Battlefield V

Well, I am very surprised to be saying this but after playing the 10 hour trial of Battlefield V on Origin Access, I can say that it is a great game! I didn't really enjoy the Alpha or Beta but things have improved a lot since. The gameplay just feels great, all maps (except maybe Fjell) are great, destruction is amazing. Ignore all the drama surrounding the game with historical inaccuracies etc, once you are in game playing, it is fun as hell.

I have bought the game on release which is extremely rare for me, I was also tempted to stump up the extra for the origin access premier subscription to continue playing early access. Common sense took over though and decided I can wait 9 more days

If you didn't like the release trailer or alpha/beta I would recommend giving it another look.

That's good to know. I wasn't that fussed after playing the beta
I still think BF1 is the best 1st person shooter

Give it a go. I love BF 1 and have put in 590 hours but now want to play BF V more. Check some of Jackfrags vids

Only played BF V for 2 hours so far with EA Access but I have to say I like it a lot. Bearing in mind that having limited health and ammo is one of the main changes to the game it seems strange that the starting support gun (KE7?) is by far and away the best starting gun and as it's a support gun you will never run out of ammo so the new change doesn't feel like a change at the mo.
Overall I think the changes they've done are for the better as it promotes team play but the medic probably needs maybe 1 other type of gun that can do medium/long range as they are absolutely useless on a couple of the huge wide open maps like that Sandy one.

Cheers for the tip IG

Good review here from Jack Frags

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGLxpJlveak

He's not impressed

Edited by deleted (Sun 18-Nov-18 11:40:04)

Downloading it now. £39.99 on PSN

KE7 is a very good gun..one of the best. The assaults starting gun is great also. Hardly played recon or medic so can't really comment on them.

Ammo is not a problem for support but definitely does make a difference for the other classes. Big plus is no more grenade spamming.. though I was guilty of that in BF 1

Agree the changes do put more importance on team play, which is good.

Hope you are still enjoying it

Hope you like it

I have put in 40 hours now - still think it is a great Battlefield. Maps are great, infantry combat feels great, though be aware the TTK is lower than BF 1. Most guns feel pretty powerful, you can take people out with a few taps of the trigger if you get headshots, at long distance also.

The tanks are nowhere near as good as BF 1 - very weak, the only good tactic at the moment is to hang back and snipe with them. They are also more realistic to handle so harder than in BF 1. Much harder to dominate in one. This is my main negative of the game.

Sometimes having bugs where I spawn with the wrong weapons or don't have ammo for some of my weapons.

My main worry for the game is how soon they release maps - they need to keep them coming and they need to be as good as the ones we have.

Here's my view of it
I've been playing it now for 3 hours. Not having any fun yet, all I do is die, respawn and die again

One thing I've noticed it that the point of view is different, it feels like I'm further away from my gun and sort of looking down a tunnel at it

It seems crazy to me that the best guns each class can have are the ones you start with.
Apart from changing the sights I can't upgrade them either, all I can do is make them look pretty which I really couldn't give a [censored] about A larger mag would be useful.
KE7 is good with a sight fitted but only has 25 in the mag. I think that should have been an assault gun not support

**Edit**
Just found out that you can change other things about them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RirA7ScYyxU


Waste of time trying to revive team mates unless you're a medic as that just gets you killed. If you're led down in cover and try reviving someone it makes you sit up and the enemy can see you and will shoot you. Plus it takes too long.

Building defenses in capture the flag seems pointless too. I only play CTF and once the flag is captured everyone [censored] off to the next one, so all you've done is given your enemy some nice shiny new defenses to use while capturing the flag back. Plus you will be shot [censored] around building them

So far I think BF1 is a better game

Edited by deleted (Tue 04-Dec-18 09:23:04)

In reply to a post by Lt_Swan:

One thing I've noticed it that the point of view is different, it feels like I'm further away from my gun and sort of looking down a tunnel at it

I've not noticed a difference TBH. It sounds like a FOV (field of view) change, Have you looked at any recommendations online for BFV settings?. I'm wondering if you've changed the FOV setting while doing a setup that people have recommended or vice versa if you had changed the settings on BF1 and are now back to default on BF5.