Battlefield Heroes in Open Beta/Released

There are conflicting reports on gaming websites this morning which are simultaneously claiming that Battlefield Heroes is in open beta and that it has been released, but either way, it is available for public consumption. I played it for a solid month awhile ago, and had a great time playing it. It is a very good casual game for players new to the FPS genre or just looking for a way to relax from their pulse pumping games of Counterstrike or Team Fortress 2.

Battlefield Heroes is also a great game to play with your friends if you can find your way onto the same server. It's hard to get too wound up playing the game, and it is alot of fun being in the same tank or plane at the same time as someone you know. More than that, since the game is free, it's a great way to play a FPS with someone you know that doesn't have a top of the line computer or isn't willing to drop $50 on Call of Duty or Halo.

I'll probably be playing the game a little bit this weekend, just to see what has changed. Go download and try it today!

Sign Up for the Battlefield Heroes Beta!

So I have not been blogging for about a week now, but there's a pretty good reason for that. I just got into the Battlefield Heroes beta, and have been immensely enjoying that. I won't talk about it too much for fear of breaking my NDA (though the NDA does a terrible job of telling me what I can and can't do).

However, I will tell you that the game is excellent, and since I got the chance to play the game at New York Comic Con, I can at least tell you things which pertain to what I learned at that convention.

Battlefield Heroes is a fairly traditional multiplayer shooter with highly stylized cartoonish graphics a la Team Fortress 2 that is monetized through appearance and exp-boost microtransactions. While you can outfit your character with new weapons and abilities, all of that stuff is free, meaning that the most advantage you can derive from microtransactions is faster leveling.

Gameplay wise, the primary game mode is a Conquest gametype, where each team starts controlling one of four flag points on a map. Each team also starts with a number of reinforcements. When you kill someone, the team loses a number of reinforcement points which varies depending on how many flags you control.

The game is fast and loose with physics, and it's sort of hard to take the game too seriously, which is great. There are several basic weapon categories and vehicles which are difficult to handle initially, but great once you get the hang of it. On top of that, the graphics are great and really sell you on the whole package.

This post feels like a little bit of a cop out since I'm not actually saying anything, but if there's one thing to take away from the post, it's to go to http://www.battlefield-heroes.com/, sign up for the beta, and keep your head up for more information about this fun, casual FPS that almost anyone can get into.

-Jon