Battlefield Vietnam

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This page is about the 2004 game. It is not to be confused with Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam

Battlefield Vietnam is the second game in the Battlefield series and being a sequel to Battlefield 1942, developed by the now defunct DICE Canada and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on March 15, 2004 for PC. The game recreates the Vietnam War in the 1960s up to the 1970s with recreations of historical battles such as: The Ho Chi Minh Trail, Battle of Hue City, Operation Hastings, The Battle of Khe Sanh and Fall of Saigon and others. The Game takes inspiration from popular Vietnam War movies notable examples being able to play Ride of the Valkyries on the radio, the tiger striped M79 Grenade Launcher from Apocalypse Now and the assault on the coastal village featured in Operation Irving and the famous Vietnam War song Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Gameplay

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Some in-game action of Battlefield Vietnam

The gameplay in Battlefield Vietnam is similar to it's predecessor Battlefield 1942 with new features and more variety of weapons by having similar classes but this time you can choose two Loadouts, Each kit has their own role to play in the battle. After the player have chosen a kit they go out and capture flags and points around the map and defeat the opposing team, the player has vehicles at there disposal from fighter jets to battle tanks that spawn at captured flags and points around the map, including vehicles spawned at flags controlled by the other team.

Features

Battlefield Vietnam had many new and improved features from Battlefield 1942. The game gives the player a variety of weapons based on the war and even booby traps. Vehicles has several new additions such as a radio with 1960s music or can replace the in-game radio with their own music by pasting .mp3 failes into a "My Music" folder inside the game's main folder and also an enhancement is the ability to fire from the passenger seats of the vehicles.

While the game gives the players to use the weapons based on the war, they can also use vehicles used in the war as well with such vehicles like the M48 Patton and the UH-1 Iroquois

Factions

Battlfield Vietnam consists of many different factions and faction weapon kits like its predecessor. However, unlike Battlefield 1942 which (for the most part) only had weapon kits differing aesthetically between factions, Battlefield Vietnam features weapon kits which vary in aesthetics and functionality between each faction.

System Requirements

Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP
933 MHz CPU or greater.
256 MB of RAM or more.
16X Speed CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
2.0 GB free hard drive space or more.
Video: DirectX 9 compatible video card.
Sound: DirectX 8.1 compatible.

Weapons

The Weapons in Battlefield Vietnam are weapons that were extensively used in the Vietnam War with most factions having a unique weapon (e.g Vietcong - AKMS, NVA - AK47, MACV/ARVN - CAR-15, U.S Army - M16A1)

Vehicles

Maps

Mods

Bfvietnamtank — Player faces an armored vehicle in Vietnam

Battlefield Vietnam is also known for it's mods including ones that were for it's predecessor Battlefield 1942.

On March 15, 2005, EA re-released the game as Battlefield Vietnam: Redux, which includes the 1.01, 1.02, 1.1, and 1.2 patches, new vehicles, maps, and an EA-produced World War II mod, based on the previous Battlefield 1942.

Problems and Bugs

The main problem associated with Battlefield Vietnam was the singleplayers AI inteligence. Most other bugs and issues were fixed with the first or other patches added to the game.

Soundtrack

Battlefield Vietnam Theme Tune

The track list for Battlefield Vietnam, included throughout the gameplay, is as follows:

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Edwin Starr - War
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Nowhere to Run
The Troggs - Wild Thing
Rare Earth - Get Ready
Canned Heat - On the Road Again
The Guess Who - Shakin' All Over
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
Deep Purple - Hush
The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
The Box Tops - The Letter
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
Budapest Symphony Orchestra - The Ride Of The Valkyries
The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird
Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" (Instrumental Remix)

Reception

Battlefield Vietnam generally received positive reviews and currently holds 84% on Metacritic and 83.50% on Gamerankings. Critics praised the graphical improvement, vast selection of maps, vehicles, and weapons, and online multiplayer. Though critics did criticize the single-player, for the enemy AI being very unintelligent.

Videos

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