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Battlefield 1943
Release date
Xbox Live Arcade
July 8, 2009
PlayStation Network
July 9, 2009
Microsoft Windows
Cancelled
Xbox One(Backward compatibility)
May 25, 2018
July 8, 2009
PlayStation Network
July 9, 2009
Microsoft Windows
Cancelled
Xbox One(Backward compatibility)
May 25, 2018
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Battlefield 1943 (also known as BF1943) is the eighth installment in the Battlefield Series and was developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. On August 31, 2010, it was announced that Battlefield 1943 would be bundled with the Ultimate Edition of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
On February 3, 2011, it was announced that the development of the PC version along with the Onslaught for Bad Company 2 on the same platform was cancelled to concentrate all work on the release of Battlefield 3.[1]
Xbox announced Battlefield 1943 can be play on Xbox One via Backward compatibility feature on May 25, 2018.[2]
Overview
Battlefield 1943 is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Gameplay
Battlefield 1943 is a class-based first-person shooter. The game features three classes:
Players can also drive or pilot four vehicles: a jeep, a landing craft, a tank, and an airplane, all of which are faction specific. The game features two gametypes, Conquest and Air Superiority. A new feature called the bombing run allows the player to directly control three medium bomber airplanes (American: B-25 Mitchell, and Japanese: G4M Mitsubishi) that can be guided to an enemy area to conduct Carpet Bombing.
Battlefield 1943 utilizes the 1.5 version of the Frostbite Engine, improving upon destructible environments and allowing entire buildings to be destroyed.
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Maps
Battlefield 1943 features four classic maps from Battlefield 1942, one of which, Coral Sea, was later unlocked after the community reached a collective count of 43,000,000 kills. As such, it is not considered to be the 'sequel' to Battlefield 1942, but more of a 'revisioning' of it.[3]
All maps allow a maximum of 24 players to engage one another, playing as either the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) or the United States Marine Corps (USMC).
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Weapons
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Battlefield 1943 does not feature any unlocks, so all weapons are faction defaults. All weapon of equivalent role for each faction are statistically identical.
All guns have infinite backup ammunition. Explosives and gadgets regenerate ammunition when they are depleted.
Battlefield 1943 uses the Frostbite Engine as well, so explosives are capable of destruction and ground deformation.
Rifle mounted bayonets have a better reach than wrenches or short swords.
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Soundtrack
The Battlefield 1943 theme is the only music track in-game and is the same as the famed theme to Battlefield 1942 with only some minor differences as it is an updated and orchestrated version. Jeeps can play the theme on one of the radio stations during rounds.
Achievements and Trophies
- Main article: Battlefield 1943 Achievements and Trophies
Reception
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Battlefield 1943 has garnered positive reviews from industry critics.
- On Metacritic, the game has metascores of 84[4] for PlayStation 3 and 83[5] for Xbox 360.
- On GameRankings, the game has a scores of 85.76%[6] for PlayStation 3 and 84.90%[7] for Xbox 360.
- GameSpot gave the game an 8 out of 10,[8] saying that 'The balanced classes, diverse vehicles, and dynamic maps provide the kind of variety and replayability that is the hallmark of the most engaging online shooters, making Battlefield 1943 well worth the $14.99 asking price.'
- IGN gave the game an 8.5 out of 10,[9] saying that 'You won't find anything new in terms of gameplay, but the seven-year old Battlefield formula remains a lot of fun today. This is a streamlined game that does one thing and does it well: online multiplayer battles.'
- GameVortex gave the game a 9.3 out of 10,[10] saying that 'The guys at DICE have taken what could have been a full priced retail game and offered it as a digital download. I think it paid off big for them because now that it sits on my XMB every time I turn on my PS3, I have to fight the urge to jump right back in. Battlefield 1943 follows in the footsteps of Warhawk and any fan of shooters on the PS3 needs to own this game.'
PS3 Owners vs. EA Lawsuit
At Sony's E3 2011 press conference, EA announced that for all PlayStation 3 players, each new copy of Battlefield 3 would come with a free code of Battlefield 1943. This resulted in many to buy/pre-order the game, greatly boosting the game's overall sales. It was later revealed that EA and DICE had decided to retract their offer, stating that many of those who had pre-ordered Battlefield 3 already owned Battlefield 1943 and had been playing it for years. To compensate for this, EA and Sony announced that all PSN users would get a week early access to Back to Karkand.
In spite of this, several PlayStation 3 owners filed a class action lawsuit against EA. Edelson McGuire, head of the group, alleged that EA ”misled and profited from thousands of their customers by making a promise that they could not keep'. EA has since apologized for this and later issued codes for PS3 users to download Battlefield 1943 for a limited time in response to the lawsuit, and also kept the one-week early access deal for not only Back to Karkand but all future expansions for the game as well.
Trivia
- The game is downloaded as the demo version first with an additional pass that allows it to be played as a full game.
- On each map (excluding Coral Sea) a sandcastle can be found with a Swedish flag at the top. This is a reference to the game's developer, DICE, who are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
- The reload animations for both factions' weapons are exactly the same, except for their submachine guns.
- The Electronic Arts logo in the game's startup intro is presented as a stamp, with 'Nov 16 1943 Iwo Jima' written around it.
- Players will be notified with a pop-up when a flag is captured.
- The game will judge where the battle seems to be concentrated and a yellow mark will be placed upon a flag where the fight is near to attract players.
Videos
Battlefield 1943
Battlefield™ 1943 Wake Island Trailer
Battlefield 1943 Guadalcanal Trailer
Battlefield 1943 Iwo Jima Trailer
Battlefield 1943 Coral Sea Challenge
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Battlefield 1943 | |
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Developer(s) | EA DICE |
Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
Designer(s) | Sebastian Armonioso |
Series | Battlefield |
Engine | Frostbite 1.5[1][2][3] |
Platform(s) | Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
Release | Xbox Live Arcade PlayStation Network
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Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Battlefield 1943 is an online multiplayer World War IIfirst-person shooter video game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 through digital distribution. It takes place in the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II. A Microsoft Windows version was planned but later cancelled.
Setting[edit]
Battlefield 1943 casts players as either being Marines with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) or the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) with up to 24 players on three maps: Wake Island, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima. After all players collectively reached 43 million kills, players received access to an additional Coral Sea map.[5]
Gameplay[edit]
An example of the Scout class fighting in Wake Island. Note the destructible environment.
Like Battlefield: Bad Company, 1943 features the Frostbite Engine for its environmental damage.[6][7] The game only features the series' signature Conquest mode[6] and a new gametype called Air Superiority which was unlocked when the online gaming community reached a combined total of 43 million kills in Conquest. Similar to Battlefield Heroes, 1943 features only three classes: Infantryman, armed with an SMG and anti-tank rocket; Rifleman, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and rifle grenade; and Scout, armed with a scoped rifle, pistol, and dynamite. Each class has an unlimited supply of ammunition. Explosive ordnance, however, does take time to replenish. The game also features a regenerating health system.
There are four types of vehicles in the game; fighter, tank, car and landing craft. Each team's main base has two one-man fighter aircraft, with A6M2 Zeros for the Imperial Navy and F4U Corsairs for the United States Marine Corps. On every map there is also an airfield for either team to capture where a third plane can be used to a team's advantage. Each airplane has four machine guns and can also drop bombs. Tanks can accommodate two players, a driver who can use a tank cannon and a coaxial machine gun, and a passenger who can use a mounted machine gun. Cars can accommodate up to three players: a driver, a gunner in the back who operates a machine gun, and a passenger who can fire their own weapon. Landing craft (boats) are used to deliver troops from the carriers to the beaches. Players can also use air raid bunkers to attack with three bomber aircraft to clear an area of a map. To operate these, the player must enter a bunker with a large spinning dish on top. Planes can be shot down by fighter pilots and anti-aircraft guns, reducing the amount of bombs that the air raid can deliver, or destroying it entirely.
Development, marketing and release[edit]
According to the game's development team, accessibility and value were the main reasons the game went digital as opposed to an ordinary retail launch.[8]
At the time of the Xbox Live Arcade version's release, issues with server joining and statistic recording functionality were reported. DICE's Gordon Van Dyke and EA responded to the situation, noting that the player volume was much higher than expected and server capacity was exceeded.[9] To remedy the issues, EA and DICE added more servers.[10][11] Van Dyke also noted that there were problems with players having trouble using their EA accounts.[12] Despite launch problems, DICE reported that after the first day of release players had accumulated 29.45 years worth of game time and over 5 million kills.[13] In 2011, DICE announced that development of the PC version of the game was cancelled, in order to focus on Battlefield 3.[14]
At Sony's conference at E3 2011, Sony announced that a copy of Battlefield 1943 would be included on every disc of Battlefield 3 for the PlayStation 3, but upon release it was not included. EA stated through Battlefield's Twitter account by telling a customer that 'In lieu of [Battlefield 1943] being available on [disc] for [PlayStation 3] customers, EA has made all [Battlefield 3] expansions available early to [PlayStation 3] customers.'[15] Ultimately, EA decided to honor the pre-order announcement.[16]
Reception[edit]
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The game received 'favorable' reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[34][35] In addition to having the best sales on the first day it was released, Battlefield 1943 went on to become the fastest selling download-only game after the first week.[36]Battlefield 1943 Free music downloads for iphone 5s. was the top selling Xbox Live Arcade game of 2009, as reported by Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb. https://high-powermajor.weebly.com/driver-pl2303-download.html. It sold over 268,000 units in 2010.[37]
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