Battlefield 1 review




Introduction

Battlefield 1 is a unique speciman, while there's been an overabundance of World War 2 shooters over the years
this game is set in the First World War, something relatively unheard of, most people don't know exactly World War 1 even happened, I'd played games set in the American Civil War before I'd played a World War 1 game

Gameplay

While I haven't delved into the single player campaign too much, The Multiplayer is where the game really shines, it follows the usual Battlefield premise, you play as various factions of a war in one of several game modes (conqeust, team deathmatch etc.) Surprisingly, France and Russia don't feature here, but Austria-Hungary and Italy do, the variety of weapons is rather lacklustre compared to the other games as well but this might be to preserve historical accuracy.

The menu system

Gameplay continued

A bit more slow-paced than the other big shooters like Call of Duty or Halo, Battlefield focuses more on strategy and teamwork, this isn't a run and gun game, although blasting away with the rocket launchers can be effective. There are 4 classes with their own weapon types and equipment, Assault (Sub Machine Guns, shotguns) Medic( Rifles, Health boosts, explosives ) Support( Large Machine Guns) and Scout (Snipers)

Multiplayer Gameplay

Verdict

A good move forward for the series, the season pass system that EA loves still annoys me somewhat and the lack of weapon variety lets it down slightly.