Battlefield 4

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 4118 Ratings

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  1. Dewsky1212
    Nov 10, 2013
    0
    Only giving it a 0 to balance out the ridiculous 10's. Probably honestly about a 3. If only this WERE exactly like BF3; but it's not, because it is terrible. The "balancing" they've done completely ruined the game for me, but that was only an issue when the game actually worked. Had a copy for 360: tons of crashes, audio/visual glitches, failures to render etc. Don't waste money on this orOnly giving it a 0 to balance out the ridiculous 10's. Probably honestly about a 3. If only this WERE exactly like BF3; but it's not, because it is terrible. The "balancing" they've done completely ruined the game for me, but that was only an issue when the game actually worked. Had a copy for 360: tons of crashes, audio/visual glitches, failures to render etc. Don't waste money on this or their gimmick "premium" Coming from the creators of BF3 this is a disappointment.… Expand
  2. VibroKnife
    Nov 14, 2013
    2
    Couldn't be less interested in this game after playing it for only a week. The campaign flat out sucks. The multiplayer is glitchy, unbalanced, boring, and hella laggy. After waiting for this game to be patched for almost a month I feel like it's already lost its spark. It had potential. But failed epicly.

    You'll be tearing your hair out throughout the 3 days you'll actually want to    Couldn't be less interested in this game after playing it for only a week. The campaign flat out sucks. The multiplayer is glitchy, unbalanced, boring, and hella laggy. After waiting for this game to be patched for almost a month I feel like it's already lost its spark. It had potential. But failed epicly.

    You'll be tearing your hair out throughout the 3 days you'll actually want to play this game through, bugs, crashes, glitches, horrible optomization, bad campaign, terrible online vehicle and weapon balance, design flaws, broken attatchments, sluggish unlocks and a of other things you'll notice along the way.

    Get COD Ghosts. At least that game didn't come out half baked. Here's your cold, cold, raw pasta. Have fun. You'll be bored before you know it.    … Expand
  3. Skipnipper
    Nov 6, 2013
    4
    No better than BF3, which puts it far behind bf2 and bf1942. I think the franchise has pretty much ended with this one. Regurgitated, average, seen-it-all-before pap. Good to see the majority of paid reviewers have sold their souls once again.
  4. L3nnyBoss
    Nov 11, 2013
    1
    I love the multiplayer but the Singleplayer is so up that I give 1 Point. It should deserve zero!
    It is just so bad. It is really that bad as I describe it. Sooooo bad!
  5. Photrick
    Dec 14, 2013
    4
    Battlefield 3.5 is what I call it. The game is not intuitive or original. Only gimmicks like commander modules and scripted large environment changes. EA games uses origin which is already poor excuse for trying to mimic steam. The game is very shallow and it seems all the professional critics review all EA games with cookie cutter lack of originality games always get good reviews, theyBattlefield 3.5 is what I call it. The game is not intuitive or original. Only gimmicks like commander modules and scripted large environment changes. EA games uses origin which is already poor excuse for trying to mimic steam. The game is very shallow and it seems all the professional critics review all EA games with cookie cutter lack of originality games always get good reviews, they just try and buy brownie points. Do not play this game if you want a new shooter, but if you are about the same lack luster gaming that COD and BF3 brings to the table by all means play it.… Expand
  6. Masterjen
    Dec 14, 2013
    4
    This is a great example of EA hunger for more money. This is just the same as Battlefield 3 cant wait to see Battlefield 5 next year with tons of overpriced dlc of course!
  7. Upijuss14
    Jul 6, 2016
    4
    Battlefield 4 was good at first when the UCAV and the mortar where actually usefull, but know they suck, because some 12 yr old crybabies didnt like the fact that you could get an enemy chopper down fairly easly and go on ridiculous kill streaks, the graphics are great no doubt they look next gen gameplay is more less the same but can get interesting, campaign is **** vehicles are crap
  8. acidkill
    Nov 15, 2013
    4
    worst game release ever dont understand why al the game site don't talk about the enormus list of bug the game is almost unplayable for 3 weeks now yesterday there where 3 patches and make everything even worst it just shows that game review sites are fake and the do not ride the real story maybe because the dont wont to mis the day out with mariens en al the other goodys the get from eaworst game release ever dont understand why al the game site don't talk about the enormus list of bug the game is almost unplayable for 3 weeks now yesterday there where 3 patches and make everything even worst it just shows that game review sites are fake and the do not ride the real story maybe because the dont wont to mis the day out with mariens en al the other goodys the get from ea this game is broke a worst battlefield ever that came out … Expand
  9. illi4141
    Nov 4, 2013
    3
    Enemies look like featureless grey slugs on my medium strength machine. I like the You kills vs Foe kills feature, other than that am extremely disappointed. Hoping for big improvements in technical aspects (crashing, environment fails) over next few months and will revisit periodically. ghosts looks like Much more fun at this point! though War of the Vikings is where fun lives rightEnemies look like featureless grey slugs on my medium strength machine. I like the You kills vs Foe kills feature, other than that am extremely disappointed. Hoping for big improvements in technical aspects (crashing, environment fails) over next few months and will revisit periodically. ghosts looks like Much more fun at this point! though War of the Vikings is where fun lives right now epic! … Expand
  10. Paproch
    Nov 10, 2013
    0
    I feel chEAted! This game is totally unplayable. Rushed to launch before the next Call of Duty EA released broken game. Constant crashes and random freezes.
  11. grokspeak
    Nov 10, 2013
    0
    Well if you haven't heard by now, BF4 for PC is a mess. From crashes almost every round for many many people, on a much higher level than I've seen in any game before see battlelog forums as a testament to this to netcode that gets you fragged when you think you're under cover (maybe an issue with some new-fangled network prediction mumbo jumbo that doesn't work right at all),Well if you haven't heard by now, BF4 for PC is a mess. From crashes almost every round for many many people, on a much higher level than I've seen in any game before see battlelog forums as a testament to this to netcode that gets you fragged when you think you're under cover (maybe an issue with some new-fangled network prediction mumbo jumbo that doesn't work right at all), satisfaction in this game is spotty at best. When it works, it works great, though for most people, it's not working which means when it works for you, in game half of your teammates are p'd off from crashing or being sniped from within a building, so they aren't in a good mood to work with you on any objectives. If this were working properly, it would ALMOST be as good as Battlefield 2 (I don't compare to BF3, which was made for the limited resources and attention spans of consoles and console gamers).… Expand
  12. guest91111
    Jan 5, 2014
    0
    Well, what can I say about this mess of a game? Can I call this a game? No, ok... What should I say about this mess? Did EA do anything to make the single player working? A story? Anything? No? Just people falling through the floor, shadows in the middle of the sky?
  13. Caaue
    Nov 6, 2013
    0
    Bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs, bugs.... that is BF4, Run 100 meters is almost impossible in that game, and my internet is a 50 Mbps with no lattency, I recomended you guys that who wanted a war game. not buy this game...
  14. Szpila13
    Dec 10, 2013
    0
    This game is unplayable. It crashes, there are glitches of glitches and the loading times are close to eternity. EA and DICE released a late ALPHA version instead of a normal game. I loved the series but they ruined it. I won't buy it anymore
  15. MAD_JIHAD
    Nov 6, 2013
    4
    This game keeps crashing all the time. Servers also crash and lose progress. The hit registration is terrible. The vehicles have been nerfed, TV missile doesn't even 1 hit kill an infantry or RHIB boat. Jet bombs do around 35 damage to vehicles. One of the DMRs when equipped with a silencer mutes everyones sound. The flashbang launcher crashes your game when fired.

    This game is super    This game keeps crashing all the time. Servers also crash and lose progress. The hit registration is terrible. The vehicles have been nerfed, TV missile doesn't even 1 hit kill an infantry or RHIB boat. Jet bombs do around 35 damage to vehicles. One of the DMRs when equipped with a silencer mutes everyones sound. The flashbang launcher crashes your game when fired.

    This game is super buggy, wait a few months until they fix it before buying.    … Expand
  16. Sir_Red
    Nov 18, 2013
    4
    An expensive, unstable and not very expansive expansion pack to battlefield 3. I expected better from DICE, and at least would like to be able to play the game without it constantly crashing to my desktop with "battlefield 4 has stopped working", First Rome 2, now this? What the hell is up with the games industry at the moment. churning out rushed messes.
  17. MickEllix
    Nov 11, 2013
    4
    bad servers game crashes over powered engineer guns only one good game every ten if you're lucky and the campaign is a massive downgrade, short and really glitchy hopefully their next game will be better
  18. Alsmir
    Nov 20, 2013
    1
    Singleplayer might be just an addition to the game but is simply awfull. It's the worst singleplayer I've seen in over 15 years of gaming, with messed up story, plain boring characters, bugs around every corner and not even a little bit fun. Which is even worse you need to complete it in order to unlock weapons for multiplayer.

    Multiplayer on the other hand has a lot of potential but    Singleplayer might be just an addition to the game but is simply awfull. It's the worst singleplayer I've seen in over 15 years of gaming, with messed up story, plain boring characters, bugs around every corner and not even a little bit fun. Which is even worse you need to complete it in order to unlock weapons for multiplayer.

    Multiplayer on the other hand has a lot of potential but players are brutally punished by a rushed release of the game. It's been over 3 weeks since the release and a bunch of patches has been released. Unfortunatelly they only fixed a few of the problems. The biggest ones still persist:
    - optimalization issues on many different PC setups
    - game freezing
    - long map loading times (unless you have SSD)
    - poor netcode
    - random game crashes

    On top of that we have poor class/vehicle/weapon balance and most of the maps are way too small. Anyone who tried playing Zavod with 64 players will know what I mean.

    Battlefield 4 can become a great game... someday. Right now it needs A LOT of patching and minor fixes instead of rushing with DLCs.

    Game is not worth the money yet.    … Expand
  19. dvabanana
    Nov 6, 2014
    4
    I have been playing this game for 5 hours. The game is extremely unfriendly for new players in multiplayer getting constantly killed each time you spawn. Moreover, I can not see any significant improvements since BF3. For that reason, I fully agree with other reviews that this game should be released as a DLC for BF3 or just named BF 3.5.
    p.s. I just bought this game only because of    I have been playing this game for 5 hours. The game is extremely unfriendly for new players in multiplayer getting constantly killed each time you spawn. Moreover, I can not see any significant improvements since BF3. For that reason, I fully agree with other reviews that this game should be released as a DLC for BF3 or just named BF 3.5.
    p.s. I just bought this game only because of commander mode. However, I need to achieve level 10 to unlock this feature. It's a torture for me.    … Expand
  20. satinlight
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    I hate the fact that in 2022 in Battlefield 4 I need to unlock every decent vehicle mode and weapons for literally MONTHS. Moreover I can't progress fast because players who got unlimited time have already unlocked everything, so I'm being killed way too fast to get any points to progress. For example, my stock tank has no chances with high-leveled players who got some freaking extraI hate the fact that in 2022 in Battlefield 4 I need to unlock every decent vehicle mode and weapons for literally MONTHS. Moreover I can't progress fast because players who got unlimited time have already unlocked everything, so I'm being killed way too fast to get any points to progress. For example, my stock tank has no chances with high-leveled players who got some freaking extra missiles in their vehicles. Soldier Shortcut Bundle costs ~20 bucks. The same is with Vehicle Shortcut Bundle, EVEN THOUGH I've already got PREMIUM edition. ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME, EA? YOU SUCK, YOU MISERLY A**HOLES!… Expand
  21. DJ_Kaas
    May 29, 2018
    0
    Child game, un-enjoyable, unbalanced, bad netcode, AR/carbine weapons = nailguns accuracy, hit dectection is so weird. If you play alone you will sooner or later have enough of this game, because it gets annoying. it is enjoyable enough with friends, but without, you will have a hard time with the whole essence. Anyway I am level 109, so I have more than enough game time.
  22. DemKin
    Nov 6, 2013
    4
    First, Battlefield 4 is way better than any CoD game, that's a fact.
    The big fights on 32vs32 maps are fun, dynamic, beautiful.
    It's overall a good game. Though, this game has big weaknesses : -too much vehicles. It doesn't give a good idea of war combats. 10 infantry soldiers and 20 people in vehicles for each team kills the interest. You still can have fun not being in a vehicle,    First, Battlefield 4 is way better than any CoD game, that's a fact.
    The big fights on 32vs32 maps are fun, dynamic, beautiful.
    It's overall a good game.

    Though, this game has big weaknesses :
    -too much vehicles. It doesn't give a good idea of war combats. 10 infantry soldiers and 20 people in vehicles for each team kills the interest. You still can have fun not being in a vehicle, but you'll probably kill less, die more and it may become frustrating at times.
    -the maps are not good. They are similar, not creative, not that interesting. After a few games, you've see, it all. They are also not very numerous, and if you want more, I guess you'll have to pay more.
    -The levolution is... not impressive. It's just scripts that launch at a certain time of the game and it's... yeah, meh. They basically built their trailers around it, and it's bland in game.
    -It's pretty much the same as BF3. I know a lot of people keep saying this, but it's true. It's the exact same thing, except two or three little things. And now that's a problem 'cause if you played a lot of BF3, no need to buy it. At all. Stay on the 3rd. For the first few hours, you'll have fun, then it will get boring very quickly and you'll regret the money you've spent.
    Same thing for the people who didn't like BF3, you won't like BF4 either.
    -They are selling a game $60 when it is barely playable. Crashes every 2 games, lags, freezes, bugs, ...
    The game is clearly not finished. For such a price, it would be legitimate to expect a new polished game.
    It's not new and not polished AT ALL.

    I wanted to give EA a chance with this game after what they said. It was BF, I really thought they wanted to take care of the series, at least because it could be a mountain of money. They didn't. This game is a failure. Not a complete failure, some things are good, but still a failure.
    Totally not worth the money.    … Expand
  23. Trognorf
    Nov 6, 2013
    1
    It Is Epic Fail Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  24. adrenilinmatt
    Nov 24, 2013
    2
    I guess its just xbox ones superior servers which have this game working fine dont buy ps4 or pc version. Neither are working. Best working version I have so far is xbox ome. Runs smooth amd all game modes sre working.
  25. fpkalac
    Dec 7, 2013
    1
    The game is just unplayable with all its bugs. i cant start a match without the game crashing.
    after buying the premium version i feel ripped off. I bought an unfinished game.
    Don't buy it now, wait unlit they fix all the major problems with the game.
  26. WerewolfAlpha
    Dec 5, 2013
    1
    Pretty obvious from looking at the so-called professional reviews that they are mostly no-name game sites wanting someone to poay attention to them. This game is unfinished. You will buy it, try to play it, then put it down mad that they release shoddy quality product like this and dare to call it finished. Shame on DICE, shame on EA, and shame on all you obviously paid-for reviewers.
  27. Stealth_Hunter
    Dec 1, 2013
    1
    For everyone who speak Portuguese

    Para todos que falam português NÃO comprem bf4 O jogo repleto de bugs, 90% das partidas crasham, o battlelog não contabiliza as partidas. O suporte prestado pela Dice uma enganação, igual promessa de politico, patch que arrumam um erro e trazem outros 10. BF4 igual uma obra do governo, caro e inacabado. Me arrependo amargamente de ter jogado 200    For everyone who speak Portuguese

    Para todos que falam português
    NÃO comprem bf4
    O jogo repleto de bugs, 90% das partidas crasham, o battlelog não contabiliza as partidas. O suporte prestado pela Dice uma enganação, igual promessa de politico, patch que arrumam um erro e trazem outros 10. BF4 igual uma obra do governo, caro e inacabado.
    Me arrependo amargamente de ter jogado 200 reais no lixo comprando esse jogo.    … Expand
  28. DimosZargarda
    Dec 7, 2013
    2
    I did not like CoD Ghosts, so I got BF4, however, after a few hours I threw it away. All around the net, ppl come saying its better than CoD, never saying its a diffrent game that plays completly diffrent. It is a personal opinion, still 2/10 for the nice graphics and Story Mode.
  29. zwitterje
    Dec 13, 2013
    3
    Game full of bugs, glitches. When you though battlefield 3 was bad at start this game just beats everything I seen so far. Servers keep crashing at least once every 4-5 rounds. People are lagging out crashing. This is another game pushed by EA which isn't worth buying
  30. alex-smollet
    Nov 11, 2013
    1
    Very very bugged product. This is not what I waiting for. It good for beta, not for production version. Will wait for patches with fixes, maybe it became playable.
  31. Mothil
    Nov 11, 2013
    3
    Despite all the positive reviews here, I'm going to focus on the opposite.
    There are many great things about the game. But sadly, in my eyes some of
    the negative of it is hard to overlook. Much of this comes to balance. Balance between weapons, vehicles and such. The game also crashes alot, and with every crash people lose their experience gained that match. Randomly people will not    Despite all the positive reviews here, I'm going to focus on the opposite.
    There are many great things about the game. But sadly, in my eyes some of
    the negative of it is hard to overlook. Much of this comes to balance.
    Balance between weapons, vehicles and such. The game also crashes alot,
    and with every crash people lose their experience gained that match.
    Randomly people will not get rewarded with experience after the game has ended, either.
    I can see other peoples reviews where they say the "audio is top class, perfect" and such.
    I can count at least two maps where the sound just cuts out in the middle of the map.

    Yes, the game has it's positive sides. But for me, there's too much bugs to be squashed,
    balancing to be done, and fine-tuning to be done before it can come close to being all-round
    confortable to play. Just my two cents worth.    … Expand
  32. CMP02
    Nov 12, 2013
    3
    Would be an amazing game, if it actually work. Expect endless crashes, freezes, sound loops, bugs etc.
    Buy at your own risk ATM, or wait until its patched.
  33. bi9FATpotato
    Dec 2, 2013
    4
    Ok so Battlefield 4 is great if you have friends who you can play with. If you don't have friends then it's not that great. Graphics are awesome and all that but the biggest problem is that when you want to play the game there is a 50% chance that EA servers are down or just some other problem. If it didn't have those problems I would rate it 8/10.
  34. SeasideHermit
    Dec 2, 2013
    3
    Don't waste your money. The multi-player is horrible, and the campaign is worse. You'll be thrown into objective after objective, with no real teamwork going on, and you'll be left trying to do everything yourself. The people that really seem to enjoy this game are those that either buy the premium to get the weapons and upgrades, or the people that are die-hard DICE fans.
  35. CheesyHoDogPuff
    Dec 5, 2013
    1
    Constant crashing, obvious money grab with day 1 dlc. The constant crashing bug is game breaking, I can't play more then 5 mins at a time. EA pushed DICE way too hard on this one. All EA cares about is money, they shamelessly kill off great franchises. (I'm talking to you, Simcity.) Uninstalled, will not play till a patch is released that fixes most of the problems. Will not buy any moreConstant crashing, obvious money grab with day 1 dlc. The constant crashing bug is game breaking, I can't play more then 5 mins at a time. EA pushed DICE way too hard on this one. All EA cares about is money, they shamelessly kill off great franchises. (I'm talking to you, Simcity.) Uninstalled, will not play till a patch is released that fixes most of the problems. Will not buy any more money grabbing dlc.… Expand
  36. Nitronomicon
    Dec 6, 2013
    2
    Wonderful!
    Very nice graphics, sound and gameplay!
    Convenient control panel.
    But why the need to kill the Russians again?
    Maybe DICE will offer in the next part of the game to save the USA from attacking Canadians? And help them Russians and Chineses!?
    That would be really interesting!
  37. v3it
    Dec 6, 2013
    3
    As a very experienced gamer of fps games (started in the 90s with q2, then played the ut series for almost a decade, had my fun with hl and cs and then 2 years ago returned to shooters with bf3) i simply have to say, this game sux, nothing more.

    When i think about what has been done better comparing it to bf3 i can count the things on one hand. - the squad system and orders combined    As a very experienced gamer of fps games (started in the 90s with q2, then played the ut series for almost a decade, had my fun with hl and cs and then 2 years ago returned to shooters with bf3) i simply have to say, this game sux, nothing more.

    When i think about what has been done better comparing it to bf3 i can count the things on one hand.
    - the squad system and orders combined with the commander adds a little bit more tactical variation to the public games
    - the little "counts as kill" feature if you almost killed a player and he then is shot by somebody else feels good not to have your kill stolen
    - the weapon settings and customizations are more complex and versatile
    THATS IT

    i wont list all of the bad things bf4 has introduced but just some major points
    - the whole design feels weaker than bf3 at least, like a bad f2p ripoff
    - vehecles and weapons also feel worse
    - maps are horrible

    and to add a nice topping the game is litterally almost unplayable because of gliches, bugs and crashes.

    please believe me and do yourself a favor and dont buy this     … Expand
  38. OcTico
    Dec 6, 2013
    4
    I have been a fan of the BF series for years.I was SO excited for this release. Wow what a disappointment. The game is so laggy that it is impossible to play. I am glad I picked up the game on Black Friday for half price. I wont be buying the DLCs anytime soon.
  39. nosered
    Dec 8, 2013
    4
    God, I loved BF3, well balanced and designed maps for all game modes. Altought, BF4 is lacking some balance. In TDM mode, you spawn in front of an enemy sniper scope. The net code is horrible, we get killed with "one" shot. So many flaws that I can organize myself to type it in here.
  40. xtrmsnpr
    Dec 11, 2013
    4
    unfortunately this game lucks of good optimization.It's been released with a lot of bugs,still after the patches and it has a lot of problems.It's just a broke game,which if other unknown company would released it,would be at the bottom of the games' ranking,and nobody would ever bother with it.But now it sells its name and the publisher's name.It is just an bf 3.5 for me.
  41. llMrPandall
    Dec 17, 2013
    2
    I've been a huge fan of the whole Battlefield Series and spent like easily 3000 hours playing, which is why im even more disappointed in Battlefield4.
    Its pretty clear that you buy the game mostly for the multiplayer the campaign is just a short compilation of stupid cliches and patriotism so just forget it (Oh yeah you have to play it to get all the guns in the game, the last mission    I've been a huge fan of the whole Battlefield Series and spent like easily 3000 hours playing, which is why im even more disappointed in Battlefield4.
    Its pretty clear that you buy the game mostly for the multiplayer the campaign is just a short compilation of stupid cliches and patriotism so just forget it (Oh yeah you have to play it to get all the guns in the game, the last mission even 3 times).
    The multiplayer is an updated version of Battlefield 3, that would be ok if it has gotten any better.
    At this point in time this is (still after 1,5 months) clearly an unfinished product, every patch changes the feel of the game completely so if you got used to the gameplay its like a slap in the face every three weeks and it is impossible to stay at a certain level at skill.
    The maps are not that bad but the game is clearly missing a good Infantry only map, the only thing close to that is Operation Locker but that one isnt called the "Meatgrinder" without a reason (too few routes, too linear).
    Levolution looks nice but in the end its just a gimmick and doesnt require any change of tactics, in the most matches the events arent even triggered by the players.
    The worst thing is the hit registration, it was not that good in BF3 because of client side hit registration, but in BF4 its beyond acceptable. At first there was the one hit kill bug then hits in the head would have been registered twice leading to your instant death. Trading kills was so common at a certain point it was simply enraging. And after the latest patch hit registration is messed up and sometimes delayed. If you know in which direction a player is moving you just have to shoot there and you will hit him even if the player model on your screen reaches this spot a short period of time later (this was tested in 2m distance) and even works through solid walls.
    Hit Registration wasnt the best in all of the Battlefield titles but this is simply unacceptable.
    In conclusion Battlefield 4 is simply an unfinished title with a lot of potential but the launch phase of the game has just simply ruined it, as a gamer buying a full price game we can expect a finished game (yeah it can be a little rough around the edges), but this is still in beta phase.    … Expand
  42. chompy_deluxe
    Dec 17, 2013
    1
    If the game was actually finished the muiltplayer would be amazing and the single play would be better than average. But as it stands on PC I cant play the game because of the buggness of the game. Since I cant play it and non of my friends on PC can play it either it deserves the lowest possible score. In its current state its just another cash grab by EA and a stain on DICE.
  43. BF4WorstGame
    Sep 7, 2014
    1
    With Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3, it's not a surprise to say I had high expectations for BF4. The game has thoroughly disappointed me in every aspect, even the graphics. The game exchanges the gritty, lifelike textures of Battlefield 3 for a cartoon like feel and more detail. The singleplayer was, quite literally, the worst storyline and experience I've had in a FPS. The multiplayerWith Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3, it's not a surprise to say I had high expectations for BF4. The game has thoroughly disappointed me in every aspect, even the graphics. The game exchanges the gritty, lifelike textures of Battlefield 3 for a cartoon like feel and more detail. The singleplayer was, quite literally, the worst storyline and experience I've had in a FPS. The multiplayer has map designs that frankly made me wonder if the map designers at DICE were replaced by mentally challenged monkeys for this specific game. The netcode has been, and continues to be, a nightmare that's been unprecedented, not to mention the incredibly crappy balance and spawns. Congratulations, DICE, for making perhaps one of the worst games of the current console generation, and easily the worst Battlefield ever produced. I don't know why people say Hardline isn't fit for the battlefield name and reputation, when it's so obviously this one.… Expand
  44. Borrodin
    Nov 4, 2018
    0
    The game is riddled with players who are using cheat mods to gain a significant advantage, much like all games in the Battlefield series. Save your money and play something else, unless cheating is your thing too.
  45. nurfedx
    Nov 19, 2021
    4
    Mediocre Game and an Insult to every BF-Veteran. Still better than 2042 tho. DONT BUY!
  46. FlameFace582
    Nov 22, 2020
    0
    I played BF4 for 1000 hours and its the best game i have played. I played other BF games and they do not even have that community
  47. Nathanielvk
    Nov 18, 2021
    4
    The game is plagued with bug its none stop, been playing the game since release and had to stop for a while as the game has never been fixed.

    DICE releasing a small amount of patch that are only making the game more unstable. don't get me start on the Hit Detection (IT DON'T WORK)
  48. TenchuuKhan
    Aug 25, 2014
    4
    I'm reviewing the SP portion here:
    I wasn't expecting much of the game and now that it's finally available for only 20 bucks (unless you want to get the Deluxe Premium whatever edition) I checked out a Gameplay vid and was like: yea, looks nice, let's give it a shot.
    Now - the first 15 minutes of the game look quite promising and atmospheric, and then it starts to get really cheap. And    I'm reviewing the SP portion here:
    I wasn't expecting much of the game and now that it's finally available for only 20 bucks (unless you want to get the Deluxe Premium whatever edition) I checked out a Gameplay vid and was like: yea, looks nice, let's give it a shot.

    Now - the first 15 minutes of the game look quite promising and atmospheric, and then it starts to get really cheap. And it only gets worse and somewhere along the line you wonder if they simply stopped the SP guys from blowing money on it because most of their money comes from MP DLCs anyway.

    Besides that the story is really dull, wasn't expecting much anyway, they really didn't care this time around (compared to BF3) to setup a campaign that is satisfying.
    To me it looks like they started trying to make something nice, and then their budget was cut and they came up with half-assed action sequences... and not even that - you are left to imagine that something fancy just happened because animating the destruction of a dam/ship was too expensive so they just let your character black out.    … Expand
  49. carnivorCactae
    Jul 16, 2019
    1
    The 13 year old predecessor managed to have a catchy soundtrack, bots and the possibility to play coop on the huge maps!
    It even had mods-support!
    Battlefield 4 on the other hand feels like a hamsterwheel and grindfest replaced good gameplay! This was the game that made me quit online-gaming and continuing playing only cooperatively with friends! If you thought Battlefield was an    The 13 year old predecessor managed to have a catchy soundtrack, bots and the possibility to play coop on the huge maps!
    It even had mods-support!

    Battlefield 4 on the other hand feels like a hamsterwheel and grindfest replaced good gameplay!

    This was the game that made me quit online-gaming and continuing playing only cooperatively with friends!

    If you thought Battlefield was an alternative to the annoying and kiddy-riddled Call of Duty you are wrong!
    Be prepared for annoying waiting-queues and sometimes totally unexplainable loading times!
    Yes:
    It looks fantastic!
    and yes:
    It sounds even better!
    In fact: There is no other game that has this absolutely astonishing sound-design! But it's nothing more than a facade!
    In fact it consists of an annoying and totally hollow game-mechanic!
    A XP-System that deludes you into achieving something, and is obviously a cover up for the bug-riddled gameplay and hostile game-enviroment with more random deaths and unfair gameplay every round!

    The servers are filled with cheaters and death-squads who overrun and deliberately hunt newcomers!

    If you thought: "Just have to get better", there is no way to get really better. You just earn xp and more guns and attachments (that's the Hamsterwheel that can get you into wasting time very fast! How often did you realize: NOT PLAYING FOR FUN, BUT FOR MORE XP AND BAGDES?)

    Tactical approach is often missing totally and it's "everyone for themselves!"

    Weapons are a joke!
    It makes NO DIFFERENCE if you shoot with a SMG or a Heavy MG!
    What should obliterate anyone coming through the hail of bullets, often doesn't do a scratch and you wonder if you even hit!
    Just to make you understand: The LIGHT MG farts 20 DMG and the HEAVY makes the same amount of stink!
    Pathetic!

    A game that will make you hate campers and online gamers in general!    … Expand
  50. g00g0lpl3x
    Aug 7, 2014
    2
    I've not played that game a lot. I've struggling with the netcode issues the whole time. I have to say i never felt so disappointed by a game i had pre-order 4 months in advance. Being a hardcore fan of the franchise i genuinely felt let down by Dice and EA. The biggest surprise i had came from the fact that the netcode was fixed in June. 8 months after the release of the game. You guysI've not played that game a lot. I've struggling with the netcode issues the whole time. I have to say i never felt so disappointed by a game i had pre-order 4 months in advance. Being a hardcore fan of the franchise i genuinely felt let down by Dice and EA. The biggest surprise i had came from the fact that the netcode was fixed in June. 8 months after the release of the game. You guys just lost my respect and i will never buy a BF game ever again. ps: BF4-2 (Counter-Strike HD) Really??? This is your new game?… Expand
  51. qizin
    Mar 17, 2014
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. BF4 has been out three months and there has been some improvement although many serious issues remain after several patches from EA. The game doesn't crash nearly as often (but it still crashes). Lag and stuttering have been reduced too although not eliminated. The audio no longer suddenly disappears on certain maps. However many core problems remain, e.g. what you see and what your opponent sees not being in sync, leading to many outraged comments by players about being "shot around corners". Of course EA (and this game's developer, DICE) couldn't fix a sandwich without breaking the whole kitchen, and every patch has fixed some things while breaking others. There was a bug where players you had clearly shot still showed 100% health when they spun around and killed you. Now, they instead show 0% health, making it look as if you were just killed by a dead player (leading to much yelling and screaming in the game's text chat). There has been so much angry commentary from disappointed Battlefield players that it got the attention of the mainstream media leading to EA's stock price taking a hit. EA has also ordered DICE to suspend work on expansion packs for BF4 and get all their programmers working on fixing bugs, but there are so many bugs, and I wonder if some of them really cannot be fixed because the basic structure of the game contains hopeless flaws. EA has actually been issuing refunds to some purchasers of BF4 provided they hadn't played many hours (many of them could not play at all).

    So, while BF4 has been partially repaired it is still a coin toss if you will find it an enjoyable game or an experience more irritating then entertaining. I know several people with new fire-breathing gaming computers who have just as much trouble running BF4 as those of us using less powerful machines. So be warned; while BF4 is terrific when it is working and shows huge potential, it is still a buggy and annoying product needing a lot of work. If you haven't bought it yet you are probably better off waiting awhile to see how far the repair work gets (and how much EA drops the price) because Battlefield 4 still has some serious problems.    … Expand
  52. dabyd1304
    Jan 12, 2017
    4
    *Análisis de la campaña individual.
    Tiene los mismos pocos puntos positivos de la entrega anterior pero a diferencia de éste, escasean los buenos diseños de escenarios. En la mayoría de shooters bélicos modernos se juntan los escenarios muy mal construidos con otros bastante buenos. En este Battlefield 4 lo hacen los escenarios muy malos con otros mediocres. El resulto final es un    *Análisis de la campaña individual.
    Tiene los mismos pocos puntos positivos de la entrega anterior pero a diferencia de éste, escasean los buenos diseños de escenarios. En la mayoría de shooters bélicos modernos se juntan los escenarios muy mal construidos con otros bastante buenos. En este Battlefield 4 lo hacen los escenarios muy malos con otros mediocres. El resulto final es un producto casi disfrutable a veces, casi.    … Expand
  53. jorbo125
    Jun 3, 2021
    2
    The lowest point of the entire battlefield franchise. Battlefield 5 and Hardline were dodgy, but boy, if you want to see some truly awful game design, load up battlefield 4.

    Genuinely one of the worst genuine attempts at a video game I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through, buy a better video game, it's not hard at all.
  54. Nessly1991
    Dec 4, 2019
    0
    Tried this game with free month of origin acces i got and feel very happy i didnt trow mony on this.Tried 5-6 rounds of multiplayer and every single time got kicked out of server after 20 seconds of game,it is completly unplayable.Story is also meh nothing special.
  55. Deathbringer_01
    Feb 19, 2020
    2
    This game is so terrible, 2020 and still game is a horrible of messing bugs, no good map content, weapons in this game are terrible
  56. Legitplayer
    Apr 10, 2021
    4
    Campaign is the wet dream of America just like that dream It is full of faults/bugs.
    I hope whoever named that character "Irish" dies a painful and slow death.

    And multiplayer is dead compare to battlefield 3.
  57. Xpen123
    Aug 12, 2019
    0
    говнолалплуллалплуддадпдудадщудудщпдулащпщуддкщпщущдущпщуду
  58. jtr_419
    Jul 21, 2020
    2
    zadurzo try-hardów zaczołem grać i besprzerwy ginąłem nawet jak przeciwnik był oddalony o około 500m
  59. IST3N
    Nov 16, 2021
    0
    Best battlefield I've ever played, after BF3 it started to decay, until I got to this 2042 game that can't even be called a battlefield.
  60. Black_of_lord
    Jan 3, 2021
    0
    Просто из принципа. Даже играть в такое не хочется.
  61. liniunt
    Jun 13, 2021
    0
    yok yapay zekaya yönelik hiçbir şey yok ne dost kuvvetlerde ne de düşman kuvvetlerde yapaylık var ama zekaya dair hiçbir şey yok. ama mpsi gayet güzel yalan değil
  62. LolXDV2
    Sep 13, 2021
    0
    no he podido jugar al juego porque porque me metia a partida rapida y no podia jugar a nada todo eran puros DLC y encima la carga es muy lenta
  63. Chocomint
    Sep 18, 2021
    0
    This is by far the worst battlefield ever, it's straight up a pure downgrade from the amazing game BF3 was.
    Bugs are all over the place, the shooting feels awful, the AI is one of the most scuffed I've ever seen, the vehicle control is non-existing and the physics are completely broken.
  64. Fluorescent300
    Aug 7, 2021
    0
    The most buggy, uncomfortable and ridiculous campaign of fps ever.
    Enemies that will not die although shooting directly at them.
    Allies that does absolute nothing but talks. Unpassable stages due to allies not moving. All of the controlled-action fps view is so uncomfortable. Not to mention the unrealistic scene where Pac has to get a thin glass door open, wtf? The surrounding has    The most buggy, uncomfortable and ridiculous campaign of fps ever.
    Enemies that will not die although shooting directly at them.
    Allies that does absolute nothing but talks.
    Unpassable stages due to allies not moving.
    All of the controlled-action fps view is so uncomfortable.
    Not to mention the unrealistic scene where Pac has to get a thin glass door open, wtf? The surrounding has been completely thrashed and a soldier spend minutes at getting a glass door unlock?
    Weapon stash everywhere on battlefield is another illogical joke.
    As well as the lightning effect.
    An absolute disgrace to BF franchise    … Expand
  65. Albatros146
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    So many buggs that completely ruins the game and you cannot even make proggress in campaign mode.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 52
  3. Negative: 0 out of 52
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 11, 2014
    91
    Battlefield 4 could just as well be called Battlefield 3.5. The new Battlefield features are only marginal improvements over Battlefield 3, but even as such it leaves the competitors way behind. Hopefully the bugs will be squashed soon. [Nov 2013]
  2. GameCritics
    Jan 13, 2014
    60
    Even if multiplayer wasn't buggy, Battlefield 4 would still only be a barely passable installment in all respects besides the snazzy graphics. EA and DICE played it safe by providing the same thing they did the last time around, with another phoned-in campaign and only minor alterations to the online.
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  3. Level7.nu
    Jan 3, 2014
    60
    Battlefield 4 keeps soldiering on in the same footsteps as previous games in the series. The lack of worthwhile news makes you wish for more. Dice stays in its comfort zone calls for explosions and not much more. The series needs to evolve or fade out.
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