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The Battlefield Vietnam World War II Mod is an official mod created for Battlefield Vietnam by DICE and packaged in the rerelease of the game as Battlefield Vietnam: Redux. It includes a number of maps from the Pacific Theater maps of Battlefield 1942, as well as ported weapons, factions, kits, vehicles, and several new items such as the flamethrower kit.
Development[]
Work began on the World War II Mod in April 2004, a month after the release of Battlefield Vietnam, when EA approached DICE Canada with the idea to showcase Vietnam's engine by remastering Battlefield 1942 maps. The Pacific maps were chosen as they showed off the improvements in visual quality and level design potential of Vietnam's rendering engine and overgrowth systems.
Features[]
The content of the World War II Mod is mostly ported from Battlefield 1942, but there are also some aspects inherited from base Battlefield Vietnam, and some completely original content.
Maps[]
Three maps of the Pacific theatre of Battlefield 1942 are remade, all with singleplayer/co-op support:
- Invasion of the Philippines did not have singleplayer support in Battlefield 1942, but support was added here.
- Iwo Jima
- Wake Island
Factions[]
As all maps are from the Pacific theater, only the U.S. Marines and the Japanese Imperial Army are featured, without any specified units as was the case with base Battlefield Vietnam.
Kits[]
The kits of Battlefield 1942 are arranged to fit into the kits designations of Battlefield Vietnam, and as such, the kits are symmetrical between the factions:
Assault[]
- The first loadout is similar to the Assault class of Battlefield 1942, equipped with an assault rifle and grenades, but with the addition of binoculars, making it also similar to the first Assault loadout of Battlefield Vietnam.
- The second loadout is equipped with a semi-automatic rifle, grenades and binoculars. To compensate for its inability to continuously fire, it is given two additional grenades.
Engineer[]
- The first loadout is identical to the Engineer class of Battlefield 1942, with a semi-automatic rifle, TNT, Landmines and a wrench.
- The second loadout is identical to the Medic class of Battlefield 1942, with a submachine gun, grenades and medkit. It is known as
Medicinternally.
Heavy Assault[]
- The first loadout is identical to the Anti-Tank class of Battlefield 1942, with an anti-tank weapon and grenades.
- The second loadout is given a semi-automatic rifle, and the mortar from base Battlefield Vietnam has been introduced here too.
Both these loadouts are internally known as AntiTank.
Scout[]
Both loadouts are identical to the Scout class of Battlefield 1942, with a scoped bolt-action rifle, grenades and binoculars.
Flamethrower[]
The Flamethrower kit can be picked up from certain locations on all maps, and it is equipped with a flamethrower, grenades and binoculars.
Weapons[]
Weapons are ported from Battlefield 1942 with new animations, with some weapons taking new models.
It is worth noting that the Axis Medic (second Engineer loadout) uses a Mp 40 instead of the Mp 18 from Battlefield 1942.
Vehicles[]
Vehicles are ported directly from Battlefield 1942.
It is worth noting that a number of transport vehicles — namely the LCVP, Daihatsu, Willy, Black Medal and raft — now allow the passenger seats to use their handheld weapons.
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- News on the WWII Mod, archived from the original