Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

Single player is excellent; One of the best looking games this gen; Music is stunning and moving; Multiplayer is lots of fun

Some slight frame rate dips on multiplayer

Small issues aside, Battlefield 1 marks an impressive, risk-taking reinvention for the series. That the multiplayer is as good and distinctive as it is is less surprising than a campaign that takes a difficult setting and navigates it with skill and invention.

"Not to be confused with Xbox One."

The timing of the next part of DICE's incredibly popular multiplayer war series could not have been better. The first seeds of what would become Battlefield 1 were sown back in 2008, we were told visiting the Stockholm offices.

But saying that, warfare has never looked so good. Battlefield 1 is brutally beautiful, even if you're just admiring the emotional power of a shelled-to-shit landscape that was once a picturesque village.

Those little ticks belie the fact this is a very familiar game given a fetching new outfit. This is the same old Battlefield in well-pressed slacks, a little more stately and a lot more composed than it's been in some time, with better manners to boot.

Battlefield's formula for large-scale, objective-driven warfare is as intense and theatrical as ever against the haunting, archaic backdrop of World War I. Battlefield 1's single-player campaign is a short but pleasantly surprising anthology of small, human stories that does a good job spotlighting...

When the opposition pushes all of its war assets toward one beachhead, sometimes it's smarter to avoid that fight altogether and make headway by creating another front. While Call of Duty, Titanfall, Halo, Destiny, Gears of War, and many other shooters compete in a sci-fi battle royale, DICE instead...

why would I buy this from newegg at standard price? seriously? I like newegg. bought lots of things from them. I get every email advert hoping for that perfect deal for next project or upgrade. I see battlefield 1 and click for details. I click. standard price? wtf?

great game; expansive; detailed; fun

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When EA first announced Battlefield 1 , I had concerns over how they were portraying the Great War. I wasn't the only one who expressed misgivings, and others have put forth their opinion in the past week.