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[RoboPlato]

Gonna be super disappointed if the campaign isn't based on the Harlem Hellfighters.

A WWI campaign with a mythic black regiment omg.

Maybe that's what they meant by "alternate history"

As in "That real ass stuff they didn't teach you in high school"

It does seem like one of them is on the cover. Would be cool as hell if the campaign followed them, at least for part of it.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Huh wasn't really expecting anything like this so that's cool. Looking forward to the reveal now.



Honestly they would have preferred it if they didn't come back.

Sadly true, but I just thought they would see these black people risking their lives even though they were being treated VERY badly in the same country. I don't know how the Harlem Fighters could have the courage to do this even when facing racism and fighting the Germans at the same time.. I really do want to some research on WWI since I barely heard anything about that era.

 

[LNBL]

But it says Pre-order for the Hellfighter pack :/ Are we sure it's not just a MP pack?

Would be awesome if the Campaign is about them though

 

[Hassun]

Yeah they were mostly right, exact time is still up for debate, ww1 I def think it is. One last whisper, also mentioned in my last two posts yesterday (was giving hints), but highly ignored: Avanti Savoia!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnwKeiJ0j3I

But here you go

https://twitter.com/txt231

HMMMM.

 

[Evil Beaver]

lol, they have a massive event set up for this.

...but I want to have my cake and eat it too. Haha!

 

[DedValve]

Once again proving that if you throw a cape on it you'll look more badass.

We need to bring back capes.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Alternate reality WW1 confirmed. Exactly what I wanted! PERFECTION.

And yes that fucking cape is rad as fuck!

What confirms alternative reality to you?

Nothing I've seen revealed so far is historically inaccurate. The Mauser, the regiment, the trench weapons, the Zeppelin etc.

 

[draughn101]

If this game is about the Harlem Hellfighters ill be going all in, pre-ordering and purchasing all DLC.

Yep, would be an awesome move by DICE and EA.

What confirms alternative reality to you?

Nothing I've seen revealed so far is historically inaccurate. The Mauser, the regiment, the trench weapons, the Zeppelin etc.

And the cape too.

 

[Se_7_eN]

Fuck yes, I AM ALL IN!

 

[Big Green Anus]

It really depended on the country.



America has always had a lot of racial tension.

I was more so talking about America at that time, but it's good to know about Britain and France. Thank you for this!

 

[rezn0r]

People seem to not know a lot about WW1 which is another reason I'm glad it might get more attention in popular media. French soldiers started WW1 looking nearly identical to Napoleon's troops 100 years earlier.

Going to take this moment to tell everyone who is interested in this type of thing, but hasn't played Valiant Hearts, please do. It's only 6 hours or less.

 

[Flipyap]

God, I know I shouldn't expect much, but I hope this will have a unique campaign structured differently than what we've grown to expect from military shooters over the last decade.
WWI was such a fascinating nightmare, it would be a huge shame if they tried to fit it into the flashy, setpiece-driven campaign mold.

 

[Fluffhead14]

i dunno, i just can't see them going full-on ww1 for some reason. seems such a limitation on types of warfare, vehicles, accessories, equipment, etc.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Harlem Hellfighters? Breh say no more.

 

[Shady859]

Missed the Harlem Hellfighter DLC in that latest picture. That's gotta be real or one of the greatest game leak ruses of all time. Gamestop is good for something after all.

LOVE the release date being almost 3 weeks before CoD.

 

[Big Green Anus]

Going to take this moment to tell everyone who is interested in this type of thing, but hasn't played Valiant Hearts, please do. It's only 6 hours or less.

Valiant Hearts is WWI? I thought it was WWII? I have free from PlayStation Plus, so I might try it later on today.

 

[Brazil]

Just drop the trailer already, leaky EA.

 

[Alexious]

Yeah they were mostly right, exact time is still up for debate, ww1 I def think it is. One last whisper, also mentioned in my last two posts yesterday (was giving hints), but highly ignored: Avanti Savoia!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnwKeiJ0j3I

But here you go

https://twitter.com/txt231

Yes, let me play as Italian troops for once! (right...)

 

[ElzarTheBam]

poster leaked this 4 days ago on BF reddit, is looking more and more true. But again, still something that cant be verified.

Game setting - WW1 Game will not be following authentic WW1 history (in terms of weapons) Game will either be called Battlefield 1 or battlefield (year)

Maps: Armiens - ( City within france, most comparable to Siene crossing if you played BF3).

Italian Coast.

Scar

Chateau note MASSIVE church in the center of the map.

Mountain Fort (most comparable to Dem. peak from BF3)
as of last contact with source: he does not know of the rest of the maps in development but he/she has not yet seen an infantry only map

Game Modes within the game itself: (also like to note that this will be one of the largest BF games map wise)

Conquest - Game is leaning very towards CQ large

Rush - Massive improvement over BF4’s Rush gamemode/map layout

TDM - TDM will be in the game

Domination - will be in the game
(potential game mode) - Last Squad Standing - operates much like Squad Deathmatch and elimination mixed together ( teams will be able to spawn on any team mate throughout the match until they are squad wiped. eliminating them from contention) this game mode has a good chance of being competitive.

Pigeon Game mode - Game mode that operates like what we saw on BF:HL where you must hold/carry around the objective to capture it which when captured gives a point to your team, then resets.

CQ and Rush mix that’s played on the maps Scar and Amiens. Where one team must capture flags to move up onto the map much like Rush works.

Vehicles/Transportation Horses (war horses) Light tanks - one seaters (will have a self repair function) Heavy tanks - Three seaters. Scout Plane - 1 seater functions as a jet without Pods or heat seekers Bomber Plane - self explanatory. Two seater plane -
Gunner sits on the tail of the plane with a mounted gun. Rhib-like boats to reach shores

Weapons Heavy prototype weapons Fully automatic weapons much like assault rifles DMRs snipers LMGs Grenades variations are as follow: Impact grenade Incindiary Gas

Grenades Hero Gadget (Flame Thrower and Gun Combo)

Classes: Medic Support Assault Recon

Overall game enhancements

Dynamic weather on every map which includes:
Fog Rain Snow along with others
various of these will rotate on each map making every time you play it different than the last.

 

[DOWN]

Talking with an expert of warfare (the author of a famous WWI boardgame...)... he confirmed that everything which appears in the picture seems "realistic", with the exception of the mace/grenade.

It's a trench club which did exist in WWI, so great expert you've got there

 

[SomeRandomWeirdGuy]

I really hope it's as realistic as it can be. We haven't gotten a big budget WW1 game, I'd like it to be faithful. The most unfaithful I'd want it to go is perhaps experimental tanks and weapons and shit that never made it into actual combat. I also hope the campaign isn't USA focused, it wasn't our war.

 

[Theorry]

Valiant Hearts is WWI? I thought it was WWII? I have free from PlayStation Plus, so I might try it later on today.

Its WW1.

 

[maquiladora]

Alternate reality WW1 confirmed. Exactly what I wanted! PERFECTION.

And yes that fucking cape is rad as fuck!

There is no alternate reality here. It's a period accurate rain cape blowing in the wind with some fancy modern lighting effects.

 

[Filthy Casual]

 

[Samurai G0SU]

ENTERTAIN ME

YES YOU

 

[Piccoro]

So the Harlem Hellfighters are really confirmed????

I'll preorder this game the second it's put up. And I'm not even that much into FPS's!

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Can someone bring me up to speed on what's going here? I'm hearing a lot things here.

 

[kingofthedead45]

Yeah nothing in the marketing states anything about an alternative reality besides the new world part, evem when talking about vehicles it doesnt mention anything about them being unique or alternative. If it was going to have a setting like that, i feel they would mention it.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

It does seem like one of them is on the cover. Would be cool as hell if the campaign followed them, at least for part of it.

Tempering the hype because I can't see DICE or EA actually going all the way with this concept.

But man what if the shadow across that soldier's face in the gif was the Harlem Hellfighters coming over the hill.



But nah it's probably a nuclear fission powered zeppelin piloted by young mecha Hitler or something.

 

[Gamezone]

Doesn`t sound like a Battlefield that I want. I`ll wait for the trailer.

 

[Duxxy3]

This might be the most excited I've ever been about a Battlefield game.

 

[Begaria]

....I seriously hope this is fake...somehow.

1?

Really? 1?

Like Yahtzee said, some archeologist is gonna dig up our games in a distant future and announce that we were absolutely born stupid the way we were naming our titles.

Also, godfuckingdamnit they will announce the game and immediately go with a "PRE-ORDER NOW TO RECEIVE THE EXCLUSIVE ****-PACK!"

Fun fact: There actually is no Battlefield or Battlefield 1 in the series. The series started with Battlefield 1942, then Battlefield Vietnam, and then Battlefield 2. Being set in WW1, an era before the very first game in the series, it actually makes complete and logical sense to call this Battlefield 1.

Kinda like how Star Wars started with Episode 4

 

[Quonny]

I'm okay with Battlefield: Assassin's Creed.

 

[josecitoxnyo]

The original source of the placeholder image and the first to call the name "Battlefield 1" posted the names of the six single player missions.

Maybe it's from a DLC? the main game? who knows.

 

[AgentOtaku]

If this game is about the Harlem Hellfighters ill be going all in, pre-ordering and purchasing all DLC.

FUCKING INDEED!

 

[Storm Raider]

Can someone bring me up to speed on what's going here? I'm hearing a lot things here.

WW1
10.18.16
Harlem Hellfighters DLC
Image leaked on XB1 store
Game store employee uploaded advertising displayed items

 

[draughn101]

Can someone bring me up to speed on what's going here? I'm hearing a lot things here.

Look at the leaked gamestop poster. That's all that's confirmed. Main character looks WWI authentic and poster mentions Harlem Hellfighters. No evidence of "alternate" setting.

 

[S¡mon]

So... it's NOT alternate reality WW1? Disappointed if so...

It appears that the game takes place in 1920. WW1 ended in 1918, so it's likely to be alternate reality (the question really is: to what extent?).

 

[JetBlackPanda]

This might be the most excited I've ever been about a Battlefield game.

same.

 

[Evil Beaver]

Once again proving that if you throw a cape on it you'll look more badass.

We need to bring back capes.

Uhmmm...

 

[LiK]

If it turns out that the lead is just a white guy again, I wonder what happens.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

So it's not alternate ww1 though? I got Jim's amped up for that :/

Still can't believe EA are making a ww1 game O_O
And that its called BF1 :-/ ?

 

[potatohead]

Harlem Hellfighters is amazing. I'll probably pre-order this.

That's actually really cool they'd take inspiration from that group of WW1 fighters.

There's so many interesting divisions in all these huge wars. Nice that one of them is recognized in one of these big war games.

 

[Goldrusher]

Valiant Hearts is WWI? I thought it was WWII? I have free from PlayStation Plus, so I might try it later on today.

Valiant Hearts is WWI... and an amazing game.

 

[Alienous]

poster leaked this 4 days ago on BF reddit, is looking more and more true

Too much bet hedging, even with the title, which has been rumoured for a while now.

 

[UnrealEck]

I'm sceptical I'd like a WW1 shooter. I don't know much about the first world war but I assume it's mostly slow-firing rifles. I can't imagine it being all that exciting.

I was hoping for it to have been WW2. If they remade BF1942 (one of my favourite MP games ever and one of the best ever made) in Battlefront's Frostbite, it'd be amazing.

 

[raphier]

So alternate history confirmed? There was no WWI in 1920.

USA entered the war in 1917 and League of Nations was formed in 1920 January, technically I think the war never ended until 1920 peace. and resumed in 1939.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Harlem Hellfighters is Day Fucking One

Steampunk WWI is cool too.

 

[draughn101]

It appears that the game takes place in 1920. WW1 ended in 1918, so it's likely to be alternate reality (the question really is: to what extent?).

Where was the 1920 evidence?

 

[kiguel182]

Wait Battlefield 1? They really are going with that?