By Sam Coles:
DICE had an open beta for Battlefield 1 yesterday
and I managed to get a chance to play it and overall I was pleasantly surprised
with what I’ve played it is Battlefield at its finest with historical warfare.
Like most people I was blown away by DICE’s bold move to take the shooting
franchise back to the past rather than having another modern warfare shooter or
futuristic although I would have been open to another futuristic Battlefield.
So how was beta? Great! Let’s dive in and talk about it.
The beta allowed players to access two modes which
are staples to the Battlefield franchise, Conquest and Rush. Conquest has been
streamlined to appeal to a wider audience so you no longer have tickets in this
game which deplete when you kill enemies, but instead they go for a more
traditional Call of Duty style of play where you accumulate points over time
depending on how many flags you’re holding.
Rush is where you slowly push through each enemy outpost
where you have to destroy two telegraph poles and after they have been
destroyed the enemy has to retreat further back and you have to do the same
again. I like Rush the most because it keeps the momentum of the battle flowing
rather than the stop and start nature of conquest where you’re in this bottle
neck where you’re fighting over the same flag.
Gameplay wise the game has a more up close and
person approach where you’ll use your trench gun to tear through flesh, bludgeon
your enemies with clubs or run at them with a heroic scream with you bayonet
ready. This game is extremely brutal with the intensity of the violence. The vehicles
are a tad primitive because obviously it’s during the First World War so tanks
are slow and are prone to breaking down which means your best bet of traversing
a battle is a horse which you can use weapons while riding.
Again DICE have out done themselves with the
presentation the desert map we had access to is absolutely stunning with the
oranges and whites with sand makes you feel like you’re there. The sound design
is what you would expect from a Battlefield game with distant cracks of gun
fire to the thunderous explosions from grenades and tanks. However I did notice
a few sound hiccups where the sounds for guns were not playing however the game
is not finished and it didn’t happen too often.
The only problem I had which is the same problem I
have with every DICE game and that is the net code it’s awful, the game had lag
issues when I was playing and it’s not my connection my internet is fine, I
have the same problem with Battlefield 4. This was on the PS4 version I can’t
confirm with other platforms.
Battlefield 1 is probably my most anticipated game
for autumn and this beta has made me more excited for the full release in
October.
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