Battlefield 1 story campaign how many hours. According to the administration

The developers continue to talk about the storyline of Battlefield 1, publishing on the official website of the game brief description 5 company episodes.

Battlefield 1 Single Player Plot built on small missions, each of which tells about military history, some of which are based on the memoirs of specific people who took part in the First World War.

At the start Battlefield 1 There are 20 such missions, which make up episodes, of which there will be only 7. This information was “leaked” on Reddit several months ago and was recently confirmed.

FRIENDS FROM HIGH CIRCLES

The Allies are losing the war in the air. Britain fights German aces. The average life expectancy of a pilot is 17 days. And now, knowing the statistics, take off and defend the skies over the western front. Intense battles, unexpected clashes and a story of true friendship await you.

NOTHING IS DETERMINED

In the deserts of the Middle East, Arab tribes rebelled against the oppression of the Ottoman Empire. The Empire fights with horsemen armed only with rifles. Your character is a Bedouin fighting alongside the legendary Lawrence of Arabia. The enemy has superior technical equipment. Your chance to win is to destroy the giant rail gun.

THROUGH DIRT AND BLOOD

In the fall of 1918, British troops were preparing for a massive attack on the French city of Cambrai. The Allied command believes that the support of tanks will ensure their victory. But Mark V tanks have one significant drawback. They are unreliable. Join the crew of a malfunctioning tank behind enemy lines and learn to get along and work as a team.

GO SAVOYE!

Italy and Austria-Hungary mutually block each other in the Alps. Among the snow-covered mountains, neither side manages to dislodge the enemy. Meanwhile, the elite Arditi mountain regiment prepares an unconventional attack. Improve the Arditi armor and go to the mountains - to the site of the battle between two armies for a key fort.

MESSENGER

The British Empire intends to open a new front in the war against the Ottomans by staging a massive invasion by sea. The ships gathered near the Gallipoli Peninsula. On D-Day of World War I, more than half a million soldiers were preparing to land. Your hero, an ANZAC messenger, will witness terrible bombing during the landings. He will be tasked with delivering an urgent message. Getting him through this hell is a matter of life and death.

Structure of missions and episodes in Battlefield 1:

Episode 0: Prologue

• Chapter 1: Prologue

Episode 1: Friends in High Places

• Chapter 1: Flight School
• Chapter 2: Total War
• Chapitre 3: Carry Your Friend
• Chapter 4: Blitz

Episode 2: Nothing is Written

• Chapitre 1: Hidden in Plain Sight
• Chapitre 2: Young Men's Works
• Chapitre 3: Hear the Desert

Episode 3: Through Mud and Blood

• Chapitre 1: Tank Assault
• Chapitre 2: Fog of War
• Chapitre 3: Out of Gas
• Chapitre 4: Steel on Steel

Episode 4: Avanti Savoia!

• Chapter 1: ?
• Chapter 2: ?

Episode 5: The Runner

• Chapter 1: ?
• Chapter 2: ?
• Chapter 3: ?

Episode 6: Epilogue

• Chapitre 1: Gallipoli
• Chapitre 2: The Runaround
• Chapitre 3: Saving a Life

The Battlefield series has always focused on multiplayer, unlike its main competitor. However, the developers from DICE never leave their creation without a single-player campaign, which is present in each part of this military shooter.

Despite being single cannot boast of variety and does not have puzzles, which is why it basically does not require a walkthrough, we still decided to prepare this guide. Here you can simply refresh your memory of a previously completed plot, or get acquainted with it for the first time if you do not want to go through the campaign on your own.

Task No. 1. Steel thunderstorms

A prologue begins in which you will play as soldier Ethan Claiborne. The First World War is in full swing, and you are at the epicenter of another large-scale battle.

You need to defend the point, firing back from the approaching waves of German soldiers. A stationary machine gun will greatly simplify your task, but it will soon be destroyed by the airship. Now grab the shotgun to continue fighting. One way or another, the enemies will overwhelm you and kill you.

After this, the game switches to another character - tanker Alfred Carlyle. Use the main gun and machine gun to shoot enemy units. Soon the hero will notice a powerful German weapon that can penetrate the tank - destroy it. Like last time, failure will soon await you - the tank will be hit by an artillery strike.

The third scene will again unfold on a different section of the front. This time the main character is Grady Armstrong, who is participating in a trench battle. The Germans released poisonous gas, so you need to wear a mask. Hold out as long as possible, shooting the enemy. However, failure awaits this hero too.

You will see the last event from the perspective of an unknown soldier. You must shoot at the advancing Germans until you are stunned from behind. Next, the artillery shelling will begin, in which you and the German warrior will survive. A cut-scene will begin in which both fighters decide to lay down their arms and go their separate ways.

Task No. 2. Through dirt and blood

The prologue is over, and now the missions will become more consistent. You will play as one of the main characters (of which there are several in Battlefield 1) named Edwards - he is an ordinary mechanic in the British Army, who is assigned to the Mark 5 tank.

You should talk to your team leader and then meet the others: Pritchard, who is standing at the anti-personnel gun, McManus, who is in charge of reloading, and Finch, whose job is to repair your vehicle.

Chapter 1. With all my might

Your first combat mission will be a breakthrough to a group of Germans dug in with artillery pieces. It is necessary to destroy these formidable weapons to simplify the task of the infantry. Destroy any powerful stationary guns with the main cannon, when as a soldier - with a machine gun.

First of all, get to Piccadilly Mill, breaking through the mud and windfall. Here you will find yourself open to enemy fire, and what’s more, the marshy terrain will slow you down, so look around and quickly eliminate your opponents.

During the mission you will almost never have to leave the tank, so when you reach the point near the mill, just stand still and defend it. By the way, your car is not invulnerable, and even grenades can damage it.

The second point will be Kitchener's Ridge, where the next artillery positions are located. Shoot them from afar, then move forward. Having captured this point, go to Beren's Crossroads, where there will be even more German guns.

It will be difficult to identify them by eye, so focus on the sound and trajectory of the shots.

If your tank is low on HP, repair it as this feature is always available. Finally, on the approaches to the position you will meet a more equal enemy - an armored tank.

The German vehicle does not take damage from shots to the forehead, so you will have to get creative and go behind where it is weak point tank, or shoot in the sides.

When the vehicle is destroyed, you will be bombarded by artillery, which will significantly damage the tank. This time you must get out of the vehicle and protect mechanic Finch while he restores it. Alas, your friend will be killed during the repair, so you will have to repair the car yourself.

Finally the tank is working - get inside and go to the enemy positions. While killing enemies on the road, get to the artillery pieces and destroy them.

After this, the new goal will be Big Willie's farm, having captured it you will again receive the task of destroying the enemy's guns. Soon you will encounter a new tank - blow it up and go past the bridge. Next, you will get stuck in the mud, after which the enemy will knock the tracks off the tank. A cutscene will begin, during which crew captain Pritchard decides to send a carrier pigeon to management. The Germans surrounding your tank will shoot the captain, but you will still have time to release the bird.

The final mission will unfold as a pigeon - you must simply fly to the headquarters, flying through the marked routes. When the allies receive the message (the coordinates of the tank), they will strike the enemy with artillery, destroying the Germans surrounding your vehicle.

Chapter 2. Fog of War

The mission for the tanker continues. Some time has passed since the last task, and now you find yourself in a fog. There is no way out - you have to walk. To get through the Bourlon Forest in a tank, you must secretly deal with the guards at the post.

If you are detected, the alarm will be raised, but the tank itself will come to your aid. But it’s better to play in stealth, methodically dealing with the Germans. Having defeated them at the first point, go past the wire fence and move to the next one, where you need to do the same thing.

Now you can return to the tank and get to the bridge. The Germans are attacking you here, so you'll have to act quickly. While the crew is fighting back, you must leave the vehicle again and, on your own, pass the area under the bridge.

There, turn right and deal with the guards. Next you need to get to the bunker, moving to the left. If you are discovered on the way and raise the alarm, the Germans will call for help.

Chapter 3. Malfunction

As you work, your tank will break down - its spark plugs will burn out. Not far from the stopping place you will find a village where the Germans settled. Perhaps you can find a replacement part there, but to do this you will have to deal with the occupiers. You and McManus will leave the tank, but he will refuse to go with you to certain death.

To explore the area, use the mill, which you can climb to the top of. There lies sniper rifle, which will greatly simplify your task. Use binoculars to mark all available Germans, and then deal with them. Now you can leave the structure, get close to the village and pick up one of the four candles.

At the new mill you will come across a sniper who can quickly kill you. Moreover, in one of the houses you can find a dangerous flamethrower, with whom you should not close your distance.

Having collected all the parts, get on the horse and return to the car. Near the tank, a German hiding nearby will try to kill you, but McManus will come to the rescue.

Chapter 4. Steel on steel

You will reach the village where they are German tanks and cars. You will have to destroy them all, and the opponents will attack at the same time. To simplify the task, hide behind buildings, of which there are many in the area.

After passing the village, go to the Burlon depot, where you will have to fight your way. First, kill all the soldiers and stationary guns with light vehicles, then switch to tanks.

When the point is conquered, the Germans will send reinforcements to you. You already know how to deal with different types enemy, so you won’t have any special difficulties. Small tanks, by the way, are nimble, but they are destroyed on the first hit, so take care of them first. After repelling the attack, go to Cambrai, where your allies should be waiting for you.

On the way, a cut-scene will begin during which your car will be hit. A group of Germans will rush towards you, shooting down McManus. Townsend will decide to save you both by luring the enemy closer and blowing him up along with himself and the tank, while you and your comrade retreat to Cambrai.

Task No. 3. Friends from high places

A new character in the Battlefield 1 campaign will be British air force pilot Clyde Blackburn. In addition to being a virtuoso with an airplane, he is also an excellent poker player.

During the prologue, Clyde will chain George to a table during the game and then go to his Bristol airplane. Machine gunner Wilson is waiting for him inside, and he will offer to test this baby.

Chapter 1. Test flight

This mission is training to fly an airplane. You will fly over the Vosges Mountains in France. Fly behind the fighter, at the same time following the instructions of the game and getting used to the controls.

After this, you will be asked to shoot, attacking aerial dummies - balloons. Once you've dealt with them, fire missiles at targets on the ground.

They'll arrive soon real enemies- German fighters, and then you will have to put all the acquired skills into practice.

Don't forget to use your sight to make your task easier and shoot down the enemy faster. The most effective technique is to attack from behind - try to sit on the German’s tail to destroy him in a matter of seconds.

Once you've dealt with the first and second waves, you'll trigger a cutscene. In the video you will see how the hero gets to the German base, takes a few pictures, and then returns home.

Chapter 2. Total war

Having obtained valuable information about the fortress of the German Empire, you helped the command. The ground offensive has already begun, so you will have to go there again, but in the form of combat units. You need to deal with the enemy's air defense, thereby clearing the way for your bombers, who can undermine the fortress.

First of all, destroy the enemy's balloons using a machine gun. Don't even think about flying through them, as you will die immediately. After that, switch to the enemies below - German vehicles with anti-aircraft guns. They are best attacked with missiles in a dive.

When all enemies on the ground have been destroyed, the command will finally send the first wave of bombers. You have to defend them by attacking enemy interceptor fighters. Basically, the enemy will try to get on your ally's tail, so immediately position yourself further away from the bomber to instantly be behind the German fighter.

By the way, you can always restore your plane using the repair button. When the first wave reaches the target and strikes, you will have to repeat the mission, again destroying ground targets. Afterwards, a second wave will arrive, which will need to be protected from fighters. Soon they will reach the goal, but you will be shot down in the process...

Chapter 3. Fall from Heaven

Your device was shot down, but main character Blackburn still managed to eject. As a result, he is carried into enemy territory, to the rear, on one of whose trees he ended up. Noticing the German, the protagonist frees himself and hides under the cart.

Under the cart you will find a cartridge that can be thrown to the side to distract the enemy. When he moves away, leave the cover, grab the spatula and stun him. Grab his weapon, then move on. Along the way, you will again have to defeat the enemy using stealth. Your ultimate goal is to leave the enemy zone and return to your allies. Moving west, you will soon find a small German detachment.

If you run fast, you will be noticed, so walk in a crouch. By the way, it is not necessary to deal with all the enemies - you just need to quietly pass them to get to the front.

You will go through the trenches and then get to your own crashed plane. It turns out that Wilson survived, but was seriously injured. You will have to drag it on your shoulders to the allies, moving through the trenches.

For now, you should not go into the spotlight, as the machine gunners may mistake you for the enemy and destroy you.

Finally, you will meet a British soldier, after which a cutscene will begin. Then you will find yourself in the hospital where Wilson is lying. After some time, the deceived Rackham will appear, who will take up arms against the main character and decide to take revenge on him by handcuffing him.

Task No. 4. Forte et fidele

A lot of time has passed since the previous mission. Blackburn has already left the hospital and is now awaiting trial for deception. Then Wilson appears, who wants to protect the hero at the meeting. However, everything goes awry, as at that moment the Germans begin to attack the base. Your accuser and guard are killed by fire from the fighter, after which Wilson frees you to go to the fighter together.

Like real heroes, the two of you must defeat all enemies, holding the German vehicles until the Allies arrive. The Germans will often try to get behind your rear, so be prepared to maneuver frequently.

Next, bombers will arrive with the intention of razing the base to the ground. However, then your allies will come to your aid, after which the skirmish will develop into a real air battle. To quickly deal with bombers, try to attack them in the center of the car, where the pilot is located.

But even after this the battle will not end. Now you need to deal with the airships - ignore all opponents and fly towards them. You can't get by with just a machine gun, so get ready to fire rockets.

When you destroy the first zeppelin, you will be shot down, after which the heroes will decide to board the second airship. Next, on your own two feet you must get to the anti-aircraft gun, having dealt with the entire crew along the way. Finally, you can use the anti-aircraft gun and deal with the enemies in the sky. In the end, all that remains is to destroy the last enemy zeppelin.

A cutscene will begin in which an enemy airship will fall onto your airship. You will survive and end up in the water.

Task No. 5. Go ahead, Savoy

Together with a new hero named Luca, you will be taken to the Italian front. The prologue begins with the fact that, already a veteran, the protagonist recalls the events he once experienced. Then he and his brother took part in the battle of the Dolomites: the hero himself was in the special forces of the Italian army Arditi, armed with heavy armor with a machine gun, and his brother Matteo led the battalion.

Chapter 1. “Or we will win...”

You have received an order to take possession of the Church of St. Anastasia. The gameplay for Luka is quite new, since you will be clad in heavy “armor”, which allows you to endure a lot of damage, but significantly affects your mobility. Shoot all enemies, especially paying attention to flamethrowers, who also have high defense.

When the objective is captured, you will have to attack enemy guns using anti-tank explosives. Destroy enemy armored vehicles and climb the hill where the infantry group is located. Then move to the bunker, which contains a powerful cannon - blow it up.

After leaving the previous point, go to the indicated hill on which the anti-aircraft guns are located. Once you've dealt with them, you'll trigger a cutscene.

The following picture will appear before you: enemy planes are approaching Matteo’s battalion, which threatens its complete destruction.

After the video, quickly run to the anti-aircraft gun and deal with the aircraft. The enemy’s “birds” will decide to retreat, but on the way back they will blow up a mountain, the avalanche from which will still cover the battalion. A damaged plane will fall near our hero, but the armor will protect it from fragments.

Chapter 2. “...or we all die!”

After the “bird” falls, Luka will take off his damaged armor and go look for his brother. Along the way you will deal with enemies, after which you will hear a call for help. At the bottom you will reach the Alpini fortress, which is defended by the last remnants of your army. Sit on the machine gun and bring hell on earth to the attackers.

Armor-piercing equipment will have to be taken in a different way - with grenades from cover. When the armored personnel carrier arrives, wait until the soldiers leave it, then throw a grenade into the crowd. The attack has been repulsed - it's time to continue the search for Matteo.

From the hill, explore the environment and mark the enemies. After that, step forward, clearing the path for yourself. Apparently your brother is imprisoned inside the fortress across the street, so you'll have to infiltrate it. This can be done in two ways: on top, going around it from behind, or underground. At the Horn of Austria you will have to clash with a group of opponents.

Hide behind obstacles, as armored soldiers will fight with you, who are very difficult to defeat head-on. Ultimately, you will still get to the room and find your brother, but, alas, he will turn out to be dead.

Task No. 6. Messenger

The new location is Greece, or more precisely the Gallipoli Islands, in the Dardanelles region. The video will begin on the ship where our main character, Frederick Bishop, is located, who was brought here by a dashing straight from Australia.

Chapter 1. Cape Helles

Attacking the enemy from the Dreadnought, the hero breaks through to the ground, after which he leaves the ship and leaves comrade Foster. Here you will have to fight your way through enemy machine-gun fire, moving from trench to trench. Throw grenades and shoot the enemy up close using a shotgun.

At Cape Helles you will find a point that you need to get to. Deal with the infantry to speed up the process. After completing the operation, you will launch a video where Bishop will announce the capture of this height.

Chapter 2. Without communication

The allies need a liaison, which is your comrade Jack Foster. The hero does not want to send his newbie friend to certain death, so he takes on this task himself. First of all, kill the enemies on the roof, using binoculars to detect the enemy. After the battle, go to the point to get information about the state of the front.

As you go around the enemy to the left, you will again find soldiers on the roof that you can deal with. But you are also free to act quietly, distracting the guards by throwing cartridges. Soon you will reach the front, but it turns out that they are under attack. The base is being shelled by enemy artillery, which you must report to the command as quickly as possible.

On the spot, failure awaits you again - the enemy has launched a massive offensive, attacking your headquarters. Help your allies fight back, then report to the commander about the state of the front. Now you must visit the contact point in the rear. Inside you won't find anyone - only

It is necessary to leave the territory after telling the rest of the army about what happened. As you remember, there is no connection, so you will have to report yourself. On horseback, get to the first point where the commander is located.

Fend off the enemy attack to trigger a cutscene in which Bishop will tell the commander bad news. However, even now your task does not end, since there are volunteers in your army who have already left the headquarters and set off to storm the enemy fortress. Foster left with them.

Chapter 3. Take care of yourself

Get to Fort Nebet, guarded by numerous enemy groups. You will have to find your way inside by moving along the right side. On the way, past the camp, grab the necessary equipment and mark the soldiers with binoculars to make your task easier.

You will soon reach the fortress, meeting Comrade Foster and the squad at the entrance. Most of the guys are wounded, and the newcomer refuses to leave them. Bishop offers to cover the guys while they retreat.

Now you will have to fight the fortress one on one. At the highest point of Nebet you will find excellent cover from where you can methodically shoot enemies. While you get there, you will be attacked by the fort's soldiers.

To defeat the flamethrower, go behind him and shoot at the cylinder. Next, you will have to fight back for a long time at the top of the fortress, but at the very end you will be wounded. The shelling will begin, which will wipe the base off the face of the earth along with all its inhabitants...

Task No. 7. Nothing is destined

The mission is conducted from the perspective of the narrator Lawrence of Arabia. It will tell about the battles on the Arabian Peninsula, in the center of which will be the heroine Zara, Lawrence’s wife.

Chapter 1. Hiding in plain sight

You will find yourself on a hillock, from where you can explore the surroundings and identify all the enemies. When the job is done, go ahead and get to the train. Sneak inside through the hatch and, walking quietly, cut out all the opponents.

You can go ahead at any time, but the stealth gameplay for this mission is more authentic. Use a machine gun and cover the enemies with heavy fire, or continue to sneak and cut everyone out one by one.

Then a video will begin in which the heroine will be in the hands of the enemy. However, in a moment the invaders will be attacked by El-ourens and his thugs, who will slaughter all opponents. The leader of your saviors will tell you about a certain steel monster that, like death, inexorably destroys all living things in its path.

Chapter 2. Work for the young

The steel monster is actually an armored train that cannot be stopped without a direct order from above. You will have to deal with three commanders who own capsules with the coveted code. Each of the leaders sat down in forts that were placed along the railway.

Ride your horse to the first fort. It doesn't matter in what order you clear them, but we went to the weapons depot, since it is less protected than the others. On the road to it you will meet an Ottoman detachment - destroy it and move on. On the spot, find the tallest building, on the top floor of which the target is located.

Next, visit the ruins - the second fort. You can use the nearest armor-piercing vehicle and roll enemies to the ground, or go quietly, methodically cutting out opponents. The target will be outside, walking with the soldier. Distract the latter if you are playing secretly, then quickly kill the commander and take the capsule.

The third fort is a village that is more protected than the others. Deal with the enemies and kill the target located in the house. You will not have time to deliver the code, as a prisoner will suddenly attack you - the same commander whose life was saved by your savior from the previous chapter.

Chapter 3. Listen to the desert

From the cut-scene you will learn that Tilkichi (that is the name of the former captive) managed to escape from El Orens. At some point, he will begin to boast, after which he will become distracted, which our heroine will take advantage of. When Tilkichi dies, the next video will start, where Zara, together with Lawrence, will discuss a plan to attack the steel monster.

Get to the place where you decided to ambush the train. Alas, there will be many enemies here that you will have to deal with.

Use all available means for battle, including dynamite, which can be found in the warehouse (saber icon).

Near the warehouse, use the tower, from where you can remove the lion's share of the enemies with the help of a sniper. After this, you will have to come face to face with equipment and machine gunners in armor. In this case, it makes sense to use a field weapon.

When the job is done, a cutscene will begin. Zara will place a bomb, which will soon be attacked by a steel monster. The train will be stopped, after which enemies will begin to get out of it.

Get back behind the field gun and wreak havoc on them. But you shouldn’t sit at the same gun for a long time, as people from the train will shoot at you from powerful guns - you’ll have to constantly change your position. When you deal with them, the final cutscene will begin.

On this Battlefield walkthrough 1 ends. You did it, congratulations!

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De gustibus non est disputandum, that is, there is no arguing about tastes. The ancient Romans went to great lengths to create hundreds of catchphrases (including this one), but tastes are still a matter of debate to this day. At school, some of you liked math lessons more, others liked literature, and some even skipped everything. History was often considered a boring discipline, especially if the historian was the daughter of a Trudovik and often could not string together several sentences. But take my word for it: if history were taught the way it is done in Battlefield 1, all the students would be straight A students in this subject, would stay for extra classes, and would only be waiting for them at home for dinner.

First World War

We must give credit to the brave Swedes from Dice (or their patrons from EA): they took a decisive step and completely revised their approach to the narrative. Apart from the early Battlefields, which focused on World War II and the distant future, the plot in the franchise has always been the same. A brave US Marine with superhuman abilities single-handedly stabilizes the situation in the Middle East or Eurasia and prevents a global catastrophe. Sometimes an ally helps him in this - a Russian, an Arab or a Chinese. In general, a representative of one of the nations lagging behind from the point of view of Western democracy. Apparently, the scriptwriters tried to show that among these cavemen there is hope for enlightenment.

As a result of the imposition of such epic storylines, a certain significant percentage of gamers did not even enter the single-player campaigns of Battlefield 3 and 4, but immediately launched multiplayer. Battlefield 1 is a completely different matter. Opinions in our editorial office were divided: some colleagues thought that a coherent narrative was still better. But to the author, the system of chapters telling about different participants in the First World War seemed almost ideal. Otherwise, we would risk getting a “story” (with zero degree of historical accuracy) of some Harlem Hellfighter who, to the sounds of hip-hop coming from a boombox, personally strangles Kaiser Wilhelm during the final credits.

This, thank the gods, did not happen. Instead, we have on our hands a map of the world, and short stories of five heroes: a British tankman, an American pilot, an Italian commando (arditi), an Australian intelligence officer and an Arab partisan. Let's say right away: stock up on popcorn and cola, because what you are looking at is not the absolute realism of trench warfare, in which two tired armies beat each other with heavy artillery for several months before an attack, but a Hollywood action movie - with staged battles, a lot of explosions and other special effects, with beautiful intermissions and even with emotions.

Ignition key

The game grabs you immediately, from the first minutes. As soon as the British volunteer first finds himself in the tank and turns the elegant ignition key (a giant lever half the height of a man), you are sucked into hurricane action - or smart stealth, whichever you prefer - and does not let go until the very end. The overall beauty of the picture and attention to small details are immediately striking. The tank spews out clouds of smoke, growls annoyingly, the tracks are stuck with mud and clay, and the speed is 10 km/h. This is what they were, these first land Leviathans. This is not a T-90, cheerfully jumping from a hill, like a Sébastien Loeb rally car.

Did the Fritz settle down on the side of the mill? Direct fire on them! An explosion, puffs of smoke, shrapnel, a funny flight of bodies - the floor of the mill was gone, as was the German artillery. Tank duels are a whole different story: shells slam into enemy vehicles with a savory leaden sound, and a mini nuclear explosion of an enemy tank will satisfy even the most demanding critics of computer special effects - it is so beautiful and bright.

With airplanes, everything is somewhat more complicated, because a biplane is not a supersonic fighter and, especially, not a helicopter (in terms of ease of control). The aces of the skies BF 3 and 4 will clearly take a decent amount of time to re-acclimate and master the capricious corn-cutters. But then you will feel like the Red Barons: no fire-and-forget missiles, guidance assistance and electronic traps - only machine guns, courage and a head on your shoulders. However, keep in mind: as colleagues suggest, biplanes are even more difficult to control in multiplayer than in single player (in which the airplanes were given a certain arcade feel).

Like a thief in the night

If you make an extra effort on yourself and try to reject all emotions, the campaign can be perceived as an epic, beautiful and exciting... tutorial for multiplayer. A subject of Her Majesty will teach you how to drive a tank, a US adventurer will teach you how to operate a biplane, a hot Mediterranean will show you a special heavy suit, and an ancestor of Mad Max will demonstrate the basics of aiming a battleship’s guns. “Wait, you’re describing some kind of clone of WoT, Warthunder and World of Warships,” you say. Calm down, everything is in order: the pilots and mechanics will have to run on their own two feet.

There's a very exciting element to the Battlefield 1 campaign that you won't find in multiplayer: stealth. History knows many examples when stealth is imposed solely for the benefit of fashion, and, moreover, to those genres where it is not needed at all. A classic example is the cinematic Order 1886, where in some “spy” sequences, detection automatically ended with a cinematic of death and failure. The decision is, frankly speaking, disgusting.

So: BF1 is an epic shooter about a global conflict, not a James Bond mission. The developers could easily have limited themselves to scripted battles, and no one would have accused them of anything. Instead, the Swedes - honor and praise to them! - they added a very decent full-fledged stealth to the usual “Battle”, which does not seem like a forced makeweight. In the fog, enemies can’t see a damn thing at all, at night the situation is a little better (for them, of course), but during the day a sentry will notice something wrong a kilometer away and raise the alarm if you don’t hide in a couple of seconds. The dead bodies arouse quite logical suspicions, after which a search for the intruder begins throughout the camp. At the same time, AI is AI: it is made so that you can feel your superiority over a piece of silicon. Fooling computer dummies is a pleasure. He threw the cartridge case, distracted him, hit him from behind with a pickaxe, like the true king of the Russian pop scene.

If you're tired of stealth, you can feel like a Terminator. Become an Italian arditi, put on knightly armor, pick up a heavy machine gun - and forward, only forward! At this moment, Hollywood turns into Bollywood (the Indian center of cinema): the unfortunate Germans barely have time to come in dozens from all sides, in order to fall under your bullets in time and die quite spectacularly.

Hellish Harlem and two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings”

And now, as is tradition, criticism. It is no coincidence that we did not mention the prologue in the list of missions, because in our opinion, this is just some kind of misunderstanding. Moreover, there is no need to immediately throw accusations of racism at us. We wouldn’t mind if Dice made a beautiful and high-quality chapter about a dark-skinned guy from the working-class outskirts of Pittsburgh, who was torn from the arms of his beloved Maggie by the imperious hand of Uncle Sam and thrown straight into the crucible of an alien conflict of some incomprehensible Germans and French.

Instead, we see how, over the course of one little mission, several nameless dark-skinned fighters either mow down dozens of enemies or die under heavy fire. And that’s all - no answer, no greeting, no human story. A bad suspicion creeps in: the Nordic personalities from Dice were already 85% ready for the offensive, but then an encrypted dispatch came from overseas with a particularly resilient carrier pigeon from the central headquarters (EA): “urgently include dark-skinned PTA one on the cover dot.” The Swedes did the rest of the chapters with soul, but in this case they simply served their duty under the threat of the all-powerful tribunal of political correctness.

We also did not mention one more - more important - detail: the campaign will take you about 5-6 hours of time, even if you are not a speedrunner. You can, of course, try to set the difficulty level higher, but it seems to the author that normal on a gamepad is like hard on a mouse/keyboard, so you won’t add 10 hours to your experience. Only if you stand, stick it on each kerosene stove for 30 minutes and admire the fact that 5 years ago moths were just dots, but now they are clearly drawn and fairly high-polygonal insects.

The mentioned duration can be perceived in different ways, but we still recommend a positive approach. As we have said more than once, the cost of the basic edition of BF1 on PC is 2000 rubles, which is quite affordable in our times. Just imagine that you bought yourself and your girlfriend two tickets to IMAX and enjoyed an epic movie with a lot of explosions. The only difference is that later this “movie” will bring you hundreds (if not over a thousand) hours of excellent multiplayer.

Speaking of multiplayer: it's damn good! Let’s not stoop to the very yellow standards of journalism and say “Better than in...” Besides, we don’t want to gallop across Europe (although BF1 provides everyone with such an opportunity through its cavalry, made no worse than in the game that set the highest horse breeding standards - Red Dead Redemption). Simply put, you need to play multiplayer with feeling, with sense, with arrangement, and for a long time - it’s worth it! Battlefield's story and multiplayer have always been the same individual games- this is how we will evaluate them in the case of BF1: first the campaign, and later PVP.

+ Excellent graphics, brilliant special effects, the strongest engine of our time

+ Surprisingly good stealth

+ The characters evoke empathy, despite the brevity of the chapters

- 5-6 hours? Few! We require topping up after the foam has settled!!!

- Prologue - pure misunderstanding

- Biplanes are difficult to control

Greetings, dear readers, this is your website and review of Battlefield 1! By the way, you can familiarize yourself with the preview. So, what is the first thing you want to say about the new brainchild of DICE? Impressive. Indeed, from the very first minutes of the game the level is visible.

The graphics are simply amazing. The detail is amazing. Dirt on the weapon, raindrops, magnificent special effects... The list could take a long time and you can’t say everything, but one thing is clear - the graphical component is magnificent. In my opinion, there are no games with such graphics in 2016, and they won’t be released before the end of the year. Destructibility, as stated, is present. And what else. Everything can be destroyed. And it looks incredibly juicy and realistic.

Gameplay. Naturally, there are differences between a single company and network mode, so first things first.

Single player campaign. Once again, DICE is trying to make a suitable and mature single player, but, once again, they fall a little short. The game takes place during the First World War, and the entire plot revolves around the theme of an ordinary person on the battlefield. War, like a disease, comes and declares itself, and you have to live with it. There is no specific protagonist in Battlefield 1. Every now and then we have to play for a variety of people, from different countries, with different motives and characters. The topic is actually quite mature and heavy. The game honestly tries to touch us and bring us to a stingy male tear when one or another character suddenly stupidly dies, along with his dreams and hopes, or, on the contrary, is incredibly saved from a seemingly inevitable death. But it doesn’t work out very well, to be honest.

In Battlefield 1, the developers decided to move away from the classic linearity of levels for single players in this series. They gave us more freedom, as it were. We tried to show some semblance of a sandbox. In general, this is quite interesting, because we ourselves decide how to complete this or that task. But the developers forgot to think about what we actually should do there, somehow entertain the player. That is, in fact, we have a location and a task that needs to be solved, and a horde of enemies. All. Do what you want and how you want. It sounds cool, but without certain staging moments it looks boring. Although in general everything is excellent, and I don’t see this as a negative, since we all love Battlefield not for the single-player campaign. The single here is more like a training manual, preparing us for real battles with real people.

As for the main thing, the battles themselves and the combat system, here the developers from DICE showed us aerobatics. It feels like it’s the First World War. And you have to get used to this. There are quite a few cartridges, so you often have to go hand-to-hand. In addition, the battle distance is now much closer. Ballistics have also changed, and bullets are dropping earlier than we are used to. Skirmishes are now being conducted almost point-blank at each other. Each weapon, be it a rifle, pistol, or something else, also has its own characteristics. You need to study each weapon, get along with it and find your own approach to using it. It's the same with technology. There will be quite a few types of it here, as I already wrote in. You need to get acquainted with all this, understand and feel it, learn to handle it normally. For this, in fact, there is a single company in Battlefield 1.

What about our enemies and artificial intelligence in single player, then it’s like 50/50. Sometimes they act really logically and harmoniously, and sometimes they’re downright stupid. Also, in a single company there are some kind of stealth missions. When playing on a difficult level, you will sometimes have to replay them several times.

I would also like to mention the excellent sound. Thanks to the sound effects, you really get the feeling that you are in a real battle. The whistle and ricochets of bullets, the roar of explosions, even negotiations in technology, like real ones! In general, put maximum level complexity and forward into a single-player campaign, deal with weapons, equipment and feel like sad meat caught in the millstone of the First World War.

In the end, I’ll say this – don’t waste your money on this amazing game, it’s worth it. Battlefield 1 is one of the few games this year that not only met, but even exceeded all our expectations.

I will talk about multiplayer in a separate article, since the topic is very extensive and it is impossible to fit all this information into the format of one review. You can read it!

Grade Dma Game According to the administration