Battlefield 4 Review
Well, well, well, it looks like the fall season is finally here. That means we’re getting to the point in the year where the gaming industry releases its biggest games. Of course we have the (now annual) obligations franchise, along with the new assassin’s Creed, Pokemon and of course Grand Theft Auto. As excited as I was to play all of these, all my hype was saved for battle field 4. Are you satisfied with EA’s latest installment in this war zone shooter?
Before I delve into the massive multiplayer feature this game is known for, I have to mention its campaign section. It’s no secret that battlefield 3The single player portion of ‘s was simply uninspired and at times not very engaging, let alone fun. With battle field 4Unfortunately, it’s the same broken record.
You are playing as Recker and his squad throughout the cinematic experience. You’ll have betrayals, conspiracies, and enough explosions along the way to make Michael Bay lose his job. DICE really tries to connect you with the characters, but most of the clichéd war shooter moments immediately pull you out. It rarely breaks new ground, and I often began to roll my eyes at some of the caffeine-inspired dialogue.
If you don’t even set foot in the story mode, you wouldn’t miss a thing. Unfortunately, the version I played (Xbox 360) of the game constantly corrupted my save file in the campaign. This means that I had to reset all my progress. Granted, the single player portion only clocks in at around four hours, but playing through the same messy experience was a very grim punishment. Finally, my issues were resolved by simply saving my progress to the Xbox Live cloud feature. If I didn’t have an Xbox Live subscription and internet access on my console, I would have been out of luck.
It is obvious that you are not going to focus on the story mode with a title like battle field 4. The real meat and potatoes you are looking for is the multiplayer section. Is there something good? I’m sure this is one of the best multiplayer experiences in all games, including PC. It’s been a while since I had this much fun in an online shooter and DICE’s reviews of battlefield 3 it makes the experience so much smoother.
The multiplayer mode is packed with unlocks, customization options and even the Commander mode of battlefield 2 makes his triumphant return. There is so much to do here just on the menus that you will almost feel overwhelmed. That’s really a positive thing for a game these days, and this one is packed with content just waiting for you to unlock. Needless to say, you’ll have plenty to keep you busy.
In terms of actual gameplay, it plays very similarly to 2011. battlefield 3. With various refinements to the classes, everything seems to be perfected this time around. Take for example the Recon class; They can now zero out the crosshairs in their scopes to allow them to more accurately aim their shots. of course it is Battlefield so there are a lot of vehicles to play with. There is an emphasis on water based maps in battle field 4so there are plenty of new ship destroying machines to get involved with.
It is true that the game sometimes suffers visually. Most of your playtime will be washing you with graphical prowess, but every once in a while there’ll be horrible texture too. Granted, I played on a current system (Xbox 360) and had hands-on time with the next-gen version of the game and the differences are night and day. If you plan to get PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, I recommend you skip this current version of the game. You’ll get 64-player matches and PC-like performance with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 copies.
Although the campaign was completely forgettable at best and exhausting at worst, the multiplayer mode easily made me forget my terrible campaign experiences. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game appear to be the ugly ducklings of battle field 4, and almost ask you to wait for the next generation versions of the game. In my opinion, if you don’t plan on getting either of those consoles, then sure, go for it. battle field 4. There’s still a lot of fun to be had with this title, at least when it comes to multiplayer.