Battlefield V

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2.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3123 Ratings

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  1. Aiwass777
    Nov 30, 2018
    5
    Here are some Pros & Cons

    Campaign -Boring & Bland -Repetitive -No Swastikas on the German Flags instead they're Imperial German Naval Jacks -Stories are short -No teamwork or a helping hand in the campaign (Except the Tirailleurs Story) -Nordlys Campaign is historically inaccurate & disrespectful to the Norwegian Commandos in Operation Gunnerside (An actual mission during WWII)    Here are some Pros & Cons

    Campaign

    -Boring & Bland
    -Repetitive
    -No Swastikas on the German Flags instead they're Imperial German Naval Jacks
    -Stories are short
    -No teamwork or a helping hand in the campaign (Except the Tirailleurs Story)
    -Nordlys Campaign is historically inaccurate & disrespectful to the Norwegian Commandos in Operation Gunnerside (An actual mission during WWII)
    -Interesting campaigns but it lacks

    Multiplayer

    -Building little defenses & barricades are fun and are something new in the franchise
    -Lack of Weapons at launch
    -No changing of gender as the Tank Driver or Airforce Pilot
    -The destruction is a bit more dynamic
    -Maps are a bit small & short    … Expand
  2. creoly
    Mar 16, 2019
    0
    Боже,эта "игра" наполнена толерастией. Ну не может чернокожий мужчина играть за вермахт.Женщина не может бегать на поле боя на ровне с мужчинами,так нельзя.Я закрыл глаза на ущемление классов,ужасной динамикой.У игры есть и плюсы,например:графика и... всё плюсы закончились.Боже,эта "игра" наполнена толерастией. Ну не может чернокожий мужчина играть за вермахт.Женщина не может бегать на поле боя на ровне с мужчинами,так нельзя.Я закрыл глаза на ущемление классов,ужасной динамикой.У игры есть и плюсы,например:графика и... всё плюсы закончились.
  3. BubaMan
    Aug 29, 2019
    5
    BFV is a distinctly average game.
    It plays a lot more like CoD these days, favouring smaller game modes, where fastest finger wins and there's no room for strategic play. They even reduced the squad size to 4 so you can't play as well together either.
    The content at launch was very small and the content since then has been slow to come and unimpressive - mostly additional small game    BFV is a distinctly average game.
    It plays a lot more like CoD these days, favouring smaller game modes, where fastest finger wins and there's no room for strategic play. They even reduced the squad size to 4 so you can't play as well together either.
    The content at launch was very small and the content since then has been slow to come and unimpressive - mostly additional small game modes, Fortnight mode (Firestorm) and finally 1 extra (badly designed) map.

    The game is graphically impressive, the soundtrack is good and the single player campaign is ok so it's not all bad... it's just not what a Battlefield game should be.    … Expand
  4. wolfhound6
    May 3, 2019
    0
    6 months in and we are barely getting any real content (maps and weapons), but if you want to buy 15€ skins in a 60€ game go for it!
  5. Goujat1
    Dec 16, 2018
    0
    EA уничтожила BF, EA уничтожает игровую индустрию, эти люди делают деньги, но ни в коем случае не игры, убили BF, MA, NFS, DA. Следование модным пидаристическим тендециям, желание угодить всем этим вшивым феминистическим меньшинствам, ЛГБТ и прочим хуеплетам вызывает только отвращение и рвоту, отсутствие СССР это просто фиаско, EA акститесь! Последний гвоздь в крышку гроба, это добавленныйEA уничтожила BF, EA уничтожает игровую индустрию, эти люди делают деньги, но ни в коем случае не игры, убили BF, MA, NFS, DA. Следование модным пидаристическим тендециям, желание угодить всем этим вшивым феминистическим меньшинствам, ЛГБТ и прочим хуеплетам вызывает только отвращение и рвоту, отсутствие СССР это просто фиаско, EA акститесь! Последний гвоздь в крышку гроба, это добавленный патч на увеличение ТТК, когда в игре столько багов, косяков, вы продолжаете делать поблажки для нубасов из Fortnite и прочей казуальщины, вы сломали то единственное, что тащило игру, RIP BF!… Expand
  6. Egor0212
    Dec 12, 2018
    1
    Очень плохая игра , эта таллерантсность такая убогая , игра не стоит своих денег никому не рекомендую
  7. Pens39
    Jan 2, 2019
    1
    Issues with this game:
    Server issue icon every match.
    Invisible players. Die within 3 shots every time. Takes min 5 bullets to kill someone. Players uncanny ability to find you even when you know they couldn't possibly know you're in a certain spot(hiding to heal, flanking, etc.) Players turning and head shooting you when you're pumping bullets into them. Kill cam only works half    Issues with this game:
    Server issue icon every match.
    Invisible players.
    Die within 3 shots every time.
    Takes min 5 bullets to kill someone.
    Players uncanny ability to find you even when you know they couldn't possibly know you're in a certain spot(hiding to heal, flanking, etc.)
    Players turning and head shooting you when you're pumping bullets into them.
    Kill cam only works half the time(related to invisible players?)

    Maybe this all has to do with the server issues but people can cheat on anything. Not being able to cheat on consol is a myth. It's a computer. It can be manipulated. If it can't, why do banks and the government need to have the latest upgraded security to protect themselves? I went to school for CIS(Computer Integrated Systems) and I know there are people out there that are far more advanced in it than I am. Too many coincidences in this game. I will not buy another Battlfield game. The main reason is micromanaging. They are more concerned about being appealing to everyone instead of focusing on the realism of the game and the major playability issues.
    This game was not worth it. It seems that the developers were lazy and/or cheap. Same thing with Fortnite. These companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars. This is a kick in the balls to all their customers that made them rich.    … Expand
  8. hollywoodtom
    Jan 10, 2019
    2
    I dont care about the questions of historical accuracy nore am I looking for a true simulator. I do however want a BATTLEFIELD game. I think the mechanics are garbage for a flagship game in a franchise I have loved.

    Examples, I have fallen through the world too many times to count, weapon balance is strange ( it takes freak show amounts of bullets with LMG to kill someone??? when they    I dont care about the questions of historical accuracy nore am I looking for a true simulator. I do however want a BATTLEFIELD game. I think the mechanics are garbage for a flagship game in a franchise I have loved.

    Examples,
    I have fallen through the world too many times to count, weapon balance is strange ( it takes freak show amounts of bullets with LMG to kill someone??? when they ace you with an assault rifle ) , I die within steps of spawn OFTEN, the weapons options and mods are minimal. The team dynamic is also dead. It feels like EA was finally successful in getting enough new gamers to the franchise , but that has in my eyes eliminated the teamwork necessary to win that made BF4 fun. Also, in BF4 you had to be good to be a sniper, understand bullet drops for different guns, in this game they appear to have eliminated bullet drop, sniping is easy, and therefore entire squads are ALL snipers!!!! It feels like an arcade game, not a battlefield game.

    They killed suppression! Suppression is what made the game interesting and prevent fake ass run and gun!

    If you like the game good for you, but if you are a BF player, I suggest waiting to buy the game until they make some critical changes.    … Expand
  9. TheScort
    Nov 27, 2019
    3
    I did exactly what EA told me to do with this one - I didn't like it, so I didn't buy it! Launching for £45-50 here in the UK, I avoided it like the plague, and even in the months following release, where PSN had it for £30 quite a bit - I still refused to dip in.

    I'll not go over the reasons for giving Battlefield 5 (sorry Trevor Noah - I meant "Vee") a wide berth, as all fans of the    I did exactly what EA told me to do with this one - I didn't like it, so I didn't buy it! Launching for £45-50 here in the UK, I avoided it like the plague, and even in the months following release, where PSN had it for £30 quite a bit - I still refused to dip in.

    I'll not go over the reasons for giving Battlefield 5 (sorry Trevor Noah - I meant "Vee") a wide berth, as all fans of the series know exactly what turned most people off - I voted with my wallet this time!

    Then EA Access came along for £20.

    First game to download with my new 'EA slave pass' - BFV, a whopping 70 gigs, which subsequently needed to be deleted an re-downloaded, when half the menus failed to load, and I was greeted with just black screens most of the time!

    Eventually I jumped into my first few MP games - initial impressions were 'wow', this game looks and sounds amazing! Top marks on that front. Then I realise that owing to me joining the party late, pretty much everyone has much better kit - there were arty strikes, V2 bombs, and all sorts going on!!

    I grind away for match after match, unlocking pointless customizations for my chosen tool of death - wow, I now have a slightly green sight and handle.... erm, woop woop? I get a new pair of GI trousers; I get point to unlock specializations - that appear to have utterly no impact to the weapon whatsoever.

    My player rank over a couple of days in now in double digits, I have unlocked two or three weapons for certain classes, and used in-game currency (that I didn't pay for) to unlock some new support guns - feeling hard done by, as with the exception of one having a bigger belt of ammo - are exactly the same in in-game performance.

    When I finally take stock of the game, I realize, just how little there is too it - 9 MONTHS after release, there are still menus stating "Coming soon" - there's 3 or 4 sights per weapon, no grips, or stock customisations - in a word "limited". I appreciate this isn't BF3 or 4 with all the different points on a weapon to modify - but if Dice/EA are going to spin their narratives on WW2, they could have surly worked more weapon customisations in.

    And the GRIND! I know that these days, EA/Activision/Whoever are making their games in such a way, that purchasing their premium currency becomes the dangling carrot - the rationale they use is that you either spend your free time, or heard earned cash to advance. It just kicks you when you're down, if you're short on time and cannot commit to the grind to unlock the next thing. There seems to have been a huge jump in points needed between player/class/weapon ranks now I'm in double digits on player score.

    The game just feels completely unfinished to me, or at best, an expansion pass to Battlefield 1 - as combining these two titles would probably make one decent game - it's a bit like Hardline.

    As for one of the controversial bits - hearing women screaming in a WW2 battle, just dents what little immersion this game has; it gets to sounding like a drunken hen doo out on the town, and if anything is quite disrespectful to those who fought in the War.

    Battlefield 5 is the Star Wars version of a Battlefield game - if you are a true fan of the predecessors, avoid this game. OR if your curious, get it second hand for less than £20 or via the EA Access.

    It's a solid 3/10 game for this old BF fan.

    Some credentials out the way:

    Firstly, I'm a huge fan of the Battlefield games - the second (or third) PC game I purchased, was Battlefield 1942 - which I played online via 56k dial up (some BT gaming service iirc) or at LAN parties.

    For 1942, I purchased all the expansion passes, and when the epic fan-made Desert Combat came along, I spent many hours gaming with a slightly improved 1MB/s NTL 'broadband' connection.

    When Battlefield 2 came along - it was (and probably still is) the pinnacle of the series for me, and I spent a huge amount of time on it - but never once earned a Purple Heart, which I was quite proud of - considering my play style is to get right into the action (forget that K/D ratio rubbish!). I purchased the expansions, and played a great deal of fan made conversions - even running a server with a clan for a while.

    I skipped 2142, as I was firmly in the camp that the futuristic setting, had no place in Battlefield :-P I then jumped ship to consoles, and although I missed the first iteration of Battlefield on the 360 - I picked the series up again with Bad Company; whilst a bit of a deviation to what I had been used to - it was a welcome return.

    Bad Company 2 was another pinnacle for me - and to this day, hotly contests the fond memories I have of Battlefield 2 on the PC. Battlefield 3 was also a great addition to the series, and had some utterly stunning single player experienced.

    Battlefield 4 - pretty meh, nothing worth remembering, and Battlefield 1 just felt incomplete - though the SP tank missions were ace!    … Expand
  10. 1______--
    Jul 13, 2019
    0
    EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne EA sind Hurensöhne
  11. W0lf_0f_Snyd3r
    Jul 14, 2019
    0
    **** EA and DICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This game is crap, crap, crap, crap, crap.
  12. GamerRussian
    Oct 27, 2019
    1
    I respect the EA DICE games. But as a person who bought it 2-3 months ago I was razasherov because in this game there is no balance for example I play level 1 with 80 uraniums and the maps are big and you meet these people about 6 times but the problem is that there are a lot of such levels. plus a lot of bugs and gaps. I sincerely hope that in
    BATTLEFIELD VIit's gonna be all right
  13. mrnice
    Dec 6, 2020
    8
    I expected a bad game (since it has 2.3 User Score on this website). But honestly, it's a pretty good Battlefield game. It has some of the most visually pleasing maps I've ever seen in the franchise. Both because the graphics are realistic, but also because the idyllic settings (old romantic towns or colorful fields or snow-covered maps), environments that feel easy on the eyes as if itI expected a bad game (since it has 2.3 User Score on this website). But honestly, it's a pretty good Battlefield game. It has some of the most visually pleasing maps I've ever seen in the franchise. Both because the graphics are realistic, but also because the idyllic settings (old romantic towns or colorful fields or snow-covered maps), environments that feel easy on the eyes as if it was a virtual travel catalogue. The gameplay has some new aspects and tweaks on the formula, one of the most annoying being how to enter vehicles (you actually have to stand next to the door in order to enter a vehicle through that door). The 'Firestorm' game mode was completely abandoned when I tried searching for a session. So don't buy Battlefield V expecting to play Firestorm.… Expand
  14. djlefevre
    Jul 9, 2020
    8
    Great gunplay, great sound and visuals. awesome maps. If you loved bf1942 you would love this. Ignore all the politically led **** and strip it down to gameplay - well worth the buy. It’s a shame in June 2020 DICE have stopped investing/adding new content to the game.
  15. Vaulie
    Apr 1, 2020
    8
    Look we're all here for the multiplayer, and playing it in 2020 when team deathmatch has 19 fantastic maps, conquest is still reliably fun. This is far and above a more interesting and dynamic FPS than CoD. The campaign bits are fine but short and sweet, not really worth it. I'm pretty much rating this on the quality of the great multiplayer.
  16. GamergodsFail
    Dec 31, 2018
    4
    There's a big problem with Battlefield V, and it's not because you can't have fun with the multiplayer. It's because of the sheer lack of content. I also need to bring up the lack of innovation. It just feels more like an expansion rather than it's own game, and a very watered down one at that. On a side note, it also offers the worst, shortest and buggiest singleplayer campaign to date.
  17. hulagu
    Apr 29, 2020
    0
    where is WW2? u call it a finished game?
    where is WW2? u call it a finished game?
    where is WW2? u call it a finished game?
  18. Zalabar22
    Mar 24, 2020
    6
    I've been one of the few that stuck with the game since launch. DICE has had its ups and downs with the game but I still enjoy it overall. The recent content has really shown that they were dedicated to the game from the beginning, and while it's had some hiccups along the way I still think it's a solid FPS. Give it a go if it interests you.
  19. MrToastyFrog
    Jun 23, 2019
    1
    It's **** just like the last ones have been, just a overloaded, unfinished, disgusting mess.
  20. bxgdvn
    Jul 30, 2019
    0
    It’s late already to write get woke go broke, because EA is already broke and loosing stocks like crazy.
    I hope they would remember the closed dev presentation with a PowerPoint with all the negative comments and how they completely double down on them publicly. Not so funny right now, right?
  21. Lowzone
    Jan 16, 2019
    4
    Overrall I was really disapointed with Battlefield V...
    I think the list of pros and cons will speak for itself. (See the list under)
    I won't comment on the multiplayer side since I haven't play enough. I played on a ps4 pro Pros : -Visual is stunning(PS4 Pro) -Liked the acting and the fact that everything is native language -Shooting feels great -Audio 5.1 was immersive and well    Overrall I was really disapointed with Battlefield V...
    I think the list of pros and cons will speak for itself. (See the list under)
    I won't comment on the multiplayer side since I haven't play enough.
    I played on a ps4 pro

    Pros :
    -Visual is stunning(PS4 Pro)
    -Liked the acting and the fact that everything is native language
    -Shooting feels great
    -Audio 5.1 was immersive and well mixed
    -I liked the fact that it's a WWII game that doesn't focus on USSR and USA

    Cons:
    -Nav Mesh issues all around the single player campaign. Ennemies flying over fences and cover
    -When you're about to leave the combat area it's not clear (Level Art) There's a HUD taking the whole screen while you're getting shot at.
    -I've been spot through walls by the AI
    -The first three mission (didn't play the 4th one) have too much Stealth element (IMO) I want to shoot stuff!
    -Infinite loading screen after finishing the Tirailleur chapter
    -The title freezed for about 10 seconds during each cinematic
    -Shooting at invisible collisions with the sniper during the tirailleur chapter(LOTS of them)
    -The game crashed at the end of the last mission.    … Expand
  22. SaltyLodestar
    May 17, 2020
    5
    Review will be centered around the multiplayer. It's battlefield, what do you expect.

    As of 2020 after they announced EA is dropping support of the game. All save one piece of content is out. Most battlefields tend save Hardline show you what you're in for by the first few days if not hours, of playing in the game. Which so far, seems to be the case for BFV. It is a very stressful    Review will be centered around the multiplayer. It's battlefield, what do you expect.

    As of 2020 after they announced EA is dropping support of the game.
    All save one piece of content is out.

    Most battlefields tend save Hardline show you what you're in for by the first few days if not hours, of playing in the game. Which so far, seems to be the case for BFV. It is a very stressful and overall extremely unsatisfying experience further marred by shotty progression and TONS of micro-transactions. However, it does have some positive gameplay additions and mechanics, but unfortunately all the good things this game has are in the single digits, while all the negatives are in the double digits.

    One thing of note but not worth its own mention is the game isn't as buggy in the current state as Hardline and BF1 were by the end of their lives. And granted those games were actually pretty bad, this is less than desirable and just still be admonished as it followed the same timeline of being a buggy mess at launch.

    Pros:

    Crouch sprinting:
    This was so minor and sometimes, and sometimes so fluid that I didn't realize I was crouch sprinting instead of normal sprinting. It has a very slight movement speed decrease, but this was an amazing addition that is very well appreciated and I do hope it returns in future games.

    Gameplay reticle customization:
    Amidst the tons of debris, extremely bright environments, dust, and lens flare the option to change the color of all your indicators is something that can not be understated and should also return future installments.

    Immersion:
    For once in a battlefield game, you can be immersed for the most part as soldiers react to their states and have call outs and such, and actually have personality in their voices which makes the game itself a much more enjoyable experience.

    And that's it. The rest the game does well, was just improving systems the last game did first. Therefore it isn't worth a mention here.

    Cons: Too damn many.

    Hit Marker ping:
    This game's pings are EXTREMELY misleading. It gives such a heavy sound for a hit that could do only 10 HP which gives a false impression that you're doing heavy damage and thus for players who rely on sound and counting the amount of pings so you can quickly switch to the next target, it'll get you killed because you did FAR less damage than you think you are.

    Guns:
    The guns themselves feel all sorts of stupid. The assault class able to snipe, the snipers able to play the role of assault with weapons that for all intents and purposes should not be used that way is ridiculous. Even worse since some snipers have an absurd rate of fire that one would be forgiven for thinking it is a semi auto AR. And the fact that semi autos can fight from mid to long range is absurd given they do not suffer from damage drop off.

    Gun firepower:
    Much like the guns themselves, despite having set damage values, it never truly feels accurate. Landing a dozen headshots on someone with an SMG on their head and they still live yet two shots to the body from a semi and you're dead first? A flaw that's been present in most BF games, but still an atrocious one that needs to be ironed out.

    Gun Customization: While I'm all for liberties in the sake of fun, allow sights of all ranges to be attached to any gun on top of the overall no logic damage and range with no drop off, makes the idea of getting shot from across the map with a semi one of the most frustrating things to ever experience in a shooter and makes it one of the worst games of the genre as some guns suffer from drop off and some don't. Everything in the game is inconsistent and that's frustrating beyond belief.

    Women:
    I support representation to any group so long as it doesn't conflict with the game itself.
    But this is something I simply cannot overlook because of the setting, and the fact of how jarring and immersion breaking it is.

    Hearing men's cries as they die left and right is immersive to what wars could be like, but when you know that women were NOT front-line fighters, and their voices are yelling and shouting alongside the men completely shatters any immersion the game could give you to the WW2 setting because it's inaccurate and serves no purpose other than pandering. And the bad kind too.

    Alongside that, their models are odd. As they are well, women, their models are more slender and frankly much more lowkey, where you can shoot a man around a pillar because he's buff, you cannot to a woman as she is 100% concealed even though they share the same stances, it messes with gameplay in a way that is very noticeable and is rather annoying. Ignoring the blatant disregard of historical accuracy, with their already gameplay liberties.

    Conclusion: Overall, BFV is a very weak game. Which disregards its setting, and then panders to a demographic that ends up pissing off its fans. One of the worst shooters made to date with nothing exceptional to its name.    … Expand
  23. Johnny_9-3
    Feb 9, 2020
    8
    Despite the controversy surrounding the game, I give this game a high score. Multiplayer is very good.
  24. Bavman777
    Jan 2, 2019
    2
    I felt like giving a 0 because this is an insult to history.
    I have family members who have fought in WW2 and i feel you dishonour their legacy by distorting the truth.
    If you had branded the game as an alt universe, I could accept that, but you mix fact with fiction and narrate the story as though its truth. I believe you've insulted your user base. I know the effort it takes to    I felt like giving a 0 because this is an insult to history.
    I have family members who have fought in WW2 and i feel you dishonour their legacy by distorting the truth.
    If you had branded the game as an alt universe, I could accept that, but you mix fact with fiction and narrate the story as though its truth. I believe you've insulted your user base.
    I know the effort it takes to develop games so I give 1 point for that. The graphics look amazing and gameplay feels solid, so another point for that.
    I'll be returning the game.    … Expand
  25. Fire_Charizard
    Dec 26, 2018
    2
    This game is not to my liking at all. I brought it to give it a go and I’m not surprised I’m let down. Sticking to bf4 yet again for another 2 years. It gives such a distaste for any returning bf player. Also can’t ads with mmg or hmg yet in all the other bf games you can. Every time you deploy bipod your a snipers best friend. Such a stupid mechanic. Here’s to bf6 being modern...This game is not to my liking at all. I brought it to give it a go and I’m not surprised I’m let down. Sticking to bf4 yet again for another 2 years. It gives such a distaste for any returning bf player. Also can’t ads with mmg or hmg yet in all the other bf games you can. Every time you deploy bipod your a snipers best friend. Such a stupid mechanic. Here’s to bf6 being modern... hopefully they won’t ruin that. Better yet, just remaster bf3 ffs.… Expand
  26. dualprop
    Sep 6, 2019
    0
    Has a low TTK combined with very bad player visibility. Makes it worse and even more frustrating than COD. Promotes camping, especially with overpowered MMGs that have the accuracy of a laser.
  27. rokbott100o
    Jan 25, 2020
    1
    Considering how good BF3, BF4 & BF1 were, I thought BFV would be at least decent. It's not. The only fun to be had is Iwo Jima, and for a $60 game, that's pathetic.
  28. alexslork
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    понесла самые большие потери в этой войне. Это просто провал. Ну зато девушек в игре столько же, сколько и мужчин. Так держать!
  29. SenkaiSora
    Aug 1, 2021
    5
    I got this game with PS Plus and for a 'free' game it was quite good but not nearly the standard that a battlefield game should be in my opinion.

    The campaign, despite being so short with only 4 stories each having 3 missions lasting approximately 8hrs in total, was very repetitive and the stories themselves weren't the best. I found that too much of the campaign was encouraging    I got this game with PS Plus and for a 'free' game it was quite good but not nearly the standard that a battlefield game should be in my opinion.

    The campaign, despite being so short with only 4 stories each having 3 missions lasting approximately 8hrs in total, was very repetitive and the stories themselves weren't the best. I found that too much of the campaign was encouraging stealth, when the stealth gameplay wasn't the best. I would much rather if the majority of the campaign was focused around big battles and open warfare as that's when the gameplay did really shine. Instead, much of the campaign is spent alone where stealth was really the best option. It was only in the 3rd chapter 'Tirailleur' that you get the opportunity to fight alongside your fellow troops in a more familiar open warfare setting, and that along with the more captivating story made this chapter easily the best in my opinion.

    One annoyance I had though was that much of the dialogue in these missions was told during the missions in the native language of the chapter's protagonist. This was fine for the first chapter which had an English protagonist, but the subsequent chapters all featured non-Enlgish speaking characters. Reading the subtitles, while trying to play got very annoying and I definitely missed a few lines. I just feel like it would be better to have all the dialogue in English, or avoid having any dialogue during the gameplay to make it easier to understand.

    My final complaint about the campaign is that until the final chapter (which was added post-launch), there are no missions that even encourage using any kind of vehicles. I would've loved a flight based mission but instead all you get is 1 or 2 opportunities to hop in a plane which I didn't even find very useful for what the missions required. I just feel like the vehicles in the game could've been utilised more to spice up the campaign and a vehicle-based mission could've easily replaced a stealth section in one of the first 3 chapters to reduce the restiveness that these missions suffered with.

    Overall, I thought the multiplayer was a lot better than the campaign, though that's to be expected with a Battlefield game. That said, I think it still had a few problems.

    I found that the squad system was quite a nice feature, but for solo players who would be less coordinated, I feel like they are put at a bit of a disadvantage. Ammo is quite limited as well as med kits (health regenerates quite slowly on its own) and without coordinating with your team you can be left in a bad situation if you lack medics or support classes for example. These classes have the ability to restock your med kits and ammo respectively, and with a coordinated squad I think this opens up for a bit of strategic planning but as a solo player it could just lead to frustration if your squad mates don't play with you or if you play the same classes.

    In terms of game modes, BFV offers a good selection of different activities. Unfortunately, at my time of playing, the multiplayer population had dropped off quite a bit. I could still find games for every mode, but for the less popular ones it could take a while. Therefore, I spent the majority of my time playing Grand Operations and Strategic/Tactical Conquest. I found all of these modes quite fun, with Tactical conquest being my favourite. This mode was a more infantry based mode, with less/no vehicles and the maps tended to be more closed. I quite liked this, since it was a bit easier for me as a solo player to play with my teammates. On the larger maps in Grand Operations or Strategic Conquest, I just felt like it was easy to feel very separated from your team. That might just be because I'm more used to smaller scale shooters though. I do appreciate the choice to separate the modes like this, as it made it easy for someone like me who doesn't love the vehicle combat to avoid it.

    Overall, the multiplayer was just fine for me. It didn't offer anything special in my opinion but it did a pretty good job at being an enjoyable shooter I could waste a couple of hours on. For anyone considering buying BFV at this point I honestly wouldn't really recommend it. If you enjoy shooters, chances are you've already played better games than this and if you rarely play shooters, I feel like there are much better games you can get for the same price or cheaper.

    If you have redeemed BFV on PS Plus and are on the fence about playing though, I would recommend giving it a go. Like I said, it's a good game to waste a few hours on and I would say it's worth playing through the last 2 chapters of the campaign at least.    … Expand
  30. Faxthtax
    Oct 19, 2019
    1
    It is very sad what EA has done to Dice, EA is such a cancer to the gaming industry that gamers should revolt and burn down their offices. Remembering when we used to LAN and multiplay BF1942 in the days gone past, it is sad that fat cats at EA just pushing Dice to make mediocre MT multiplayer crap to cash in money. I bet the swedes in Dice sometimes sits in a corner and cries often ofIt is very sad what EA has done to Dice, EA is such a cancer to the gaming industry that gamers should revolt and burn down their offices. Remembering when we used to LAN and multiplay BF1942 in the days gone past, it is sad that fat cats at EA just pushing Dice to make mediocre MT multiplayer crap to cash in money. I bet the swedes in Dice sometimes sits in a corner and cries often of what they have to do for these idiots at EA.

    But for me, who is closing in to my 40´s of age and still play games, i mostly enjoy campaigns and good single players which earlier BF games had to offer. It was fun and cool with a lot of replayability like Bad Company 2. But with BF1 the campaigns were short and disappointing. MP did solid on that game but as said, MP is not my bag. and it´s only getting worse now so it seems.

    Enter BFV, it looks like a rush-job pushed by those fools at EA. And at the same time thrown in a lot of political agenda and feministic **** that does not belong in a WW2 game. Wth is that about?
    I can always accept fictional storyline in gaming because it is not really that important, but come on. Its a disgrace to veterans who fought in the war. This is like pissing on their gravestones. it´s offending ME even..

    If there is something that is good here it´s the visuals. As a Norwegian that has grown up in harsh winters and northern lights, it was a certain pleasure to play the campaign at Rjukan. but the story was rubbish and totally inaccurate. The Gunnerside boys and the entire Company Linge has been disgraced. Nuff said
    Weapons are good and varied. Many types to grab and fire and they all are very different in feel and action. 1 point. The controls are sub-par at best.

    All in all, not a good game. But i don´t blame DICE for putting out such a unfinished game, i blame EA who puts a pressure on DICE to give them what they want. They have become puppets for them sadly. DICE have a long history of making great stuff, but they are degrading as long as EA has ownership. Every employee in Dice should quit their jobs there and start a new company and be creative again, take their time and once and for all give us a good LONG story-driven campaign again like it was back in the days.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 23
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  1. GameCritics
    Dec 27, 2018
    60
    In many ways, Battlefield V feels like a big step backwards for the franchise. The campaign is boring and frustrating, multiplayer is unbalanced, and bugs keep popping up in every mode to ruin the experience. The fortification system is a good shakeup, but the good it brings is tempered by the cumbersome and murky Grand Operations. With some patches, balance changes and bug squashing, BFV could be a fantastic game, but at the moment, this soldier needs to go back to basic training.
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  2. Impulsegamer
    Dec 20, 2018
    76
    EA and DICE seem to have lost sight of what made this series a true contender for the FPS crown, and both the gameplay and the content are suffering as a result.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 12, 2018
    80
    Ripe with potential but riddled with problems, the new Battlefield will be brilliant six months from now. Right now, however, it’s merely a good shooter. [Issue#157, p.83]
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