--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: 9. Battlefield 1 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 14, 2016 # 9\. _Battlefield 1_ by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  [_Battlefield 1’s_](http://time.com/4532591/review-battlefield-1/ "undefined") multiplayer modes are predictably unimpeachable if you prefer sprawling, thoughtful, micro-campaign-style competition. But it’s the shooter’s anthologized campaign this time that steals the show. Each story offers a unique problem or narrative perspective: a bickering tank crew lost behind enemy lines during the Battle of Cambrai, the latent heroism of a cocksure swindler-turned-aviator amidst “Bloody April,” the remembrances of an Italian war vet relayed to his daughter during a birthday party. All told, they add up to perhaps a half-dozen hours of play, but offer some of DICE’s finest work — an attempt to get around the usual boo-rahs and faux gravitas by bracketing eruptions of carnage with humanizing, indelible accounts. **_Buy now:_** [**_PlayStation 4_**](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F9HMO9I/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01F9HMO9I&linkCode=as2&tag=timetechvideogames-20&linkId=685aa62df8a54529aa2debd54e94db26 "undefined")**_,_** [**_Xbox One_**](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01F9HMO9S/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01F9HMO9S&linkCode=as2&tag=timetechvideogames-20&linkId=9a89d5bc1db975af2bee2a7132bfbbbd "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570393/battlefield-1-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570393/battlefield-1-2/"},"headline":"9. Battlefield 1","datePublished":"2016-11-14T20:14:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:16:59.220Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570393/battlefield-1-2/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570393/battlefield-1-2/","name":"9. Battlefield 1"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Time Plays: Battlefield 1","description":"Matt Peckham plays Battlefield 1","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1vl08LNU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-10-17T21:56:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1vl08LNU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570393/battlefield-1-2/","duration":"PT5M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4570393/battlefield-1-2/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```