PiscisKnight

It has potential. A lot. Im a veteran fan of Red Orchestra 2 and both Rising Storms (1000+ hs). Its been long since I havent seen a good WW2 game like this. I wouldnt consider it a Sim, since I find out that there are a lot of consesions to improve gameplay. But as RO2/RS, its a good balance. For now im giving it a 7.5 (8.0), but It has a lot of potential to move up to the 9.0/10 mark if it keeps getting improved.

Im a veteran BF player (1942, 2142, BFBC2, BF3, BF4, etc). That said, I will try to pin-point the main elements of this DLC: Pros: - Frontline mode: Its a really nice touch. BF crew said several times they watched over "Verdun", the game, when doing BF1. In this mode thats showed. When we all played operations in the main game, we saw some of the best elements of conquest and rush together. Here in frontlines we see the same, but in a smaller and more chaotic scale. Some people like the fact that there is no time limit, some ppl hate it. It doesnt matter. Frontlines as well as Operations capture the frenzy that is playing a BF game, and it also captures a lot the WW1 feeling, of pushing and falling back in the same attack. - New operations: - "Devils Anvil" (Verdun Heights followed by Fort Vaux): Best operation to date. No tanks, no planes, only infantry. No behemot, you get 4 elites. There is also a Siege weapon (big mortar) that fires up from attackers base or defense last sector if the team is failing. Verdun Heights its something just amazing. Really WW1 feeling, with all the smoke, the fire, the dust, the foxholes, the trenches, the ruins. Fort Vaux is a great close quarters map. As you probably remember when operation locker improved from operation metro...well, Fort Vaux improved Operation Locker idea. - Beyond the Marne: Cool operation, tank focused. Neither my favorite nor the worst. Too many tanks and airplanes and too big maps some would say, but all in all, a nice and fine operation. - New weapons: As usual, weapons of a just release DLC are usually a little OP. Its normal, not only because of the lack of massive testing, but bc DICE wants ppl who **** to buy the DLC to get some leverage over the other players lol. I dont get mad at that, its just bussiness ofc. But they are ok. Now the cons: - Really **** not a new chapter of the awesome (but short as usual) campaign? For the first time a BF shooter focused on the people rather than the war, and this made the single player campaign something beautifull between so much horror the WW brought. Why not give us a chapter from the French side, who suffered so much? Why not give us a German or Austro Hungarian chapter, to remember us that there were no good and bad guys in this war as u said since minute 1? There is absolutely no explanation for this. They cant blame the team, they cant blame the money, they cant blame anything. They are charging us 50 USD for premium (60 for all DLCs bought separately). Thats the whole full price of the game. At least i expect 100% more content, and i think we are not gonna get that if we dont get single player campaigns. Hope you guys think this review is usefull. Ignore as usual those reviews that give the game a 1/2/3/4. Its pretty obvious those are rage trains. I think this is one of the best DLCs of a BF game for the last few years and i was pretty much suprised too see what DICE delivered. A little faith restored after so many dissapointments.