Battlefield V preview: World War II is strangely beautiful under the northern lights | Game | Entertainment

Battlefield V is not concerned with complying with first-person shooter campaign standards during the Second World War.

This means that Battlefield V does not start with the emblematic landings of D-Day in Normandy or with a heroic charge to the Reichstag with a flag of the Soviet Union on hand.

Instead, Battlefield V seems intent on telling new, immersive, and complex stories during a period that has been widely covered since the meeting of the three Allied leaders in Potsdam in 1945.

EA DICE returns once again to his method of storytelling war stories that debuted in Battlefield 1.

Recently, Express.co.uk grabbed the Battlefield V prologue and the first two chapters that showed the potential of this upcoming title as a single player.

The city of Rjukan in Norway hosted the War stories chapter entitled Nordlys, which looked strangely beautiful in the Second World War.

Play in adolescence looking for his mother during a harsh winter with the Northern Lights covering the snow of a green aura is not a typical scenario nor a frame that you associate immediately to the Second World War.

EA DICE wanted to create a sense of uniqueness in his single-player campaign, according to Battlefield Franchise director Daniel Berlin, who spoke with the publication.

"The blessing in disguise is that there are many sources on the Second World War, it's just that popular culture does not necessarily linger there.

"It's often the same representation of these wars, so when we started, we said to ourselves," OK, Battlefield 1 had an approach that was invisible, invisible, "and suddenly, you're no longer just in muddy trenches in Europe, in a desert and you are like "wow was it part of the first world war?"

"So it really works for us so we said this time we're going to continue in World War II at Battlefield V.

"As soon as you start your research, as soon as you start digging and looking around you, there are so many stories to tell and that's why we got attached to stories like colonial soldiers French in the gunner because there has not been much description of this, he is often seen as a forgotten company fighting on a forgotten forehead.

"We really wanted you to play without being played and feel new and feel new, and that was important."

Berlin added that the return to the Second World War was a bit like a homecoming for the franchise that has not explored the global conflict since Battlefield 1943 (only download), released in 2009.

"He thinks in particular that Battlefield V goes back to the Second World War, as if you knew 1942, it's really here.

"That seems very true to us, I would not say that Battlefield is a limited franchise at this time in particular, but I think that if you search internally, the developers are passionate about that time and by nostalgia for that time.

"So, I would say that Battlefield lends itself well to a representation of both science fiction, contemporary military works, historical works, and it will be interesting to work with this franchise in the future and see where we can go. shoot that. "

The campaigns of World War II are usually linear affairs, with commanders barking advanced orders into flooded trenches and bombarded fields of artillery.

Nordlys stands apart from conventions and propels you into an expansive winter wonderland that offers the player a real choice as to how he will approach this two-hour chapter.

The city of Rjukan is certainly not an open world, but the player has several options to achieve his goal.

Battlefield V does not hold the player's hand, but confides and understands that the game is more fun when higher levels of freedom are introduced.

Nordlys' war story gave us several paths to choose from and the possibility of letting the bullets ring, stealthily slaughtering the German war machine or sneaking away.

Gunplay in Battlefield V feels tight, mechanically nuanced and satisfying, while stealthy shooting performance is definitely more repetitive and familiar.

Sneaking through an entire chapter is incredibly satisfying, but the enemy's artificial intelligence has almost always noticed our efforts to move forward, resulting in grenade firing and fierce gunfire.

The size of the levels to explore certainly impressed us; a part of the Nordlys chapter in particular provides the player with three zones to visit and allows to tick the objectives present to each one in any order.

In addition, the chapter also provides the player with a handy set of skis that allows for a quick and satisfying ride.

Although the locations in Battlefield V are very unique, the goals that the game had filled us were not.

Blowing up hardware, eliminating some enemies and sabotaging electronics are tasks that will certainly not last long in our memory once the Nordlys chapter is finished.

Battlefield V seems determined to avoid describing the Second World War as the gigantic number of troops that fought in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Instead, the title tells the story of individuals and such a premise is incredibly tempting.

However, delivering the campaign in War Stories means that the player spends only a few hours in a set before throwing it into a new one.

This leaves in doubt the impact of interactions and consequences between the characters on the player if he did not have enough time to invest emotionally.

Thus, although we have tackled the themes of racism in a different chapter with a French colonial troop, we still do not know how much the Battlefield V themes and their content will be concrete when the final product is released on November 20th.

Graphically, Battlefield V offers an incredibly stunning visual palette and is undoubtedly the most detailed representation of the Second World War in a video game.

The mud covers your weapon after plunging desperately into a trench, the environment is filled with details and everything comes with striking sound effects.

We are extremely excited to be fully engaged in the Battlefield V Single Player offer and hope that the unique characters, settings and weapons will continue to surprise us.

Battlefield V will be launched with a prologue and three war stories for players.

However, a fourth war story will arrive later this year and give players another reason to return to the proposed content for a single player.

Release of Battlefield V on November 20th.