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When Did The First Battlefield Come Out

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2016 first-person shooter video game

This article is near the 2016 video game. For the beginning game in the Battleground series, see Battlefield 1942.

2016 video game

Battlefield i
Battlefield 1 cover art.jpg
Developer(s) DICE[a]
Publisher(due south) Electronic Arts
Director(s)
  • Stefan Strandberg
  • Eric Holmes
Producer(due south)
  • Aleksander Svendsen Grøndal
  • Andreas Morell
  • Jamie Keen
Designer(southward)
  • Lars Gustavsson
  • Alan Kertz
  • Fia Tjernberg
  • Daniel Berlin
Programmer(south) Vidar Nygren
Artist(south) Gustav Tilleby
Writer(s)
  • Christofer Emgård
  • Mikael Säker
  • Steven Hall
Composer(s)
  • Patrik Andrén
  • Johan Söderqvist
Series Battlefield
Engine Frostbite three
Platform(s)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • PlayStation iv
  • Xbox One
Release Oct 21, 2016
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(southward) Unmarried-player, multiplayer

Battlefield one is a first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the tenth installment in the Battlefield series[1] and the showtime primary entry in the series since Battlefield 4 (2013),[2] and was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2016.

Battleground i received positive reviews from critics, who saw it as an comeback over the series' previous installments, Battlefield 4 and Battleground Hardline. Nigh of the praise was directed towards its World War I setting, unmarried-player campaigns, multiplayer modes, visuals, and sound design. The game was a commercial success, selling over 15 million copies,[iii] [4] and was followed by Battlefield V in 2018.[5]

Gameplay [edit]

Similar to its predecessors, Battleground ane is a first-person shooter game that emphasizes teamwork. It is ready in the menstruation of World War I, and is inspired by historical events. Players can make use of Earth War I weapons, including bolt-action rifles, submachine guns, automatic and semi-automated rifles, artillery, flamethrowers, and poison gas to combat opponents.[6] [7] [8] [nine] Melee combat was reworked, with DICE introducing new melee weapons such equally sabres, trench clubs, and shovels into the game. These melee weapons were divided into three groups: heavy, medium and low-cal.[ten] Players can likewise accept control of various armored vehicles, including light and heavy tanks, armored trucks, cars, torpedo boats, bi- and tri-plane shipping, an armored train, reconnaissance vehicles, a dreadnought and an M-class zeppelin, besides as ride horses into boxing.[xi] Destructible environments and weapon customization, features present in the previous games, returned in Battlefield i and are more dynamic.[12]

The game's world designer, Daniel Berlin, said the campaign style has larger and more than open up environments than those in previous installments in the franchise, with more options and choices in terms of paths to completing levels and how to approach combat.[thirteen] Players can control several characters in the entrada. If the player dies in the prologue, they will and then take control of another soldier and part instead of reloading from a checkpoint. These roles tin range from tank gunner to rifleman. Dissimilar its predecessors, the game features a collection of war stories, similar to an anthology.[14]

The game's multiplayer fashion supports up to 64 players.[15] The new squad system allows a group of players to enter and leave game servers together.[eight] According to Berlin, playing without joining a squad would make gameplay significantly more difficult.[16] Multiplayer maps are based on locations effectually the globe, including Arabia, the Western Front end, and the Alps.[17] The game launched with nine maps and half dozen modes, which include Conquest, Domination, Operations, Rush, Team Deathmatch, and War Pigeons, a style in which players must secure state of war pigeons and use them to call for an artillery strike.[18]

Multiplayer modes [edit]

Battlefield ane 's multiplayer manner features numerous game types seen in previous entries in the franchise, as well as new modes;

  • Conquest: 1 of the standard game modes in the Battlefield series. Teams capture objectives across the map, earning points based on the number of objectives they concord. If a squad is suffering from a major point arrears, a Behemoth-class vehicle (such as a Zeppelin L 30, an armoured train, a Dreadnought, or a Char 2C) becomes available for their employ.
  • Domination: a version of Conquest with a smaller map and fewer control points.
  • Rush: another standard game mode in the series, played between a defending and attacking team. An attacking team with a limited number of respawns must attempt to plant bombs in two telegraph stations located within a sector of the map, while the defending team must protect the stations and defuse planted bombs earlier they explode. If the attackers are successful, their respawns are replenished and the defending team falls back to the next sector. The game ends if the defending team exhausts the attackers' respawn tickets, or the attacking team captures the concluding telegraph stations. Dissimilar Rush modes in previous Battlefield games, the telegraph stations can also be used to call for artillery fire against the attackers.
  • Operations: A new fashion which takes place across multiple maps to simulate a campaign from the war. An attacking squad controls a battalion with limited respawn tickets; similarly to Blitz, they must progress beyond sectors of a map by capturing their control points. If the attacking team exhausts their tickets, they lose ane of their three battalions, and must try over again. If the attackers are successful, the teams movement onto a different map. The attacking team wins if they successfully clear all maps without running out of battalions, while the defenders win if they eliminate all 3 of their opponents' battalions. The attacking team can exist granted a Behemoth vehicle if they lose a battalion.[xix]
  • Squad Deathmatch: a standard game in which teams compete to reach a target number of kills, or the highest number of kills before time expires.
  • War Pigeons: a new, capture the flag-similar style in which two teams must endeavour to capture a messenger dove used to signal artillery fire. Subsequently the pigeon is captured, the player must be defended while they prepare the message to be sent, and the pigeon must be released outside. However, the opposing team can still shoot downward the pigeon. The outset squad to successfully release 3 pigeons wins the game.
  • Frontlines: A new style added in the They Shall Not Pass DLC, described as a "tug of state of war" combining aspects of Operations and Rush. A map contains five control points forth a linear path connecting the bases of the two teams. Kickoff at the centre of the map, a team must progress towards their opponents' base by capturing each successive command signal. If the signal is captured by the opposing squad instead, they are pushed back towards their own territory. If a team reaches their opponent's base, they must so destroy the two telegraph stations within to win the game. As in Blitz, the defending squad tin use the telegraph stations to telephone call for arms fire. If the attacking team does not destroy both stations before they run out of tickets, they are pushed out and must capture the concluding objective again before they tin can make another attempt.[20]
  • Supply Drop: A new style added in the In the Name of the Tsar DLC. This game mode is inspired by the huge areas the Eastern Front of Earth War 1 took place on. Teams fight over these supply drops, which requite the capturing team all sorts of goodies – ammo, health, vehicles, and pickups for Elite classes. The team that then captures more points, wins. Ammo and health is more unremarkably found in supply drops, but vehicles and Aristocracy class pickups are made to turn the tide of boxing in the attacking team's favour.
  • Air Assault: The newest multiplayer game way, added as office of the Apocalypse DLC. This game mode, but available on two maps, features "frantic dogfights" and centers on aerial combat. Each opposing vehicle destroyed gains your squad points. On the map "Razor's Edge," only single-seat planes are bachelor, while in "London Calling" a wide variety of planes - and a zeppelin - are at each team's disposal.
  • Shock Operations: A new mode added in the 2018 June Patch. Shock Operations are like Operations but instead there are shorter, faster with 40 players per server unlike normal 64 players per server and only play on i map. There are just five available maps in this game mode. These maps are called Giant's Shadow, Prise de Tahure, Lupkow Pass, Zeebrugge and River Somme.

Classes [edit]

Battleground i 'south multiplayer features iv main classes, three spawn-based vehicle classes, and five pick-upwardly based Elite classes:[21]

Infantry-based:

  • Assault: The principal anti-vehicle class. Assault players have submachine guns, motorcar pistols, and shotguns at their disposal. They contribute using explosives such as dynamite or anti-tank grenades to destroy vehicles such as tanks and armored vehicles.
  • Medic: The Medic class is primarily focused on reviving teammates and healing them. The primary weapons in this grade area are semi-automated rifles, and some fully automatic rifles.
  • Support: Supports take light-machine guns and semi-automated carbines at their disposal. In addition they may utilise crossbows which launch explosives for expanse damage and light anti-vehicle use. They also contribute to the team past replenishing their teammates' ammo and repairing stationary weapons and vehicles.
  • Scout: Scouts use a variety of lever-activeness and commodities-action service rifles. The class contributes to the team by spotting enemies either with firing a flare gun, which spots nearby enemies in the vicinity of the flare on the mini-map, or use a periscope.

Vehicle-based:

  • Tanker: Players choosing to spawn into a tank automatically spawn as the tanker form. The class is new to the series, and features a hammer wrench that tin can repair allied vehicles and damage enemy vehicles.
  • Pilot: Players who spawn into a plane automatically spawn every bit the pilot class. Outside of tanks and planes, tankers and pilots have admission to pistol carbines and a sawed-off shotgun.
  • Cavalry: Players who choose to spawn on a horse spawn equally the cavalry class. The cavalry class is equipped with a cuirass granting them extra defence, a Russian 1895 cavalry burglarize, a cavalry saber or a cavalry Lance as well equally the ability to replenish health and ammo to both themselves, their horse and their teammates through the use of medical packs and ammunition packs.

Elite Classes:

  • Flame Trooper Kit: Players who option up the Flame Trooper Kit automatically equip a Gas mask, a Wex flamethrower, and 3 Incendiary grenades. They are too equipped with a trench lodge.
  • Lookout Kit: Players who option up the Sentry Kit gain plate armour and a MG 08/15 or Villar Perosa (depending on map), besides one Frag grenade and a trench club. The plate armour includes a helmet which prevent headshots to the thespian, but leaving them unable to don a gas mask.
  • Tank Hunter Kit: Players who option up the Tank Hunter Kit equip both a Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, capable of doing massive amounts of damage to vehicles and infantry, a sawed-off shotgun, and a periscope. The thespian also dons a respirator and goggles, granting them a permanent Gas Mask, while being able to aim down their sights without obscured vision. Their armor remains the same equally that of a normal soldier.[22]
  • Trench Raider Kit: Players who selection up the Trench Raider Kit wield a Trench Club that kills enemies in 1 hit, Smoke Grenades, a Medical crate, and a No. 3 Revolver, and three Frag grenades. This kit is sectional to the They Shall Not Pass expansion.
  • Burglar Kit: Players who pick upwardly this kit receive a Martini-Henry Grenade Launcher, a sawed-off shotgun, a spawn beacon in the grade of a heliograph, and a signal flare gun that calls in artillery strikes. The player'due south helmet is exchanged for a scuba mask,[ citation needed ] assuasive them to swim further underwater than the average soldier, simply (as with the Sentry) unable to don a gas mask. This elite class is exclusive to the Turning Tides expansion.

Campaigns [edit]

Characters [edit]

During the single-player campaigns, the player controls six different characters from a first-person perspective over six unlike chapters. Unlike previous campaigns in the series, Battlefield 1 's single-player story mode is equanimous of six separate "State of war Stories", each shown through the eyes of separate allied soldiers from different nationalities, "Storm of Steel" – the prologue of the game which is set in France through the eyes of several Harlem Hellfighters, "Through Mud and Blood" – ready in French republic though the optics of a British tank driver, "Friends in Loftier Places" – France and the Great britain as a Majestic Flying Corps fighter airplane pilot, "Avanti Savoia" – Italian republic as a mournful survivor and member of the Arditi, "The Runner" – the Gallipoli Peninsula (part of European Turkey) through an ANZAC runner, and "Aught is Written" – gear up in Kingdom of Hejaz through the optics of a Bedouin warrior nether the command of Lawrence of Arabia.[23]

Plots [edit]

Storm of Steel [edit]

The prologue, set in 1918, sees players accept control of dissimilar members of the Harlem Hellfighters as they defend their positions against a German offensive in France. The player initially starts out virtually the front line and must survive equally long equally possible against waves of German soldiers. If the actor survives the assault, an artillery barrage will rain downwardly on them and then the game's perspective volition shift to some other soldier. During the grade of the gameplay, an unnamed narrator (one of the Hellfighters) gives commentary on the nature of the war as the battle continues and player controlled soldiers are killed.

At the commencement of the battle, the Hellfighters initially lose ground to the Germans, just British tanks force the German language troops into a retreat until the tanks are stalled by artillery. The Hellfighters mount a counteroffensive and push forward, sustaining casualties as the Germans hold their ground. When the thespian switches perspective to the final soldier in the gameplay, a German soldier attempts to impale the player character with a shovel but is stopped brusk by an artillery avalanche that wipes out all of the combatants on the battlefield and renders the player unconscious. When the player grapheme regains consciousness, he initially appears to be the lone survivor, but quickly encounters a German survivor. Although the two point their weapons at ane another, burnout and battle fatigue set in as both realize the futility of their state of affairs, inclining both men to lower their weapons. The game so proceeds to an introduction cinematic that opens upwards to the other War Stories.

Through Mud and Blood [edit]

Set in Autumn of 1918 during the Battle of Cambrai in the Hundred Days Offensive, players presume the office of Daniel Edwards, a former chauffeur who enlists in the war as a British tank commuter. Edwards is assigned to a Marking V tank dubbed "Blackness Bess," and meets the rest of his crew: Townsend, the tank coiffure's commander; McManus, a contemptuous gunner who doubts Edwards' abilities and the likelihood of the crew'due south success; Pritchard, another gunner; and Finch, the friendly mechanic.

The crew must penetrate German lines to achieve the French town of Cambrai, and helps capture strategic positions and destroy artillery batteries. Finch is killed by machine-gun fire early on while trying to repair the tank, and afterward, the tank becomes trapped in mud and surrounded past German language infantry. Townsend decides to summon an artillery strike on their own position with the tank's messenger pigeon to save the tank, which McManus objects to vehemently. Pritchard is shot and killed trying to release the pigeon, forcing Edwards to do and then, which enables British arms to salvage the tank. Encountering thick fog in the nearby Bourlon Woods, Edwards acts equally a forward lookout man to guide the tank. Clearing the forest, the tank becomes beset with mechanical bug, and Townsend sends Edwards and McManus to salvage spark plugs from British tanks captured by the Germans. McManus expresses his disdain for their orders and abandons the mission, deserting. However, McManus has a change of heart after on and returns merely in time to save Edwards from a German soldier.

With the tank repaired, the crew proceeds to a railway station defended past High german forces. Although Bess is the just British tank in the area, the crew attacks the railway station to deceive the Germans into thinking that a large British offensive is underway. Eliminating the German forces at the railway station, the tank proceeds to Cambrai but is immobilized by artillery and attacked by High german soldiers. Edwards and McManus are wounded defending the tank, and an injured Townsend sacrifices himself by igniting a gas leak inside the tank, killing himself and the Germans. With Bess destroyed and Edwards and McManus the only survivors, the 2 go on alone on foot to Cambrai. Closing subtitles betoken that with the participation of more than than 300 tanks at the Battle of Cambrai, the war concluded a month subsequently.

Friends in High Places [edit]

In this story, ready in the Spring of 1917, players control Clyde Blackburn, an American airplane pilot and gambler with a addiction of mendacious beliefs. Early on on, Blackburn cheats George Rackham, a airplane pilot of British dignity, in a game of cards and steals the latter'southward airplane. Posing every bit Rackham, Blackburn introduces himself to Rackham'south gunner, Wilson, and the two set off on an aeriform do. During the exercise, German shipping deadfall the duo, and the two pilots have photographs of a German language munitions base they stumble upon later on fighting off the enemy fighters. Although Wilson is reluctant to show the photos to British Control out of fears of being accused of insubordination, Blackburn cajoles him into doing so with the prospect of winning medals. Wilson agrees on the status that Blackburn returns them both safe from future missions.

Blackburn and Wilson escort British bombers in an assault on the photographed German language munitions base. Although the base is destroyed, Blackburn and Wilson are caught in a bomb explosion and crash behind enemy lines, separated. Blackburn sneaks through German language positions and discovers Wilson is injured. Knowing that he will be unable to render to British lines safely while carrying Wilson, Blackburn contemplates putting his companion out of his misery but changes his mind when Wilson reveals he knew Blackburn's true identity all forth. Blackburn carries Wilson through no-man's land to friendly lines but is detained by British Provosts under the orders of Rackham.

On the way to the courtroom-martial in London, the vessel conveying Blackburn, Rackham, and Wilson is attacked past a German language aerial raid, and Rackham is killed. Blackburn and Wilson commandeer a plane and fight off the German raid. Blackburn and Wilson commencement destroy a wave of German language bombers and fighters before crashing into a German Zeppelin and using its anti-shipping gun to destroy another Zeppelin. The ii pilots bound into the River Thames afterwards the Zeppelin plummets to the ground. The story ends with Blackburn climbing out of the river unharmed, reflecting on his experiences. He notes that mixed accounts of his exploits may ascend due to the confusing nature of the state of war, but suggests that his version of events is the truth. The story ends on an ambiguous note by leaving the question open up as to whether the events of the story truly occurred as they did.

Avanti Savoia! [edit]

Taking place during the autumn of 1918 in the Dolomites in Northern Italia, players assume the role of Luca Vincenzo Cocchiola, a member of the Italian Arditi unit. The story is conveyed by an anile Luca years later on the war equally he recounts his memories to his American girl on his birthday. He and his twin blood brother, Matteo, take role in a major offensive to seize an Austro-Hungarian fortress, days after their 21st birthday. While Matteo takes office in the primary thrust of the offensive, Luca's unit of measurement plays an auxiliary role, eliminating barriers to the main advance forces. Donning heavy torso armor and using a MG08/fifteen Luca spearheads the assault on key Austro-Hungarian positions, capturing strongpoints, destroying an arms gun, and disappointment an enemy aerial assault.

In desperation to terminate the assault on the fort, the Austro-Hungarian bombers trigger a landslide to obstruct the Italian offensive. Desperate to save his brother, Luca sets off alone into the battleground to find his brother's unit of measurement, armed with Villar Perosa and Beretta M1915. Along the way, he assists trapped Italian units and pushes toward the direction of the enemy fort. After clearing the fortress, Luca finds the remains of his brother'south unit and stumbles upon his deceased brother; much to his grief and dismay. A mourning Luca in the present-day bids his brother farewell and happy birthday, while a concluding subtitle states that the war affected both nation-states and empires, besides as families, with survivors and the deceased of the war named the "Lost Generation."

The Runner [edit]

Set during the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915, the histrion takes on the function of Australian messenger and Second Boer War veteran, Frederick Bishop. The story starts with Bishop encountering young Jack Foster, who says he is Bishop'south new charge. While initially cynical, Bishop reluctantly relents and takes Foster under his fly, but warns Foster to refrain from battle due to his inexperience and young age. Bishop storms the beaches of Gallipoli at Greatcoat Helles and captures a strategic enemy position. Bishop fires a flare to signify the capture of the position merely is startled by a alone Foster, who disobeyed Bishop'south control to but movement up with the rest of the Allied forces. Bishop berates Foster for his naivety and view of war as a glorious activeness, given that Foster had lied about his age to enlist. Foster becomes appalled at the sight of the carnage around him, but Bishop softens his rhetoric and reassures Foster that they will be alright.

The side by side day, Bishop volunteers equally a runner in place of Foster, whom Bishop considers inexperienced for the job. Bishop returns to HQ to deliver a message and is saved by Foster, who shoots a nearby Ottoman soldier. British officer Whitehall dispatches Bishop to a rear command mail service to inform them that the British intend to advance further. Bishop finds the rear CP deserted, and discovers that the British intend to retreat and cover the withdrawal with arms fire. Remembering that Foster is withal on the frontlines, Bishop rushes back to think him. Finding Whitehall, Bishop is shocked to discover that Foster has joined an assault on an Ottoman fortress. Bishop decides to pursue Foster, while a distressed Whitehall permits Bishop to disobey the fallback guild to get Foster, telling him he has not much fourth dimension.

Bishop finds Foster and informs him of the imminent artillery strike, but the young Australian says that they cannot abandon their wounded. Bishop attacks the fort to cover the withdrawal, but tells Foster to burn down a flare when the retreat is completed and then that the former tin make his own escape. Bishop then single-handedly captures the fort and is mortally wounded in the process, but sees Foster's flare and is relieved to see that the retreat was successful. The story ends as Bishop dies from his wounds, watching every bit British warships shell the fort. Closing subtitles state that the Ottomans eventually won the Boxing at Gallipoli, and several notable survivors went on to lead a postwar Turkey. Australian and New Zealand troops fought at Gallipoli nether their own flags, distinguishing themselves in combat.

Nothing is Written [edit]

Taking identify in the jump of 1918, players assume control of Zara Ghufran, a Bedouin rebel working directly alongside British intelligence officeholder T. Due east. Lawrence (ameliorate known as Lawrence of Arabia) as they fight to undermine the Ottoman occupation of the Arabian Peninsula. Zara infiltrates a derailed Ottoman railroad train in "Al-Ajdar" and retrieves a manual with Ottoman advice codes. Although caught in a trap by Tilkici, an Ottoman officer, Zara is rescued by Lawrence and several Bedouin insurgents. Zara and Lawrence determine to interrogate Tilkici on how to use the code manually to lure the Canavar, an Ottoman armored train, into a trap, but Tilkici scoffs that the rebels will not triumph.

Having interrogated Tilkici, the rebels discover that they must apply message capsules held by three Ottoman officers to enquire the railroad train to stand down. Zara proceeds alone, successfully infiltrating Ottoman camps to release two message capsules past a pigeon while eliminating the Ottoman commanders. However, every bit she prepares to release the third capsule, she is knocked unconscious by Tilkici, who managed to escape from Lawrence. Tilkici drags Zara out into the desert and taunts her, having already ordered the Canavar to strike Lawrence'due south military camp. Notwithstanding, Zara kills Tilkici earlier he can execute her.

Returning to Lawrence, who survived the attack by relocating following Tilkici's escape, Zara and Lawrence determine to attack the armored train while information technology stops for supplies. Zara infiltrates the village where the Canavar stops and destroys segments of the train to impede the railroad train's motion. Zara and the rebels destroy the train in an intense boxing, ending the threat to their forces. Having achieved her "revenge" confronting the Canavar, Zara joins Lawrence to strike at targets in the Suez Canal. The closing subtitles indicate that although the Ottomans lost the war, the Allies refused to grant the Arabs full autonomy and that conflicts in the region continue into the 21st century.

Development [edit]

According to game designer Daniel Berlin, the team picked World War I equally the game's setting equally they believed that the weapons and gadgets featured in that period of time adjust players with unlike playstyles. The game was named Battlefield 1, since the team considered Earth War I as "the dawn of all-out warfare".[24] Melee weapons were reworked so equally to introduce more depth to the organization.[25] Co-ordinate to creative managing director Lars Gustavsson, the setting was a concept for a very long fourth dimension, and it had been the "dream" for the team to create a game based on that catamenia.[26] According to Berlin, gameplay was the virtually important aspect when they were developing the game, and he promised that information technology would not exist slowed downwardly due to the game's historical setting. The story of the game is told through multiple protagonists, and explores the stories of unknown state of war heroes.[27] Patrick Söderlund, the executive at Electronic Arts responsible for overseeing Dice, originally rejected the idea of having a World War I shooter equally he thought that it would not be fun to play. He later accepted the pitch after beingness convinced by a demo created past DICE.[28] Aleksander Grøndal, Senior Producer at Dice, prepared his own research into the state of war by looking at visual references. He favored colored images of the state of war in an attempt to visualize what the soldiers lived through. "I wanted to meet the pictures and I wanted to imagine how they'd wait with a mobile lens," Grøndal expressed when interviewed. "I wanted to first off with all the footage and imagine that footage in our game with a modern take." He specifically favored Apocalypse: Earth War I, a 2014 colorized French documentary, and World War I in Colour by Charles Messenger, a 2004 volume of colorized state of war time photographs. Grøndal favored colored material equally he felt, "It's quite interesting and information technology sucks y'all in because it feels much closer when you run across everything in color." Despite his personal penchant for colored visuals, his self ascribed "big inspiration" was Design for Armageddon, a half-dozen-part audio documentary by Dan Carlin for the latter'due south Hardcore History podcast series.[29]

In June 2015, DICE revealed that they were working on an unannounced game.[30] In January 2016, EA announced that Titanfall 2, Mass Effect: Andromeda and an unannounced video game set in the Battlefield universe would be released prior to the end of the company's fiscal year.[31] Both the title, the game's release engagement, and the plot of the game were leaked prior to the official declaration on May half dozen, 2016.[ii] [32] [33] The game was officially unveiled on that solar day through a livestream on Twitch, showcasing a reveal trailer of the game featuring a remix of The White Stripes' "Vii Nation Regular army" by The Glitch Mob.[34] [35] The game's Collector's Edition includes items such as a statue of a Harlem Hellfighter, a code for exclusive downloadable content (DLC) of the Doughboy M1911 Pistol, and a Steelbook instance.[36] Pre-club bonuses include early access to a DLC map named Giant'due south Shadow which takes place in the Battle of the Selle, and the Harlem Hellfighter Pack.[ix] The Heroes Parcel includes the pre-order bonuses, equally well as three days early on access to the game, the Red Baron Pack, the Lawrence of Arabia Pack, and 5 Battlepacks.[9] [37] Battlefield 1 was released worldwide on October 21, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[38]

Battlefield one 's open beta became bachelor on August 31, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation four, and Xbox One. Information technology ended on September 8, 2016.[39] The open up beta allowed the squad to ensure that major technical bugs, glitches, and crashes can exist patched prior to the game's official launch. 13.2 1000000 players participated in the beta.[xl]

Downloadable content [edit]

Dice released four downloadable content expansions for Battlefield 1; They Shall Not Pass, In the Name of the Tsar, Turning Tides, and Apocalypse.[41]

They Shall Not Pass [edit]

In December 2016, DICE announced the offset major expansion for Battlefield 1, They Shall Non Laissez passer, which was released on March fourteen, 2017 with a two-calendar week exclusivity period for Premium holders. It focuses on the new playable faction, the French Army; the expansion features four new maps set in the Battle of Verdun and the 2d Battle of the Marne; Fort de Vaux, Soissons, Rupture, and Verdun Heights. They Shall Non Pass adds new weapons and vehicles, as well every bit new melee-oriented "Trench Raider" elite course.[42] [43] 2 boosted maps named Nivelle Nights and Prise de Tahure, both fix during and afterward the Nivelle Offensive, are included as part of the expansion and were released in Summertime 2017. As of May 5, 2018, "They Shall Not Pass" is free for all players via the Xbox, PC, and PlayStation websites, and remained gratis until May 15 every bit office of The Road to Battlefield V.[44]

In the Proper name of the Tsar [edit]

In April 2017, DICE released the showtime images of the In the Name of the Tsar DLC.[45] This DLC was confirmed during EA Play 2017, where a brusque amount of footage of it was also shown. In the Name of the Tsar focuses on the Russian Empire during the Great War. The Spotter class for the Russian Empire faction features a female soldier representing the Women'due south Battalion. Iv maps in the expansion are set on the Eastern Front end; Lupkow Pass, Galicia, Brusilov Keep, and Albion, while ii other maps are ready in the Russian Civil War betwixt the White Guard and Red Army; Tsaritsyn and Volga River. Information technology also adds eleven new infantry weapons to the game and various new vehicles. In the Name of the Tsar also features a new horseback weapon called the Cavalry Lance. The expansion was released on September 5, 2017 for Premium Pass, with a worldwide release two weeks later on. The cover art for this downloadable content expansion features Vendela Lindblom, the Playmate of the Calendar month for the Jan 2019 effect of Playboy, equally a female person soldier.[46]

Turning Tides [edit]

The Turning Tides DLC is focused on aspects of the naval and amphibious combat during Earth State of war I. DICE released the first half of the expansion to Premium Pass holders on Dec 11, 2017, containing 2 maps prepare during the Gallipoli Campaign: Achi Baba and Cape Helles. This expansion adds six new infantry weapons to the game, besides as a new "Infiltrator" elite course, which is equipped with a heliograph spawn buoy gadget, point flare gun, and the Martini-Henry Grenade Launcher. Turning Tides also brings dorsum the Conquest Assault game mode from previous Battleground installments. The 50-Class Destroyer was introduced as a new naval vehicle in the DLC. For the second half of the expansion, released on January 30, 2018, Turning Tides: N Sea brought more locations involving naval warfare from the Neat War. Two new maps were added: Heligoland Bight and Zeebrugge, forth with the British Royal Marines every bit a new faction to battle the German Ground forces. The North Ocean release also introduced the C-Grade Airship as a new air vehicle.

Apocalypse [edit]

The 4th and final DLC for Battleground i, the Apocalypse DLC, is centered around some of the nigh brutal battles of the Great War. The DLC was released on Feb 20, 2018, containing 5 maps, six guns, and a new game mode, among other additions.[47] The 3 infantry-based maps of Apocalypse reflect three of the bloodiest battles of Earth State of war I; Caporetto set in nowadays-day Slovenia, Passchendaele in Belgium, and River Somme in France. The DLC brought no new factions to the game, but introduced a new game mode titled "Air Assault" in the remaining two maps. These ii maps, both simply plane- and zeppelin-focused, are named "Razor'due south Edge" and "London Calling." While both maps feature combat above detailed landscapes (Razor's Edge taking place in the Alps and London Calling occurring over the city of London), neither are based on factual battles. Apocalypse brought new weapons and gadgets to Battlefield 1 as well. In addition, melee weapons were introduced to the game. Dice and the Battlefield team also added a number of other components to the game, including vehicles, gadgets for diverse infantry classes, and the stationary Livens Projector/Gaswurfminen, located on each of the 3 infantry-based maps. The DLC too features two new air vehicles, the Airco DH.10 Amiens and the Hansa-Brandenburg Yard.I.

Reception [edit]

Pre-release [edit]

The game received positive response from the customs later its official announcement. As of July 2, 2016, the Battlefield 1 reveal trailer is the most liked trailer on YouTube, with over two million likes.[61] Electronic Arts expected the game to sell at to the lowest degree 14 million units in its first year of release.[62] Writing for Wired, Julie Muncy felt worried that the game may not be able to reflect the complex situations in World War I, and thought that the war may not exist an ideal setting for a video game.[63] In contrast, Zam's Robert Rath reflected on the same themes, and noted that Globe State of war I was largely forgotten in popular culture due to its inability to inspire passion or interest; Rath suggested Battlefield 1 could rejuvenate popular interest in the war.[64] At The Guardian, Alex Hern criticized what he perceived as the hypocrisy of those objecting to a video game portrayal of WWI, writing: "Asking whether the Starting time World War is an appropriate topic for a first-person shooter may reveal a more than pressing question: why do we think any war is?"[65]

Post-release [edit]

Battlefield 1 received "mostly favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[58] [59] [lx]

Reviewers praised the game's unique, refreshing setting,[66] [67] as well as the risk DICE took when developing a WW1-themed game.[68] The multiplayer component was praised for its solid mechanics, the new game style Operations, the soundtrack, and the maps, amongst many other things.[69] [70] Although praise was given to the single-player campaign for its story and level pattern, it was nonetheless criticized for being likewise short.[71] PC Earth also criticized that all half-dozen campaigns take place from the viewpoint of the Allied Powers and the viewpoint from the Primal Powers is absent.[57]

Sales [edit]

Battleground 1 was the acknowledged retail game in the Great britain in its week of release. Its launch week sales surpassed the combined sales of both Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline.[72] The PlayStation four version topped sales charts in Nihon, selling 113,083 copies in its first week.[73] Equally of January 18, 2017, the PlayStation 4 version has sold 249,053 copies in Japan.[74] Battlefield ane was the height-selling game in the US in the month of its release.[75]

Accolades [edit]

Year Laurels Category Result Ref
2016 Game Critics Awards 2016 Best of Show Nominated [76] [77]
Best Console Game Nominated
Best PC Game Nominated
All-time Online Multiplayer Nominated
Best Activeness Game Won
The Game Awards 2016 Best Game Direction Nominated [78] [79]
All-time Music/Sound Pattern Nominated
Best Multiplayer Nominated
Best Action Game Nominated
2017 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Game of the Year Nominated [80]
Activity Game of the Yr Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Fine art Direction Nominated
Outstanding Accomplishment in Online Gameplay Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Nominated
Outstanding Technical Accomplishment Nominated
2018 Writers' Lodge of Keen United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Awards 2018 Best Writing in a Video Game Nominated [81]

Run across as well [edit]

  • List of World War I video games

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Additional piece of work washed past DICE LA.

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External links [edit]

  • Official website

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