Moreover, they can be of almost any class composition so long as their aim is good enough. Here, a coordinated squad can take the entire map by the bootstraps and run roughshod over an enemy team.
It's not something most will be familiar with, but a single medic can - and has - turned the tide with a few well-timed revives. If I were a new player in BF5, I probably would have given up ages ago.Īs I said in my feature on the beta, Battlefield 5 makes every player feel like they can have an impact on the outcome of a match. I could hardly hit the broad side of a barn, let alone see it in the first place. My entry into the franchise was Bad Company 2, and I was terrible. I began my AAA FPS career with the Battlefield series. I suppose that's the point, but in a genre partially defined by its set-pieces, to have something so small stand out seems like an overall missed opportunity.
The only truly memorable moment was when an explosion synced up perfectly to a section of the in-game music. I was never knocked out of my socks, and I know for a fact DICE can pull off those kinds of moments. Take a game like Titanfall 2, where every level brought something wild and new but still contained it's best ideas to individual stages, and Battlefield 5 seems quaint. Secondly, I can't help but compare this offering to those with a similar length and content-saturation. The fourth and final mission won't unlock until December 5, and while I can see the value in holding content back to keep people wanting more, it smacks of incompleteness if not desperation. First, the complete experience is currently unavailable. My main issue with BF5's singleplayer is twofold. There are collectibles scattered about and plenty of chances to play with all the weapons and other armaments on offer, and vehicles are ever-present, as should be expected. Some of the levels are among the largest we've seen in a Battlefield game, and each is laid out to allow for multiple (and different) playstyles and playthroughs. The expansiveness of the missions warrants a mention as well. DICE has just about outdone themselves when it comes to making the Battlefield singleplayer fresh again.Īs with the rest of the game, though, don't expect anything to fly out of left field the storytelling is sound despite predictable plots and somewhat stock characters. I never found myself particularly attached to any of the playable characters, or the NPCs for that matter, but I was interested enough to see where their stories would go, so that's somewhat of a plus. From open world to area defense, flight sim to stealth-action, the gang's all here.Īnd I'll be honest: I was quite taken with every chapter I played. Mechanically, each War Story is unique, and each chapter of each story attempts to give Battlefield's take on another type of game. They're about the effect a few competent men and women can have on a small part of a much larger conflict.Įach of them tells the story of a different phase and theater of World War 2, and each plays with the expectations players have of a big-budget FPS experience. Like Battlefield 1, BF5's "War Stories" are self-contained mini-campaigns with a lens focused on a single soldier. It's here where we see the developers playing with expectations in gameplay, if not in narrative. The singleplayer side of Battlefield 5 is a stronger showing than its multiplayer. But there is nothing particularly new here, nothing to excite the imagination like the infantry focus and pacing of Bad Company 2 or the grand reopening for the series with Battlefield 3.īattlefield 5 goes through the motions, trodding a well-worn path that is all at once fun and adrenaline pumping but somehow still terribly rote.
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