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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
DaedHead8 at 06/25/2009 14:59
Installing now! Woot!
ZServ's Avatar
ZServ at 06/25/2009 15:01
It's definitely fun. Everyone should add me on there; ZServ :D
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 06/25/2009 15:05
This will hold me over until Battlefield 1943 comes out on XBLA next week. :)
TheDRMaster's Avatar
TheDRMaster at 06/25/2009 15:08
Installing as we type. Can't wait!!!
SpilledMilk's Avatar
SpilledMilk at 06/25/2009 15:23
Having some difficulties as of now, but I should be playing a couple hours later.
Woooohooooo, I guess!
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar
GoldenGamerXero at 06/25/2009 15:24
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
mix at 06/25/2009 15:32
Free is free so I'm going to try this!
Happy Chainsaw Man's Avatar
Happy Chainsaw Man at 06/25/2009 15:41
Sweet. I'm all for free games. Will be downloading and playing shortly.
Ganjookie's Avatar
Ganjookie at 06/25/2009 15:48
Gunners FTW
sylphx's Avatar
sylphx at 06/25/2009 15:49
I played a few rounds and is actually really quite fun and has some neat ways to grow your character.
konrad hazen's Avatar
konrad hazen at 06/25/2009 16:01
Checked it out.

Verdict: meh!

The difference between free and 20 bucks (TF2) shows.
aaronf's Avatar
aaronf at 06/25/2009 16:29
No Mac version, suck.
Kaspar's Avatar
Kaspar at 06/25/2009 16:55
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
Los255 at 06/25/2009 17:02
@Kaspar

All of TF2's newest weapons are sidegrades, not upgrades (except the Medic). They only encourage different playstyles.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 06/25/2009 19:41
Entertaining for a few hours.
Stahlbrand's Avatar
Stahlbrand at 06/25/2009 21:08
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
Stahlbrand at 06/25/2009 21:17
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.
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Johnny Justice at 06/25/2009 22:22
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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