These days, it is quite common for gamers to place high expectations on games after watching their trailers. Most games simply fail to deliver.
These days, it is quite common for gamers to place high expectations on games after watching their trailers. Most games simply fail to deliver.
Battlefield 1 is another classic example of a publisher and a developer making slight tweaks to already stale game mechanics. On the basis of these so-called changes, they gave their game a triple A title. The trailer of the game got many likes on YouTube, and they claimed that it would be a Call of Duty killer. But, this game turned out to be nothing more than a shooting gallery; it felt like Battlefield 4, only set in a different timeline. It looks pretty with all the fancy screen effects, realistic lighting, shadows and high quality motion blur, but it is always the gameplay that matters.
Battlefield games make their protagonists look like super heroes, whose enemies are falling left, right and centre! This has been going on for far too long. Yes, you may die a few times on the highest difficulty level without a doubt, but my point is that Battlefield campaigns have become more of a one-man show.
Opening
You will be placed in a battlefield and your task will be to hold the defence line in your first mission. You will quickly find out the major changes that are present in this game. When you die, you won’t respawn with the same character. Instead, you will take control of a different solider. The solider selection is completely random; you don’t fall in love with a character during the first few hours.
Ever heard of prototype automatic weapons being used in World War 1? Guess what? In this game, you will be relying on them quite heavily. It breaks the entire point of making a World War 1 game in the first place.
Other than these weapons, there are a few carbines that are fun to use. With the cool animations and absolutely fantastic decals, you will enjoy shooting enemies initially, after which the game will become duck hunting.
Gameplay
People buying Battlefield games prefer the multiplayer feature. And the only thing that makes it different is its setting, and that’s it!
In the multiplayer mode as well as in the campaign, you will rely heavily on the automatic weapons. The core gunplay is still the same as it was in Battlefield 4 minus the launch issues. For the most part, it runs fine without any major game breaking bugs.
This time around, vehicles have classes, so you will need to learn each one. Vehicle classes are a good addition, but still not impressive enough to make it feel like a totally new game. If you do not know this, tanks were still quite new during World War 1.
Snipers still play an important role in the multiplayer option. Most of the time, however, you will be on your own (unless you are playing in a lobby) because your teammates will be busy battling their way across extremely large maps. This is World War 1; you can’t simply win the war with a total absence of teamwork. There are no team commands in the campaign and the objectives are quite generic - just go from Point A to Point B and kill everything you see.
Graphics and performance
You can expect the usual Origin issues on the PC. It runs fine on consoles, but dips below the FPS lock when the screen is very busy. You will require a slightly powerful PC to run this game on the Ultra Settings at 1080p as this game can be demanding at times.
Overall, the Frostbite 3.0 engine looks great!
Summary
If you simply want to have a slightly different battlefield experience (read ‘different setting’), go ahead and buy this game. I don’t recommend this game to anyone, as there are quite a few great multiplayer games like Overwatch available which are more team focused than this game.
Review Score: /10
