Eurogamer has had a chance to go a few rounds with Battlefield: Heroes, the upcoming free title from DICE and the rest of the Battlefield crew. The team certainly talked up the visuals quite a bit, but how does the game play?
Personally speaking, Battlefield: Heroes is a blast to play. Once it's fully released to the public you'll begin to hear a lot more praise for the title.
Don't let the happy campers and holiday-resort maps fool you into thinking this game is about anything other than killing, though. Although the pace has been slowed, and the pin-sharp, headshot-critical precision of previous Battlefields deliberately smudged to make it more accessible, Battlefield Heroes is still a take-no-prisoners respawn riot.The preview article isn't all sunshine and lollipops though. Eurogamer had a few issues with the fact that some features aren't actually implemented yet, and some other features aren't exactly clear yet.
Both maps are based on the Conquest game type, with the National (Nazi) and Royal (Allied) Armies vying to keep their flags flying over four bases, and erode the other side's score first. Seaside Skirmish is very vehicle-biased; it's dominated by the game's chunky tanks, although jeeps offer fast transit around its rolling fields, and fighter planes strafe from the sky (pretty ineptly - few players have mastered their wildly exaggerated banking and rolling yet, but everyone's having fun trying).
Personally speaking, Battlefield: Heroes is a blast to play. Once it's fully released to the public you'll begin to hear a lot more praise for the title.