It's best described as a mashup between the game's Conquest and Rush modes, with one team of attackers storming objectives while defenders attempt to ward them off. The premiere multiplayer mode of Battlefield 1 is Operations, which ties multiple battles together across several maps as two warring factions fight for supremacy. I'm all about healing, so Medic is my go-to. The four classes - Assault, Medic, Scout and Support - each have a distinct role to play on the battlefield, and it won't take you long to find which role best suits your style of play. Snipers are overpowered and there's nothing more terrifying than seeing a man on a horse galloping at you at full speed, but in general the game feels well-balanced. Thankfully, there are just as many stories to be told in the game's multiplayer modes.įor the first time since Battlefield Vietnam, I'm actually enjoying Battlefield multiplayer. By the time the credits finished rolling, I was already ready for another five stories.

It takes this war and its participants seriously, and expects us to as well. It's not a flawless experience, but Battlefield 1 never once winks at the camera. And the final desert campaign, while stunning and inventive, features one of the worst 'boss battles' in recent memory. In Avanti Savoia!, the third chapter of the campaign, I kept being picked off by enemies I couldn't see at the story's midpoint. In each of the five War Stories, the gameplay supports the narrative - never the other way around.Īs with any FPS campaign, there are moments of frustration. The fifth and final story is perhaps the most cinematic of all, showing you the war through the eye's of an Arab rebel that serves as Lawrence of Arabias right hand.Īlthough Battlefield Hardline (and war games in general) have never put as much stock in story as they have in gameplay and impressive set pieces, Battlefield 1 puts storytelling at the fore. In another, you'll run through Gallipoli as an Australian soldier, storming a keep on your own just to give your allies time to escape.

In one War Story, you'll find yourself in the shoes of a tank driver who has no experience driving a tank.

Battlefield 1 campaign length