Battlefield 1: The Most Anticipated Game

One of the most discussed and anticipated game of 2016 was Battlefield 1. And believe me when I say, it’s everything I had expected and much, much more! It created a lot of hype when it was announce, and the open beta was the most popular game beta of all times. Taking the franchise back to WWI was a rather risky move by DICE and EA, especially when you consider most FPS games now are oriented around present times and futuristic, but it seems the risk has paid off. I personally sunk about a hundred hours in BF1, and here are my thoughts about it.

First and foremost, it’s a lot different than its predecessor, BF Hardline. While Hardline was concentrated around the ongoing battles between criminals and the police, Battlefield 1 takes us to the “war to end war” and all the brutality that came with it. There are no high-tech weapons and drones, or even that many sophisticated vehicles in 1918, meaning you’re more likely to get close and personal with your enemies. Taking a glimpse at the bayonets should give you a clear picture of how brutal close range combat was – you had to look your opponent in the eye and see that they’re only human, just like you, before you killed them.

Battlefield 1 isn’t just a standard game with explosions everywhere and a flimsy story line. It puts a lot of emphasis on the inevitability of death and destruction in war, and the story of those who perished. A lot of historical facts are present throughout the game to serve as reminder that this isn’t fictional, and that It happened to us less than a hundred years ago. Kind of makes you think and put things into perspective, but in a good way.

Now let’s be realistic, most players bought it to play the multiplayer mode. And while a lot of people felt that BF Hardline was too much alike Call of Duty with a lack of quality large scale maps, and a rather tame gameplay, Battlefield 1 takes the series back to what it did best – open space combat, WW1 vehicles, weapons and terrain, which present their own challenges and perks. 

Battlefield 1 proves that sometimes it’s all about the basics of FPS games.  And while I can understand that the developers wanted to try something different with Hardline, FPS players crave the destruction and chaos of a battlefield, not shootouts in New York. It puts a lot of emphasis on individuals who fought in WW1, and the war itself, showing that everyone involved in the war was just like us, which is quite a sobering realization. BF1 presents us with a phenomenal single player mode, a very enjoyable multiplayer mode and game mechanics that will keep you on your toes for a lot of time. All of this combined makes BF1 one of my favorite games in the last few years.