Games

Battlefield V

EA Digital Illusions CE

2018•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 10 hours

Taste attributes: actionwaranimalsbusinesshistoricalvehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA wide-ranging, grounded shooter: pacy and dark. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

IGDB rating

74 / 100

438 ratings

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About This Game

Battlefield V is a first-person shooter set during World War II. Its multiplayer features large-scale battles with infantry, vehicles, and aircraft across various theaters of the war, with modes including Grand Operations (multi-stage campaigns simulating wartime offensives) and Firestorm (a battle royale mode). The single-player component consists of episodic "War Stories" that follow different characters across lesser-known fronts of the conflict. The game emphasizes squad-based teamwork, player customization through a Company system, and resource scarcity. It is the successor to the World War I-themed Battlefield 1.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Battlefield V tells its stories through a series of standalone War Stories set across different fronts of World War II. In occupied Norway, a young woman named Solveig fights to rescue her mother Astrid, a resistance fighter captured while helping British commandos sabotage a German heavy water facility tied to nuclear research. In North Africa, a convicted bank robber named Billy Bridger is conscripted into the Special Boat Service alongside the stern George Mason, tasked with destroying German airfields behind enemy lines. In southern France, a young Senegalese soldier named Deme Cisse joins...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionWarAnimalsBusinessHistoricalVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

ControversyNazisRay tracing

Where to play

Details

Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 20 November 2018
Series: Battlefield
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 5h rushed, 10h normally
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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