Battlefield Hardline

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  1. 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.
  2. CoyoteXStarrk
    Mar 17, 2015
    2
    Horrendous excuse of a "Battlefield" game. A name known for its large scale battles and its vehicle combat has been attached to poor imitation. Very little destructible environment compared to Battlefield 4 or even Battlefield 3. Next to no vehicle combat aside from a few vehicles on some maps. No tanks. No APCs. No Jets. They even recycled many of the sounds and icons used by BattlefieldHorrendous excuse of a "Battlefield" game. A name known for its large scale battles and its vehicle combat has been attached to poor imitation. Very little destructible environment compared to Battlefield 4 or even Battlefield 3. Next to no vehicle combat aside from a few vehicles on some maps. No tanks. No APCs. No Jets. They even recycled many of the sounds and icons used by Battlefield 4.

    In essence nothing that would clue you into the fact that this is a battlefield game. If you did not know the title of the game you would assume it was a poor CoD imitation with vehicles thrown in.

    Leveling system feels very unrewarding and bugs are already appearing.

    The campaign while intriguing is far too short to make up for the glaring oversights of the Multi-player.

    In the end Hardline is nothing but a glorified DLC for Battlefield 4 but doesn't have any of the things that make Battlefield 4 great. A blatant money grab by EA hoping that uninformed gamers will buy it on name alone rather than do their research first.

    With much better games like Bloodborne on the way and much better value for the same price like The Handsome Collection I would strongly recommend that everyone hold off and if you must have it I would wait until you can buy it used or on sale.    … Expand
  3. Mavster
    Mar 20, 2015
    2
    ok Personally i HATED this game, bought it for ps4 on release day and i just despised it since the first multiplayer game, its just not my type of game the pace in every mode (i tried 5 different modes) was just so inconsistent and weird. Having only played one battlefield game before this (3) i had a a feeling i wouldn't like it but i thought id give it a shot and i ended up returning theok Personally i HATED this game, bought it for ps4 on release day and i just despised it since the first multiplayer game, its just not my type of game the pace in every mode (i tried 5 different modes) was just so inconsistent and weird. Having only played one battlefield game before this (3) i had a a feeling i wouldn't like it but i thought id give it a shot and i ended up returning the game the same day as purchasing it. what is up with the intense 2 FPS lag when assassinating someone with a melee hit how is that an issue its pretty game breaking since you just die sometimes without being able to do anything..
    This is just my opinion.    … Expand
  4. mpena
    Apr 9, 2015
    2
    Don't consider buying at all is an understatement. The campaign seriously lacks and is mediocre at best. It should have been scripted differently and modeled around a drug war but idk how and what the premise of single player is, it has no creativity at all. I never knew cops can have unlimited handcuffs and why do HIRED SECURITY GUARDS WITH GUNS allow themselves to get arrested by someoneDon't consider buying at all is an understatement. The campaign seriously lacks and is mediocre at best. It should have been scripted differently and modeled around a drug war but idk how and what the premise of single player is, it has no creativity at all. I never knew cops can have unlimited handcuffs and why do HIRED SECURITY GUARDS WITH GUNS allow themselves to get arrested by someone who ISN'T EVEN A COP anymore. The multiplayer is wayyyyyy worse than Bf 4. Modes like hotwire and rescue are just jokes to be honest. The game recycled old Bf 4 ideas like the skins and not having vehicles like tanks in a game called BATTLEFIELD is really questionable. My honest opinion is do not buy......like really, save your money. Me as a big fan of the old battlefronts is scared because Dice somehow managed to make a game this inadequate. Finishing the campaign and playing 50 hours of multiplayer was a big waste of my life, and i'm not bad at mp either. It really became less likely after each other especially. I am quite happy I got back at least half of my money back on this so-called "game"… Expand
  5. Dat_One_Critic
    Jun 12, 2015
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** battlefield hardline. This game gives nothing more than it had done with Battlefield 4. I have bought the Deluxe deition for Hardline thinking to myself that it had included the new maps that are about to release. But no you get 'Battle packs' that can give you XP boosts that is completely stupid. The campaign is forgettable AF with such mediocre plot and the AI is by far the worst i have ever seen in a game i have played. Multiplayer is boring and unfun. They pulled a Battlefield 3 by making cops use cop guns and bad guys use bad guy guns. 30 guns in hardline and 60+ guns. What did they get right. Gun design and vehicle design. Thats it the rest of it is sh!t. Gameplay 3/10 Story 2/10 Graphics 3/10. Dont listen to everyone giving 10,9 and 8's because this game is not worth it.… Expand
  6. SverigeC
    May 6, 2015
    2
    I'm a big fan of battlefield and mainly play it for it's great multiplayer experience. However, not Hardline. Everything from the level design to the vehicle physics is poor at best. Visually, it feels more cartoony than it's predecessors and nothing about the multiplayer engages the player for very long. If you like to wait along time before you spawn, an inability to swap teams to playI'm a big fan of battlefield and mainly play it for it's great multiplayer experience. However, not Hardline. Everything from the level design to the vehicle physics is poor at best. Visually, it feels more cartoony than it's predecessors and nothing about the multiplayer engages the player for very long. If you like to wait along time before you spawn, an inability to swap teams to play with your friend, spawning in locations surrounded by enemies, waiting along time between respawning and very dull game modes. Then this is the game for you. Compared to BF4 (which also has a few issues but much improved since launch) this game is it's retarded cousin. The cops and robbers theme doesn't really work in my opinion and this game would be best left as a military theme. It's a shame as Battlefield titles seem to have got progressively worse over the last few years. BF3 had great gameplay. BF4 a little less. Hardline...well it should be shot and left in the desert like Atari's E.T.
    If this game is ridiculously cheap or free, sure...try it but I'm sure you'll just end up playing BF4 again after 10mins of this crap.    … Expand
  7. Duke_Nukem
    Nov 28, 2016
    2
    The story mode is boring, there are too many cutscenes and everything is pre-sripted. But who cares, the online mode is what it's all about right?

    Well the maps are too small, you respawn often next to an enemy to be killed again before you can do anything, there is no clarity in where you are supposed to go. Everyone is just running around like chickens without heads, and ofcourse    The story mode is boring, there are too many cutscenes and everything is pre-sripted. But who cares, the online mode is what it's all about right?

    Well the maps are too small, you respawn often next to an enemy to be killed again before you can do anything, there is no clarity in where you are supposed to go. Everyone is just running around like chickens without heads, and ofcourse there's the spawnkilling snipers who cowardly hide at strategic positions.

    Newbies haven't got a chance against high rank players coz they have weapons that suck and die much faster. The maps are very confusing, most of the times you can't see who is friendly or enemy, and you don't even know who killed you and where they are.

    The idea of cops and robbers is very interesting but I didn't really feel like a cop in this game, it's just a COD style FPS without any brains and no own personality.    … Expand
  8. Hellion
    Mar 17, 2015
    1
    A game that jumped on the Payday 2 bandwagon or making it similar to that and arrives after the Battlefield 4 fiasco? And here I was sitting thinking it couldn't get any more worse than Battlefield 4. I threw 1 point up to EA for at least making the Titanfall DLC free earlier last week. Ship the BF franchise back over to DICE and quit hassling them to release it before it's finished.A game that jumped on the Payday 2 bandwagon or making it similar to that and arrives after the Battlefield 4 fiasco? And here I was sitting thinking it couldn't get any more worse than Battlefield 4. I threw 1 point up to EA for at least making the Titanfall DLC free earlier last week. Ship the BF franchise back over to DICE and quit hassling them to release it before it's finished. Cannot wait to see how they roll out Battlefield: Star Wars. No doubt it will come with not a couch but a Jabba the Hut bench and a multitude of mynocks.… Expand
  9. rudraksh
    Mar 19, 2015
    1
    Before I begin, let me establish that I own all battlefield titles. Of these, I like some titles and am ok with the rest. The only exception is hardline. I have never been more disappointed with a game. After paying top dollar I have a poor excuse of a battlefield game and I will not even bother to retain. The story is largely predictable and is not engaging enough to warrant interestBefore I begin, let me establish that I own all battlefield titles. Of these, I like some titles and am ok with the rest. The only exception is hardline. I have never been more disappointed with a game. After paying top dollar I have a poor excuse of a battlefield game and I will not even bother to retain. The story is largely predictable and is not engaging enough to warrant interest after a while. I loved ghost recon, splinter cell, even uncharted. The reason I mention these titles is because hardline is trying very hard to be like these games. While call of duty - AW was a major let down, keeping to tradition it's still ahead of hardline.

    One more thing, while the developers are constantly saying they build this game with our feedback to develop this game, they actually cannot take a bit of polite criticism at launch (I really wonder how they took user feedback in spirit). When I pointed out some bugs on day 01 on a forum, they deleted my comments. If they have a good game, why are they afraid to acknowledge basic gameplay issues that their customer is facing. Very poor show.

    What a waste of time, money, and gaming entertainment. I am off battlefield franchise permanently.    … Expand
  10. TommyTanker
    Apr 6, 2015
    1
    Check out the 9/10 and 10/10 reviewers profiles here - this is the only game they have reviewed. DICE and EA must have their scrubs working overtime to setup profiles and type up A+ reviews, how sad.

    I laugh at those who think this is worth $60, because that is the defining factor of the game - is it value for money? This abomination is a re-skin of BF4 but with worse graphics    Check out the 9/10 and 10/10 reviewers profiles here - this is the only game they have reviewed. DICE and EA must have their scrubs working overtime to setup profiles and type up A+ reviews, how sad.

    I laugh at those who think this is worth $60, because that is the defining factor of the game - is it value for money? This abomination is a re-skin of BF4 but with worse graphics (unbelievable I know). The story / plot is stage after 20 min and after 2 hours you are looking to uninstall. You are left with an emptiness in your soul and an emptiness in your wallet afterwards. Do not buy, better games out there for a LOT less money.    … Expand
  11. Kirbyeh
    Mar 25, 2015
    1
    900 P are you kidding me!!! its like battlefield 4 re skinned and completely bugged. They didnt even do anything to make single player or multiplayer exciting. I am very disappointed :(
  12. ioio32l
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This should have been a $15 DLC addon for Battlefield 4 at best. Don't waste your money. Luckily I received a review copy for free, even though I played the beta (also last years "beta") and knew how much of a rip off it was.
  13. fxa5209
    Sep 16, 2015
    1
    The game is still buggy with no actions taken from EA to fix it. I have opened three tickets and they keep closing the tickets without any resolution. it has been over six months since release, and no fixes are provided yet for the same issues that existed in Battlefield 4. I will never buy an EA game again. They dont even respond to chat requests and at one time they gave me a goldenThe game is still buggy with no actions taken from EA to fix it. I have opened three tickets and they keep closing the tickets without any resolution. it has been over six months since release, and no fixes are provided yet for the same issues that existed in Battlefield 4. I will never buy an EA game again. They dont even respond to chat requests and at one time they gave me a golden battle pack as a compensation until the issues are solved. Dont buy this game or any other games for EA.… Expand
  14. ElektroDragon
    Mar 18, 2015
    1
    If I wanted a bad TV crime drama, I'd watch one for free on TV, not spend $60 to play this very weak game. Graphics are mediocre, story is utterly BORING, action is meh, stealth is meh. Completely by the numbers game. Goodbye Visceral, EA used you and will now close you. It was nice knowing you with Dead Space.
  15. ANYwhereBUThome
    Mar 24, 2015
    1
    Starting this off, this game does not feel like any Battlefield game I've ever played. When you think of "Battlefield," most people think of large scale maps with infantry and vehicular combat over Frostbite destructible maps. Well, take what you know about previous Battlefields and throw this out the window.

    Campaign - I have not completed that much of campaign, but enough to get a    Starting this off, this game does not feel like any Battlefield game I've ever played. When you think of "Battlefield," most people think of large scale maps with infantry and vehicular combat over Frostbite destructible maps. Well, take what you know about previous Battlefields and throw this out the window.

    Campaign -
    I have not completed that much of campaign, but enough to get a feel for it. I do like how it is made into a TV News Broadcast/Series. When you leave the campaign, you are departed with a "COMING UP ON HARDLINE" snippet. When you join the campaign back, its "PREVIOUSLY ON HARDLINE," just to get you caught up.

    What rubs me the wrong way about the campaign is, the gun selection is pretty bland. You get a few pistols and a few rifles. The pistols are your primary weapon. If two cops are conducting a drug bust, first off do you think it would only be two cops they send in? How about arming them with pistols as primary weapons.

    Second, you have the opportunity to go "covert" with the missions. You can throw shell casings or rocks to distract your enemy and get them to look the other way, to great them with a POLICE. DROP YOUR WEAPONS. They drop the weapons and you can handcuff them. This has a downside to it though.

    When subjects are complying, your gun freezes and you are not allowed shooting them. So.. with that being said, you come up behind three people and display your badge to them. One complies, the other two are about to shoot you - you can't shoot them because one subject is surrendering. Mediocre at best. The campaign is predictable, but its what you make of it in my opinion.

    Now, the best part. MULTIPLAYER.

    For a general multiplayer overview, you have to purchase all your weapons with in game cash that you get from getting kills, revives, objectives, all the fun stuff. With the cash, you can buy equipment, camos, guns, and battlepacks. Each "class" has 4 different load out options that you can create. The bummer, each class has maybe 5 guns max that you can use. The robbers and the cops have different classes of guns, in which you have to purchase on both sides. The game has been glitchy since I have gotten it and when I start multiplayer, all my guns are locked, INCLUDING the one that you start out with. I've had to join a game multiple times with just a baseball bat. The guns then unlock after you get the first kill.

    Lets break down the games accordingly.

    Team Deathmatch - Now runs on 64? 66? 60-something players... RIDICULOUS. The map sizes are smaller than prior battlefield team deathmatch maps so there is constantly enemies spawning next to you and behind you. Its rare that you survive more than 20 seconds.
    It takes a full clip to kill somebody and half the shots don't register.

    Hardcore mode is no longer hard core. The bullet damage is not increased, only health regeneration is remove, friendly fire is on, and the HUD is removed (including the list of people that are in your squad.) It still takes a clip to kill an enemy.

    Heist - This game mode is typical cops and robbers. The robbers break into a safe and steal money and have to escort 2 brief cases to an extraction zone while cops attempt to prevent this. This game mode was in the beta and ran almost flawlessly. Not in the real game. On half the maps, the briefcases are in the same building, if not, the same room. Team mates are always spawning on each other and the whole map becomes a cluster. Its not long before your team gives up trying to play the objective and just run around and try to get kills.

    That games that do get going and you're kind of having a decent time (which is a rare occasion), you're greeted with a black screen followed by a message "you have lost connection to the server."
    Blame it on my internet would be the typical response I'd expect, only it happens to everybody I play with. Read the facebook comments on their page if you don't believe me.

    The maps look like garbage and remind me of something Call of Duty would make.

    A night map with street lights and your team is on the hill makes your character cast a shadow on to the street. You don't see the hill you are standing on, just a floating shadow back and forth.

    The same night map has a burning fire in the distance. The fire does not move, but the smoke has a ripple effect to make it seem like flames.

    In the maps where a dust storm hits or a hurricane, the trees and bushes don't "blow," they trees bend and the leaves on the bushes and trees flap back and worth, like you're playing with a picture in paint.

    In the campaign, there's a laptop that you are "skyping" a main character in, the laptop is missing the number 6. Laziness? Or just ignorance.

    Overall, I do not recommend this game to anyone. Ever since E3 and during the Betas, I promoted the heck out of this and now I feel like I've been lied to. I bought the premium when I bought the game and I wish I could take it back. This is not Battlefield.    … Expand
  16. greedy666
    Mar 29, 2015
    1
    So disappointed, this isn't the battlefield Game you've been playing for years this is a COD wannabe. We play battlefield because we don't live COD . Graphics are poor maps are poor gun detail is pathetic. I played for a few days trying to give it a chance then i swapped it for bloodborne . All i can say is that I'm so disappointed with what battlefield is now. DO NOT BUY UNLESSSo disappointed, this isn't the battlefield Game you've been playing for years this is a COD wannabe. We play battlefield because we don't live COD . Graphics are poor maps are poor gun detail is pathetic. I played for a few days trying to give it a chance then i swapped it for bloodborne . All i can say is that I'm so disappointed with what battlefield is now. DO NOT BUY UNLESS YOU ENJOY COD. This is my first review , i had to do it to warn people.… Expand
  17. AllenV
    Apr 14, 2015
    1
    Absolute crap. Im so very disappointed with this game! I am bleeding out of my eyes trying to complete more than 20 hours on this game, trying to convince myself to give it a chance.
    Playing Warfighter / Battlefield platform quality is why I kicked the childish COD platform. However, Hardline is now trying to catch the 12 year old audience captured by the COD games. Poor graphics, poor    Absolute crap. Im so very disappointed with this game! I am bleeding out of my eyes trying to complete more than 20 hours on this game, trying to convince myself to give it a chance.
    Playing Warfighter / Battlefield platform quality is why I kicked the childish COD platform. However, Hardline is now trying to catch the 12 year old audience captured by the COD games. Poor graphics, poor realism, juvenile gaming platform.
    Dont buy this game if you are older than 12 and enjoy mature games like Warfighter and BF3/4. Major Fail. Serious buyers remorse.    … Expand
  18. greengrounds
    Apr 26, 2015
    1
    Ive played some terrible generic shooters. Like BF 4, this one wasnt worth finishing. Borrowed this from my library, id never pay for this garbage. Kept it for two days cant wait to return it.
  19. aliba
    Jun 8, 2015
    1
    that was terribbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbble
  20. jmeogh
    Aug 20, 2016
    1
    OK, I can't believe how much this sucks. I can't get past "Stop the Bleeding" in the first episode because the bullet doesn't go anywhere near where the sights are pointing. Even if I don't use the right mouse button (yes, this is on the PC), it only goes near the very large plus sign about half the time. In the earlier parts of the first episode, I was 3 feet away from some goon shootingOK, I can't believe how much this sucks. I can't get past "Stop the Bleeding" in the first episode because the bullet doesn't go anywhere near where the sights are pointing. Even if I don't use the right mouse button (yes, this is on the PC), it only goes near the very large plus sign about half the time. In the earlier parts of the first episode, I was 3 feet away from some goon shooting him the chest, and all I got was "code officer down" (because I died).
    From what I understand, this is a shooting game. If you can't shoot, it doesn't matter how the story goes.
    And did you notice that there is no training episode? There is no shooting range. You can't try out the gear. From what I understand, training is a very important part of being a police officer, and knowing your weapons and tools is a life saver.
    Thumbs down! Can't believe this thing got through QA.
    BTW, I'm still trying to get my money back from Origin. Can't believe that there isn't a button somewhere that says, "Delete this game and give me my money back."    … Expand
  21. MrPositive
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    Dice really needs to get some new artists as this game was a far cry from what they've delivered in the past. I'm extremely disappointed in the effort on Battlefield Hardline
  22. DarthPadme
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    Yes, I'm giving this game a whopping zero. There is no merit to be found here - the gameplay and mechanics are straight rips from other games, even if the studio did hire some new modelers and paid people to do some voice acting. Fact is, this game is a carbon copy of every other Battlefield game, and brings absolutely nothing new or exciting - "cops and robbers" is a premise on whichYes, I'm giving this game a whopping zero. There is no merit to be found here - the gameplay and mechanics are straight rips from other games, even if the studio did hire some new modelers and paid people to do some voice acting. Fact is, this game is a carbon copy of every other Battlefield game, and brings absolutely nothing new or exciting - "cops and robbers" is a premise on which they utterly fail to satisfyingly deliver on. For the price they're asking for it, you'd be insane to purchase it. Critics giving this game decent marks have surely been paid off... there is no other explanation. Maybe if this entire game had been released as $10-15 DLC for BF4, it would have been fine. As it is, for a standalone game, this is an embarrassing, shameful cash grab, and you are an ignorant fool if you buy it.… Expand
  23. Bulbotrax
    Aug 22, 2016
    0
    dear Visceral Games. When you make a game please think to the players. No bugs and skip the cutscene are basics. Your story sucks, the graphics are hideous, and there glitch everywhere. Dear Visceral Games: do antoher job.
  24. Pamark
    Mar 17, 2015
    0
    EA killed the BF franchise. Now it's clear. The solo is better than in the previous game but it's still a boring scripted joke.

    They are trying to make bf annual release, but they will fail, they already did with hardline, bf hardline is not battlefild
  25. 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
  26. 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.
  27. SRKNZ
    Nov 19, 2016
    0
    Horrible in all respects. This game is probably the WORST I have ever played in the first person FPS genre.The car handling is pathetic and the fps scenes weak and contrived.

    Its inconceivable how far the gaming industry in general has fallen and this monstrosity is for me a metaphor for everything thats wrong with modern (read bad) game design.

    My advice avoid like the plague.
  28. worksa7
    Mar 21, 2015
    0
    Battlefield 4 Re-Skinned, given a new name, and charged full AAA Price for it.
    IF you buy this, buy it for single-player story mode, because you won't get much new here otherwise.
  29. 561cesarS
    Mar 29, 2015
    0
    where the F are the tanks?
    this should have been a new title, not battlefield. what if stars wars all of the sudden change there movie from wars in space to cops and robbers in space, no jedis, no aliens, no republic, no r2d2.
    my point has been made.
    Critic Reviews are not trustworthy because they get paid for it.
  30. 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.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 46
  3. Negative: 0 out of 46
  1. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    May 26, 2015
    70
    Superficially it might look like a reskin, but Battlefield Hardline is no cop out. [May 2015, p71]
  2. Games Master UK
    May 24, 2015
    68
    There's genuine long-term fun to be had in multiplayer modes, but it's not consistent. [June 2015, p.66]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 20, 2015
    80
    Its new modes offer a lot, but certain elements feel marginalised. [May 2015, p.89]
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