There is a possibility you haven’t played this game. It is free to play and combines the best elements of the Battlefield franchise in a cartoony, irreverent way. So you can use a sniper rifle to take out an enemy at the other side of the map… while dressed as the Easter Bunny. Or maybe you want to wear a cowboy hat, mime makeup, a tshirt that says “I’m with Stoopid,” a kilt and motorcycle boots while firing full auto with your PKM at a person jumping around dressed as a samurai. I’m not making this up!! This game uses Battlefield physics, weapons and vehicles while allowing massive individualization of your character’s look.
Most of the time you will find me as Santa Claus or Saint Nick blasting a machine gun and spouting such lines as “bad boys and girls now get lead instead of coal!” It’s addictive, both the gameplay and the costuming (which really surprised me), mainly because the team at Easy Company spend such love and time making every aspect of the game. That’s why when a new map comes along it is huge news… and when the new map has a new vehicle that is massive.
The new map which was named by the Battlefield Heroes community is called Inland Invasion and has the Royals (Allies) storming the beaches while the Nationals (Axis) defend from the cliffs above. It is a flag capture and control map with multiple flags and for the first time boats used to land the Royals on the beach under heavy fire. Imagine Saving Private Ryan with everyone dressed in Good Will rejected clothes and you get a fair idea of what is involved as the Royals try to take the beachhead and work their way inland.
The damage index on BFH is purposely soft to give players longer survival time. So no single head shots while still on the landing craft and the different weapons, vehicles and skills make for a great variety of damage and kills. The best part is the game is free, though those with a competitive streak or fashion flair will find themselves in the company store picking up guns and duds.
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I have been playing and recommending this game for years, it is an excellent Battlefield shooter that happens to be free to play so you can give it a try and if you don’t like it don’t play anymore but you owe it to yourself to give it a try. The new map is very Battlefield franchise in it’s larger scale and though the boats are just making an introduction I could see them getting implemented much more. Who knows, maybe you will come face to face with a gun toting Santa saying “Ho Ho Ho, Merry Deathmas!”
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