Battlefield Hardline

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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 957 Ratings

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Zed101
    Apr 18, 2015
    4
    Played this game on the xbone at a friend's place; campaign was boring and multiplayer was a big step down from BF4. Not surprised but exasperated with the presence of weird network issues in this game. The gunfights while racing around in the vehicles was the only noteworthy thing about this game.
    Hardline should have been a DLC and then people would not have minded too much it was bad.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. muzmuz
    Jul 24, 2018
    4
    Literally unplayable single player campaign giving you a nice combo of crap FOV, eye sore and a painful headache.
  8. eva3si0n
    Oct 28, 2017
    4
    Hardline as an independent game is very not bad as a part of the Battlefield series she looks too ordinary and empty. The first BF where a singlpleer looks better, than a multiplayer. A game came out much optimized, than the 4th part. And frankly speaking all have ignored her, and it is the best BF after BF3 and BC2. She originally looks, she is cheerful. She is purely INFANTRY, and it forHardline as an independent game is very not bad as a part of the Battlefield series she looks too ordinary and empty. The first BF where a singlpleer looks better, than a multiplayer. A game came out much optimized, than the 4th part. And frankly speaking all have ignored her, and it is the best BF after BF3 and BC2. She originally looks, she is cheerful. She is purely INFANTRY, and it for many plus. But support of the product at EA wishes to be the best. On Win 7 and 8.1 I had no big problems. But as soon as I have passed to Win10 constant problems have begun. About 1511 versions of system I can't start a game on one computer or the laptop. Upon for me this game is closed since 2016, even the hard reset of Windows doesn't help. EA you the best, after BF Hardline and BF1 I won't buy not one game from you!… Expand
  9. derHausmeister
    Mar 17, 2019
    4
    Achtung: Ich habe ausschließlich die Kampagne gespielt!

    Das ist wirklich eines der schlecht programmiertesten Spiele, die ich jemals gesehen habe. Die Ladezeiten sind schrecklich, Texturen fehlen, zum Teil ganze Gebäude, bzw. Inseln. Unspielbar! #EDIT: Nach dem ich mir die Mühe gemacht habe, das Spiel auf einer SSD zu installieren, sind die oben genannten Probleme nicht mehr    Achtung: Ich habe ausschließlich die Kampagne gespielt!

    Das ist wirklich eines der schlecht programmiertesten Spiele, die ich jemals gesehen habe. Die Ladezeiten sind schrecklich, Texturen fehlen, zum Teil ganze Gebäude, bzw. Inseln. Unspielbar!

    #EDIT: Nach dem ich mir die Mühe gemacht habe, das Spiel auf einer SSD zu installieren, sind die oben genannten Probleme nicht mehr vorgekommen. Finde es jedoch immer noch lächerlich, da dies das einzige Spiel (bis jetzt) in meiner Sammlung ist, welches nicht auf meiner HDD läuft.

    Da ich die Story nun durch habe: Sie ist in Ordnung, hat einen nicht weg, aber das Gameplay ist solide. Das könnte man noch größer aufziehen nicht so sehr auf "cool" getrimmt, dann wäre das es echt gut. Ich gebe eine 4 von 10, wegen angeführter Problematik und durchschnittlicher Story.    … Expand
  10. bar0yka
    Jan 5, 2023
    4
    onilne istiyor sürekli hikaye çöp yapılmış bu yüzden optimizasyon da berbat oynayamadım sildim aga
  11. 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 ****
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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 ...........
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. aver233
    Aug 10, 2018
    3
    Boring, uninteresting campaign, multiplayer is basically bf4 but with less cool vehicles. The ball was dropped on this one.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. Cz3rw0ny
    Feb 9, 2021
    3
    Probably, one of the weakest if not THE weakest BF franchise name holder. Got boring after few hours.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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!
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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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