Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942 is the first game in the Battlefield series. The game is developed by the Swedish company Digital Illusions CE and published by EA for Microsoft Windows in 2002 and for Apple Macintosh in 2004. In 2004 DICE was purchased by EA. The game also has multiple expansion packs: 'The road to Rome', which featured the Italian Army and Free French Forces, and 'Secret weapons of WWII', which focuses on prototype, experimental, and rarely used weapons and vehicles (Such as jet packs). Battlefield 1942 is the first game that introduced Conquest mode. In Conquest mode you capture various strategic points throughout the map in order to decrease the enemy's reinforcement tickets. If the tickets of a team are decreased to zero that team has lost the game. The game's main focus is online play.

You're able to play on 16 maps in the original version. You can choose to play as either the Allied forces or the Axis forces. The Allies consists of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, Canada, and the Free French Forces, while the Axis consists of Germany, Japan, and Italy. All nations have five different infantry-classes: Scout, Assault, Medic, Anti-tank, and Engineer. Each class has its own strength and weakness. For example, the scout role has long-range surveillance, high stopping power and the ability to provide spotting for artillery shelling against an enemy position (unlike other games with a similar feature, other player characters must also supply the artillery fire). Assault is the standard class. You just wear a assault rifle, knife, pistol and some grenades. The Anti-Tank class is very effective against enemy vehicles, but useless against other infantry units. The Medic can heal himself and other players, but his rifle is less powerful than an assault rifle, but it is more accurate. The Engineer has the ability to repair damaged vehicles and stationary weapons. The Engineer also has explosives, which are effective against both infantry and vehicles, and land mines, which destroys an enemy vehicle in one hit.

You're also able to change the game's difficulty in multiple ways. You can change the enemy's difficulty or you can weaken your AI teammates. You can also put in more AI players or you can change your death penalty (so when you die your team will lose more than one ticket).

The graphics of this game are great for a game made in 2002, but when you play it now they will look a bit outdated. The level design is great too, and the levels are very big. When the distance is big between your camp and the enemy's camp, you just have to be sure to get some transport, because it'll be a long walk. Unfortunately there is no in-game music, so you'll have to entertain yourself when you die (sometimes you'll have to wait for 30 seconds before you respawn).

Still, this game is great. The online community is still alive and kicking. So if you want to play this game against other human players you can still do that! If you love the Battlefield series and you don't have the game that it all started with you have to be ashamed of yourself, because you must have this shooter.