BATTLEFIELD 1942 ROAD TO ROME FULL

For multiplayer fans there are endless hours of battling ahead, for singleplayers considerably less (though certainly more than the seven or so hours required to complete the Medal Of Honor add-on). considering it has only been a few months since the release of the original game, the developers have managed to pack quite a lot into it in a very short space of time.

BATTLEFIELD 1942 ROAD TO ROME FULL

The Full MonteДЄlthough Road To Rome falls someway short of being the perfect add-on. On our 'desirable' system the game occasionally slowed down with 63 bots running around and in multiplayer games you can forget it unless you have a broadband connection. Though it's frequently the case that more is better, it comes at a price. One major enhancement to both the single and multiplayer game is the increased 64-player limit on games. Nonetheless, the single-player game is by no means the pointless exercise it once was. Tactically the troops only understand one strategy rush to the front line and shoot the enemy. Compared to the bots of Unreal Tournament 2003, we're still way below standard there's still very little camaraderie between you and your Al goons and the singleplayer game still feels more like a team deathmatch than a proper team experience, with no control over your allies. The computer-controlled players neither drive like they are blindfolded nor shoot with the accuracy of a Washington sniper.

Easy TiberДЄlthough it's still the case that BF1942 remains more dedicated to the multi rather than the single-player, the developers have improved the Al quite considerably. It's clear a lot more thought has gone into the maps and units this time around. Engineers, the whipping boy player class of the original game, are now an important part of the action, laying mines across important roads and backing up armour as they advance, repairing as they go. Consequently, most of the new maps favour the infantry, with slow measured advances and desperate counter-attacks. Leave the roads and progress can be slow, jeeps and APCs can be wrecked in seconds, while tanks can often become trapped. Because of the rugged landscape, heavy armour is practically forced along roads frequently bordered by high ground and lethal cannon fire. Olive trees overlook deep ravines while treacherous roads link deserted mountain villages. While generally smaller than those of the full game and as a collection nowhere near as varied, they are nevertheless packed with detail.

Just to make things even more difficult for those keen to jump into a new tank, many of the new maps include fixed anti-tank guns, which apart from being a great tool for defence, mean that those who miss the chance to climb aboard a tank will at least have a big gun to run to for backup -which should hopefully reduce the number of team-killers that blight the odd online game.Д«est of all the new additions are the maps themselves. The new vehicles are great fun, especially since secondary positions like machine-gunners are more protected than they were on the old tanks and main weapons are harder to bnng to bear.

Of the new vehicles, both sides have been reinforced with a twinengine fighter bomber, there are a couple of new light tanks, a US half-track with a heavy antitank gun and a German tankdestroyer. A new Italian weapon for the Assault class and a British weapon for the French Medic is about the sum of the changes on the Infantry side of things, although engineers of all nationalities. Though the French and Italian soldiers look and sound the part, the five troop kits remain identical (scout, engineer etc), so there isn't anything fundamentally new added to the gameplay by having them join the party. Rightly or wrongly, instead of addressing the weaknesses in the game (the poor single-player game being about the most obvious), Digital Extremes has instead decided to build on the game's strengths, expanding what was already one of the most vaned WWII gaming experiences still further, adding Italian and French troops, setting them and their allies across six new maps throughout Italy and Sicily, throwing in a couple of new weapons and nine new or remodelled vehicles. For the solo gamer, Battlefield 1942 was an experience that veered between mild annoyance and utter frustration, but for those with a capable machine and broadband connection it offered a multiplayer experience unlike any other, with dozens of players flying, sailing, driving and shooting their way across some of the most expansive locales in FPS history.

Battlefield 1942 road to rome