They do well to fold in some of Battlefield's staples into their levels - these are big open spaces with multiple objectives to tend to - but they're undone by an overreliance on spotty stealth and broken AI, making them all something of a slog and entirely inessential. That sombre tone is at its most cloying through the single-player War Stories, a trio of two hour episodes that highlight 'untold tales' - the Norwegian resistance in one, Senegalese colonial troops in the French army in another as well as the British Special Boat Services, with the final story on a German tank crew to follow. It's satisfying stuff, but do be sure to put aside a fair amount of time for even a single round. Grand Operations is the big new thing here - an extension of Battlefield 1's Operations, it strings together various game modes in one coherent whole. It makes for some of the most fun I've had with Battlefield since the heady days of Bad Company - not that fun is something that's encouraged by the sombre tone throughout Battlefield 5 (a tone that was absent in the upbeat reveal trailer, which suggest that maybe there was a change of gear in the run-up to release). Put that down to another episode of epic mismanagement from EA, and take some pity on DICE, because the game it's crafted beneath all that chaos is frequently fantastic a shoring up of the Battlefield formula with a suite of new systems that can come together beautifully. Small wonder the sense of anticipation around this one has been particularly muted.
Such omissions and scarcity of features is all collateral from EA's move from its older business model towards free, regular updates, though Battlefield 5 feels so incomplete at launch as it veers away from the dreaded season pass at times it feels more like an Early Access title. The co-op mode that was announced at launch isn't coming until later as, for that matter, is one of the four single-player War Stories, another planned piece of post-release support. The inevitable Battle Royale mode - surely the perfect fit for DICE's own brand of chaos - isn't out until next March. Availability: You might need a guide for that.Īnd even when that particular mess is behind us, Battlefield 5 isn't where you might expect it to be.
Or maybe a bit over a week, if you're an EA Access Premier subscriber. Or, if you'd rather not pay for the whole thing, it's been out for a week for EA Access subscribers. Or it's out today, if you're willing to pay a little bit more. Here's a game that's not out for paying punters until later this month. It's the glitchiest, most technically troubled DICE's sandbox multiplayer has been since the infamous launch of Battlefield 4, and even the launch itself is all over the place. A strong if slim shooter that lays down strong foundations for the future, while feeling a little unfinished.īattlefield 5 is a mess.
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