Why should I install 1942?

[Hawkers]

So it seems like alot of people still love this game so i ask the question..


Why should i install 1942?
What makes it better/different from other fps?

I've only played it in singleplayer as it normally doesn't work online...

Cheers

[Kodakk]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

Very fun, I'd say more so than BF2. I used to love flying in Coral Sea - huge online battle between two aircraft carriers. First to sink the other wins.

The graphics are outdated, but with mods (such as the ever popular Desert Combat) the entertainment is limitless.

*I'm assuming it's Desert Combat, I always get it mixed up with the BF2 remake!

[[GCA]Tim270]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

Yup, the ship/air battles were awesome, i wouldt say its going to be really great fun after playing bf2 but still, hook up some of the mods they are really good!

[iQue]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

BF1942 was the first game of it's kind and it's awesome fun. Just by playing the singleplayer demo you can see it's a great game (El Alamein ftw)

[AJED (G.Drew)]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

Forgotten Hope is still prety good for 1942, but FH2 is now out for BF2 so there may not be very many people still playing it

[steveloven]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

Bf1942 got me hooked into playing in clans and competeing at video games. It has huge maps and you can use virtually all the vechicals (tanks,planes,ships.......on and on) and structures on the maps. The game also has alot of great mods and thoses are just free expansions you can explore if you wish to explore them.

[SAMF2000]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

I Still play BF1942 even though its 6 years old. BF2 Might have better graphics but the gameplay of capturing flag is identical and core gameplay is still fun. Unlike BF2 You can run the game on high with framerates around 75-90 which can't be said for bf2.

[=98=]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

The huge variety of vehicles and size of maps makes 1942's mods excellent. There is endless fun to be had in the A-10 Warthog on the Desert Shield map :p

[imported_Nefarious]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

You haven't experienced real air combat until you've played Battle of Britain.

[steveloven]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

You haven't experienced real air combat until you've played Battle of Britain.

Very true. Flying in BF1942 is amazing.:thumbsup:

[jackal22]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

BoB was brilliant, there used to be a 24/7 server running it which I always used to flop in until I got the hit box aiming right.

Install it though because on mods like fh people actually communicate and you find there are quite a few random funny discussions going on during the game. Its a lot more chilled version of bf2/

[quentinlau]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

BoB was brilliant, there used to be a 24/7 server running it which I always used to flop in until I got the hit box aiming right.

Install it though because on mods like fh people actually communicate and you find there are quite a few random funny discussions going on during the game. Its a lot more chilled version of bf2/

I think the 24/7 BoB server is still up there. Though that was a few months ago when I lasted checked it.

Mods keep 1942 alive. Compared to the later BF series, 1942 is easier to mod, and is more viable to low-end computers.

Alex I remember the time when I did the spotting and you did the crazy bombing in Desert Shield. The moment you went minigunning the troops from a Blackhawk in Bocage was epic too.

[steveloven]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

I think the 24/7 BoB server is still up there. Though that was a few months ago when I lasted checked it.

=TAW= Battle of Britain 24/7
70.84.74.134:14568

That servers been around a long time and is still up and populated.:salute:

[xpnl]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

Most of the time only cool players
there is one russian server that is bad news

and Yes every now and then I hop in the TAW server
Its fun

[imported_Chael]

Re: Why should I install 1942?

1942 is awesome! Wing-walking is the sh¡t, so is soloing bombers on Brittan. And don't you forget about flog-walking!

I got into 1942 because I heard about the Interstate mod. I guess the mod was okay, but it wasn't much like Interstate '76/'82 (as intended). Eventually I ended up playing co-op with my dad on vanilla. From there we went to BF2 online. You can't have BF2 without 1942.