Battlefield Vietnam Preview

These three maps gave us an excellent idea of some of the visual delicacies we'll be able to behold in Battlefield Vietnam. One of the most essential changes to the maps and areas are seen in the rich foliage of Vietnam and, of course, in the obvious effort the developers invested into the new soldier models as well as vehicle models.

This one's Russian-made.

I'ma keel you motherfuckers! RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!!!!

Apparently, the whole thing runs smoothly with the old engine code, while the developers also used parts of the same network code. Let us hope the game doesn't inherit technical issues exhibited during crowded online matches in previous BF games. Naturally, the game won't be tested properly until it goes online... Well anyway, DICE still has plenty of time to put things in order before the game's launch.

Don't know about you lot, but our entire staff is eager about this one and I can safely say we all have faith in DICE and their design skills. Last time around, the team at Digital Illusions proved their talents by creating a game with an open-ended gameplay and tons of features that assured countless hours of unmatched multiplayer gaming. Even at its early stage there's no doubt that Battlefield Vietnam will do justice to its highly regarded predecessor. We turn our eyes to early 2004 (or March 2004 to be exact) when EA promised to launch the game. Keep your fingers crossed... and your eyes peeled for more info as we get it.