As someone who waited 16 years for Battlefield to return to the war that was always the best fit for its gameplay in the first place, I'll probably get it. Not because I want to, but because it may be time for me to finally concede that this is as good as it's ever going to get. I played the Beta and the gunplay was solid, but when the highest praise I can give it is that it looks like it's fixed most of the fuckups Battlefield 1 had, that's not very encouraging.
It looks gorgeous. But it's not a battle. It's 4 or 8 vehicles at a time with everyone else in a skirmish on foot. Where's the whirling mass of aircraft that once swarmed over Britain and the Coral Sea? The legions of tanks that smashed each other and fortifications at Aberdeen and El Alamein? Where are the whole fleets, submarines, heavy bombers, landing craft, Russians, Japanese, Canadians, Eastern Front, Pacific theatre, torpedoes, bazookas, etc etc etc?
All we wanted was an expanded BF 1942, us players who were there from the start. Instead we're getting barely half the launch content, with WW2 looking like an utter circus. I'm definitely not getting it until all the reviews are out, because it's not a game I would usually buy.
But if Battlefield doesn't return to WW2 again until 2034, what choice have I got, really?
