Battlefield 1943 Review

It Battlefield: 1943 brings players back to World War II, this time to the Pacific theater. The action takes place on a series of four island maps. The game originally launched with three maps, with a fourth promised by EA once players achieved 43 million kills. The gaming community accomplished this in a mere five days, and The game features three playable character classes: the infantryman, the rifleman, and the sniper. While that may not seem like many, each class packs quite a punch and is actually a hybrid of some of the traditional Battlefield classes. The infantryman is a close-range combatant equipped with a machine gun, but also acts as the anti-tank unit with his vehicle-busting rocket launcher. The rifleman is a mid-range combatant equipped with a semi-automatic rifle and a deadly grenade launcher attachment. The sniper pulls double duty as sniper and demolitions expert, using a sniper rifle, pistol for close-range combat, and remotely detonated explosives. All classes also get a melee weapon. The infantryman

Battlefield: 1943, like most of the other games in the series, keeps the focus on fun and simplicity rather than realism. This means that whether you

The graphics in Battlefield: 1943 walk the line between cartoon action and realism, and what a beautiful line it is. Forget the muddy browns and olive greens that constitute the color palette of most WWII games. Battlefield: 1943 bursts with color, from the sandy yellow beaches to the lush green vegetation to the sparkling blue of the Pacific. The game

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