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[Magic Mushroom]

On one hand, I totally agree. On the other...we've been glorifying wars thru video games for years now, decades even.

We have, but I feel there is a clear difference to how Medal of Honor treated its subject manner compared to this, based on this presentation. This looks like WW1 through the lens of Michael Bay.

 

[GustyGardens]

That's a Henna tattoo, but we never had Henna designs on the face, not on males.

I don't believe the person in the image is Arab. It seems likely that, that person is T.E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia. He was quite active in the Arab revolt and very influential. He used a lot of guerilla warfare tactics the proved to be key to taking down the Ottomon's, who were allied with Germany at the time.

That guy went through some shit, too. At one point he was captured and sodomized a by some Turkish leader. He ended up with tons of shrapnel wounds over the course of his stay. He was a true bad ass.

 

[Always-honest]

Excellent!!! Make a good Single Player

 

[On Demand]

Spoiler

Still getting both.

The Battfield trailer just came out though.

 

[Aters]

This is actually kind of insulting to the actual brutality of WWI that it's minimizing.

I'm not sure MP players care about it. They play as Nazi in WWII games just fine.

 

[Mechazawa]

Well, I guess that's one way of selling WW1 to the masses...

 

[Chubzdoomer]

Pls let the planes fly well. Battlefront was terrible

Flying hasn't felt good in a Battlefield game since 2 and 2142. That's one thing I'm really worried about.

 

[Wreav]

No it's not...?

Post racial America colorblindness!

He's black. He's a member of the Harlem Hellfighters. Look them up.

 

[Deadbeat]

Yeah, it's kinda disturbing to see them taking one of the most tragic and darkest periods in human history and then talk about how awesome it is to gas people and stab them in the chest with a bayonet.

Our technology has evolved faster than our primitive nature. Why not satiate the blood lust that we have with entertainment that is now possible?

Post racial America colorblindness!

He's black. He's a member of the Harlem Hellfighters. Look them up.

Are we heading for the Far Cry 4 villian reveal thread of embarrassment?

 

[Falchion]

Wow that looks like a lot of fun.

 

[ProvenDeadly]

The Battfield trailer just came out though.

Look at the like-dislike ratio

 

[superjona]

In what way?
Its WW1

Sequel-wise. There was also a post from one of the DICE devs on Twitter with a 'postive emoji response' to someone wanting to have a game set in 1942.

 

[RoKKeR]

JackFrags confirmed photogrammetry

Hell yes. I still can't believe how good Battlefront looks, happy to know BF1 will look the same if not better.

 

[Plum]

Because no other war has ever been as brutal and tragic right?

I don't understand why WWI has this kind of sacredness about it. All wars were just as terrible, and most of them have had video games made about them.

Because it was. It was fought for very, very unnecessary reasons and the means of fighting haven't been topped in terms of brutality since. WWII was brutal, but WWI was on another level.

 

[Nuke Soda]

If this pans out then this would be the first Battlefield game I have played since Bad Company 2. Please have Bad Company 3 be the next Battlefield game.

 

[Jack Scofield]

The tone of that trailer, the music rendition and the setting oh how I view WW1 are on polar opposites. Like WW2 is a setting that usually has an air of respect levied to it. Maybe they were just following hollywoods queue there. But to go all out "war f-yea!" For WW1 is bizarre to me.

It doesn't bother me in a COD or a fake conflict. But when you do this for a real event it bugs me

Yep. It's pretty gross when you learn about the horrifying and senseless deaths from World War I and then see this trailer where a one man army Rambos his way through a mustard gas attack.

As someone else brought up, the original Medal of Honor and Call of Duty games were very respectful of their source material. This looks to be the opposite.

 

[Skelter]

Yeah, it's kinda disturbing to see them taking one of the most tragic and darkest periods in human history and then talk about how awesome it is to gas people and stab them in the chest with a bayonet.

Not really. It's a game, I just don't understand how people can so easily be disturbed by something like this.

 

[z3phon]

Not showing gameplay for so much hype they built is lame.

 

[Fbh]

Looks cool.

Though after BF3 and 4 I'm not too sure I'm into this franchise anymore. It's good, just not my style of multiplayer

Looks more like BF with a WW1 skin. "Everyone has portable machineguns! Triplanes are the new X-wings!"

A WW1 battlefield looks like a WW1 skin on battlefield?.

Who could have imagined. I was totally expecting it to look like a completely different franchise

 

[draughn101]

World War 1 was completely pointless, unnecessary slaughter.

It was just throwing bodies on top of more bodies to fight over literal inches of meaningless land. It's held in such a way because it was so extraordinarily brutal and horrifying that the world collectively vowed to never allow a war like that to ever occur again. Many thought it would end the ideal of warfare it was so brutal.

Judging by the knowledge base of most of the people on the forums, it's time that something reminds people about it before it's forgotten. Maybe more of a necessity now because of our political climate.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Might want to check the cover and the promo artwork again

OH wow. I was looking at the dude in the trailer!

That's awesome.

 

[WillyFive]

Flying hasn't felt good in a Battlefield game since 2 and 2142. That's one thing I'm really worried about.

Yeah, they really need to make flying work.

 

[Duxxy3]

The Battfield trailer just came out though.

And it already has half the likes of infinite warfare.

Setting makes a huge difference.

 

[Nirolak]

The Battfield trailer just came out though.

I think he's talking about the like:dislike ratio.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

I'm looking forward to seeing gameplay.

 

[Venom Fox]

The way the guy on the left of the GIF drops is horribly realistic. Like they've been in the wrecked threads on 4Chan and just animated some stuff. I like how they say it's brutal, that's literally all I wanted.

 

[NullPointer]

JackFrags confirmed photogrammetry

There was more to learn in that jackfrags video than in the reveal conference event / whatever the hell that was.

And jack was smart to just talk over the trailer on continuous loop.

 

[Kinyou]

The tone of that trailer, the music rendition and the setting oh how I view WW1 are on polar opposites. Like WW2 is a setting that usually has an air of respect levied to it. Maybe they were just following hollywoods queue there. But to go all out "war f-yea!" For WW1 is bizarre to me.

It doesn't bother me in a COD or a fake conflict. But when you do this for a real event it bugs me

Yeah, I have to say I expected something a lot more somber and not this balls to the wall action with cool music

 

[Zomba13]

Ignoring the stuff shown outside of setting it looks like it could be cool. I'm not really a fan of WWI or WWII weapons and the like though but it could be interesting, I dunno. That name though is terrible. I hate this trend of making sequels with 1 or One at the end. I wait for the next entry The Battlefield and then Battlefield: Origins.

 

[HunRevan]

I wonder how historically accurate it will be. I mean it needs more the just french and british soldiers. It needs the Austro hungarian monarchy. I hope We will get to play with them.

 

[Gnome Scat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8udm-0mivDY

Information from a guy who has played it. Classes are Assault (SMG), Medic (Semi), Support (LMG), and Scout (Sniper).

 

[On Demand]

Look at the like-dislike ratio

And it already has half the likes of infinite warfare.

Setting makes a huge difference.

I think he's talking about the like:dislike ratio.

Oh, oh. Yikes.

 

[Granadier]

Pls let the planes fly well. Battlefront was terrible

Are there really this many people that have only played Battlefront and not older Battlefield games?

The only thing Battlefront and Battlefield have in common is that you shoot stuff.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Post racial America colorblindness!

He's black. He's a member of the Harlem Hellfighters. Look them up.

Fuck off. I didn't even see the promo art. The dude in the trailer is white.

 

[Xav]

How the fuck are DICE releasing Star Wars Battlefront, Mirror's Edge Catalyst and Battlefield 1 all within a year?

How big is DICE?

As for Battlefield 1. It looks stunning as expected but Titanfall 2 is the one that has my interest.

 

[Skux]

Pls let the planes fly well. Battlefront was terrible

The best thing about using early aircraft in the game is that they were slow. Hopefully this will let us have some actual strategic dogfighting instead of shooting missiles from 2km away.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

Yeah, it's kinda disturbing to see them taking one of the most tragic and darkest periods in human history and then talk about how awesome it is to gas people and stab them in the chest with a bayonet.

that sounds like instead of visiting the fields of Verdun they just saw the latest Michael Bay movies in preparation of this game...

 

[BLOODED_hands]

Speaking of women, I wonder if we'll be able to play as women for multiplayer? Almost every other AAA shooter allows it and I wonder if BF1 will follow suit? Going around the battlefield on horseback shooting fools as a badass women would be lit.

 

[Luc1fersBeard]

Where can I pre-order the collectors edition? UK please

 

[AuthenticM]

Were can we download the trailer?

 

[JackBauer24]

Well then.

 

[Scotia]

Spoiler

Still getting both.

And people said I was in the minority for being sick of futuristic warfare.

 

[OdysseusVA]

What info is there about the beta?

 

[Zombegoast]

Excellent name for the Sixth game in the series. I can't wait for Battlefield 2.

 

[bobbychalkers]

The game looks great but something about a dubstep rendition of a White Stripes song and the brutal clusterfuck that is the first World War seems off to me.

 

[Alienous]

Speaking of women, I wonder if we'll be able to play as women for multiplayer? Almost every other AAA shooter allows it and I wonder if BF1 will follow suit? Going around the battlefield on horseback shooting fools as a badass women would be lit.

Battlefront did it, so I expect BF1 will follow.

 

[nubbe]

no radar in ground and air combat should be fun

 

[Mr Feliciano]

Love it, looks absolutely spectacular and will get this on release day as I did with past Battlefield games.

But if you're reading this EA/DICE, is there any chance of changing the name before October? As a man in his mid 20's I don't want to be saying the phrase 'I can't wait to play Battlefield 1' or mentioning the words 'Battlefield' and 'one' in the same sentence. No I am not having it.

The name is just not my cup of tea to be honest.

 

[Theorry]

Speaking of women, I wonder if we'll be able to play as women for multiplayer? Almost every other AAA shooter allows it and I wonder if BF1 will follow suit? Going around the battlefield on horseback shooting fools as a badass women would be lit.

Were womans allowed in the army in WW1? Doubt it really.

Love it, looks absolutely spectacular and will get this on release day as I did with past Battlefield games.

But if you're reading this EA/DICE, is there any chance of changing the name before October? As a man in his mid 20's I don't want to be saying the phrase 'I can't wait to play Battlefield 1' or mentioning the words 'Battlefield' and 'one' in the same sentence. No I am not having it.

The name is just not my cup of tea to be honest.

Who gives a crap. Its a name.

 

[rakkadakka]

Did people honestly expect DICE and EA to come out with, as one of their AAA shooters, a game which was a WW1 simulator?