Its new expansion pack, the Road to Rome, does what all good add-ons should: It enhances, throws in some new features and improves on the original. When you're done with the single-player missions, Raven Shield features a multiplayer mode in which you and friends can take on the bad guys and derive satisfaction from shouting 'Tango down!' when a terrorist is 'neutralized.'īattlefield: 1942 _ The Road to Rome expansion packīattlefield: 1942 is plenty of fun. If you're not fond of shooters, but have a mind for tactical planning, you can sketch out a plan of attack, assign your team, then watch in observer mode as your orders are carried out. You get to play with weapons ranging from flash-bang grenades to pistols to assault rifles. You can walk upright, crouch and belly-crawl through meat-packing plants, villas, ski lodges and ransacked prisons. The squad-based first-person shooter aspect is a lot of fun, as you lead the team from the snowy slopes of Switzerland to the tropics of South America, through well-rendered environments against crafty enemies who use more advanced artificial intelligence than the first two installments.
