July 5th, 2009

Battlefield Heroes is “free to Play” Game

How about a “free to play” game? Sounds great. EA has already made this move releasing “Battlefield Heroes” with some elements left out putting them aside for paying customers. You’ll say it’s not fair, and we have to agree with that, but think again and you’ll find out that is all about business; is all about promoting a product in whatever shape it is for in the end to get some money out of it, otherwise what will be the point of running it as a product?

EA is doing this promotion with “Battlefield Heroes”, a cartoon war which has its own attractive design and a theme song that lasts in your mind long after you ended the game. As a battlefield game, the vehicular control seem to have the reins and for this part the game manages great. The vehicles present in the game can be handled very well responding prompt to every move you make. The elements that bring special powers and weapons are still present in the features of the game; gaining playtime and accomplishing missions enables you to be have extra powers and weapons to use in your further steps. The paid elements for the game get you avatar clothing, few upgrades for accessing higher level weapons, but you do not have to get angry; you have to keep in mind that you are actually playing for free.

The game starts right from the beginning with your direct involvement into the action and the moment you are in you have to stick to your position. To access the game you have to visit the site, login and when the big yellow button that says “play now” appears you just press it and there you are, right into the game. The problem is that while being logged in connection or server issues might occur but this is not up to you or to your game skills to prevent. The beauty of the game is that the killing element is present only if you are run over by a land vehicle, and this can not happen as long as you pay attention to the game. Everything you encounter is never hidden in the way that you might not be able to see it coming. The other shooting elements, such as sniper headshots, or grenade or dynamite are able only to take away part of your health.

These are the nice aspects of the game, but along with them can happen tricky things that create you a bit of frustrations, such as being caught in an ambush, or vehicle damages. The game also offers a feature called vehicle map, but no way to select it and play. The moment you press the “play now” button you are cast to a server that half of the time displays an infantry map; perhaps the presence of an option that enables you to list specific maps, for instance, wouldn’t be such a bad idea, after all. But considering that Battlefield Heroes is free to play game you can just sit down, relax and enjoy the trip in the world of cartoon visuals that the game offers.