Battlefield 1

Overview

Battlefield 1 is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fifteenth installment in the Battlefield series. It was released for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One in October 2016.

Battlefield 1 marked a departure for the series by setting the game in World War I. Its single-player mode, titled War Stories, explores the experiences of various soldiers across different theaters of the war, including the Western Front, the Italian Front, Gallipoli, and Arabia. The game also offers multiplayer with large-scale ground battles and aerial dogfights.

Like its predecessors, the game emphasizes teamwork. Players use World War I weapons such as bolt-action rifles, submachine guns, artillery, flamethrowers and poison gas, and melee combat was reworked with new weapons such as sabres. Multiplayer supports up to 64 players and has four infantry classes (Assault, Medic, Support and Scout), vehicle classes for tankers, pilots and cavalry, and pick-up Elite classes. Modes include Conquest, Rush, Team Deathmatch, the new multi-map Operations mode and War Pigeons. Behemoth vehicles such as zeppelins, armoured trains and dreadnoughts become available to a team that is far behind.

Designer Daniel Berlin said the team chose World War I because its weapons and gadgets suit different playstyles, and the name came from seeing the war as the dawn of all-out warfare. The title, release date and plot leaked before the official announcement on 6 May 2016. The open beta ran from 31 August to 8 September 2016 and drew 13.2 million players.

DICE released four expansions: They Shall Not Pass (14 March 2017, with a two-week head start for Premium holders), In the Name of the Tsar, Turning Tides (the first half reached Premium Pass holders on 11 December 2017) and Apocalypse (20 February 2018). The expansions added the French, Russian and naval themes, new maps, weapons and modes such as Frontlines, Supply Drop and Air Assault.

Battlefield 1 received generally favorable reviews and was seen as an improvement over Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline. Praise went to the setting, the campaign and the multiplayer, while some reviewers found the campaign short. It was the best-selling retail game in the UK in its week of release and the top-selling game in the US in October 2016. Estimated sales passed 15 million copies, and it was followed by Battlefield V in 2018.

Gameplay

Battlefield 1 Gameplay Series: Weapons, Battlefield. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

First-person shooter

Developer

DICE (additional work by Criterion Games and DICE Los Angeles)

Publisher

Electronic Arts

Series

Battlefield

Engine

Frostbite 3

Composers

Patrik Andrén, Johan Söderqvist

Designers

Lars Gustavsson, Eric Holmes

Writers

Christofer Emgård, Mikael Säker, Steven Hall

Producers

Aleksander Svendsen Grøndal, Andreas Morell, Jamie Keen

Directors

Stefan Strandberg

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

64

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies51

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

10

Silver

9

Bronze

31

Total

51

Points

1935

Platinum time

20 to 30 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Online trophies

10

Missable trophies

0

• World War One Hero Obtain all trophies Platinum 6.24% of players
• Operations Win 1 round of Operations in multiplayer Bronze Needs online 52.36% of players
• Counter-sniper Using a bolt action rifle, kill an enemy Scout in multiplayer Bronze Needs online 66.76% of players
• Play the Objective Complete 25 Squad Orders in multiplayer Bronze Needs online 56.36% of players
• Warbonds Earn 450 Warbonds in multiplayer Bronze Needs online 66.04% of players
• Corporal Reach Rank 10 in multiplayer Bronze Needs online 57.86% of players
• Assault Enlistment Reach Assault Rank 2 in multiplayer Gold Needs online 37.76% of players
• Medic Enlistment Reach Medic Rank 2 in multiplayer Gold Needs online 40.13% of players
• Scout Enlistment Reach Scout Rank 2 in multiplayer Gold Needs online 37.77% of players
• Support Enlistment Reach Support Rank 2 in multiplayer Gold Needs online 31.65% of players
• Decorated Reach Rank 1 with all 4 Infantry classes in multiplayer Silver Needs online 29.46% of players
• Friends in High Places Complete Friends in High Places Bronze 43% of players
• Nothing is Written Complete Nothing is Written Bronze 34.25% of players
• Through Mud and Blood Complete Through Mud and Blood Bronze 44.55% of players
• Avanti Savoia! Complete Avanti Savoia! Bronze 39.46% of players
• The Runner Complete The Runner Bronze 38.78% of players
• Taking down giants Unlock all Codex Entries in Friends in High Places Silver 6.71% of players
• All men dream Unlock all Codex Entries in Nothing is Written Silver 7.23% of players
• Sound of thunder Unlock all Codex Entries in Through Mud and Blood Silver 7.05% of players
• Conquering the mountains Unlock all Codex Entries in Avanti Savoia! Silver 7.49% of players
• The hills of Gallipoli Unlock all Codex Entries in The Runner Silver 7.09% of players
• Up close and personal Perform a melee kill on 10 enemies anywhere in the campaign Bronze 57.91% of players
• Mightier than the shovel Find the hidden Cavalry Sword and take down an enemy on the French countryside in the campaign Bronze 10.14% of players
• Shock Wave Kill 5 enemies by using dynamite in the campaign Bronze 18.58% of players
• Triple Boluk-Bashi Kill all 3 Ottoman officers in Young Men's Work with melee kills in the campaign Silver 11.67% of players
• The Great War Complete the campaign on Normal difficulty Bronze 21.94% of players
• The War to End All Wars Complete the campaign on Hard difficulty Silver 9.12% of players
• Catching up on some reading Collect one Field Manual in the campaign Bronze 55.2% of players
• Enough for a library Collect all Field Manuals in the campaign Gold 7.25% of players
• Up to the challenge Complete one challenge in the campaign Bronze 67.77% of players
• Putting in the effort Complete 10 challenges in the campaign Silver 37.4% of players
• Master of adaptation Complete all challenges in the campaign Gold 6.56% of players
• French War Hero Spend 30 minutes in-game as French Republic Medic Bronze 31.81% of players
• Drei Vier Grenadier Kill 4 enemies with the Trench Raider Elite Class Bronze 16.89% of players
• Saint Chamond Operator Kill 25 enemies with the St Chamond Heavy Tank Bronze 15.2% of players
• Maître d'Armes Perform one kill with each of the 5 primary Weapon Assignments weapons Gold 10.74% of players
• The Revolution is Coming Play all "In the Name of the Tsar" operations Bronze 23.62% of players
• Charged into Battle Kill 25 enemies with the Lance as Cavalry Bronze 6.66% of players
• Secured the Resources Win 5 games of Supply Drop Bronze 6.79% of players
• Endured the Winter Play a round on all "In the Name of the Tsar" maps Bronze 23.93% of players
• Filled the Stockpile Perform a kill with all "In the Name of the Tsar" weapon variants Gold 3.91% of players
• Rough Seas Perform a roadkill in a Sea Vehicle Bronze 5.47% of players
• Serve With Honor Complete 1 Service Assignment Bronze 34.7% of players
• Become Operational Complete the Gallipoli Operation Bronze 20.51% of players
• The Power in These Waters Kill 15 enemies with the L-Class Destroyer Bronze 6.84% of players
• Naval Weapons Collection Perform a kill with all "Turning Tides" weapon variants Gold 2.85% of players
• Firefighter Perform a melee kill on a Flametrooper Elite Bronze 22.72% of players
• Advanced Studies Perform 1 kill with the Livens Projector Bronze 8.58% of players
• Modern Technology Perform 1 kill with the Broken Bottle Bronze 5.18% of players
• Flyswatter Destroy 5 airplanes while in the Behemoth Airship L30 Bronze 7.54% of players
• Weapons of the Apocalypse Perform a kill with all "Apocalypse" weapon variants Gold 4.45% of players

DLC

Four expansions add maps, weapons and modes. Each has its own trophy pack.

Items

Name	Date	Adds
They Shall Not Pass	2017-03-14	French Army, four maps (Verdun and the Second Battle of the Marne), the Char 2C behemoth and Frontlines mode
In the Name of the Tsar		Russian Empire, six maps and the Supply Drop mode
Turning Tides		Gallipoli and naval combat, the Infiltrator elite class and new weapons
Apocalypse	2018-02-20	Five maps (Caporetto, Passchendaele, River Somme, Razor's Edge, London Calling), six guns and the Air Assault mode

Playable today

Online

Online servers runningYes

Multiplayer is the main reason to own the game. EA has not announced a shutdown date for the servers.

Services

Service	Status
Battlefield 1 multiplayer (PS4)	running

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale	Reviews
Metacritic	PS4	89	100	35

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Game Informer	9.25	10
IGN	9	10
GameSpot	9	10
Polygon	9	10
Destructoid	8	10
Electronic Gaming Monthly	8	10
Game Revolution	4.5	5
GamesRadar	4	5

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Stefan Strandberg
Producer	Aleksander Svendsen Grøndal
Producer	Andreas Morell
Producer	Jamie Keen
Designer	Lars Gustavsson
Designer	Eric Holmes
Programmer	Vidar Nygren
Artist	Gustav Tilleby
Composer	Patrik Andrén
Composer	Johan Söderqvist

Notes for collectors

• The reveal trailer was the most liked trailer on YouTube as of 9 May 2016, with over 2 million likes.
• The Early Enlister Deluxe Edition started three days early, on 18 October 2016.
• The PS4 version sold 113,083 copies in its first week in Japan.
• The campaign is six War Stories: Storm of Steel, Through Mud and Blood, Friends in High Places, Avanti Savoia!, The Runner and Nothing is Written.
• Several of the base game trophies are earned in multiplayer rounds. The four expansion packs add 19 more trophies on top of the 32 in the base list.

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6.5 hours