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Battlefield Heroes finally comes out of beta photo

Pigs apparently can fly after all. DICE's microtransaction-supported, free-to-play Battlefield Heroes silently launched today after being in beta for what, five years? Alright, so it wasn't really that long, but it's been a significant amount of time.

Upon hitting up the game's Web site, I noticed there's now the option to purchase Battlefield Heroes' currency, Battlefunds, with actual money, and you can even use PayPal. For those not in the know, players can essentially buy stuff that will change their hero's appearance (among other things), such as goofy outfits and the like.

Despite being an easy target for looking similar to Team Fortress 2, it's not a bad game at all. In fact, I would recommend it for those in need of a decent summer time waster on the cheap.

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DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 14:59
DaedHead8
Installing now! Woot!
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:01
ZServ
It's definitely fun. Everyone should add me on there; ZServ :D
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:05
Zombutler
This will hold me over until Battlefield 1943 comes out on XBLA next week. :)
TheDRMaster's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:08
TheDRMaster
Installing as we type. Can't wait!!!
SpilledMilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:23
SpilledMilk
Having some difficulties as of now, but I should be playing a couple hours later.
Woooohooooo, I guess!
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:24
GoldenGamerXero
W00t! I'll be going under "GoldenGamerXero" on this too and can't wait to play. I've been playing nothing but TF2 all week and wanted something else to play that was simlar. One thing though WTF happened to "Summer 2008" release?
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:32
mix
Free is free so I'm going to try this!
Happy Chainsaw Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:41
Happy Chainsaw Man
Sweet. I'm all for free games. Will be downloading and playing shortly.
Ganjookie's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:48
Ganjookie
Gunners FTW
sylphx's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 15:49
sylphx
I played a few rounds and is actually really quite fun and has some neat ways to grow your character.
konrad hazen's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 16:01
konrad hazen
Checked it out.

Verdict: meh!

The difference between free and 20 bucks (TF2) shows.
aaronf's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 16:29
aaronf
No Mac version, suck.
Kaspar's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 16:55
Kaspar
No. No! NO!

Any ingame benefits that you have to pay for instantly break this shit.


This is why I can't play in half the TF2 servers and this is why I wont play this...
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 17:02
Los255
@Kaspar

All of TF2's newest weapons are sidegrades, not upgrades (except the Medic). They only encourage different playstyles.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 19:41
Eschatos
Entertaining for a few hours.
Stahlbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 21:08
Stahlbrand
Uninstalling.

Installed, won't play. Free isn't an excuse if they can't make a game that runs, and dozens of other people have the same non-starting issue.

Oh CHARMING! "Not Enough Arguments" greets my attempt to use the unistaller.exe.

Also, launch from browser = fail.
Stahlbrand's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 21:17
Stahlbrand
Add/Remove Files seems to have worked, pretty crap that the games own uninstaller fails.

Something thats been in dev and beta this long shouldn't be a failpile at public launch.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/25/2009 22:22
Johnny Justice
I've been playing the closed beta for a few months now. It's great fun but it doesn't provide true widescreen support and the pay items are too expensive.

"Any ingame benefits that you have to pay for instantly break this shit."

Anything that gives gameplay advantage are purchased with a separate currency (Valor Points) earned by playing. The stuff you can buy with the pay currency (Battle Funds) are only time savers to help you earn XP or Valor Points faster and clothing.
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