I have no clue why I lost it when you said they wouldn't give a review copy because you have a bell! The devs are scared of your bell. The fear of it has been said to keep them up at night.
Just a quick warning, I have already banned 20+ people for either accusing me of being paid by EA or calling me a liar, I don't give second chances, so if you want freedom to post on here then don't accuse me of corruption.
Lol what you can't be paid by them, because: 1. You criticized Hardline so hard last year. 2. You're very honest in your reviews, and you talk about the good and bad sides of the game either if it's good or bad. 3. They're just Battlefield haters no need to give them much attention, their opinion is based on nothing.
When you hate a game you're supposed to like (Witcher) you're deluded, and when you like a game you're supposed to hate you are bribed. Pick your poison. How some people cannot fathom the concept of opinions is beyond me. I don't even care if you thumb something up or down. The review itself is just worth a watch.
Does it really matter what people say if YOU know the truth? You're wasting your time banning people... You have to man up, grow a pair and accept you're going to get comments like that. If you're going to police your comments and ban people it's possible that people will be less likely to post constructive criticism of your work. If you're only interested in positive feedback, close the videos for comments, because it'll never happen.
It's not amazing but it is good, certainly the best BF game of the last decade. As with all my reviews I don't gloss over the issues this game clearly has such as the stupid OP flamer and ironman in Multiplayer, the level 10 guns and the stupid out of bounds of the single player campaign. However I am having huge fun, especially in single player, the campaign is done like no other campaign I have ever played, it's so immersive and oozes atmosphere, I don't want it to end, unlike COD campaigns. I could easy just ding the bell, shout about X-ray vision (which does show up in SP mode) and then thumb it down. But to do that would be dishonest as despite all that shit, the game delivers a great experience, even in the main multiplayer mode it can be great fun at choke points.
Great review mack! Very fair and honest! You picked up on all the good points and the bad! I'm like most are enjoying the game,but it's getting annoying been spawned infront of firing squad's every time!(nothings perfect) hope you do a review on gears of war 4,as i'm finding that to be a great experience as well! great looking good control's for mouse and keyboard,and some good game modes are thrown in for abit of variety. keep up the good work,enjoying the contents and your rant's 😂👍
Worth A Buy Really+ like that you let the fun factor decide on this one, Mack. There is enough wrong with the game. But I keep coming back to it for the FUN. same boat, mack. would commend on the fun factor, the rest not really that much :)
Worth A Buy I actually found the campaign appalling. The first mission is awesome but all the others are shit. Like, ironman suit in Italy? The aircraft missions? its all about you being a one man army taking out entire bloody regiments... And its all in 1918. Why not start in the beginning of the war with the wide advances and manoeuvres until you reach the trench deadlock and then the introduction of the tank, the airplane and small scale infantry tactics deployed by the Germans which created the basis for modern infantry? That would be a lot better than just walking around in your ironman armour completely invulnerable to everything. Also, there were plenty of cavalry charges in WWI and they had their place. The timing however was extremely tight.
***** I know you don't have to buy the season pass. I just think its daylight robbery charging $60 for a game with a 4 hour campaign, and a generic re-skinned Battlefront MP. Fact of the matter is that its horrific that they put Micro transactions in a $60 game, with a $50 season pass. But that's just my 2 cents. Remove the WW1 skin, and all you have left is yet another boring repetitive FPS with kill streaks and shitty spawns.
You know that most people play BF for more than 4 hours right? Especially when playing MP. Many go easily over 100 hours before the first DLC comes out.
Eeroo94 Yep. Note, difference between realistic (ie Verdun) and authentic. The bit when you're essentially a Brotherhood of Steel member with your massive fuck off gun that holds 200 rounds, with your steel plated armour was some Wolfenstein bullshit that didn't need to be in the game. They've wasted a unique setting by making it like any other FPS, just with a WW1 coat of paint.
Speedy Gonzales Most of the maps consist of flat plains and the automatic weapons have mediocre damage and bad range. Any decent sniper/dmr user can take em down easily 2
Speedy Gonzales The medic class at the moment is busted. Having a 3 kill shot weapon at any range is way to powerful with a self heal to boot. The support class is a joke. I can see why DICE would be cautious in making an LMG welding ammo carrier to powerful but jesus christ their weapon dps is pathetic. Assaults okay on a few maps but the range and recoil really ruins it.
I think the reason that there's XP and unlocks in these kind of games now is to give players a sense of progression; that they're achieving something with their time. Publishers (and to a degree devs too) are probably afraid that people will get bored within a few hours if they just have everything from the start. I could be completely wrong. Who knows what the mentality behind it all really is.
pelle33FTW they stated its alternate history and its just to be around the time period and still has to stay a BF game and fun to enjoy with all the aspects. Verdun is the game for true WWI combat
Thanks Mack. This is the first war game, and new game I've bought in a long time and it's quite an immersive war game. I was pleased to see the voice actors actually have their face rendered like the tank captain and the aussie guy and they were 2 instantly recognisable screen actors for me. First ww1 game I've played, at least in full modern fps sheen and it kind of works. I'm 35 so know a lot about ww2 but not so much about the 1st ww. Rather than ww2 games where you kind of go: "oh ye, this is supposed to be that bit", with this game I'm learning a few nuggets. Obviously the game ia presented in such a way as to do exactly that, but even of it wasn't - the feeling would still be quite different. It's great in lots of ways. I really hope they continue with it and expand the different factions, fleshing out the disparate stories some more.
Kiryu Mekagojira I'm telling you, THEY ARE WATCHING US. THEY ARE EVEN PENETRATING OUR MINDS; Mack is a prime example of it... XD jk, it just seems weird he would say this game is worth a buy after the bad beta review and the bad battlefront reviews, after all, this game feels a lot like battlefront.
its wank he dropped the ball on this one. it superb technically and great setting but the game-play is wank. he got duped becuase of the ww1 setting. wears off after 10 hours or so
I think it's because everything else in the last few years has been utter shite, so this one stands out as not being utter shite but simply "good". If only the recent Wolfenstein games had multiplayer, they'd have mopped up if it was anywhere near as good as the single player.
I thought the spawn system in this game was much better. I notice that you spawn closer or further away based on where the enemies are relative to the objective that you're spawning on and I think that's pretty smart. And as far as the special classes go, I think they're fairly balanced. Yes in close quarters a flame thrower can decimate if he can get in there, but just throw a couple grenades and he'll go down.
Sai Tama That's quite the hefty claim, especially as Mack has always shown through his reviews that he cannot be bought which has led to very unpopular verdicts like the Witcher 3 receiving the thumb down. And the fact you're resorting to name calling suggests that you can't actually support this claim with hard evidence so I'm inclinced dismiss your opinion as emotionally charged and unsupported by the facts.
A few quick tips: If you find DX12 mode enabled in the advanced video settings, turn if off. It's not quite ready yet and I'm surprised to see the devs turning it on by default. Should get better in time, but so far it leads to stuttering after you've played for a while if not right away. Use the Android app or the web companion to manage inventory unlocks/skins/profiles a bit easier. Currently the app is the better of the two options. When you die, look at the information on the screen to see if there's a medic nearby or not before hitting the spacebar. You might get revived, and skipping to the deploy screen will NOT let you spawn any faster. When driving a vehicle (and horses are vehicles), have a look for any gadgets it may come with. Some have ammo or health packs that can be dropped behind to help your teammates. You'll be appreciated. Try the Operations game mode. Maybe it's not for everyone, but I find it glorious.
Perk systems in these games were created to help stand a fighting chance against game hackers. That’s why there’s almost zero games without a leveling system.
So true. Planetside 2 is the ultimate battlefield experience, the only thing missing is destructible environments due to the massive map sizes and player counts. No battlefield game makes an epic, full on war like Planetside 2.
Nguyễn Hải Dương It's not an opinion, Planetside 2 is a better version of battlefield. This is observable, Planetside 2 does everything battlefield does (excluding the destruction and now graphics because it is not as big budget as battlefield or as new now) *BETTER* than battlefield currently for gameplay. They took battlefield and improved it. I want to see battlefield do the same to Planetside. Imagine a battlefield game where you can construct bases, fight on land, sea, as infantry, in various vehicles and with various weapons over the *span of an ENTIRE CONTINENT(s), able to steal enemy vehicles and hack the computers in their base so it becomes an enemy base. *Multiple factions fighting at once against each other for the same resources to allow them to make bases and spawn troops and armor*, it would be glorious. The vast areas of open war going on at all times, everyone in the same server so as to create total mayhem* and if it was battlefield it would have destructible environments on top of that, *and* an even bigger population than Planetside 2, since it is more popular, which would lead to a true war experience. It would be awesome. What I've just described is Planetside 2, only thing missing is the destructible environments.
Nguyễn Hải Dương you didnt even read my full comment did you? i said imagine a battlefield that *is the same as planetside 2* but *WITH destruction* that's what I'm waiting for, and until then, only planetside 2 will fill that niche
The first call of duty campaign, on PS2 called 'Finest Hour', went through the British, American, and Russia stories in world war 2 and during the first play through you play a mix of the different nations so its presented to you in chronological order. Then when you finish the game you could go back and replay the campaign as just one nation the whole way through without having to swap back and forth.
Aoyagi its really nothing more than a gimmick in the newer battlefield games but in bfbc2 it actually changed gameplay and dynamics of the battlefield and objective
I love watching your new and old reviews as I build model kits or work on the computer. Your commentary is so raw and honest, it's truly refreshing. Also, as a U.S. Soldier, it's hysterical to listen to the bits where you bash the marines. Thank you for what you do!
I am having fun as well, but see a few ... hiccups. X-ray vision in single player - bah. No German chapter of the campaign - as if they did not play a part in the war apart from cannon fodder. No fitting accents for Austrian soldiers - unnecessary oversight. I wish someone else could use the engine and graphic assets of BF1 to create something apart from the mainstream, like a great tank simulator, a trench warfare game ("Verdun Pro") or a flight simulator ("Wings 2016", "Red Baron 2016").
At least there is some german narrating in the Operations game mode, when you play as the germans. But yeah, it is again painfully lacking in that departement.
In fact, the languages of the game are confusing me. I hear native German from the soldiers, English with German accent in the briefings, English speaking soldiers, other parts in English and have German sub texts. In the end, it's all Greek to me. I'd also like to know, whether or not the x-ray vision can be switched off. At least, i couldn't figure how to do it.
Waiting is really a good strategy (esp. on PC). Can't stand the hype bs as well. Remember "No Man's Sky"? "18 quadruple million" planets - as if you could play and enjoy the game until you're old and grey. Laughable! But back to topic: I usually do wait as well, but not with FPS. After a few month on the market there are so many good (at least better than me) online players, that my experience is ruined, so the game is done for me. To get as much fun out of a game as possible, I buy and start early. Sorry, what do you mean by "getting even MORE expensive now"?
One thing I've noticed in this game is the melee kills! So far, in 6ish hours of game-play, I have more knife kills than I did in BF4 and BF3! Run into a group of other players and somehow it just turns into a big knife fight! It's awesome! Really is the best modern BF game.
I truly hope people will go back to this game after seeing how bad the last few were. Servers are not empty on PS4 but I do see that mostly the old maps are being played on.
hochmeisterr I, sadly, have been unable to play it and I'm not sure if I could get a copy from Amazon that would have a valid CD key that would allow me to play it.
The game is worth a buy. The single player is fun however too short. It's a little easy too, beat it on hard in like 8 hours and only died less than 20 times. The multiplayer is immersive and fun. There is not much gun variety but the guns remind me of return to castle wolfenstein because they're satisfying to shoot and get kills with. Operations is the best MP experience I have had since dark souls.
Singleplayer still has many issues that CoD games do. I wasn't asking for realism or historical accuracy but there are too many automatic weapons, no trench warfare, airplanes using rockets, a mission where you play as Italian terminator and steamrolling through Austria-Hungary forces with a minigun... this feels and plays nothing like WW1 at all.
I like how he states he's a WWI buff, then completely ignores the terrible historical accuracy/didn't mention that DICE made a fictional/alternate WWI.
right because sitting in a trench for days waiting for gangrene to set in is definitely an exciting game i want to play. At least mack understands why games are like this unlike you guys, it simply wouldnt be fun. there has to be some excitement regardless of historical accuracy.
You fail to understand my post. The first thing i've said is that i'm not looking for historical accuracy and who said anything about waiting in trenches for days, the perfect they could show Trench Warfare is having a mission where soldiers on both sides would hear the whistle and start charging at each other, Verdun managed to do it. Battlefield 1 doesn't even try to portray anything from WW1, it almost feels like i'm playing a steampunk game. And considering old MoH and CoD games managed to capture and made you feel like you were in WW2, they could have done it the same here but they went for easy route instead.
I wish a game like this could have some deeper mechanics, like a campaign with a series of battles would push your faction to Paris or Berlin. A bit like in Heroes and Generals for instance. I miss that kind of stuff from the triple A game studios.
You should give credit to DICE not EA . EA are scumbags who are in it for the money just look at the damn prices and they dont even bother with regional pricing
zubin arya True, but let's still remember EA launched a budgeted indie game (Unravel) for $20, yet Cashtivision released Ghostbusters at full price....
""all the ones since 1942 were shit". Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 2 were not shit. They were downright amazing . That's because all 3 were made by the the old DICE team. they were all fired soon after BF2 was released. Bf went down hill after that.
He lives in the North-East of England, it's fucking bleak up there... The mail coach only arrives once every few months and then he'll have to deal with the local highwaymen (read chavs) stealing his ram...
Liofa well, i hope he's not getting it delivered by FedEx... (Cast away reference attempt) P.S. wtf is it NOW with utube's reply system not adding the username in the response...
I like levelling up, it keeps me playing longer. But I wouldn't like to unlock things at any level, I would just want my level to show my experience with the game, not to unlock new guns. That unbalances everything
TB trashed it because it requires a big effort on your part in suspending your disbelief, with all this "super-soldier" bs. Other than that, it's pretty good. As good as a modern military shooter campaign can be, at least.
Thanks! Jim Sterling pointed out that it has microtransactions so it must necessarily go on my shitlist regardless of how good it is. Makes my decision easy!
Will you be gaming at QHD once you get the new PC? A GTX 1070 is more than enough horsepower for gaming at 2560x1440. On the other hand, if you stay at 1080p your frame rates will obviously be much higher. Decisions..
TropiKo I don't think you even read what I posted. If he's using a 1080p monitor then he won't be gaming at 1440p now will he. I asked him if he planned on gaming at QHD when he moves to his new PC, or staying at 1080p to preserve higher frame rates.
druuzil I am gaming at 1600p on a gtx 1060 with a 1920x1200 monitor. Look up DSR EDIT: really depends on what settings and framerate you prefer, you can run gta 5 on 4k on older graphics cards if you so desire, but on lower settings and framerates.
TropiKo I know what DSR is, thanks. DSR looks like crap though, and while we (Mack's audience) wouldn't notice any difference if he records at 1440p DSR vs a true 1440p, the difference would be noticeable for him and improve his gameplay experience.
So mowing down hordes of krauts and turks that run around like headless chickens makes a good singleplayer? They also die in 2-3 bullets while you can take 10 and regenerate health, sounds legit.
Hi Mack - Big time fan of the series and your channel, but i really have to disagree with a lot of points, and also want to ask you as for your thoughts on a few points. I do find it contradictory when you claim that Armored men with machine guns etc is not realistic, or that any of the elite classes you can pick up are realistic at all. Actually, they did have that, and they did have a tremendous amount of effect on the battlefield when employed correctly - which is exactly what these kits do in multiplayer (although the sentry kit in the campaign is a little absurd i must admit). You feel its all unrealistic which is fair, its your opinion. But WW1 didn't have the unusually high amount of automatic weaponry, hell even in ww2 they didnt have that much. In ww1 some people were sent off to war without weaponry, told to pick it up off corpses. Bit confused as to your reasoning here! Also, dont understand what problems you have with the announcer, i thought they did a rather good job all in all
***** yea EA says stuff like when dlc should come out and when the game releases sometimes they tell dice to release the game too earlier to compete eg with cod as we saw with bf4 but that was a mistaked and b1 launch is one of the best bf launch luckily dice makes the games not ea
the only part i disagreed on were your thoughts on the elite classes. In WW1 you did get guys wearing very heavy armor but prolly not carrying a big machinegun around with it. and they numbered around maybe 2% of the total fighting force.
I'm actually surprised to see this little criticism coming from you, given how far away the game is from the real WWI, it's like a bad caricature. You didn't mention the absurdly high price tag either, so I'm not sure whether you're thumbing it up for 60 bucks or 130.
Spawning is a hard balance. Some people like to not run so much without action. I would make it an option in multiplater = Spawn at squad / Spawn at base.
Thats not the full game, it's standard edition only 60€ and from cdkey websites, 42€ :3.... But yes it sucks you cant get the DLC, Countries, maps that will come out. Will have to buy season/premium pass later
It pisses me off that the didn't transfer the entire HUD customization system from BF4. Just a stripped down version of it. WE DON'T NEED ALL THAT SHIT ON THE SCREEN!! Some of it is necessary, but in BF4 you could control the opacity of every single HUD item. In BF1 you can't even control the opacity for the crosshair. Why would they go backwards?!?!
Fang Qu Yes, during the beta I had a GTX 960 and i5-6500, all medium except maybe one or two settings on high, and was getting 60fps comfortably apart from a few really hectic moments.
Asthmatic hippo with no legs XD Speckled Jim running around - OMG! And the pidgin murdering Black Adder as well, no doubt! Cavalry was used in WW2 as well. Polish army had them. Also on Eastern Front, horses were very useful transportation. All the machinery was sinking in the mud :)
i've been playing bc1, bc2, bf3 recently, kept feeling features missing the older the game was, so how can bf3 be dumbed down? all 3 of them very fun though these are two separate issues, consolitis/upgrade trees vs actual dumbed down like the button prompts & shooting gallery the codiw video was talking about
Still. The beta did highlight all the "CoD" or modern AAA shit I'm not paying for. You pointed out the flaws with lvl up's and OP high tier guns that any consol kid can grind to. In a WW1 settings I expect the combat system to be not optimal and slow reloads and feeling like it matters. But here you spawn 5sec later next to the one that killed you. WTF is the point? It's like the game is made for angry cucumber suckers around the age of 11-16. I'm not in for that kind of shit. It's yet agen one of that kind of games. But only this time desent? Why give a shit about it? Saying that this Battlefield 1 "5" set in WW1 is acceptable and WAB is 100% true.... But that due to the lame reason of the industry is so FUCKT that this is a grate game. It's a avrage fucking shooter with a skin ontop to sell it. That's more insulting then Xray vision build into games m8. I'm only happy that the game runs and is not garbage on PC for ones. But I'm not buying more of this crap called "kids first real mulitplayer FPS". I have experienced this same multiplayer 7 times now for what 8 years now? And I'm done with this kind of crap for good. Battlefront was the best game I never bought. BF1 "5" is the secund one on that list.
4 hour campaign, no respect for the time period or immersion into it, ridiculous 1v100 hero moments over and over again, shit vehicle physics, pea shooter weapons, multiplayer that plays like a worse version of BF4, 50 dollar season pass to get access to the full game, EA, mission where you wear full plate armor while carrying a HMG and slaughter 100 Germans with rifles, broken balancing, glitch fest extraordinaire. I guess it looks nice? I know this review is your opinion but you should just change your name to "Did I have fun?" instead of worth a buy.
A. Coulthard quit your whining. People come to this channel almost expecting to hear what they want to hear. A review is subjective, and Mac is heavily biased. He shit all over the BF1 beta, and IIRC said he might not even review the full game. I guess he changed his opinion quite heavily. I agree with Mac, the campaign is really well done. Yes, the missions where it is 1 vs 100 and you gotta take out 15 tanks on your own are dumb, but that's just the world we live in nowadays. I don't know who likes that sort of shit, but it isn't fun, it is irritating.
@ A. Coulthard: I agree with all of what you said. Also, I'm amazed that he didn't mention the Day 1 DLC, the $50 season pass, the miniscule single player campaign (campaign, my ass. it's 5 short stories at 1 hour each). Every BF release since 1942 has gone further downhill. It's now all about the PeeVeePee crowd. And developers are milking them for every dollar they (or their parents) have.
Degas Now it's about the PVP crowd??? Did you forget that early battlefield games' campaigns are pretty much multiplayer with bots lol (including the precious 1942 you mentioned)? Battlefield games have always had a greater focus on multiplayer you know.
Decent review so far Mack. Just wanted to say, the OP "Iron Man" guys in multiplayer make sense. There were flame troopers in WW1 and when they popped up, they were devastating to soldiers. Just like tanks, you need teamwork to take them down, they don't have too much health, just enough for them to survive. I think they are a good addition because it changes up your play style when they pop up. And it's better for them to be pick-ups rather than something you spawn with, since it makes it dynamic, anyone can pick it if a kit spawns near them, rather than players hogging it because they spawned with it first.
***** It's a game, not everything is going to be realistic. As far as gameplay is concerned, these pick up armored guys bring up new play styles and gameplay to the field.
Halid Aman Witcher 3 is a masterpiece but Mack had his point. He also hated Mafia 2 for almost same reason. We need games like GTA San Andres, not a 90% movie with 10% gameplay. SKYRIM is often hated by many people for the same reason even without any cutscenes.
well if you like it, who stops you from playing ? i personally share his opinion and didnt like gameplay in the witcher 3 either.. it is great as an interactive story, amazing graphics, nice rpg elements, good story, but shit gameplay, and when i play a game. i want gameplay..
I normally don't care about the aesthetics of a game, but the graphics on Battlefield 1 looks so fricking gorgeous that alone would make me wanna play it just to experience it for myself. However, that whole bit about that "progression" system in multiplayer being a thing again is a real turn-off. Of course I could just play single player instead, but the idea of those five small short story campaigns just reminds me of the campaign mode of Lost Planet 2 where one plays as different groups of people every now and then with barely a story.
I might check it out when its waaay cheaper, doesn't look like it will be as much fun after about 20 hours so I'm not gonna pay full price for it. I am still waiting on Red Orchestra 3... number 2 was so amazing. Fixed amount of soldiers per class, advancing frontlines over varied maps, single tank per team which needed protection, , 1 shot 1 kill (mostly). God I love that game... The ranking up was also nicely done. There were only some cosmetic changes to your character and weapons, and a few modifications to the weapon you were using. Sounds like a game you'd play Mack!
Hey Mack.. What you recon.. my (GEN 1) Core i7 920 2.6ghz / GTX 970 / 12 gig SYS RAM.. gonna be enough to run this game, on medium / High " 1080p settings @ 60fps ?? :^)... .. ..
Single player sucks. More of the same fps staged sequences and cutscenes. Multiplayer gets old fast. BF1 is not worth buying even on sale for $40. I can't support a company like EA.
Commando Master multilayer is incredible! I have 100+ hours on multilayer alone because every match is so chaotic and different. I mean seriously 32vs32 matches!
The assault level 10 gun called Hellriegel or something is very good indeed however it is balanced due to the fact it only comes with iron sights while others guns come with optical sights. So there you go balance.
people expect battlefield to go into the direction arma took but 1942 was never about complete realism. Ive hated BF 4 and hardline . battlefront was a joke . But this game no mater its flaws it still will leave you with a satisfying feeling . I mean simply graphically and its sound makes you be immersed into the moment. and thats a rare thing these days .
Mack, can you tell if there is a big difference compared with Star Wars Battlefront regarding the "dying simulator & pew pew fest" aspect? I played the beta of SWBF and was greatly put off by it like you also criticized. I want to play this game as well but the gameplay looks as if it's the same thing, or is it not so bad with this game?
It's less in this game. You're going to get spawnkilled here and there, but that's usually because either your whole team are a bunch of idiots, or because you spawned on a contested flag and had some bad luck.
did you base your wab verdict on 60 euros or on the 120ish it will cost with all the dlc mappacks and such you will be forced to get on top of that? thats my biggest gripe with most titles these days. Full game price for a core game and then you end up having to pay for what ammount to another games worth in DLCs if you want to enjoy maps or weapons they ad after a month orso ......
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I have no clue why I lost it when you said they wouldn't give a review copy because you have a bell!
The devs are scared of your bell. The fear of it has been said to keep them up at night.
Decimal115 lol xD
fuck you sloth
Kryo Sheep why don't u go Baaah-ack to the slaughter house yeh lil cant
Decimal115 Fear THE ALL HOLY BELL OF MACK
They hear it ringing in their nightmares.
Just a quick warning, I have already banned 20+ people for either accusing me of being paid by EA or calling me a liar, I don't give second chances, so if you want freedom to post on here then don't accuse me of corruption.
Lol what you can't be paid by them, because: 1. You criticized Hardline so hard last year.
2. You're very honest in your reviews, and you talk about the good and bad sides of the game either if it's good or bad.
3. They're just Battlefield haters no need to give them much attention, their opinion is based on nothing.
When you hate a game you're supposed to like (Witcher) you're deluded, and when you like a game you're supposed to hate you are bribed. Pick your poison.
How some people cannot fathom the concept of opinions is beyond me. I don't even care if you thumb something up or down. The review itself is just worth a watch.
Worth A Buy They should watch your preview about BF1 :D
Does it really matter what people say if YOU know the truth? You're wasting your time banning people... You have to man up, grow a pair and accept you're going to get comments like that. If you're going to police your comments and ban people it's possible that people will be less likely to post constructive criticism of your work. If you're only interested in positive feedback, close the videos for comments, because it'll never happen.
Headset Massacre damn bro you are a savage!
It's not amazing but it is good, certainly the best BF game of the last decade. As with all my reviews I don't gloss over the issues this game clearly has such as the stupid OP flamer and ironman in Multiplayer, the level 10 guns and the stupid out of bounds of the single player campaign. However I am having huge fun, especially in single player, the campaign is done like no other campaign I have ever played, it's so immersive and oozes atmosphere, I don't want it to end, unlike COD campaigns. I could easy just ding the bell, shout about X-ray vision (which does show up in SP mode) and then thumb it down. But to do that would be dishonest as despite all that shit, the game delivers a great experience, even in the main multiplayer mode it can be great fun at choke points.
Worth A Buy mate, if ANYTHING has x-Ray vision you bash it, please don't start making exceptions :)
Great review mack!
Very fair and honest!
You picked up on all the good points and the bad!
I'm like most are enjoying the game,but it's getting annoying been spawned infront of firing squad's every time!(nothings perfect)
hope you do a review on gears of war 4,as i'm finding that to be a great experience as well!
great looking good control's for mouse and keyboard,and some good game modes are thrown in for abit of variety.
keep up the good work,enjoying the contents and your rant's 😂👍
The Xray vision is only in one tiny part of the game with the sniper scope, it's not an ability that you can use all the time like in other games.
Worth A Buy Really+ like that you let the fun factor decide on this one, Mack. There is enough wrong with the game. But I keep coming back to it for the FUN. same boat, mack. would commend on the fun factor, the rest not really that much :)
Worth A Buy I actually found the campaign appalling. The first mission is awesome but all the others are shit. Like, ironman suit in Italy? The aircraft missions? its all about you being a one man army taking out entire bloody regiments... And its all in 1918. Why not start in the beginning of the war with the wide advances and manoeuvres until you reach the trench deadlock and then the introduction of the tank, the airplane and small scale infantry tactics deployed by the Germans which created the basis for modern infantry? That would be a lot better than just walking around in your ironman armour completely invulnerable to everything.
Also, there were plenty of cavalry charges in WWI and they had their place. The timing however was extremely tight.
Why didn't you mention the $50 season pass? Its absolute bs.
vZeqk I'm still going to buy it tho
***** I know you don't have to buy the season pass. I just think its daylight robbery charging $60 for a game with a 4 hour campaign, and a generic re-skinned Battlefront MP. Fact of the matter is that its horrific that they put Micro transactions in a $60 game, with a $50 season pass. But that's just my 2 cents. Remove the WW1 skin, and all you have left is yet another boring repetitive FPS with kill streaks and shitty spawns.
If premium gives u as much content as it did in BF4, its not that bullshit though, atleast not at the end of the year, when all the map packs are out.
Ciartan I think I'm just salty cause I'm sick to death of FPS's Lol
You know that most people play BF for more than 4 hours right? Especially when playing MP. Many go easily over 100 hours before the first DLC comes out.
I'm convinced that Mack is more than one person.
I mean, he talks to himself like he is two people. It’s funny af
X-ray vision in the campaign!!
>Authentic WW1 experience
>Power armour
That's some shenanigans, Dice.
Eeroo94 Yep. Note, difference between realistic (ie Verdun) and authentic. The bit when you're essentially a Brotherhood of Steel member with your massive fuck off gun that holds 200 rounds, with your steel plated armour was some Wolfenstein bullshit that didn't need to be in the game. They've wasted a unique setting by making it like any other FPS, just with a WW1 coat of paint.
The campaign it so much fun, also the main multiplayer mode is a good laugh on some of the maps, the beta map sucks.
Worth A Buy Amiens is the best map IMO
one word : "sellout"
mack, i dont want to argue, but, in ww1 they did have lobster "ironman" armour, but it was just a failed experiment
and there was some general armour for spotters.
Exactly, it didn't work, but in the game it makes you way tougher so it is silly really.
Yer I don't think some poorly forged steel lobster armour will protect you from a airplane falling on you.
Lowry Lobster armor only covered the chest. Not the entire body.
The fact that everyone has constant access to fully automatic weapons completely ruined any possibility of the WW1 setting being enjoyable for me.
Speedy Gonzales that's an issue for me too. Game is still good though.
Speedy Gonzales Most of the maps consist of flat plains and the automatic weapons have mediocre damage and bad range. Any decent sniper/dmr user can take em down easily 2
i know right? Medic class eats up the support and assault classes.
Speedy Gonzales The medic class at the moment is busted. Having a 3 kill shot weapon at any range is way to powerful with a self heal to boot.
The support class is a joke. I can see why DICE would be cautious in making an LMG welding ammo carrier to powerful but jesus christ their weapon dps is pathetic.
Assaults okay on a few maps but the range and recoil really ruins it.
K
You should have mentioned the price which is madness mate. I mean c'mon £109 for the Xbox One and £104 for the PC's ultimate editions is ridiculous.
That is like every AAA Game ever....
People seem to think that they _have_ to buy the deluxe edition and season pass of every game. It's silly.
There's no real reason to get anything else than the basic version. And don't buy it overpriced straight from Origin either.
MikaelKKarlsson
I never do. CDkeys here I come..
XS Miner
Not to this extent. However I remember buying the deluxe version of 7th guest back in the day and that was £79
*"Asthmatic hippo with no legs."*
Mack, you are a treasure.
I think the reason that there's XP and unlocks in these kind of games now is to give players a sense of progression; that they're achieving something with their time. Publishers (and to a degree devs too) are probably afraid that people will get bored within a few hours if they just have everything from the start.
I could be completely wrong. Who knows what the mentality behind it all really is.
Could be a decent game... Doesent look like it has much to do with ww1 though.
Yes. It feels more like a steam punky shooter instead of a WW1 game. That aside i quite like it though.
It is known.
pelle33FTW they stated its alternate history and its just to be around the time period and still has to stay a BF game and fun to enjoy with all the aspects. Verdun is the game for true WWI combat
No they never stated that.
It seems to me to be like an 'inspired by WW1 If it had happened in the early 1920s' thing.
Thanks Mack. This is the first war game, and new game I've bought in a long time and it's quite an immersive war game. I was pleased to see the voice actors actually have their face rendered like the tank captain and the aussie guy and they were 2 instantly recognisable screen actors for me. First ww1 game I've played, at least in full modern fps sheen and it kind of works. I'm 35 so know a lot about ww2 but not so much about the 1st ww. Rather than ww2 games where you kind of go: "oh ye, this is supposed to be that bit", with this game I'm learning a few nuggets. Obviously the game ia presented in such a way as to do exactly that, but even of it wasn't - the feeling would still be quite different. It's great in lots of ways. I really hope they continue with it and expand the different factions, fleshing out the disparate stories some more.
I was totally expecting you to rip into this game after your review of battlefront, I was suprised....
yeah me too after the review of the beta ... really weird ...
Maybe he was paid by EA...
+Тодор Стефанов Nah, I believe he's just wearing his nostalgia goggles.
Kiryu Mekagojira I'm telling you, THEY ARE WATCHING US. THEY ARE EVEN PENETRATING OUR MINDS; Mack is a prime example of it...
XD jk, it just seems weird he would say this game is worth a buy after the bad beta review and the bad battlefront reviews, after all, this game feels a lot like battlefront.
its wank he dropped the ball on this one. it superb technically and great setting but the game-play is wank. he got duped becuase of the ww1 setting. wears off after 10 hours or so
How does this have 89 on metacritic?? HOW???
Its just a good game but not a masterpiece
I think it's because everything else in the last few years has been utter shite, so this one stands out as not being utter shite but simply "good". If only the recent Wolfenstein games had multiplayer, they'd have mopped up if it was anywhere near as good as the single player.
I thought the spawn system in this game was much better. I notice that you spawn closer or further away based on where the enemies are relative to the objective that you're spawning on and I think that's pretty smart. And as far as the special classes go, I think they're fairly balanced. Yes in close quarters a flame thrower can decimate if he can get in there, but just throw a couple grenades and he'll go down.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the ridiculous price point of 130-140 dollars for all the DLC.
Day 1 DLC? Just, why?!
Not really Day 1 DLC. It's an all in investment for all future DLC that's supposed to come out. Still, a lot of money...
Sai Tama That's quite the hefty claim, especially as Mack has always shown through his reviews that he cannot be bought which has led to very unpopular verdicts like the Witcher 3 receiving the thumb down. And the fact you're resorting to name calling suggests that you can't actually support this claim with hard evidence so I'm inclinced dismiss your opinion as emotionally charged and unsupported by the facts.
Name calling doesn't mean you are wrong, it just implies you aren't a credible source, or one who holds a justifiable opinion. :)
+Hazardous Bill To be fair, Mack panned Star Wars Battlefront, but he liked this... It's the same fucking game reskinned.
A few quick tips:
If you find DX12 mode enabled in the advanced video settings, turn if off. It's not quite ready yet and I'm surprised to see the devs turning it on by default. Should get better in time, but so far it leads to stuttering after you've played for a while if not right away.
Use the Android app or the web companion to manage inventory unlocks/skins/profiles a bit easier. Currently the app is the better of the two options.
When you die, look at the information on the screen to see if there's a medic nearby or not before hitting the spacebar. You might get revived, and skipping to the deploy screen will NOT let you spawn any faster.
When driving a vehicle (and horses are vehicles), have a look for any gadgets it may come with. Some have ammo or health packs that can be dropped behind to help your teammates. You'll be appreciated.
Try the Operations game mode. Maybe it's not for everyone, but I find it glorious.
Mack your reviews and banter are timeless. Truly underrated channel.
Perk systems in these games were created to help stand a fighting chance against game hackers. That’s why there’s almost zero games without a leveling system.
Hey Mack, have you played Planetside 2? It has huge maps and very similar Battlefield 1942 gameplay.
So true. Planetside 2 is the ultimate battlefield experience, the only thing missing is destructible environments due to the massive map sizes and player counts. No battlefield game makes an epic, full on war like Planetside 2.
Nguyễn Hải Dương Destruction is pointless when the war going on around you feels like a game of airsoft. Planetside feels like war.
Nguyễn Hải Dương It's not an opinion, Planetside 2 is a better version of battlefield. This is observable, Planetside 2 does everything battlefield does (excluding the destruction and now graphics because it is not as big budget as battlefield or as new now) *BETTER* than battlefield currently for gameplay. They took battlefield and improved it. I want to see battlefield do the same to Planetside.
Imagine a battlefield game where you can construct bases, fight on land, sea, as infantry, in various vehicles and with various weapons over the *span of an ENTIRE CONTINENT(s), able to steal enemy vehicles and hack the computers in their base so it becomes an enemy base. *Multiple factions fighting at once against each other for the same resources to allow them to make bases and spawn troops and armor*, it would be glorious.
The vast areas of open war going on at all times, everyone in the same server so as to create total mayhem* and if it was battlefield it would have destructible environments on top of that, *and* an even bigger population than Planetside 2, since it is more popular, which would lead to a true war experience. It would be awesome.
What I've just described is Planetside 2, only thing missing is the destructible environments.
Nguyễn Hải Dương you didnt even read my full comment did you? i said imagine a battlefield that *is the same as planetside 2* but *WITH destruction* that's what I'm waiting for, and until then, only planetside 2 will fill that niche
besides, planetside 2 buildings are probably made of auraxium, and are indestructible (it's set 300 years in the future)
The first call of duty campaign, on PS2 called 'Finest Hour', went through the British, American, and Russia stories in world war 2 and during the first play through you play a mix of the different nations so its presented to you in chronological order. Then when you finish the game you could go back and replay the campaign as just one nation the whole way through without having to swap back and forth.
Meh, the destruction isn't notably better than it was in BFBC2. Does BF1 even have a hardcore mode without hitmarkers, spotting and all that nonsense?
Aoyagi its really nothing more than a gimmick in the newer battlefield games but in bfbc2 it actually changed gameplay and dynamics of the battlefield and objective
BF1 doesn't have hardcore (yet)
yah prettty shure it does
Devan Baranski Yeah after playing bf1 i quickly realised they did destrucion right and didnt screw it up like they did with bf3 and 4
I love watching your new and old reviews as I build model kits or work on the computer. Your commentary is so raw and honest, it's truly refreshing. Also, as a U.S. Soldier, it's hysterical to listen to the bits where you bash the marines. Thank you for what you do!
I was honestly surprised that you liked this game & gave it a thumbs up.
As an Aussie it was great to have the Gallipoli campaign included
I am having fun as well, but see a few ... hiccups. X-ray vision in single player - bah. No German chapter of the campaign - as if they did not play a part in the war apart from cannon fodder. No fitting accents for Austrian soldiers - unnecessary oversight. I wish someone else could use the engine and graphic assets of BF1 to create something apart from the mainstream, like a great tank simulator, a trench warfare game ("Verdun Pro") or a flight simulator ("Wings 2016", "Red Baron 2016").
At least there is some german narrating in the Operations game mode, when you play as the germans. But yeah, it is again painfully lacking in that departement.
In fact, the languages of the game are confusing me. I hear native German from the soldiers, English with German accent in the briefings, English speaking soldiers, other parts in English and have German sub texts. In the end, it's all Greek to me. I'd also like to know, whether or not the x-ray vision can be switched off. At least, i couldn't figure how to do it.
No French either. It'd be like having a game about the US War for Independence and not including the Americans.
Very true. "Verdun" (game) is better in that regard. But (not sure though), isn't the French side to be added later as a DLC?
Waiting is really a good strategy (esp. on PC). Can't stand the hype bs as well. Remember "No Man's Sky"? "18 quadruple million" planets - as if you could play and enjoy the game until you're old and grey. Laughable! But back to topic: I usually do wait as well, but not with FPS. After a few month on the market there are so many good (at least better than me) online players, that my experience is ruined, so the game is done for me. To get as much fun out of a game as possible, I buy and start early. Sorry, what do you mean by "getting even MORE expensive now"?
The armor plated machine gunners actually were in WW1 they even have a campaign mission playing as one
No France, no Russia and - holy crap why? - no Belgium. A feckin disgrace. Bought so I could drain it down my Belgian toilet.
Don't worry they'll be there :)
French Army DLC: $15
Russian Army DLC: $15
$15 ! what a deal ! -_-
g kunt alleen maar hopen op belgisch leger, waarschijnlijk DLC.
toon janssen D'r is altijd Verdun eh. "Voor Vlaandereuh!"
nooit gespeeld, wel al veel gameplay van gezien ziet er bom uit. wacht maar op bf1 hardcore mode enzo, komt nog goeie shit van denk ik
Worth a buy at like £100 for the 'season pass'?
One thing I've noticed in this game is the melee kills! So far, in 6ish hours of game-play, I have more knife kills than I did in BF4 and BF3! Run into a group of other players and somehow it just turns into a big knife fight! It's awesome! Really is the best modern BF game.
I truly hope people will go back to this game after seeing how bad the last few were. Servers are not empty on PS4 but I do see that mostly the old maps are being played on.
Mac, quick question, what is your opinion on Battlefield 2142?
hochmeisterr I, sadly, have been unable to play it and I'm not sure if I could get a copy from Amazon that would have a valid CD key that would allow me to play it.
Shade Kerensky Just buy it off steam.
TheNerdLord I would, but they don't sell it on Steam.
Shade Kerensky Huh, I could have sworn they had it.
TheNerdLord That was Battlefield 2 and EA made sure that NO ONE could ever play it again by taking it off of Steam.
The game is worth a buy. The single player is fun however too short. It's a little easy too, beat it on hard in like 8 hours and only died less than 20 times.
The multiplayer is immersive and fun. There is not much gun variety but the guns remind me of return to castle wolfenstein because they're satisfying to shoot and get kills with.
Operations is the best MP experience I have had since dark souls.
Singleplayer still has many issues that CoD games do.
I wasn't asking for realism or historical accuracy but there are too many automatic weapons, no trench warfare, airplanes using rockets, a mission where you play as Italian terminator and steamrolling through Austria-Hungary forces with a minigun... this feels and plays nothing like WW1 at all.
I like how he states he's a WWI buff, then completely ignores the terrible historical accuracy/didn't mention that DICE made a fictional/alternate WWI.
right because sitting in a trench for days waiting for gangrene to set in is definitely an exciting game i want to play. At least mack understands why games are like this unlike you guys, it simply wouldnt be fun. there has to be some excitement regardless of historical accuracy.
You fail to understand my post. The first thing i've said is that i'm not looking for historical accuracy and who said anything about waiting in trenches for days, the perfect they could show Trench Warfare is having a mission where soldiers on both sides would hear the whistle and start charging at each other, Verdun managed to do it.
Battlefield 1 doesn't even try to portray anything from WW1, it almost feels like i'm playing a steampunk game. And considering old MoH and CoD games managed to capture and made you feel like you were in WW2, they could have done it the same here but they went for easy route instead.
I wish a game like this could have some deeper mechanics, like a campaign with a series of battles would push your faction to Paris or Berlin. A bit like in Heroes and Generals for instance. I miss that kind of stuff from the triple A game studios.
EA is so much better than Activision, they have so many good developers. They just fuck it up with their business practices.
DanBones - L Delivery Man It's not like Ubisoft has bad developers- but their timelines and deadlines are incredibly strict
You should give credit to DICE not EA . EA are scumbags who are in it for the money just look at the damn prices and they dont even bother with regional pricing
zubin arya True, but let's still remember EA launched a budgeted indie game (Unravel) for $20, yet Cashtivision released Ghostbusters at full price....
Valve ftw. Sad that EA publishes DICE games, not Valve. Valve is genius
Thanks Mack! I actually wasn't able to rebind the middle mouse button, which I like to have as Reload. Maybe there's an ini file or something.
""all the ones since 1942 were shit". Battlefield Vietnam and Battlefield 2 were not shit. They were downright amazing . That's because all 3 were made by the the old DICE team. they were all fired soon after BF2 was released. Bf went down hill after that.
I said BF2 was good, also Vietnam was brilliant.
Worth A Buy I'll preface this by saying I'm still only halfway through the video, but I've only heard you saying Bad Company 2, not BF2
Madbrood He mentions BC2 a few seconds after 7.22
Re-read my comment. I said I never heard him mention Battlefield 2, not BC2. He mentioned BC2 several times.
is that "new PC" ever gonna come..? how does it even take longer than the part delivery time?
He lives in the North-East of England, it's fucking bleak up there... The mail coach only arrives once every few months and then he'll have to deal with the local highwaymen (read chavs) stealing his ram...
Liofa well, i hope he's not getting it delivered by FedEx... (Cast away reference attempt)
P.S. wtf is it NOW with utube's reply system not adding the username in the response...
It's here.
The pigeon scene was so brilliant. had me all choked up.
In that tank do you really think the turret moved that fast when you worked the controls in WWI?
I'm so mad at what air dogfighting has become. I can't even roll the plane without it turning automatically.
I like levelling up, it keeps me playing longer. But I wouldn't like to unlock things at any level, I would just want my level to show my experience with the game, not to unlock new guns. That unbalances everything
What?!? Now I'm confused....
Is it possible to turn off the HUD in single player?
Damn, TB is trashing the campaign and you're giving it a glowing review.. I don't know what to do now. :(
It's not worth buying for the campaign but if you also like the Multiplayer then get it.
TB trashed it because it requires a big effort on your part in suspending your disbelief, with all this "super-soldier" bs. Other than that, it's pretty good. As good as a modern military shooter campaign can be, at least.
Thanks! Jim Sterling pointed out that it has microtransactions so it must necessarily go on my shitlist regardless of how good it is. Makes my decision easy!
It seems like TB wants to dislike it, so he finds something to dislike.
Will you be gaming at QHD once you get the new PC? A GTX 1070 is more than enough horsepower for gaming at 2560x1440. On the other hand, if you stay at 1080p your frame rates will obviously be much higher.
Decisions..
What decision? The decision is already made if you use Geforce Experience optimize
TropiKo I don't think you even read what I posted. If he's using a 1080p monitor then he won't be gaming at 1440p now will he. I asked him if he planned on gaming at QHD when he moves to his new PC, or staying at 1080p to preserve higher frame rates.
druuzil I am gaming at 1600p on a gtx 1060 with a 1920x1200 monitor.
Look up DSR
EDIT: really depends on what settings and framerate you prefer, you can run gta 5 on 4k on older graphics cards if you so desire, but on lower settings and framerates.
TropiKo I know what DSR is, thanks. DSR looks like crap though, and while we (Mack's audience) wouldn't notice any difference if he records at 1440p DSR vs a true 1440p, the difference would be noticeable for him and improve his gameplay experience.
So mowing down hordes of krauts and turks that run around like headless chickens makes a good singleplayer? They also die in 2-3 bullets while you can take 10 and regenerate health, sounds legit.
indeed single player is not meant to be hard....
Question : Can you operate tanks in multiplayer?
yes
Set the entire game in 1918, calling it WW1. What the fuck?!?
Did you like the codex? I spent ages reading that after getting a few entries and I'm always looking to find a new way to unlock some.
I still prefer the battlefield 1942 concept where you have all these maps and you inhabit them with bots, should bring that back
Sad times for people who didn't have a internet flatrate with fastpath back then.
Totally agree with you on eliminating leveling-up! Put everyone on the same level without the radar and let everyone play!
Hi Mack - Big time fan of the series and your channel, but i really have to disagree with a lot of points, and also want to ask you as for your thoughts on a few points.
I do find it contradictory when you claim that Armored men with machine guns etc is not realistic, or that any of the elite classes you can pick up are realistic at all. Actually, they did have that, and they did have a tremendous amount of effect on the battlefield when employed correctly - which is exactly what these kits do in multiplayer (although the sentry kit in the campaign is a little absurd i must admit). You feel its all unrealistic which is fair, its your opinion. But WW1 didn't have the unusually high amount of automatic weaponry, hell even in ww2 they didnt have that much. In ww1 some people were sent off to war without weaponry, told to pick it up off corpses. Bit confused as to your reasoning here!
Also, dont understand what problems you have with the announcer, i thought they did a rather good job all in all
5:49 is that guy air tightening an invisible bolt?
I actually really like the multiplayer in a kind of ironic way. It's just pure, mindless shooty shooty bang bang
Snarfindorf that's what wars are
But...but you are a girl...
Sith Hippious That's not me
Oh you are allowed then to speak about games...
Sith Hippious Nigga you're like 600lb
Why is Coast Capital Savings ad playing in front of this video with a lot of bell rings? Can't merely be coincidence, isn't it?
Wow an EA game that isn't mediocre. I was expecting you to end up roasting this game I'm surprised.
Kyle Soler the game is not made by EA moron
***** not really true
Tyler D. No EA doesnt, they know not to mess with Dice's creativity. Dice is one of the companies that EA lets be.
***** yea EA says stuff like when dlc should come out and when the game releases sometimes they tell dice to release the game too earlier to compete eg with cod as we saw with bf4 but that was a mistaked and b1 launch is one of the best bf launch luckily dice makes the games not ea
EA did decide things for Battlefield 4. We all know what happened on the launch.
the only part i disagreed on were your thoughts on the elite classes.
In WW1 you did get guys wearing very heavy armor but prolly not carrying a big machinegun around with it. and they numbered around maybe 2% of the total fighting force.
I'm actually surprised to see this little criticism coming from you, given how far away the game is from the real WWI, it's like a bad caricature. You didn't mention the absurdly high price tag either, so I'm not sure whether you're thumbing it up for 60 bucks or 130.
£37 is what I paid and it's worth that imo
Mack, my game isn't running on my 780Ti. How are you playing on 770? Lol halp
Thumbs up if you want to see Mack playing Battlefield 1942....
I do
Worth A Buy
lol go for it :D
What's that MP mode called? I couldn't quite catch what you said?
For the love of god go try out red orchestra 2 multi player campaign maps
I'd be interested to hear your comments on TB's total take-apart from the campaign. Your views?
the hero classes is the worst thing ever.
totally
Spawning is a hard balance. Some people like to not run so much without action. I would make it an option in multiplater = Spawn at squad / Spawn at base.
I'm not paying 130 dollars for a full game, period.😁
It's not a full game, the DLC has been snipped out and will be rehashed later.
Thats not the full game, it's standard edition only 60€ and from cdkey websites, 42€ :3.... But yes it sucks you cant get the DLC, Countries, maps that will come out. Will have to buy season/premium pass later
Really do love the Operations. It's so refreshing to play that style of game mode. Kudos to Dice, they really did a great job.
It pisses me off that the didn't transfer the entire HUD customization system from BF4. Just a stripped down version of it. WE DON'T NEED ALL THAT SHIT ON THE SCREEN!! Some of it is necessary, but in BF4 you could control the opacity of every single HUD item. In BF1 you can't even control the opacity for the crosshair. Why would they go backwards?!?!
Because its not made by DICE LA
Yeah, but they copied and pasted PART of the BF4 system.
R lee That system came like 1.8 years after BF4 release. Let's see what happens with BF1. Btw i was also quite surprised that the thing is not in BF1
can I run it on medium 50-60 fps with a GTX960, i5 4690K, 16G Ram?
Fang Qu Yeah, probably.
Fang Qu prob
Fang Qu Yes, during the beta I had a GTX 960 and i5-6500, all medium except maybe one or two settings on high, and was getting 60fps comfortably apart from a few really hectic moments.
Ok thx guys
Fang Qu I ran the beta on mi gtx 660 ti and i was very surprised how good it ran it
Funny how you didnt say anytging about DLC or Season Passes. What's up, Mack?
Never even looked at them as it's the game am reviewing not what they do in 6 months time.
I get it. Just saying, every other EA game you'd ream on them for microtransactions. It's a bit suspicious is all.
Will you review tannenberg when it comes out?
You said something positive. "Shill" comments are coming. :D
Asthmatic hippo with no legs XD
Speckled Jim running around - OMG! And the pidgin murdering Black Adder as well, no doubt!
Cavalry was used in WW2 as well. Polish army had them. Also on Eastern Front, horses were very useful transportation. All the machinery was sinking in the mud :)
Its almost 5 AM!!! ... let me sleep MACK!! lol
mack what did you think of so com navy seals, ps2?
why do you hate bf4 and bf3 its nothing like cod
they shit tho
im sorry that just sounds like sexual harrasment to me...
Give me yor name m8...
i've been playing bc1, bc2, bf3 recently, kept feeling features missing the older the game was, so how can bf3 be dumbed down? all 3 of them very fun though
these are two separate issues, consolitis/upgrade trees vs actual dumbed down like the button prompts & shooting gallery the codiw video was talking about
will you do a skyrim remastered review? (I know it's not really a new game but still)
So you rip the beta to shreds but the full release is "great"? Yeah OK not buying this AAA shit.
Beta was one map, no campaign.
Still. The beta did highlight all the "CoD" or modern AAA shit I'm not paying for. You pointed out the flaws with lvl up's and OP high tier guns that any consol kid can grind to. In a WW1 settings I expect the combat system to be not optimal and slow reloads and feeling like it matters. But here you spawn 5sec later next to the one that killed you. WTF is the point? It's like the game is made for angry cucumber suckers around the age of 11-16. I'm not in for that kind of shit. It's yet agen one of that kind of games. But only this time desent? Why give a shit about it? Saying that this Battlefield 1 "5" set in WW1 is acceptable and WAB is 100% true.... But that due to the lame reason of the industry is so FUCKT that this is a grate game. It's a avrage fucking shooter with a skin ontop to sell it. That's more insulting then Xray vision build into games m8.
I'm only happy that the game runs and is not garbage on PC for ones. But I'm not buying more of this crap called "kids first real mulitplayer FPS". I have experienced this same multiplayer 7 times now for what 8 years now? And I'm done with this kind of crap for good. Battlefront was the best game I never bought. BF1 "5" is the secund one on that list.
Beta was shit because there was one mode : RUSH. And Battlefield is all about Conquest.
I never played a battlefield games sooooo should I buy this one yes or no?
yes, you wont regret it
DobbinsVault thanks
4 hour campaign, no respect for the time period or immersion into it, ridiculous 1v100 hero moments over and over again, shit vehicle physics, pea shooter weapons, multiplayer that plays like a worse version of BF4, 50 dollar season pass to get access to the full game, EA, mission where you wear full plate armor while carrying a HMG and slaughter 100 Germans with rifles, broken balancing, glitch fest extraordinaire.
I guess it looks nice? I know this review is your opinion but you should just change your name to "Did I have fun?" instead of worth a buy.
A. Coulthard quit your whining. People come to this channel almost expecting to hear what they want to hear. A review is subjective, and Mac is heavily biased. He shit all over the BF1 beta, and IIRC said he might not even review the full game. I guess he changed his opinion quite heavily.
I agree with Mac, the campaign is really well done. Yes, the missions where it is 1 vs 100 and you gotta take out 15 tanks on your own are dumb, but that's just the world we live in nowadays. I don't know who likes that sort of shit, but it isn't fun, it is irritating.
Where did you get the 4-hour from? He said it's 6-7 hours and he hasn't even finished the campaign yet.
He could be taking his time to finish it up. Game's single player is offering 3-4 hours long campaign
@ A. Coulthard: I agree with all of what you said. Also, I'm amazed that he didn't mention the Day 1 DLC, the $50 season pass, the miniscule single player campaign (campaign, my ass. it's 5 short stories at 1 hour each). Every BF release since 1942 has gone further downhill. It's now all about the PeeVeePee crowd. And developers are milking them for every dollar they (or their parents) have.
Degas Now it's about the PVP crowd??? Did you forget that early battlefield games' campaigns are pretty much multiplayer with bots lol (including the precious 1942 you mentioned)? Battlefield games have always had a greater focus on multiplayer you know.
Decent review so far Mack. Just wanted to say, the OP "Iron Man" guys in multiplayer make sense. There were flame troopers in WW1 and when they popped up, they were devastating to soldiers. Just like tanks, you need teamwork to take them down, they don't have too much health, just enough for them to survive. I think they are a good addition because it changes up your play style when they pop up.
And it's better for them to be pick-ups rather than something you spawn with, since it makes it dynamic, anyone can pick it if a kit spawns near them, rather than players hogging it because they spawned with it first.
***** It's a game, not everything is going to be realistic. As far as gameplay is concerned, these pick up armored guys bring up new play styles and gameplay to the field.
THIS IS WORTH A BUY AND TJE WITCHER 3 ISNT!!!!!!!!
Halid Aman are you 12? if you like the game then fine go play it he has his own opinion
Halid Aman Witcher 3 is a masterpiece but Mack had his point. He also hated Mafia 2 for almost same reason. We need games like GTA San Andres, not a 90% movie with 10% gameplay. SKYRIM is often hated by many people for the same reason even without any cutscenes.
well if you like it, who stops you from playing ? i personally share his opinion and didnt like gameplay in the witcher 3 either.. it is great as an interactive story, amazing graphics, nice rpg elements, good story, but shit gameplay, and when i play a game. i want gameplay..
witcher 3 is shit. witcher 2 mutch better
jass sidhu I'm 15 my point still stands
mack have you ever played red orchestra or rising storm?
wow, i was prepared to be entertained by Mack flipping out and stomping BF1 into shit lol
I normally don't care about the aesthetics of a game, but the graphics on Battlefield 1 looks so fricking gorgeous that alone would make me wanna play it just to experience it for myself. However, that whole bit about that "progression" system in multiplayer being a thing again is a real turn-off. Of course I could just play single player instead, but the idea of those five small short story campaigns just reminds me of the campaign mode of Lost Planet 2 where one plays as different groups of people every now and then with barely a story.
hey Mack, please review my wife when you have free time :)
Roger Wayne LMAO... Well done man, I literally heard his voice when you said that.
Harry Banther piss
I might check it out when its waaay cheaper, doesn't look like it will be as much fun after about 20 hours so I'm not gonna pay full price for it. I am still waiting on Red Orchestra 3... number 2 was so amazing. Fixed amount of soldiers per class, advancing frontlines over varied maps, single tank per team which needed protection, , 1 shot 1 kill (mostly). God I love that game... The ranking up was also nicely done. There were only some cosmetic changes to your character and weapons, and a few modifications to the weapon you were using. Sounds like a game you'd play Mack!
in my opinion the game is ass just because the multiplayer is so repetitive and there is always someone behind you
Parker Myers What would fix the multiplayer, in you opinion?
the spawns
Parker Myers What about the repetitiveness?
playing a different game or more content
Parker Myers The game hasn't even released yet. They're gonna add more content with DLCs.
What kind of content would you like to see?
Hey Mack.. What you recon.. my (GEN 1) Core i7 920 2.6ghz / GTX 970 / 12 gig SYS RAM.. gonna be enough to run this game, on medium / High " 1080p settings @ 60fps ?? :^)... .. ..
Single player sucks. More of the same fps staged sequences and cutscenes. Multiplayer gets old fast. BF1 is not worth buying even on sale for $40. I can't support a company like EA.
Commando Master multilayer is incredible! I have 100+ hours on multilayer alone because every match is so chaotic and different. I mean seriously 32vs32 matches!
The assault level 10 gun called Hellriegel or something is very good indeed however it is balanced due to the fact it only comes with iron sights while others guns come with optical sights. So there you go balance.
Even though we saved Europe's ass from Germany.
Who is we?
Battle Field 1943 was and apparently still is Awesome! I see people are still playing it. I hope they port it out to ps4 and xbox one
how much did they pay ya , ey?
people expect battlefield to go into the direction arma took but 1942 was never about complete realism. Ive hated BF 4 and hardline . battlefront was a joke . But this game no mater its flaws it still will leave you with a satisfying feeling . I mean simply graphically and its sound makes you be immersed into the moment. and thats a rare thing these days .
Mack, can you tell if there is a big difference compared with Star Wars Battlefront regarding the "dying simulator & pew pew fest" aspect? I played the beta of SWBF and was greatly put off by it like you also criticized. I want to play this game as well but the gameplay looks as if it's the same thing, or is it not so bad with this game?
It's less in this game. You're going to get spawnkilled here and there, but that's usually because either your whole team are a bunch of idiots, or because you spawned on a contested flag and had some bad luck.
Its not as bad on some maps but on others it's exactly the same, I just play the maps that are not like that.
John Smith It's really nowhere near similar.
did you base your wab verdict on 60 euros or on the 120ish it will cost with all the dlc mappacks and such you will be forced to get on top of that?
thats my biggest gripe with most titles these days.
Full game price for a core game and then you end up having to pay for what ammount to another games worth in DLCs if you want to enjoy maps or weapons they ad after a month orso ......
16% off in Greenman gaming is where I based it.
does anyone still play this game a year later? i haven't gotten around to buying it/
Playing he trial , lots of servers