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| Battlefield Vietnam | |
| Developer: | Digital Illusions CE |
| Publisher: | EA Games |
| Release date: | March 15, 2004 |
| Genre: | First-person shooter |
| Game modes: | Single player multiplayer |
| ESRB rating: | Teen (T) |
| Platform: | PC |
| Media: | CD (3) |
Battlefield Vietnam is a first-person shooter computer game and the next game in Electronic Arts Battlefield franchise after Battlefield 1942Battlefield 1942 is an expansive first-person shooter (FPS) set in World War II developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for the PC (2002) and Macintosh (2004). The game can be played single-player against bots, but most of the f. The game was developed by Digital Illusions and published by Electronic ArtsElectronic Arts is a leading video game developer and publisher. It was founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins. As such, it is the largest video game publisher in the world, with sales exceeding $2 billion ( US) annually. EA's success over the years was built up on March 15, 2004 in North America and days later in other parts of the world.
Obviously it takes place during the Vietnam WarThe Vietnam War was a war fought between 1957 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos See Secret War) and in bombing runs ( Rolling Thunder) over North Vietnam. See also the timeline of the Vietnam War. Fighting on rather than BF1942's World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough. It gives the character a variety of weapons, spanning the M16M16 is also the Eagle Nebula in astronomy. M16 is the US Military designation for the Armalite AR-15, an assault rifle which fires NATO standard 5. 56 mm ammunition. This has been the primary infantry weapon of the US Army since 1964. It is manufactured b to punji sticks that were used as booby-traps. It also has several new additions to it, such as air-lifting vehicles and playing the radio in any vehicle from a wide selection of the 1960s music. Another notable enhancement is the ability to fire from the passenger sides of vehicles this time around, rather than having to sit and watch. Also, helicopters hover by themselves (assuming there is a person in the pilot seat, and the helicopter is balanced) without requiring constant tapping of the keyboard, and the engineer class is sometimes equipped with a torch that allows for sabotage or eliminating a threat, such as a tank.
There are numerous modifications or mods to Battlefield Vietnam in development. Many Battlefield 1942 mods changed over to BFV as well as many new ones were announced. Many of the existing, released BF1942 mods may at some point create a BFV version as well. How many modifications will actually be released is unknown, especially with the anouncement of Battlefield 2.
The latest mod to be released for this game is Eve of Destruction, which uses better quality models for vehicles and weapons. The mod is still about the Vietnam War, and thus the gameplay is mostly the same. New maps include Hill 937 , an updated version of Operation Hastings that includes the new Mi-4 helicopter. There are several other maps that seem thrown-together and not as detailed. It is quite possibly the best mod produced for the game, although it has not caught on yet.