Some quick notes on BF1943

Well bf1943 was 96% done when I got it so I didnt have to wait long for it to finish. However the servers for the game are currently so overloaded most people cant get on at all. EA are bringing more servers online but its going to take a while to sort the problem out. After about 20 tries I luckily got into a server. The game seems to be built on an enhanced version of the  Dice’s frosbite engine because you can pretty much take out whole buildings now unlike bad company. There are 3 classes of which I have played all, Rifleman sniper and anti tank. All have their purpose although it seems a bit of a sniper frenzy out there right now. The vehicles are cool with the tank able to demolish most things in its path and the planes being reponsive and easy to control. The maps are pretty much exact remakes of their 1942 counterparts with a few terrain and object adjustments, and look really nice in the new engine.

All in all I am enjoying playing it and it seems good value for the 1200 microsoft points it cost.

Decide the Contents of the Next Bad Company Map Pack

There is currently a vote taking place on the Bad Company website that will allow you to help choose the contents of the next map pack. This map pack will contain four of the 6 singleplayer maps converted for conquest mode. The community get to vote on two and DICE will choose the other two. The map pack will thankfully be free which is a suprise considerin EA are not usually the ones to pass up on milking gamers  for money. At the moment Par for the course is leading in votes, for those of you who cannot remember thats the golf course level. With Acta Non Verba looking to be the second community selected map.

click here to vote!

Classic Flag Capturing Coming to Bad Company Thursday

Anyone who has the game will probably know that Dice have been working on a free conquest mode update to the game. This adds the flag capturing conquest mode from the previous battlefield titles. It should freshen the game up somewhat and hopefully introduce some new tactics because of the difference in objective. The new mode is out this thursday according to Xbox Live insider, which is a nice suprise fo those who forgot about it.