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Battlefield 1942 In 2023 - Does It Hold Up?

Battlefield 1942 is where the franchise began, and today we're taking a look at what made it so special
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  • @NovaAge
    @NovaAge Жыл бұрын

    Never thought a game would hold up so well 81 years later.

  • @AnarchistGrandpa

    @AnarchistGrandpa

    Жыл бұрын

    This guy..

  • @kevintimmer2219

    @kevintimmer2219

    Жыл бұрын

    same, tbh Age of empires wasnt so good after its release 10000BC

  • @BlingIsSpring

    @BlingIsSpring

    Жыл бұрын

    This guy coming in here with the dad jokes, we gotta exterminate you for this one brother 😂😂😂🤣

  • @AryanSMH

    @AryanSMH

    11 ай бұрын

    xd@@kevintimmer2219

  • @lilhunt111

    @lilhunt111

    10 ай бұрын

    Lmfao i was like what??

  • @Silushun
    @Silushun Жыл бұрын

    The soundtrack the game the feeling was just all so amazing

  • @ahmvweers

    @ahmvweers

    10 ай бұрын

    I got chills down my spine as a kid and now still

  • @FredBeust
    @FredBeust9 ай бұрын

    I was 31 yo in 2002. Everybody plays CS..and sudenly BF came out . This game blown my mind.

  • @GregMc_wx
    @GregMc_wx11 ай бұрын

    This is one of my all-time favorite games. The buzz around this game leading up to it's release in 2002 with immense. We couldn't believe the reports that you could basically get into any vehicle in open multi-player maps. Wake Island had a beta release, and after playing it for a few hours, my friends and I were hooked. We all bought the game when it came out and played it continuously for over 10 years. We found other pc gamers in the area and would host LAN parties at a buddy's office. We set our computers up on tables and gamed the night away. At one point I made the top 100 on the GameSpy server. There were several awesome mods that came out, including Forgotten Hope and Desert Combat. This game truly was ahead of it's time.

  • @t58beare

    @t58beare

    9 ай бұрын

    Desert Combat was my favorite, the Interstate 82 mod was pretty cool as well.

  • @ZombolicBand
    @ZombolicBand Жыл бұрын

    Best bf ever. I guess i am biased though, since im old ...really old.

  • @hth54

    @hth54

    Жыл бұрын

    Really really old

  • @narcleptik

    @narcleptik

    10 ай бұрын

    That's a fair opinion man

  • @sluggo1515

    @sluggo1515

    8 ай бұрын

    Me too. This was /is my favorite game ever. I'm 52. Been playing games since Atari pong.

  • @mjmal3741
    @mjmal3741 Жыл бұрын

    I played so much of this game when I was a kid, it really was excellent fun. I don't remember the ai being so silly haha, but it does track

  • @Khalrua
    @Khalrua11 ай бұрын

    I transferred from catholic school to public school at the start of 7th grade in 2002. I met this guy and he had this game in his pc, apart from like flash games and doom, I never really played pc games before that, it was all like Dreamcast and Nintendo. He even showed me the pirate mod for this game. It was such an eye opening experience

  • @igi2539
    @igi253911 ай бұрын

    MmmmmmmM the nostalgia, i played this back in 2006 such an awesome game, todays games cant even compare to this masterpiece

  • @cesarxcastanheira
    @cesarxcastanheira7 ай бұрын

    If only BF1 had bots... It probably would be the best game EVER!

  • @fu6817
    @fu68174 ай бұрын

    4:21 The map size is the main thing that made the game so good. If you want to walk from base to base, that's your fault. Getting ditched at some dead location used to be a feature. People drove around and picked up people, super fun. Kids don't understand.

  • @raptorprimal1077
    @raptorprimal10775 ай бұрын

    Man this game deserves a COMPLETE (I mean ALL the same maps and content plus dlc) remaster. Not just as a few maps on 2042 portal. Kinda sad it never got a remaster

  • @anthonypeyton5373
    @anthonypeyton53734 ай бұрын

    If it wasn’t for my dad i would’ve never known this game i even had the expansion packs like road to Rome and secret weapons

  • @michaelroos7944
    @michaelroos79448 ай бұрын

    I grew up playing this. Brings up good memories

  • @fabulousfab282
    @fabulousfab2828 ай бұрын

    I've played this game for 24 hours straight without sleeping! The good old days were when EA GAMES servers were online, there were no administrators, and anything was allowed. We had some great laughs and epic gaming sessions.

  • @derp8575

    @derp8575

    8 ай бұрын

    No diversity and inclusion

  • @chadkingoffuckmountain970

    @chadkingoffuckmountain970

    22 күн бұрын

    ​@@derp8575 Yeah yeah, you hate black people, whatever.

  • @drew7026
    @drew702610 ай бұрын

    This game was my first fps. I played it for hours as a kid and I still play it a little whenever the wifi is down. The intro and soundtrack still hypes me up to this day.

  • @DRienecker
    @DRienecker10 ай бұрын

    I loved this game. I modded for myself and other communities. Figuring out what could be a Server Side mod and what had to be a Client Side mod made modding really fun - the fact certain files could be edited and other people could play on the server without having them was so much fun.

  • @LyrinxProductions
    @LyrinxProductions Жыл бұрын

    that first map was basically only used as tank battles on multiplayer, also Wake island was good, could actually control the ships and submarines

  • @alface935

    @alface935

    Жыл бұрын

    You... WHAT?

  • @LyrinxProductions

    @LyrinxProductions

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alface935 yep, could control battleships, aircraft carrier and submarines as well as aircraft (as seen) back in the day it was really good, it even had a really good modding community

  • @alface935

    @alface935

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LyrinxProductions Yoooooooo

  • @Hiznogood

    @Hiznogood

    6 ай бұрын

    @@alface935 Not the submarines, because there where not any in BF1942.

  • @alface935

    @alface935

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Hiznogood :(

  • @liammc433
    @liammc43310 ай бұрын

    Remember wanting this so badly and getting it Christmas day 2002, It completely blew me away as I was used to playing games like counter strike and medal of honor

  • @arquitensproduction8001
    @arquitensproduction80018 ай бұрын

    Man this brings up memories. Last time I played was 2014 in Forgotten Hope mod server (Pixel Fighter) with a bunch of older dudes who actually played this game in their college days back in 2002 lol. It was great fun until gamespy server shut down. The community managed to run servers but it didn't feel the same anymore since then.

  • @MikeJ_Aguilar

    @MikeJ_Aguilar

    4 ай бұрын

    I forgot about that they ruined the game

  • @nickysimi9866
    @nickysimi98668 ай бұрын

    I was 3 in 2002, but i was lucky enough to play it in 2005 at an internet cafe. Loved it ever since

  • @justSomeChap
    @justSomeChap11 ай бұрын

    I still playing this game to this day but with the desert combat mod. All vehicles are so much fun to use, specially helicopters (when you master how to fly them). Btw, when using planes drive them with the arrow keys, thats the way to go!

  • @michaelroos7944

    @michaelroos7944

    8 ай бұрын

    Hi hi, where can I get the game and the mod?

  • @lucror314

    @lucror314

    6 ай бұрын

    Also wondering where I can buy this

  • @BrianMarcus-nz7cs

    @BrianMarcus-nz7cs

    4 күн бұрын

    ​@@michaelroos7944gamefront

  • @nathu100
    @nathu100Ай бұрын

    been playing this in my teen years, it was so good at the time. all the different vehicles (tanks, jeep, planes, small boat, BIG boat, submarines....) the multiplayer i met many people, the mods were AWESOME desert combat for modern warfare, eve of destruction for vietnam style combat (paint it black blasting through the radio at the spawn!) interstate 82 for races and fun weaponized cars with born to be alive blasting in the disco :D (can't beleive the community is still alive on this one doing events here and there. their website still alive and discord too). I will forever cherish those moments 🥰

  • @PierreRoussin
    @PierreRoussin6 ай бұрын

    I played this game back then, it was amazing.

  • @Dethmeister
    @Dethmeister Жыл бұрын

    BF1942 was awesome. The sea battles with the ships, aircraft carriers and planes, shore bombardment and landing craft were glorious. There was a big multiplayer battle game before it though. Starsiege: Tribes came out 5 years prior in 1998. Then Tribes 2 in 2001. Those were comparable to something like Planetside (2003) but with skiing!

  • @AnarchistGrandpa

    @AnarchistGrandpa

    Жыл бұрын

    TRIBES. Thanks dude, I been trying to remember the name of that one for the longest now. Back in highschool I managed to upload a copy of that to the schools shared drive along with halo 1, unreal tournament etc... Good freaking times.

  • @Dethmeister

    @Dethmeister

    Жыл бұрын

    I forgot about WWII Online from 2001. That was WWII mmo. That was too ambitious for it's time though and BF1942 was later able to strike a better balance between scale and playability.

  • @TechWhiz969
    @TechWhiz9698 ай бұрын

    Man I was primary school when I played it and I loved it so hard. So nice to see it again haha

  • @cdgncgn
    @cdgncgn8 ай бұрын

    AI was bad because you did not put enough CPU into AI, there is a lever for it, you also should put at least 1:1 bots on each side.

  • @bingbong586
    @bingbong5865 ай бұрын

    This game was my early teens. It had awesome mods like a starwars mod (what inspired battlefront), interstate 82, desert combat, and a pirate mod.

  • @batmanearth138
    @batmanearth1386 күн бұрын

    This was one of the first "modern" video games I ever played, spending hours on a demo for one of the expansions at 13. After growing up playing games like Pac-Man and galaga this was mind blowing

  • @TheRealDill93
    @TheRealDill93 Жыл бұрын

    Damn I’m getting old. I used to love this game so much. The forgotten hope mod was awesome.

  • @moss816

    @moss816

    11 ай бұрын

    get back into it lol

  • @TheRealDill93

    @TheRealDill93

    11 ай бұрын

    @@moss816 still active?

  • @moss816

    @moss816

    11 ай бұрын

    semi, it's decreased from a few thousand active, to a few hundred. Most activity is on the weekends.@@TheRealDill93

  • @alvaruspe7723

    @alvaruspe7723

    4 ай бұрын

    @@TheRealDill93 yes, still active. The mod is Forgotten Hope Secret Weapons (FHSW), there are 2 servers, one in Japan another in Europe. The japanese server gets full on evening weekends (asian time), and the european one also (half server, on european evenings). I play sometime on these servers, got some videos on my channel too.

  • @auscambaiting
    @auscambaiting3 ай бұрын

    All I want is the music back when they make a new one ICONIC

  • @Buzz1776
    @Buzz17763 ай бұрын

    I was 10 when this came out, so much time spent on this, total war rome and DOOM 1-3

  • @NotCondorTheBird
    @NotCondorTheBird4 ай бұрын

    Game that got me into "games". Holds a very special place in my heart

  • @gaetantreib4163
    @gaetantreib4163 Жыл бұрын

    The frickin memories.

  • @jamesu9508
    @jamesu95084 ай бұрын

    I had a clan to do battles against other players in various games. This was the most fun! Will never forget playing my whole Friday evening to Sunday night glued to it lol. Blowing people away with tanks was the most fun hahah

  • @eyeLikeCarrots

    @eyeLikeCarrots

    4 ай бұрын

    Agree. Our LAN party group played the demo for 12 hours solid.... Wake Island was awesome and the Desert Combat expansion was brilliant.

  • @digitalworms
    @digitalworms10 ай бұрын

    I loved battlefield 1942 only gripe I can remember is feeling the maps were a tad bit to small but awesome!

  • @rodrigomazzola
    @rodrigomazzola18 күн бұрын

    Just downloaded again this game. Played since the wake island demo. Man, i love this game. Wayyyy ahead of its time. The father of all mods. Remember desert combat?

  • @MightyFineMan
    @MightyFineMan Жыл бұрын

    WASD and Arrow keys to fly. Use mouse to aim more precisely when already behind an enemy fighter aircraft when in dogfight. I played this likely for 1000s of hours back in the 2000s. It had a strong player base for years.

  • @reasonedplaguegaming5443
    @reasonedplaguegaming54438 ай бұрын

    I’m pretty sure this was the first PC game I played that wasn’t a flash game. An old Dell laptop using the track pad. Good times

  • @jeffs9530
    @jeffs95309 ай бұрын

    I clocked many hours playing Battlefield 1942. You should have shown the bomber dropping bombs and how devastating it was.

  • @ckmoore101
    @ckmoore101Күн бұрын

    This with the Desert Combat mod I think is in my top 3 games ever

  • @bussinbuckets6969
    @bussinbuckets6969 Жыл бұрын

    I fuckin love this game, great classic! Still own them on CD lol

  • @aerohk
    @aerohk6 ай бұрын

    way ahead of its time, indeed.

  • @thearts5163
    @thearts516310 ай бұрын

    This was the first PC game I got to play as a kid back in 05. So nostalgic. Even playing single player was fun.

  • @campbell0162
    @campbell01622 ай бұрын

    I remember playing this game on my dad's old pc back in like 2008 or 2009. I must've been like 7 or 8 then lol

  • @T.R.75
    @T.R.758 ай бұрын

    lol the memories you brought back. game was great. wish theyd remake it. best Battlefield ever.

  • @yavin99
    @yavin992 ай бұрын

    When this game came out there was no bots and it was hard to log in the big servers with max people then they modded it to Desert Combat and was based off the first Iraq war and it was so amazing.

  • @crimson6397
    @crimson63977 ай бұрын

    Ehhhhh the bloom from that lighting mod is a little too much. Also, there is a way to get widescreen working. Although I forgot how to do it. It's on the PC Gaming wiki. I play in widescreen myself.

  • @okjeffy6581
    @okjeffy6581Ай бұрын

    I use to play this game a lot when I was 8 years old on my computer and dad would be yelling at me to stop playing that game.

  • @TheDrewsbu
    @TheDrewsbu15 күн бұрын

    Ha, my 2 other brothers and I would play this map on LAN and each of us would get a tank and camp inside the enemy hanger, which repaired the tanks. 3 tanks camping in the enemy base. Good times back then

  • @mikaelbiilmann6826
    @mikaelbiilmann68269 ай бұрын

    I played it non-stop back in 2002-2008-ish. Still play to this day. It's so much fun flying and shooting down other planes. My record is 28 in Batlle of Britain. Btw, that was a Stuka that was shot down and you're British. And it is a 1911 pistol and not a Glock. 😁

  • @kevinkibble8342
    @kevinkibble8342 Жыл бұрын

    It will never not hold up. The word 'timeless' is overused but I think Battlefield 1942 is a game that epitomises that word. I've recently started playing again for the first time in years and it's as great as ever. The Forgotten Hope Secret Weapons mod is particularly amazing, it gives you a realistic WWII gaming experience like no other.

  • @moss816

    @moss816

    11 ай бұрын

    legend

  • @alvaruspe7723

    @alvaruspe7723

    4 ай бұрын

    yes, i can agree that!

  • @EuropaTelesBTR
    @EuropaTelesBTR6 ай бұрын

    22 years later...

  • @thedevilsadvocate3710
    @thedevilsadvocate37107 ай бұрын

    4 life!

  • @The_Comedian556
    @The_Comedian5562 ай бұрын

    How are people stil playing thos game? I tried installing it and it crashed my pc because its so out of date

  • @camogsxr1745
    @camogsxr17459 ай бұрын

    This was ground breaking when I first played it lol I'm 43 now and I laugh when kids complain bout games these days 🤣

  • @Trentcast
    @Trentcast8 ай бұрын

    Holy shit watching this intro for the first time in like 15-20 years gave me full body goosebumps. Fuck I’m cultured 💪🏼

  • @t2av159
    @t2av1597 күн бұрын

    bought this game when it first came out

  • @gregtodd6988
    @gregtodd698811 ай бұрын

    2 years old 🤣🤣🤣 I'm from '96 but god damn that cracked me up!

  • @hth54
    @hth54 Жыл бұрын

    For me BF1 was such a great game and ofcourse I’m still wishing for a BF3 remake

  • @Battlefieldforever
    @Battlefieldforever4 ай бұрын

    what the hack was that !! awesome

  • @mattyoz0
    @mattyoz0 Жыл бұрын

    It had no bots in it when it launched.

  • @kellydavis3108
    @kellydavis3108Ай бұрын

    I played this for hours and hours!

  • @erinburke9711
    @erinburke971111 ай бұрын

    Not sure why you didn't join one of the still-active multiplayer servers.

  • @AnarchistGrandpa
    @AnarchistGrandpa Жыл бұрын

    Ayooo 1942?? Definitely one of my top 10 periods of worldwide turmoil and brutality 👌

  • @moss816

    @moss816

    11 ай бұрын

    still has multiplayer

  • @carljohnson3434
    @carljohnson34348 ай бұрын

    It was the start of something great, and they have squandered the name of Battlefield. I've loved the BF series from Bf1942, Road to Rome, Secret weapons of WWII to Vietnam. From Vietnam to Battlefield 2, Armored Fury, Euro Force, Special Forces and Finally, 2142... Then came the beginning of the end for Battlefield with Bad company and Bad company 2... Which gave birth to BF3.... There was a glint of light in the darkness with BF4 the peak of the series... then the end-times began.... Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield 1.... Battlefield V..... and now with the death of Battlefield... Battlefield 2042, The clone of Call of Duty.

  • @GiovanniForelli
    @GiovanniForelli2 ай бұрын

    I need link of download

  • @balex55lp
    @balex55lp16 күн бұрын

    2002 when my parents bought me this for my Birthday, still the best BF game in my Biased opinion😁

  • @mrenzyme9715
    @mrenzyme9715 Жыл бұрын

    In all honestly the spiritual successor and sister game Battlefront ( 2004 and 5 ) is the bees knees; although’42 is timeless; Battlefront really perfected that formula

  • @Dayumdactyl
    @Dayumdactyl10 ай бұрын

    WAS IT REMOVED BECAUSE I CANT FIND IT ON STEAM :(

  • @Demy1970
    @Demy1970 Жыл бұрын

    It was a great game

  • @Journeyman107
    @Journeyman1077 ай бұрын

    The planes were meant to be flown with a joystick, FYI

  • @majorlee9714
    @majorlee97143 ай бұрын

    BF1942 was The game changer!

  • @alface935
    @alface935 Жыл бұрын

    Battlefield 1942: *Walks Miles just to find a single soul because of how huge the maps are* Call Of Duty 1: *Can't stop for One second to breath because of how small the maps are* Choose your poison lol

  • @evanambeault5463
    @evanambeault54634 ай бұрын

    I played the crap out of this game when I was a kid. Like countless hours with my buddy’s in elementary school

  • @alface935
    @alface935 Жыл бұрын

    4:54 Jerry ;-;

  • @mahdifrag1
    @mahdifrag111 ай бұрын

    take me backkkkkk bro plz mannnnnnnn i am crying rn i can't believe bf fell off this bad

  • @fu6817
    @fu68174 ай бұрын

    The planes flew fine, it's just you and maybe your settings.

  • @youandiryan
    @youandiryan8 ай бұрын

    i am downloading this game as we speak! i miss it! i own it. I am also downloading BF3 for nostalgic sakes

  • @Hindenburg-kf7ri
    @Hindenburg-kf7ri9 ай бұрын

    look the mod Forgotten hope.. and you can modify the game file that you can with 255 bots :D or more

  • @lancehrycko4408
    @lancehrycko44082 ай бұрын

    Remaster please

  • @yuhno808
    @yuhno80810 ай бұрын

    Try Codename Eagle, the predecessor of BF1942

  • @brianhunter9407
    @brianhunter940722 күн бұрын

    Still holding strong

  • @arkosilaura
    @arkosilaura6 ай бұрын

    I tried to play battlefield 1942 and battlefront 2 ( the old one ) recently and they are way too dated for me at this point. They'll just remain as good memories. Had lots of fun with them when i was a child. Darned pesky new games spoiled me and now i can't go back, hehe.

  • @CzeryGamer
    @CzeryGamer2 ай бұрын

    Remaster it !

  • @W3rdUnit07
    @W3rdUnit075 ай бұрын

    Desert is basically empty, so not be suprised. 🙂

  • @frenchmanntube
    @frenchmanntube7 ай бұрын

    I was 33 when BF1942 came out. It was the dogs bollocks.. Quake3 was another big hit at the time. It's what GOOD gaming was all about. Fast forward to today and I'm sad to say I have no idea why I upgraded my PC to a modern (ish) spec R9 5900x 32GB RTX3080ti. All that cash shelled out and I can barely find a game worth playing... because 99% of what comes out these days is dog shit in comparison. Even the stuff that's half decent is WOKE. Being an X programmer, it's very frustrating... writing good games isn't that hard FFS!

  • @user-tk1jj1cp9x4
    @user-tk1jj1cp9x45 ай бұрын

    I was 18 years old when this came out and played way too much of it for someone who probably should have been studying for exams. Clunky as shit in many ways, but we had not seen this kind of multi-vehicle big map 64 player thing before then.

  • @HamozEditz
    @HamozEditz4 ай бұрын

    I used to play this game when i was 7yo Very great times I wish i can download it again

  • @BigBrotherTheWatcher1984
    @BigBrotherTheWatcher19843 ай бұрын

    The worst part about this game was that tanks blew up even if a jeep crashed into them.

  • @Typhon888
    @Typhon88820 күн бұрын

    I can tell you never played it because you still have it in the 4.3 aspect.

  • @OldSchoolJoysticks-Channel
    @OldSchoolJoysticks-Channel3 ай бұрын

    Wow, this video really captures the intense action and excitement of Battlefield 1942! It's amazing to see these iconic battles brought to life. If you're a fan of epic multiplayer battles and immersive gameplay, you won't want to miss out on what my channel has to offer too. Feel free to check it out for more thrilling gaming content and join the adventure! Keep up the great work, and see you on the battlefield! 🚀🎮

  • @louisvacher7239
    @louisvacher72392 ай бұрын

    I played it when I was 9 you missed out 😂

  • @MasterOfDarkness42069
    @MasterOfDarkness420695 ай бұрын

    Lmao yeah the bots are dumb as hell the devs didn't even try. Online play is really the main course.

  • @TheTurpin1234
    @TheTurpin123411 ай бұрын

    I've been looking for a nostalgia video, why does everyone pick the most boring map??????????????

  • @Dead4Ever
    @Dead4Ever17 күн бұрын

    In my head it was much more beautiful than that. Damn.

  • @adamsme1314
    @adamsme13147 ай бұрын

    gaming as in a game can be pertained by holding breath i made ea' ()" sign the paper you can go to church...... Now!

  • @buinghiathuan4595
    @buinghiathuan4595 Жыл бұрын

    Can it still run on pc 😂

  • @t58beare

    @t58beare

    9 ай бұрын

    I played this back in the day on Windows XP with barely any spec back in the day without issues, I was expecting to have some issues running it on Windows 10 but it runs flawlessly in my testing.

  • @cadjebushey6524
    @cadjebushey65249 ай бұрын

    Thanks to the Dumbasses at EA delisting all the old Battlefields in 2014, Im worried they may become lost media or something.

  • @crimson6397

    @crimson6397

    7 ай бұрын

    Abandonware friend. They will never be lost.

  • @Clipper_Dames
    @Clipper_Dames5 ай бұрын

    what's ba lefield lmao

  • @Paras_Pertti
    @Paras_Pertti10 ай бұрын

    This game hasn't aged well at all.