The games real strong point visually resides with the vehicles and explosions. The ground geometry at times seems a bit off, but you must remember the maps were taken fromīF1942. the Iwo Jima map in particular is stunning in the sunset saturating everything in an orange tint and glow. The array of trees provide little shade in the bright light. The palette for the world is exceptionally bright for a FPS, the sun seems to bake the sand of the beaches and singe the rocks. All of the menus look like they were ripped off a US Army “Needs You” poster, your in game achievements are represented as US Stamps, and the over all color is rich and vibrant. BF1943 will not earn my game of the year award for visuals, however you cannot deny its style. I originally played Battlefield 1942 on a subpar HP Pavilion with a mediocre Geforce 4 PCI vga with 64mbs of SDRAM and AOL as my DIALUP carrier, which for its time was a excellent looking game even with those limitations. Presentation: DICE has really done this game justice with the Frostbite Engine. Your either there to dominate or liberate, although flags seem to be the key to victory as with any epic war. Story: Well….its World War II, its 1943, and your defending and or concurring islands in the Pacific Theater.
Keep in mind this is my first actual review so yea it might be a bit rough in spots, so bare with me.
I’m going to also try to keep the reviews simple, I really shouldn’t go into a description of everything you are going to do, and or large chunks of the game as I feel you should play the game and find the good parts out for yourself. The categories are as follows: Story, Presentation, Gameplay, Special, and Conclusion. Seeing as this is my first text review for the site im going to breakup the review into four sections, we can tweak the format later to see what works best for future reviews. I thought long and hard about what game I was going to review first, Killzone 2 was the game that came to mind first, but I figured id stick with something not everyone has played yet, and something Ive been playing allot of.