Live Magazine Christmas 2016 ISSUE Live Magazine December 2016 Issue | Page 159

4.4
/10

Fortress, Ballroom Blitz, Argonne
Forest, St. Quentin Scar, Empire’s
Edge, Suez, Sinai Desert, Amiens
and Monte Grappa, with Giant’s
Shadow to come later.
Allowing for battles on a grand
scale, nothing beats taking down
an enemy tank equipped only with
a handful of dynamite and a pair
of brass balls, and watching iconic
landmarks crumble as the battle
wages on never loses its charm;
the destructible environments on
offer here are among some of the
best I’ve ever seen. Each map is
best suited to a particular mode
but offers up enough versatility
so as to be effective across the
board.

There’s a wide variety of loadout
options to unlock and equip and,
playing to its strengths, Battlefield
1 lets players engage in the battle
in whichever manner they desire
– Better at darting about and providing support fire and medic assistance? Go for it? Feel like strapping on a machine gun, barging a
tank and then leaping in to a fighter
plane for some inspired dogfighting? The world (War) is your oyster. The Assault, Medic, Scout and
Support classes all make a return
with tweaks to balance them out,
although one might argue that the
Scout is a little overpowered in its
current state.

With a gripping, if slightly short,
campaign and the most satisfying
multiplayer to date, DICE has really
knocked it out of the park with this
latest entry in the Battlefield series. Maintaining a respectful tone
whilst also offering up high-octane gunplay is a fine line to tread
but Battlefield 1 pulls it off with
aplomb, giving gamers the most
cohesive and action packed entry
in the franchise yet.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, DICE wants you to go to
War.

WRITTEN BY Sean Warhurst
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