Battlefield 1 Reviews: 8 Early Reactions You Need To Know

8. Story Is Five Separate Chapters, Plus A Prologue

"Once you finish [the prologue], you'll unlock five more [missions] that run the gamut from a tank operator on the Western Front to a pilot attempting to scam his way into the British air force, to following Lawrence of Arabia around the Middle East." - GamesRadar.

Rather than attempt to tell one long story that arcs over a longer time period, Battlefield 1 features an initial prologue and then five more completely disconnected missions, delving into stories from all sides of the conflict.

It's rather similar to how Ubisoft's Valiant Hearts treated the time period with respect through multiple perspectives, and although Battlefield 1 "skews toward fun rather than realism whenever it gets the chance", not glorifying one side over the other is an incredibly refreshing way to show the events of something like World War I.

It's worth pointing out that GamesRadar also state the missions "are interesting, intimate, and focus on real human struggles [...] but they often feel slight". Reviewer David Roberts went on to say "each chapter is about an hour long, and just when you get invested, they're over. Battlefield 1's War Stories barely skim the surface of the history, but - to be fair - this is in-line with the game's focus on fun over fastidious accuracy."