Battlefield Heroes - Exclusive Article & Pics - a chance to beat free Korean MMOs

?!? "Play 4 Free" ?!?

Will this trump the popular Korean (nProtect) games?
It seems to be very promising
... especially since it will be FREE !!!

Release Date:
- Q3 2008

System Requirements (according to DICE):

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- 1.0GHz CPU
- 512MB RAM
- 64MB video card
- 500MB free hard drive space

WOW. That is pretty nice... now the IGP (integrated graphics) crowd now have something to look forward to.

Interesting details of the game: (from the article)*

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[U]General stuff:[/U]
- Players have a lot more health (more fun)
- Weapons less lethal (no insta-kills, time for reaction now)
- Spawn time shorter (5 seconds)
- "Intelligent Spawn System" spawns players close to the action
- "Dolphin Diving" ability does not exist in BFH (prone disabled)
- Crouching does not provided added accuracy
- Choose abilities before a battle starts (no kit switching midmatch)
- Vehicles spawn when a player is in its spawn vicinity (no waiting for them to spawn)
- Players create an account and choose one of three classes (can't change classes, but rather outfit your character with different abilities, based on the class you choose, before the beginning of a game)
- Real money won't buy new weapons, rather will buy "experience boosters" so you can level up faster. (similar to Korean MMOs.. but not as extreme)
- Stats are looked at each week and then "in game money" is given depending on statistics. This "in game money" can be spent on many different visual customizations and abilities.

[U]Character Classes[/U]:
Solider
- Best at determining an enemy's location
- Has a See-the-Enemy power - outlines nearby opponents even through walls. Lasts 10 seconds, 30 seconds to recharge

Solider Abilities
- Incendiary rounds
- Health boost - Heals all allies around you
- Recharge over time

Commando
- Specializes in stealth, stab kills, sniping
- Few hit points
- Fast moving
- Slips in and out of cover
- Partial cloak
- Weapons do high damage, but not a lot of ammo

Gunner
- Well armed and armored
- Slow moving
- Uses rapid-fire machine guns, rocket launchers, possibly flamethrowers in the future
- Can throw grenades back

General Abilities Information
- Incendiary Bullets Ability - Class unknown
- Other abilities can combat each other
- Bomb Bouquet (non official name) - throw 15 grenades at a time, basically handheld artillery strike
- Possibility of 15 abilities at launch and 50 in the first year

* Source: GFW Magazine & Planet Battlefield

Before you cry out "TF2 rip off!!"... read the article first... this idea of a cartoony FPS was in the works before Valve released their new Team Fortress.

I am honored to bring you the exclusive article that cannot even be found on the Battlefield Heroes mainsite.

Some of you might have seen this cover picture floating around the web:


But I have gotten the real article and scan-alated it for NBR.

The Article to rule them all:
(click the image to enlarge)





The pics above are medium sized pics.

Download full sized version here in this RAR I uploaded:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AWQROT2K
Filesize: 6.81 MB

UPDATE:
In-Game Hi-res Screenshots (from bf-heroes.eu)



UPDATE:
Official Trailer
Link for video on official site

Or same video, but on Youtube, but lower quality.
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Enjoy.

Game On People,
-Gophn

 

a good read, thanks for posting. the game sounds promising and low system requirement is definitely a plus. i don't mind in-game advertising if it helps fund the project. i actually find ads fun and interesting at times.

 

link not worke!



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regards

John.

 

Looks good, but not sure about the 3rd person view...

 

link fixed.

I believe its still first-person... these are the renderings of the alpha/beta

 

Looks really promising! (Well, way better than those free FPS's that still use like DirectX 8 graphics)

 

This could be awesome, I haven't read the article yet, but my first thought was that the graphics style is taken directly from TF2.

 

Did you read what I wrote... before you posted.

 

wow any ideas on a release date or is it still deep in development?

 

afaik it's still far in development. i think.. since they just released TF2 not too long ago

 

Release Date: Q3 2008

 

not sure, but I've read somewhere (believe in gametrailers.com forums) that it's gonna be 3rd person.

EDIT:
Found it
http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=147747

 

it has been announced that it would be in 3rd person... but some sources says that it would be optional.

The beta will happen this summer.

 

aww 3rd person would ruin it, imo. To me, this game looks like it has alot of potential and id hate to see it ruined by a decision like that..

 

it would feel like SOCOM to me.

 

i don't htink 3rd person would necessarily be a bad thing. who knows what kind of benefits it'll have a overall gameplay and experience. there are already enough options out there for first person shooters.

 

If you take a look the pictures in the magazine, there are couple screenshots of the game being played in 3rd person, which is kinda nice, hopefully it will play nicely as well.
But, as mentioned, these things can change, maybe they will add the ability to toggle between first and third person view.

 

I overlooked because I don't really know what alpha/beta renderings are, though I think I have an idea now.

 

i like sneaking around and 3rd person completely shuts that out (like in counterstrike i like to knife people from behind ), thats why id rather it be a fps game rather than a 3rd person. But who knows, could be fun as 3rd person. Ill definatly give it a shot though

 

i hope it's a fun fast paced shooter like cod4.

 

i rather stick with TF2 since i already own it

 

a free BF is just something I gotta try..

they just better not have that lame 60Hz refresh rate issue again.

 

Interesting read. Thanks for posting this.

 

Just added this to the main thread:

Interesting details of the game: (from the article)

Code:

[U]General stuff:[/U]
- Players have a lot more health (more fun)
- Weapons less lethal (no insta-kills, time for reaction now)
- Spawn time shorter (5 seconds)
- "Intelligent Spawn System" spawns players close to the action
- "Dolphin Diving" ability does not exist in BFH (prone disabled)
- Crouching does not provided added accuracy
- Choose abilities before a battle starts (no kit switching midmatch)
- Vehicles spawn when a player is in its spawn vicinity (no waiting for them to spawn)
- Players create an account and choose one of three classes (can't change classes, but rather outfit your character with different abilities, based on the class you choose, before the beginning of a game)
- Real money won't buy new weapons, rather will buy "experience boosters" so you can level up faster. (similar to Korean MMOs.. but not as extreme)
- Stats are looked at each week and then "in game money" is given depending on statistics. This "in game money" can be spent on many different visual customizations and abilities.

[U]Character Classes[/U]:
Solider
- Best at determining an enemy's location
- Has a See-the-Enemy power - outlines nearby opponents even through walls. Lasts 10 seconds, 30 seconds to recharge

Solider Abilities
- Incendiary rounds
- Health boost - Heals all allies around you
- Recharge over time

Commando
- Specializes in stealth, stab kills, sniping
- Few hit points
- Fast moving
- Slips in and out of cover
- Partial cloak
- Weapons do high damage, but not a lot of ammo

Gunner
- Well armed and armored
- Slow moving
- Uses rapid-fire machine guns, rocket launchers, possibly flamethrowers in the future
- Can throw grenades back

General Abilities Information
- Incendiary Bullets Ability - Class unknown
- Other abilities can combat each other
- Bomb Bouquet (non official name) - throw 15 grenades at a time, basically handheld artillery strike
- Possibility of 15 abilities at launch and 50 in the first year

 

So i get the feeling that I am the only one who hates the look and sound of this game. Call me crazy, but this just seems like a huge step down, and not really appealing at all. Appalling, yes, bu not appealing. Is free though, so i guess people will take it...

 

that's what they said about zelda windwaker until people actually played it. sometimes the more realistic they try to make the game the more you'll see its imperfections -- which takes away from the whole realism aspect. it's not a successor to BF 2 i wouldn't worry about it.

 

looks like the TF2 graphics

must be intresting tho

 

Looking at the classes they just merged all of the TF2 classes into 3...

Gunner = Heavy + Soldier + Pyro
Commando = Spy + Sniper + Scout
Soldier = Medic?

Anyways they said they came up with the idea before TF2 came out so...???

 

I'm definitely interested in this, heck, I'll try anything free. They're usually great change of pace games.

I'm up for anything in the third-person vs. first-person debate...as long as it's a server-sided option. It's the cheapest way to get kills when you're running towards a corner and your opponent has a heads up bead on you because they were using third person.

Does anybody known anything new about Battlefield 3 (not BF: Bad Company) besides the rumors released last October?

 

Thanks for the info Gophn. Though I would say the article implies that both companies were doing it simulatenously and no one company thought of it first. Who was to say Valve didn't think of it before? Either way I think he just meant to say neither jipped each other off.

 

thats the refresh rate of my monitor so im ok

 

I made the fix for it (using Nvidia Control Panel), so its fine.

 

Hopefully they will support widescreen resolutions this time! It's a shame that we have to do a cmd line hack on BF2 and BF2142 to get it...seeing there are older games out there that have native support for it.

 

Hell, there's games from 7 or 8 years ago that would allow for any resolution or FOV you desired. Every game, especially these days, should allow for that. I know there's always the 'fairness' concern with some people able to see more on the screen than others for multiplayer, but with widescreen the defacto norm now, just do it!

That being said, looks like this will be a fun playable game for the Asus Eee PC! System requirements are spot on for that little guy.

 

That would be pretty cool to play this game on a notebook like EEE PC or a PDA sized system.

 

just added this:

UPDATE:
In-Game Hi-res Screenshots (from bf-heroes.eu)

 

Those screens don't look widescreen to me

 

its still in alpha (early beta) stages.

I would not worry about the widescreen issue in new games anymore.

 

are the alphas/betas downloadable?

and it looks like its guna be fun lookin forward to it

 

looks like tf2

 

it looks more like worms to me haha.

 

You mean Worms 3D?

That is a good comparison.... with the deformable terrain.

But I like the original 2D Worms (World Party and Armageddon).

 

Oh Worms! Don't get me started. Wasted so many hours in college due to that stupid game. lol

Such a simple premise, yet so devious and fun. The banana bomb was the ultimate. Wish they'd make a decent 3D update. The 2D ones were the best. 3D sucked.

 

No way man...

Its all about the Holy Bomb (Hand Grenade).

"Hallelujah..." ... BOOM!

 

Looks like some graphic intensive stuff...for my 6200! lol

 

If this game only take such a weak video card to run, then why does valve's TF2 require........................

>.>

 

The switching weapons(according to the pictures) part reminds me of the Medal of Honor series.

 

Maybe the specs are the absolute minimum for running at 640x480 while staring at a wall?

 

Thats a good one..

"The minimum usually means you can see the title screen" - my definition.

But 640x480... that should be playable... we hope.

 

those screens look great, i love these colorful games once in a while, we have been having too many dull colored games for the sake of better graphics.