Battlefield 1 Open Beta: 5 Ups & 5 Downs

By Jack Pooley /

2. The Incredible Sound Effects

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Again, it's a staple of the Battlefield franchise at this point but no-less praise-worthy: this is an incredible-sounding game.

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From the diverse array of gunfire to the crisp explosions and purr of your vehicle, it'll all make the most out of your speaker set-up and probably make you wish you had a better one.

The "War Tapes" audio setting is particularly fun in so much as it trades realism for sheer, balls-to-the-wall awesomeness, pulling sounds from both near and far and mixing them into one intense wall of noise that's nothing if not extremely immersive.

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As beautiful as the game looks, arguably nothing will give you a more adrenaline-fueled experience than pumping the volume up loud before letting rip with your mounted machine gun. It's glorious.