No Kool-Aid drinker me I've got to wait and see and try the Beta but ...
This
jackfrags video is actually fairly succinct and has some interesting developments ...
What comes to mind?
- 3rd-person omniscient view when spawning on teammates
- Medic can drag friendlies to safer area before healing/revive
- Similar ammo situation to BF1942 where you have depots at every capped flag
- 4-person co-op mode (mixed feelings about this because historically it doesn't compare to the full frenzy of a packed multiplayer map)
- Apparently you can dive any direction and fire prone from the side(s) a la R6:Siege
- Staged destructibility of buildings--not just the whole thing comes down after enough walls are shot out
- Directional destructibility--tank hits from this side, wall caves in the other direction--(Thanks, Newton)
- A wee bit of base-building, wherein you can improvise redoubts when needed
Bunch of other stuff--this is apparently what lit up the gray matter as I shuttled through, though.
One of the big downsides to BF1 was its strong resemblance to Battlefront and that annoying as hell unlock/crate system.
Despite WWII a favorite FPS era, a cartoonish weapon unlock system and the presence of Barbie-like paid perks will detract but ... a lot remains to be seen.