Sov's Crazy Ramblings

Okay, I’ve been playing the Beta test version of Battlefield Heroes.

Its a cartoon shooter, a bit like Team Fortress 2, except… its a bit more basic, you can’t get one shot kills, its truly a cartoon game, realism is something that isn’t even considered in it. Its an online browser based game, which actually downloads and runs from your PC, so its not REALLY a browser game at all.

It strikes me as an addicts game, suitable for someone who would really play it over and over day in, day out. When you start out, your choice is Commando (spy), Gunner(rambo) and soldier (sissy in between) and you all look the same… As you level up you get various types of points which you can spend on gear/guns/accessories, most of which don’t actually help you. When you buy clothes/weapons/armor it only lasts for 7 days before it dissapears, meaning if you want to keep something you either pay more (to keep it for 1 month) or you rebuy it every week. Which doesn’t really stike me as fun, or unlocking something… because you unlock it with progress and playing…only to lose that a week later. So if you’re off for a 2 week vacation you could quite easily come back to what is in essence a new character, except for points in abilities..

You can buy another kind of points with REAL money, but the items and upgrades you buy with those also expire after a month… So after spending $25… you get a little bonus and some cool clothes for a month… I could buy real clothes that would last years for that!

The game however is enjoyable and very playable without the unlocked/purchased content. Plus its free to play and download! so… really when it comes out it might be a good investment of your time, its small and doesn’t take long to install so its quite a fun little game. You can jump right in for a few rounds, they don’t take long and you feel better for having killed some stuff…

Of course you will have to wait until the beta is over and its actually released…. but by then it should be even more impressive.

So all in all, worth checking out!

1. Kelate says:

   April 29, 2009 at 7:55 pm

   yeah…addicted to it you are.

   also you forgot to mention the great sound effects it has, or at least the ones I heard earlier today as we chatted seemed rather neat and rather fun!
2. SovHed says:

   April 30, 2009 at 1:58 pm

   okay the sound effects are kinda good. its all very cartoony