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Game Information
- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Expansion for Battlefield 1942 lets you control the most bizarre and lethal top--secret weapons of World War II
- Wield the Wasserfall Guided Rocket, the Natter Rocket Plane, and the revolutionary Rocket Pack
- Drop from a cargo plane behind enemy lines with one--shot kill knives, new machine guns, and more
- Eight new campaigns, including combat missions at a V2 research facility and Hitler's hideaway, the Eagle's Nest
- Unique Battlefield experiences, ranging from nightfall in Prague to a winter battle in Norway
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Product Description
Product Description
Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII, the second expansion pack to the action war game Battlefield 1942, significantly enhances the gaming experience by bringing the most bizarre and deadly weapons from the German and Allied laboratories to the battlefield. From top secret cutting-edge weapons to secret forces and secret places, a new level of drama and excitement is added to the Battlefield experience.
Secret Weapons lets gamers control and use new weapons and new vehicles in eight fresh WWII combat battlefields including Telemark, Peenemüende (V2 research facility), Essen and The Eagle's Nest (Hitler's mountain retreat). All new battlefields offer unique settings, from nightfall during the summer in Prague to a winter battle in Norway.
Secret Weapons brings the total of playable vehicles in the game to 46. In addition to the 30 vehicles in the original game (including jeeps, fighter planes, tanks and aircraft carriers) players can operate 16 new vehicles including a Horten HO 229 fighter plane that is equipped with a 30 mm machine gun. Other vehicles include a US Sherman tank with a T-34 Calliope (rocket launcher), US Super Heavy Tank, Sturmtiger, Goblin jetfighter, C-47 cargo plane, Armstrong Whitworth AW-52, the German Wasserfall guided anti-air missile and the German Natter rocket plane.
In addition to innovative weapons and vehicles, the game also improves on gameplay by adding an "objective based" mode. In this new mode, players are charged with a specific objective to win the battle.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I get the feeling this add-on might split the Bf1942 community - the purists might find this to be a little too fantastical for their liking...
The new vehicles are good fun and the new maps are on a grand scale, which is probably to accomodate the rather fun jets that can cover great distances in no time at all. The rocket Sherman is superb fun, although some of the bigger tanks are just too slow.
These new vehicles and weapons mean you have to change your tactics somewhat, which means you might struggle a bit when you first log on (well i did, maybe im just rubbish!)
I havent tried the fabled rocket pack yet, but I've been nailed a few times by someone with it - looks great fun!!!
Does it justify the price, especially with the like of DC and GC available for free?? Well I think its excellent fun, but won't appeal to everyone!!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I must point out like other reviewers have done - this is an expansion CD and hence needs the original Battlefield 1942 to play it.
Secret Weapons adds several new maps and new units to B1942 arena. While the add-on enables you to make more choices with these extra units that before, the fact that some of the equipment was never actually used in WW2 kind of makes the whole game less 'realistic'.
However B1942 was never really a game of true military strategy. It's about jumping online (for those lucky enough to have a broadband connection) and going face to face with a team of other first-person shooting gamers and trying to beat the other side. What makes not just the Secret Weapons add-on, but the whole B1942 family as a whole worthwhile, is the fact that no one character class is better than the rest. You need to adapt and change to the tactics residing on the battlefield before you. Keep getting sniped at? Chnage to a sniper and go like for like. Are you on a map when the enemy has several tanks? Then maybe switch to the anti-tank or engineer class to stop them dead in their tracks (quite literally). Secret Weapons adds yet more combinations and thought patterns to this process...
Those seasoned B1942 players out there will find nothing really remarkable about the Secret Weapons add-on. If you bought and liked the previous Road to Rome expansion CD, then the Secret Weapons purchase will be a worthy addition to your collection. If not, I would stay clear.
One final hurdle that the developers have got with the B1942 series is the astounding fan-based add-on packs that are available free off the internet. By sheer quirk of timing, my copy of Secret Weapons arrived from Amazon on the same day that I downloaded the latest version of the popular Desert Combat mod (0.4J) from www.desertcombat.com. I installed the Secret Weapons CD, which nicely updates the core game components to the latest standard of v1.45 and played that for approx 45 minutes. I then installed the Desert Combat mod and tried that. Two hours later, I was still playing Desert Combat.
And that's the problem. Free, well crafted alternatives are out there and Desert Combat certainly has the edge. I do not regret buying Secret Weapons because, as a whole, it's a worthwhile update on the classic Battlefield 1942 game. However, I think only true fans of the add on packs need to really purchase it.
Finally, what have the developers done to the bots (or computer-controlled players for new comers)? As a seasoned player against the CPU controlled opposition, I've noticed on two of the Secret Weapons maps for the German bots to have a considerable advantage over the Allies side. I don't think enough play-testing was done against the bots on this expansion.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I didnt spend long playing this modification of the great game Battlefield 1942, and personally, i found it a waste of money.. There are a few new maps and weapons, some of which would be rated 'ok', but it seems to have too many gimics, Things which would never, or rarely be used, however used as a selling point. If you are looking for a real expansion, i'd recommend downloading something such as desert combat. Too much exposure to this expansion can lower your faith in BF1942, so unless extremilly bored and in need for a change, i'd advise against this mod.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Secret Weapons Of WWII
Thank you very much. It is a very good game. I thought I very well in choosing it. It's better than Road To Rome-thats for sure.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Published on 11 May 2009 by Mr. G. P. Foster-Hall
For completists only.
I have to admit to gradually becoming smitten with BF1942. It was by no means love at first sight, I still hate the single player game but the online experience really is second to... Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2003 by J. Buckle
A Must for the player who has not much time
I used to play a lot of games but now with work and family seldom have time to play, however this is a game you can pick up and play without having to go through manuals and a... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2003 by Duncan P Cook
The New Arsenal!
NOTE:
This requires the ORIGINAL BATTLEFIELD 1942 to play this addon
This requires the ORIGINAL BATTLEFIELD 1942 to play this addon
This a stunning game, the multiplayer demo has come out, and it is superb! Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2003 by Fita Izak
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