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Game entry

Battlefield 1942

2002 · FPS · PC, Mac · Aspyr Media

Battlefield 1942 is ranked no. 331 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,751 and 66% of duels won.

World rank

no. 331

ELO score

1,751

Wins

66%

Duels played

116

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About Battlefield 1942

Building upon and vastly refining the ideas from Codename Eagle, Battlefield 1942 let players engage in infantry combat and get behind the wheel of a variety of vehicles from submarines to battleships and bombers. The game introduced the signature Battlefield rock-paper-scissors gameplay, as well as the exciting “Battlefield Moments” people refer to when talking about their unique and unscripted experiences within the multiplayer game.

The community says

Compared to Doom it's a totally different animal, one's corridors and instinct, the other's open chaos with tanks and planes... but for pure multiplayer…

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,751 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  1. IronKnight2004

    Compared to Doom it's a totally different animal, one's corridors and instinct, the other's open chaos with tanks and planes... but for pure multiplayer memories this one wins for me.

    Kuphal99

    I booted it up again after reading this thread, hoping for that same magic, and mostly found empty servers and clunky vehicle controls.

    Antonette_77

    Replying to Kuphal99

    Il still shaped how vehicle combat feels today.

  2. FrameKid

    jugaba con mi hermano los findes, el se metia en el avion y yo intentaba no morir en la playa, nunca supimos pilotar bien pero no importaba, nos reiamos igual y perdiamos todas las rondas

  3. Celia_44

    Con los amigos en LAN, cada uno en un vehículo distinto, imposible olvidarlo.

    mbarre

    (comparaison ou pas) le vrai sujet c'est qu'il gagne des duels sur des souvenirs, pas sur ce qu'il propose aujourd'hui

  4. BossWolf

    Je l'ai découvert chez un ami qui avait un PC monté exprès pour ça, on passait des heures à se battre pour un simple char abandonné sur la plage On ne comprenait pas encore vraiment ce qu'on jouait mais on savait que c'était différent des autres jeux du moment

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