Better, there are quite a few different game modes, from free-for-all to capture the flag to team objective.

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The original Battlefield games were great, one could set up a small server and play capture the flag with their friends, or just play the game anytime, anywhere.

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Blizzard appeared to have only been testing a simple deathmatch mode, without attempting to throw any objective-based play in the mix like capture the flag, king of the hill or perhaps something more MOBA inspired.

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That kind of harmless hacking was channeled into a variety of competitions at the conference, including a lockpicking contest and a game of capture the flag, in which teams earned points by stealing bits of each other's data.

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Diretide itself is a fresh experience, combining a capture-the-flag style minigame with a cooperative MMORPG-style raid to finish things off.

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Felix de Weldon's 1954 bronze depicts five Marines and a Navy Corpsman raising the flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi as Allied forces struggled to capture the Japanese-held island.

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