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Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons of WWII

"Battlefield 1942 : Secret Weapons of WWII"

Electronic Arts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: September 2003
"Secret Weapons of WWII" Description: Many of the new vehicles and weapons featured in Secret Weapons-futuristic for the WWII timeframe-were considered extremely powerful yet experimental. While these armaments and vehicles are rooted in WWII history, many never saw actual combat, however, they are put to use in the game.

Secret Weapons lets gamers control and use new weapons and new vehicles in eight WWII combat battlefields including Telemark, Peenemüende (V2 research facility), Essen, and The Eagle's Nest (Hitler's hideaway).

"Secret Weapons of WWII" Features:
  • Eight new battlefields that take players into combat in top-secret locations in a variety of seasons and times of day.
  • Sixteen new vehicles to operate, seven of them prototypes that could have changed the outcome of WWII.
  • Four new weapons including a one-shot kill knife that all Allied and Axis soldiers are issued.
  • Introduction of British Commando and German Elite troops.
  • Top secret German prototype Rocket Pack that allows players to fly and fight at the same time.
  • Wasserfall rockets will be launched, flown, and directed by player in first person.
  • The C-47 Cargo Plane will serve as a mobile spawn point.
  • A new "objective based" gameplay mode.

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