8 Things Nobody Wants To Admit About Battlefield 1
5. Gadgets Have Been Virtually Unchanged
By far the laziest element of DICE's World War 1 update comes in the form of the different gadgets that can be equipped by every class. During the run up to release, fans were wondering how the high-tech items found in modern Battlefields would be adapted to fit a more rudimentary time period, and when the final game hit it turned out that, for the most part, they wouldn't be at all.
While a couple of new gadgets were added, most of them were just the same ones fans have been playing with for years now. The Support class still gets two different types of mortar and a timed explosive, while Medics get a grenade launcher that now works on a delay, rather than detonating on impact - it's the same old stuff we've seen before with the most uninspired WW1 make-under.
It's not the biggest deal, of course, but certainly feels like a lazy step-back. There was chance for some real variety here, but it seems that the same embracing of the theme that gave us War Pigeons wasn't there when the team was tinkering with the series' long-stagnant classes.