Battlefield Vietnam

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Battlefield Vietnam
Bf Vietnam.jpg
Studio DICE Canada
Publisher Electronic Arts
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 March 19, 2004
platform PC ( Windows )
Game engine Refractor 2
genre First person shooter , tactical shooter
Subject Vietnam War
Game mode Single player , multiplayer (Internet and LAN )
control Mouse , keyboard , joystick (optional, better control in vehicles)
system advantages
preconditions		 Windows 98/2000 / ME / XP, 933 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, graphics card with 64 MB RAM, 1.5 GB hard disk space
medium Three CD-ROMs
language German
Current version 1.21
Age rating
USK approved from 16
PEGI recommended for ages 16+

Battlefield Vietnam , or BFV for short, is the second game in the Battlefield series . It belongs to the ego and tactical shooter genre of. The game was not programmed by Dice Sweden like Battlefield 1942 , but by Dice Canada. The graphics engine of the predecessor has been heavily revised, the game principle ( multiplayer game for flag points in conquest mode and co-op mode ) has been retained.

Due to the discontinuation of GameSpy , the online servers were shut down on June 30, 2014.

Game description

The background puts the player either on the side of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), the Viet Cong , the South Vietnamese Army (SVA) or the US Army during the Vietnam War . The player fights with authentic weapons (e.g. M16 , AK-47 , M14 ), patrol boats , vehicles and aircraft such as the M48 Patton , the Ford M151 MUTT , the Soviet tank T-54 or the Bell UH-1 D historical battlefields such as Ia Drang Valley , the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the streets of Saigon . The cards differ from each other mainly in the difference between indoor fighting and fighting in the open. House fights take place, as in reality, especially in Huè. On the Khe Sanh Combat Base, on the other hand, the player is often involved in battles over long distances, which are sometimes ended with the help of helicopters or tanks.

As usual with Battlefield games, there are single-player and multi-player modes in the game, with the multiplayer mode in the foreground. Here two teams compete against each other and try to conquer as many command posts as possible. The side with fewer command posts will lose tickets. If a side no longer has tickets, it has lost. The single-player mode is structured in the same way. There is no campaign in this game.

The graphics have improved a lot compared to the previous games; the maps are also more extensive. The player can pick up weapons that have been dropped by other soldiers and continue to use them. The vehicles have radios that can play pieces of music from the 1960s and 1970s; this includes songs like Wild Thing by The Troggs or War by Edwin Starr , which are also known from various popular Vietnam films such as Apocalypse Now , Full Metal Jacket , Platoon , Forrest Gump or Good Morning, Vietnam . Authentic propaganda announcements are also made by Radio Hanoi with radio presenter Trinh Thi Ngo . As a counterpart to the communist propaganda channel , there is also a version of the American soldier channel AFNV , which is called "Stars & Bars" in the game based on the US military newspaper Stars & Stripes .

Since the patch of December 2, 2004, the game has been version number 1.21. Official extensions do not exist.

Modifications

Many mods were developed for Battlefield Vietnam , but many projects were abandoned and further developed for Battlefield 2 .

WWII

The official World War II Mod is included with the game and deals with the theme of the predecessor Battlefield 1942 . The weapons are also from World War II; in addition, flamethrowers can be used. The mod takes place in the Pacific and Japanese troops fight against US troops.

BFV Arsenal

The Mod BFV Arsenal brings a better gaming experience, more realism and historical accuracy to the game. This includes a lot of new cards .

Current version: 0.50.

Eve of Destruction

The Mod Eve of Destruction, EoD for short, takes place in the Vietnam and Indochina wars. It contains new weapons, vehicles and maps. The actually final version: 0.15 is currently being continued with version 0.16.

WWII Mod Extended

The Mod WWII Mod Extended is a complete conversion of the Battlefield 1942 maps to Battlefield Vietnam .

Final version: 0.9.

Soundtrack

The game's soundtrack can be heard in the vehicles (radio) and in the game menu. This mainly includes music from the 1960s and 1970s.

  1. The Kinks - All Day and all of the Night
  2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
  3. Rare Earth - Get Ready
  4. Deep Purple - Hush
  5. The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law
  6. Martha & the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
  7. Canned Heat - On the Road Again
  8. Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
  9. The Guess Who - Shakin 'All Over
  10. Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
  11. The Trashmen - Surfin Bird
  12. Box tops - The Letter
  13. Edwin Starr - Was
  14. The Troggs - Wild Thing
  15. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
  16. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
  17. Budapest Symphony Orchestra - The Ride of the Valkyries

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EA homepage: Update on EA Titles Hosted on GameSpy (English)
  2. ^ Battlefield Vietnam: Video and Song List , Gamezone, February 20, 2004; Accessed July 10, 2013