Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome

Publisher: EA Games

Developer: Digital Illusions

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 02/04/2003

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GameZone's Review

8.5

GZ Rating

Gameplay8.5
Graphics9
Sound8.5
DifficultyMedium
Concept9
Multiplayer9
Overall8.5

Reviewer: Kevin “BIFF” Giacobbi

Review Date: 02/13/2003


"Multi-player will be that much more fun with this new expansion!"

Full Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome Review


News

EA Ships Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
Expansion Pack to the Award-Winning First-Person Multiplayer Game Focuses on the Italian and Sicilian Campaigns of WWII

Ship Date Set For Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome - Feb. 4
EA is pleased to announce that the Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome expansion pack has GONE GOLD and will begin to ship on Tuesday, February 4  in North America. 

EA "Paves" the way with Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome.
Electronic Arts is excited to announce the expansion pack, Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome for the PC.

Description

The Road to Rome will focus exclusively on the largely under publicized Italian and Sicilian campaigns of WWII. Players can choose to fight on six new maps including Operation Husky (Sicily) and the battles for Anzio and Monte Cassino. Each map comes with highly detailed environments such as Italian houses, Mediterranean trees and even the Monte Cassino Monastery. Controllable vehicles are the heart of the Battlefield 1942 experience and The Road To Rome will feature eight new vehicles in addition to the more than 30 in the original title. These include the German BF-110 and British Mosquito twin-engined fighter-bombers. Also debuting are Italian and new British and German tanks and anti-tank guns. New hand-held weapons include the Italian Breda assault rifle, British Sten SMG and bayonets on rifles.

Hardware Requirements

Requires the original Battlefield 1942 game to play; Windows 98/2000/ME/XP 100% compatible system; Pentium III 500 Mhz processor; 3D accelerated GeForce/32MB or equivalent with hardware Transform & Lighting and 24-bit-z-buffer; 128MB RAM; 1.2 GB free hard drive space; 16x CD-ROM drive; Windows compatible mouse

Notes

The original Battlefield 1942 is required to play The Road to Rome.



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Teen
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