Battlefield Vietnam

The Battlefield franchise entered a new era equipped with more firepower, modernized weaponry and vehicles, and a deeper infantry experience from the jungles to the beaches of Vietnam. In Battlefield Vietnam…

80 14 March 2004

Shooter Action Historical Warfare

Battlefield Vietnam is a shooter developed by Digital Illusions CE: Canada, released 14 March 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Battlefield Vietnam is

Battlefield Vietnam is a shooter game developed by Digital Illusions CE: Canada and released in 2004. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Refractor Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Battlefield Vietnam is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by Digital Illusions Canada and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows. It is the second installment of the Battlefield series, coming after Battlefield 1942. Battlefield Vietnam takes place during the Vietnam War and features a large variety of maps based on historical settings, such as the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Battle of Huế, Ia Drang Valley, Operation Flaming Dart, the Battle of Khe Sanh and Fall of Saigon. On 15 March 2005, EA re-released the game as Battlefield Vietnam: Redux, which includes new vehicles, maps and an EA-produced World War II mod, based on the previous installment Battlefield 1942.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Battlefield series

Battlefield Vietnam is the first of 22 entries we hold in the Battlefield series. The next entry was Battlefield 2 in 2005. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Battlefield 2 at 93.

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How it was received

Battlefield Vietnam holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 110 votes.

What it launched against

Battlefield Vietnam launched on 14 March 2004, within three weeks of Far Cry, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Syberia 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Far Cry, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition, Syberia 2, Unreal Tournament 2004.

Cheats and codes

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