Battlefield 1 price
Elite classes-particularly the one with the flamethrower-are perhaps even more unbalanced at the moment, though it’s due in part to the fact nobody knows to focus their attention on the soldier who can fill an entire room with firey death. Vehicles in general still seem a bit overpowered, though less so than in the beta. There’s nothing more exhilarating than blowing the walls right off someone’s sniper perch.Ĭlasses have been changed to Assault, Medic, Support, and Scout which are all pretty self-explanatory, though the Medic’s lack of useful anti-vehicle options is dismaying. The classic point-capture Conquest mode is most suited to seeing this in action, with quiet villages reduced to rubble by the end of a 20-30 minute match. I like the chunky, mechanical feel of weapons in this era, and the surreal straddling-two-eras feel of horses and tanks rumbling into battle together.īest of all, DICE has pegged demolition closer to the glory days of Bad Company 2. Sure, it’s little more than your standard Battlefield multiplayer skinned with World War I accoutrements, but that’s fine with me. I think it’s a failing of Battlefield 1 that it implies otherwise through omission. There is no clear “Good” or “Evil” side of this war, no terrible dealings that might make it uncomfortable for us to play as the Germans, the Ottomans, or the Austro-Hungarians and see the war from the stance of the Central Powers.
Perhaps most disappointing is the fact that all six campaigns take place from the viewpoint of the Allied Powers. The horror of gas attacks are also weirdly underutilized. Ditto, some of the most famous battles in France-I’m surprised neither Verdun nor the Somme make an appearance. Trench warfare might be boring, but it’s an important piece of the World War I story and is barely touched upon in Battlefield 1. There are some conspicuous absences, of course. What could sink a six-hour campaign is here given a sketch-like quality, six tone-pieces about World War I that manage to feel concrete and respectful while still carrying a broad everyman quality about them.
And with such rapid pacing, you end up not really noticing the weaknesses that dragged down previous Battlefield campaigns-an over-reliance on archetypal characters, some hackneyed emotional moments.