paying for an hour download)

Rev Hellfire

That download can cost the price of a stamp if you get someone to mail the patch CD to you and are willing to post it onwards to the next person.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

how big is the patch? if its over 30mb can somebody send it to me and ill send it back or send to someone else..

Stormfox1020

Its around 150Mb+? I dont know exactly how big it is. Im on Dial-up meself, but cant be arsed to play with a 300 ping. Dataisgod, usually voulenteers to burn the patches for you. Ask him if you see him around.

bizmark

Stormfox1020 wrote:

Its around 150Mb+? I dont know exactly how big it is. Im on Dial-up meself, but cant be arsed to play with a 300 ping. Dataisgod, usually voulenteers to burn the patches for you. Ask him if you see him around.

Hes gone for a month

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

dang, dats not good news at all, i found im getting broadband on 13th of september and im getin my package of games n stuff 21-25 august , a 2-3 week wait to play it, or can u play a non patch room or server?

Stormfox1020

Ye lucky ****, gettin bb in september . Ive had BFV since april and i aint gettin bb until decemberish. For the three weeks you dont have bb, just create a co-op server with bots and start it on a local connection. Get to know the maps, and learn to fly the choppers, planes etc.

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

good idea thanks