Trench warfare might be boring, but it’s an important piece of the World War I story and is barely touched upon in Battlefield 1.

There are some conspicuous absences, of course. What could sink a six-hour campaign is here given a sketch-like quality, six tone-pieces about World War I that manage to feel concrete and respectful while still carrying a broad everyman quality about them. And with such rapid pacing, you end up not really noticing the weaknesses that dragged down previous Battlefield campaigns-an over-reliance on archetypal characters, some hackneyed emotional moments.