10-7-2009 Game News : Battlefield Heroes CB review
Genre:MMOFPS Status:Closed Beta
Dev: EADICE Pub:EA
Fee:Free Area:US
CB Date:02/11/2009 OB Date:Unknown Release:Q2/2009 Hot:1820
I love action games and if you're one of my regular readers or just a fellow action fan, you can imagine just how exited I was when I heard about Battlefield Heroes, a new MMOTPS (third-person shooter) published by EA games, you know, the same guys who made Spore, the Sims, Battle Forge and all those other massive titles. However, if, like me, you have played the game and live in one of those areas unfortunate enough to be plagued by high-ping, you will understand my bitter, bitter disappointment. Nevertheless, I will remain objective about this; after all, that's my job.
First off, Battlefield Heroes is not something everyone will get into. But, if you like the look of the new Team Fortress 2 and affiliated games, you will think you have died and gone to heaven. BFH looks, sounds and feels great. It has bright cell-shaded graphics (just like TF2 or the new prince of Persia games), thus taking a step back from the ultra-realistic FPS such as Call of Duty and adding a less serious, more cartoon based theme which gives the game or more casual, if not entertaining element. The music and sound is as you would expect and suits the game nicely, with some rather quirky voice-overs.
The game is run from the website. All you have to do is shoot on over, register and account, design your hero and click start game. The client will install itself onto your computer and once that is all over and done with, it's just a matter of clicking the play button; the game client launches and you're in. But, if we can just go back for a moment; when you come to design your character, you can choose between two opposing factions - the royalists and the nationalists.
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