They have released info stating that the French will be DLC. Maybe the DLC Premium pack will be based on individual nations instead of areas like previous games.
So, maybe each DLC will include
1. British dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and etc)
2. Russian Empire
3. France
4. Japan
5. Client states/Bulgaria.
But who knows.
I'm looking forward to this. I think it's a good step in trying to get away from a modern shooter. I'm looking forward to shooting people while turret in a plane, or an armoured car.
Now, if the next game can be WW2, that would be great. I think an updated version will be a very good thing. I want to see a King Tiger face off against a Sherman Firefly while people fight in Mustangs and that crazy German jet plane. That would be soo awesome.
Originally posted by Smasandian
Except the reveal trailer shows open desert African areas.....And, the devs have said repeatedly that World War 1 took place all over the world and not just France and Belgium.
The desert area is for the Ottoman front, and furthermore Germany's African colonies were located in Central/Southern Africa.
That's nice, that doesn't change the fact that the areas available for battle are none of the areas you'd see a German colonial soldier, especially not the European theater that the screenshot is from.
New gameplay trailer
Beta out now. I played about 30 minutes or so. It was a lot of fun. It's basically Battlefield so it's not an entirely new experience. But.....being sent in the mid 1910's does change the gameplay up a fair bit. It feels much slower, more deliberate and it takes much more aiming skill than previous game.
It was strange jumping in an airplane and having to actually "dogfight" instead of relying on "lock on" weapons. Also, your in the air a lot more than previous games because you do not have 25 people locking on and shooting missiles.
And, they nailed the "war" aspect of the game. Things blowing up everywhere, shells flying through air, you can see the sand being pushed by the wind and when the train gets unlocked, it's this huge weapon platform that makes a difference.
Hopefully the SP is fantastic because this looks very promising.
This game has been a blast so far. I've put a pretty good amount of time into the beta. The scout class is GOAT
Assault and Support are as expected, and I have yet to mess with medic yet. Not a fan of assault being the new engineer and medic being a separate class. Maybe I'll get used to it though.
The map in the beta is great, except for E being out in the middle of nowhere. This is also the most fun I've had with Rush mode since BF3. It's well done for the map.
I've put a pretty good amount of time into this and got to level 31 on PS4 and 18 on xbox one. This is easily the most fun I've had with battlefield since Bad Company 2. This game blows away 4, 3, and obviously Hardline. No lock on weapons makes everything feel much more skill based, and the destructibility on the map is well done. This is also the most fun I've had with Rush mode in a long time. I originally thought it was stupid to change it to 12 v 12, but it makes for a pretty intimate experience.
I've already got this payed off. We've got 5 days left for the beta and then a bit over a one month wait for the game. It's going to be a loooong month.