2w ago

Who else misses Battlefield 1943?

I was super bummed when it reached EOL. I wish they would let folks host their own servers for it.

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Battlefield 2 and 2142 were absolute gems and have not been matched by any other game in the series
- Battlefield 2 was so good because DICE hired the guys who made the Desert Combat mod for 1942, which was in itself a fantastic mod.
  
  DC Mod, never went back after playing it the first time.
- I'd add vietnam to that
- 2142 was an absolutely amazing game.
  Many hours spent taking those damn Titans down
- Oh damn, I’ve never played 2142. At first I thought this was a typo of “2042” 😂
  Mechs?! I’m sold… and sad I missed this one.
  
  It was and still is my favorite bf. They do still have private servers, but they're aren't very full and it generalities takes an event.
  The titan wars were something to behold though... haven't ever played anything like it since it came out.
- 2142 was a fucking blast.
- BC2 in my eyes is the best multiplayer battlefield style game. The destruction physics <3

Hell Let Loose is definitely worth the try if you're looking for a squad based WW2 shooter. Doesn't have the destructible environments of battlefield but it's super fun and requires a lot more tactical forethought than a lot of shooters I've played.
It definitely has a bigger learning curve than BF. The game really forces you to collaborate with your squad, move as a soldier would, and consider your routes through the map. Game has a great community though and I've found people are usually more than willing to show newbies the ropes.

Wait 1943 was real? I just remember that being the name we thought BF2 was going to be before they even announced there was going to be a sequel.
So that means my collection is missing 1 game...
- And this one was unfortunately digital only 😞

1943 was pretty good. Brings back good memories of all the Xbox live arcade stuff on the 360.
- The good ol’ days!

I went to toys r us to pick this up with my dad for my bday. clerk had no idea what I was talking about and was really bummed out about leaving empty-handed.
imagine my surprise when I got home on my ps to lookup when it released and seeing it was digital only and for just 20 bucks! fantastic game

I've never played any of the Battlefield games at all, tbh. I don't even know what they're about, really. Somebody convince me to try them!
But you know what game I do miss regularly? 1943. I just played the absolute hell out of 1943 as a kid, probably one of my most played NES games.
- Somebody convince me to try them!
  Don't bother, they've been garbage since 2008. Putting the same name on cash grab trash and riding the coattails of genuinely great originals. Stanard EA
- I’ve played every Battlefield since 1942. The series does a great job creating large-scale warfare while keeping it action-packed, avoiding the longer lulls found in other milsim games. There’s a degree of intensity to the combat that I don’t really feel in most other FPS titles.
  They’re regularly on sale on Steam for $1.99.
  Battlefield 4 is coming up on 12 years old and still has a fair amount of active servers. Might just be me getting old but I find the gameplay really holds up. Compared to Battlefield 3, the whole battle pass / premium currency aspect was really souring at the time, but it’s not all that bad now.
  For me, each release since then has been increasingly disappointing, though I still played them and had my fun. I was hyped for WWI combat in BF1, but they had to go and put fully automatic weapons with reflex sights in every soldier’s hands. Thought maybe we’d wind up with bolt action only hardcore servers, but that didn’t really pan out. Battlefield V brought things back to WW2 again, but it felt ruined yet again with an overabundance of attachments and letting everyone spawn with any other faction’s weapons. Completely immersion breaking.
  The best modern Battlefield game was BattleBit Remastered, which wasn’t even developed by EA/Dice and had very simple Roblox graphics - seems like things aren’t going so good anymore.
  If you like Star Wars, the Battlefront games are pretty amusing.
  A lot of the Battlefield games have a single player campaign that ranges from generic FPS to actually having some pretty cool mechanics sprinkled in.
  
  BF1 with standard issue rifles was great. One week had standard issue only, and it was a ton of fun, but a lot of people whined because it was "too hard" lol. (Getting shot generally killed you instantly).
  BF1 was also one of the only games where shotguns were as powerful as their IRL counterparts. Once again, people complained that they'd get dropped by a shotgun 3x-4x the range of a video game shotgun. People didn't realize that shotguns have an effective range greater than 2m IRL, lol. Unfortunately, all the standard weapons were nerfed, all the prototypes or three person guns were modified to be one person, and buffed. And unfortunately, that was the last game patch, so things were left horribly imbalanced in an otherwise amazing game. Still, WW1-era fighting and ship tactics still work.
- Oh wow, these are a throwback. I loved 1943 but I was so bad at it lmao.
- I played a lot of 1942 on the NES as a kid but never 1943.
  As for Battlefield I wouldn't bother anymore. The franchise peaked with BF3 and everything else since is just awful.
  
  That's just like you're opinion man. I've had heaps of fun with BF 3, 4, 5, & 2042. They've all still got online communities. 3/4/5 all have a good campaign and decent graphics for games that are usually on sale for a few bucks. 2042 is still getting event pass updates with skins, weapons and recently a new map.
  
  Honestly the difference between 1942 and 1943 on NES is enormous. 1942 was okay, but 1943 was so much better in every way, especially sound (the audio in 1942 is awful).
  If you enjoyed 1942, I recommend loading 1943 on an emulator for a spin.

Something about the crew was it? The stop killing games lawsuit
- Yeah, this was part of that. Companies should open source their server software for these games when they hit EOL, but they rarely do.

I missed it entirely!
Do miss the high points of the Battlefield series I played though.

I loved this game, I used to play it on my PS3. It was really the only game I felt comfortable using the flying mechanics in and it didn't seem super overpowered weapon wise to the point you just got stomped by people who were amazing at the game

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