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  1. Sep 27, 2019
    10
    after bf3 best one. the universal history game inlcuid all sides mostly english and turks to ottomans and first time in game germans and usa side become 5th side feels so fresh about everything arab desert maps to gallipoli. snowy mountains to islands. graphcs looks decent again and weaponry mostly feels ww1 if you dont consder auto weapons on support too much ofcourse. the medic classafter bf3 best one. the universal history game inlcuid all sides mostly english and turks to ottomans and first time in game germans and usa side become 5th side feels so fresh about everything arab desert maps to gallipoli. snowy mountains to islands. graphcs looks decent again and weaponry mostly feels ww1 if you dont consder auto weapons on support too much ofcourse. the medic class here main class first time bcosue assoult class have more clsoe counter weaponry. game basicly steal many things from desert the lion movie like tank to horse battles on deserts etc. horse is remains key thing here too. Expand
  2. Aug 28, 2017
    4
    Good looking game, but they removed so much from it, so battlefield 3 and 4 are much beter. i recommend battlefield 4. weapons are not fun to use and there isnt many to use.
  3. May 12, 2018
    5
    Sadly a poorly optimised game for PC. Simply loading the game and leaving your PC idle on the Game Menu screen, an Intel quad-core @ 4.5Ghz you will experience 40-50% CPU load. This compares to 5-10% similar FPS games (as an optimised game should). What this means for the user is up to half their CPU capacity is already expended on game engine, leaving only 50-60% of your remaining CPUSadly a poorly optimised game for PC. Simply loading the game and leaving your PC idle on the Game Menu screen, an Intel quad-core @ 4.5Ghz you will experience 40-50% CPU load. This compares to 5-10% similar FPS games (as an optimised game should). What this means for the user is up to half their CPU capacity is already expended on game engine, leaving only 50-60% of your remaining CPU capacity to actually play the game. Expand
  4. Nov 10, 2017
    3
    This is the best Battlefield since 1942! Dice outdid them selves with the WW1 setting, the models are detailed and distinct, there is a genuine pathos to the characters and their voices, the way the weapons and vehicles perform are all very polished, there are awesome game modes beyond conquest, and the single player campaign is awesome!

    So you might ask why only a 3 then? Well the
    This is the best Battlefield since 1942! Dice outdid them selves with the WW1 setting, the models are detailed and distinct, there is a genuine pathos to the characters and their voices, the way the weapons and vehicles perform are all very polished, there are awesome game modes beyond conquest, and the single player campaign is awesome!

    So you might ask why only a 3 then? Well the multiplayer is infested with cheaters, damage boosts, aim bot, instant claim points, ESP, et al. EA seems to be unwilling to do anything about them, so this is my last Battlefield. For a game that banks on it's multi player experience it's almost at CS levels of hackery :(
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  5. Sep 15, 2017
    0
    Even for free with my Origins Access account this game made me sick, literately, and figuratively. I thought this game was going to take it back to Battlefield 1942 with single shot rifles were every shot counted. Instead this game sold out and opted to use guns that are technically historically from the era but completely inaccurate. That is just one of many problems I had in my briefEven for free with my Origins Access account this game made me sick, literately, and figuratively. I thought this game was going to take it back to Battlefield 1942 with single shot rifles were every shot counted. Instead this game sold out and opted to use guns that are technically historically from the era but completely inaccurate. That is just one of many problems I had in my brief moments with this game. Expand
  6. Nov 22, 2016
    9
    very fun and solid game
    awesome grafics , great sound, 64 players, conquest
    no stupid gadgets like thermal, 40x, laser

    this is Battlefield 1 the best fps game since Battelield 2 AND Call of duty 4
  7. Dec 31, 2016
    8
    Nowadays I do my best to stay away from multi-player focused games, but for this game I'm making a grande exception!

    Easily my favorite game this year aside from the "Witcher 3: Blood and Wine" expansion, Battlefield 1 just does everything right in my books (but of course with some mistakes on the side). First of all, the campaign is above average for a Battlefield game. Despite
    Nowadays I do my best to stay away from multi-player focused games, but for this game I'm making a grande exception!

    Easily my favorite game this year aside from the "Witcher 3: Blood and Wine" expansion, Battlefield 1 just does everything right in my books (but of course with some mistakes on the side).

    First of all, the campaign is above average for a Battlefield game.

    Despite its level styles being clearly inspired from other popular games (the Aerial levels inspired by Star Fox, the Desert stealthy levels similar to Metal Gear) and its "Rambo" style campaign, DICE does an incredible job at making each and every level different and refreshing. Surprisingly the stories for each of the campaigns are fairly well-done, yet I would have preferred it if they had made it twice (or even three-times) as long.

    Of course, the best part of the Battlefield experience is its legendary multiplayer!

    Compared to the past Battlefield games, this game is very well balanced. Every gun and class has its advantages and disadvantages, diversity of classes and teamwork is essential to winning every game, and the balance between both teams is always kept in check.

    One of the things I loved that they improved upon is that they changed the Recon Class' sniper damage to only be a one-shot-kill on a headshot. In past Battlefield games Recons were infamous for camping all over the map and slaying enemies from far away with a single shot.

    While it did require skill to get kills as a Recon, a single sniper camping in one spot should not be as effective when Battlefield is supposed to be about teamwork and getting up-close and personal. Thankfully in Battlefield 1 they changed the Sniper class so that it takes two shots to kill a target, but only one in the head to kill.

    Another thing they balanced is the powerful weapon spawns throughout the map. Not only are there less and only located in the actual control points themselves, they made sure that people who obtain these powerful weapons cannot drop them and cannot heal. Again, in Battlefield 1 DICE does an incredible job at keeping everything balanced while awarding teams and individuals who are of higher skill at the same time.

    In conclusion, Battlefield 1 shattered my negative expectations of this game! With is above average campaign and incredibly well-done multiplayer, Battlefield 1 is a must-buy for FPS and World War fans everywhere!
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  8. Jan 31, 2021
    6
    Decent and enjoyable shooter, even now. Good single player stories. At least half of maps are pretty balanced and playable, and beautiful of course. Tanks and planes aren't OP. No SJW contents and way better than BF V and even BF4. Speed of the game is acceptable for most players. But cheaters, unbalanced teams and remaining maps, which is not playable make this game average and awful sometimes.
  9. Nov 5, 2016
    8
    While most fps focus on mech, exo suits, and lasers, BF1 instead goes back to the past for WWI setting, This is a good thing since it helps BF1 stand out from all other games. That being said, it doesn't get everything right.

    First off, the game looks and sounds amazing. The details on sunlight reflection on water is really pretty to look at. The sniper rounds actually sound like a
    While most fps focus on mech, exo suits, and lasers, BF1 instead goes back to the past for WWI setting, This is a good thing since it helps BF1 stand out from all other games. That being said, it doesn't get everything right.

    First off, the game looks and sounds amazing. The details on sunlight reflection on water is really pretty to look at. The sniper rounds actually sound like a sniper rounds when it misses you. I especially love the dynamic weather on multiplaer

    The singleplayer campaign could've been longer. The first mission set-up high hopes for the campaign, but it falls short. It's still the best campaign that DICE has every pulled off, yet The stages for each area are unbalanced. You get: 4 sections for tank, 4 sections for air, 2 for heavy armor, 3 for runner, and 3 for middle east. The voice acting, the story, and the variety they give us is good, but there could've been more.

    As for the multiplayer, it is great for the most part. The squad-based mechanic really gives a nice sense of teamwork and coordinations. The vehicles look, control, and feel like their actual WWI counter parts. As for the guns, there are way too many automatic weapons for it to be an realistic WWI game. The gamemodes are really great, especially operation. Operation gives you the true sense of struggle for control over lands during WWI.
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  10. Feb 9, 2017
    10
    Amazing great high pace game , wonderful high end graphics, well optimized with high FPS rate, game play is really great weapons animation of weapon reloading is great too, killing enemies is really niceeeeee, many graphics options is really good and can control the FPS and increase a lot by some modification.
    this is the best FPS war game since COD 2 & 3
  11. Nov 5, 2016
    9
    World War I feels like the place that Battlefield has always belonged. BF1 breaks down the formula to the core gameplay and does away with the frivolous extras from BF4, leaving just ruthless, brutal combat. The old-fashioned inaccurate smgs feel well balanced agains semi-auto rifles and even the bolt-action rifles. The game clearly takes liberties with how prevalent automatic weapons wereWorld War I feels like the place that Battlefield has always belonged. BF1 breaks down the formula to the core gameplay and does away with the frivolous extras from BF4, leaving just ruthless, brutal combat. The old-fashioned inaccurate smgs feel well balanced agains semi-auto rifles and even the bolt-action rifles. The game clearly takes liberties with how prevalent automatic weapons were at the time, more so than I'd like, but DICE still took a refreshing number of chances that make BF1 feel like a true successor and not just a rehash. Whether you're covering an alley with your sniper rifle, pelting a doorway with machine gun fire, or storming a bunker with a shotgun, BF1 is a genuine joy to play. Expand
  12. Dec 8, 2016
    6
    Battlefield 1 is fun at times, but the lack of team play is a shame.
    Battlefield has always been one of my favorite franchises, but I miss the real fun since DICE started to make games for the casual players (Battlefront, hmmmm?). The graphics, physics and sound effects are excellent, but the gameplay is poor.
  13. Jun 28, 2020
    2
    Awful, just awful. Boring most of the time, cool graphics but the controls are pure garbage. They give you 100 weapons but will only let you carry 2, most of the weapons are useless. The fact that this crap game decides to give entire chapters based on vehicles, is just awful. The planes chapter was by far the worst, boring all the way, shooting planes that will keep flying despite beingAwful, just awful. Boring most of the time, cool graphics but the controls are pure garbage. They give you 100 weapons but will only let you carry 2, most of the weapons are useless. The fact that this crap game decides to give entire chapters based on vehicles, is just awful. The planes chapter was by far the worst, boring all the way, shooting planes that will keep flying despite being in flames, and just overall too easy and boring, no challenge to be had. I hate those cutscenes, cheesy and boring characters with no charisma whatsoever, and that brit accent is driving me nuts. The controls are terrible, and poorly optimized for pc, and it's sad to know that because BF 1942 was the first game of the series and started on PC. This game is an insult to the classics, having no music in the menu, which is already awful and too complex. The UI is atrocious, very small words and icons, I can barely see them. Also the only way to see the objectives is by pausing the game... lol. Shame on you DICE for bringing this crap and insulting the old BF games legacy, sadly there are hardly any other WWI games, so we gotta play this **** if we wanna play something WWI related. The graphics are great and the sound effects are decent. But the controls ruin the experience. Also the cutscenes are way too frequent and annoying, I tought I was playing a game not watching a boring movie. I will go a head and give this crap an extra point just for trying to be a decent WWI game.
    The game is so unrealistic and anachronic, most of the weapons shown in the game didn't even existed in 1917 or 1918. Planes were not capable of such maneuvers, and the part where the soldier takes photos with a 100+ yrs old camera, and the pictures are perfect, not even moved xD. That was impossible to do with a camera that had no eye stabilizer. Same applies to tanks and other guns, there was only 1 portable machine gun, and the game has like 10 lol. Not only unrealistic and anachronic but also pretty poor representation of WWI, the characters act like they are in a circus or out in a nightclub, really pathetic, I hate their egos so much. The scenes looks like they are from a movie instead of trying to represent the WWI as best as possible (laughable). I was liking this game until the planes chapter... omg... it's so bad it's laughable, the flying mechanics are a disaster, makes the game nearly unplayable, add that the cheesy voice acting with characters that act like war is a joke, and you have a combo for poor quality, way to handicap players Dice, with **** controls. First of all, I don't like planes, so why the **** they force me to play an entire chapter flying a crap plane with awful aiming controls while the stupid character won't shut up, yeah that stupid that thinks he is a winner for being in a fake war... pathetic, I hope people wasn't like that back in the day, **** ww1 who cares about that war anyways.
    5/10 (not recommended, huge dissapointment, I was expecting smth much better with better controls)
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  14. Aug 16, 2017
    7
    I got to try it thanks to Origin Access and it's a decent game but not my cup of tea. I did enjoy the "campaign" though, which was five separate stories told from different perspectives of the war, it was well told and interesting and looked gorgeous, the cut scenes were photo-realistic. I tried a little of the multiplayer but it's really not my style, I prefer a faster, more arcadeI got to try it thanks to Origin Access and it's a decent game but not my cup of tea. I did enjoy the "campaign" though, which was five separate stories told from different perspectives of the war, it was well told and interesting and looked gorgeous, the cut scenes were photo-realistic. I tried a little of the multiplayer but it's really not my style, I prefer a faster, more arcade shooter which BF1 definitely isn't. Expand
  15. Nov 2, 2016
    9
    This game has a beautiful, stunning, blood bumping, and mind numbing experience. Overall it has equally as smooth game-play, as it's interface. They have scrapped their HIGHLY unfavorable web browser, and for once I can say I will be looking forward to a FPS's DLCs.

    GOOD JOB EA! You did well. Now if only the Origin expereince was as smooth as steams, but maybe I am asking for too much ;D
  16. Nov 2, 2016
    9
    Been gaming since Atari. This is my first ever review on metacritic. Battlefield 1 is probably my favorite game of this genre to date and I have most likely played them all. I see a ton of crying and complaining. Please don't be fooled by that bs, this is a fantastic game based on WWI. With that said, it consists of that era's weaponry and vehicles. If you don't like that....you wont enjoyBeen gaming since Atari. This is my first ever review on metacritic. Battlefield 1 is probably my favorite game of this genre to date and I have most likely played them all. I see a ton of crying and complaining. Please don't be fooled by that bs, this is a fantastic game based on WWI. With that said, it consists of that era's weaponry and vehicles. If you don't like that....you wont enjoy this. I love it on PC , it's beautiful and I am having a ton of fun! I do get killed quite a bit, but once games get too easy, I lose interest a lot. Keep up the great work! Expand
  17. Apr 11, 2017
    9
    Although the single player campaign is a little weak, the multiplayer is stronger than ever. It's pretty much everything I was hoping for when I first saw the trailers last year.
  18. Mar 6, 2017
    8
    This is easily one of the best world war games I have ever played. The Single player campaign is great! The only thing that lets it down is the lack of historical accuracy in some areas.
  19. Jun 6, 2017
    7
    Great but awfully over hyped Battlefield game. The game looks and runs pretty good, I should've been able to play on ULTRA with my gtx 970, but just because I don't have an i7 processor but an i5 4690k it stutters when buildings are collapsing :/ Considering the game is not really that good looking (looks good because of some kind of filter and post effects), I will say I'm disappointedGreat but awfully over hyped Battlefield game. The game looks and runs pretty good, I should've been able to play on ULTRA with my gtx 970, but just because I don't have an i7 processor but an i5 4690k it stutters when buildings are collapsing :/ Considering the game is not really that good looking (looks good because of some kind of filter and post effects), I will say I'm disappointed since it looks like BF4 in those terms.

    However, the game is lacking in terms of content, only 9 maps on release day and the 10th was added later (EA is fooling people to believe they are releaseing free DLC to make them stand out as angels). Way too few weapons, and the LMG's are like sniper rifles. The game sold well because of hype surrounding the WW1 setting (which is FAR from historically correct anyway...). The campaign takes 2-3 hours to beat and it's nothing special, only there because it had to have something...

    But the worst part is Premium friends. I bought premium pass to be able to play all the new maps, since I got bored of the old ones after 30 hours. Now (after me and thousands of others have bought it already) EA announces Premium friends, which means that if one friend in your party owns premium, everyone in that party will be able to play all the premium maps. As you might hear, I feel ripped off.
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  20. May 23, 2017
    3
    Huge fan of the Battlefield franchise and loved every one until this one. I hate it, I've tried to get back into it numerous times but it's just so poorly balanced and frustrating. Here's hoping they have better plans for the future.
  21. Nov 8, 2016
    8
    Ive held off on my review until I have had some serious playing time under my belt. Firstly I think the day 1 user reviews are a tad pathetic due to the fact they are either hating on the game and giving it a 0 or looking at it through rose tinted glasses and giving it a 10 based on an hour or so of gametime. I try to be a little more objective than that hence the delay.
    This is THE game
    Ive held off on my review until I have had some serious playing time under my belt. Firstly I think the day 1 user reviews are a tad pathetic due to the fact they are either hating on the game and giving it a 0 or looking at it through rose tinted glasses and giving it a 10 based on an hour or so of gametime. I try to be a little more objective than that hence the delay.
    This is THE game I have been waiting for this year and now having played on it extensively I will start by saying it is a great game, it still is by no means perfect but still a fine addition to the series.

    Graphically it has no peers, this is to me one of the best looking games of all time if not the best. The textures are rich and detailed, the environment stunning and it's just a visual feast to behold, especially running on ultra with everything to the max in 1440p. I have yet to try to remove the hud but I would think that would add yet another level to the setting and it's on my to do list, if I dare that is, not knowing how much ammo I have left before charging the enemy wouldn't be the best scenario to be in. The sound is pretty good too, the sound of shells exploding next to you and gunfire whizzing overhead as you make your way to objectives can be unsettling at times, in a good way.

    The multiplayer aspect is as you'd expect with Battlefield games, not much has changed here in my opinion apart from the Operations mode which is great. It is multiplayer where I have spent most of my time, perfecting my roles and learning the dynamics of the game. I always find in Battlefield games that I get destroyed early on but the more I play the more I learn and find my preferred playstyle and start getting positive results. It's always a learning curve and patience and perseverance pay off.

    Moving along to campaign, this is where I feel Battlefield 1 falls short. The opening campaign mission that you have to do before unlocking the rest was fantastic, it captured that gritty, gloomy feeling of WWI combat, it was chaotic and it worked. I loved how when I died a name would pop up with birth to death dates show before spawning as someone else in the battle. Sadly the rest of the campaign I feel fails to live up to the first mission and subsequently fails to illuystrate the horrors of WWI combat, the Friends in High Places especially, I hated the cocky Yank guy and couldn't shake that feeling that the campaign had lost its way a little. The lawrence of Arabia mission too, one man (woman) vs all, it's just dubious, obviously in the name of entertainment some creative license was needed but it just felt like it was the wrong call. The campaign fails therefore to capture the horrors of WWI, quite miserably it must be said which is a shame given how good the opening mission was.

    The spectator mode is something I want to try but have so far not been able to find out how to, I quite like the idea of messing around with filters and taking screens etc of matches.

    Overall I am happy with Battlefield 1, I still wish Dice would have allowed for better character customization and maybe the ability to select race. It just isn't doing anything for historical accuracy to have a squad as diverse as this where the white man was the minority but I suppose Dice have their political views to express, it's not a big problem and I understand why Dice may have wanted to demonstrate their political stance but in the grand scheme of things I just felt it was misplaced. Apart from the historical innacuracies this game is both fun and infuriating at the same time, a fine addition to the franchise but no masterpiece.
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  22. Jul 23, 2017
    4
    Music - excellent, graphics - excellent. The game itself is ok but there are not enough servers with constant new DLC dividing the community even further so need to wait to play on a Sunday afternoon.
  23. Dec 1, 2016
    8
    Games as of 12/01/2016

    Pros:
    Very fun and chaotic multiplayer
    Gorgeous graphics and sound
    Well thought out maps (IMO)

    Cons:
    Spawns are iffy
    Gun balancing is iffy
    UI is abysmal (Thanks Origin!)
    Some design choices are iffy

    Overall this has been one of my favorite Battlefields starting with BF:BC1 and playing all of them.
  24. Mar 23, 2017
    6
    Никаких особых наворотов по сравнению с предыдущими частями не добавилось. Зданий и разрушений стало меньше. (сеттингом это конечно оправдывается, но тем не менее).
    Картинка приятная, все по-прежнему динамично, драйвово и т,д. Сама игра держит марку, тут не докопаться.
    Только одно НО, которое я не хочу обосабливать от игры - с читерами никто не боролся и не борется и по сей день. И
    Никаких особых наворотов по сравнению с предыдущими частями не добавилось. Зданий и разрушений стало меньше. (сеттингом это конечно оправдывается, но тем не менее).
    Картинка приятная, все по-прежнему динамично, драйвово и т,д. Сама игра держит марку, тут не докопаться.
    Только одно НО, которое я не хочу обосабливать от игры - с читерами никто не боролся и не борется и по сей день. И из-за этого оценка не 9, а 6.
    Всем хорошего коннекта и честных оппонентов. :)
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  25. Nov 20, 2016
    9
    Graphics and destruction looks great and the setting feels like you are immerse to it. A single player campaign that is given respects and gives you different perspectives during the Great War, The war to end all wars, It ended nothing.

    Battlefield 1 is great game. The setting felt believable and the game play was good. It gave me a blast. The single player tells the horror of the war,
    Graphics and destruction looks great and the setting feels like you are immerse to it. A single player campaign that is given respects and gives you different perspectives during the Great War, The war to end all wars, It ended nothing.

    Battlefield 1 is great game. The setting felt believable and the game play was good. It gave me a blast. The single player tells the horror of the war, It is divided into war stories each stories gives us perspectives of this people during the war. The developers gave amount of respects of the war stories for the veterans who died during it. The missions were good and the visuals and graphics are just beautiful and immersive. The Multiplayer is what Battlefield is known for, It is the same as any Battlefield game with a world war 1 setting but has few new modes and updated game mechanics and game play.

    Battlefield 1 could get a 10/10 but the Single player campaign was lacking, it sure has great war stories but it was short and we needed more(Hoping for a DLC). Given it was great it sure has some problems and glitches that occur and unbalance weapons(hope gets updated).

    Battlefield 1 is a polished game and sure it is a fun and frustrating game in Multiplayer Mode while depressing in Single player.
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  26. Nov 8, 2016
    7
    Storyline of Battlefield 1 is good anyway, but too much short.......the multiplayer is good like ever was, BUT nowadays has a little issues about performance and dont run smooth.

    Anyway, its a great game....wait the price bottom up and dont think twice
  27. Mar 9, 2017
    8
    その当時に起こっていたことを空気ですら読み取れるいいゲームです。

    乗り物の種類は初期段階から豊富にあり、ロールも今までとは違うロールになったため、偏ることもたまにありますが、そこまで差はなくなったのではないかと思います。 ただ武器の種類が少なくBF4やハードライン、BF3などに比べればかなり劣るように見えます。 乗り物の種類は増えたものの、乗り物に乗れる人はかなり少ないのでPCスペックなどにより早い者勝ちの制度で乗り物に乗れない人が多数いる状況がよく見られます。 ガスグレネードが強いので度々修正が来ているものの個人的にはあのままでも問題ないかと思っています。
    その当時に起こっていたことを空気ですら読み取れるいいゲームです。

    乗り物の種類は初期段階から豊富にあり、ロールも今までとは違うロールになったため、偏ることもたまにありますが、そこまで差はなくなったのではないかと思います。

    ただ武器の種類が少なくBF4やハードライン、BF3などに比べればかなり劣るように見えます。
    乗り物の種類は増えたものの、乗り物に乗れる人はかなり少ないのでPCスペックなどにより早い者勝ちの制度で乗り物に乗れない人が多数いる状況がよく見られます。

    ガスグレネードが強いので度々修正が来ているものの個人的にはあのままでも問題ないかと思っています。
  28. Jan 4, 2021
    8
    I liked single player actually a lot and I don't play BF multiplayer since BF4.
  29. Feb 27, 2020
    2
    Terrible boring game, badly designed, just worse than all the great FPSs in the past
  30. Sep 20, 2018
    5
    Столько чито-дрочеров даже в CS:GO нет. Неплохая кампания, с небольшими сюжетными историями, оставляет положительное впечатление, но в мультиплеер играть невозможно.
Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 54
  2. Negative: 0 out of 54
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Dec 18, 2016
    80
    Has DICE made the Great War Great again? Well, it's certainly delivered a fresh-feeling shooter in a very saturated market. But the missing modes are felt. [Issue#257, p.58]
  2. Edge Magazine
    Dec 14, 2016
    90
    Battlefield 1 is better than its predecessors in almost every way. [Christmas 2016, p.102]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 12, 2016
    100
    Battlefield is back in shape and more so with fresh theme of the first Great War! After a long time, the campaign is successful and multiplayer is traditionally excellent. So, this year your choice is set! [Issue #269]