Battlefield 1942 was one of the first mainstream games to represent a dramatic shift in FPS gameplay mentality by not only favoring individualism but simultaneously encouraging teamwork and coordination.īattlefield 1942 features a class-based system, with a total of five classes.
Consequently, capturing and controlling these points also will reduce enemy reinforcements. Its gameplay has a more cooperative focus than previous games in the first person shooter genre, as it is not only important to kill the opposition but to also hold certain 'control points' around the map while playing a multitude of classes each equipped for special roles.Ĭapturing control points allow the team to reinforce themselves by enabling players and vehicles to spawn in the vicinity of the control point.
Battlefield 1942 is set during World War II in the Pacific, European and Northern African theaters.