Building upon and vastly refining the ideas from Codename Eagle, Battlefield 1942 let players engage in infantry combat and get behind the wheel of a variety of vehicles from submarines to battleships and bombers. The game introduced the signature Battlefield rock-paper-scissors gameplay, as well as the exciting “Battlefield Moments” people refer to when talking about their unique and unscripted experiences within the multiplayer game.
ShooterActionHistoricalWarfareworld war ii - ww2vehicular combatdeathmilitaryrun and gunwaronlineclass-basedtankairplanevehicle combatexplosionPC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Digital Illusions CE
- Publisher
- Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts
- Released
- September 10, 2002
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
- Engine
- Refractor Engine
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 276 ratings.
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