Battlefield V has the most convoluted, complicated release schedule of any game ever, which means that for some people on some platforms the first-person shooter is out now; for others you may be waiting as late as 20th November to get your hands on the DICE developed sequel. Yeah, it’s bizarre. It means that some reviews are beginning to break from cover, and while we’d question the authenticity of verdicts this early, played on (we assume) largely unpopulated consumer servers, it’s doing pretty well for itself so far.
Digital Chumps - 9/10
As it stands, Battlefield V is full of a lot more content than people might be expecting. War Stories contains meaningful experiences in short spurts, the maps in the game are huge and well designed, the modes of play raise the entertainment bar when compared to Battlefield I, and the customization/progression system will keep people occupied for a while, as well as provide motivation to keep playing. This feels like a Battlefield game, which should tame concerns of lack of launch content.
Aus Gamers - 9/10
If you’re a Battlefield fan who didn’t like the times when DICE has played it safe in the past, Battlefield V is for you. I’m one of those people, and I cannot wait to jump into epic play sessions of what could quickly become my favourite Battlefield game, more so now that the community won’t be divided with future content.
Power Unlimited - 81/100
Battlefield V is already better than its excellent predecessor, even though we'll have to wait for some promised components which will actually make it a bigger game as well.
Games Radar - 3.5/5
Making us wait for Firestorm, Combined Arms, Practice Range, The Last Tiger, and an entire suite of multiplayer content leaves Battlefield 5 feeling like an incomplete, more moderate package on launch day compared to its competitors, even if all of these incoming updates will be free to owners of the base game. This hardened soldier is crossing his fingers for battle royale to inject some of that anecdote-worthy energy back into Battlefield 5 by next year.
Will you be getting Battlefield V? Do you trust these early reviews, or will you be waiting for verdicts a little closer to launch? Sprint to the best vehicles in the comments section below.
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Not bad scores, too bad EA F***ed up the announcement.
ok that power unlimited score 81/100, i really don't get the /100 score system i mean what makes a game an 81 and not a 80 or 82, it's the same as sites that give a percentage score
now a /10 score is easy to understand but still it's great it's getting good scores regardless of the haters because "teh womenz" although i wont be picking it up yet, i wasn't too taken with the last Battlefield game
@FullbringIchigo So, Power Unlimited is a magazine from my country. From reading them I know they don't care too much whether a score is 1/100 higher or lower. They don't take their review scores that seriously.
The idea behind the score here is that they think the the game an 80/100 right now, but in time they expect the game to only get better. They're just having fun with the numbers.
I mean, who cares, a review score is less important than the writing.
@Kidfried i guess but when you don't have the full review/write up with the score 81/100 doesn't make much sense
Nah not too keen on the historical setting and supporting half baked games on release.
Just make Bad Company 3 already.
@FullbringIchigo I give your comment 69/100.
@get2sammyb Just a question: wouldn't it be more fair to your colleagues to not post the review scores in these kind of articles? If you were one of these writers, I assume you would want people to read your own review, instead of just glance over the score on another site.
Also, starting from the idea that review writing is more important than a number, that would be a nice stance.
@FullbringIchigo I agree, but like the old saying goes: that's why you shouldn't look at review scores, but focus on the writing instead.
Honestly, I agree with your criticism actually. I find any number confusing anyway. Personally I like Polygon's system for reviewing the most. They have "recommended", "essential" or neither as review options. To me personally that makes a lot more sense.
@Kidfried Possibly, but the link alone is good for their Google ranking. It's the way virtually everyone else does Round Ups, including Metacritic, so I'm just following unwritten rules really.
@get2sammyb Also very true. I wasn't criticising by the way, just curious how these kind of decisions get made, but that makes sense. Thanks for replying like always. And sorry for derailing a little bit.
Can't wait for Push Square's own review of the game. Most of all because I wanna know whether this campaign is better than WWI's. I haven't played the last Battlefield, and I would love a good shooty campaign in between all the open world games.
Until they release a first person war game better than MoH: Frontline, I ain't interested!
@kyleforrester87 Oh man, playing with all the costumes on was hilarious. That game was seriously fun.
@nessisonett yeah it was pretty bloody hard at points too as I recall. I think you hit auto save points on the levels and it saved your ammo count so you could get really stuck in some sections where you had a bunch of enemies to take out and limited bullets.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOyFGuGELN0
Great main theme too! (Operation Market Garden!)
@RawnDawn
YEP! With you....
@Kidfried Don't worry about it, I took it as a genuine question.
@kyleforrester87
What a game I loved that so much
@kyleforrester87 now that was a great game. I still remember for some reason i chose to buy that over final fantasy x when i could only choose 1 game. And i was a massive final fantasy fanboy at the time. There was just something about frontline i couldnt resist.the market is saturated with me too shooters now, but at the time moh was a wonderful and refreshing experience.
@kyleforrester87 Great shout on MoH: Frontline, what a game that was, definitely up there among the best WW2 games. IMO it had the best soundtrack of any game, especially the menu music Operation Market Garden by Michael Giacchino, it sounds like something from an epic Steven Spielberg war movie, really captures the theme of war, full of sorrow then suddenly dramatic. Shame they don’t make games like this anymore ☹️
Currently playing early access. There is quite a bit of bugs to be fixed before the official release.
For a couple of us the cutscenes are stuttering and the PC optimization is partly underwhelming.
But other than that the game is great so far. I could never get into COD, I want to feel the war and Battlefield V does this job very well.
Very complimentary reviews. Maybe it will save a game that seems destined to underperform and die slowly in the cold, dark, forboding shadow of Black Ops 4.
@McGuit Don't get me wrong I'm a HUGE!! BF fan and will be getting this game. I also liked the announcement but you have to admit that their is a lot of people who didn't like it (for reasons I rather not get into discussion about) and they could have announced it in a different way.
It's an EA game. I trust them as far as I can throw em.
@Grim-Tuesday the discus is an Olympic event, you know.
I’ve already pre-ordered this. Despite EA’s track record, I’ve always had faith in DICE to deliver good games, BF 4 and 1 were excellent IMO and I’m really looking forward to the WW2 setting. Time for some Band of Brother re-enactments!
Have it on pre-order. I'm chomping at the bit.
No thanks. I'm done with EA for good.
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