Category: games

After playing much Battlefield 1942, Havoc informed me of a mod that Dice is putting together for Battlefield Vietnam.
The mod is a World War II mod which reworks many of the BF1942 maps, but with the new BF:Vietnam engine. In the screenshots provided, the foliage has been vastly increased to allow players more cover in gunfights. Also nice to know, the addition of a flame thrower for WWII mod players.
update: Dice has released the v.1.1 patch for BF:Vietnam. This patch does not include the WWII mod.

Also of note, DirectX 9.0c is now available.

The BöMB Squad has an official game server for Battlefield 1942. This server holds 24 people with 2 reserved slots and is also run by the Black Bag Ops server control package. Another thing to note is that the server is located in Texas on the ev1.net backbone and runs only the best BF1942 maps.
The hostname game.neodux.com should allow you to find it.
It also shows up on the master server list as Neodux.com - [BöMB] Squad Server.

Update: Havoc has setup the server to run BF1942 only right now. Come join us if you got some time!

Friday night I downloaded my first mod for Call of Duty called Merciless Blood Mod. It's a great change in gameplay from the original game. No weapons have changed or map changes, but it does change how the player reacts from incoming fire, gunshot wounds, and the mod adds gore and death sequences. When shot, the player becomes disoriented and things seem to move in slow motion. The gun may be shot from someone's grip, leaving them helpless in a gunfight. Puddles of blood also stay where a player is killed. Pain sounds are now added, so you can hear when a player is shot.
Good times!

To download the mod, you must login to their site in the bottom right, here is an account I setup for distribution.
Username: download
Password: download

Battlefield : Vietnam, the followup to Battlefield 1942, is now on all store shelves across the country.
I have yet to pick up my own copy, but will do so ASAP. From the trailer teasers that EA and Dice have been releasing for the past few months, the game looks amazing and all reviews say that it beats 1942 hands-down.

More to come...
Anyone with a login and post/edit level access is free to post their thoughts here...

GrendelT says: Just got my copy. Those with GeForce cards, update your driver. I do like it. Alot. It's grown on me over the past 2 gaming sessions. It is a bit different than BF1942. Not as open-field battle like we're used to. It has a different feel too it. But the game makes everything feel dirty/rugid.
how about a comic?

NTHavoc says : This game pwns. It handles just like BF:1942 with minor adjustments and overall it's a fun game.

Mackieman sez: This game does indeed own. I played on a mini-LAN last night, and lo, caps were busted.

I got Call of Duty for Christmas this year from my dad. It's a very fun game. It has more of a realism feel than arcade, but it's still very fun to play. It's not like Rainbow Six or any realism sim.

It covers various campaigns from World War II. You play as the Allied Forces: United States, Britain, and Russia. With each mission being a little different from the one before. I beat the game in a matter of days, but that was playing the game for hours on end.

The single-player gameplay is excellent. (i haven't played straight through a single-player storyline since Half-Life!) It has some very tough parts, certain points in the game you think it's impossible to beat. It's quite addicting in the middle of the game, and at the end it's a feverish pitch to keep pushing forward.
The multiplayer online play is just as feverish. The gameplay is constant, and if you're looking for more man-to-man gun battles than Battlefield 1942, Call of Duty might be your game. I was very impressed with the graphics, and the way I got so caught up in it. Definately worth a look.

Download the demo from the official Call of Duty website or any file-hosting site.