Historian Reacts to Battlefield 1

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  • @quno5174
    @quno5174 17 днів тому +263

    “He never got older, and yet here I am still. Who decides such things?”
    Such a good line from Avanti Savoia.

    • @jordanhooper1527
      @jordanhooper1527 15 днів тому

      Sounds like a play on "they shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old"

    • @wolfsruhm
      @wolfsruhm 13 днів тому

      Might be a good line, albeit the mission itself is still absolute Bullshit

    • @The28studio
      @The28studio 9 днів тому

      😂​@@wolfsruhm

    • @pokrez.1853
      @pokrez.1853 3 дні тому +1

      ​@@wolfsruhmhuuh? The mission is amazing

  • @Baldwin-iv445
    @Baldwin-iv445 16 днів тому +133

    I know people tend to prefer Mud and Blood, but Avanti Savoia has a special place in my heart with Luca and Matteo's story.

    • @liammccarthy4654
      @liammccarthy4654 13 днів тому +6

      I really wish that war story got more work out into it. It has so much potential. It really sucks that it was the shortest set of missions.

    • @joer.g8568
      @joer.g8568 13 днів тому +6

      Only issue is how unbelievable the gameplay is and how we don’t know Matteo outside of a 5 second cutscene.
      With mud and blood, you get somewhat of a connection with the whole tank crew. Especially your character, Townsend and McManus

    • @WwZa7
      @WwZa7 12 днів тому +1

      For me the best chapter is the intro.

    • @Acoustic_MelonYT
      @Acoustic_MelonYT День тому

      I absolutely HATED the part where you shoot down the Austrian bombers, it's so painfully difficult for me, and quite annoying!

    • @Baldwin-iv445
      @Baldwin-iv445 22 години тому

      @Acoustic_MelonYT Sounds like a skill issue.

  • @ISAFMobius18
    @ISAFMobius18 17 днів тому +171

    Shame you didn't do the intro mission with the Harlem Hellfighters

    • @GeroniBro-bb4ev
      @GeroniBro-bb4ev 9 днів тому +18

      I was kinda bummed about that too because that opening slaps when it talks about how you're not expected to survive.

    • @chriszinanni2092
      @chriszinanni2092 7 днів тому +5

      Yeah not showing storm of steel is a crime.

  • @tomlastname85
    @tomlastname85 17 днів тому +222

    I am quite sure the bombers that assault the German fortress are the Caproni Ca. 5, which were used by the Italians and the Americans in WW1 but not the Royal Flying Corps 🙈

    • @izaiasbaldo9349
      @izaiasbaldo9349 16 днів тому +13

      They do look like Ca. 5s but with the level of historycal acuracy at first glance they also look a lot like gotha GVs, that were made by the Germans... I hope you are rigth but considering EAs lack of attention...

    • @user-ic8fi1pf7p
      @user-ic8fi1pf7p 16 днів тому +11

      They look like a sort of mash up between the Ca. 5s and the Vickers Vimy, an aircraft used in limited amounts by the RFC in the very end of the war. The only problem is the tail, where the production model Vimys have 2 horizontal stabilizers, but some pre production models had the one stabilizer, (which matches more with the bombers in game)

    • @matchesburn
      @matchesburn 14 днів тому +6

      They are, indeed, Caproni Ca.5s.
      The reason for this is the Caproni Ca. 5 was the British faction bomber on release of Battlefield 1 and it wasn't until Battlefield 1's DLC expansion, Apocalypse, that the British faction got the Airco DH.10 as their main bomber. Campaign wasn't changed, so that's why you see the Caproni Ca. 5 being used.

  • @AshenVanguard
    @AshenVanguard 16 днів тому +74

    The best Battlefield in the entitre series, when it comes to looks, the feels, and the immersion of being in the battle. God I love it so much, still playing with the bois.

    • @queuedjar4578
      @queuedjar4578 14 днів тому +4

      If Battlefield 1 is so good then why hasn't there been a Battlefield 2? (BF2 still hasn't been topped by the way)

    • @EstRs_
      @EstRs_ 11 днів тому

      ​@@queuedjar4578 it will be called "Battlefield 1 2"

  • @MarImpObsc
    @MarImpObsc 17 днів тому +96

    it is possible to steal the FT-17, as the driver spawns out of the vehicle

    • @dominiklehn2866
      @dominiklehn2866 15 днів тому

      not sure if youre talking about the tank mission or the arabian one, but its true for both

    • @MarImpObsc
      @MarImpObsc 15 днів тому +5

      @@dominiklehn2866 talking about both, and it's funny ngl to have two tanks in the tank mission

    • @dominiklehn2866
      @dominiklehn2866 14 днів тому +5

      @@MarImpObsc it is lol. Like... I've already gone loud, I could have just used my own heavy tank right over there for this but no, I had to steal this tractor with a gun

    • @radioactiveassassin5218
      @radioactiveassassin5218 12 днів тому +3

      @@MarImpObsc I've even seen one youtuber do the arabian stealth mission in the tank. They didn't see moving tank that was 5 meters in front of them and driving straight at them

    • @mr.pig1528
      @mr.pig1528 11 днів тому +1

      @@radioactiveassassin5218that’s amazing lmao

  • @MrLolx2u
    @MrLolx2u 17 днів тому +54

    - The Webley was the standard revolver sidearm of the British military but it wasn't a general "must have or you get court marshaled" for the officer corp. Back during WWI, it is still a open field for officers to pick what sidearm they wanted to bring as a personal defense weaponry into battle as they want as long as it went pass their own officers as sidearms, back then, were still paid using your own pockets thus you're free to carry what pistol you want into battle. In fact, the general British troop didn't even scorn at the Mauser C96s because soo many British officer would actually love it and use it extensively due to it being 10 rounds instead of the regular 6 which was extremely vital when it comes to trench warfare.
    - The chivalry code in the air is absolutely correct. However, the color on the plane thing, not really as that only happened for the German side and especially for the Red Baron's platoon, the Jagdgeschwader I which was named as the "Flying Circus" or "Richthofen's Circus" cuz they're the only squadron in the entire field to have colorful planes and due to them often always staying in set up tents, they look like a bunch of circus performers. The whole color thing was only for Richthofen's unit whereas the other JGs don't have this criteria. Also, the bomber could be the Caudron G.4 which is both a twin-boom design and also, twin-engined and used as a bomber and recon plane by the the French air force, the "Service Aeronautique"
    - The Villar-Perosa was a bitch of a gun to use and despite the Arditi liking it alot, they too realized the limitations that with two guns stuck together, they burn thru ammo quicker and with that, they now have to carry even more ammo which defeats their purpose. Not only that, there's no effective way of aiming it which, again, defeats the purpose of a gun so they decided to ask around and see what company has a solution and two companies came up with effectively the same solution, adding stock to the gun but this time, splitting the Villar-Perosa into two guns instead of one and that spawned the OVP and the legendary Beretta M1918 which was also used in the mission. The OVP would see limited use whereas the Beretta saw more usage by the Arditi and they loved it alot. The M1918 would go on to serve the Italian military as late as the fall of Italy in 1945.

    • @clutch44444
      @clutch44444 12 днів тому

      Wangan Midnight and WW1 enjoyer, absolute chad

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 8 днів тому

      Winston Churchill famously used a Mauser C96 as his own personal sidearm which he really liked it!
      The Villar Perosa depicted in BF1 was entirely fictionalized based from inaccurate depictions in movies. The real one had a bipod and spade grips instead of a pistol grip and front grip.

  • @Teaman144
    @Teaman144 17 днів тому +45

    Ah yes my favourite the germans Sending the ottomans A french tank that they don't even have reliable ammo.Four

  • @MulleDullen
    @MulleDullen 17 днів тому +12

    Friends in High Places is my favorite war story of the game. Growing up in southern Denmark, very near to the Zeppelin Hangars build by the German Empire when that part was still German, I grew up with stories of British air raids against it, and WW1 aviation in general.
    Thank you for a great video, I am looking forward for more.

  • @matchesburn
    @matchesburn 14 днів тому +10

    23:04
    These are Caproni Ca.5s.
    The reason for this is the Caproni Ca. 5 was the British faction bomber on release of Battlefield 1 and it wasn't until Battlefield 1's DLC expansion, Apocalypse, that the British faction got the Airco DH.10 as their main bomber. Campaign wasn't changed, so that's why you see the Caproni Ca. 5 being used.

  • @adnef0388
    @adnef0388 17 днів тому +16

    Lol watched your BFV video for the first time yesterday, and now this drops, nice

  • @CryseTech
    @CryseTech 13 днів тому +8

    I absolutely love your Style of Video and Commentary

  • @herald1953
    @herald1953 17 днів тому +17

    cool thing about BF1 campaign is that every one of them is like the introduction of the game mechanics and map for the multiplayer (except the pigeon of course), pretty much like this year MW3 but better

  • @trinova9581
    @trinova9581 14 днів тому +6

    5:00
    The protrusions are the Grouser Spud that was affixed to every fourth or sixth track link. You can see them sometimes in old photos.
    The size is slightly exaggerated, but it basically just exists to give the tracks some extra traction and also slightly decrease ground pressure. Very useful in muddy conditions.

  • @MiniWheatHoore
    @MiniWheatHoore 12 днів тому +3

    5:00
    The track extensions on the Mark V tank are called "spuds," and were used as a way to increase the tread width for better grip in muddy conditions. They were implemented on Mark II's and III's, but phased out from IV's and V's, as they had little impact on performance. Their inclusion on Big Bess is likely just a design choice.
    Fun fact: the Germans made their own version in WW2 called Ostketten (East Tracks) to tackle the Spring muds on the Eastern Front.

  • @T3chnoShad0w
    @T3chnoShad0w 17 днів тому +20

    It feels illegal to be this early. But hell yeah! I absolutely loved your video of BFV. And this video is no exception.
    Keep up the amazing work, and I'm excited to see the next video you'll come out with!

  • @novapr0lix858
    @novapr0lix858 13 днів тому +5

    The Runner will forever hold a special place in heart

  • @WetSoggyBacon
    @WetSoggyBacon 16 днів тому +11

    Frosty 1 and Reto both upload Battlefield 1 on the same day ?! Must be a good day!

  • @Rihodejaneiro
    @Rihodejaneiro 11 днів тому +2

    Thank you my friend! I absolutely like your reactions, insights and so on. Keep up the good work my friend!

  • @realpoesolo
    @realpoesolo 12 днів тому +3

    I bought this game recently and if you pick it up on steam when it’s on sale it’s like 6$. Totally worth it for the campaign alone. My question is what multiplayer servers are best to join? I know some other BF games are having serious hacker problems and don’t really want to deal with that. Thanks

  • @PedroCosta-po5nu
    @PedroCosta-po5nu 12 днів тому +2

    The tank theread things are called grousers i believe, theyre there to hive the tracks a better grip and allow the tank to climb steeper slopes.

  • @chibipotate
    @chibipotate 16 днів тому +5

    11:35 I always thought that the reason they chose to use the Mauser was because compared to a Revolver, It in video game terms, Feels Weaker. There was an event in a WW2 Video-Game once where despite different Animations, Sounds and Appearances all of the gear between Allies and Axis, The two were identical stats wise, But the sheer BEEF of the allied gear made their players so much more confident, It scewed things in their favour.
    So giving us a "PewPew" Mauser that, while in real life was equally as lethal, But in game terms isnt the "BANG!!! BANG!!!" Of a big-heck off Revolver, It probably to help us feel more out of our Element, smaller gun, less noise, Much more like a freshly recruited driver stumbling through the fog and woods trying not to get shot, Instead of badass action-man hero.

  • @Jonas-jq9qo
    @Jonas-jq9qo 13 днів тому +6

    BF 1 is such a gem, what a shame that they dropped the ball so hard with BF V. I really wished for a WWII game that captured the athmosphere and stories of the war as great as BF 1 did.

  • @GetDougDimmadomed
    @GetDougDimmadomed 14 днів тому +2

    I went back to this game a few days ago and I don’t know why I stopped playing. I love this game, it’s half of why I’m a history buff now, the other half being Sabaton. There will never be another FPS game as good as Battlefield 1.

  • @Sodapop-rd5ku
    @Sodapop-rd5ku 14 днів тому +2

    Im a bit sad you didnt review the intro of storm of steel

  • @icantthinkofaname7293
    @icantthinkofaname7293 14 днів тому +1

    Storm of steel is still the best intro to a game ive played. Do many of the quotes from this game i think about often

  • @thesnazzycomet
    @thesnazzycomet 16 днів тому +4

    Some landships did have the little wider splits on the tracks to increase grip and rough terrain mobility, though it wasn’t a widespread modification and quite a rarity
    Also, I’m not sure if the A7V could be considered a “well made tank”, good video though! The bomber looks like some Handley-Page or Vickers design

    • @blortbugman8722
      @blortbugman8722 16 днів тому +1

      Lets be honest the A7V was a bad tank even for its time, and the Germans knew it. They hardly built any and much preferred to use captured MK V's.

  • @standard-carrier-wo-chan
    @standard-carrier-wo-chan 2 дні тому

    BF1 really captured the feel of the war, served in a way that, while still fantastical, is filled with accurate little details and emotions that really lands you in the shoes of those you play as. I'd argue it's the last great Battlefield, with passion behind the game that you can really feel as you play.

  • @MerchantrRe4
    @MerchantrRe4 16 днів тому +1

    The little grips on the tracks of the MK V were actually used in WWI, and they were for better traction if they got stuck in the mud.

  • @Startedlime
    @Startedlime 12 днів тому +2

    Have you heard of the Isonzo game? If not, it's a ww1 shooter similar to hell let loose, the one I have played is Specifically about the Italian front. I think it is a really fun game and that they portrayed the war and combat on the Italian front really well.

    • @retro_today
      @retro_today  11 днів тому

      I have and love it! Played Verdun a lot too

    • @Startedlime
      @Startedlime 11 днів тому

      @@retro_today I've only played the Italian front so far. I do want to get the other games to see how they play.

  • @GetDougDimmadomed
    @GetDougDimmadomed 14 днів тому +1

    I’ve never seen the spades on the tracks anywhere other than battlefield. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but I’m not sure of the use. I can’t imagine they would give better traction, but they would certainly deter boarding parties.

  • @c144gaming
    @c144gaming 17 днів тому

    Whoa i was just rewatching your battle field V video and decided to check again if you did a Battle field 1 video. Guess im right on time

  • @whitechapel8959
    @whitechapel8959 8 днів тому

    Lesser known fact that even germany has not wanted to admit at the time, Woman in the German army were in the military in the trenches as medical staff.
    A "nomads land medic"
    Was a sub part when the time was needed.
    Their job was to grab wounded from nomads land during a battlefield attack or more commonly just after a attack of both sides during rest time.
    I know this becuse my great great grandmother was alive and was in the german army on the western front from 1914 to 1918 in the red cross. She be in the hospitals during the Spanish influenza virus from 1918-1923.
    She was stationed near the village of Longueval, then later between combles and grinchy.
    Those were the times of the war she was in the front lines in combat.
    Sence you know history, maybe you can place this Time line?

  • @MarImpObsc
    @MarImpObsc 17 днів тому +3

    and every armored trains in game are the same model, just painted diferently

  • @TheRealNeonwarrior
    @TheRealNeonwarrior День тому

    I like to think during the Avanti Savoia campaign that the narrator is again an unreliable one. The story is again told in past tense by a narrator whom you play as, though this time to his daughter rather than to the player. There's a part that stuck with me, one where his daughter expresses that she is worried simply hearing the story for the danger he had to face, to which he responds with something like "Don't worry! I was in a... a full suit of armor."
    Since you're playing as him while he narrates the story, it seems to imply that the crazy high HP your main character has simply by wearing that metal armor suit is not only a gameplay contrivance but also a narrative tool used to demonstrate the character's intent to "soften" the story for his daughter and not to frighten her. There's also the other exaggerations like the section where he somehow singlehandedly takes down like a dozen planes, survives a direct explosion, and wields a massive machine gun that he fires fully standing and mows down dozens of enemies. In other words, we play the embellished version of historical events that the character invented to make the story easier to tell to his daughter.

  • @WolfDarkrose
    @WolfDarkrose День тому

    Ya know with bf1 they got very accurate with many things for a war that filter tried to burn away while bf5 was so badly made and run and it's the most documented war in known history

  • @keengkh3578
    @keengkh3578 17 днів тому +1

    keep it up great content

  • @mikehawk486
    @mikehawk486 8 днів тому

    Kinda dissapointed he didn't talk about storm of steel. That was the one where I was most curious about historical accuracy.

  • @Winston-i9j
    @Winston-i9j 10 днів тому

    12:39 i woud say you can give the weapons a pass because after all it had to be fun for normal players

  • @kirstywalker6950
    @kirstywalker6950 17 днів тому +4

    The tanks are weird in this game as all the tanks are modelled as male tanks but can fire the machine guns as a female when you use them.
    The bits sticking off the side of the tracks are called spade grips. They gave the tanks a bit more traction but were prone to bending or breaking and very rarely used although this game has them on every tank.

  • @DebangaShivam
    @DebangaShivam 4 дні тому

    thanks for appreciating the indian effort

  • @britishbricks9795
    @britishbricks9795 13 днів тому

    I dont know if anyone else would like to see this, but I'd absolutely love to see a defensive and attacking game mode. Where the defenders cant push forward and can only retreat if they need to and fall back to a different capturepoint that becomes visible to each team when the previous point has been captured. And the attackers can just come at them in waves or be sneaky and flank or something like that. I feel like this would be so cool especially if your the last on your team defending and you have to make a last stand that would be so cool. Gajin could do this for alot of maps and reuse the currents ones i was thinking something like urban maps. Id love to see something like this. AND NO CAS. Also side note id love to see more realistic voice lines and reactions to getting hit or if theres a tank in front of you the crew sounds panicked and scream and shout in fear or something and react to being hit like "NO THE GUNNER BEEN KILLED" idk i just feel like that would be so cool and be a breath of fresh air and make the game feel so much more immersive and realistic

    • @liammccarthy4654
      @liammccarthy4654 13 днів тому +1

      Your guy gets panicky when he sees a grenade land in front of him. Also, whenever you level up, other soldiers around you will say something along the lines of "Congrats on the promotion Sergeant!"

    • @liammccarthy4654
      @liammccarthy4654 13 днів тому +2

      Also, have you played conquest assault? It's pretty similar to what you described.

    • @britishbricks9795
      @britishbricks9795 13 днів тому

      @liammccarthy4654 yes haha. This is what was at the back of my mind when typing this

  • @ISAFMobius18
    @ISAFMobius18 17 днів тому

    Hey you did BF1 that's awesome!

  • @Juno-161
    @Juno-161 16 днів тому +2

    We need a Call of duty WW2 next pls
    I love your content

  • @bonogamer2242
    @bonogamer2242 17 днів тому

    looks like another legend video

  • @erdendenizergus6068
    @erdendenizergus6068 14 днів тому +1

    Mission "Nothing is writte" is the most one sided story of the game and how on gods green earth Ottomans have tanks artilary trains and more

  • @romaintahiti2515
    @romaintahiti2515 День тому

    Its a shame that we didn’t have an campaign on the french side

  • @alik.5990
    @alik.5990 10 днів тому

    Ottomans didn't have any flamethrowers in ww1. I totally understand that it exists in multiplayer but they shouldn't have added it for the campaign for Gallipoli.

  • @alexgaming1024
    @alexgaming1024 15 днів тому

    I would love to see a video about the maps and veichles in the multiplayer. Also battlefield 1 was'nt supposed to be 100% acurate. This is a direct quote from the lead game designer "we want to show what ww1 could have been what it could have looked like" thanks to that quote i treat bf1 as a sort of alternate history game.

  • @napalm4571
    @napalm4571 16 днів тому +2

    Call of duty WW2 next?

  • @elliottmclaine5305
    @elliottmclaine5305 14 днів тому

    Could you maybe check out Izonso because it is another ww1 game, and I am curious about its accuracy. Also I just recently fou d your channel and love your content!

  • @marcoluis2041
    @marcoluis2041 15 днів тому

    Wasn't the italian campaign located on Monte Grappa?

  • @jacobberaz8257
    @jacobberaz8257 14 днів тому

    Yeeeeeeaaaah we got ww1 baby

  • @boneshakerjake
    @boneshakerjake 16 днів тому +1

    this comment is to address the "Friends in high places"
    being fiction
    I think not
    I think it is a mixed story between the arizona balloon buster Frank Luke Jr. who was known to not listen to superiors and would even fly his plane without orders on occassion
    who became famous for his unique knack for destroying observation balloons of which in a 17 day period between september 12 to the 29th he took down 14
    and John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon Who Pioneered Aerial Photography for reconnaissance purposes and became famous for flying a plane upside down for higher quality
    more "top down" pictures
    although the truth of this fact is debated.

  • @TEAisok
    @TEAisok 4 дні тому

    Attaataa boyyyy what a. Video

  • @dawsonsears3606
    @dawsonsears3606 7 днів тому

    Ah when most games were good,fun times.

  • @Kingleon5551
    @Kingleon5551 16 днів тому

    So retro gaming which game do you prefer battlefield 1 or 5 and why??

  • @kanN237
    @kanN237 День тому

    please do cod WW2 or world at war next 🙏

  • @cathycasey1685
    @cathycasey1685 15 днів тому

    What about valiant hearts

  • @eddieroswall9357
    @eddieroswall9357 16 днів тому

    good video

  • @Kingleon5551
    @Kingleon5551 17 днів тому

    Great content as always retro battlefield is way better than call of duty world wars have you busted or reacted to call of duty world of war or call of duty world war 2 yet retro?? 😊

  • @ThundrRblx
    @ThundrRblx 17 днів тому

    damn been waiting.. pretty cool. happy 4 this. wait maybe try SE games. more so SE5 because its 'better'. but its somewhat repetitive and long campaigns

    • @AmyCherryLMAO
      @AmyCherryLMAO 16 днів тому

      SE?

    • @ThundrRblx
      @ThundrRblx 15 днів тому

      @@AmyCherryLMAO sniper elite

    • @AmyCherryLMAO
      @AmyCherryLMAO 15 днів тому +1

      @@ThundrRblx oh yeah i kinda enjoyed the little ive played of sniper elite 3, though i do love their work in zombie army

  • @CrichtonNo5
    @CrichtonNo5 21 годину тому

    The history in all the missions is poor. But the Gallipoli one is just insultingly bad. Giving Helles to the ANZACs when they were nowhere near it. Helles also looks nothing like it does in the game. The geography is almost completely made up. I've been there and walked the ground. Still puzzling over where these mountain ranges came from

  • @sephakumathebe2664
    @sephakumathebe2664 13 днів тому

    Historian??? So you were there 😮. How was it, I bet it was scary

  • @ollieistall2908
    @ollieistall2908 17 днів тому +2

    first comment

  • @funnybones242
    @funnybones242 17 днів тому +1

    Dude became a reaction channel smh