The Guns of the Battlefield 1 Trailer
I normally try to keep the worlds of guns and games separate, but sometimes, when everybody’s talking about it…
Matt of Historical Firearms and Othais of C&Rsenal both have taken a look at the new trailer for Battlefield 1, the cheekily named WWI era shooter video game recently announced by Swedish developer DICE over the weekend. You can watch the Battlefield 1 trailer below, if you haven’t already:
The Historical Firearms overview of the weapons is available at the link here, and you can watch C&Rsenal’s video below.
Battlefield 1 is perhaps a mile marker for the current resurgence of interest in the First World War (for those not into video games, it is significant as a game by a major developer that is set in WWI). Whether you are a video gamer or not, the setting of the Great War, presented in textbooks as a boring, static stalemate, has not until now been a major foundation for many video games or movies. However, now in an era of a very tired and well-worn World War II genre in video games, movies, and television, and the coming of the 2014 Centennial of the start of the First World War, that era has seen a huge growth of interest in every medium. It deserves it, too, as World War I was the proving ground for modern tactics and weapons, setting the stage for all conflicts that came after, especially World War II.
Nathaniel is a history enthusiast and firearms hobbyist whose primary interest lies in military small arms technological developments beginning with the smokeless powder era. He can be reached via email at nathaniel.f@staff.thefirearmblog.com.
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"However, now in an era of a very tired and well-worn World War II genre in video games,"
That would have been true if this was like 2006, not 2016. Actually, it's more-so the modern era to futurist shooters that are pretty tired out now.
Nonetheless, I'm VERY interested in Battlefield 1, even if a cinematic trailer is all they showed us. DICE has never really been THAT historically accurate. Thus, the game will still feature scarcely-used and prototype weapons, and there's still going to be a lot of fast-paced, chaotic warfare, depending on the map.
Assault is confirmed to have SMGs, Medic has semi-automatic rifles, Support has machine guns and possibly automatic rifles, and Scout has bolt-action sniper rifles.
Battlefield 1982 coming never ever.
Just kill me now.