Battlefield 4

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  1. grafae
    Feb 7, 2014
    1
    Yawn. This pointless 'update' puts sadly puts the previously respectable Battlefield series firmly in the 'Call of Duty camp'. I played the single player a couple of months back and already can barely remember it.
  2. battlefieldblow
    Feb 6, 2014
    0
    Totally buggy and unplayable game. Among the show-stoppers is a 0-health bug that makes some players invincible. This happens every fourth-third time you die, and DICE still hasn't fixed it.

    Don't buy it, don't fund this crap.
  3. hadukao
    Feb 6, 2014
    9
    Battlefield 4 is a epic game with many innovations and a big quantity of bugs, but if you stop to pay attention, the creators are launching updates that are improving since the launch, and if you wait they will correct the rest, like in battlefield 3, i believe you need to wait until they fix the bugs and then, you can buy one of the best games made.
  4. Siberith
    Feb 4, 2014
    8
    Battlefield 4 does not fall short at amazing. The gameplay is intense, graphics are amazing, and the destructive environment is better than ever. Though its very similar to Battlefield 3 it does have a few more in-game sparks to keep it interesting. Things such as field upgrades which improves your overall gadget systems based off of how well you play as a team, and emblems for you andBattlefield 4 does not fall short at amazing. The gameplay is intense, graphics are amazing, and the destructive environment is better than ever. Though its very similar to Battlefield 3 it does have a few more in-game sparks to keep it interesting. Things such as field upgrades which improves your overall gadget systems based off of how well you play as a team, and emblems for you and your clan to show off.

    Unfortunately, EA pushed this game out quicker than it should. The game still has glitches, and extreme frame-rate drops at times, even for the console versions. There is also a few minor things that isn't apart of the game. There is no co-op missions, you can't invite friends to a squad before going in-game. You have to follow them in and hope you guys end up on the same team. The only way to customize any of your load outs is through in-game customizations. You can't change load-outs on the My Soldier like you could on BF3. You're also only limited to customizing the specific vehicles on the map. For example, say you play on Operation Locker, a close quarter combat with no vehicles, but say you unlock a new camo that you want to put on your tank. You have to wait till you are on a map with that tank available to put it on. Also, in Battepacks you are awarded things like "New Emblem" and "New Solider Portrait." This has left many confused of where to locate those items. The only way to locate those items is through the computer by logging into your battlelog. This can be a hassle especially if you want to just change your emblem/clan tag.

    Like I said, Battlefield still is an over-all amazing game, but there is still a lot of things they left out or over complicated that could of been made easier.    … Expand
  5. will1956
    Feb 4, 2014
    0
    Pros: absolute brilliant graphics, large maps, brilliant single player campaign .
    Cons: it will kick me off before I finish ANY multiplayer game, annoying habit of flicking me around 180 degrees, randomly freezes, playing on a 8350/7870 ghz/ssd computer, so it is not the specs plus the single player campaign has no such problems ( will play Crysis 3 high res no problems)
  6. Bigass
    Feb 4, 2014
    0
    this is the worst game you could do in the genre of shooter
    Dice spat in the face of gamers doing the worst in the history of the series battlefild
    i hate this game
  7. theblazer90
    Feb 2, 2014
    9
    ok for one when the game came out it was a buggy piece of **** but it showed a ton potential now fast forward a few months to February, they've ironed out MOST the bugs but there is the occasional crash. ok on to the game itself... The single player is **** But the multiplayer is what you come there for its fun fast paced and exiting. plus destructible maps. go buy... its worth it.
  8. curtiscro8
    Feb 2, 2014
    10
    Battlefield 4 is such a big improvement, Commander mode is so fun to play especially when your not with friends. The destructive buildings are awesome, the graphics are breathtaking and the fps O my GOD so good. It did have bugs at the start but so does every game. They have been fixed this happens to every game even call of duty so guy give a little leeway.
  9. JonesAddict
    Jan 30, 2014
    8
    DISCLAIMER: This review is for the 360 version only and not the PC version.

    I would have initially have given this game a 4 or 5 out of 10 due to my horrible experiences with it. However, now that they have patched up some of the core, and most aggravating, problems, the game is actually a lot of fun. I see that several of the views below, the negative ones, bash the levelution    DISCLAIMER: This review is for the 360 version only and not the PC version.

    I would have initially have given this game a 4 or 5 out of 10 due to my horrible experiences with it. However, now that they have patched up some of the core, and most aggravating, problems, the game is actually a lot of fun.

    I see that several of the views below, the negative ones, bash the levelution system which provides us with the destructibility of each map. I'll have to disagree with many people here about that. From personal experience, I'd say that it makes a lot of difference in how you play the game, if you actually think ahead and take your environment into consideration. If you're one of those people who just run around killing people, the destruction physics will mean nothing to you no matter how good it is. There was one time which me and my squad-mates were hold up in a building as we tried to defend the area from the assaulting enemies. Sure enough, with enough firepower the entire building collapsed, leaving us with no cover and a harder to defend point. So instead, we decided to use some guerrilla tactics and destroyed their attacking vehicles with C4. The changes to the environment that happen can make it look like you just stepped into a new area although it is so damaged that it looks foreign, not to mention the amazing graphics which add much more immersion to the environment of each map.

    Now, the initial problems that I mentioned before had to do with their servers. It was impossible to play with friends, Battlelog wouldn't work, and servers were laggy and hard to get into. It was annoying that I couldn't play with my friends, and due to that I almost returned the game. However, with the most recent patch, it seems they have almost solved the problem completely. Although the exclusion of a party system in game can be annoying, it can easily be worked around due to the flexibility of in-game team switching. The server problems which plagued BF4 previously can only be seen on some occasions and they aren't as bad as before. I can also proudly say that Battlelog works perfectly fine, however it is rather useless.

    For the in-game issues, the gameplay itself works well. It is impossible to drop-shot and quick-scoping is almost impossible as well. The guns aren't balanced at all, however the game itself relies on the strategic thinking of the player to win situations, and not the gun itself. However, if you are in a straight up, no-cover, shooting match with someone with a better gun, you will lose, which is how it should be. The fact that you have to continue to play with a certain class or vehicle in order to unlock more for it can be kind of annoying, as compared to COD:Ghosts squad point system, however you can earn enough score by completing objectives and aiding your team, which also helps you level up.

    The Commander system is also a nice addition to BF4. With it, you can see the map from an eagle-eye perspective, aid the team with UAVs, EMPs, supply drops, squad promotions, and the ability to order squads to objectives on the map. Not to mention the addition support options which you can use when your team has specific objectives on the map, such as an AC-130, cruise missiles, and a map-wide infantry or vehicle stand; you can even mark enemies for everyone to see for a period of time if they have a 6-kill kill-streak! Although it seems like having a commander can win you any game, most of the time no one uses the feature, and when they do they don't seem to do much with it. If your team sucks and refuses to listen to commands, having a commander won't make much of a difference. However it may be able to make you lose just a little less.

    Overall, I recommend this game to anyone who enjoys the First-Person-Shooter experience and wants a more realistic game than COD.    … Expand
  10. SilkyNoah
    Jan 30, 2014
    4
    Same crappy singeplayer as BF3, multiplayer is decent when it works. The problems is that BF4 has lost almost all the character that made BF games so from from the start.
  11. Tecco
    Jan 30, 2014
    0
    My good buddy bought this game for me, and i was pretty much what i expected of it.
    I just don't get the hype about this game, even if it were not almost unplayable because of various bugs, odd frameratedrops and a childish playerbase, the game feels mediocre at best.
    People talk about good grapics, but i just didnt se it. Most of the time all i saw was smoke or fog. Vehicle spawn are    My good buddy bought this game for me, and i was pretty much what i expected of it.
    I just don't get the hype about this game, even if it were not almost unplayable because of various bugs, odd frameratedrops and a childish playerbase, the game feels mediocre at best.
    People talk about good grapics, but i just didnt se it. Most of the time all i saw was smoke or fog.
    Vehicle spawn are not thought trough people just take units random and drive them into lakes or instant crashes air units(New players like me). This would not be a problem if the system were proper designed, but i personally ended up being hesitant in taking helicopters and tanks because i felt i were hampering my team by doing so.
    Overall a very bad experience.    … Expand
  12. Ravidleo
    Jan 28, 2014
    0
    hate that game. just hate it such a lame gameplay, and the bugs, oh the bugs.
    if you're looking for a game that will make you rage quit, or quit itself because of the bugs than that the game for you, anouter typical game of EA.
    pure s**t.
  13. LayZ
    Jan 28, 2014
    3
    As a HUGE Battlefield fan, I was looking forward to BF4 as i thought they might have learnt from all their mistakes in BF3.. I was dissapointed. Will no longer be supporting this franchise, and I dont say that lightly as DICE has given me at least 1000+ hours of entertainment in the past with the series.
  14. FatSeal
    Jan 28, 2014
    1
    I was so excited when BF 4 's lunch trailer came out. And I thought I must pre-order this game.
    And it finally came out,I was angry that game has so many errors. graphic of this game cool but,
    It is only good thing of this game.

    Single play was so boring...and Multiplay was more bad than singleplay.

    BF 3 is better than is game...
  15. total
    Jan 27, 2014
    4
    They mucked it up. endless amount of bugs, glitches and most important the crashing. They might have fixed it by know but I was burned too hard. This game has killed the series for me. This was even more of a muck up then Total War Rome 2 some how.
  16. Birdsht
    Jan 26, 2014
    2
    YouTube videos made by the community clearly spell out the dire un-fixable issues in the games code. Netcode issues, hitboxes not matching up to characters on screen. Foreign players lagging up local servers because the netcode gives 200 ping players the edge over players with 15 ping. I have only seen this type of half a$$ed attempt at netcode in BF3. We still die long after were behindYouTube videos made by the community clearly spell out the dire un-fixable issues in the games code. Netcode issues, hitboxes not matching up to characters on screen. Foreign players lagging up local servers because the netcode gives 200 ping players the edge over players with 15 ping. I have only seen this type of half a$$ed attempt at netcode in BF3. We still die long after were behind cover. Trying to lead the enemy is a crap shoot as you never know exactly where their hitboxes are. They added all kinds of overpowered weapons for players that suck. Multiple grenade launchers, XM-25 Airburst, remote mortars, SUAV, UCAV all kinds of pure vaginal things that take away from the FPS experience. We have also digressed back to over 50% players playing sniper in every game, hiding, trying to pick people off because they cant compete any other way. I would not buy this game again, and I would not recommend it to a friend.… Expand
  17. Brosman
    Jan 26, 2014
    3
    Its amazing how little fun I had in this game. What used to be my favorite shooter has slowly devolved into a terrible train wreck. Bad map design, broken gameplay, OP weapons, people killing you with 0% health, and just an overall frustratingly unbalanced mulitplayer. My win ratio is 82% and my KDR is 1.5 and yet I don't have any fun. You don't feel like your doing anything in this game.Its amazing how little fun I had in this game. What used to be my favorite shooter has slowly devolved into a terrible train wreck. Bad map design, broken gameplay, OP weapons, people killing you with 0% health, and just an overall frustratingly unbalanced mulitplayer. My win ratio is 82% and my KDR is 1.5 and yet I don't have any fun. You don't feel like your doing anything in this game. You'll be in the middle of a firefight with tracers flying everywhere and buildings exploding, yet no one is dying and you cant see anyone to fight. Its bizarre that I can feel like I'm in a combat zone with out any actually combat going on. BFBC2 is still my favorite and will continue to be my favorite BF game. BF4 just goes to show that bigger isnt always better. 64 player matches are too crowded and just result in a cluster of spawn killing and 2 second lives. I wont be buying BF5 and I will be cautious with BFBC3 as Im sure they will screw it up.… Expand
  18. sonic125
    Jan 26, 2014
    0
    For players looking for Rush gameplay, this BF4 is a sore disappointment.but if EA give us battlefield 2 and 3 with i will buy itseeming more like the Armored Kill and End Game maps. There are no maps like Grand Bazar, Seine or Aftermath.

    There are serious problems with the spawn on the defensive team of a few maps, resulting in many instant kills after spawn.
  19. Rulix
    Jan 26, 2014
    0
    This game is .. not worth paying a dollar for and let me tell you why:

    * LOTS of bugs and glitches
    * LOTS of game crashes
    * Unbalanced weapons / explosives
    * Ridiculous spawnpoints right in front of an ennemy
    * Worst team-balance ever coded

    Really disappointed..
  20. AaronOlstead
    Jan 25, 2014
    9
    Simply a masterpiece. The game has a great storyline and multiplayer is addicting. I'd recommend this to any COD fan. New levels, new weapons and new multiplayer modes make this game fun.
  21. Ironshark6969
    Jan 23, 2014
    0
    Worst BF ever, lag, bugs, netcode broken, and a lot of errors, XBOX360, never buy another battlefield or another game from EA (Scamers) is a game they trow to the people, they don't finish the game and they sell the game becose the stupid propaganda and all the marketing.
  22. Lacav
    Jan 22, 2014
    5
    And the buggy gameplay of the battlefield series sadly continues.. Along with that EA refuses to give the player the freedom to choose language, if not bought from EA's only certified partner Origin...... bad, bad, Eletronics arts..
  23. miksikis
    Jan 22, 2014
    0
    This game is absolutely broken full of bugs and even 4 months in the problems keep getting worse. I've lost all respect for EA and DICE.

    BUYERS BEWARE, stay away from this game.
  24. maor4774
    Jan 22, 2014
    9
    even so in the start the game was released with LOT of bugs, after DICE fixed them you can see the real game,now igenore the no-one should care about single-player, the multiplayer is one of the best i ever played, a huge improvement over battlefiled 3, with 3-4 friends to play with and you got the best multiplayer exprience ever, even so it sad that DICE removed the co-op that i loved ineven so in the start the game was released with LOT of bugs, after DICE fixed them you can see the real game,now igenore the no-one should care about single-player, the multiplayer is one of the best i ever played, a huge improvement over battlefiled 3, with 3-4 friends to play with and you got the best multiplayer exprience ever, even so it sad that DICE removed the co-op that i loved in 3, the game doing it job great and i recomended to every FPS fan to buy it.… Expand
  25. Mad0ne
    Jan 22, 2014
    0
    Crashing, bad singleplayer - boring and poorly done, obvious tunnel scripted.
    Bad netcode, badhitreg.. unplayable servers, team balance does not work.
    Bugged UI, bugged weapons.

    sht game
  26. Solidus784
    Jan 22, 2014
    0
    I've been a fan of battlefield for several years but this will probably be the last release i buy .It has been released in an inexcusable unstable state with constant game crashes too many bugs to mention horrible hit registration making any attempt at competitive gameplay a completely random joke. DO NOT GIVE EA/DICE YOUR MONEY FOR THIS !. Such a disappointment.
  27. mikey42782
    Jan 21, 2014
    0
    Let me start out by saying that I have purchased every battlefield, ever made..Loved bad company..wish they kept bad company..but they didnt and for that they are a bunch of asshats at EA..

    That being said, i honestly thought that they took a huge stupid step releasing this game on origin only and you have to play it from a web browser but that's besides the point. I said i wouldn't    Let me start out by saying that I have purchased every battlefield, ever made..Loved bad company..wish they kept bad company..but they didnt and for that they are a bunch of asshats at EA..

    That being said, i honestly thought that they took a huge stupid step releasing this game on origin only and you have to play it from a web browser but that's besides the point.

    I said i wouldn't get it but it was on sale black friday so i got it. i got the "deluxe" edition, which is **** it says you have the expansion pack "china rising"..what they didn't tell you those no good **** is that "premium customers" get to "unlock the content" two weeks before everyone else..that stung for a bit..why in the sam hill would i purchase it if that was the case? the deluxe edition no less? all to get your hard earned **** cash thats all it is.

    the game was released in what, November? rushed to try and beat the call of duty sales(which as much as cod sucks, it will never beat call of duty i am sorry i hate to admit, i don't play it but they won't outsell it). I played the game in beta because i own battlefield 3 and when i played the game it was just like the beta.
    my video drivers are up to date..my windows is up to date..pc is pretty good pc but i still got the error saying my video card wasnt the updated version(which it was) and that i could still run the game but it might crash and not cooperate..
    well crash it did..constantly..stuck on the **** loading screen. disconnected from games..so i uninstalled and resinstalled it, thinking maybe i had missed something..but no. i tried talking to my man hajib over there, the lovely customer service rep and he was dumb as a stone, offered no help just wanted to see a screen shot of my dxdiag.
    I hate to say this..but i am done with the battlefield franchise..i work too hard for my money to be let down. I can't rate this game fully because i didn't enjoy it fully. so the bottom line is if you liked battledfield? stick with the 2nd one, hell if u can stand the web browser and origin even the third one..but ea has gotten my money for the last time..may the rot on the vine and finally get the same dick in their **** that they have been giving us customers for years    … Expand
  28. Evad
    Jan 21, 2014
    0
    Broken game, updates are useless. Online is garbage. Just another call of duty with vehicles. Spawn points are just as bad. The actual player base is useless like a bunch of monkeys, with no brain.
    Graphics are nice, just wish this game wasn't ruined with the new features that absolutely ruined HC.
    Fix your game before release. This game is worse than any alpha release on any game I have played.
  29. Schmidy
    Jan 19, 2014
    7
    The only problem that I have with BF4 is that I cannot play the singleplayer campaign due to the game crashing, while I do have that problem with multiplayer it happens after several hours of gameplay. I really enjoy playing in multiplayer which makes up for the lack of singleplayer.
  30. Aredyl101
    Jan 19, 2014
    6
    Long load times break it for me. Without a SSD to hold the 24+ GB install, expect loading times up to 5 minutes for larger matches. Constantly starting 5 minutes behind everybody else is a deal-breaker, as it allows a distinct advantage. EA and Dice should not expect everybody to purchase a SSD just to play their games, especially after paying nearly $120 in the game and season pass.Long load times break it for me. Without a SSD to hold the 24+ GB install, expect loading times up to 5 minutes for larger matches. Constantly starting 5 minutes behind everybody else is a deal-breaker, as it allows a distinct advantage. EA and Dice should not expect everybody to purchase a SSD just to play their games, especially after paying nearly $120 in the game and season pass.

    I'm rating this a 6 mostly since the game does function most of the time. So many features are still missing from BF4 that are found in most newer FPS games - matchmaking, balance between sides, pre-game lobbies, etc. The server style reminds me more of older FPS games such as Quake... at least Quake loaded within reason back in the day.    … Expand
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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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