Vehicles are plentiful in the online arena of Battlefield 5 But tab away from the game for a second, and you’re reminded of the numerous small irritations, problems that have stalked the Battlefield games ever since it first set foot in World War 2 with Battlefield 1942.
I’m enjoying it, and writing this review has been punctuated by long breaks as I dip into the multiplayer to check something and then get dragged into a pitched battle, reviving my fellow teammates as we push towards an objective. There are few changes, but this is understandable when you consider that the series’ first real attempt at a complete reinvention - the much maligned Battlefield Hardline - was a disaster for the company, and since then Battlefield has played it safe.īattlefield 5, for all of its bluster, is unfortunately, no exception. While each release in the series might feature EA jumping up onto a stage to talk about how the game will be changed forever, it’s often the same game with minor tweaks to the gadgets and weaponry to fit the setting. The Battlefield series has always exemplified this to a degree, with the addition of one caveat: in each Battlefield game, War slightly changes. War, if numerous Fallout trailers have taught me correctly, never changes.
