"There sure is a single-player element in the game, and it is not only there to prepare you for your multiplayer sessions, but also to give you an exciting experience even if you don't have an Internet connection.
There will be four different campaigns, which take you to North Africa, the Pacific, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe. Each of these will let you take part of some of the most famous battles during the whole war as a member of either the Axis or Allied forces. There will be more than a dozen missions for both sides. Each mission will contain one or more tasks for you to complete. Unlike many games, where your choice of actions is very limited, Battlefield gives you a goal to accomplish but doesn't tell you how to do it. Can you take the risk to close up on the village through the minefield, or would you rather try to call in the artillery and then grab a Sherman tank to go head-to-head with the well-dug-in Tiger tank?"
That ^ and a bunch of other things in the Battlefield 1942
Q & A made me want this game quite a bit. The Videos were pretty sweet too.
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