Battlefield 1 Gets More Gameplay Details, Air Combat Options, Huge Map, New Melee System Revealed

Following some early on leaks which suggested that the new entry of the Battlefield series was going characteristic a Globe War I setting, EA and DICE accept finally appear Battleground one, which will be released later this twelvemonth on consoles and PC. The full general public hasn't seen much of the game in action, but some Battleground ane gameplay has been shown backside closed doors, and new details on the game have managed to surface online.

Enough of videos detailing the backside the scenes shown Battlefield 1 gameplay have surfaced online a few hours after the game has been revealed. According to these videos, Battlefield ane will feature a huge one-time Battlefield styled map, plenty of Air combat, a new melee organisation and more than. Details on the single player entrada have also surfaced online, with a more open up feel that volition brand it experience different from the Battlefield 3 and 4 campaign.

If you cannot watch the videos at the moments, yous can cheque out some recaps written by NeoGAF forums member Anton Sugar for the GameStop and Levelcap videos

Medic has syringe revives

One of the maps mentioned looks HUGE--old BF style

Gameplay trailer looked similar; reveal trailer really didn't seem "facetious" in comparing (I think he meant fallacious/faux?)

Air combat: dogfights, strafing runs, bombing runs--Dice wants at that place to exist a lot of air options; you tin sit in friend's gunner seat while they exercise strafing/bombing runs or dogfight

You can control battleships; tin demolish shoreline (ground deformation was mentioned in another clarification)

Horses will be best for scouting/flanking (like bikes)

Supposed to accept a new melee system

Bayonet charge ability

Can likely utilise sabers

Support seem like they'll accept heavy machineguns

Seems similar four classes will accept weapons similar to what we'd expect

SP: more "open" campaign, get in feel like a "Battlefield" campaign as opposed to BF3/four (he said information technology sounded more like Bad Company'due south campaign)

Trying to make employ of battlegrounds a lot of people don't know near

Progression organisation wasn't confirmed; neither was weapon customization

Didn't notice out if you tin pilot the zeppelin/avalanche, but it's not but a function of the skybox; planes flight effectually it

Seems very shut to completion

Mentions again that at that place is some kind of dedicated driver class for vehicles, related to how you spawn into them. Still not certain
D-Mean solar day style map (obviously not D-Twenty-four hour period)
There are double-propeller planes, much larger planes than were shown
Prune of horses riding alongside a train--tin you lot lath from your equus caballus?
Gas mask does reduce peripheral and also actually changes the soundscape, also
Big accent on shut quarters engagements and melee
Can get entire squad into tanks--sounds like tanks may be squad-oriented vehicles
Really cool maps; 1 had train that ran through forest