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buggy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is optimized for nVidia cards.

Anti-aliasing and Antistropic filtering don't work correctly with ATI cards. I have an ATI Radeon 9800 pro, and the game, aside from the water effects, dosen't look all that much better than the Desert Combat mod for BF1942.

The net code is buggy, causing lag.

This product was rushed. I'd suggest waiting to buy it (if at all) until EA patches it a few times.

Graphics were a bit of a dissapointment overall. The character models, etc have more polygons, but the game doesn't look near as good as current titles like Far Cry.

DX9 optimizations in the game are pretty buggy as well.

Gameplay is similar to Desert Combat, in that you die very quickly due to the modern firepower (the M60 is way over powered). Those who enjoy the more balanced approach of BF1942 might be dissapointed in the sense that the game is really fast.

On single player it's actually more enjoyable than multiplayer as at least you can get a jet up in the air before some smacktard strafes you before you can get off the runway.

Helicopters are easier to control than in DC at least.

DICE and EA did not adaquetly beta test this game--this is an alpha CD they shipped. Some fundamental things do not work, like EAX support, which kills frame rates and introduces numerous audio glitches.

I understand that the developer is DICE Canada (now acquired by EA) not the original DICE team.

I don't know who to blame for the lack of working EAX and ATI support, but even if this game is fixed, it's really little better than a Mod as a number of PC game review sites have written.

EA/DICE has to go a long way to earn my trust again after this.

Good, if you can get over the weaknesses

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Battle Field Vietnam is a good game overall. There are plenty of vehicles and weapons, and even multiplayer skins (personally i liked being able to be black, since i am in real life).
Hits
-Battle Field Vietnam has tons of vehicles.
-There are plenty of weapons
-Up to 64 players
-You can play the radio in vehicles
Misses
-Not enough teamwork. You'll often be left behind by a transport helicopter being commandeered by one guy. Transport helicopters and a bomber/paratrooper plane all have up to 5 passengers, not including the pilot. Jeeps can carry 3 men, but there seldom used for anything other than 'fast-forward' devices getting you to where you want to go quicker.
-Helicopter physics is all wrong. In fact its so bad that my friend can hardly get off the ground. Luckily for him, a seasoned helicopter-gamer like me can pilot Battle Field Vietnam's helicopters with ease.
-The game itself is capture the flags. There are a bunch of camps that you have to capture. There are tickets that you start out with, usually 400. You lose tickets by dying and having only 1 camp.
-Computer bots are as dumb as rocks. Single-player is a great way to increase your skills, especially your piloting skills. However, the bots in singleplayer are idiotic. They can hardly pilot helicopters, and they don't land transport helicopters, they use a US Army Ranger tactic, they parachute from the helicopters. But the pilot ditches out of the helicopter, and if your not careful, you'll plummet to the ground inside the helicopter.
-People in BFV often spray at you with AKs. It gets really annoying to be shot by someone running straight at you from nowhere.
-Artillery isn't utilized. Artillery and mortars are too hard to use. Theres a way to aim them, by having someone call for artillery. U use the map, your arrow, and there sight to aim your fire. Overall, I've never seen it used well, and i've never used it well either.

Note: If you are reading this review, you'll need to download the 1.2 patch. EA games doesn't have all the patches at its website, only the newer ones (WW2 and 1.2). You'll have to download all of the patches, 1.01, 1.1, and 1.2, to play on servers. If you want all of the patches, go to www.3dgamers.com and search for Battle Field Vietnam. Go to downloads and download the FULL 1.2 patch. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET THIS PATCH, unless you want to play with the
'wonderful' bots in singleplayer.

Well, the game is good, if you're willing to ignore some of its problems. Personally, I can't wait to play BFV online with my friend for the first time on Friday. That'll be hot, seeing as how nobody else actually teams up with me on BFV. I'll be a rifleman/helicopter pilot and he'll be a machinegunner/co-pilot. Remember, no strategy is better than teamwork.

To all the negative opinions

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Give this game time. BF42 had its problems when it was released and its negative opinions from UI, to realism, graphics, compatibility, etc.

This game has been on the shelf for 1 day and people want to bash it.

Dice and EA will continue to fix/upgrade the problems. In time just like BF42 it will stand alone as one of the best games on the market. Not only that, look to the mod community to take this game engine and build off it. This engine is capable of more than the older BF42 game engine.

The new features and environments are worth the money. If you love BF42, DC, EoD, etc its worth the buy.

Good Morning Vietnam

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First of all you will see a lot of bad reviews for this game by people who have little to no coordination. The reason bad reviews are given is becauce they do not take enough time to understand the game. Secondly the Nvidia video cards, the Asus motherboards and the Atholon processors(yes AMD) beat hands down any Intell-Radeon-VIA combo. The fact of the matter is that no matter how many gigaherts you have you will not get the desired gameplay if your hardware is not compatable or is not designed for "The Gameplay Experience". I give Battle Field: Vietnam two thumbs way up for Era Authentisity and Graphic Content. If you want to test it for your self and are in the Rogue Vally area (OR) come to Cyber Center (http://www.cybercenterusa.com)

The best game in Vietnam war

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For those unfamiliar with the basics of the game, Battlefield Vietnam is a multiplayer-focused shooter that allows you to fight the battles of the Vietnam War against computer-controlled bots or up to 63 other players. In the conquest mode, which is the primary mode of play here just as in Battlefield 1942, players divide up into two teams, one for the US and its Vietnamese allies and the other for the North Vietnamese and its Vietcong allies. You're then dropped into a gigantic map and must battle for strategic control points. In addition to running around on foot with a variety of weapons, you can jump into an assortment of vehicles, including jeeps, tanks, helicopters, jets, and more. Often, multiple players can jump into the same vehicle; for example, one player can pilot the helicopter while two players handle the side-mounted machine guns and two others sit back and shoot out the side with their own weapons. It can make for a wildly exciting experience as the two teams slug it out in a tug-of-war struggle, and a team's fortunes can change in a heartbeat depending on the skill and coordination level between players.
MUST BUY game for action gamers Fans.

I also advise you to get thesse requirements before buying this game.
OS: Windows XP,Me,200, or 98.
CPU:933 MHz or Faster
RAM: 256MB or more.
Video:directX 9
input: Keyboard, Mouse.

AGP video Card with 64 MB or more memory and one of these chipsets is required:
NVIDIA GeForce 3 or highter;
ATI Radeon 8500 or greater.

with this requirements your game will fly.... enjoy!

Battlefield Vietnam

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This so far is my favorite PC Game. Everything seems to flow much faster than in 1942. Sniping is now a dream come true, helicopters make the battles at least ten times better, and the jets are just plain fun! I also enjoy the vietnam era weapons much more.

Map wise, you can do urban battles, maps with lots of water, or woods maps. I say woods maps because only one map and it's variation feel like jungle to me. The rest seem more like a forest setting, except the urban areas obviously.

If you enjoy FPS, play this game!

Multiplayer Fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The individual solo games are fun, but it is the multiplayer that makes this game. You can snipe opponents from the brush, lay down and they cannot see you. Booby trap vehicles, there is so much to do and the maps are so huge. Helicopters are difficult to control, but very effective. Ho Chi Minh trail has awesome graphice detail, as do most of the scenarios. The sound is really awesome with the anti war PA announcements flooding the area. Overall, lots of fun.

There is something wrong with this game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

P4 2.0
radeon 9700
512 MB of RAM
Road Runner Cable Modem
This game will not run on my system at anywhere near an acceptable frame rate, even turned down to 800X600. My system is not bleeding edge, but well above the minimum specs.
I tried the Far Cry Demo, which has just as much foliage, and it runs just fine.
I bought this on the strength of BF 1942 and am very disappointed. How sad.

Online

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It seems to me that most people who are reviewing this game have chosen only to play the single player aspect. trust me, the single player ain't that great. the friendly AI will often just sit there letting you handle the entire vietnameese army. but this is the only bad point that I can see in this game (unless it won't run on your computer, in which case, tough luck). the real bread and butter of this game is it's online mode. forget the rest, if you want intense action and close combat then there is nothing better than the online mode here. throw in the Heuys and Cobras and you have a great game. maybe not as great as they claimed it would be but better than most othere games I have played. this one at least holds my interest. so if you buy this game you really only use the single player mode for practice and once you get online the game becomes much funner.

Some people have no clue, even though they rated it right.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: March 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, but dont say it has "gripping single player" action. Single player is good for first timers to learn how to play because the AI bots are not that good, but still give you enough fun to keep playing it for the sake of learning.

Dont say it's taxing on your computer either. The only reason you get lag is because your computer is below average or your connection is laggy at that time. Any average computer can run this (mine is a 512mb ram, 160gb hd, 128 mb Nvidia video card, 2.6 mhz processor, your average computer). 2 gigs is nothing for todays games buddy, so learn some basics before you make groundless comments.

Obviously this game owns if it's BF1942's sequel. How could it not, you've got much better graphics than BF1942 (which were average, not great but just average), cooler weapons and vehicles (helicopters!!), lots of new strategy (shoot out vehicles as passenger, which you couldnt do in BF1942), more game types, etc...

If you like FPS online action then you owe it to yourself to get this, you wont be dissapointed.

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