*hates war* *immediately friendly fires on a medic point blank with a tank shell*

I don't think DICE will ever make a battlefield as good as BF1. Truly a special game

the moment you realize actual people have died like that in war your mood can take a completely different turn. Lets keep wars in games only🙏

just noticed that the Alexander Marshall was 32 years old when he died in the game, Myron Brown was 19 when he died and Paul McClatchi is 33 years old when he died. That's interesting knowing the age of the people we play as in the opening scene of BF1.

Battlefield 1: "War is hell and a tragedy. There is no glory in war." Battlefield 2042: "Don't be sad, this is just how it works out sometimes."

My death as the first soldier was from running out of ammo. I ran into cover and tried so hard to run back to my allies but never made it.

I’ve always thought the beginning of this game hit differently to any other shooting game. It was impactful as it humanised all sides in war, and as someone with ancestors who fought and died on both sides of both word wars I think this is an immensely important message, perhaps today more than ever. Don’t vilify the soldier, vilify the war. This game was truly one of its kind and I doubt anything else will be able to come close to it for a very long time…

When I played this campaign it really struck me quite deep. Such treacherous ways to go man. And the fact that many soldiers were just regular teenagers too...

Sadest part of this is getting shot by a friendly tank as a paramedic helping others.

I have died so many times without really knowing where the bullets are coming from. And being confused and frustrated while being shot at. I remember thinking this must be how real war must be like. Imagine spending your last seconds feeling frustrated by how you weren’t even given a chance to fight what ended you.

This was the best start of any game. When I died as first character and saw dogtag with years of life, it sent shivers down my spine. This was more than five years ago and I still remember it better than anything else in this game

Absolutely unmatched, the campaign, story, multiplayer even had a story.. based on real world events.. the atmosphere... Everything.. Multiplayer conquest it really felt like your were grinding down skin and bone and that victory felt so satisfying while even the defeat felt amazing... Even after all of the approvments to BF2042. I can only play 1 or 2 matches at a time and then get bored.. BF1.. All night because it felt like your fighting for something

If we could have got an entire game comprised of just this, it would be a masterpiece and a work of horrifying art

"What follows is frontline combat. You are not expected to survive."

It's always a good vibe when Sin uploads!

So many of my family members have been in war, I myself wanted to go to war to prove to everyone that I too accomplished an served my country... but after watching this I feel that I might end up in a body bag if I were to go to war the pain an suffering I would leave everyone... thankyou for making this video.

What's incredibly sad is the ages of the soldier's If you actually look at the ages of the soldier's after you die you see most of them are in their late teens to early 20s and this is painfully historical accurate as that's the average age for a soldier in this time World war 1 was known as the lost generation because so many young men died

What shocked me the most in the campaign and why I couldn't play it was the fact that it is not a main character story. If your soldier dies, the story continues without him and you then play someone else and this is a too realistic and honest gameplay for me..

Playing BF1 during 2016-2018 on my first Xbox ever gifted by my father this was an absolute BLAST. I miss those good days so much dude

In that same mission, during the tank sequence, you can spot a shell-shocked soldier just slowly walking through the battlefield as bullets whiz around him. I'm disappointed that wasn't shown in this video. It would have been a great addition.

I remember playing this part for the first time and I was flabbergasted. I didn't really know how to feel, it spoke volumes of the horrors of war and how life was lost so cheaply and easily

I honestly think, that the prologue of bf1 is one of the most chilling experiences I've had. Each time i reinstall the game, I play it and nearly cry by the end. This game solely made me realize, that war isn't about glory and fame. Its about blood, fear and death. For this reason alone I say that bf1 is my favorite bf title

“Well well well, that was fun!”

Battfield 1 came out when I was at my lowest. One of the missions that still makes me tear up is the one with Mateo, being that I have 3 brothers. 2 younger and 1 older

I thought I just sucked at gaming when I started playing, immediately dying 5 times. Took a minute to realize it was how the story was told. Fantastic game and it always goes on sale on steam

I don't think DICE's message was for us to hate war more than it is to just educate us war isn't the all action bulletfest that we mostly see in video games and movies and is instead a form of hell that should never ever happen. This is more evident with the line: "So many of us thinking this war would be our rite of passage, our great adventure. Let me tell you, it was no adventure."

Meanwhile in BF2042: "What a time to be alive !"

Love the message at the end bro

Thats why this game is the best they ever made

and just for reference, WW1 combat was never ever like this, it was just straight over the top suicide, you got out a trench 80-90% of your assault is gonna die. THATS JUST the typical combat, there was sickness, suicide, drowning in your trench while your asleep, the cold, artillery if long enough could just cause you to go insane. WW1 was a different beast, combat and war is very different today (Ukraine is a small but most recent example of Trench warfare)

This and COD MW Remastered were my first two FPS games. BF1 will always be my favorite. I used to play the multiplayer for hours when it was thriving with people. It was genuinely a tough game to be good at.

Man when I was play bf1 and won a game I especially in oparations I always felt so tired and worn and celebrated as if we won a battle that would be written in history I loved bf1 I got to relive history with some of my best friends the war story’s made me cry

Easy Red 2 has this type of mechanic where you die as a soldier and it displays their name and date born/ended then you switch to a soldier somewhere else in the field, wish more games had it

Even in the multiplayer sometimes I wanted to quit the game because I got disgusted by the hardcore violence and terrified by the screams of the dying people in intense pain. Truly a masterpiece.

i had the same epiphany playing the first Medal of Honor, allied assault on pc. i think it took me 20+ lives to storm that beach on d-day and then realized, that's 20 people died for 1 person to get off the beach. the utter chaos and confusions felt by the soldiers felt, it was such an immersive experience. the rest of the game felt very different to me after that.

That was a good Battlefield singleplayer intro. Makes you think

I really liked that opening in BF1. It's beautifully done. I think more campaigns could have used this mechanic when your character's death is terminal and the game just carries on. Especially with the names and dates showing when you die, it makes it feel personal and true.

Battlefield 1 wasn't a game it was an experience...

I would have added a transition in which we play a powerful banker in his office rubbing his hands for having bought when the cannons sound and thinking of selling when the trumpets sound.

good message, and we as a better generation will likely follow through with it

This is the reason why I play lots of war Games, Battlefield shows the emotions of a soldier and their story in a war, and Hell Let Loose shows the realistic part of the war that it's so easy to die in combat, Enlisted not only offer the real part but also shows me how awful it is to have my platoon being killed because of a small tactic mistake and the rank difference between my weapon and the enemy's weapon, and Ace Combat shows how weak a facility is under the heavy fire by a plane. The more I understand how war goes, the more I want to avoid it. Humans should cooperate like a race, it's meaningless to have wars occur on this planet and destroy millions of families.

To be honest I didn't expect this video to get many views at all. Most people these days just want an easy consumable content like memes. But I'm so freaking happy to be proven wrong! This comment section is seriously making my day. People are actually sharing their thoughts in detail. I'm proud of everyone here for keeping it real and having a meaningful discussion. Keep it up brothers!

I heard a quote somewhere that Wars are fought by people that don’t know eachother but fight. Led by Old people that know eachother but don’t fight.

Having heard the stories of frontline soldiers in WW2 in person, many said they survived by chance.

I don't think an FPS as great as BF1 will ever happen again The immersion of this game was OFF THE CHARTS The opening alone is why it's one of the greatest.

I played this for the first time ever trying not to die in the first mission (or just like any other game) and was actually surprised by the turn it took. Never played a game quite like this. The closest thing I can think to this is Lone Wolf from Halo Reach.

This is how battlefield makes you hate war- *instantly shoots guy on a stretcher with a cannon*

Replayed the first section over and over to survive as long as possible, eventually clicked on both my guns and had to rush some German with my shovel, he saw that and actually did the same. Somehow I got him despite his mates shooting at me

“Instead of adventure we found fear, and in war the only true equalizer is death.”

Before the chapter begins, there's a line which reads "What follows is frontline combat. You are not expected to survive." Those words sat in my head for a really long time.

From experience in playing Battlefield V, It can get really frustrating, and I reme playing one of the solo campaigns on hard or something, oh man, survival rates were just out the window

This is the masterpiece.

Battlefield 1 is easily one of the most meaningful FPS games of the 2010’s. I learned more about ww1 from that game than any history class. Never forget history and never let anyone clown on you for studying it.

The experience of being bogged down behind the sand dunes in Suez, the entire enemy team trenched in the town facing the hill, charging time after time to try and break their defense , the town slowly turning into rubbles under the fire of tanks and rocket launchers, is one off the most immersive and striking moments I’ve ever witnessed in a multiplayer game, or even in any game. Bf1 was something else…

A masterpiece in its presentation

That feeling you got watching the final act of Edge of Tomorrow.

I felt this game was for the unspoken heroes and the forgotten. Really do love this mission though because it really shows reality of it all.

Correct.. Everything about war is nothing but hatred, fear and death.. There is little to no honor in war.. What this game's cutscene narrated to us is the truth.. War is not an adventure or an exciting experience.. I remember, when i signed up for the Ground Force, my relatives and other family members were so proud and provided support for me.. I was just as naive and stupid as those who died on WW1 & WW2... All i thought about was just honor and glory about serving my country.. When i finished my training, i got sent to Syria.. Stationed in Aleppo as reinforcements for combat and peace keeping mission for 3 years... On 20 October 2019, my unit got an order to reinforce the 3rd motorized infantry unit which was struggling againts 700 strong militants.. Against my own judgement for my unit's safety, we departed from camp to this part of ancient city of Aleppo named Bab al Fijrin.. The night on the same date around 22:00 hours, we took a little rest on this destroyed district named Suleimani.. It went so suddenly and violently.. We got ambushed by the militants reinforcement waiting there... They came at us from all sides... Numbering around 250 of them... Some armed with rocket launchers, IEDs and they had this modified armored toyota trucks with large calibre machine gun on the back.. I gave the order to fall back and we took refuge in this still intact of a building that seemed to be a 8 story department store.. We fought them as hard as we could.. They fired everything they have upon us... We managed to fend them off after a hard fight... Killing 171 of them but, i lost my buddy Ilya in the process.. He got blown in half by a rocket.. I took a shrapnel to my forehead but, luckily it didn't penetrate through, a richocet grazed my right cheek bone, some more shrapnel to the knee and thigh.. 27 men we went, only 7 survived.. After my unit was relieved, i was sent back home and discharged from the army with the rank of Sergeant at the age of 24 due to severe wounds and trauma... I got decorated with Medal of Suvorov, Medal of Courage, and Medal of Merit to the Fatherland 2nd class with sword.. Some of my friends and family members said that i must have felt some pride and honor after i earned that medal.. No.. I did not.. What good honor and pride do for you if you lost a part of yourself earning it? Even today, i still remember the scream and agony of my men... I feel i don't deserve these medals... Those who died in battle, should be the one deserves it.. They were the true heroes... Now, I'm slowly recovering from the PTSD and thanks to my family and my lovely Japanese wife for helping me with it.. From a Former Russian Ground Force Sergeant.. Hopefully there would be no need for war in the upcoming future..

Even in multiplayer I pretend each life i have is from a different soldier's pov

intro of BF1 was so damn genius! This immersion...unparalleled!

This part was shocking and brilliant. A highlight of the battlefield series. Before this I'd only played the pulpy, gungho war games like COD. Not only seeing a piece of history I wasn't aware of (all black regiment in WWI fighting in no man's land) but also playing multiple characters that quickly die chaotic and brutal deaths was a new kind of gaming experience for me. It was a different kind of realism and had emotional weight. Like, these could easily be real stories, if you're just taking a snapshot of the battlefield.

No game Will give you the true war vibes like bf1 did, Simply a masterpiece, you can feel the Chaos of the war even in online gameplay

Damn your last sentences in the video really hits hard... Yeah less war more peace. Lets enjoy wars only in games and movies

This game was so damn good. It still to this day has the best sound design and immersion I've ever experienced in a FPS. No agendas being pushed, no attacking the fans; just an amazing war game with its history treated with respect.

We only live once, so value it.

And the last DLC, apocalypse.. Passchendaele is truly terrifying, that map gave me the chills

The german soldier walking with shell shock sticked with me to this day. So sad for real.

I’ll still remember the first time I played this to start of the game. I was blown away by what I was being presented with, the immersion and the brutality of world war 1. It is this game alone that got me so intrigued into learning about ww1 and ww2 and the hell it brought. And may I add, the introduction of ‘operations’ in multiplayer was one of the best experiences of my life, learning the story of certain operations throughout the war and you learn what each country was doing and then you just jump straight into the fight as either side and as you start you hear a speech and then a war cry to pump you up. Phenomenal, simply phenomenal.

I 've read 'Nothing New In The West' a few years ago, and it made me think really deep about the horrors of war. For those of you who haven't got the opportunity to read it, I strongly recommend it is a great book.

Side note, this made me cherish the lives of my fellow NPC’s a lot more

It's good if games portray these basically haphazard outcomes. How many times did Hackworth (who wrote about his life in "About Face") make it out alive of some situation by some grace which can not be attributed to skill or preparation or vigilance? No one should come away from these games with a sense that war is simply a matter of skill or that infantry combat is a sort of choreography which, if executed perfectly, guarantees some kind of applause. People can do everything right and still end up dead.

This intro of the game literally made my jaw drop in disbelief & immersed me so much & made me imagine what those poor lives had to go through at such a young age just by mentioning their name and date of birth & death. Most of them were late teens or early 20's.

bro shot the guy holding the stretcher🤣

"Make no mistake war is coming, with all it's glory, and all it's horror!"

To be honest, I would've love that the whole campaign would've been played like that. Not with a monologue between each death, but to be transfered in another soldier's life. In my first playthrough I was playing pretty casual, thinking I was in a nobody with a name but don't care he'll survive through the whole shit, like every other games. But you got to go into another soldier with a name, you got the birth and death year after the death. In my second playthrough, I did EVERYTHING that was in my power to survive as much as freakin' possible to keep the buddy alive. That was something unique I've never felt into an FPS before, I would've paid for a DLC with missions only with that mechanic, awesome way to put you through war and how horrible it is, even though you can already see how devastating it is without that.

Man those earlier BF and COD storylines hit different, absolutely beautiful and masterpieces. I've not played those for almost 12 years, i hope someday I'll find the time to revisit those old memories of mine

for me BF1 was the best war FPS game ever. I played it almost every day back then and still love it.

I just played this game recently and boy, that opening hit hard. Idt I've ever played a game that hit like that before. The weight of each death, knowing damn well you gave it all you had and the distress of each situation. There was one in the ruins where they just didn't stop coming. You were out of ammo picking up anything you got. You were scared for your life. there was one point the flame troopers were breeching our lines and I just sat in the corner scared shooting what came at me cause there was nothing I could do. This game is a true masterpiece.

just started playing this game yesterday and i was mindblowned for how good the intro cutscene was! ❤

This prologue to the war stories is what ive been missing in a triple A fps since world at war. Depicting killing each other as something that isnt fun and light hearted. Showing war as brutal, dirty, ugly, and gritty. I thought this game was going to set the precident moving forward, boy was i wrong... What a mess it became. The added touch of reading a name after you die, seeing the death date written as if reading a tombstone, gave so much character to the "unnamed" person you play as. Truly a once in a lifetime game.

Best game ever made. In my mind it will never be topped. So many hours of fun with my friends

started it again yesterday.. sad none is playing it, but at least this intro missiond and the short stories are still amazing

I was in the Army at the time this game came out. My then girlfriend, now wife got visibly sick and flooded with anxiety when I played the intro, thinking the same would happen to me one day. DICE really did one hell of a job with BF1.

I love the Epilog from BF1. Not only how often and random you die. At some point you can’t even differentiate your enemies from allies and vice versa

Wars ain't jokes. They're either for most cruel or most courageous. Anyone mediocre would suffer like hell.

yes bro its better to be alone than in a squadron in a war

I loved this intro to BF1, the mechanic of it going for as long as you can remain alive, and then switching seemlessly to another soldier on death was so cool. I was disappointed when I found out none of the other campaign missions were like that. I really want a game to be based on that mechanic. I know enlisted is almost similar because you have a AI squad that you can swap to on death, but it isn't seemless and it just isn't as satisfying or gritty. Its also a multiplayer game so it doesn't come with the same story drive as a campaign.

Great video, it is easy to interpret BF1 as a criticism of war. Everything in this game is so immersive, and great war stories aswell, truly one of the best shooters of all time

"let's keep war in games only" Tell that to our world leaders

0:49 guy tried to commit friendly fire and think we wouldn't notice

Masterpieces can't be re-created.

"Tanks were on our side" "Mostly" *Shoots a friendly medic with a tank*

I regret not finishing the game. Campaign was so underrated

"Do you feel like a hero yet?"

“Let’s keep war in video games only” bro single handedly ended all war with that sentence

I feel like the worst thing about being a soldier is having a quick, unmemorable, dirty and forgettable death. Your name is forgotten and your actions only matter for that stone they guard 24/7 on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Its worse than a slow painful death, your life which you so much cherish just ends in a blind of an eye, or being abandoned by your very own comrades or squadmates in order for you to die and buy time for their escape without informing you where chosen to dedicate the rest of your short life for their sake, and might not even remember your sacrifice afterwards. Lives dont have time to confess their final words to their families nor to their comrades or country, they just lay there dead, unable to express anything while your comrades leave you behind thinking youre dead already, and suddenly you too realize you already are unsaveable. War is only glorious to those who gain glory standing on thousants of corpses looking upon the hero of the battlefield. You can live throught the war and survive it but you can develop Shell Shock or PTSD and regret humanity's decision as a whole, that thousants or millions of innocents just had to die for minor factors such as, a dead Archduke, oil, and soon even water and religion all over again, the disagreement of a mere group of people who consider themselves above you, yes you, conscipt, whom they forced to grab a gun and shoot at a man you do not know or hate. "For your country and Fatherland!", they say, but is a Fatherland worth dying such an unglorious death for if it's just some useless government stealing the tax payer money, oppress their own natives and homeless people, dont care about the country all for their luxuries? In the past their fought for Kings and Lords who actually cared for them, a Medieval peasant worked less days than you do, and soon now again, you too will be called to defend a "Fatherland" held together by corruption, fear, faint freedom of speech, movement, anything. If you do end up going to war and surviving, make me a promise, Anon. Promise me that along with the poeple you were forced to kill, you also kill those who forced you to, get rid of the scums and dirt off your beautiful land, O' Glorious soldier, humans always come first, not resources or some high class.

We often talk about 'cheap death' in video games, in real life, war is 99% cheap death. Just siting around waiting to die

Speedrunners: That’s where you’re wrong kiddo.

That’s why every time I see a good soldier, I always have respect for them, each face of the veterans always reminded me to remember them and the lessons

You know i never played BF1 ever and damn just the realism their is in this game is honestly better than any other war games btw i love how you showcased the deaths it really makes you think....