Battlefield 1

 PC
Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 54
  3. Negative: 0 out of 54
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  1. PC Invasion
    Oct 26, 2016
    70
    Brilliant, infuriating, beautiful, frustrating, fantastic, and hateful. Battlefield 1 is a great game, but perhaps not one for the more casual solo player.
  2. Washington Post
    Oct 26, 2016
    50
    It feels like being asked to play a game of football at a funeral and then made to keep the noise down when you score.
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  1. Ars Technica
    Oct 21, 2016
    If you have a decent gaming PC, this is a must-buy. If you love online shooters, this is a must-buy.
  2. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Oct 20, 2016
    It is safely good. Even with the addition of Operations mode and the behemoths and the return to a more instinctively dramatic setting, it still feels like Battlefield. There’s capture points and there’s guns. There’s deathmatch and there’s conquest. There’s grenade spam and sniper alleys and miraculous dive-bombing pilots who somehow manage to use the terrible flight controls. The Great War might have been unique, but Battlefield 1 isn’t. For some, that won’t be a problem. For others, it might be time to sue for peace.
  3. Wired
    Oct 21, 2016
    That commitment to the time period and dedication to an earnest presentation of what war was really like can’t help but clash with the raucous fun we’re expected to have when we dip into the multiplayer modes with friends, however. Battlefield 1 uses the same language of play for both sections, and in so doing shows that this dichotomy can’t last. For a game to do war right, it’d have to be about the struggle to exist. It’d have to be about the starvation, the panic, and the agony of it all. Battlefield 1 comes tantalizingly close to this.

Awards & Rankings

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#11 Best PC Game of 2016
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
18
#18 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2720 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,719 out of 2720
  2. Mixed: 506 out of 2720
  3. Negative: 495 out of 2720
  1. TheFist
    Oct 21, 2016
    3
    I really wanted to love this game. It looks beautiful and the sound is stunning, but putting that aside you have gun play (which a firstI really wanted to love this game. It looks beautiful and the sound is stunning, but putting that aside you have gun play (which a first person shooter is based around) that is absolutely terrible. Basically spray and prey guns which appear to be designed for people who can't aim except for scout (recon) leaving you with a roll the dice mechanic on who dies. Due to this a lot of people seem to play are snipers or vehicles leaving the game a sniper fest with some vehicles pushing. Tack on Darth Vader style heros with silly amounts of health and extremely powerful weapons, and giving giant farm blimps to the losing team to reward them for sniping from their spawn, once the beauty wears off you're left with a pretty **** game.… Full Review »
  2. Syntax124
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    Very polished and very entertaining! This is the best Battlefield game yet. I liked previous BF games but this is better then ever. Running onVery polished and very entertaining! This is the best Battlefield game yet. I liked previous BF games but this is better then ever. Running on high settings with GTX970, game looks amazing!… Full Review »
  3. Eki
    Oct 21, 2016
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. As a someone who started with 1942 and toped that game about some 2000 hours i am dissapointed with what DICE has been shoveling games with these day's.

    The game is NOT interesting..at all!
    In the 45 minutes i played this game half of my team was running and gunning pew pewing with LMG'all over the map just ignoring the objectives and the other half was on top of some mountain sniping.Netcode of the game is still FUBAR as you never know who shot you from where and if you rely on the killcam most of the shots/kills are impossible to make ,so in my opinion you would never know is if the player who shot you legit/aimboter/or the killcam is (again)not working properly.

    Refunded after one hour and dissapointed that DICE failed yet again in making an enjoyable game i was hoping for.
    Sad as i am that the glorious day's of 1942,Battlefield 2 and 2142 are long gone i would never recomend this game to anyone.
    Teenagers on the other hand seems to like it it and can't get enough of!

    Refunded and unninstalled ...meh!    … Full Review »
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