First of all im a big history buff and when i found out the next bf was going to be set in ww1 i flipped
Im having a blast playing the game but in a scale of 1 to 10 how much of it is accurate?
1/10. it’s not meant to be realistic.
WW1 it is not BUT it’s a good representation of a FPS set in the era
it is an awesome game though 
A solid 1/10 on the realism scale, all the stuff in the game actually did exist (though the automatic weapons are grossly over-represented) and that’s as far as the realism goes, it’s just an arcade shooter set in WW1, nothing more than that.
If you want a history lesson there’s some great books and a couple of great TV series that are well worth checking out.
As far as the guns, they are accurate, but other than the lmg’s and bolt actions probably didn’t see much action. But they were available. A simple bolt action was better for this war because of the trench conditions(dirt, mud, water) semi auto’s though available, were too complex. But unless you just want to run around with 3 guns to choose from, they put guns in the game that were used on a lesser scale.
Not very. T. S Lawrence was a real person and im guessing the weapons are real (perhaps the stats arent).
Like everything thats based on a true story or real life events. A lot of artistic licence is taken. Its a fun game but at the same time the campaign shows the horrors of war.
After some research i found out that most weapons are accurate altough some were not used alot,so accuracy for bf1 then
Also the games focuses on the combat that happened in 1918 so the running house fighting planes and tanks are accurate as well
Given that i dont understand why some people are saying the game is 1/10, altough certain creative liberties were taken, the overall game is a good representation of the later stages of ww1
Lets see..
Way too many SMG’s
SLR’s as a main weapon? Come on that was not even close to common even in WWII (Barring the US)
LMG’s were not ‘Light’ and you couldn’t rambo them.
Scopes were rare, And there was no pseudo red dot sights that were used.
If you put your gas mask on after the gas hit it was already too late.
You see can see more A7V’s in one battle than were actually used in the war.
Germany had very few tanks, Almost all of them captured Allied tanks.
Black German sniper’s were not a common thing at all. (Thank god they didn’t give into the SJW’s and put women in the game)
You wouldn’t be running up a mountain in iron armor hip firing a MG15 like you’re Arnold.
Horses were not immune to multiple tank shells
1 LBer AA “Pom Pom” was generally seen as a failure AA design and quickly went to AA artillery.
From the SP: Bedouin’s would of never used women in combat, They tended to be conservative Islamic people.
There’s many more but thats just a couple off the top of my head.
There was no respawn.
Probably a 5 or a 6.
The setting, weapons, vehicles, and sounds all seem well researched.
Beyond that, it’s clear the game takes liberties with realism in favor of improved gameplay experience, which is the way it should be.
Gameplay > Realism
But if all the thinga in the game are real then why only 1/10?
It’s a game. The maps are gorgeous, destruction is fun, using the vehicles is fun. Visually, it gets a 10 for accuracy.
Amiens is a great example. Apples is a war torn, completely wasted area, Freddy on the other hand, has a nice church, manicured lawns, statuary, a grounds keepers building, all of which is usually destroyed by the end of the game.
I love how DICE has been able to showcase the beautiful chateau and the complete destruction of war in all thier maps.
authentic but not realistic
i understand his scoring, just dont know how to explain it
i mean not much fantasy weapon in BF1, but the setting, the amount of certain warfare are out of chart etc
as a FPS BF is quite causal
I don’t get why people are saying everything in the game is from WW1 then giving it only a 1.
You’re taking away the other 9 points for what, it being a game?
Assuming you’re not expecting to actually contract trenchfoot while playing, get bitten by trench rats or be shot by a superior officer for mutiny whenever you return to the trench you just left, then how much more accurate could it be?
Alright they have taken some liberties, and no you couldn’t respawn in WW1, duh.
But as far as packing real existing historical weapons, uniforms, locations, battles, factions, items and vehicles into a game goes, complete with accompanying codex entries, got to give them 9/10.
Some things could be slightly more realistic, but too much more realism and the game would become unplayable.
We should all wear one pair of socks, constantly, even while bathing, so we can get trench foot. Or is that too much realism?
This game reignited my interest in WW1, and I’ve gone back and watched many documentaries again, only this time, I’m making my son watch them with me, so he understands how actually horrible the first world war was on a grand scale. It’s a very solid game with some beautiful period settings. Strolling through Amiens would be pleasant, if you weren’t getting killed while doing it.
About 3/10. Bonus points for covering less known corners of the war but loss of points for butchering the rest, theres hardly even any trenches or rifles.
This exactly. Well, apart from the son part, for me it was my dog.
This again? Trench warfare played a negligible part in the war, it’s only highlighted in history reels because so many people spent the entire war living in trenches, and the conditions were mind numbingly horrid.
Plenty of maps have trenches in them, I use them as paths to stay alive on my way to another objective. I rarely see combat taking place in them.
Or the fact they (DICE) just copy pasted WWI into a modern, casual shooter?
Copy and paste. Caveat, you are fighting in France with no French forces. That’s just on par with historical accuracy…
You take a War that was completely unique and turn it into a modern shooter, but with WWI (Alternate reality by the way, since a lot of the guns are post war) skins.
A complete farce of a ‘historical’ game without the biggest factions in it out-of-the-box. You want to see French Legionnaires and French forces–give us more money.
1/10.
How does one even copy and paste the hundreds of custom made WW1 objects and landscapes into a ‘modern’ shooter. They’ve got one hell of an advanced super computer at DICE if all they need to do is hold down control and press V to make an entire game. What a load of nonsense.