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Battlefield Heroes: 2 million served and counting photo

The free-to-play -- or Play4Free, as EA dubs it -- Battlefield Heroes has reached 2 million registered player accounts. While such a number seems awfully high, when you take into consideration the whole "it costs no money" aspect, perhaps it's not as successful as you might think on impulse.

Alternatively, I could be way out of line here. There aren't exactly many other free big-name games with comparable production values in existence, so it's a tough call to make. Whatever the case may be, a bunch of people have played Battlefield Heroes, which is good even if, say, you don't like the game.

Why? It (hopefully) means good things for those of us who want more free-to-play games, assuming the Battlefield Heroes' model is still profitable. I suppose it must be, since they are putting out a "Heroes of the Fall" update on September 30 that adds a new Fall-themed map among other things.








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Yehat's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 19:51
Yehat
Neat though I must admit I lost complete and total interest in Battlefield Heroes very quickly.

It looks like now they have four maps (not including this upcoming fall one) so it's worth looking at again I suppose.
maguszxz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 19:58
maguszxz
I'm all about the BF Heroes. My one major gripe is that you can't launch the game on my desktop. Sometimes I really am in the mood to play but the chore of having to go to site, launch it, close my browser, then play. It can get old after while. Also, more maps.
Your Moms Hot Lover's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 20:36
Your Moms Hot Lover
that has to be the dullest screenshot ever.
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 20:46
Everyday Legend
2 million registered players, 1.8 of them gone after 2 weeks.

Hoo-rah.
Rigostrack's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 21:09
Rigostrack
Welll, i still love this game, i've been playing it since the beta... and i dont get bored =D
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 21:13
TheStripe
Not being able to swap classes mid game destroys any tactical teamwork that may have ever been present. Games go to the team with the most gunners.
trunxkam45's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 21:18
trunxkam45
this game sucks so hard. It's not fun it over simplifies everything to point of redundancy and boredom.
PEICanada7's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 21:19
PEICanada7
Its good that they're adding another map, because its been a long time since I have played it, which was mostly due to the fact that playing with only 3 maps got boring really fast. Its fine for something that's free, but if its boring, than its not going to hold peoples attention for too long. So the more maps they put out the better it will be!
broonor's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 01:06
broonor
Sheesh finally a new map.
soberaddict's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 01:35
soberaddict
I really love the art direction and humor of this game, even if it copies TF2. For some reason though, I just don't enjoy the gameplay. Also, the lack of an IM system makes setting up matches with friends kinda hard without aim or msn.
soberaddict's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 01:35
soberaddict
I really love the art direction and humor of this game, even if it copies TF2. For some reason though, I just don't enjoy the gameplay. Also, the lack of an IM system makes setting up matches with friends kinda hard without aim or msn.
soberaddict's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 01:35
soberaddict
I really love the art direction and humor of this game, even if it copies TF2. For some reason though, I just don't enjoy the gameplay. Also, the lack of an IM system makes setting up matches with friends kinda hard without aim or msn.
eskimo bob's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 06:32
eskimo bob
am I the only person who still enjoys this game in small bursts?
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/27/2009 09:47
RonBurgandy2010
I played it, found it boring.
Wexx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/27/2009 11:06
Wexx
That's cool, I guess. What I played of BF Heroes didn't really interest me that much (the lack of maps was a huge factor, as well as my connection to the servers or something). But updates are always cool, and I guess they make a decent amount of money off of people buying the upgrades and stuff (I would if I could stay connected to the game for more than 10 minutes at a time).
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