Let's Play BATTLEFIELD 1 and talk some History

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[@TheHistoryGuy]

Just a head's up, at around 50 seconds or so into the video, and running for a short time, you'll notice a change in the sound. That's due to youtube erasing some copyrighted music in the background. It doesn't last long.

[@hakdavid-s4e]

KZbin acting crazy as always

[@Commando_Arc]

Nice video. Also, have you thought about playing a ww1 flight sim like rise of flight or il2 flying circus?

[@LiamMeme-xv4kl]

YT is crazy about music. WAY too crazy.

[@Anomaly_201]

Hey VTH could you play some Victoria 3 again? Haven't seen it again after your first stream

[@Godgamergenetics]

Have you ever played hell let loose?

[@jthomp72]

So my cousin wrote the story for this game, was lead writer and the Italian character in this game is named Cocchiola which is a nod to our Great Grandfather whos last name was Cocchiola and served in WW1 (for the Americans, as he was an immigrant)

[@TheHistoryGuy]

Wow...that's awesome to know. Can't wait to dive into that story.

[@jthomp72]

@ can’t promise historical accuracy lol he didn’t consult me at all haha!

[@Perseus7567]

@jthomp72 You American?

[@youtubeaccountfr]

@@TheHistoryGuyck3 every coming back? you can be homeless now!1!1!1

[@1f1suk1tsURDAD6D9]

Italian war story was the best.

[@brianandrew85]

The developers of this game said they knew there weren't this many automatic weapons in WW1 but they said just mostly singlefire weapons wasn't as interesting in gameplay. They also tried to make it strictly trench stuff at the beginning but found the same problem real quick obviously lol.

[@Alliebutt]

A decent compromise if you ask me, especially since I believe that all of them were at the very least in the prototype stage of development. So they didn't exactly make any of them up, they just added ones that weren't ever quite finished or ones that were in development but weren't finished until after WW1

[@RomanC3098]

love the intro to this game. “You are not expected to survive” is literal. You’re supposed to die to understand the massive amount of lives lost

[@MarcusS92]

I was hoping for YEARS that you would do this game. I always thought you may have done it before, and I just missed it. You just made my day!

[@NebulusDerg]

Just so you are aware Chris. The beginning mission. You are SCRIPTED to die

[@TheHistoryGuy]

I started to wonder that.

[@weebanimefan7760]

@@TheHistoryGuy I don't know Chris if you noticed or not but at 08:43 you can see a German soldier distressed. Or shellshocked at that time.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

A surprise to be sure..but a welcome one. We shall watch your career with great interest.

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[@charlesyang1292]

Battle field one is not just a game, but art where EA lives up its name, the music, the phenomenon, the explosion, it was just the gold

[@Linerd-sf9nd]

People play online all the time still.

[@Andrei2patrU]

My great great grandfather was conscripted into the austro-hungarian army (he was a Romanian from Transylvania) and sent to fight on the italian front. He ran away after seeing the meat grinder there and returned on foot and out of sight all the way from northern italy back home to transylvania. When he got home, my great great grandmother didn't recognize who he was (he was just skin and bones at that point). It was my great grandmother that recognized her dad. That great grandmother was forced to flee Horthy's gangs with her husband and daughter at the beginning of WWII and found refuge in the Carpathians with others. Directly after WWII, the daughter (my grandmother)'s husband protested a "vote" held by the communists when the results were announced, something along the lines of "how the hell did you guys get 99% when I didn't vote for you". He was taken away days later and sent to work on the Black Sea - Danube canal. After a while there, he was shot dead while crossing the Danube trying to escape. My family learned of his fate after 1989 from a poet that he made friends with at the canal.

[@benzoFE88]

Nothing makes me more depressed than knowing what game was made after this brilliant title…

[@evannationarmy7769]

And the game after that

[@kbrichmo8547]

BFV is okay, its 2042 thats utter dogshit

[@Yolomeus0815]

I agree ​@@kbrichmo8547

[@sayberwarrior7928]

2042 is an absolute disgrace of a release. That game was in no condition to be sold at full price like it was and it was terrible

[@Yolomeus0815]

@@sayberwarrior7928 And its still not great

[@AMP88LP]

10:35 that's just the video game element. EA was worried that if they stick to bolt actions, semi autos, shotguns, etc. That the player base would find the game to be 'too slow' and lose interest in a world where Call of Duty, Destiny, and Halo were still the kings of the online shooters

[@emPtysp4ce]

Given how it released a few days before Titanfall 2, they probably were right to be scared.

[@KaoticGhoul640]

I love this game so much! I can't wait to see you play more, especially the Gallipoli Campaign! Great Video Chris!

[@Lisanicolas366]

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING BATTLEFIELD 1! I loved this game and hoped you play it since forever. Thank you so much

[@Subutai_Khan]

I’m excited to see you play through the rest of this. The game is a bit arcady but I like how the war is handled from a narrative perspective and it is a good jumping off point for people to dive into the topic properly. I agree machine guns are too numerous. There were guns like the BAR but it was experimental and not common. Light machine guns and sub machine guns only started to be used by specific handfuls of soldiers with small unit tactics being in their infancy. But I guess they are catering to a modern audience that expects automatic guns. I don’t think you can find it in the campaign but the Martini Henry is in the multiplayer and I found that gun pretty fun despite being some decades out of date. To be fair though, most soldiers would have been using essentially late Victorian guns, but the Martini Henry can be a bit unwieldy if everyone is using semis and autos like in this game. They balanced it such that it hits harder than most other guns though so it was rewarding as a sharpshooting weapon.

[@peka003]

My great great grandfather was Serbian soldier in ww1,i wish they added Serbian and other less known fronts to these games.I like seeing FPS game on channel its refreshing.

[@asweettooth1288]

This is the most beautiful battlefield!. Most accurate, and the stats at the beginning of every load in were amazing

[@Christos87376]

Lunged out of my seat to watch this! Played battlefield 1 so many times it really got me into history when I was around 16, hope you enjoy!

[@seaborntheunready6139]

10/10 love that you still post content on the gaming channel since UGCW was when I first subscribed. I know it probably doesn’t crush it like the reactions but there’s some seriously good videos in your archives that people should take a look at

[@jetjohny6837]

I really like the stories in that game and can’t wait for you to play the gallipoli missions with the Auzzies

[@Danymok]

Yoooo I've been waiting for this for years, BF1 is one of my favorite games of all time

[@archivaldorkadoofus775]

I loved this! Hope you do more! I’ve always wanted some historical commentary over footage of this game! It was actually because of Battlefield 1 that I actually got interested in the history of The Great War. I would actually really like to see you play more of this game! I enjoyed both your gameplay and especially your commentary! Keep up the great work, Chris! ❤

[@mahnel]

This Battlefield is one of the best depictions of WW1 in gaming, sober, serious and shocking at times. Awesome that you're playing it, would love to see more episodes!

[@rattlesnake868]

The Italian campaign would be nice to hear your commentary. Also a Red Dead Redemption 2 play through would be fun to sit through! More of a fiction game obviously, but the "wild west" always makes for entertaining content.

[@torresmat10]

I've been waiting for you to stream this for 4 years!

[@jestrella89]

Chris not recognizing that he ran over another Aussie soldier at 24:55. lol.

[@abstergouser1772]

Hey it's my first time on your gaming channel I think but you're actually not bad at all at shooters! Course the multiplayer is super sweaty so gl on that

[@Arrowfodder]

Awesome to see, great work Chris!

[@ryantannar5301]

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. it's the sequel to easily the most painstakingly historically accurate RPG ever, and it's shaping up to be a one of the best RPGs in a long time

[@derwolf158]

Do you know of any videos that expand on the history behind KCD? It’s one of my favorite games.

[@ryantannar5301]

@@derwolf158 I've seen a channel that does this in great detail. let me see if I can find it. It just shows up in my feed randomly

[@ryantannar5301]

@@derwolf158 channel is called Parry This. idk if they are specifically a kcd channel or what, I've only seen a couple videos but they were pretty good

[@mxkeey]

YES! so glad youre playing this game Chris! this is my favourite game of all time! you'll enjoy it, the soundtrack, the atmosphere is just top notch! it may not be historically accurate at times but i believe it does a good enough job compared to other games.

[@ZachJoiner-md9df]

Absolutely love that you did this Chris!

[@ACLASSGAMER56]

This was my fav battlefield before I got into history (Big thanks to vth for being a part of that) def have to go back and play some more multiplayer

[@BrabyTheCool177]

16:02 lucky for our main character here he was a chauffeur

[@Chilichef75]

Man I love this game to death I remember getting up super early on a school day just to play this for a couple of hours. My favorite battlefield of all time. such a a beautiful game

[@Hoube14]

This is an awesome idea, cant wait to see what games youll play! keep em coming :)

[@malafunkshun8086]

Well well well, you’ve decided to play this one, VTH! First played this when it came out in 2016. Still one of my all time favs (including the music). Aloha 😊🤙🏼

[@brianhobaugh]

So many great memories playing this game with my friends in high school. I miss that.

[@cba2make1up]

This couldn't get recommended to me at a batter time, an hour ago I saw this game was on sale for $2 on Steam and thought about grabbing it then I find that one of my favorite people dropped a video playing it!

[@crazyking3211]

I would love to see you play all of the stories in this game.

[@cuff02]

BF1 is an absolute masterpiece and probably my favourite game of all time. Hard to believe that it's almost 10 years old! One of the very few games that - in my opinion at least - has a perfect balance between gameplay and historical accuracy and also gives you the historical context as you play the game. Probably the best video game soundtrack of all time too!

[@skeetyeet9048]

I love this! Amazing content. Hope your new house suits you well Chris!

[@Subutai_Khan]

I know this is my third comment but I’d love to see Kingdom Come Deliverance II on the channel if not the first one at some point in the future :). Hope this contribution to the algorithm makes a difference.

[@TheHistoryGuy]

Definitely planning to play that!

[@agentspaniel4428]

@@TheHistoryGuy be warned the game has a huge learning curve just like the first one

[@97Liroyals]

Love it....such a fun game.....always jump in for a little to get my WW1 itch scratched

[@piteknight08]

I beat all war stories last night, here’s my ranking 1. The runner 2. Avanti Savoia 3. Friends in high places 4. Through mud and blood 5. Nothing is written

[@TheHistoryGuy]

Uploading the runner today.

[@piteknight08]

@ looking forward to it

[@Schaffesy]

There is a German WW1 Tank held in the Queensland Museum in Brisbane named "Mephisto". I went and seen it a couple of times and the story of how they had to bring it too the museum is quite funny.

[@edm240b9]

3:17 towards the end of the war, more mobile machine guns were invented and were used, most notably the French CSRG Chauchat and towards the final weeks of the war, the American M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. Early tactics such as “walking fire” were also tinkered with at this time too. Even so, the British and the Canadians also did devise methods and trained on hip firing the Lewis Gun, with the Canadians even making a special sling for the gun. The gun in your hands right there is the M1909 Benet Mercie, an American version of the Hotchkiss Portative.

[@strategygamemike]

Pretty fun to watch. Never played Bf1, but put hundreds of hours into BF3 and BF4. Dang, the good old days.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

8:41 there is a soldier on the ground having a panic attack

[@ralts6464]

I think playing campaigns in games and as well as single player games is a good addition to your channel!

[@ilovegeorgeharrison66]

you should definitely play friends in high places! its my personal favorite because im really into the war in the air.

[@TheFakeCommunist]

Scottish Voice actors for games are rare, but Amazing!! We need more of those!

[@torresmat10]

Hope you play through the rest of the missions in this campaign. I see you uploaded The Runner today which is a separate campaign about the ANZACS, but there's more to play in this story!

[@sayberwarrior7928]

Bro when he figured out that he could switch to the machine gun on the tank I was like oh yeah now we’re talkin! 😂

[@Juryfates]

This game gave me PTSD that says how good this game was and still is seeing river somme and all the war torn countries is a different kind of feeling

[@Perseus7567]

Something to bear in mind is that in most FPS games like Battlefield, the campaign is often mostly to serve the purpose of teaching players about as many different mechanics/weapons etc as they can, for the player to then use that knowledge in multiplayer. Which is why the opening sequence is so dramatic and often historically questionable, because it switches you between every type of weapon, and every type of ground-combat related feature (vehicles, gas, bayonet charges, stationary machineguns, stay-in-the-zone style objective taking etc etc) purely to be a tutorial. Outside of historical accuracy in the opening machine, I do think Battlefield 1 has the best atmosphere out of any modern FPS game, and the graphics have held up just as well. I hope to see more "mainstream" videogames, somewhat history related of course, appear on the channel, this was a fun watch. My next recommendation? Call of Duty World at War. And of course, the rest of Battlefield 1's campaigns wouldn't go amiss :)

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

In the version of the game that I played they actually had the song dream a Little dream of me playing in the very beginning of the Harlem hellfighters level but this was one of the best games I ever played and I didn't know much about this unit when I played this game thought it was kind of shocked at first to see them with weapons like the Hotchkiss gun and what looked like the label rifle

[@_potatodude_542]

Would love to see more of this campaign! Great first episode, loved the additional notes you gave. As for other games, I would love to see a return to Modded Crusader Kings 3, particularly with one mod called "Crusader Wars". It let's you combine CK3 with Total War: Attila using the Medieval Kingdoms 1212 mod, where you play the game as usual, but whenever a battle comes up, you can choose to fight it in person in Attila. 1 to 1 unit scaling, and whatever happens in the battle converts back to CK3 and vice versa. (Casualties, weather, season, terrain, morale, stats etc..), with 0 work from the player. Base game has also added a new start date in the year 1178, which might be fun to check out. For additional mods I'd recommend 4 mods that does very very much if you want more historical accuracy and immersion. All 5 combined are compatible, so long as obfusCKate is at the bottom. RICE : Adds more historical characters to start as with lots of interesting decisions and mechanics, some of which are completely new and unique. Historic Invasions : Adds historical character AI invasions at their historical time and year, such as William the Conqueror in 1066 if you started before 1066, The Seljuk's of Rûm, the Teutonic and Livonian orders, and the Ottomans in 1299 among a vast host of others. But it might make things hard if playing in a region expecting a historical figure to rise. More Interactive Vassals : Makes vassals do a lot more for (or against) you in terms of internal wars. Were a civil war to break out vassals can choose a side, or remain neutral. Or if an outside force invades your lands, the vassal must join you in fighting to defend their lands if they are under threat. Adds some 30+ unique features with them, making you need to actually think a bit more about your own vassals, or fellow vassals were you to be one. Highly customizable in Game Rules settings before game start. obfusCKate : Let's you not be omnipresent anymore, you don't automatically know the exact number of every land, or what people you have never met even look like, or their stats. You need to meet people, hire spies to investigate, or use diplomacy to trade information with other kingdoms. Certainly more difficult, but the immersion goes up by a lot with this one. Obviously there are countless other mods you can add, but these are just a few I know off the top of my head that add so much for immersion and historical accuracy without over flooding you with too much content (or performance drops).

[@user-tm7ez8ot6x]

i never thought i’d see the day my favorite historian would play one of my favorite games.

[@hazeus3216]

Should play kingdom come deliverance 2 when that comes out February 4th

[@Christos87376]

Highly recommend battlefield 5 the last tiger, it gives you the German perspective of ww2 as you become a commander of one of the last tiger tanks defending the Rhine river, it is incredible.

[@wolfman4204]

Battlefield 1 is one of my favorite games I have ever played and I have even gotten back into the game as of late. The game still has an active player base so finding even operations games isn’t hard

[@theunfortunategeneral]

Never played the "Harlem Fighters" without the music. On a further note I think this mission is the best of them all.

[@orangegalen]

BF1 is the first Battlefield game I played and I had such fun playing it, both the campaign and multiplayer. Made you feel like you were playing WW1 - obviously a lot of it was game-ified, like a lot of automatic weapons and vehicles operating better than IRL, but it was there. Also very unique in how it was WW1 because there's only a handful of games that are in that time period (compared to WW2, how many D-Day landings are there in games?). Also the teaser trailer with the 7 Nation Army remix hooked me from the beginning.

[@torytomlinson6727]

The 369th is now a Logistical unit. The 369th sustainment brigade. My unit replaced them overseas a few years ago. They’ve gone down hill since WWI.

[@anhvuquang7906]

OK even a bf1 fanatic, and a VTH enjoyer, this is extremely unexpected

[@billcosbyjr9609]

You won't find a game that shows industrialised warfare as dark and scary and as gritty as battlefield 1 and I only found this game just over a year ago and it was made in 2016. Masterpieces don't fade away.

[@AMP88LP]

It honestly shocks me never played the campaign. What's truly wild. Almost as wild as you not mentioning how jefferson Davis Lamented the fact that he didn't have the centralized powers that abraham lincoln had during a civil war video

[@camron2357]

Good choice Chris excited to watch. Call of Duty World at War (2008) would be another fantastic game war game to follow after this sometime. It's set in ww2 in pacific theater and eastern front. Very gritty and not too long either so can be finished in a handful of hours

[@tremendousbaguette9680]

That tank scene reminds me of the channel Battle Guide's episode "The tank that time forgot : the story of Deborah", retracing the itinerary of one british tank at the battle of Cambrai. Maybe you want to comment his one.

[@MrEloliver]

i got a book about the harlem hellfighters. french book though, i should prob read it lol. you should play more of fps campaigns like cod world at war.

[@dmg111]

You Sir should try out hell let loose! Rough in the beginning but i think you would love It

[@r.t.643]

HEY! TheHistoryGuy! Have you played WW2 REBUILDER? Edit: Not on social media, so this is the only way I know to communicate. It's not the best for visually entertaining gameplay, but it has narratives that sound interesting to history buffs. Each country has you playing as a survivor working to rebuild various areas and structures after WW2. Whether in Great Britain discussing the blitzkrieg (I think that's right) or a civilian in Germany discussing life from their end and looking for a lost loved one while restoring damaged buildings. It might be interesting as a point to discuss life right after the end of WW2.

[@Lalitaaaaasinuwu]

Beautiful work brother

[@zeropoint216]

The atmosphere of this game is completely unmatched. Sad to think we may never see its like again.

[@ScarecrowEdits]

I would love to see some of the Call of Duty World War 2 campaign! It would be a fun playthrough with your insights

[@kirkdaley3441]

This id love him to play this too

[@michaellibbey748]

So glad you're playing this

[@israelestrada10]

Still one of my absolute favorite games that I still play, multiplayer servers are still very active

[@R3VELAT1ON]

ah yes the last good actual battelfield game. They took alot of liberties when it comes to history but it was alot of fun. The opening in the campaign still gives me chills.

[@Jeff.3]

Battlefield 1 is the perfect example of sacrificing some historical accuracy for the sake of good game play, cause lets not lie. A realistic world war 1 game would be down right boring, just sitting in a trench and avoiding artillery fire. Great video chris

[@Paul_maistre]

Battlefield 1 is an awesome game not in just gameplay but details both historical and real life like the sound you make when walking on ice in nivelle heights or the fact the American flags have the correct number of stars

[@onejediboi]

Masterpiece of a game, you'll love it

[@JohnReedy07163]

One of the best. BF1 was endlessly playable, really still is. Great Maps, great gameplay, simply fantastic

[@chaost4544]

This is a great entry in the Battlefield series.

[@bigmikem1578]

This is awesome. One of my favorite reactors playing one of my favorite games ever.

[@anotherjosh839]

Love the video, keep it up

[@smokindodiwawa9332]

Let’s go Chris! We’re gonna get him into assassins creeds next 😂

[@Niko02b]

Great I was really excited for this one

[@jesushidalgo6710]

I loved this video 🤩

[@maxpower7113]

I didn't know I needed to watch this but I'm here for it.

[@bipolit]

Freinds in high places is my favorite campain I also have an idea for a game that expands on the campain to cover more war, and let you play as both sides rather than just the allies/entente

[@lratio3802]

Cool video man,hope you do more

[@atompunk5575]

The Multiplayer was awesome, but unfortunately there was a long drought between maps, had bought the season pass, best $60 i had ever spent. Unfortunately, there wasn't a map for the USMC in Belluwood, which was something i wanted to know

[@Mitokori]

World War I is tough for a game like Battlefield to approach, because their players by and large want to be rambo, not a desperate teenager unable to do much alone. Hence all the automatic weapons

[@mattmurdock5424]

You know the game you could try playing? Hearts of Iron 4, it’s an in depth WW2 strategy game where you can play as any country from the war

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

The cinematics are pretty spectacular.

[@RustyWalker]

I enjoyed the change of approach in this game in the series.

[@Reedc16]

I have battlefield 1 and sometimes I play it two of my great grandfather’s fought in WW1

[@Aninamaric517]

Hi Chris! You have probably already played it but if not Red Dead Redemption 2 would be an awesome playthrough. I know it is not your usual style of game and it is very long, but it is filled with so much American history it would be great to see your perspective and narrative while playing the masterpiece.

[@vonx9813]

Hey Chris! Hope you're doing well! I was wondering if you've considered playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance, since its second game's release date is only a few days away! I think you'd enjoy it, especially since alot of time and effort went into making it as historically accurate as possible, while still being fun to play!

[@TheHistoryGuy]

I'm planning to do the 2nd game when it comes out.

[@derwolf158]

@@TheHistoryGuyoh man, that’s gonna be awesome. Kingdom Come Deliverance was an amazing game!

[@The_Great_Darino]

Just noticed & subbed to your gaming channel ‘bout a week ago…let’s see what happens!

[@CarlinWeberCarlin00]

Great video Chris!