That wide range is also present in the gameplay depending on what theater of war you've selected, with chapters focusing on deadly trench warfare, tank combat, aerial dog fighting, or desert horseback shooting. There's not much connecting them all together, so you'll see a wider range of characters and have less time to get to know them, and of course there isn't the star power of Game Of Throne's Kit Harington on display like with IW. The single player campaign consists of much shorter, self-contained chapters covering very different stories spread across WWI, both in time and location.
While Infinite Warfare is big, boisterous, and flashy, Battlfield 1 ( read our full review) is really the opposite, offering a much more intimate look at smaller, more individualized slices of a world spanning war.
Speaking of, some of those space locations look simply stunning, and are worth staring at for awhile if you aren't getting actively shot at. Interesting different modes are available for those who like a serious challenge, like no natural healing in Specialist mode or the incredibly difficult YOLO option that actually features permadeath.įurther changing things up from Ghosts or Modern Warfare, there are now side missions for upgrading equipment, and you get to interact with the world a bit more by watching news stories onboard a space ship. There are big changes though when piloting a spaceship for zero-grav dog fighting, which goes way beyond any vehicle piloting mini-games seen previously in Call Of Duty. The cut scenes also really nail the futuristic feel, and create a sense of awe in the single player campaign.
That might be good or bad - I particularly like the Modern Warfare series, so this was a plus for me - but if you thought this game would be radically different, it may be a negative. While you happen to be on other planets, the actual combat frequently takes place in environments that feel startlingly familiar, like any given office structure or European city you fought through in MW3. The guys in your squad move ahead and stealthily take out guards muttering “he's down” just like in any given previous CoD iteration. You'll hear dialog like “tracking two targets below, head down, take 'em out," which could have just as easily come from the opening to Modern Warfare 2 when sneaking into that wintry Russian base. Despite featuring a fall from a spaceship onto a moon of Jupiter, everything about the game's opening segment feels like any mission intro from the Modern Warfare series. What's interesting is that even though this CoD entry is almost entirely space-based, the scenarios and dialog are remarkably similar to what you've come to expect from previous games, and this isn't nearly the departure that might have been anticipated.
They couldn't be more different on the locations: Infinite Warfare takes place on exotic locales like Europa, Mars, and space stations, while Battlefield 1 hops around very terrestrial environments, offering everything from muddy trenches to high altitude mountain ranges and even deserts. These two games take radically different approaches on the story front, both in what kinds of stories they tell, how the characters are presented, and where everything goes down. Now that both games are here it's time to directly compare them and ask: who really comes out triumphant? Single Player Campaign There's no question that the hate has flowed strongly towards Infinite Warfare, with a record number of dislikes hitting the original story trailer, and an inverse amount of love for the very slick Battlefield 1 teasers.