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Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII

Posted by Marcel Klum on 02 April 2003 - 19:49 · 20 comments & 2157 views

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII, the second expansion pack to the highly acclaimed Battlefield 1942 title, significantly enhances the gaming experience by bringing the most bizarre and deadly weapons from the German and Allied laboratories to the Battlefield. From top secret, cutting edge weapons to secret forces and secret places, a new level of drama and excitement will be added to the Battlefield experience.

Many of the new vehicles and weapons featured in Secret Weapons-futuristic for the WWII timeframe-were considered extremely powerful yet experimental. While these armaments and vehicles are rooted in WWII history, many never saw actual combat, however, they are put to use in the game.

Secret Weapons lets gamers control and use new weapons and new vehicles in eight fresh WWII combat battlefields including, Telemark, Peenemüende (V2 research facility), Essen and The Eagle's Nest (Hitler's hideaway). All new battlefields offer unique settings from nightfall during the summer in Prague to a winter battle in Norway.

News source: EA

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Secret Weapons brings the total of playable vehicles in the game to 46. In addition to the 30 vehicles in the original game that includes jeeps, fighter planes, tanks and aircraft carriers, players can operate16 new vehicles including a Horton HO 229 fighter plane that is equipped with a 30 mm machine gun. Other vehicles include a US Sherman tank with a T-34 Calliope (rocket launcher), U.S. Super Heavy Tank, Sturmtiger, Goblin jetfighter, C-47 cargo plane, Armstrong Whitworth AW-52, the German Wasserfall guided anti-air missile and the German Natter rocket plane.

In addition to offering innovative weapons and vehicles, the game also improves on gameplay by adding an "objective based" mode. In this new mode, players will be tasked with a specific objective to win the battle (e.g. destroy a secret facility).

Key Features

Eight new battlefields that take players into combat in top secret locations in a variety of seasons and times of day.
Sixteen new vehicles to operate, seven of them prototypes which could have
changed the outcome of WWII.
Four new weapons including a one-shot kill knife that all Allied and Axis soldiers are issued.
Introduction of British Commando and German Elite troops
Top secret German prototype Rocket Pack which allows players to fly and
fight at the same time.
Wasserfall rockets will be launched, flown and directed by player in first person
The C-47 Cargo Plane will serve as a mobile spawn point
A new objective based gameplay mode

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#1 Posted by nocture on 02 Apr 2003 - 20:08: hurray! cant wait

(1 reply) #2 Posted by ShoeHornOPlenty on 02 Apr 2003 - 20:11: [QUOTE]Top secret German prototype Rocket Pack which allows players to fly and fight at the same time[/QUOTE] Riiiiiiggggghhhhhhht.

#3 Posted by McFly on 02 Apr 2003 - 20:22: It's WWII-era Tribes

#4 Posted by BeLGaRaTh on 02 Apr 2003 - 20:54: Is this a late April fools joke? for example ... [quote]Four new weapons including a one-shot kill knife that all Allied and Axis soldiers are issued. [/quote]

#5 Posted by Knight' on 02 Apr 2003 - 21:17: I thought the secret weapon was the A-Bomb?

#6 Posted by Toxikk on 02 Apr 2003 - 21:19: cant wait for this

#7 Posted by Hills420 on 02 Apr 2003 - 21:43: sweet

(1 reply) #8 Posted by daveS on 02 Apr 2003 - 22:22: hmm like the new levels and modes of transport and the new mode of gameplay ... .. but a rocket pack .. ( watching rockateer again i see ) and the prototype stuff .. nah i think its the wrong direction ... heres a pointer, take the video out from the menu !

#9 Posted by GEKREUZIGT on 03 Apr 2003 - 00:23: I reallly think the mobile spawn point plane is a cool idea. It'll probally get ruined by smacktards in the pubs but it'll still be cool

#10 Posted by ghoul2oo2 on 03 Apr 2003 - 04:14: yay

(1 reply) #11 Posted by pr0mpt on 03 Apr 2003 - 05:56: now my question is: what's the release date?!? anyone have any clue about that?1 not able to find it on the EA site neither

(1 reply) #12 Posted by morphen on 03 Apr 2003 - 06:33: lol,this will suck as much as the first 2 b1942 games I want farcry!

#13 Posted by Osiris on 03 Apr 2003 - 10:51: wow this sounds pretty sweet. Nice addon for once.

#14 Posted by Jon on 03 Apr 2003 - 22:19: Sounds nice but how much money do they expect us to invest in this game? bf+rtr is already £50, I'm not sure I'm willing to spend £70 on a game!

#15 Posted by aquadark on 04 Apr 2003 - 07:40: download it ;PPPPP

#16 Posted by DOCa Cola on 05 Apr 2003 - 18:27: yay

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