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  1. Jul 27, 2022
    3
    A non stop action blockbuster that showboats more than it aims to entertain. I was bored.
  2. Nov 19, 2021
    4
    Mediocre Game and an Insult to every BF-Veteran. Still better than 2042 tho. DONT BUY!
  3. May 31, 2021
    2
    Господи что за графика?! Это полный ужас! Это совсем не то что есть на ПК и PS4, от графики вылезают глаза наружу + ещё разрешение 720p. Я конечно всё понимаю, то что консоль старая, но всё таки...
  4. May 5, 2021
    4
    The fps on this game is trash , the Graphics is Horrible , texture's.... I think ps2 better than that , the pop up on this game is too many , a lot of glitch's on this game especially on campaign, the story and character's of campaign is normal , game play is bad because the frame rate is not stable at ALL!!!!!! , the game play on campaign is Kindest than multiplayer.
  5. Sep 16, 2019
    0
    there are so many superior war games out there, the censorship and pandering killed the battlefield series
  6. Nov 29, 2015
    4
    I decided to try out BF4 after playing BF3, which was a pretty decent game besides the short campaign. Well, let me just say that it was a pretty big disappointment. I think I literally said "this game sucks" within the first 45 minutes.

    THE BAD: **** enemy Ai -Your teammates don't do anything half of the time, even when you command them too -The Killzone 3-esque takedown command
    I decided to try out BF4 after playing BF3, which was a pretty decent game besides the short campaign. Well, let me just say that it was a pretty big disappointment. I think I literally said "this game sucks" within the first 45 minutes.

    THE BAD:

    **** enemy Ai
    -Your teammates don't do anything half of the time, even when you command them too
    -The Killzone 3-esque takedown command doesn't work well. at times it takes your character 5 seconds to take down a guy which is a long time when you have dozens of guys shooting at you
    -There isn't a lot of instruction on where to go
    -I noticed 2D characters on the street that didn't even move (wtf?)
    -The controls don't work as well as they did in Bf3 (where is the prone command and why do I fall off ladders all the time? Should have been more thought out)
    -Weak storyline
    -Immemorable characters

    THE GOOD:
    -Pretty good graphics
    -Some well written dialogue
    -Nice level design
    -Multiplayer is decent, but not as good as the Bad Company series or BF3

    Overall, why did they mess with a good thing? BF3 worked; this game doesn't. I'm a Battlefield fan, more so than COD, but I'd say go get Black ops instead.
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  7. Sep 2, 2015
    4
    Oh dear God....This game... A little note before I begin. This is a review for the PS3 game. I hope to whatever god that's out there that the PS4, Xbone, and PC versions are much better than this.

    Pros: *Personal one* SCAR-H is now an assault rifle and not a carbine. Thank you for fixing that. "Levolution" Is a wonderful showcase of the new frostbite engine The Blue tint from BF3 is
    Oh dear God....This game... A little note before I begin. This is a review for the PS3 game. I hope to whatever god that's out there that the PS4, Xbone, and PC versions are much better than this.

    Pros:
    *Personal one* SCAR-H is now an assault rifle and not a carbine. Thank you for fixing that.
    "Levolution" Is a wonderful showcase of the new frostbite engine
    The Blue tint from BF3 is gone, thank GOD.
    Lots and lots of customizable options, including creating your own emblem
    Buttloads of weapons
    Buttloads of vehicles
    Good maps
    Is different enough than BF3
    Battlelog system is a great resource for stats and stuff.

    Cons: (The cons break this game so much that I'm making each con a paragraph)
    - The campaign: Not only is it boring and cliche as hell, but it's simply broken! It never saves your game, so when you turn it off for the night, and come back to play the next morning, all your progress is gone. Apparently this has been an issue since launch and it still hasn't been fixed. It's also buggy as well, with Ladders proving to be your worst enemy, and NPCs will clip through you and your teammates. Also, sometimes, when you die, the screen will just stay black with that annoying little blinking light at the top, whilist you're actually dropped back into combat. the only way to fix it is to restart your system, and as mentioned before, you then lose all the data.
    -Performance: This game was obviously not meant to be played on the old gen consoles. Frames are all over the place, textures are bland and low res, (looking worse than BF3) but the biggest offender is the rendering of key elements like...Enemy soldiers, your guns, and the iron sights of said gun. I've lost count of how many times I spawn into a new server, everything looks crappy low res while it all loads and I get shot from an enemy who was actually right in front of me but hasn't rendered yet, making him invisible. Then he renders in a couple seconds later. Same with your weapons. Spawn in, enemy in front of you, gun hasn't loaded in yet, and the enemy spins around and blows your defenseless a** sky high. And exactly the same problem with the iron sights not loading in when you pull them up, the sights just look like a solid piece with no hole to look through, making them useless. and while you figure that out/wait for it to load, the enemy kills you. The menu also never remembers what's a new unlock and what isn't. So I constantly get that orange triangle that means "New item!", but it turns out it's the default camo of the gun I'm using. You know, the one you start with? Also....why change the controls???? The old controls were spot on and logical. I was at least able to fix the infantry controls, but vehicle controls remain a mystery for me.
    -Battlepacks and their unlocks: This was...the absolute...worst idea for an unlock system...ever devised. Not only is what you get completely random. Not only is some of the stuff you get for weapons you don't have. Not only are the camos you get stupid looking, they charge MONEY for these. Absolutely disgraceful. Also, the battlepack attachments are pretty much useless. They're just reskinned attachments you get normally. Stubby grip reduces the automatic fire penalty by 15%. Potato grip does the exact same thing and looks downright stupid. The soldier camos you get are bad because with the weird lighting and bad textures, you can hardly make out any difference in the soldiers appearance. Also, you can get knives from this. Why are we copying CS:GO?
    Also, there's no "customize" option in the main menu. you actually have to go into a match or the new "Test range" to change up your class.

    Don't get this game for PS3. If you don't mind the battlepack system, get it for PS4/Xbone/PC. I'm sure it'll run a lot better/actually be fixed. This game is good, but it's just downright broken on old gen. Don't waste your money for the PS3 version.
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  8. Dec 16, 2014
    0
    Purchased this Nov 2014 from Amazon for $15 USD assuming that you can't go wrong for that price. I was wrong (PS3 Version).

    The first thing I noticed were the graphics; they appear to be late '90's or early 2000's graphics (Multiplayer). For instance, there are fork lifts in the game. Dice rendered the "wheels" not as circles, but as body color hexagons. Yes, that's right. The wheels of
    Purchased this Nov 2014 from Amazon for $15 USD assuming that you can't go wrong for that price. I was wrong (PS3 Version).

    The first thing I noticed were the graphics; they appear to be late '90's or early 2000's graphics (Multiplayer). For instance, there are fork lifts in the game. Dice rendered the "wheels" not as circles, but as body color hexagons. Yes, that's right. The wheels of the fork lifts are the same pink color as the body of the forklift, and they're not even round. Yes, that is what you can look forward too. Games like Unreal Tournament or Doom 3 have superior graphics to this game. Yes - no lie.

    Then we talk about controls: on the PS3, the controls are very sloppy, slow, and clunky. They tried to address it with patches and updates, and while it is improved based on what it was, it is still a far cry from other PS3 FPS games. IE- both Bad Company games, and BF3 have superior controls. And while I'm not a huge fan of CoD, that series also has superior controls (oh, and graphics as well). Further, they also decided to revamp the buttons and layout. After 5-6 years of Battlefield games for PS3, they changed everything, so now your existing muscle memory will conflict with this game, meaning, if you actually do manage to see your opponent before they see you, you will likely hit select (to spot them) only to have the game freeze up on your end, as it brings you in to the menu. You will then subsequently die, as it takes about 8 seconds to exit the menu again. Now, should you survive that mistake, you will go to shoot your target, only to either A) Spot them (now spotting occurs by using the trigger), or B) lob a grenade. Of course, you can change the settings in the menu, but they are all pre-programmed layouts (like Goldeneye on N64), and none of them actually match any setting previously found in a Battlefield game on PS3...but you can maybe get past that.

    Now, assuming your brain can translate the imagery on screen (it's tough, I haven't seen graphics like these in roughly 15 years), and assuming you survive long enough to make it to a vehicle, you will again be greeted by new controls, and terrible graphics. If you're in a jet, 90% of the screen will be covered with canopy lines and buttons...because that's what a pilot sees. Lines and buttons...but if you manage to find yourself in a tank, you'll find it mostly useless, mostly because every button you've been conditioned to press, will do something else. Meaning, once again, you have to wade into the settings to try and find a layout that works. "Veteran" is the one they suggest if you have played battlefield before, yet if still doesn't match any settings that ever existed, so really it should be called "Close Enough" because it's not actually what we did use, but it's close enough.

    Finally, points and leveling up; this game will make you feel special. Ok, not special in a good way, but rather in a specifically insulting way. For instance: Did you shoot at someone, and not even hit them? POINTS! Did you play a round of Conquest?! POINTS! Literally anything you do, you get points. If your squad mate spawns off of you, you get points. This game might literally be the first game in the history of gaming, where you can get points simply by turning the game on, and leaving your character to sit. Which is actually a reasonable tactic, since the graphics are so poor it's likely the enemy won't see you unless you move.

    Which leads me to my next point: matchmaking. You would think that using "quick join" would allow you to select a certain map, and then join in to any random match of that map....no, you can't. So if you purchase an expansion map, it's entirely possible you will never ever play that map, via quick join. Which is too bad, because the server browser seems to cause glitches quite frequently, either your PS3 locks up, or it reports there are no games. Or you have to spend 2-5 minutes filtering all the maps and modes you do and don't want.

    Ok, maps: It seems that the graphics are so crippling, that you can generally find one spot, and pitch a tent, and your enemies will blindly run at you multiple times, to no avail. Perhaps they can't see you? Just get a big gun with a large magazine, and sit down for the whole match, and you'll probably lead your team to victory and/or will be the points leader.

    Sound: the sound is terrible, not even worth talking about, not sure how they went backward considering many of these weapons already existed, thus already had been previously recorded, meaning they somehow intentionally messed up...

    Don't waste your time or money on this game for PS3, maybe it's better on a different platform.
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  9. Jul 29, 2014
    0
    This game is broken, the graphics are pathetic, the story is mediocre and that's it. Everything sucks about this game, i'd stick to BF3 if I were you.
  10. Jul 26, 2014
    1
    Played the game for two days then went back to palying BF3 . Maps, Weapons and vehicles all suck. The game glitches/freezes all the time. Played through like half of the campaign then came one day and the game started me from the beginning. Absolutely useless waste of money. Max 24 players on PS3 makes it all the more stupid.
  11. Jun 30, 2014
    0
    im laughing at the morons who said they like this game with their dumb reviews, the company who made this game doesn't give a **** about the customers just money, so the more you keep buying their games the more you'll grippe about bugs, and crashing, so pretty much your liking a game whos company has no respect for it's customers?!?
  12. Jun 17, 2014
    0
    This game is a piece of sh*t! Almost 8 months after release, this game is HORRIBLE on the PS3, plus, DICE doesnt give a f*ck about fixing the game on the older generation consoles and we ended up playing a $60 PRE ALPHA game! For God sake, If you want to buy It on the PS3, DONT! Stay back of this game! With MINECRAFT PS3 edition, you will have more fun. I am so disappointed... SHAME ONThis game is a piece of sh*t! Almost 8 months after release, this game is HORRIBLE on the PS3, plus, DICE doesnt give a f*ck about fixing the game on the older generation consoles and we ended up playing a $60 PRE ALPHA game! For God sake, If you want to buy It on the PS3, DONT! Stay back of this game! With MINECRAFT PS3 edition, you will have more fun. I am so disappointed... SHAME ON YOU EA/DICE. Expand
  13. Jun 16, 2014
    0
    the worst game ever! graphics are ugly textures are really bad. online is THE SAME with BATTLEFIELD 3 oh battlefield 3 is better..better graphics better textures better and funnier online and better campaing cod ghost is much better and much funnier i dont trust more ea games
  14. Jun 5, 2014
    1
    The would be a lot more fun if every 5 minutes it didn't make the freaking ps3 crash. I have had this game for 3 months now and it has crashed my ps3 at least 100 hundred times. This has been happening to everyone so I recommend anyone buys this until they fix it!
  15. Jun 3, 2014
    0
    I have been engrossed in Battlefield online play for years now. I originally played the Battlefield 1942 on PC and have been a long standing fan of the games. HOWEVER...The new Battlefield is a complete disappointment. A half-ass story line and the online play is complete garbage. Don't waste your time. Or money! Graphics are a joke in online play. The original pac man has better graphicsI have been engrossed in Battlefield online play for years now. I originally played the Battlefield 1942 on PC and have been a long standing fan of the games. HOWEVER...The new Battlefield is a complete disappointment. A half-ass story line and the online play is complete garbage. Don't waste your time. Or money! Graphics are a joke in online play. The original pac man has better graphics than this. However, if you feel the need to blow $60 for only HALF of the available maps, go right ahead. Then drop another $60 to get the other half of the maps. This game is a rip off and a money pit. The game designers need to restart from ground 0. Expand
  16. May 25, 2014
    0
    this game is awful I hate it played it for 15 minutes and got sick of all the bull graphics overall a boring game battle field 3 was a much better game than this piece of ****
  17. Apr 27, 2014
    0
    This game is rubbish how on earth it got any rating above 3 stars is beyond me. The single player is heartless and boring but no- one buys it for campaign mode anyhow. The multiplayer is the big attraction but this fails miserably. There are so many glitches crashes and poor performance issues in general I wish I had bought COD instead so long dice and ea thats the last bit of my moneyThis game is rubbish how on earth it got any rating above 3 stars is beyond me. The single player is heartless and boring but no- one buys it for campaign mode anyhow. The multiplayer is the big attraction but this fails miserably. There are so many glitches crashes and poor performance issues in general I wish I had bought COD instead so long dice and ea thats the last bit of my money you will see Expand
  18. Apr 17, 2014
    2
    Multiplayer was fine.
    But Campaign... in that dam mission where you jump on the scaffolding there was a game breaking bug. went on youtube and there was even a video. Had to replay mission. DICE you used to be top notch. but now EA has you pumping out a sequel every 2 years a la Call of Duty style and quality has dropped. Even though Activision gets criticised for their repetitive
    Multiplayer was fine.
    But Campaign... in that dam mission where you jump on the scaffolding there was a game breaking bug. went on youtube and there was even a video. Had to replay mission. DICE you used to be top notch. but now EA has you pumping out a sequel every 2 years a la Call of Duty style and quality has dropped. Even though Activision gets criticised for their repetitive gameplay at least they don't have these game breaking bugs.

    That's not even mentioning the hostile portrayal of the Chinese in the Campaign lol. Civil war in China with the Yanks interefering of course. At least they get one part right, Americans interfering with other countries' affairs but DICE portrays Chinese as warmongers intent on starting WWIII. Irony much. Sweden's DICE why must you behave as america's lapdog.
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  19. Mar 6, 2014
    0
    the freezing problem is just unbelievable. I spend 70 euros on a game that I cannot play five minutes without the game freezing. every other game on my PS3 runs smoothly. I seriously suggest that you consider sticking with BF3.
  20. Mar 6, 2014
    1
    This game was clearly released before it was even close to being finished. It's been over 5 months and it's still a buggy mess. I can barely get through a match without it locking up my PS3. I've been a BF fan for a long time, but DICE/EA really dropped the ball on this one. Stay away from it.
  21. Feb 1, 2014
    1
    Not impressed at all, clearly unfinished and untested at launch, constant crashes, locking up of PS3, unable to save campaign progress, jerky (sometimes) graphics, definitely the worst game experience I have had in at least 25 years!
    I had grown tired of COD and it's many faults, and wanted a better experience, I DID NOT find it with this game, and I certainly will not buy another EA/DICE
    Not impressed at all, clearly unfinished and untested at launch, constant crashes, locking up of PS3, unable to save campaign progress, jerky (sometimes) graphics, definitely the worst game experience I have had in at least 25 years!
    I had grown tired of COD and it's many faults, and wanted a better experience, I DID NOT find it with this game, and I certainly will not buy another EA/DICE game if this is the standard they are happy to release.
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  22. Jan 21, 2014
    2
    Deception! DONT BUY BF4.
    YOU CANT PLAY ONE HOUR IN A ROW WITHOUT CREKING AND FREEZING YOUR PS3. THIS IS JUNK. NO COMPARISON WITH BF3 DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY. THEY JUST RELEASE AN UPDATE, NO FIX AT ALL. JUNK, GARBAGE, TRASH, BATTLEFIELD 4, ALL THE SAME!
  23. Jan 19, 2014
    0
    I made an account for the sole purpose of telling you NOT to buy this game. I don't know that these "10 rating" people are playing but its not BF4. Fair play like we all want and expect is nonexistant. Exploits are numerous. Expect to be killed before you ever see the enemy come around the corner due to lag from the game that is 1/2 to 3/4 a second at times. Unloading into an enemy atI made an account for the sole purpose of telling you NOT to buy this game. I don't know that these "10 rating" people are playing but its not BF4. Fair play like we all want and expect is nonexistant. Exploits are numerous. Expect to be killed before you ever see the enemy come around the corner due to lag from the game that is 1/2 to 3/4 a second at times. Unloading into an enemy at point blank range with an LMG is useless. One hit kills are 95% of the time what happens. Bugs and glitches everywhere. Dice/EA is just sitting back laughing at customers BUT not their shareholders as they now have 4 lawsuits on them becauseBF4 was a "pump and dump" title. Look it up on the net. Forbes has a nice article on it. Ever see a 25mm gun that couldnt kill worth a crap? Its in BF4. Ever been killed while running on the other side of a map by one shot? Its in BF4. Im telling you as others have told you!!!! This game is BROKEN!!!! If you must find out for yourself then borrow it or rent it at REDBOX. Expand
  24. Jan 19, 2014
    2
    Broken. Would like a refund. I'll look at this game again in 2015 when it's working. I won't be purchasing in-game with EA because they sold a broken product. Did EA push Dice to release an unfinished product for xmas 2013? It looks like it. Stick with BF3 for now.

    BF4 maps are sparse -I think the franchise is stale. BF3 maps are great -this makes for a much more enjoyable game.
  25. Jan 1, 2014
    0
    As a new comer to battlefield I am shocked. To release a game with so many issues that affect the core of the gaming experience is entirely disrespectful to the gaming community. I've been playing it for a few weeks now, two months after the initial launch, and I've had my campaign progress wiped 4 times, and had every multiplayer weapon relocked and become unattainable. Yes I can plug theAs a new comer to battlefield I am shocked. To release a game with so many issues that affect the core of the gaming experience is entirely disrespectful to the gaming community. I've been playing it for a few weeks now, two months after the initial launch, and I've had my campaign progress wiped 4 times, and had every multiplayer weapon relocked and become unattainable. Yes I can plug the game in and play it as if it were the first time but I cannot make ANY progress.

    There are aspects of the game I appreciate but nothing can make up for the utter failure of the game to function and allow a player to actually play THROUGH the game rather than simply be reset every single day. Any company with such a lack of respect for their audience does not deserve the respect of those who play their product.
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  26. Dec 27, 2013
    3
    Complete let down. Single player movements and gun play feel completely unrealistic with no store line present. Multiplayer is just a disaster. For everyone saying its similar to BF3, it's not. Everything feels completely different, from movements, to gunplay. And it's a lot worse. A lot of the time I feel as if I'm playing a call of duty game. The netcode is terrible, weapons areComplete let down. Single player movements and gun play feel completely unrealistic with no store line present. Multiplayer is just a disaster. For everyone saying its similar to BF3, it's not. Everything feels completely different, from movements, to gunplay. And it's a lot worse. A lot of the time I feel as if I'm playing a call of duty game. The netcode is terrible, weapons are unbalanced, it constantly freezes your console and there are many glitches/bugs from audio to graphic to even a few game breaking bugs.

    The orange filter on the killcam is cartoonish and a put off, the graphics on a PS3 are significantly worse than BF3 at times (when they even decide to render) and the map design is bland and at times boring. Not to mention every gui is ugly and glitchy in the game.The menu is ugly, slow and freezes, the server browser becomes not responsive, the spawn menu is slow and confusing for a few hours of gameplay.

    I don't usually express my opinion on games and play them as is, but this is just too horrible for me to play. If you want to have fun. play anything prior to BF4 (Including 3) but don't waste your money on this garbage, at least yet. But I don't have hope of it getting better because they've ruined the feel of Battlefield and seem to be trying to compete with Call of Duty by copying that play style and adding vehicles.
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  27. Dec 26, 2013
    2
    I'm a huge fan of Dice and the Battlefield games. I've been playing them since Bad Company 2/1943. I've talked many people into switching from C.O.D. to Battlefield. However, Battlefield 4 was a HUGE disappointment. I don't know how they could ruin such a good thing.
    The graphics are terrible. They would only be appealing to Helen Keller. When I play the game, it looks like I'm displaying
    I'm a huge fan of Dice and the Battlefield games. I've been playing them since Bad Company 2/1943. I've talked many people into switching from C.O.D. to Battlefield. However, Battlefield 4 was a HUGE disappointment. I don't know how they could ruin such a good thing.
    The graphics are terrible. They would only be appealing to Helen Keller. When I play the game, it looks like I'm displaying rejected forms of abstract art on my tv.
    The graphics aren't the worst part about this game, it's the controls! Everything and anything you want to do in this game is confusing. Who's decision was it to change the vehicle controls from great to garbage? There was never a problem with the controls in any of the previous games, why did you change them?
    I can only guess Dice messed this game up so badly, because they needed a bunch of tax write-offs. This game is good for one thing, and one thing only, re-gifting. But re-gifting this game is just like re-gifting used toilet paper.
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  28. Dec 26, 2013
    2
    Every time I insert the game into my PS3 it's like playing Russian roulette: will the game work or will it freeze? And most of the time it f*cks up my PS3. In terms of multiplayer the guns have literally declined in performance compared to BF3, and the unlocks are horrible compared to previous Battlefield games. I mean come on DICE, can't you make a game is worth playing for generations?Every time I insert the game into my PS3 it's like playing Russian roulette: will the game work or will it freeze? And most of the time it f*cks up my PS3. In terms of multiplayer the guns have literally declined in performance compared to BF3, and the unlocks are horrible compared to previous Battlefield games. I mean come on DICE, can't you make a game is worth playing for generations? The game does feel more rushed than previous BF games and that's due to the COD feel that this game possesses, especially with the new unlockable camos/achievements that they added. Literally all the players/teammates in all the squads have started to worry about K/D and W/L rather than winning the actual match. Pathetic. Not to mention the unbalanced size of the maps when you try to play Rush and capture all the spots which enables the enemy teams to have the time to re-capture them. The whole game is off

    I honestly feel like this was better off for Next-Gen consoles because all of the graphics are a step-down from BF3. I take that back, from BFBC1. Everything feels off, and connectivity is a huge issue especially with TDM. When you try and search for a TDM match in Quick Play, it freezes the console FORCING you to restart the whole system. The game is ridiculously buggy and is too minuscule to fit the 4th Title of the Battlefield Franchise.

    I would've rather had coal than this for christmas.
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  29. Dec 22, 2013
    4
    Sera muy buen juego cuando arreglen todos los fallos que tiene entonces cambiare mi pensamiento sobre el, ya que la consola se quede bloqueada cada dos por tres jugando no mola nada no por los puntos si no por reiniciar de mala forma la consola.
  30. Dec 14, 2013
    1
    Server shutdown, loss of campaing data, premium battlepacks not working, freeze gameplays, overlapping of screens... it's almost impossible to play a couple days without a single problem...
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Nov 12, 2013
    70
    To blow COD out of the water, they will need a more polished game than this. Perhaps the next-generation will provide it.
  2. Nov 11, 2013
    80
    So there you have it, the current-gen version of Battlefield 4. To be honest, it’s not a huge leap forward over Battlefield 3. It looks slightly better but performs slightly worse.
  3. Nov 8, 2013
    80
    The really unfortunate thing with this Premium nonsense is that the greater body of players are made to feel like they're travelling in economy class, so that the core fans can be milked. I'm not anti-DLC, but the way Battlefield Premium constantly thrusts at you just feels grubby. It's not a nice way to treat paying customers, and it's a pity to see it besmirch such a great game.