Battlefield 1943 (Xbox 360)

Battlefield 1943 is, in my opinion, the best arcade (1200 MS points, or £9.99) fps avaliable on the Xbox360. I would go as far as saying its better than some full price retail games.

* Graphics

The graphics are based on the same engine as Battlefield: Bad Company, (Frostbite) so its quite beautiful. This also means that almost everything ingame is destructible, entire villages can be reduced to rubble, which is always ...
...on the tried and tested Battlefield design. This involves you accumulating points for kills, flag captures, destruction of enemy vehicles and bonus points for things like headshots. The three maps in the game pit the USMC against the IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) who fight over 5 flags on each map, essentially the team who can control the most flags throughout the game wins.

There has been another gametype added recently called "Air ... more

Battlefield 1943 is, in my opinion, the best arcade (1200 MS points, or £9.99) fps avaliable on the Xbox360. I would go as far as saying its better than some full price retail games.

* Graphics

The graphics are based on the same engine as Battlefield: Bad Company, (Frostbite) so its quite beautiful. This also means that almost everything ingame is destructible, entire villages can be reduced to rubble, which is always fun to do.

The scenery is nice and the explosions are something that have to be witnessed for yourself. One memorable thing is the plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from tank and building remains after they have been flattened by the overhead planes. Its quite impressive to look down upon something like that, not too long however as you would be an easy sniper target.

* Sound

The sound from the weapons are average however and are fairly ordinary, but the explosions are crisp and fearful. Also the effects from nearby explosions causing your soldier to lose hearing momentarily is quite impressive, it all adds to the general experience.

* Gameplay

The gameplay is based on the tried and tested Battlefield design. This involves you accumulating points for kills, flag captures, destruction of enemy vehicles and bonus points for things like headshots. The three maps in the game pit the USMC against the IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy) who fight over 5 flags on each map, essentially the team who can control the most flags throughout the game wins.

There has been another gametype added recently called "Air Superiority", however, since it involves only flying the planes avaliable in the game I personally don't rate it very highly since the planes are fairly hard to control.

In summary if you own an Xbox360 then this is a very good purchase. You're life doesn't depend on this game but its still very good for the price. I just feel that the only thing that is missing is a European Campaign rather than just the Far East one, since most of my favorite maps from Battlefield 1942 (PC) were in Europe. 

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