10 Things Battlefield 1 Already Does Better Than Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Boots should be on the ground, not running along walls.
At this point, you'll at least be aware that the two biggest first-person shooters in gaming have announced their respective titles for 2016 - and you'll also know it's shaping up to be one hell of a fight. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1 are our pound for pound contenders, and yet they've never been so drastically different.
The latter is heading to World War I for the first time ever, and Infinite Warfare will be jumping far, far into the future. Battlefield 1 will take place in trenches and on horseback, while Infinite Warfare is going into space with rocket ships. As you... do?
Every passing year has seen more gamers split between the two already, as loyal fans plump for 'their game' over and over, yet this year might finally see Call of Duty fans jump ship to Battlefield for good, simply off the back of how negatively Infinite Warfare has been received.
I can tell you as a Call of Duty fan, this is the year for me. Battlefield has simply won me over on too many individual aspects. Early on in the race, EA's shooter has taken a commanding lead, and here are the 10 biggest things it's already doing way better than Call of Duty.
10. A Packaged Remaster Wasn't Needed To Draw Hype In
Arguably one of the biggest selling factors of Infinite Warfare is the remaster of Modern Warfare, the game that really thrust the franchise into true mainstream recognition. Also, it's the game that changed everything about how multiplayer aspects in all first-person shooters from there on out would be formatted. Fans have been asking for this for a long time, and alas they have finally got it, but with a big, big catch...
Turns out you can only receive the remaster if you buy the Legacy, Digital Deluxe or Legacy Edition Pro versions of Infinite Warfare.
Those games come in at $80 for the Legacy, $100 for the Digital Deluxe or $120 for the Legacy Edition Pro. Expect to be paying a decent amount more, especially if you're only in it for the remaster. Infinity Ward haven't said a thing about future physical copies, meaning it'll only come as a downloadable code. Yes, the remaster could be released later on as a standalone (and almost definitely will) but at this time that's just not an option.
Simply put, requiring the purchase of Infinite Warfare to get the Modern Warfare Remaster looks to have been done solely for the sake of sales, indicating that even Activision were unsure of Infinite Warfare's appeal.