No public beta for Battlefield 1943 News

BF3 should be the real remake of BF1942, with all maps, classes and weapons but running on a better engine.

I want a BFVietnam remake!

Can we have a story about every game that won't be having a public beta? It's terribly interesting, particularly when combined with the shock news that there's currently no new information on the release date or future content.

I wonder what's in the trial? How the hell do you trial a multiplayer only game with three maps?

Sounds like the remake of BF2:MC I was hoping Bad Company would turn out to be - arcadey, with pseudo-realism for some elements, with the emphasis on fun and teamwork, rather than uber-geeky, overly-complicated, ultra-realism.

Will try the trial to confirm, but suspect this will be my first XBL purchase in a while.

@mashk Prob. a one map playable with bots. Nothing else. Or maybe a multiplayer with time limit: you can play up to 5 minutes but if you wan't to continue you need to purchase the full game...

BF2:MC was bloody terrible - a disgrace to the BF2 name that it tried to represent I'm afraid. Bad company was a set in the right direction for console gaming, 1943 promises to be a step further

when is this out?..it was meant to be June,the last week of i think...but i heard it was now July,but can't find anything concrete


they are also making Battlefield:Bad Company 2 right?..or is that somehow Battlefield 3?(mc,bc..bc 2?)

Can't wait for the demo.

The original demo for BF1942 had just one map - Wake island. But that's all you needed to know that it was an amazing game.
Played that at work for months.

What I really want to know is if I should bother showing up, being a BF noob.

@ Raajaa

See, have to disagree with you on that. Bad Company is an awfully broken game - especially online - compared to BF2:MC. Modern Combat had server lists, parachutes, the ability to crouch, fun to drive vehicles, decent mix between arcade and realism with regards to controls and character handling, excellent variation on map settings and sizes and was just plain all round better.

If DICE remade BF2:MC with Bad Company's graphics and destructible scenery, that would be one of the best games ever.

Bad Company had an ok single player story, but it still felt like you were controlling a guy running through treacle. And the multiplayer is just plain annoying - used to get spawn camped in MC a helluva lot, but nothing compares to the shit-storm that the last few games of Bad Company have been for me and my friends, whereby you can't even do anything except spawn-die-spawn-die-spawn-die when you play against a team comprising of at least 50% clanners. It's now at the stage where one of us goes as a sniper and immediately runs off and hides, just so we have SOMEWHERE to bloody spawn in. Loads of fun for 40 quid...

BF2:MC was almost the perfect console FPS for me - it wasn't trying to replicate a PC twitch-fest, or inundate you with streams of geeky weapon loadouts; it was all about having pure fun and playing in a large (for consoles) team. Being one of a group of guys being dropped off by a chopper hovering feet above the Chinese Letter building on Bridge Too Far, all bundling out at the same time and taking up positions on each corner, only to have to jump off and parachute down seconds later because the enemy helo was starting to strafe us was always awesome. As was sniping the bastard pilot out when he thought he was invincible when he circle-strafed to avoid laser-designators. Sheer, unadulterated fun, whereas Bad Company just feels like a hard slog, almost a punishment I'm being forced to endure.

@mask

The trial is a 30min time limit.

You can leave and go back another day with your remaining time remembered.

fayl