Battlefield V Review: 7 Ups & 4 Downs

1. War Stories Are Tonally Inconsistent

I mentioned earlier how relieving it was to see that DICE had upped their game when it came to the actual meat-and-bones gameplay of their singe-player campaigns, but it's the actual narratives each of the three War Stories tell that are the problem this time around. DICE's attempt to unearth unknown and unseen conflicts that aren't usually highlighted in WW2 media is indeed noble, but tonally they don't always come together.

The first starts things off on a particularly bad foot; it's all about cockney hard lads finding themselves in war, told through lush cutscenes and committed voice acting (bar a couple dodgy accents) admittedly, but the humour feels a little ugly, as do the transitions into super serious war-is-hell montages.

There are bursts of genuine emotion and inspired storytelling to be found - especially towards the end of that initial chapter and the majority of the second - but it's a very particular, very weighty-with-a-capital-w style of storytelling that you either get on board with, or revolt against.