Battlefield 1943 out!

[BigFoot]

^ Yeah, I'm the same way. In my case I know lag isn't the problem, the fact that I suck at aiming with the controller is.

And flying the planes was a PITA for me as well at first. But I stuck with it and got pretty decent at it. If you wanna improve you flying skills, just do it in the tutorial.

 

[gh4chiefs]

If you wanna improve you flying skills, just do it in the tutorial.

After NUMEROUS crashes in the tutorial, I finally gave up. Just something about the way my brain is wired and the way those controls work, I just couldn't get it together. For me, it was by far the hardest plane to fly I've ever tried in any video game.

 

[Emher]

I've not played any other BF game so I'm coming into this one completely fresh, and it's been 100% worth the 1200 points.

If you like this I'd say you should try Battlefiel: Bad Company as well. 1943 is sort of a lite WWII version of that.

 

[BigFoot]

If you wanna improve you flying skills, just do it in the tutorial.

After NUMEROUS crashes in the tutorial, I finally gave up. Just something about the way my brain is wired and the way those controls work, I just couldn't get it together. For me, it was by far the hardest plane to fly I've ever tried in any video game.

Yeah, it's definitely harder then in most games. What really helped me though, was inverting the vertical axis controls.

 

[gh4chiefs]

I did that. I still couldn't get the hang of it.

Edit to add: I did, however, have a small degree of success in shooting down the airplanes with the anti-aircraft guns.

 

[Trubinator]

The game looks amusing, but I'm skeptical. Even the PC BF games were kind of mindless in some regards, and I'm not hot on the idea of a port that essentially removes skill from the equation. I love XBOX 360 games, but the auto-aim feature REALLY sucks...

 

[Jim Steele]

It doesn't have auto aim as far as I'm aware, and it certainly doesn't "remove skill from the equation".

 

[Trubinator]

Most console games use auto-aim by default even if you don't realize it. The controller simply doesn't allow for aiming as precise as the mouse, so the game will approximate your hits if they score within the reticle. Halo 3 does this, should you need an example.

And by skill, yes they did dumb it down ... and even admitted to it. They gave players unlimited ammo, combined several of the specialty classes and added in health regen.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Most console games use auto-aim by default even if you don't realize it. The controller simply doesn't allow for aiming as precise as the mouse, so the game will approximate your hits if they score within the reticle. Halo 3 does this, should you need an example.

And by skill, yes they did dumb it down ... and even admitted to it. They gave players unlimited ammo, combined several of the specialty classes and added in health regen.

Well good God, I'm glad I'm not playing the "not dumbed down" version then or I'd NEVER get a kill.

 

[Jim Steele]

Pfft, I don't care either way. I'm having a shitload of fun playing it.

 

[BigFoot]

If you guys want some info on your stats or how many kills to go till Coral Sea is released check out this site.

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[unimatrix7]

Most console games use auto-aim by default even if you don't realize it.

Which we wouldn't, being dumb console gamers and all.

 

[Jim Steele]

 

[gh4chiefs]

Well make fun of console gamers all you want, but all I know is that unlike my PC, when I put a game in my Xbox 360 I know it's going to wor . . well uh . . . Oh never mind.

 

[Jim Steele]

I'm quite happy to be a dirty console gaming peasant, 'cos now that I'm a couch gamer the money I used to spend on biennial hardware upgrades gets spent on, y'know, games.

Everyone's different, I know, but that's how it's worked out for me. YMMV.

 

[gh4chiefs]

I'm with you on that. My biggest thing I was tired of bringing home games and hoping and praying they'd run on my PC. Don't have that issue with my consoles. I absolutely HATE keyboard controlls too.

 

[BigFoot]

Well I just had two pretty good games where I both times got more then 250 points. I even managed 8 or 9 kills in the second one.

 

[Mistral]

The game looks amusing, but I'm skeptical. Even the PC BF games were kind of mindless in some regards, and I'm not hot on the idea of a port that essentially removes skill from the equation. I love XBOX 360 games, but the auto-aim feature REALLY sucks...

Sucks so bad I take it off on COD:WaW. Which, btw, takes some real skill(in hardcore mode) to hit someone cleanly.

 

[Jim Steele]

The 360 community has just over 2.5 million kills to go, which means the new map has a good chance of being unlocked by midnight tonight by my reckoning. PSN has logged just over 21 million, so they have a way to go yet but it won't be too long.

I'm certain it'll be a massive anticlimax, but I applaud the idea regardless.

 

[gh4chiefs]

Didn't someone say the new map is all airplanes? If so that leaves me out.