What else is there to break the established BF1942 mould? The additional Objective play mode attempts to inject a little variety, but with mixed success. We have in fact only come across the jet pack three times during play once because we found it in someone's loft, once in an aircraft hangar and once when we shot a player out of the air and grabbed his equipment. It's a move which has probably saved the game from 'jet pack spam', and the limited fuel capacity prevents over-use and unfair advantages. Cripes, a jet pack! It made us chuckle the first time we saw it, and it's a good example of some of the more comedic moments inherent to Secret Weapons.Īt least DICE has been sensible about the jet pack, even if it does seem faintly ludicrous, tucking it away in some of the most unlikely places for lucky players to stumble across. Secret Weapons of World War II is all about the theatrics, see, like an assault trooper racing along a bridge and flying off and up, over your head, thanks to the jet pack strapped to his back.
Piloting the enormous Flying Wing, laying impressive carpets of death and having to barrel roll out of the way of an oncoming V-3 guided missile only serves to cement this impression. Amateur theatricsĪs we play on, it's an impression that sticks, as troops rain down from their spawn points inside a hulking C-47 Cargo Plane, and a Sherman tank comes rolling along, sending us flying with a stream of rockets from the T-34 Calliope turret. It's hard to describe, but as we pelt along a dirt road on our motorcycle with its sidecar and mounted machine gun, weaving out of the way of an oncoming Sturmtiger tank and then circling and dismounting to fire a rocket up its rear, we get this very palpable sense that the brutal, harsh reality of war is making way for something far more light-hearted. The same old BF1942 atmosphere is unmistakable here as we make our way down the snowy hillside, but the this soon gives way to something more cartoon-like. Like Tom, the first map we went for was the Eagle's Nest, which sees Axis troops defending Hitler's mountain-top retreat from advancing Allies. Seasoned with a hint of 40s sci-fi, Secret Weapons is an altogether more interesting expansion than its predecessor. Many of the pack's addition details are outlined in Tom's first impressions, but for the uninitiated it features a wealth of new Allied and Axis weapons and vehicles that saw battle only briefly or didn't even make it off of the drawing board. While Road to Rome was a mere six maps and the odd new vehicle, Secret Weapons easily captures the flag in the creativity stakes. So what are we getting this time? More than just more of the same, thankfully. Gamers took note and some promised not to be stung by EA and its expandoritis again, especially when Secret Weapons of World War II reared its head and EA released the Hellendorn multiplayer demo. Take Desert Combat, for example - a collection of beautifully crafted vehicles and models, a raised pace and a few already impressive maps that blew DICE's first official expansion out of the Roman bath.
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Since January, we've all seen the BF1942 mod scene rise up and grab our attention, and it's brought with it some outstanding content. After the argument surrounding The Road to Rome and whether or not it was a cash-in (it was), we're not surprised to find ourselves back here, stoking our beloved copies of Battlefield 1942 with more content from the creators themselves - asking the same damn question.
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