Electronic Arts and developer DICE continue to peel back the layers of Battlefield 1, with the latest info dump revealing four of the shooter’s multiplayer maps, along with gameplay pulled from yesterday’s EA Play event.
Shedding light on those arenas — entitled Amiens, The St. Quentin Scar, Monte Grappa and Empire’s Edge – the gallery below includes brief descriptions of each map.
As for gameplay, a pair of YouTube clips demonstrate aerial combat and what it’s like to take point as the game’s Assault class. Speaking of which, Battlefield 1 has four classes for infantry: Assaults, Medics, Scouts and Support. Vehicles, on the other hand, will be accessible via the Pilot and Tanker classes.
Battlefield 1 also introduces Operations, an all-new online mode “where your actions have consequences beyond a single match.” Speaking to IBTimes UK, Producer Andreas Morell stated:
“So you’ll be playing St Quentin Scar, that’s the first map which would lead on – if you manage to push the defenders off the map – to a fight inside Amiens. It’s that sequence of battles over several months that we can do.”
Alas, it appears players won’t be able to select a female soldier in the shooter’s multiplayer component. Per Eurogamer:
You’ve been great about diversity. There will be female soldiers.
We revealed the female soldier you’ll get to play as part of the campaign. For us, we wanted to stick to authenticity but also do it in a respectful way and an inclusive way, where we portray the different armies – not always as it was, but to portray the multitude of soldiers that fought within the different armies, showing this war in a modern way as part of what DICE believes and what Battlefield believes.
Can you choose a female soldier in multiplayer?
No, not in multiplayer. Just in single-player.
Battlefield 1 has been slated for an October 21 release across PS4, Xbox One and PC.
[Sources: Eurogamer via NeoGAF, Matimi0 (YouTube), ponylionHD (YouTube), VG247, Battlefield, IBTimes UK]
Battlefield 1 Maps Details
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Amiens
"A destructive clash in a majestic city. Fight on the streets and squares in French city of Amiens during the German spring offensive. A struggle in crumbling alleys, a courthouse, around bridges and railways where the British and the Germans desperately seek to control the depths of the city."
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Empire’s Edge
"Along the Adriatic coast a fierce struggle for land and life is taking place. A rugged but fortified shore becomes the battlefield for an empire under siege. What was once a beautiful Mediterranean village by the coast is now transformed by mechanized war, where waves and dreadnought battleships pound the remains of Italy’s Great War."
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Monte Grappa
"Take part in one of the final battles among the peaks of kings in the Venetian Alps. High up above the clouds a desperate fight for control of mountain forts are challenging even the toughest soldiers. Utilize the massive fort cannons to stop the advancing enemies as they scale the mountainside. Up here, in this furious struggle, the Austro Hungarian Empire holds the upper hand, but the Italian Army won’t stop until they’ve taken back what’s theirs."
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The St. Quentin Scar
"A massive attack on the scarred battlefields of northern France. As part of the Kaiser’s battle, the German army throws everything they have to try to break through the British lines. Prepare for truly cataclysmic assaults as you push through the trenches of the St. Quentin Scar. Be the first soldier to break through the fortified lines and assault the pristine village of Travecy, untouched by the war… until now."
