Battle field 1 is based on the first World War. That said, it does little to hide the horrors of the war. The very first storyline is about a chauffeur who becomes a war hero. It has many bleak moments where you get to connect with the situation of World War I and this happens through a couple of well laid out short stories. In fact, the first story, though good is the most boring of the lot. The game gets progressively better. The cut scenes in the single player story mode are short and there is major focus on the grand scale of the maps and everything you can do in them.