Battlefield 1 is shallow

What a bummer, played the game since launch day and came to the conclusion it is already boring. Battle packs are only eye candy, I personal don't care about skins. Once lever 3 is reached you just choose the best gun and that's IT. From there on you just run around capping flags for war bonds so you can unlocking an other shitty gun.

The game is not motivating you to keep playing a class so that you have new weapons for that class or to unlock or weapons customization options to unlock. It is the same with vehicles and planes. I already bug out of it because of the repetition. There is nothing to look forward to or to work to. Battlefield 1 is just a slightly improved Star wars Battlefront.

I think it is refreshing that the equipment is basic, it let's player skill shine. Less focus on equipment means that people can focus on gameplay, tactics, and technique more, and boy....there is a lot of it. It plays a lot different than any other Battlefield I have played (which is essentially all of them because, outside of the occasional change, they all play the same).

I favor medic and they have changed it quite a bit. You need to be a lot more tactical, hang back, bide your time. You can actually equip a semi-auto sniper rifle, support your close-combat troops by taking pot-shots at enemies while healing your buddies, then run up and revive when needed. It's a lot of fun! And quite different from previous games where you zoom in and spray and pray and kind of act like a crazy half Ramby, half Doctor guy which was fun but also stupid.

The weapons take some getting used to, but they're also a lot more fun because they are, for lack of a better word, a lot more primitive than what we are used to. I mean WWI was the start of the automatic weapon era so we are going into a time where we are still using horses, swords, and melee weapons even and just starting to use machine guns and planes and tanks so you see a lot of slaughter and mayhem when these two things collide. It's really awesome, and while I won't say there is melee combat per se, there's a lot of close combat to be had.

It's a very rich experience. Every session requires you to push your keyboard in and take close remember to blink as to wet your eyes lol.

They offer a new mode called operations which is simply amazing. You need to sometimes set aside an hour or so as it can go on for a while, but it offers some intense experiences. A lot of fun. The campaigns are short but sweet, they play like really good short stories; short, to the point, they end before you get annoyed with the characters or plot like with your favorite TV shows lol.

The game is far from shallow. If anything, it's depth is in it's simplicity.

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I like the game. WW1 isn't nearly as common a setting as WW2. The guns are all pretty interesting so far. Although the Lewis Gun seems weak to me, which is a shame because it's pretty badass otherwise. I'm capable of getting multiple kills with a sniper rifle in this game, whereas in other Battlefields I'm lucky if I get a hit marker. Operations is really fun. I usually play TDM, but I think I'll lean towards Ops from now on.

A random side note: The reload animations for bolt action rifles are So. Damn. Sexy.

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Personally I don't play Battlefield just to unlock new weapons. I play it for the actual gameplay.

Only caring about unlocking new weapons and not taking the time to actually enjoy the game is whats shallow.

I don't think there is a "best" gun for each class, just a gun that suits your playstyle the best and fits the situation the best. I find myself switching between guns within the classes quite frequently to maximize my performance given the map and situation my team is in.

I definitely do not draw any comparisons of BF1 to Battlefront. BF1 is a far more robust game with much more depth than Battlefront in every single way. The moment-to-moment gameplay is where all of the depth is, not in the unlocking and customization of your dude. That's not real depth, that's a grind.