The biggest compliment I can pay them is that I now have a new personal favourite gun, but no new addition is particularly remarkable. Related: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare vs Battlefield 1 It has a similar aesthetic to Soissons, but with far more liberal use of trenches and cover, making it feel achievable to advance without at least half of your team being picked off en route.
Rupture fares better than Soissons, but is not in the same league as Fort de Vaux and Verdun Heights. Its smaller village sections will feel familiar to BF1 players, but not much else stands out about this map. That is, unless you’re feeling particularly daring and are willing to become an incredibly easy target across several hundred yards. Considering the big focus on trench warfare, the inclusion of a map with such large areas of flat farmland feels strange, and makes running around the place feels a little limited.
#Verdun vs bf1 full#
Soissons is a huge open expanse full of open, flat field and a giant palace placed to the south.
There are plenty of little rooms which excellently set up these small, manic conflicts, making it one of the faster-paced maps of the bunch. Exploiting the enemy’s temporary blindness as they rushed through the smoke of their own incendiary grenades, I was able to pick off an entire squad as they attempted to move in and capture one of the points. I found one such corner hidden behind a giant iron door. Offering very tight enclosed rooms within the fort itself, there are plenty of choke points to wreak havoc with grenades, and for some players to take advantage of the nooks and crannies the enemies miss. It feels reminiscent of other Fort maps from previous BF games, like BF4’s Fort Metro. The next map I jump into is Fort de Vaux. Each of the four maps in They Shall Not Pass makes use of trenches, but Verdun Heights pulls it off with the greatest aplomb. When I had the high ground, I saw how easy it was to kill soldiers out of the trenches, and played World War whack-a-mole. Running up the hill in retreat, I stuck to the trenches, watching soldiers who took the more direct route get chased and picked off by Germans. In most shooters I tend to be too gung-ho, running around maps like a headless chicken, but Verdun Heights made me more aware of the risks of this approach. Trenches are weaved into the hills to allow soldiers to advance without sticking their head above ground and becoming easy targets. We had just been forced to flee the opening village thanks to our opponent’s overwhelming onslaught.
#Verdun vs bf1 series#
This had my team (the French Republic – another new addition) defending multiple series of checkpoints as we retreated deeper and deeper into the forest. One of the two new multiplayer Operations – Devil’s Anvil – includes Verdun Heights. Conflicts often result in one team being higher on the hill than the other, and this offset creates intensely tactical conflict. It’s a breathtaking map, both figuratively and literally. Flames rise among the trees in the distance, with smoke pluming high and blacking out the sky. Verdun Heights is set amidst the embers of a burning forest fire. It gives players an almost subconscious understanding and respect for trench warfare thanks to the layout of this hillside terrain. This is DICE at its finest, showing its continued brilliance with level design. The first map I jump into is Verdun Heights, which is both a blessing and a curse, as it’s the peak of the pack and arguably the best map in all of Battlefield 1. There are also six new firearms, four new melee weapons and the inclusion of the French Republic armed forces. The pack comes with four new maps: Verdun Heights, Soissons, Fort de Vaux and Rupture. They Shall Not Pass focuses on the involvement of the French army and the conflicts which took place in France during World War 1. For players who have stuck around, there’s some excellent content here to enjoy – if for a minor misstep and one glaring omission. It’s telling, then, that They Shall Not Pass will probably draw me back in. But up against the shedload of stellar titles that arrived in the last few months, I hadn’t found myself playing much Battlefield 1 of late. It offered a mature handling of The Great War through amazingly engaging War Stories, and the best war multiplayer experience I’ve seen to date.
#Verdun vs bf1 Ps4#
Available on PC (version tested), PS4 and Xbox One March 14 for Battlefield season pass holders, March 28 general saleīattlefield 1 was my favourite shooter of 2016.
0 kommentar(er)
