Battlefield 1943 (Xbox 360)

Battlefield 1943 is the latest instalment in EA DICEs very popular Battlefield series, this time it's on the Xbox Live Arcade. This game has no single player story mode at all, no offline matches with bots for you to practice with so if you are looking for something to play by yourself you don't want to get this one! There is a training mode though which will teach you the basics of the game so you don't get steamrolled once you head to the fight online! The game has three proper maps which are noticeably smaller than on the PCs 1942 but it works well for the console as it doesn't support so many players. You can pick from three classes, Infantry, ...  Read the complete review

This is an absolute star buy on XBLA at the moment. For jus 1200 microsoft points (about £10 real money) you are getting what can be descibed as ALMOST a complete retail experience. Firstly, if you were not aware 1943 is online ONLY, if you are looking for a single player offline experience look elsewhere (might I suggest checking out the call of duty series for wartime FPS singleplayer). Currently there are 4 maps to be played, 3 of which are "full" maps allowing you to use vehicles (will come to this later) and on foot and 1 other map used for "Air superiority" where you spend your entire time in a plane! Ok lets get down to ...  Read the complete review

When it comes to the xbox 360 arcade I have to say most games seem very expensive for what you get, so normally I steer clear of purchasing them. When I heard a battlefield game was coming to the arcade it did catch my interest though, and now it has been released I can see why. Battlefield 1943 is not your typical arcade game ... it's more an arcade game on steroids. The first thing that struck me about battlefield 1943 was the graphics - I simply assumed as it was an arcade game the graphics would be rubbish, but it turns out they are nothing short of great. I would say the graphics are almost on par with battlefield bad company, which is a full ...  Read the complete review

Battlefield 1943 is, in my opinion, the best arcade (1200 MS points, or £9.99) fps avaliable on the Xbox360. I would go as far as saying its better than some full price retail games. * Graphics The graphics are based on the same engine as Battlefield: Bad Company, (Frostbite) so its quite beautiful. This also means that almost everything ingame is destructible, entire villages can be reduced to rubble, which is always fun to do. The scenery is nice and the explosions are something that have to be witnessed for yourself. One memorable thing is the plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from tank and building remains after they ...  Read the complete review

Battlefield 1943 offers you the opportunity of hours and hours of action packed fighting with up to 12 people per team taking control of the Americans or the Japanese. You can jump into tanks, jeeps, boats and planes taking the fight to the enemy however you fancy. The objective is to capture the four bases on an island and defend them! Game play is quick and fierce allowing you to respawn as much as you like at bases you have captured. Considering this game is under a tenner its the muts nuts really, i've being playing it since its release date and have totalled up 15 hours of game play, yes it is addictive. The only negatives I have are to do with the servers which are ...  Read the complete review