Recently my computer broke down leaving me with no graphics card for a week. Within this week I researched some flash games that requires little or no graphics card to play just to kill my boredom. I was surprised that there are a lot of MMOG (Massive Multiplayer Online Games) out there that have a lot of potential but are easily overlooked by better looking games. On the course of this coming week I will try to introduce to you some of these flash games that have very little system requirements.

The first game that really caught my attention was EA's Battlefield Heroes. This third person shooter game has a little bit of RPG element into it. The best part of this game is that you really have to use some tactics when you confront other players in the game. So this is not your typical shoot-em-up till their dead kind of FPS. There are 2 factions in Battlefield Heroes, the Royal Army and the National Army. These 2 factions are completely the same in terms of classes and weapons, the only difference is how their classes and weapons look. There are a total of 3 classes per faction, the Gunner, Soldier and Commando. Each class is an equivalent to your typical tank,healer and rogue in other MMORPG except in Battlefield Heroes, they all carry guns. EA really did a great job blending RPG and FPS in a war oriented game.

Lets talk about Battlefield Heroes' class, first of the gunner. The gunners are the designated "meat shield" they have the most HP but moves the slowest in the game. Don't let their title as "tank" fool you, they can dish out a lot of pain if you find yourself staring at the other end of their heavy machine gun or if you're unlucky enough, a rocket launcher.The Gunner's heavy weapons makes them a threat to be reckoned with specially if you encounter them in close range combat.




The second class is just in between the gunner and the commando, the soldier. Although the solider is the designated medic in the game, they can still dish out a lot of pain in close-mid range combat. Soldiers, like and other healers in MMORPG are most effective in groups, not only can he heal his team but he has an ability on which he grants his nearby allies the ability to see enemies through walls.





The last class in Battlefield Heroes is the commando, or a rogue counterpart in your typical MMORPG. These sneaky snipers have the ability to dish out a lot of damage in a safe distance, they lack the health that other classes posses but makes up for it in speed. Being the fastest and most fragile class in Battlefield Heroes, expect that if you are spotted without your cloak on, everyone will be gunning for you. Aside from superior long distance damage dealing class, this class has the ability to wreck havoc on the battlefield. The commando can plant "Troop Traps" to blow anyone sky high if they get close enough, they can "Mark a Target" for everyone in your team to see even through walls and lastly use a poison blade if anyone comes in melee range of the commando.

Aside from different abilities, all classes carries an anti-tank sticky dynamite to make sure that if ever a team lacks a Gunner, they can still take out those pesky tanks. I really like this because I played a lot of war games that has heavy armor on it, and majority of the time these heavy armors rule in the battlefield if your team lacks that rocket carrying soldier. In battlefield heroes tanks are in par with the soldiers which makes thing more fun for everyone.

Now your thinking that this isn't your typical first person war game, but there is another thing that makes Battlefield Heroes unique, and that is it's humor. That's right, you read it right, I said humor, EA manages to put some humor in their game, and again, they did a great job doing it. From the wacky sounds and funny taunts it's really hard not to have fun in Battlefield Heroes, win or lose majority of the time you will have fun. Who said you need a very expensive PC to play a fun war game?