Battlefield Hardline

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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 957 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 508 out of 957
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  1. hooner
    Mar 25, 2015
    0
    The fact this game was ever released as a standalone, not as DLC, shows what a terrible state the gaming industry is in. This is a mod for a base game that is STILL broken (BF4). Buy this and you are perpetuating their ludicrous business models and saying you are OK with being milked by companies that don't give a **** about gamers. DICE/EA are the anti-gamers. Maybe people will sit upThe fact this game was ever released as a standalone, not as DLC, shows what a terrible state the gaming industry is in. This is a mod for a base game that is STILL broken (BF4). Buy this and you are perpetuating their ludicrous business models and saying you are OK with being milked by companies that don't give a **** about gamers. DICE/EA are the anti-gamers. Maybe people will sit up and listen when they **** up Star Wars Battlefront.… Expand
  2. TsarVadim
    Mar 26, 2015
    3
    This game is a RUSHed reskin of Battlefield 4, with less content. If you feel like paying 120 dollars for a premium version, don't and go buy 3 other games on sale on Steam because this is a big steaming pile of EA ****
  3. Gikori
    Mar 18, 2015
    0
    EA employees are on metacritic now doing damage control/lying about the game. This game is bad it is a mod of Battlefield 4 they want to charge 120$ for. They broke the game up and took some features and added it to premium as a day one dlc. They mocked COD then copied it. EA we don't want COD we want goddamn Battlefield.
  4. sierradog
    Mar 17, 2015
    3
    This game does nothing for me anyway. It's not fun. The gunplay is boring and the 'netcode' is still not improved. Honestly if it was 20 bucks I might say it's a buy, but at 60 dollars I would say pass on this one.
  5. h4lfbak3d
    Mar 17, 2015
    2
    Very big disappointment. Ive purchased every title in the Battlefield series and this is the worst. Its suppose to be a next gen game, however it LOOKS visually like Call of Duty. Not sure if they forgot that Battlefield focuses on realism and very real looking environments etc., but all the maps felt like they were something visually in Call of Duty. I am glad I bought through Origin andVery big disappointment. Ive purchased every title in the Battlefield series and this is the worst. Its suppose to be a next gen game, however it LOOKS visually like Call of Duty. Not sure if they forgot that Battlefield focuses on realism and very real looking environments etc., but all the maps felt like they were something visually in Call of Duty. I am glad I bought through Origin and got my money back. Very disappointed in EA and really hope Dice makes it right with Battlefield 5 or Bad Company 3, whichever is the REAL project. Hardline should have started its own franchise and stayed out of Battlefield.........… Expand
  6. troofserum
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    Been playing for 15+ hours and I am completely bored. It really kicked as for the first 10 hours though, but holy **** the mp maps have no depth and are simply ugly and have no heart behind them. In fact this whole game feels so empty in that regard. Recycled regurgitated poor quality waste of time.
  7. apragmatist
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    I really wanted to like this game...but sadly have to agree with other negative reviewers. Even if this was just a $15 DLC for BF4 (as it should have been) then I still wouldn't buy it...it's just that bad. If you are a BF fan then either stick with BF4 or buy it if you don't have it. Hardline graphics suck, campaign sucks, multiplayer is horrid...really disappointed that EA tried toI really wanted to like this game...but sadly have to agree with other negative reviewers. Even if this was just a $15 DLC for BF4 (as it should have been) then I still wouldn't buy it...it's just that bad. If you are a BF fan then either stick with BF4 or buy it if you don't have it. Hardline graphics suck, campaign sucks, multiplayer is horrid...really disappointed that EA tried to pull one over on gamers. Now I'm really getting concerned that EA and DICE are going mess up Star Wars Battlefront by delivering a game that is simply a reskinned BF4.… Expand
  8. PashaAlex
    Mar 17, 2015
    3
    As mindless multiplayer shooter it's pretty good, as single player game... unspeakably bad. Single looks like game from 2008 and a B-movie. Awful and totally not worth any money.
  9. tomchee
    Apr 17, 2015
    0
    This is not Battlefield, at all. Doesn't fit for BF players cuz this is too CoD like, and doesn't fit for CoD players, cuz its is too complex for them. (They just wanna shoot around).
    So this game is game is a fail.
  10. pjaguilar
    Apr 24, 2015
    2
    Wow.. i mean wow... and not in a favorable way...

    I was totally excited to see the new Battlefield... and you get to.. SHOW YOUR BADGE!!!... man, what an exciting way of doing things... what's next? Battlefield: the adventure of the supermarket? (where you can push your cart and buy groceries... and the top of the story will be paying with coupons?) May be they didn't listen to the    Wow.. i mean wow... and not in a favorable way...

    I was totally excited to see the new Battlefield... and you get to.. SHOW YOUR BADGE!!!... man, what an exciting way of doing things... what's next? Battlefield: the adventure of the supermarket? (where you can push your cart and buy groceries... and the top of the story will be paying with coupons?)

    May be they didn't listen to the market research team?    … Expand
  11. Chr0m3
    Apr 5, 2015
    0
    'IT'S A COCKYDOODY RESKIN FOR BF4!'~ Angry Joe 2015. Downgraded graphics from Battlefield 4, absurd lack of content and overpowered preorder exclusive weapons, don't even bother.
  12. SabbathNZ
    May 24, 2015
    2
    Where to start....I have played every rendition of Battlefield, starting with 1942 way back when.... The only one I did not put serious hours into was 2142..... BF4 I have 1,400+hours playing..BF3 a similar amount...somewhat of a BF fan boy you could call me..... Hardline? A risky break from traditional Battlefield, and a risk that has sadly failed. I participated in the Alpha and Beta,Where to start....I have played every rendition of Battlefield, starting with 1942 way back when.... The only one I did not put serious hours into was 2142..... BF4 I have 1,400+hours playing..BF3 a similar amount...somewhat of a BF fan boy you could call me..... Hardline? A risky break from traditional Battlefield, and a risk that has sadly failed. I participated in the Alpha and Beta, and pre-ordered the game "hoping" they would get it right... Sadly they didn't.... Whilst Hotwire can be fun to play, its about all their is to the game, the weapons are unbalanced, with Guns like the K10 awesomely OP comapred to the rest (fastest rate of fire, and the most damage per bullet??), It needed a massive patch from day one, EA admitted it, but 2 months down the track, nothing, nada zip zero.... Player base? non existant, if you want o play Hardline, buy it on the PS4, its the only platform with any semblance of a community playing it. Yes it is still "fun" and the single player a bit better than other BF titles, but in short, it just leaves a sour taste in your mouth..... so much so I hopped on EA support and asked for a refund after 40 hours gametime, and 2 months after purchase..... Suprise suprise, they actually refunded the money too.... A sure sign that all is not well with the title.... If you have money to burn, then buy it, you might play it now and again, if you are on a budget, buy something else.... This game is not value for money, and is just a massive disappointing for any "true" BF fan. It should have been released as optional DLC for BF4, as that's all is really is....
    Dont hold your breath for Battlefront either, EA and DICE seem to have lost the plot lately.... Heres hoping some other studio use's the Unreal 4 engine and makes a decent FPS game    … Expand
  13. Wigspliter
    May 1, 2015
    0
    I loved BF for 10 years. I hated BF4, DICE just totally ruined everything with that crap, and it took them a year to even say sorry. Screw them, this game is just the same thing. As a beta tester, and final player, they just took a big garbage can and stuck it up our loyal fan asses, again. Any tester that sits here and tries to tell you how "original and cool" this one mode is.... isI loved BF for 10 years. I hated BF4, DICE just totally ruined everything with that crap, and it took them a year to even say sorry. Screw them, this game is just the same thing. As a beta tester, and final player, they just took a big garbage can and stuck it up our loyal fan asses, again. Any tester that sits here and tries to tell you how "original and cool" this one mode is.... is a freakin dev. Screw your lies DICE. YOU PRODUCE CRAP AND RIP US OFF. I paid 130 bucks for bf4, totally upgraded my computer thinking it would fix the crap crashes, didn't work. This game is just a skin from bf4. booo DICE. thanks for ruining my favorite game of 8 years DICE. Hardline stinks of DICE btw. REEKS OF THE GOOFS.… Expand
  14. Mitsie
    Nov 30, 2015
    0
    Not bad for a Beta Release.. oh wait the game has been out a year and its still full of bugs !
    shoot at people and the bullets ricochet in thin air.. its a bad copy of counterstrike, payday 2 and call of duty all in one.. don't buy it whatever you do.. friends told me not to get it and i ignored them, well that was a silly mistake..i only paid £12 for it a year after release, but still    Not bad for a Beta Release.. oh wait the game has been out a year and its still full of bugs !
    shoot at people and the bullets ricochet in thin air.. its a bad copy of counterstrike, payday 2 and call of duty all in one.. don't buy it whatever you do.. friends told me not to get it and i ignored them, well that was a silly mistake..i only paid £12 for it a year after release, but still feel robbed..    … Expand
  15. Mastodon
    May 7, 2015
    0
    Quite honestly back in my Half Life 1 days I saw single custom MAPS that had more content than this game does. I only bought this game for my review channel on youtube... as all early indications were the game was going to be rubbish. The gun control feels similar to an old MS DOS shooter.... stiff and rigid, no real control. The single player campaign might as well be non-existent. It'sQuite honestly back in my Half Life 1 days I saw single custom MAPS that had more content than this game does. I only bought this game for my review channel on youtube... as all early indications were the game was going to be rubbish. The gun control feels similar to an old MS DOS shooter.... stiff and rigid, no real control. The single player campaign might as well be non-existent. It's not just a bad campaign.... it's a bad campaign with horrible AI. Then comes the multiplayer - the only part of this game that was even a tiny bit fun.... however you only get a couple hours out of it before you're just like "okay.... is that it?" And yes.... that is it. Oh no one last GREAT feature of this game is how easy it is to send DDOS attacks to other players. I literally got DDOSed only 147 minutes into my playtime. And that was the end of my attempt to enjoy the game.

    I really don't like giving any games a zero, but considering the wealth of the people who produced this game - Battlefield Hardline must have really required absolutely NO effort.... and therefor earns my first ZERO ever... and hopefully my only one.    … Expand
  16. benimaro
    Aug 20, 2015
    1
    This game is like any other tablet games it does not belong to the original battlefield series i regret for buy this ;/ i would like to stay playing in battlefield 4 at least u don't have to show ur stupid badge all the time and hit the right Button in the right moment to show what ? that you are smart and fast !! stupid game i can't play this anymore akhh
  17. Ornetuis
    Aug 7, 2015
    2
    I can't believe it had me spent 120€ for this game, it's lacking a lot of content to make up for its price tag ! thus making this game a cash grabbing trap from EA, not to mention the extreamly poor player count on the community in PC making servers 98% empty!
  18. stevegamer3
    May 3, 2015
    0
    This game is overall just a simple low effort reskin of BF4 with so much less content that EA thinks its ok to charge $60, $70, and $120 for. It isn't at all worth any of that
  19. BowlSk8erMn78
    Jun 5, 2015
    0
    This game was such a waste of money, after playing it for only a month I'm back playing BF4 which I will be playing until BF5 comes out. Hardline maps feel really small, time to kill you is too quick, hardly any guns to choose from, there are no tanks, ships, etc..It feels like this game should have came out 10 years ago. bottom line, DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME on Hardline.
  20. hokiwubab
    Aug 30, 2015
    0
    -The game is full of incredibly large and unskippable cutscenes (also boring, by the way).

    -The game is full of Quick Time Events hell. Even then, I tried to play it, but could not, because: The poor FOV makes it absolutely unplayable. The FOV is equal to the gun aiming FOV. It made me sick. Now, some games have bad FOV, but you can play it with some effort, and it is just an    -The game is full of incredibly large and unskippable cutscenes (also boring, by the way).

    -The game is full of Quick Time Events hell.

    Even then, I tried to play it, but could not, because:

    The poor FOV makes it absolutely unplayable. The FOV is equal to the gun aiming FOV. It made me sick.

    Now, some games have bad FOV, but you can play it with some effort, and it is just an annoyance, but is not the case here.
    This game cannot be played with this poor FOV, and there is no hack, no file edit, not cheatengine table to fix it.    … Expand
  21. BigMouth
    Sep 6, 2015
    0
    All magazine are hold by same max. 10 persons. So its easy to pay Boss of these magazine to have good critics.
    Its what have do EA for this (@*$$ "game" it's clear.
    But sure you can pay all "journalist" to say how this )@$#$)$ is wonderful, player are not stupid. Well real one who know games. And you can pay magazines to be your side, it's the people who decide if you game is good or    All magazine are hold by same max. 10 persons. So its easy to pay Boss of these magazine to have good critics.
    Its what have do EA for this (@*$$ "game" it's clear.
    But sure you can pay all "journalist" to say how this )@$#$)$ is wonderful, player are not stupid. Well real one who know games.
    And you can pay magazines to be your side, it's the people who decide if you game is good or not.

    This "game" is not one. Just @(#)#. Just good to go to the toilet full of s**t.

    EA have gold between hands but want to change that to liquid gold. They like smell liquid gold.

    EA kill Battlefield license and copy (really retardly) kid game Call of Duty.
    EA boss pass too much time with w***e!    … Expand
  22. alialbash
    Sep 11, 2015
    0
    One of the WORST GAMES i ever played !!!! BATTLEFIELD 3 is much better . i always get kicked without any reason the gameplay is **** i just spawn and keep dying, HOW THEY GET POSITIVE ranking ????
  23. james2003
    Aug 22, 2015
    4
    Having stomached the singleplayer for an hour, I wonder if this is a movie or a first person shooter. Because in all honesty in the first hour there was 15 minutes of gameplay and most of that was tutorials. I don’t know about others but I seriously dislike this “sitting along for the ride” controlling the mouse and randomly staring at unimportant features of the game world as I listen toHaving stomached the singleplayer for an hour, I wonder if this is a movie or a first person shooter. Because in all honesty in the first hour there was 15 minutes of gameplay and most of that was tutorials. I don’t know about others but I seriously dislike this “sitting along for the ride” controlling the mouse and randomly staring at unimportant features of the game world as I listen to the constant droning of the story.

    Battlefield does this a lot, mixing the idea of storyline and game, but it has yet to achieve the balance. Personally I wish it would stop altogether, you don't see people signing up to the BF servers for the storyline and it’s true about fps games in general. Storyline is an added benefit, if done well can be the cherry on top, but by no means important in this game genre. So don’t give me story immersion and then force me to sit through it, because I’d rent a cop movie if I wanted that.

    So the added features for this game is the Arrests, as instead of shooting you have the ability of a “peaceful takedown”, a novelty that wears off in a matter of moments. Seriously if you as an officer of the law booked in that many criminals in one day your colleagues would hate you for the paper work you had just descend on them. So what is the point of arrest in this game? Just the points, the moral alternative that has no purpose except tricking you into believing that game and real life are the same… and by that extension you are a good person.

    In the quest to become something more than a fps Battlefield Hardline has gone soft. In the attempt to offer something more realistic in the battle scenario department, it should charge for criminal offenses. For trying to make me believe that life in the police force has any resemblance to this game it should be sentenced for perjury.    … Expand
  24. Derpyderp
    Jul 2, 2015
    4
    a disgrace to the battlefield series, you will be better of buying BF4 now with all the dlc instead of this piece of garbage.A freaking disgrace , EA you can just make a new ip man... for me this is the worst battlefield game ever existed .the campaign was horrid, it tries to be a cop tv show but it failed. EA you are **** , i still got my hopes up for SW:B , if you **** it up i will nota disgrace to the battlefield series, you will be better of buying BF4 now with all the dlc instead of this piece of garbage.A freaking disgrace , EA you can just make a new ip man... for me this is the worst battlefield game ever existed .the campaign was horrid, it tries to be a cop tv show but it failed. EA you are **** , i still got my hopes up for SW:B , if you **** it up i will not buy anything again from you ****s… Expand
  25. jurapura5
    Jul 15, 2015
    3
    Probably the worst battlefield title ever released beside battlefield play4free or heroes.
    The singleplayer is ininspired,predictable and downright pain in the ass to play.
    And the most insulting about the game is that it was develped by Visceral the guys how got us Dead space franchise and the guys behind end game DLC for battlefield 3. The multiplayer is downright idiotic,garbage to    Probably the worst battlefield title ever released beside battlefield play4free or heroes.
    The singleplayer is ininspired,predictable and downright pain in the ass to play.
    And the most insulting about the game is that it was develped by Visceral the guys how got us Dead space franchise and the guys behind end game DLC for battlefield 3.
    The multiplayer is downright idiotic,garbage to say atleast it fail in everything from vay to fast time-to-kill to lack of guns it has only 32 guns thats less then battlefield 4 pistols department and less then an exclusive PDW to engineer class
    Hotwire is a nuttshell is a gamemode where you drive in circles and not doing anything and placing C4 at main roads so you can stop them.
    The heist is the only iconic gamemode where there is kinda suited for this game.
    The conquest is stupid becouse it dosent have tanks.apc.and jets.
    The competative mode is stupid aswell its just a cut down version of bigger maps.
    You know what EA this game wouldnt suck if    … Expand
  26. Stoposto
    Aug 22, 2015
    1
    This game will soon be unplayable. The browser plugin is being phased out by all browsers and no updates in sight. Chrome isn't supported, Firefox isn't supported, Microsoft Edge isn't supported, if you are on Windows 10, only Internet Explore will work, but its just a matter of time before MS drop support for that old browser. I have hated the browser plugin launcher since BF3 and nowThis game will soon be unplayable. The browser plugin is being phased out by all browsers and no updates in sight. Chrome isn't supported, Firefox isn't supported, Microsoft Edge isn't supported, if you are on Windows 10, only Internet Explore will work, but its just a matter of time before MS drop support for that old browser. I have hated the browser plugin launcher since BF3 and now people know why. EA do not own all these browsers and as they drop they plugin supports or alters them, EA is left pissing in the wind.

    if you use any form of sli or crossfire, the game have a memory leak that will crash your game 5 min into playing. Google BFH Directx error sli and you will see plenty people having that problem. I run 2x 660 in sli and without sli I can barely run the game at the lowest settings. with sli I can run ultra settings 100 fps but only for about 5 min because of the memory leak.

    "You are running windows 10, its your own fault" - people might say. And yes I do. And play GTA V, The Witcher 3, most blizzard games and countless other steam games, all with the same system and OS. All running ultra settings, from Full HD to 4K/Ultra HD (use Samsungs cheap 4k monitor). SLI works for all the other games. 3 crashes in the Witcher 3 after 100 hours of gameplay. GTA V have a few more crashes, due to network

    I bought this game yesterday, waiting for EA/Dice to work out its flaws. I am such an idiot.
    You know what they say "EA fool me 34 times ... " Not again. My last BF game was BF3. Skipped BF4 because of its problems but was missing BF so I got this one. Well time for me to accept BF is a failed and milked to the max franchise, same as Dragon Age and I will be holding out on Mass Effect till I can pirate it(have both franchises legally on my origin account). I already payed for it with this 1 hour played overpriced garbage that I can not refund due to 3rd party seller..    … Expand
  27. Datamari
    Oct 29, 2015
    4
    Could have been better.
    This game feels so much like Battlefield 4, only having less.. fun. It's not completely terrible, but it doesn't work as a Battlefield game. Battlefield games are meant to be exhilarating and action-packed, but the lack of any fun or high-action really makes this game not work as well as you'd expect. The gun balance isn't good, the maps are smaller compared to    Could have been better.
    This game feels so much like Battlefield 4, only having less.. fun. It's not completely terrible, but it doesn't work as a Battlefield game. Battlefield games are meant to be exhilarating and action-packed, but the lack of any fun or high-action really makes this game not work as well as you'd expect. The gun balance isn't good, the maps are smaller compared to other BF games, and it's lacking in the one thing that makes a video game good: FUN. However there ARE some redeeming qualities about this game; the campaign is solid, the writing is funny, and.. wait is that it? Come on! I wanted to give this game a 7/10.. oh well. Overall, this game is easily the worst Battlefield game in the franchise so far, it just didn't work as well as EA wanted it to.

    Battlefield Hardline gets a 4/10    … Expand
  28. muzmuz
    Jul 24, 2018
    4
    Literally unplayable single player campaign giving you a nice combo of crap FOV, eye sore and a painful headache.
  29. Lilahkiz
    Oct 12, 2017
    0
    $120 Dollars to play this sounds like EA is desperate for money even then the game is more of a disappointment its just a reskin of BF4 with cops and robbers campaign is cheesy with COD style set pieces and broken unbalanced multiplayer and an empty one at that
  30. Calig
    Mar 27, 2015
    1
    +1 for Hotwire mode.

    Made a new account here just to review this product. I'll try fit In all the Information I can as best I can. Where to start? Let's start with the horrible, horrible weapons balancing. M16A3, M416 and K-10. If you're not using any of these three weapons you are at a stupidly large disadvantage. They are so over powered It Isn't even funny. I'm not the type of    +1 for Hotwire mode.

    Made a new account here just to review this product. I'll try fit In all the Information I can as best I can.

    Where to start? Let's start with the horrible, horrible weapons balancing. M16A3, M416 and K-10. If you're not using any of these three weapons you are at a stupidly large disadvantage. They are so over powered It Isn't even funny. I'm not the type of player who likes using OP weapons, I like to use the less OP guns, If you feel the same way you will not enjoy this game - not one bit. 95% of the player base uses those three weapons and it doesn't matter If you start shooting two seconds ahead of them, they will kill you. It's just not fun at all. You'll want to smash things.

    It's buggy as hell, I can't believe nobody has mentioned all the bugs. It's actually as bad as Battlefield 4 was at launch, Examples; Set your loadout before you enter game? Nope, the game will give you the loadout you was using originally no matter what. You'll need to respawn/die to get the one you want. Want to change attachments for a weapon? It'll not register as that and It'll try changing the actual weapon. You'll want to smash things.

    Want to set a Sabotage bomb? It's random as to whether or not it will actually let you. It just doesn't register sometimes, or, only lets you put It on the smallest part of the vehicle / door or whatever. It'll get you killed and frustrate you beyond belief. You'll want to smash things.

    I've only really used Operator and mechanic thus far and found plenty bugs on both sides, can only imagine what the other two classes are.

    The games bugs will kill you, nowhere near as much as the M16, M14 or K-10 but a buggy game killing you Is very bad. You'll want to smash things.

    The assignments, the unlocks, the weapons you can use per class. Oh dearie me they are pathetic.

    Each weapon syndicate "assignment" takes you about 30+ hours, for one weapon unlock (It's actually three assignments in one) Battlefield 4 you could get them in two maybe three hours.

    The amount of weapons In the game Is a joke, want to use your favourite weapon In more than 50% of your playtime? Well, you can't unless you get 1250 kills with It first, then, purchase It for around oh i don't know $50,000. Seriously, 1250 kills? I just checked my battlefield 4 stats to find something close, one weapons has a kills per minute ratio of 2.1 and 1400+ kill count and I used It for twelve hours In total.

    In short, to unlock your favourite weapon so you can play with it as you please you'll have to put 10+ hours Into it. probably more like 24 hours if you're not averaging 2 kills per minute. Just to play with your weapon of choice on both factions. Oh and let's not forget half the time you'll not be able to use said weapon because It'll not be unlocked on the other faction. So you're looking at maybe 20-48 hours game play, half of that with a weapon you probably don't like at the VERY minimum. You'll want to smash things.

    And we all know after you've put those seemingly countless hours Into the game to get what you wanted EA will just turn around and sell the weapons for unlocks on either side for $10 or whatever. Mark my words ladies and gentlemen.

    Literally no reason to have any weapons for operator and mechanic classes In this game apart from the M16 the M14 and K-10. They might as well delete the rest of the weapons from game and free up some hard drive space.

    It's not like I'm new to the series, I've done 1000+ hours in both Battlefield 3 and battlefield 4.

    Can't get a refund now because I'm too late to use Origins great game "guarantee" because yeah, you can totally work out If you like a game or not when you start downloading on the evening, wake up, go to work, get back play for like two hours, rinse and repeat. I'm not even going to get Into the whole EA thing. We all feel the same way. They make us want to smash things.

    The campaign, I just.......I just, just no. It's bland and boring and you can't skip the god damn cut scenes that last ten minutes at times. I gave it a shot but found myself doing some additional housework or cooking as soon as the scenes would start. Yes, they are that god damn boring I'd rather do housework than waste my life watching them.

    This game is going to die, the player population seems to be crazy low already compared to Battlefield 3 and 4. GTAV Is just around the corner with games like Witcher 3 and MGS5 a stones throw away amongst many more awesome games. Please don't waste your time and money (especially time) If you have Battlefield 3 or 4 don't get this game, they are 100% superior. In fact, if you have any other FPS don't get this game. Just don't get this game.

    Lots more things to say but I have to go walk the dog. I may come back and edit more Information In later if that's possible.

    It's not possible, pretty much used all my 5000 character allowance.

    I want to smash things just typing this out and thinking about the game.    … Expand
  31. innerstate
    Mar 27, 2015
    0
    Im deeply regretting buy this game once again, up until this day I bought every bf release and premium and I can say I enjoyed every single one of them. While BF hardline had a relatively smooth launch its a cash grab with a terrible progresion system and an awful single player campaign. If you re new to BF just get bf4 is at its best state at this moment but by all means avoid this cash grab
  32. Pecheckler
    Mar 23, 2015
    2
    This game is little more than a mod of battlefield 4. Or in this age of game development for profits regardless of detriment to quality, a DLC or add-on. Not worth more than $20, yet EA wants over $100 for all the content. Absurd. The gameplay is lame compared to other battlefield titles, so I suggest everyone who is a fan stick to battlefield 4 and keep your fingers crossed that theThis game is little more than a mod of battlefield 4. Or in this age of game development for profits regardless of detriment to quality, a DLC or add-on. Not worth more than $20, yet EA wants over $100 for all the content. Absurd. The gameplay is lame compared to other battlefield titles, so I suggest everyone who is a fan stick to battlefield 4 and keep your fingers crossed that the idiots at the helm of EA don't screw up battlefront 3.… Expand
  33. JonathanRL
    Mar 24, 2015
    3
    It does not rate the asking price.

    Single Player is decent, bordering on bad.
    Multiplayer is decent, but I could just as well continue playing Battlefield 4.
    It does not take the theme they brought in seriously. Its a a mix of Payday 2 and Battlefield.

    While I still play it, I expect myself to return to Battlefield 4 before long due to a lack of variety.
  34. Ghoster
    May 16, 2015
    2
    That's not Battlefield anymore!!! Battlefield was AWESOME franchise until BF4. Seems with BF4 everything fall apart. Only better thing with this one is that it works. BF4 never did. Respawn positions was best part of BF before. Don't know what happened, but respawns are now even worse than in COD. 95% of your deaths are in your back, and very often same second you respawn. Even if we putThat's not Battlefield anymore!!! Battlefield was AWESOME franchise until BF4. Seems with BF4 everything fall apart. Only better thing with this one is that it works. BF4 never did. Respawn positions was best part of BF before. Don't know what happened, but respawns are now even worse than in COD. 95% of your deaths are in your back, and very often same second you respawn. Even if we put that aside game is bad. Bad maps, loadouts, ... Seems glory days from BF2, BFBC and BF3 are gone and will never come back :(… Expand
  35. Pistoleiro
    Mar 25, 2015
    1
    I'm really struggling to find one positive that this Visceral/EA team up has produced in this game. The only thing I can think of is the fact that the multi-player car chase mode is quite unique and not a rip off like everything else in the game, don't get too excited though all the maps are tiny. How you manage to take the battlefield 4 engine and end up with a laggy, less visual quality,I'm really struggling to find one positive that this Visceral/EA team up has produced in this game. The only thing I can think of is the fact that the multi-player car chase mode is quite unique and not a rip off like everything else in the game, don't get too excited though all the maps are tiny. How you manage to take the battlefield 4 engine and end up with a laggy, less visual quality, less game play quality game is beyond me. The single player is a laughable cliché unfortunately it's not even done ironically. Within the first two minutes of the game you're partnered up with someone who "doesn't need a partner, chief". The clue system is more frustrating than interesting. I gave this a good 18 hour try but it was just a waste of time. On the plus side EA is offering that great game guarantee so at least you'll be able to receive a full refund. I think I'll just wait til Dice come back for the next battlefield… Expand
  36. Shazam0527
    Mar 25, 2015
    1
    Played Beta, and even then realized this was just a reskinning of BF4. Why would I pay $60 more for a game I already have? Don't waste your money on this series anymore. BF4 was the end.
  37. Richiec80
    Mar 28, 2015
    0
    I am not only astounded at the remarkably high Metacritic score but the fact this game has been released in it's current state. There are a lot of bad review here, and there are actually a lot of flaws, but there is one flaw which is so massive and unforgivable that, actually, everything else pales into insignificance:

    The multiplayer spawning in this game is utterly, utterly broken. It    I am not only astounded at the remarkably high Metacritic score but the fact this game has been released in it's current state. There are a lot of bad review here, and there are actually a lot of flaws, but there is one flaw which is so massive and unforgivable that, actually, everything else pales into insignificance:

    The multiplayer spawning in this game is utterly, utterly broken. It is unplayable.

    The end.    … Expand
  38. TheAwesomeGem
    Apr 7, 2015
    0
    Money-grab. Don't buy this crap. This game is crap. Crapper than your child's potty. Crapper than sewer. Crapper than a diarrhea toilet. Just do not buy this game.
  39. fredinator
    Mar 23, 2015
    1
    This is a goddamn DLC for full price ... WTF EA? And its badly designed. Grabbing cash is nowhere near as satisfying as in PayDay 2. Please play that instead.
  40. Ostraq
    Mar 20, 2015
    2
    Man what a disappointment, I did not miss a single game from BF serial. Yes I played them all, from BF 1942. At least because of that I can allow myself to "judge" this game and say - by FAAAR this is the worst BF game, EA have ever made. I liked Battlefield because one could CHOOSE to be a "footman" or could CHOOSE to operate some of many awesome combat vehicles. It was about warfare,Man what a disappointment, I did not miss a single game from BF serial. Yes I played them all, from BF 1942. At least because of that I can allow myself to "judge" this game and say - by FAAAR this is the worst BF game, EA have ever made. I liked Battlefield because one could CHOOSE to be a "footman" or could CHOOSE to operate some of many awesome combat vehicles. It was about warfare, about battle-field. No other game had ever before offered such an experience...
    Hardline is not "Battlefield" anymore, more "Modern/Urban Warfare" - hopefully next time they'll add "Cowboys and Indians"... I guess it will make more sense than this and if not at least fun factor will be somewhat bigger.    … Expand
  41. Rikalonius
    Mar 28, 2015
    3
    I want to see a movie. Godzilla vs Electronic Arts. EA is worse than any monster that ever crush a city underfoot. This is a company that has the showmanship of a snake oil salesman but is selling you an equally worthless product. Stay away. Everything EA touches turns into an attempt to con you out of your hard earned dollars, yet people keep throwing money at them. As I wasI want to see a movie. Godzilla vs Electronic Arts. EA is worse than any monster that ever crush a city underfoot. This is a company that has the showmanship of a snake oil salesman but is selling you an equally worthless product. Stay away. Everything EA touches turns into an attempt to con you out of your hard earned dollars, yet people keep throwing money at them. As I was concerned it would be, Hardline is nothing more than a bad re-skin of an already broken game. EA is making billions hoarding the IP that was built by the modding community. I'm so disgusted by this product.… Expand
  42. s3rgio00
    Apr 3, 2015
    0
    This Sh#t sucks, being a battlefield fan since Battlefield 1942. playing this lets me know they are using the bf franchise to try to make as much money as they can, this game sucked so bad, this **** is for 13 year old cop wanna be's grow the f up. demand more from your games, not pay 60,70 or even 120 for a game that should had been an expansion 15$.
  43. tazbon
    Apr 3, 2015
    0
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  44. nerwus
    Mar 23, 2015
    4
    I really tried to like it . I enjoyed Beta so much that I even bought a Premium (yep I know ...) , but multi is just so bad . BF4 with all his problems looks amazing now in compare to BFH .There are huge balance problems and all issues mentioned already in previous reviews are sadly true. . Another week points are level design , amount of weapons , attack choppers ... . Also there'sI really tried to like it . I enjoyed Beta so much that I even bought a Premium (yep I know ...) , but multi is just so bad . BF4 with all his problems looks amazing now in compare to BFH .There are huge balance problems and all issues mentioned already in previous reviews are sadly true. . Another week points are level design , amount of weapons , attack choppers ... . Also there's very little servers to play on in EU and in my opinion that just shows you how many people actually bought and are playing the game . I'm very disappointed with this one . Would not recommend .… Expand
  45. Raresh
    Mar 22, 2015
    1
    Doesn't deserve the Battlefield title, it's not even made by DICE ffs. EA ruined Battlefield for good now along with C&C, The Sims, NFS, SimCity, Deadspace etc.
  46. soonapaana
    Mar 24, 2015
    1
    This game is Utter Crap and ****
    They used the word "Battlefield" solely for the purpose of selling it to the battlefield community.
    you know the digital deluxe edition is 120$... EA can suck my rod even then I wont buy this crap
  47. demitsuru
    Mar 20, 2015
    0
    1. This game is not for old players, who playing currently BF3(see online) and BF4, CS , or PayDay(which i dont play at all)
    2. Downgrade in graphics. Cities, buildings, everything unnatural, not realistic.
    3. Maps are boring. Starting from BFBC2 and BF3 maps downgraded to BF4, and now worse in BFHL.
    4. THE PRICE. ARE YOU SICK? And Premium AGAIN?
    5. Soon GTA 5 on PC, why would i buy a BFHL?
  48. TechnicianX
    Mar 22, 2015
    1
    Horrible graphics, uninspired gameplay, and a terrible progression system.

    As other reviewers have noted this game really shares nothing positive with the real Battlefield series. The cops and robbers theme is not executed well - in most modes you hardly even notice which side you're on. The vehicles are awful to the point of being ridiculous - the handling model is based off a    Horrible graphics, uninspired gameplay, and a terrible progression system.

    As other reviewers have noted this game really shares nothing positive with the real Battlefield series. The cops and robbers theme is not executed well - in most modes you hardly even notice which side you're on. The vehicles are awful to the point of being ridiculous - the handling model is based off a supermarket trolley.

    The graphics are shockingly bad. It is very hard to believe that this is a successor to the realism of BF3 and BF4. The environment has had no effort put into it and if you see the water effects you'll be left howling with laughter. There's really no way to put it into words but from the very first game you play you'll realise that immersion in the game is something no one even had on the radar.

    The progression system in multiplayer now requires you to collect money. Which of course you can buy. If you don't however you'll need to act as cannon fodder for better-equipped players for many hours. The starting weapons are so bad you can barely get your aim up before someone with a SCAR or ACW has instantly killed you with a shot to the leg. Good luck to anyone who can pull through this as I couldn't.

    This is the most disappointing and misleading game I have ever purchased. As other reviewers noted it is not worth anywhere near the $60+ price tag. I'd think twice at even $10. Please don't waste your money - stick with the real Battlefield games.    … Expand
  49. alberto15x
    Mar 22, 2015
    0
    EA try to make this game like call of duty or black ups. When you kill an enemy you don't have the same feeling as the other battlefield series, the game does not have any tactics, just killing. the graphics are ok, not as realistic as the other games, is just the game play is different
  50. Mehdmano
    Mar 24, 2015
    2
    This applies only to multiplayer, paid 80$ for this game and guess what, i am selling it back for 50$ after 3 days ... i played more than 10 hours and the gameplay is bad... respqwning is very often random and next to the enemies where you just die the first second you apear. The game is made in a way where you cant play strategy or developpe any teamwork through time. there is not enaughThis applies only to multiplayer, paid 80$ for this game and guess what, i am selling it back for 50$ after 3 days ... i played more than 10 hours and the gameplay is bad... respqwning is very often random and next to the enemies where you just die the first second you apear. The game is made in a way where you cant play strategy or developpe any teamwork through time. there is not enaugh guns and after you spend 3 hours to collect money and buy the gun you want. you figure out that you cant use it in all games. i dont know why but depending on the map or the game category, the guns are different. ALSO Please cut the crap of 64 players games ... its not fun at all and all peaple do is pron and shoot.

    Any way except for the good graphics, this games is bad... Back to BF3 witch was the best so far... i also have BF4 and barely play it...    … Expand
  51. Lugenbrau
    Mar 27, 2015
    2
    This is a poor instalment of Battlefield. Maps look like **** compared to BF4 or even BF3. Maps are **** compared to any previous BF with the exception of the Bank Job map. Gameplay is boring and consists mostly of kill trading. You can play recon but it is only good for sniping and even then is **** 'cos bullet velocity is mind numbingly slow. Sniper rifles are the worst gun in the gameThis is a poor instalment of Battlefield. Maps look like **** compared to BF4 or even BF3. Maps are **** compared to any previous BF with the exception of the Bank Job map. Gameplay is boring and consists mostly of kill trading. You can play recon but it is only good for sniping and even then is **** 'cos bullet velocity is mind numbingly slow. Sniper rifles are the worst gun in the game (including dmrs) The game has very little destrucion and the Levolution is a joke. A sandstorm and a crane falling. Vehicles are extremely boring consisting of a few different cars and choppers with MGs. It's like only having jeep and transport chopper in BF4. I tried the campaign and quit after 1st episode. There's just not enough action and the reward system forces you to use non-lethal takedowns. It's not a horrible game, but if you expect a Battlefield game with Battlefield like gameplay you'll be disappointed. Gameplay feels much more like CoD then BF. This review is made with 36hrs of playtime.… Expand
  52. Mads563
    Apr 1, 2015
    0
    People from EA are clearly faking reviews or else there wouldn't be that much difference in the ratings.
    BFH is a game where teams are almost always unfair bad servers and a story they tell like a TV show? srsly WTF? a TV show really EA????
    The removed your options to destroy sh*t and most of the snipers deal like no damage at all.
    This was a let down and everyone knows it.
  53. voooi
    Mar 25, 2015
    0
    This game is re-skin of BF4 done very poorly (you'll even find the same bugs). If you don't have BF4 and you're choosing which to buy, definitely go for BF4 (more fun, better feeling in general when shooting). Game is so boring...BTW don't go on EA forums looking for some ones opinion on the game, they are deleting all negative comments. I wrote negative comment and it disappeared in aThis game is re-skin of BF4 done very poorly (you'll even find the same bugs). If you don't have BF4 and you're choosing which to buy, definitely go for BF4 (more fun, better feeling in general when shooting). Game is so boring...BTW don't go on EA forums looking for some ones opinion on the game, they are deleting all negative comments. I wrote negative comment and it disappeared in a hour, then I wrote another one and refreshed page. It disappeared in 50 seconds.… Expand
  54. MEberhardt
    Aug 17, 2015
    0
    It could receive a 3 or 4 if there was no mention of the Battlefield name, since it has, it should be negative...
    Battlefield 5 will have to be the greatest Battlefield game from all the times or the franchise might be over...
  55. merafrank
    Aug 20, 2015
    0
    I played only single player. The game is awful. The story line is generic and awful, as if taken from bad cop movies and TV shows. The whole game plays like an introduction. There is game play all too frequently interrupted by cut scenes and scripted, mini-game sequences.

    Even when shooting, when the action gets "intense", the game is boring.

    It's unplayable.
  56. aka2k
    Sep 10, 2015
    0
    Trust me: do not waste your money with this game. Not because the game is bad - it isn't really, it's kind of nice but way faster paced than BF4, more akin to COD or CS:GO - but don't buy it because you'll won't be able to play online. Between Americas and Euro zone, there were 4 populated servers at prime time on 09/09/2015. That will only get worse as time goes by. Just don't waste yourTrust me: do not waste your money with this game. Not because the game is bad - it isn't really, it's kind of nice but way faster paced than BF4, more akin to COD or CS:GO - but don't buy it because you'll won't be able to play online. Between Americas and Euro zone, there were 4 populated servers at prime time on 09/09/2015. That will only get worse as time goes by. Just don't waste your cash on this one. Unless you enjoy only the single player campaign. Which sucks, by the way.… Expand
  57. exoeleven
    May 12, 2015
    1
    DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

    multiplayer is seems like a 3rd quality F2P game, 1/4 of the maps are good, half of the guns we had on BF4, no servers at all, in ANY mode, map. dont have vehicles, just cars and executive choppers, you will only get real guns after lots of hours playing, a complete fvcked sistem of levels, bonus. the only better part is the campaing. I dont recomend it for PC,    DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

    multiplayer is seems like a 3rd quality F2P game, 1/4 of the maps are good, half of the guns we had on BF4, no servers at all, in ANY mode, map. dont have vehicles, just cars and executive choppers, you will only get real guns after lots of hours playing, a complete fvcked sistem of levels, bonus.
    the only better part is the campaing.
    I dont recomend it for PC, dont waaste your money, time and dont buy premium
    ***sorry for the bad english, not my native languege    … Expand
  58. ugura
    Sep 22, 2015
    0
    im played the singelplay, and realy disapointed, thx ea for this crap. and multiplay im realy fast bored on beta

    not buy this crap, go and buy bf3 or payday 2
  59. Grider
    Mar 18, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Single player campaign only. This game cost me about $13 an hour. It's short, it's confining, the plot is - actually it isn't, you make no decisions which impact the game and you honestly never care about the characters.

    The graphics are marginal, characterization is great if this were a 2008 game. They are not on the same level as Dragon Age Inquisition for example. You make no choices on this game after the initial cops/robbers selection. You are stuck in the story line, in a very confined area doing a specific thing. If you select cop, you are actually a "cop" for about half the game... which makes you wonder about the warrant and evidence stuff later in the game. There are no side missions, other than collecting evidence and capturing some bad guys with warrants. Who knows why you are collecting evidence.

    Vehicle combat... a piece of one episode has any real "vehicle" combat. The rest of the time you drive and your gun is useless, or are the passenger trying to hit something with your revolver, or sniper rifle... what , forgot to pack an automatic?... Die and you can equip with what you really need -I hate that.

    Tons of weapons and accessories available, over half of which I never actually managed to unlock - don't know why.

    The game says you can complete episodes using non-lethal means - don't see how. Some episodes have "survival" situations where you cannot proceed until you eliminate waves of opponents. I really don't enjoy that stuff, but some people apparently do.

    Again, the plot isn't changeable. Your character makes decisions in cut-scenes, even the ending. All you can do is watch. And speaking of the ending... really!?

    I should have waited for this one to go on sale. All the extra content that comes with the Ultimate isn't released yet. And the unless you are into the "gangsta" stuff, the music either sucks are is very forgettable.

    I'll tell the boys to wait until this goes on sale.    … Expand
  60. Struyk
    Mar 23, 2015
    0
    Worst netcode I've seen in any game I've played so far (1000+), you get 0 milliseconds to respond because the server thinks you are already dead when you take the first hit on your screen. When you go into cover while being shot at you will die 1 second after going into cover as you are already dead.

    Choppers are way too overpowered, almost impossible to take down without anti-air    Worst netcode I've seen in any game I've played so far (1000+), you get 0 milliseconds to respond because the server thinks you are already dead when you take the first hit on your screen. When you go into cover while being shot at you will die 1 second after going into cover as you are already dead.

    Choppers are way too overpowered, almost impossible to take down without anti-air missiles and they slaughter everything in their path.
    m16a3, don't need to explain?
    80%!!!!! doesn't do objective, just playing CoD Teamdeathmatch. Camping roofs, corners, stairs and farming k/d.

    NO improvement from beta, all unbalanced weapons still unbalanced and same **** netcode.

    Worst melee system I've ever seen as well, 5 seconds to melee someone from behind? 2 hits to melee someone from the front? I think I've meleed about a 100 people from behind and actually managed to kill 5 because the rest survived as it took AGES.

    Stupid money system, I got so much and there's nothing to spend it on.    … Expand
  61. acidkill
    Apr 20, 2015
    3
    amazing how the killed the battlefield serrie with bf4 and then this great job ea turning it it to a B game serie ill only buy ea game when the go buget never ever pre order or pay full price for there stuff ...........
  62. Indissentient
    Mar 19, 2015
    3
    This game is a combination of weak points of both Battlefield and CoD. From the battlefield they took low mobility and gunplay that is utterly boring in close quarters, and from CoD they took tiny closed quarters maps and retardedly low TTKs. The end result is something that you'd never want to play if you played either CoD:AW or BF4 previously.
  63. Freeman0092
    Mar 18, 2015
    4
    The Multiplayer is not a real cops vs. robbers game and despite the "Battlefield" on the cover it's not a real Battlefield anymore either.
    It's a crippled Battlefield game with small maps (even in conquest "large"), horribly bad music and another step closer to the chaotic gameplay of the COD franchise.
  64. patzivota
    Mar 18, 2015
    2
    Why am I one of the only few complaining about the visuals? BF3/4 were PC gaming benchmarks that many other games strived to even get near, in terms of graphics. Play BF4 and then this, and this game looks like it came out in 2007. I know visuals aren't everything but man.... why the huge downgrade? This is a first for a BF game and a huge disappointment. It kills the atmosphere and justWhy am I one of the only few complaining about the visuals? BF3/4 were PC gaming benchmarks that many other games strived to even get near, in terms of graphics. Play BF4 and then this, and this game looks like it came out in 2007. I know visuals aren't everything but man.... why the huge downgrade? This is a first for a BF game and a huge disappointment. It kills the atmosphere and just doesn't look like a modern game.

    Gameplay wise this is just OK. Not incredible or innovative. It feels more like CS or CoD than Battlefield, big time. That Battlefield feel is barely there. I understand this is a spin-off, but it doesn't have that epic all-out war feel. It just feels like very quick skirmishes between police and robbers. There is a ton of camping, too.... a ton. People just wait by a road with an RPG in Hotwire and they get instakills way too easily. Netcode problems are still rampant: I had 4 trades in my first hour of play and I died behind cover twice, as well. Vehicle physics improved by about 3%--yeah, hardly anything, really. Vehicle movement and physics are still unrealistic and poor.

    Campaign isn't too bad. The story is very cliche, but it's occasionally funny. Visuals still suffer in campaign.

    Hardline brings some new things to the table (modes, etc), but overall it lacks a Battlefield-feel and a comprehensive sense of quality and fun. I'm not sure Battlefield is Visceral's cup of tea.    … Expand
  65. pgdm
    Mar 20, 2015
    1
    Well the game is fun, but not worth it. The graphics are pretty simple (console oriented) and not good.
    If EA need our money then make a battlefield 5!
    I will stick with BF4.
  66. Muted4545
    Mar 20, 2015
    0
    This game is complete crap!! I play it, and want to throw up!! The maps suck, and the game sucks! I wasted my money on this! If you want to play a GOOD heist game, go play Payday!!
  67. D3lany
    Mar 22, 2015
    0
    Dont need Skill in this Game...only one shoot deads. Spawns rly bad. very disappointed. Only a Battlefield 4 DLC. No more fun after 10 hours...........
  68. gunemdown5150
    Apr 17, 2015
    3
    I am still sitting here shaking my head in disbelief that this horribly boring game was released under the Battlefield title?
    say what you want about B4 at least it had fun gameplay when there was battle.
    In hardline i don't feel anything when i kill the AI? It feels like i am doing it just to keep the game going! :( Multiplayer was a Cluster **** with everyone running around doing    I am still sitting here shaking my head in disbelief that this horribly boring game was released under the Battlefield title?
    say what you want about B4 at least it had fun gameplay when there was battle.
    In hardline i don't feel anything when i kill the AI?
    It feels like i am doing it just to keep the game going! :(
    Multiplayer was a Cluster **** with everyone running around doing their own things and it was very unenjoyable for me!
    Luckily for me i did not have to spend $60 on this boring generic movie meets video game since my friend let me play his copy on steam to check it out.
    I am not sure if it is even worth $20 let alone $60!
    So i score this a 3 just for the fact it at least played well and looked better than COD advanced warfare which is always in competition with the Battlefield series. for single player gameplay advanced warfare was better so that just shows you how much this game disappointed me! :(    … Expand
  69. BF_kicker_4
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    Was really excited after playing the betas but god damn it this feels like MOH:Warfighter all over again. Such low quality through and through. The level design especially, they just feel and look so crappy. Don't make the same mistake I did. Wait till this game costs about $10.
  70. PCNGR
    Mar 21, 2015
    2
    This game does nothing for me anyway. It's not fun. The gunplay is boring and the 'netcode' is still not improved. I might say it's a buy, but at 15pound
  71. braindamage
    Mar 28, 2015
    4
    to many snipers, Bad driving physics,published by EA who is out of touch with reality and keeps making games designed for consoles no one even wants such as the xbox360 or ps3, take a look at your local pawn shops you'll see them stacked on the shelves collecting dust, outdated engine, get over it , this game might not suck as bad as Dragon age inquisitions , which is the holyto many snipers, Bad driving physics,published by EA who is out of touch with reality and keeps making games designed for consoles no one even wants such as the xbox360 or ps3, take a look at your local pawn shops you'll see them stacked on the shelves collecting dust, outdated engine, get over it , this game might not suck as bad as Dragon age inquisitions , which is the holy grail of foulness , recommended pickup for 5 bucks… Expand
  72. mboner1
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    Remember when games use to actually be fun and not just rage inducing?? If you can then don't buy this. Ready.. Set... Terrible.

    Tried to enjoy it, but it's simply not fun.
  73. battlefieldvet
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    I already requested and got a refund for this game. I'm happy to say that I won't be playing this game in its given state. Like other users have said, its basically BF4 with inferior graphics. Its really a pared down version of battlefield. And I'm trying to put that in a nice way. No destruction on buildings? Check. Very few weapon selections? Check. Lack of explosive, high dmg weaponsI already requested and got a refund for this game. I'm happy to say that I won't be playing this game in its given state. Like other users have said, its basically BF4 with inferior graphics. Its really a pared down version of battlefield. And I'm trying to put that in a nice way. No destruction on buildings? Check. Very few weapon selections? Check. Lack of explosive, high dmg weapons seen in other battlefield games? Check.
    True, this is supposed to be a cops and robbers game but shouldn't be given the title "battlefield" since it has nothing to do with being in a real warzone. They could of just gave it another name and wouldn't make so many people upset since what we are basically getting is a watered down version of the game itself. Although some game modes are fun and innovative like "blood money" and "heist", it cannot make up for the lack of replay value this game really has. It gets boring quick and its not that much different from what you have seen in previous battlefield games. Seems like the franchise keeps getting worse since Bad Company 2 and this is a new low for this franchise. Sorry i've tried to like this game but just couldn't and I have bought every battlefield game to date since BF2.
    For those of you who havent played over 24 hrs yet, you can still request a refund through Origin. Believe me, you'll be happy that you did. Save your money for something else or wait for the game to be on sale. Not worth its required price for what we have been given.    … Expand
  74. TommyTanker
    Mar 19, 2015
    1
    What a heist - but this time there are no cops to save the day.

    A re-skin of BF4 but with worse graphics for some reason?!! And you get this for a jaw dropping $120.
    I am no longer surprised at the theft and deception that EA now deploys. Unfinished games, Millions of $$ on marketing & advertising and bought / paid for reviews.

    So sad.
  75. Ajgorr89
    Mar 19, 2015
    2
    I completely agree with most of the negative reviews here. I didn't like Call of Duty because of the mindless gameplay that game offers. This is the reason I sticked to Battlefield since Bad Company. I was even enthusiastic for Battlefield 4 when it launched. I was excited about Hardline after I played beta, but the fact is they have given two best maps to beta testers to play. Maps areI completely agree with most of the negative reviews here. I didn't like Call of Duty because of the mindless gameplay that game offers. This is the reason I sticked to Battlefield since Bad Company. I was even enthusiastic for Battlefield 4 when it launched. I was excited about Hardline after I played beta, but the fact is they have given two best maps to beta testers to play. Maps are chaotic, there is absolutely zero tactic (eg. Hotwire - you just drive around the map) to play. Hardline is basically Call of Duty styled game, if you don't like Call of Duty, you won't like Hardline. This game isn't worth 50USD I have paid for it. Wait until it is around 10$.… Expand
  76. Hailong
    Mar 18, 2015
    2
    My biggest issue is some of the maps are too small for 64 players. It turns into a big **** Some maps can be really fun though. I like it, but I just suck at it, so I can't play it for more than an hour or two without getting pissed.
  77. davoiceofreason
    Mar 17, 2015
    2
    Sadly, after playing for hours it has become very clear, this is just a DLC of BF4. I've got that sick to my stomach feeling, that realization that I've just wasted my hard earned money. I'm more disappointed in myself then with the developers. Fool me twice, shame on me.
  78. sautedave
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    10 years ago this would have been a great game. But now... this is perhaps the worst POS I have played in a long time. The premise and story line have promise, but there are so many things wrong with the game play I cannot begin to tell you; in fact I should get paid to help fix this mess.

    I have been a gamer from the beginning. Atari, C64, The 2600, then to PC. I have played them    10 years ago this would have been a great game. But now... this is perhaps the worst POS I have played in a long time. The premise and story line have promise, but there are so many things wrong with the game play I cannot begin to tell you; in fact I should get paid to help fix this mess.

    I have been a gamer from the beginning. Atari, C64, The 2600, then to PC. I have played them all. EA should be ashamed. The Graphics are poor, the online interface is 5 years old and it was terrible back then. The game play is weak, slow, cluttered and boring. This is millions of dollars of wasted time and effort.

    This is nothing new here at all, just a sad state of gaming. In the mid 80's gaming collapsed because of very poor releases. We are poised to repeat history. The last year or two of action games have not evolved and we the players are done. If I want a movie, I will go to a movie. EA, I will NEVER pay for a new release from you again.    … Expand
  79. Ricco_
    Mar 18, 2015
    0
    Piece of crap - just don't understand how a game with such awful graphics and physics can be created in 2015. Guess partly it is a fault of todays "next gen" crappy consoles built with hardware from 2007, which only contributes to the degradation of todays game industry, on the other hand - nobody forced EA to do a simple port of console game to PC. Even comparing to BF4 it is a step backPiece of crap - just don't understand how a game with such awful graphics and physics can be created in 2015. Guess partly it is a fault of todays "next gen" crappy consoles built with hardware from 2007, which only contributes to the degradation of todays game industry, on the other hand - nobody forced EA to do a simple port of console game to PC. Even comparing to BF4 it is a step back - graphics quality is worse, as well as there is 0 destruction/physics in this game what so ever.

    Seems that EA is a again just trying to make a fast money with a weak product, instead of putting an effort in creating their products.    … Expand
  80. Sinth
    Mar 18, 2015
    0
    Straight up cash grab. The textures are haneous. The animations are generic and at times, buggy. The single player campaign is a borefest, which generates no intrigue into the characters or lackluster story. The multiplayer feels like Call of Duty with limited vehicles. Gun mechanics are absolutely whack.

    Everything that makes a Battlefield title is missing from Hardline, save the    Straight up cash grab. The textures are haneous. The animations are generic and at times, buggy. The single player campaign is a borefest, which generates no intrigue into the characters or lackluster story. The multiplayer feels like Call of Duty with limited vehicles. Gun mechanics are absolutely whack.

    Everything that makes a Battlefield title is missing from Hardline, save the engine, which is nowhere near being utilized to potential. Destructable environment? Nope. Expansive and adaptive maps? Nope. Strategic combat? LOL, not even close.

    This game feels more like a poorly executed Battlefield mod than a standalone title. I have played Battlefield since it's inception, and am a retired pro. This title does not deserve to wear the Battlefield name. Shame on DICE. Shame on Visceral. Shame on EA.

    If you're really looking for a cops and robbers type game, PayDay 2 would probably be a better match for you. At a $60 price point, this title is little more than an obvious cash grab.

    BUYER BEWARE    … Expand
  81. quakke
    Apr 18, 2015
    0
    Annual noob shooters with regenerating healths and aimdownsights once again for the lowest common denomitor. They just released some military game already and now again greedying for new one, it's just ridiciolous how much corporations are greedy :D

    Thank you very much and goodbye..
  82. Timmiiii
    Apr 29, 2015
    0
    Because I hate EA, and their microtransactions. Just pure and unfiltered passion of cold black fury and hate towards EA. Haven´t played the game, and never will, as long as they get my money, they wont change a thing.
  83. Theotherguys
    Mar 18, 2015
    0
    the graphics are terrible for this game not worth $60 more like $10. does not fell like battlefield AT ALL. lots of frame rate drop and very boring gameplay.
  84. Thegodfatherson
    Apr 3, 2015
    1
    Hardline on the PC looks considerably better than the PS4 version, but it is the same frantic, hooty and trigger happy contest that EA applied to the aging franchise. You play as Nick Mendoza, a hot headed cop who has a really terrible partner. Really terrible. But who cares about arresting drug dealers and bland car chases!? I wanna play Multiplayer!!!!! I stepped into 7 minutes of BankHardline on the PC looks considerably better than the PS4 version, but it is the same frantic, hooty and trigger happy contest that EA applied to the aging franchise. You play as Nick Mendoza, a hot headed cop who has a really terrible partner. Really terrible. But who cares about arresting drug dealers and bland car chases!? I wanna play Multiplayer!!!!! I stepped into 7 minutes of Bank Heist, and there was so much stuff on screen, I shot a guy, got shot twice and swam in money. That is Bank Heist, bros. I thought that Visceral could make a gritty, fast paced heist mode like the one I spent hours with in GTA 5. But then again, its EA. EA announced this at E3 making it look all pretty and polished, but it appears that I traded in my PS4 copy and used the 30 bucks EB Games gave ne to get the PC version, just because I heard it looks better. I love my PS4, I get every new game on it. But not this one. So, I only used my Pc for LoL, Starcraft, Dota 2, basically every PC exculsive. Running Hardline was a pain in my ass. I upgraded my cooler and my graphics card, just to smoothly run the damn thing. And after 3 hours, success! I hate the whole Origin thing, you need it to play every new EA title, it ruined NFS Rivals, Garden Warfare, BF4 and Hardline. Servers crash 80 percent of the time on PC, but only 30 percent of the time on PS4, depending on your internet connection. So BH takes a lot of computer space, upgraded coolers and graphic cards, but it still doesnt look as good as PlanetSide 2, that uses a low graphics resolution. The frames per second have inproved, but the game has lost it charm with more loading screens and pop in textures. Overall, its the same crap on PS4, but looks a tad bit better. If this is worth a buy, is up to you, the game isnt any good, and from what I have seen it wont improve in updates as well.… Expand
  85. iansarmy1
    Apr 14, 2015
    4
    Hardline is a pointless re-skin of BF4 with much worse graphics, poor map design, almost no vehicular combat, no destruction, fewer weapons and a few meaningless cop gimmicks. This is not worth your time and money, I would pick up BF4 instead, which has been drastically improved and is a much better game all around.
  86. Goorpijp
    Jan 9, 2016
    1
    Was a huge fan of the BF series, untill this turd came out. Now I'm a bit more cautious when buying BF games. It should've been DLC to BF4, and even than I would've skipped it.
  87. Pandisiuz
    Apr 3, 2015
    4
    The Single player part is actually the best part of this game. Multiplayer is broken weapons are unbalanced everything is unbalanced. think dice made the game, but made it look like visceral made the game so they don't get all the criticism. and EA don't even get me started. oh could i come with alot of critics about you i wouldn't know where to actually start
  88. Adambirtwistle
    Apr 27, 2015
    1
    The game is a direct copy of battlefield but modified to some crappy cops n robbers type feel.

    The game looks terrible in comparison and feels like we've taken 5 steps back instead of one forward. The game-play itself is terrible, no matter what the game-type, save your money and buy three other games instead. I'm glad i managed to buy this through groupon and save some money, now    The game is a direct copy of battlefield but modified to some crappy cops n robbers type feel.

    The game looks terrible in comparison and feels like we've taken 5 steps back instead of one forward.

    The game-play itself is terrible, no matter what the game-type, save your money and buy three other games instead.

    I'm glad i managed to buy this through groupon and save some money, now it doesn't feel like as much of a waste.    … Expand
  89. munchlax1991
    May 13, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not mix of Payday and Battlefield. It's worse. I can't find any advantage of these two games in Hardline. Each mod just likes TDM, keeping shooting each other. That's all !! And i have to kill 1, 250 people to unlock the opposite weapon. Gosh, what are they thinking /… Expand
  90. CaptMescaline
    Aug 25, 2015
    1
    This could have easily been a BF4 DLC but they decided to sell it as a whole new game - with add ons such as premium even! Shame on you EA for this blantant money grab. The game mechanics play exactly the same and BF4. Same boring corridor shooter that BF4 is that tries too hard to compete with call of duty.
  91. radu215
    Aug 13, 2015
    1
    I am a true fan of Battlefield, have loved every game up to Hardline..It simply makes me want to sell my gaming PC and give up gaming for good. Maybe I would have liked it if I was 14 years old..but that's not the case. I can't even finish the game..I tried playing it several times, all settings on ultra so I don't miss anything..but it's making me sad, even depressed sometimes so I gave up.
  92. faccioone
    Sep 24, 2015
    1
    I tried really hard to play this game, but it's simply unplayable. The only servers available are for the worst modes (deathmatch, hotwire that looks more like a bad gta than battlefield, and conquest large). Everybody uses some unbalanced weapon/tool like flir. maps are **** up. Community is mostly children. In one word: frustration. From the search for the server to the actual gameplay.I tried really hard to play this game, but it's simply unplayable. The only servers available are for the worst modes (deathmatch, hotwire that looks more like a bad gta than battlefield, and conquest large). Everybody uses some unbalanced weapon/tool like flir. maps are **** up. Community is mostly children. In one word: frustration. From the search for the server to the actual gameplay.
    This is more cod than all cod games put together.
    Save your money, burn your money if necessary but do not buy this, unless you like to get raped by EA, of course    … Expand
  93. Caerleon
    Dec 25, 2017
    3
    One of the few games where I want to scream "Shut up and return my money back." This is what is it? How could you entrust the franchise to some clowns with a disgusting reputation? From Battlefield there is only a name.
  94. xTobyMc
    May 11, 2015
    4
    I've decided to write a second review of the game after owning it for a couple of months now, namely touching on the multiplayer aspects and how I've been getting on with the game thus far.

    Unfortunately after about three weeks of playing I've grown extremely bored of the game and don't feel there's much else it can offer except mediocre DLC's in the future, which of course will only    I've decided to write a second review of the game after owning it for a couple of months now, namely touching on the multiplayer aspects and how I've been getting on with the game thus far.

    Unfortunately after about three weeks of playing I've grown extremely bored of the game and don't feel there's much else it can offer except mediocre DLC's in the future, which of course will only cost more money and likely become just as boring as the vanilla maps. With Hardline I just cannot find a particular game mode I love. Unlike Battlefield 4 where I would play rush hour after hour, experiencing a different battle each time and having good fun, Hardline is extremely linear and combat is on such a small scale that it's repetitive every game.

    Gameplay feels unbalanced and I've yet to use many guns other than the M416 and M16A3, simply because they're overpowered and the majority of other players use them. Killing enemies has become too quick of a process giving you no chance to retaliate when fired at first, and destruction without the access to military vehicles is minimal and underwhelming.

    My biggest disappointment is simply the lack of decent game modes, other than maybe conquest, being a classic favourite for many Battlefield fans. Rushing to grab cash 24/7 is tedious, whereas destroying an entire enemy base in Battlefield 4 was an objective far more appealing and more reliant on a team effort. It really does feel like I'm playing a crossover of Call of Duty and Battlefield mechanics, and you can tell Dice are trying to enter the whole 'esports' game with the new game modes like rescue and crosshair which follow in Counter Strike's footsteps.

    Put simply, this to me is not Battlefield. Battlefield needs tanks, jets, huge maps, classic game modes, balanced classes, and of course large scale team work. Battlefield Hardline is a major disappointment for me and as I write this I am reinstalling Battlefield 4. Unless you enjoy small scale combat this is not the game for you, stick with Battlefield 4 until they release the next true Battlefield game.    … Expand
  95. Doc_Hopwood
    Apr 6, 2015
    4
    No. Just no.

    Years ago I downloaded a mod called Desert Combat for Battlefield... 1942? The series ever since has just been polishing that mod and that has culminated with BF4. BF4 is as good a game as EA is going to get out of this series without bringing in some innovators. Hardline gets a 4 because anything less would make it sound like I was being too harsh but it's literally    No. Just no.

    Years ago I downloaded a mod called Desert Combat for Battlefield... 1942?
    The series ever since has just been polishing that mod and that has culminated with BF4. BF4 is as good a game as EA is going to get out of this series without bringing in some innovators.

    Hardline gets a 4 because anything less would make it sound like I was being too harsh but it's literally the only game I've ever gotten a refund for. Don't waste your time.

    I like the money system, I like buying upgrades, that's all fine and reminds me of the fun I had with Mechwarrior Mercenaries... but they didn't go that direction. Animations are bad, polish is bad, not immersive, borderline comical dialogue, and I'm talking about multiplayer. No sense even mentioning the Singleplayer which is always the weak spot in the BF franchise.

    Stick with BF4.    … Expand
  96. aver233
    Aug 10, 2018
    3
    Boring, uninteresting campaign, multiplayer is basically bf4 but with less cool vehicles. The ball was dropped on this one.
  97. Statutory
    Sep 27, 2021
    2
    Omg what was I thinking? I gave this game a solid 10 back in 2015. NO. This game is a disaster. I think that I just wrote the review when I was playing the first hours of it. This game is something like Condition Zero was to CS, but poorly. The campaign is meh, the multiplayer, maps, gunfight, netcode, it's just not fun.
  98. Supat97
    May 25, 2015
    4
    As First I Wanna Thing I Like This Game Are Fun Right? We Gone The Death End Way In Fact Hardline Was A Re-skin Of BF4 With Lack Of Content and Lackluster SP Mode The BF Hardline Was Unnecessary BF Series That We Won't To With Be Over Priced 120$ DLC We Want BF That Gameplay Are Fun But Not Like This We Want BF That Graphic Are Not Matter But Game play Are Fun Like In The Past We Want NotAs First I Wanna Thing I Like This Game Are Fun Right? We Gone The Death End Way In Fact Hardline Was A Re-skin Of BF4 With Lack Of Content and Lackluster SP Mode The BF Hardline Was Unnecessary BF Series That We Won't To With Be Over Priced 120$ DLC We Want BF That Gameplay Are Fun But Not Like This We Want BF That Graphic Are Not Matter But Game play Are Fun Like In The Past We Want Not COD Styles Like Game Play We Want BF-Like Gameplay So Tell Em What We Need… Expand
  99. msadeghi
    Aug 22, 2015
    4
    the single player story is not enough interesting...cliche...different bugs...HUD and guides are badly represented...the loading pages take too long. I admire the new genre of "detective and criminals" and the courage to make a difference but it still sucks...boring game in single player mode. seriously they should reconsider about it.
  100. SaladDodger
    Apr 8, 2015
    3
    This is nothing like a real Battlefield game and should be ashamed of itself. The game has been out 3 weeks now and already you have some try-hard pros running around slaughtering you like it has been out for several years. For newcomers to this game who are not much of a CoD/Battlefield players, this can be a little bit annoying, most of the game will be watching yourself die repeatedly.This is nothing like a real Battlefield game and should be ashamed of itself. The game has been out 3 weeks now and already you have some try-hard pros running around slaughtering you like it has been out for several years. For newcomers to this game who are not much of a CoD/Battlefield players, this can be a little bit annoying, most of the game will be watching yourself die repeatedly. Sure some people are good at the game but seriously come on, being the top level in the game already means you either have no life or you hacked the game.

    Despite the sweaty try-hards going all ninja on you there is an extreme lack of guns compared to what the legendary Battlefield 3 had, 5 primaries and 5 secondaries per class is a little bit poor. Especially when most of them are pretty piss poor. However, it is quite refreshing the way that you don't need to grind the game and level up to get those weapons, instead you earn money in game by getting kills, completing objectives and generally be a great help to the team.

    The maps have also taken a turn for the worse, they feel more like an enlarged CoD map than a Battlefield map and there are only about 5 of them. The spawn points are really poorly placed and the way that everything is set out it actually feels more like CoD than it does Battlefield. There is no staring at a door through you rifle scope with the rest of your squad because some one is on the other side anymore you simply just run in and shoot them. Snipers can't sit on a dusty rock or an incredibly high tower and snipe any poor soul their reticule floats over anymore. I want my slow paced Battlefield where I spend more time in one position thinking about moving than I spend moving, I want to actually need to think about what I'm doing as apposed to sprinting in a hoping you hit someone. I don't want any of this CoD ****

    Only buy this game if you always wanted a mix of CoD and Battlefield and this is a little message to DICE and EA. If you screw up Star Wars Battlefront and make it like this game I will come to your offices and slap you with some £100 notes until you bleed and then we'll see how much you just want my money.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    May 13, 2015
    82
    Battlefield Hardline offers a fun single-player experience. Arresting suspects could have used some extra polish, as it's way too easy to manipulate the AI to surrender. The multiplayer mode is quite fun as well, but it suffers from lack of content and for the fact that it plays out like a stripped down version of Battlefield 4. The game's heritage aside, Battlefield Hardline is by no means a poor effort. [May 2015]
  2. Gamer.no
    May 4, 2015
    60
    Quotation forthcoming.
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  3. PC PowerPlay
    May 3, 2015
    80
    Be a Lethal Weapon in single-player, enjoy a different take on multiplayer. Visceral gives you the best of both worlds. [May 2015, p.57]
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