Battlefield V

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3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3148 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 674 out of 3148
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  3. Negative: 2,178 out of 3148
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  1. Kiwaso
    Nov 17, 2018
    4
    Is Battlefield 1.5
    I miss the great variety of weapons, vehicles and personalization that Battlefield 4 brought.
  2. EvanSTW
    Nov 17, 2018
    10
    Most of the negative reviews are from people that have not actually played the game, and is still riding the hate train in reaction to the poor PR and marketing before its release. This game is a turning point for the series, I truly believe it. As a long time BF vet, the overall feeling of war and depending on your mates is overwhelming, and sucks you in right away. 3D spotting is goneMost of the negative reviews are from people that have not actually played the game, and is still riding the hate train in reaction to the poor PR and marketing before its release. This game is a turning point for the series, I truly believe it. As a long time BF vet, the overall feeling of war and depending on your mates is overwhelming, and sucks you in right away. 3D spotting is gone so you depend more on your awareness and senses, which causes you to slow down and play more intelligently. This game is epic. Ignore the mindless hate.… Expand
  3. DevilSaysTake
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    Felt mediocre on my medium-end PC. Game is raw and bad optimised. Constant lags ruin playing experience. Just a worse re-skin of BF 1. Save your money.
  4. scorpionm84
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    If you are searching for a game without a soul you are in the right place. Maps design is awful and every map looks like a running simulator. A lot of game mode are bad because the map design has 0 sense. UI and HUD are terrible and not user friendly, Plus we have a lot of bugs and is cleary an unfinished product. You get bored after few rounds in each map. WW2 without nazi and iconicIf you are searching for a game without a soul you are in the right place. Maps design is awful and every map looks like a running simulator. A lot of game mode are bad because the map design has 0 sense. UI and HUD are terrible and not user friendly, Plus we have a lot of bugs and is cleary an unfinished product. You get bored after few rounds in each map. WW2 without nazi and iconic battle? Come on..... BF is dead.… Expand
  5. bertendclaus
    Nov 17, 2018
    7
    Solid multi shooter. BF1 +, better but in this new direction. More like for young players than for older audience.
  6. AlexTheNerd
    Nov 17, 2018
    9
    The gameplay of this game is solid, the gunplay, movement and general flow of the game is back to Battlefield 3. Although the game has some bugs that I really want to get fixed pretty fast. One example is the sound glitches in some of the planes, especially the Stuka bomber. Singleplayer is meh except the into. Otherwise I would recommend this game to a lot of people, except peopleThe gameplay of this game is solid, the gunplay, movement and general flow of the game is back to Battlefield 3. Although the game has some bugs that I really want to get fixed pretty fast. One example is the sound glitches in some of the planes, especially the Stuka bomber. Singleplayer is meh except the into. Otherwise I would recommend this game to a lot of people, except people searching for a authentic experience. As always, battlefield is not meant to be authentic, so for me this does not matter.… Expand
  7. Meteora48
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Игрострой совсем с ума сошел,раз делает такое в конце 2018 года. Нет озвучки, ужасная графика, физика,темнокожие азиаты на всех фронтах, нет Совка, сюжетка-мрак. Как итог Коричневая жижа на кончиках пальцах.
  8. cloudelka
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    One of the best Battlefield V for me, the game is amazing with new game system, no microtransaction p2w, no dlc.
  9. kuky90
    Nov 17, 2018
    9
    Don't listen to butthurts with 0 and lack of content or similar things. Game is actually really good and with just enough content. There are few bugs in game yes, but other than that epic game. It have potential to be best game in whole franchise.
  10. ilya_gg
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    The EA had the love of fans, the expected and interesting setting of WW2, a lot of money and resources. And what did they do? They made a silly game unrelated to the real history. By buying this game you support the further course of stupidity and lack of talent.
  11. TacoSupreme
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I gave BFV a try because a friend of mine got Origin Access Premiere and gifted me a 7 day trial, and after playing multiplayer for about 8 hours, I'm just not into it. I took a break from the BF series after putting about 1,000 hours into BF4 on 360 (and countless hours on previous titles back to Bad Company), so getting to try BFV out for free on PC was pretty exciting. I'm running a Ryzen 2600/Windforce OC 1080, and playing the game in 1440p with all of the important settings maxed is great (the graphics are AMAZING), but it just doesn't feel like Battlefield. If I ever decide to get Access Premiere, I might give BFV another try in a few months, but as of right now, I won't be playing it anymore. There's too many good shooters out right now, and this isn't one of them. If you're on the fence, spend $5 and try it out for a few hours, or if you're lucky, have someone gift you a pass. If you don't like it, there's over 150 other games to choose from.

    *edit
    Anyone claiming this is the best Battlefield ever either hasn't played it or they're straight up lying. Some people are even saying they don't like it but they're giving it a good review score to "balance out the bad reviews". How much of a loser can you possibly be? If the game sucks (and it does), just say it sucks. Stop lying to yourself. Anyone who plays this for more than a few minutes knows it's trash.    … Expand
  12. ConfluxReflux
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    This game does not deserve a 10, but I need to help balance it out. I would so far give it an 9. Compared to other BF games I'd give BF4 an 8, BF1 a 9, and BFH a 5 or 6.
    I really want Metacritic to make it so you have to confirm that you own the game in order to review it. The number of people who have not even played the game and left a review on the game is insane. I am not a crazy SJW,    This game does not deserve a 10, but I need to help balance it out. I would so far give it an 9. Compared to other BF games I'd give BF4 an 8, BF1 a 9, and BFH a 5 or 6.
    I really want Metacritic to make it so you have to confirm that you own the game in order to review it. The number of people who have not even played the game and left a review on the game is insane. I am not a crazy SJW, I think it was kind of annoying to very prominently include women for money, but that doesn't mean you should spam 0.
    Gamers are becoming entitled. BF players wanted 3D spotting removed. Guess what? Gone. No one really likes DLC. Right? They made it free. Do you like amazing graphics? I do, and guess what, the graphics in Battlefield 5 are the best I have ever seen, especially in 4K. The game doesn't run too bad either. Low amount of stuff in the game? Was there a huge outrage in Battlefield 1, because BF5 has the same amount of primary weapons, more tanks, the same amount of planes, more vehicles, etc, only lagging behind in gadgets and secondary weapons. If you want, try to manage to get a 7 day free trial of Origin access and you will get 10 hours of play time in the game. Make sure you cancel the subscription before the 7th day though. As for the reuse of textures and sounds in the game, it is not like a crap ton were reused or anything. The game looks WAY different from Battlefield 1. The weapons in BF1 that made their way into BF5 were obviously redone.    … Expand
  13. Paster58
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    -Medic class dead
    -teamplay without microphone dead
    -the maps aren't thought for fps.
    -women everywhere wtf ww2 really ?
    -the weapon customization is a joke.
  14. LastHope17
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    EA pays for good reviews don't get fooled. Half the "Reviews" on Youtube are paid for by EA.
  15. PSPfreaky
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Battlefield 5 is my new Battlefield 3! Forget Battlefield 4 and Battlefield 1! BF5 looks amazing, the gunplay is better and every match is exciting. All updates in the future are FREE. I recommend Battlefield 5 to Battlefield fans.
  16. mrbeanjoga3
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    Game is Very good, need more content tho, campaign is "Ok", Graphics are 10/10, Sound is beautiful, gameplay is much better than the previous game (Battlefield 1), Customization is great and etc... sad that the game is on a hate train because of women being implemented in-game.
  17. Auser
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A game based on the politically correct, with censorship in the online with words like Nazi, white man and DLC, and we are talking about it is a game of the Second World War. Please do not support censorship, do not buy this game!
  18. Octavio89
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 1 are among my favorite games of all time, but unfortunately I'm not educated enough to play this one.
  19. KennetBaker
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game is totally not ready for release.
    Please, do not buy this game and do not support EA as a company.
  20. pripolicy
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Very sloppy production. Tons of bugs in addition to the politically correct trash make me regret I bought it.
  21. FAdingDE
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Battlefield 5 hat aktuell noch mit einigen Bug´s zu kämpfen.
    Für mich ist es das beste Battlefield seit Jahren.
    DIe Kämpfe fühlen sich westlich besser und taktischer an als in den letzten Teilen!! Der aktuelle Content reicht für mehrere Stunden, die Karten sind abwechslungsreich und gut gestaltet. Bisher haben mir alle Karten sehr gut gefallen. Immersion blablabla.... Wenn euch    Battlefield 5 hat aktuell noch mit einigen Bug´s zu kämpfen.
    Für mich ist es das beste Battlefield seit Jahren.

    DIe Kämpfe fühlen sich westlich besser und taktischer an als in den letzten Teilen!!
    Der aktuelle Content reicht für mehrere Stunden, die Karten sind abwechslungsreich und gut gestaltet. Bisher haben mir alle Karten sehr gut gefallen.

    Immersion blablabla.... Wenn euch weibliche Soldaten usw. stören, dann kauft es einfach nicht!    … Expand
  22. iMiles12
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Best battlefield of the series, Gameplay/gunplay is solid and fun, Customization is an welcome addition, FREE DLC, Microtransactions are almost non-existent, and those that exist are only for cosmetics, no progression can be bought, Some maps are small, but they are geniously designed to have a bunch of verticality if the map is small, Disregard political comments from other commenters, asBest battlefield of the series, Gameplay/gunplay is solid and fun, Customization is an welcome addition, FREE DLC, Microtransactions are almost non-existent, and those that exist are only for cosmetics, no progression can be bought, Some maps are small, but they are geniously designed to have a bunch of verticality if the map is small, Disregard political comments from other commenters, as they do not know the meaning of character customization, they think adding sex choice of male and female is pushing an agenda, Its also hard to ignore the "It sucks because the internet said so" behind said reviews.… Expand
  23. Graphic-J
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    Gun gameplay and game mechanics are great but the art direction and the so called "WW2" aesthetics and immersion is horrendous. A pandering to a certain crowd that doesn't even play these games-joke at times. ... and we all know what and why this is.
  24. RedOctStandinBy
    Nov 16, 2018
    6
    The battlefield franchise lost itself. The game play is to fast to promote good squad play which is what makes this series good. Instead of nice coordinate squad gunfights what you wind up with is a bunch of people running around like headless chickens.
    20/10 graphics dice will never fail you in this category
    6/10 immersion this could have given me ptsd it couldve been so immersive    The battlefield franchise lost itself. The game play is to fast to promote good squad play which is what makes this series good. Instead of nice coordinate squad gunfights what you wind up with is a bunch of people running around like headless chickens.
    20/10 graphics dice will never fail you in this category
    6/10 immersion this could have given me ptsd it couldve been so immersive but the game play is just to fast to keep full immersion.
    5/10 Gun play sometimes its great sometimes its bad
    5/10 overall fun
    100/10 free dlc its amazing for a good battlefield game i was willing to buy premium pass bf4 is a perfect example i own a copy on xbox 360, xbox1 ,and pc all with premium and i don't regret a dollar. but the problem is if the game if you want people to spend money the core game play has to be good.

    I don't know what it is but this game just doesn't seem to be great for me i am a battlefield fan i understand that the game evolves and i think it may be a game that a lot of people love but for veteran battlefield players i don't think this is the game you are looking for.    … Expand
  25. namehere
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    This is a review of multiplayer. I haven't played the campaign.

    An excellent evolution of the franchise. A solid launch and compelling gameplay. Less gimmicky than BF1, the new mechanics force you to think before you act. Strong modes, strong maps, well balanced classes and greatly improved gunplay make multiplayer feel fair and skill-based. The reduced time to kill is unforgiving but    This is a review of multiplayer. I haven't played the campaign.

    An excellent evolution of the franchise. A solid launch and compelling gameplay. Less gimmicky than BF1, the new mechanics force you to think before you act. Strong modes, strong maps, well balanced classes and greatly improved gunplay make multiplayer feel fair and skill-based. The reduced time to kill is unforgiving but it works both ways.

    Performance has been smooth as butter on my original XBox One. In my opinion it looks better with all the post-production effects turned off, but either way it's a great looking game. That said, it's necessary to tweak brightness settings etc to ensure you can see enemies, who are occasionally hard to pick out.

    Maps are varied, well balanced, with good verticality as well as lots to interact with and destroy, creating the usual BF emergent experiences. So far, more so than I experienced in BF1 and BF4.

    New game modes have played well. Grand Operations takes place over several in-game days and mixes modes and maps, with a loose narrative intended to tie them together. The mix and match approach will appeal to some more than others but it's a good way to force variety. I wish they'd kept Rush but there's more than enough to compensate.

    Classes have been mixed up a bit with Recon feeling more PTFO focussed, Assault having been given SLRs and Medics SMGs. No fundamental changes to previous Battlefields with similar gadgets and tasks but much better gunplay. Weapon progression is tree-based, you have to choose which direction you want to specialise your weapon in and a step in one direction limits options in another.

    Vehicles feel much better balanced than in BF1 but I main infantry so don't have much authority to comment. The gunner role in tanks is much more viable than it was in BF1, feeling more like Bf4.

    If you're shot at you die quickly and this can be frustrating. But it forces consideration and encourages cooperation. You'll need to be willing to adapt to the implications of that; especially as the health and revive mechanics have been revised to contribute to attrition -- you don't regenerate to full health but can carry one med pack to do that for you, squad mates can revive each other but not to full health and very slowly, medics can revive fully and quickly whilst leaving you with a med pack.

    A few bugs with games not ending when the timer ticks to zero, menus not closing and revives not working. Annoying, fixable, not gamebreaking.

    Some pre-launch controversy emerged around changes to the attrition system, the introduction of women characters and a cosmetics microtransaction market. Make of that what you will but it seems to have encouraged negative reviews regardless of the quality of the game. That said, attrition is new but not bad, female characters have no impact on gameplay and it looks like microtransactions/skins will only be relevant to people who care about cosmetics; nothing I've seen there impacts core gameplay either.

    The menu UI is clunky and a bit baffling but it's Battlefield and I expected that. Overall this is a fantastic game with a lot of potential. If the pre-launch controversies are put to one side, there's no reason this game isn't a 9/10 title. It loses one mark for the occasional (definitely patchable) launch bugs.    … Expand
  26. Davis119
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    EA seal of shame and with anti consumer practices all the way.

    - Get 11 days ealier access for paying a bit more - Releasing an unfinished product, then selling it as "free DLC" - generell lack of vehicles - More Call of a Duty feeling, rather than an immersive 2nd world war simulation - historical accurarcy ... who needs that... - Microtransactions on launch for a 60 dollar game    EA seal of shame and with anti consumer practices all the way.

    - Get 11 days ealier access for paying a bit more
    - Releasing an unfinished product, then selling it as "free DLC"
    - generell lack of vehicles
    - More Call of a Duty feeling, rather than an immersive 2nd world war simulation
    - historical accurarcy ... who needs that...
    - Microtransactions on launch for a 60 dollar game
    - pretty uneven classes to say the very least
    - insulting the player base as uneducated before the game even released
    - bringing an ideology to an goddamn Battlefield game (most likely due to thinking they can pander to an audience, which doesn't even buy their games)
    - "Game journalists" which try to sell you this turd as a 83 points game (most likely due to pressure from EA)

    EA you did it again! You completely **** up everything, which could have potentially been good about a once great franchise! Don't buy this in the current state and wait for it to become a bargain bin product. (Should not take all that long thanks to EA's atrocious marketing and anti-consumer practices).    … Expand
  27. fisher351
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Terrible singleplayer: terrible AI, sjw propaganda, terrible singleplayer, zero contents, tonn of bugs. AAA project, but feels like ftp chinese shooter. My grandfather in barnaul had insult afther playing this game.
  28. Gloserous
    Nov 16, 2018
    10
    Dice really have out done themselves with this years battlefield. One of the best battlefield experiences yet.
  29. d25bev
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    I'll be brief. The campaign is bad & short as hell. 'Untold stories' sounds intriguing but doesnt work, especially in the one man army style they've stupidly chosen in WW2.

    There's only 4 decent-ish multiplayer maps out of 8, with only 2 more in the next 6 months, which some fans have previewed & said are pretty terrible. Its incredibly buggy, full of sjw things that feel completely    I'll be brief. The campaign is bad & short as hell. 'Untold stories' sounds intriguing but doesnt work, especially in the one man army style they've stupidly chosen in WW2.

    There's only 4 decent-ish multiplayer maps out of 8, with only 2 more in the next 6 months, which some fans have previewed & said are pretty terrible.

    Its incredibly buggy, full of sjw things that feel completely out of place & break immersion. It changes historical battles/missions just to be 'politically correct' which is ridiculous when they could've included women in realistic true to history roles & made it much more immersive & gritty. The game feels & is incomplete, with barely any content coming to the game in future. The game has far too many reused assests & has really no feeling of ww2. This game screams missed potential.

    Even if like this game & you rate it a 10 then you're clearly lying to yourself & others. 10 means a game is perfect & this game has many, many problems. I love the battlefield series but rating this game a 10 means you're just a blind fanboy, you'll see in time what this game really is.    … Expand
  30. Slashout
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    No battlefield has felt as much as a COD game as this one.
    Smaller maps, fewer vehicules, focus on gunfight in close quarters, skill gives places to the "first who spots the other" tactics. You've got it all here.
    Classes have been changed, in a bad way. For exemple medics are now redondant, everyone can do anything they can do, just a little slower. Health packs can be picked easily,    No battlefield has felt as much as a COD game as this one.
    Smaller maps, fewer vehicules, focus on gunfight in close quarters, skill gives places to the "first who spots the other" tactics. You've got it all here.
    Classes have been changed, in a bad way. For exemple medics are now redondant, everyone can do anything they can do, just a little slower. Health packs can be picked easily, you can be revived by non medics, hardly anyone will need your healing. They most likely already have a health pack or they die as soon as they are spotted. I used to finished in the top 3 players playing just as a pure medic and not as a killing machine. You can't do that anymore, as a medic your job is just secondary to killing now.

    The focus is now on squad play. Which is lame. How often do you have 3 friends ready to join you? Do you even want to? I usually launch the game for a quick match when I have the time. I do not want to plan an event to enjoy the game every time and playing as squadmates with strangers is a dice roll.
    What about the UI? Still terribly confusing. It's messy, doesn't give the right info and makes you go to many clicks to do what you need to. I still haven't really figured out some of the stuff to improve my weapons.
    All this and the terrible terrible political stance of this game and its devs... Makes me give it a 1. It's not a good game.    … Expand
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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 52
  3. Negative: 0 out of 52
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2019
    85
    It’s far from being ideal but all the glitches and shortcomings don’t ruin the overall fun of Battlefield V’s multiplayer experience. Although the single player portion of the game is not bad at all, I would have been disappointed if I bought the game just for it. [13/2018, p.56]
  2. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    80
    In Battlefield V we got back to WW2, but with refined gunplay and death system which works great. There are also little problems such as low number of maps and stability issues, that are taking the fun away, but nothing that can't be fixed.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    80
    A great World War II shooter that will grow and improve. Do not buy the game because of its singleplayer, but if you consider the campaign a bonus to the multiplayer, you will be satisfied. [Issue#291]
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