Battlefield 4′s Campaign is about 4 Hours Long

According to Redditor BoomerFTW, it only took him just over 4 hours to beat Battlefield 4‘s single player campaign on normal difficulty.

[Omar91]

How am I not surprised...

[allformats]

For me, Battlefield = Multiplayer.

[ZBlacktt]

This and that is why 90% of the dev focus in on that. The life of a game is multiplayer. More so in FPS games.

Back at you iamnsuperman

Countless hours in a very well supported online "mainly" game.

Meanwhile look at the single player trophies compared to online.... looks 95/5 ratio going to the single player. Anyone can rush a game....

http://psnprofiles.com/trop...

Now, pull up this ONE person word on the game ( yet millions will be sold ) and see just how much he did trophy/achievement wise in his well spent 4 hours.

[SanMarco]

I may play it then. Fps sp should always be short and sweet.

[iamnsuperman]

@ZBlacket
"The life of a game is multiplayer"

I completely disagree. Its community is the social aspects but that isn't the full package. I have far more respect for those developers who make a brilliant story and tell it so well because it is so difficult to achieve. The experience some developers create out of nothing is remarkable. That is a huge part to a game and multiplayer can never create those experiences that only occur in single player campaigns (some big experiences to have). Multiplayer does its thing but don't knock the single player campaign

[Blastoise]

They should have either focused 100% on multiplayer like Titanfall or put some effort into a worth-while campaign like Killzone Shadowfall

[Kran]

And this is what is wrong with gaming.

It's like people who buy CoD for Zombies.

WHO BUYS A FULL £40/$60 GAME FOR A FEATURE WORTH LESS THAN $10?!

[TopDudeMan]

Because they know 70% of the players are gonna just skip the single player.

[Gazondaily]

Battlefield 2 was a pure multiplayer game. I couldn't care less if BF4 had a single player portion to the game. The core of the game is MP.

[Army_of_Darkness]

I'm definitely not buying this crap then.. . Bf3 campaign was fun but I found it to be to short and this is even shorter? ! F#uck that. Killzone shadow fall all the way.

[joab777]

Exactly. Most wouldn't even care if they replaced sp with 3-4 new maps. But, 4 hrs is about 8-10 with higher difficulty and a little more for trophies. But, for $60 to get what should b a gorgeous high octane sp campaign in addition to the mp...definitely worth it. The trailers look pretty good.

[Ju]

$60 + tax and a 4 hour campaign? Hmm....

[Enemy]

Meanwhile, Guerrilla says Killzone: Shadow Fall's campaign is well over 10 hours. Some developers really don't care much for telling a story. But Battlefield 4 has always been about the MP.

[minimur12]

im not really a fan of FPS shooters tbh, but i thought id give one a go at the start of a new gen, why not? and i can tell you that im pretty happy ididntopt for BF4, went woth KZ SF instead,im more of a single player guy anyway, and this completely turned me off it.

[Bzone24]

It's a really good deal for people that don't have internet. $60 for 4 hours. $15 an hour. Should be marketed as an online only game.

[Christopher]

So, I might pick it up a few years down the road. Good to know.

Until then, everyone enjoy the MP. Truly. Just, not for me.

[LOL_WUT]

The single player is just the icing on the cake everyone knows that BF's multiplayer is where its at ;)

[Sevir]

LOL DICE's Producer on BF4 said that their main focus was story and that this was about making players feel emotionally connected to the game and that shooters these days struggle and that BF4 would put more emphasis on making a stronger, lengthy campaign!... LOL and here we find out that it has a 4 hour story campaign!

Not that I had any doubt in my mind but Killzone is looking to be the FPS to own this Fall, with everything surrounding BF4 and COD I'm really glad that Ive got my head focused on that ONE shooter, built from the ground up for NEXT GEN.

[ohiostatesman]

I shall be playing BF4 on Xbox One. Should be fantastic.

[MysticStrummer]

If this is true, then I'll be buying it on deep discount if I buy it at all.

[FATAL1TY]

BF 3.04 DLC

[Zeniix]

It's the first time I actually got interested in the campaign of a bf game and now to hear it's only 4hours long made me a bit sad :/

This trailer especially got me hyped up for the story http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II]

Of course Battlefield is all about the MP it always has been.

[paranoid1971]

@Ju and hundreds of hours multiplayer

[AliTheSnake1]

It's a cinematic experience with high production, that's why it's 4-5 hours long.

[BattleAxe]

The best single player DICE ever made was Battlefield: Bad Company. If they could make another game like that, and have a fully featured multiplayer suite, they would have an absolute gem of a game.

[Brix90]

@ohiostatesman

No you I would have never guessed /s...lol

[Irishguy95]

Thinking back for myself...I have never played a Single player of Battlefield. Its a Multiplayer game to me.

[NewMonday]

never cared before, but BF4 with a short campaign may actually get me to play it this time, this should mean it's not bloated.

[badz149]

4 hours on NORMAL? LOL looks like they put the SP to justify the $60 price! looks like BF4 is gonna win the shorter campaign competition over CoD this time around!

[QuickdrawMcgraw]

Games like this should be $40.00.

[Sono421]

I'm telling you Battlefield 4 is going the way of cod! After playing the beta i'm convinced..

The whole beta felt like batttlefield 3.5 and i'm not the only one who felt like this.. alooot of Youtubers did as well.

Just seemed like Battlefield 3 with upgrades here and there.. don't get me wrong it was fun.. I was just a bit dissapointed..

Now the same people on here that bash cod for doing the same thing (very short campaign and very little changes to multiplayer) are here defending battlefield for doing it? Really guys?... I mean i'm still getting it because I paid it off before the beta came out and i'm hoping the final version will be great but seriously the double standard on here is ridiculous... and now all a sudden it's good to buy a game just for multiplayer? What is going on here?

[ZodTheRipper]

lol
- 4 hour campaign
- Purchaseable Private Servers
- Tons of DLC
- Cross-Platform game (releases on 6 platforms?)
- and not even a big difference to BF3
_______________
Have fun with that, guys :D

[R6ex]

Short campaign?

I'll pass.

[VENOMACR1227]

@allformats

I agree, BF is all about the multiplayer. Single player games just don't have the life of a multiplayer game. Uncharted, Tomb Raider, Last of Us, all amazing brilliant games that are beautiful and have a great story, but after you beat the game once, maybe twice (to find hidden items and what not), what's left of the game? Multiplayer games stay in the gaming cycle for years. I'm still playing Ghost Recon Future Soldier online and the game is like 16 months old. I have friends on my friends list playing different COD's still. All the DLC is multiplayer related because thats the meat of the game. Titanfall has no single player and it's going to sell amazing. I've been waiting for a company to just produce a multiplayer game. Some of the most popular games are all multiplayer, COD, BF, Halo.

[UltimateMaster]

Killzone's Single Player is 10 hours long.
You can also replay every map and use different tactics in them.
Some people say multi-player is important and I would agree. Killzone SF has both.
If you go off and play it, I'm sure you are going to enjoy both the single player and multi player aspect of the game.
I personally enjoy both.

[pedrof93]

There's a campaign ?

[MizTv]

Some games I get for sp others for mp
This is mp for me

[Dude420]

I honestly think most of the reactions here are hilarious. BF games at the heart were always about MP. If you're really shelling out $60 for SP, then you're in way over your head. People should have learned by now that for all BF games, SP is not the main focus here, so why try to argue whether or not buying BF4 for SP is worth it?

I've also played BF:BC2 and while the SP was enjoyable, it was still kind of short. However, I didn't care because I clocked in so many hours in MP, it was worth the cost.

My take on the SP component? It's really just an introduction to the basic gameplay mechanics of the game, just so you get a feel of it. At the same time, they want to make SP exciting to keep you engaged and learn.

You guys should know by now that MP is not a tacked on game mode, it's a completely different experience from SP and has a lot of quality to it. There are just so many things to do in MP of BF than say, in the MP of Killzone.

Buy BF4 for the MP, not for the freakin' SP. If you want a better SP, there are tons of other shooters out there.

[Kleptic]

well...I'm 3 hours in on normal...haven't died a single time, not rushing through it, but not taking my time either...and just started mission 4...so i'm barely half way done, mission wise...

i guess I could've got everything done in half the time it took me...but it involves what it always does...just mindlessly rushing past stuff in a speed run fashion...

The length so far is nothing to criticize...the persistence system within single player is actually pretty awesome, too...

and f* me this game is silly gorgeous on ultra...

[malokevi]

The single player has even been dragging down reviews. I don't know why they even bother. Next time around, I hope they wise up and focus all efforts on MP.

[Ritsujun]

BF got COD'd.

[iamnsuperman]

I agree and it is bad. First they confirmed is was basically a tutorial for the multiplayer and now this. I am sorry Dice but just scrap it. Not every develop can do single player games but it doesn't mean you do this. Either do it properly or not at all (BF3's story was awful. I had hoped your learnt from that)

[angelsx]

Ss

[angelsx]

If you think bf3 story was awful you should see Bf4 story.I'm shocking

[ZBlacktt]

Is this really you? 13 of 64 Trophies.... again, another person on this site who talks poorly on games and the only thing I ever see poorly is their effort put in the game.

http://psnprofiles.com/trop...

Btw, I'll save you the time...

Mine from 2012:

Base Game
36 of 39 Trophies

I was lazy and never went back to do two Co Op missions ( two brozne trophies ) the other trophy is the Plat.

Anyone want to knock them out, I'll do them anytime.

One's the sniper no alarm, the other is no alarm with the pistols.

[Killustrious]

Did anyone else hear Killzone: Shadow Fall campaign is around 10-12 hours?? If so, I'm glad I pre-ordered KZ SF over BF4. Multiplayer for it looks amazing too

[Applejack]

@ZBlacktt

What does trophy count have to do with the effort and enjoyment of his game? I can't believe you just said that. Has this what these achievements/trophies have done to people?!?

[kneon]

I got BF3 free with PS+ and that's a good thing because an hour into the SP I gave up due to boredom. I never even bothered to try the MP, there are too many other games to be played.

[optimus]

@iamnsuperman...

What i learned from battlefield 3 was not to buy battlefield 4... It's inexcusable for a big time company like electronic arts and the millions of dollars they have not to put more effort in having a good lengthy single player campaign...so what if a lot of people end up playing multiplayer more... If i was developing a game i would try to make it so it appeals to EVERYONE.

Personally, i never buy a game for multiplayer alone, in fact i barely play multiplayer on any game, mostly due to me not liking to play with strangers.

[solid_snake3656]

If they drop sp they better drop the price on the game.. $60 for a multiplayer plus $50 for premium that's waaay too much

[ZodTheRipper]

I hope Battlefront will be MP only. DICE's campaigns aren't worth my time, just as CoD's.

[GTgamer]

I mean yeah people buy BF for the Multi but i also like to play the campaign and it looked awesome in those trailers but only 4 hours why even waste time to make a SP Campaign smh.

[vickers500]

"why even waste time to make a SP Campaign smh."

This is just my guess, but it's probably to give the perception of value to the consumer (casual, hardcore or otherwise). I imagine there's some people who perceive a game that has a sp mode as automatically a better game (as there are some people who perceive a game that has a mp mode an automatically better game).

From what I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong on this, but multiplayer ONLY titles don't seem to do very well sales wise. And I'm guessing EA realize this fact, so they force DICE to slap together something that can barely be called a "story mode/campaign" in an attempt to please and cater to those casual gamers who make their purchasing decisions based on some stupid checklist of features. The casual gamer does not research a game before they buy it, they look and see if it has sp and mp, and unfortunately they will make their decision to buy that game based on the inclusion/lackof those modes.

The casual gamer might see that a game has no mp and might not buy it because of it. The same can be said of sp. That's why we don't see very many mp only titles outside of mmos. So they throw together some crappy mode, even though it isn't very good, because some people will buy it based on the fact that it has that mode, they wont do research on the quality of the game like those of us who visit game websites would, they just look at the words on the box and purchase accordingly.

The same thing can be said of games that are mainly sp games with mp tacked on. A lot of people are just looking for a check in the [x]multiplayer box.

Hopefully something like TitanFall or Destiny can change this perception and people will stop buying games based on that, so that mp and sp games devs can stop wasting time on modes that shouldn't be in their game.

[GTgamer]

What you said is very correct and understandable i think that's why multiplayer only games become free to play in the end.

[Kurt Russell]

I play for the Multi, but even I think 4 hours is just bad... either DICE should make a good go of it, or not bother.

[titletownrelo]

LOL, 4 hours!? Battlefield 3's was more than 6!!!

[vigilante_man]

I got mad at COD MW2 because I beat the SP in 5 and a half hours on easy - and I am crap at fps games! The story was so lame.

It seems this may be even worse. It is a shame because DICE seem like great developers with bags of talent. Getting Killzone SF anyway but would of looked at BF4 - not now.

And Killzone MP will have free additional maps.

This puts COD Ghosts back in the running, I guess...

[lets_go_gunners]

Yet I don't understand how people get mad at titanfall. Does that 4hrs justify the 60 dollars more?

[Ju]

No, it should be $30 or something. And if you like it so much, go buy map packs for the other $30. But this is a ridiculous trend, IMO.

[MysticStrummer]

It's the same with any online only game. People complain about no story mode, then when a big multiplayer game has a short story people say it doesn't matter. It's two different groups of people, with some hypocrites mixed into both.

And no, that 4 hours isn't worth 60 bucks and I won't be paying 60 bucks for this game because of this news, assuming it turns out to be true.

[assdan]

Yeah lol. jesus, no wonder they've barely even mentioned it.

[Deadpoolio]

Uh COD isn't much longer...BF is about the MP...If you want SP stick with COD

[Steelmanner]

Sorry I am going to call fowl on this one. Although it is only 4 hours, keep in mind the battlefield series have had much stronger single player campaigns than COD has. Although it is only 4 hours, we can't say it isn't going to be a well written and designed 4 hours. However, in the same sense it could be a bad campaign, we won't know until launch.

[Tsar4ever01]

ONLY 4hrs? Very disappointed. I was hoping for at least 10 to 15hrs!! I know well that BF series is built on MP, But come'on Dice. 4hrs is all you can give "US" single players gamers who likes your game too? How bout some NCP's or AI-bots that could be played with or commanded on all mods & MP maps? ala Unreal Tournament series.

......PSSSZZT! Why Am I even trying? Well, I decided I don't want BF4 anymore, not for Ps3 or Ps4. I'll just tune-in on YouTube for the play-through & then watch all the crazy BF4 MP Follies.

[Zancruz]

I'm not surprised either, That's one of the main reasons I would like the option this Next Gen just to be able to buy the multiplayer part and save $20 or so...

[xtremeimport]

revolutionary.

[showtimefolks]

i hate this idea that FPS shouldn't be judged too much for their short story when some excellent games in FPS genre have delivered as long as 10 plus hours of single player story. As someone who is mostly interested in single player story games the developers should really look into making the stories better and longer so people don't feel ripped off when they spend $60 on a 4 hours game.(grant BF4 is gonna have 100's of hours of MP)

killzone shadowfall is 10 plus hours
blackops 2 has atleast 7-8 if not longer
spec ops had 8-10

[DeadlyFire]

You know Medal of Honor also had a 4 hour campaign. It didn't work out so well.

I feel like BF4 is just a quick cash in for next gen console launch pretty much. I don't mind it personally.

BF5 shouldn't come out for awhile so hopefully 4 fixes alot of stuff.

[PSX04]

FPS = multiplayer speciality

[ritsuka666]

Gaming has changed for worst, and part of that can be attributed to developers trying to please or draw in casual crap gamers to their titles.

[EditorAtGNG]

It's not like they can't make a good Single Player campaign. The Bad Company games had simple story-lines but they were still interesting and featured a hell of a lot of fun set-pieces and awesome destructible combat.

Why can't Dice just use that formula, rather than make up a laughably short 4, hour campaign that doesn't even deserve to be there? Seriously, if you aren't even up for doing something, why do it half-arsedly?

[CJDUNCAN]

And there's a problem that Titanfall is strictly online? At least the story is tied into the multiplayer, but this is a shame that some will buy a full priced game and get shortchanged like this.

[clouds5]

Guys it's an EA game... What are you expecting? Since 10 years all they do is releasing DLCs to their franchises with (sometimes) updated graphics.

I don't say that much and in general I'm against piracy but plz pirate their games. EA has to go.

Btw I never understood what's so cool about BF anyway. Consoles have KILLED the FPS genre for multiplayer IMHO (SP story FPS like bioshock are amazing though). I played alot of Quake III, Unreal Tournament and CounterStrike back in the day and when you compare those games to what we got today, like CoD...
The controls have gotten worse, everything is PeerToPeer and lags like shit and all the games are sooooo slow.

My opinion: Either make a story driven 1st person experience like Bioshock or make the best Multiplayer experience possible like QuakeIII. Most FPSs these days try to do both at once and fail at both aspects...
JUST MY OPINION.

[Magicite]

Its not like Battlefield ever had awesome plot with twists and turns and heartbreaking moments, yet 4h is way to short for any AAA game.
They could just make it multiplayer-only, since that main purpose of the game.

[joe90]

Now console are are using digital more why not just make BF5 online only and every 2 Years make a standalone single player game that is at least 15 hours long?.

Although i only play BF for the MP i am sure plenty of people just play for the single player BUT it isn't right selling a game for £40 for a 4 hour single player.

If EA can not put effort into a 10 hour game for £40 i suggest they just stop.

[boneso82]

Black ops 2 campaign was fun, but still only took less than 5 hours to finish, the BF3 campaign was about the same length, it was playable enough but a bit dull. Single player campaigns are just a bit of enjoyment and shooting practice before you get into the core of the game, multiplayer!

I'm still undecided if I want killzone or battlefield though, argh I know I'm going to get both eventually. COD can suck it.

[OllieBoy]

What a joke. I know hardly anyone buys BF for the campaign, but 4 hours is ridiculous.

[hesido]

I haven't played 5 minutes of BFBC2 Single player or BF3. Am I doing it right?

[Pintheshadows]

With BF3 yes, but Bad Company 2 has an incredible campaign.

[SonyKong64]

really, you are.. a veteran battlefield soldier care not for sp..

I'm literally in shock scrolling through these comments reading grown up cod kids whine about a 4 hour sp that someone obviously charged through as fast as he could..

Remember when fallout 3 could be beat in an hour?

If you buy battlefield for the sp or even really care about the sp, then you are definitely doing it wrong.. you've hit puberty and no longer like cod, but don't go being ultra stupid and think the battlefield series ever had anything to do with campaign..

I miss the old days when they didn't do campaign, and it was still worth every penny of 50$

[CJDUNCAN]

I enjoy SP, it's a way to introduce the player to the game mechanics and get involved in that world. So I agree with you @OllieBoy

[DeadlyFire]

Hey Medal of Honor also had a 4 hour campaign. I believe they hired the same guy to try again.

[Magicite]

Maybe they have cut out all of the dialogs?

[daggertoes83]

Holy crap that's short. I mean I think we mostly play for the multiplayer but I enjoy a good story as well.

[porkChop]

That's even shorter than the average CoD takes me... Jesus, and Dice used to preach about long campaigns giving their customers "better value". What happened to that, Dice?

[brish]

EA bought dice that's what happened.

[porkChop]

That was back in 2005, before Dice made all their claims about long campaigns having better value, free map packs, etc.

[brish]

"That was back in 2005, before Dice made all their claims about long campaigns having better value, free map packs, etc."
- porkChop

I don't follow your logic.

EA bought DICE between 2004, and 2006. Later (aka not the DICE purchase date) EA changes it's fps direction which many point out appears to be to make all their fps into clones of COD. Battlefield falls victim to EA's new direction (AFTER the DICE purchase date).

Why do you think the purchase date of DICE has anything to do with the current direction of EA games?

Buying a company isn't as simple as a single purchase date. EA started buying DICE in 2004, and completed the purchase in 2006.

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

More importantly EA didn't always have the "short campaigns and sell you DLC for maps" business model. This was added to their corporate culture later as they tried to copy COD's model into all of their games.

"The campaign is weak because it doesn’t actually feel like a Battlefield game. Gone are the wide open expanses of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which are now replaced with tight, static corridor environments that feel more like a Call of Duty game than something of DICE’s own design."
http://www.nowgamer.com/fea...

"It seems that every new first-person-shooter EA publishes has to be compared to Call of Duty in some way, both by the press and by EA itself."
http://www.gamefront.com/el...

[porkChop]

"Why do you think the purchase date of DICE has anything to do with the current direction of EA games?"

My point was that Dice made all their claims years after EA had purchased them. So EA buying Dice isn't what caused Dice to pull a 180, like you claimed. EA's change in direction, becoming very greedy, etc, would be what caused Dice to change its stance.

[brish]

@porkChop

"My point was that Dice made all their claims years after EA had purchased them. So EA buying Dice isn't what caused Dice to pull a 180, like you claimed. EA's change in direction, becoming very greedy, etc, would be what caused Dice to change its stance."

Are you being serious or are you just trolling?!

[Wizziokid]

Well I tend to buy Battlefield for the MP but that is damn short.

I would hope that means more in terms of MP but I can't see it.

[Bio_Mod]

I'll get shed loads of hours out of mp, four hours though...

[kratos_TheGoat]

damm why make a story then, four hour is bad for next gen. compare kzsf 10 hour to this is a joke

[CJDUNCAN]

BF4 isn't truly a next-gen experience, whereas KZSF is.

[ZBlacktt]

And I heard the MP is 1000+ hours?

Meanwhile look at the single player trophies compared to online.... looks 95/5 ratio going to the single player. Anyone can rush a game....

http://psnprofiles.com/trop...

[Blastoise]

That's pretty weak, even Call of duty has about 6 and a half

[MASTER_RAIDEN]

its amazing how the budget for games get bigger and bigger. the graphics get better and better. but the campaigns just keep getting shorter while maintaining less substance. its funny how a lot of these more graphically intense games hook you by showing beautiful looking moments during single player when thats really the shortest and (in many ways) most neglected part of the game.

[TENTONGUN]

i feel ya. i might just skip the sp especially if the a.i. is just as bad as bf3. it would be a joke imo

[WeAreLegion]

Depends on the game. The Last of Us and Bioshock: Infinite are both incredibly long games.

[Hazmat13]

oh come on! the storyline looks cool but only 4 hours. its the main reason i still buy COD and BF its because the storyline looks epic as hell!

[HarryB]

Isn't that less than homefront? Hahahah.

[Funantic1]

Wow. It'll never touch my console.

[TIER1xWOLFPACKx]

4hours ahwell should still be good, it's about the length of a cod campaign if you don't do a speed run, I did a speed run of mw2 completed it in 2hours 33mins

[WeAreLegion]

Video?

[Riderz1337]

As long as it's better than BF3, then I don't mind. BF3 single player was dog shit

[xKugo]

...Wow

[Jovanian]

BF4 campaign is strictly a tool for marketing, to make trailers look interesting

I mean BF3 campaign was kind of terrible and tedious to play through but I appreciate campaigns like the bad company campaigns

[Finalfantasykid]

This is a little off topic, but I'd love to see a Naughty Dog FPS game so that they could show most other developers how to do a proper single player story in an FPS. (I'll be honest I don't play a ton of FPS games, so there might already be lots with amazing stories, like Half Life?)

[mcstorm]

I think this is the issue with gaming now. For me I want to see fps games with a good story just like 343 did with halo 4. Sp was great and mp was fun but games like bf and cod are not giving up a full sp game any more and I think that's why I've been more excited with the wiiu games so far because they offer a lot in the sp games as we are starting to see less of them.

[thebudgetgamer]

Come on!

[jjb1981]

Battlefield is a multiplayer game first and foremost. I never play bf3s campaign.

[thebudgetgamer]

What about the BC games, they did both things great.

[Supermax]

I have played every battlefield game since 1942 and have never played the single player and I haven't missed anything.im hopeing battlefront has no single player whatsoever.

[Pintheshadows]

Well, I will hold out for a bit then.

I thought the singleplayer looked good but 4 hours isn't good enough for a buy for me. I know BF is all about the multiplayer but if you are going to do something, do it right.

[Lionalliance]

That is extremely short!
Should be around like 6 and it be ok.

[thehitman]

I find the best part about games is the single player, games w/ no good story and single player mode = no buy. Those that like to buy 60 dollar only multiplayer games that is just repetitive from start to finish all the power to you.

[sevilha82]

This kind of action reminds me how overpriced the games are and that it should be alternatives.

Alow me to elaborate.

-By knowing now that the campaing is only 4 hours long i´ve lost full interest in the singleplayer,i´m basicly an Rpg player with a lotta a love for shooters as well so 4 hours is not even a warm Up in a gaming sesson for me.

Thus only being interested now in the MP(not that i wasn´t before,common it´s Battlefield)i strongly belive that the industry should alow me(the consumier)to be able to purchase the MP aspect of game separatly from the single player,as we all know that is possible ,thus only paying for the part that interests me at a reduced price insted of the tipical 70€plus that we all pay,but no i will be forced to pay full price for an item i as a gamer have no interest of posessing....

What do my felow gamers think of,do you agree or not or even have diferent ideas and alternatives.

[mhunterjr]

Since its inception, battlefield has always been about the multiplayer component.

[wishingW3L]

thank god I did not pre-order this game since I give no craps for the cookie cutter online MP of modern FPS games.

[cell989]

this aint no cookie bro, its more like a full blown pie

[MysticStrummer]

No. It's just a larger cookie.

[ufo8mycat]

Ahhh yeah, because I can't wait for the SP campaign...LOL

[kidhero99]

fuck the campaign

[cell989]

this game will be reviewed based solely on the campaign like previous occasions, and so expect the low scores. Then idiot reviewers will praise the online mode for being amazing, but still receive low score for short campaign.

PS: I completed the BF3 campaign 2 years later after playing multiplayer to death, just to get the trophies, I actually enjoyed the campaign it was good, I liked the jet level, sure you cant control it, but it was fun.

[MidnytRain]

"but still receive low score for short campaign."

The obvious solution being to pay the score as little attention as possible.

[cell989]

agreed

[masa2009]

"I actually enjoyed the campaign it was good"

No wonder you stick to MP, you have low standards for SP.

[123pol]

FFS ! im i the only one that thinks Singleplayer is the main reason you buy a game amd Multiplayer is just a bonus ?

[McScroggz]

For some games that simply isn't the case. Their are games that balance it well like Halo and Gears of War, but it's intellectually dishonest to suggest that a game like Call of Duty has a multiplayer as a bonus. It IS why the vast majority of people buy the game. Clearly Battlefield has become that sort of game too.

That doesn't excuse a bad single player or a short one, but it does diminish its impact considering the much more important multiplayer component.

And this is coming from somebody who doesn't play much multiplayer and greatly prefers single player experiences.

[theXtReMe1]

Preorder cancelled. Gamefly confirmed. I play single player only. Definitely not worth $60 @ 4 hours. 10, yes... Maybe even an awesome 8... but 4 is just lazy.

[Pandamobile]

You were actually planning on buying BF4 strictly to play the campaign?

Are you a unicorn?

[theXtReMe1]

Hahaha. This made me laugh. They have been building the single player up, via videos, to be something quite spectacular... And it may still be, but $60 for a game thats barely longer than Titanic or Scarface.... Not worth it, for something Ill play once and never again.

Ill rent it and enjoy it.

[Pandamobile]

More power to you. 99% of the value of a Battlefield game is in the multiplayer. Even as a hardcore Battlefield fan, I could never justify spending $60 on it just to play the campaign. It's merely there to ease players into the multiplayer and provide a visual spectacle to show off the capabilities of their engine.

[Intentions]

Finished the Bf4 campaign just now, it only has 7 missions.

I didn't play it all in one sitting.

[LEOPARD1030]

DICE should sold only the MP for 30 bucks. 4 hours..... are they serious?

Shadow fall will last almost 12 hours, other games like Halo Reach can be completed in 10 hours, The Last of Us 18 hours ( in survivor mode), Mass effect 3 30 hours ( insane mode and with the side missions), GTA V 50 hours. A lot of people criticized Mercenary because was short, I completed it 6 hours in hard mode and in my opinion is a great game with a stunning MP, but it's too short.

Battlefield 3 has an amazing MP, but a good and long campaign is necessary because the game is expensive ( 60 bucks) and with premium (100).

Now, I have serious doubts of preorder B4

[RaptgamersUnited]

Hello watch the PC Live stream your missing it
http://n4g.com/news/1382513...

[first1NFANTRY]

Absolutely laughable if true. Devs really need to start making SP and MP separately so we don't have to waste precious money on such a short SP.

Im not very fond of multiplayer games so looks like it's Killzone for me next gen.

[GadgetGooch]

If u dnt like multiplayer games then stop commenting on Battlefield threads....

[first1NFANTRY]

i like some multiplayer games BUT my MAIN POINT is to make sp and mp separately. Both component shouldn't be more than $20 each.

[Activemessiah]

And people wonder why i advocate SP games... i'll be sure to buy this used.

[1nsomniac]

People who say the single play doesn't matter in a full priced game are idiots plain & simple!!

Yes, most of the time you spend on it is multiplayer but you pay for a product based on what was put into it not what you make out of it!!

To release something that comes with 10 multiplayer levels for £60 & be happy about it is crazy!!

Lets face it, anybody who actually develops/creates levels for games in the PC world knows you can knock 1 up in a day pretty easy. The only difficult part of creating a game is the single player & to have it attached on as quick after thought is disgusting if your still going to charge full price.

[TBONEJF]

Only 4 hrs? That's a wast for a 60$ game.

[smoothop]

Roll on the next Rainbow six game I say, tactical shooter with cover mechanics can't beat that.

[quenomamen]

Seems they just get shorter every year. 4 hours ? I've taken dumps that lasted longer, c'mon DICE.

[Xristo]

I may only speak for a select few but I could not care less. My time spent in BF is multiplayer. I am not saying that this is acceptable, as some look forward SP campaigns in BF and 4 hours is pathetic. Just not me. They could grey out the SP start button on Battlelog for all I care.

[DJ]

That's not much longer than Journey. $15 game.

[GadgetGooch]

BF=Multiplayer!!!!!!

[Xristo]

How many hours you have logged in Journey's multiplayer? Honest question. I have never played it.

[Supermax]

Grow a pair and play multiplayer.single player is for kids.

[Applejack]

You sound like one of those kids who just started playing games this generation. A REAL gamer would never say such nonsense.

[GadgetGooch]

Battlefield is a fucking multiplayer game...stop being retards and just be happy they even put a single player campaign in there....are ya seriously that assed about it? I'm gonna be spending 200 hours fighting online not trying to find every avcheivement in single player....COD's the same...its good that it has a single player aspect but would we really be assed if it wasn't there? If u want an awesome first person shooter with depth in single player then try BioShock Inifinte, games that are actually based around single player...I think the only game that has it right in both departments is Halo...Welcome to channel X, go fuck ur self :)

[dillhole]

I played BF3's campaign for about half an hour before I realised it's only there for when my internet goes down.

[MoonWheel]

Looks like killzone shadow fall will be the fps to go to for single player.

[SITH]

Unless there is some multiplayer benifit for playing single player, I do not even bother.

[kidhero99]

:(

[jay2]

F that.

[Ashunderfire86]

Damn shorter than Call of Duty LOL probably shorter than Ghost.

[Oblivious334]

What Campaign-

[aLiEnViSiToR]

JUST FOUR HOURS...
http://www.reactiongifs.com...
WTF O_o

[EximiusNebula]

Damn, I just had to preorder it. The trailer they showed got me hyped for single player.

Off Topic: Wish they would make BC3. The ending on BC2 was a cliff hanger.

[Plagasx]

So it's SHORTER than BF3's Campaign??? O_O Dafuq DICE?

[Pandamobile]

This is only one person's experience so far. He said he clocked his time at 4.25 hours on normal difficulty. Being an active member of Reddit's BF community, it's probably a reasonable assumption that this guy is quite good at the game already. I wouldn't be surprised if the average play time was still in the 5-6 hour range like in BF3.

In any case, I'm sure most of us would rather have a good short campaign than an iffy longer campaign. And that seems to be the impression that I'm getting from people that have played it so far.

[bunfighterii]

For battlefield I think a 4 hour campaign is about right - you can knock it out in an afternoon as a teaser to the multiplayer. TBH I didn't even play the single player in bf3 and if I remember correctly bf2 and 1942 didn't even have single player (that wasn't bots on the normal maps)?

[Tzuno]

Single player counts to me very much. This is just lame. if this is next gen then...

[Pandamobile]

Get ready for disappointment!

Single player games are getting shorter and shorter due to increase production costs.

[Ashunderfire86]

True but when you have games like Crysis 2(11 hour campaign FPS longest in a while) and Last of Us that has longer single player, with a full multiplayer, There is really no excuse. Its has the Call of Duty Syndrome. Ghost will beat this game in campaign length with its new Extinction mode to add to it.

[McScroggz]

I'm sure the campaign is short, and indeed the importance of Battlefield's campaign is fairly insignificant to the overall product; however, four hours just seem TOO short. My guess is this person rushed through the game. Now, I don't know what other side objectives/collectables the game may have - and if it doesn't have any "distractions" then there isn't any real way to lengthen playtime.

The Uncharted series does have a lot of collectables, for instance, and there are some people who beat those games in 6-7 hours. But that's not how long the game REALLY is if you truly want to get the most out of the game. Even the Gears of War franchise had cogtags/collectables an Halo had skulls/terminals.

If Battlefield 4 offers nothing other than a streamlined campaign that clocks in at 4-5 hours that's a shame. Still, I hope that reviewers understand that the meat of the game is in its online play and, conversely, I hope fans understand that not only are most reviewers not capable of being longtime veterans of the online component due to their job, but also that there is only so much they can glean from playing matches in developer controlled environments or against others of their ilk.

[CaptCalvin]

I'd take bot practice mode over half baked singleplayer any day.

[bromtown]

Absolutely horrendous! They shouldn't be allowed to charge the full $60 for it if 4 hours of campaign is your lot. Just get rid of it altogether if they're not going to make an effort.

[Pandamobile]

Wow, it's almost like BF4 is a multiplayer game.

[cunnilumpkin]

there should be ZERO hours of single player

this is battlefield

only the lame bad company spin off should even bother with the single player and only on those consoles that cannot even run real battlefield games

[quaneylfc]

how shit can you get, if ea get a modern day war story right i'll backflip on videocamera

[spektical]

cmon is anyone surprised. anyone buying COD, BF for the single player clearly does not have priority in gaming in check. You want a FPS story, check out KZ, Spec Ops, Resistance etc.

[quaneylfc]

cods has the courtesy to be longer than 6 hours. people need to cut cod some slack, its not THIS lazy

[venom06]

All these stupid responses and NOBODY I MEAN NOBODY read his review where he said he ACTUALLY ENJOYED the SP campaign.. Typical N4G..

[kingcorey]

Hmmm. Ill take kzs and titan fall

[wishingW3L]

but Titanfall doesn't even has a story at all. It's an online only game.

[pwnsause_returns]

That's so disappointing smfh....

[310dodo]

With such a small single player why do they bother making it?

Battlefield should be multiplayer only.
Thats why you buy it in the first place.

[arbitor365]

ultra linear and 4 hours long

and people didnt want to believe me when I told them that KZ shadowfall would have a much better campaign. typical

[Xristo]

So if 4 hours is too short and BF4 is a "rip off" for charging full price, who's buying Titanfall? You know it will be $60. Why do I not hear anybody calling Respawn out?

.....I'll tell you why. Just haters and hypocrites.

[AceBlazer13]

dice could never do a story right. even mirror's edge, great game sure but if not quitting from frustration every now and then the game could be beaten in one sitting.

[JuniorCE]

And I see people complaining that Killzone Shadow Fall has only 10 hours of the single campaign... Crazy people...

[ajax17]

Why do they even bother with the single player campaign? The same goes for CoD. They both should just make MAG like games.

[ALLWRONG]

Battlefield is the new CoD

[KodevEx]

They should remove SP and increase time in building the MP. I don't play COD or BF for it's story. Ever.

[mii-gamer]

Why bother if you are not going to make it meaty? DICE should have focused on a Multiplayer only game

[MrChow666]

lol , thanks, but no, thanks!

[90Supra]

....don't give a fuck!

Need that MP!

[Gore-Content]

HAHAHA!

[qzp]

The single player for BF3 was pretty bad, if you didn't play it exactly how they wanted you to, you would walk into invisible walls and have scripting errors.

[SlyFamous02]

Well thats pathetic.

[ninjahunter]

you know how much 4 hour games cost? Not $60 that's for sure.

[Tru_Blu]

I've played countless hours on BF and I could care less if they just skip the single player completely.

[monkey602]

I would usually be annoyed by this being a story lover but I'm getting this to play with friends and the campaign is of no interest to me whatsoever. I'll have killzone for that. I bought blops 2 to play with friends and barely touched the single player at all. (Actually that's a lie I won blops 2 in work)

[Angerfist]

If i would have the money and interest for a new console right now, i say Killzone is the most advanced FPS out there, no strings attacheed, nothing. Just pure next gen. BF and even more COD make it look pointless to go next gen right now, they look average.

[Relientk77]

Lame, I'd like a longer campaign

[DirtyBollix]

What was the point of even adding a campaign if they weren't going to do it properly? Blehh...

[tonywood]

4 hours is all u need!

First person shooters is about robust online play. I have playstation, there are plenty of lengthy single player games for my heart's delight.

[Naughty__Boy]

4 hours is enough
i still have bf3 and have not touched the sp
bf is all about the mp

[Neonridr]

4 hours? really? Wow, even CoD's campaigns take double that...

I realize that the MP is the big draw, but I actually like to play the Single Player Campaigns for both BF and CoD. A little disappointed to see that it ends that quickly.

[lordstark]

Multiplayer or not a 4 hour campaign is unacceptable.If thats the case then along with titanfall the games should be priced at $39.99....Killzone here I come lol.

[lifeordeath617]

i mean seriously. who actually plays the story mode on these army games? its the same corny story over and over. These games are mainly made for Online Multiplayer.

[PS4FEVER]

i blame it on the fkd up generation of people who play too much online shooters and won't even bother to finish single player modes.

[Spore_777]

It would be nice if FPS games gave decent offline campaign hours worth of gameplay. Every so often after many a JRPG, an FPS does not hurt but when it is 4 hours and (like most of Africa where I live), Internet is a problem, it is a bad investment to make. I guess this is a win for series fans who have decent net for multiplayer... I won't buy this game but a rental might not be out of place

[urwifeminder]

Kind of glad they should not even bother putting in single player imo leave that for the bad company series would rather mods than single any day.

[WickedLester]

For those of you saying "it's all about the multiplayer anyway" why does it have to be either/or? Is it too damn much to ask for a complete package? Halo does it. Killzone does it. The Last of Us did it. I cannot understand why developers suddenly think SP isn't important. I like muliplayer but I also like SP campains as well. No excuse for not delivering on both! 4 hours is a joke!

[Getowned]

I wish they wouldn't make these games so expensive X_X especially if its MP focused.

[AD705]

They both look really good and barely any difference. Seriously guys are you all going to spend hours on end arguing over which version looks slightly better than the other? You won't notice it anyway.

[buynit]

Well what else are they going to do? Play the game?! S/

[Supermax]

It's the same if less then the 360 to ps3 bf3 versions and no body complains about that get off of Sonys crotch and grow a pair of your own.

[Fishermenofwar]

Not impressed..Oh well..

Was it 4 detailed hours...Or run and gun not doing everything 4 hours?

[GentlemenRUs]

So the Story will be the Tutorial for Online? Urgh...

"Homefront" did this(nobody here remember that game? I'm not surprised...).

[wannabe gamer]

good i can have a 4 hour wild ride and then get to MP that much quicker all in one night.

[rammstein91]

generic fps are mp focused with short campain,like bf4.this year's most profound fps game is bioshock infinite imo

[RedSoakedSponge]

well, considering i wouldnt have cared if they left it out all together. this doesnt bother me at all lol.

[plaZeHD]

Well then it shouldn't cost 60 fuckin dollars. No Battlefield 4 for me.

[Kidmyst]

For a $60.00 game the SP should be longer than 4 hours, atleast 6 as long as it has a big robust MP like BF4 does. After the issues with the PC version of the BF3 and the crappy EA support, I'm waiting to see how BF4 issues pan out before buying.

[devilhunterx]

What? Ran out of foreign guys to shoot?

[buynit]

Why even bother with a campaign?

[KiLLeRCLaM]

Who cares about single player..BF is multiplayer first,, want single player go play COD or whatever other crap out there...

[KillerPwned]

One of the reasons why I'm waiting till black Friday to get this for $30. I will fly through the story quick. Then its all multiplayer for me. I feel that is what we all pay for anymore. Not that I'm surprised or disappointed because Battlefield has always delivered in terms of amazing multiplayer for me.

[saber00005]

Yeah, on the easiest setting. On average, it's 7 hours. Even still.. BF is suppose to be a Multiplayer game.

[Dfooster]

When somebody bothers to make a war game where it's single player first and foremost and multiplayer second then wake me up.

When I'm gaming I want to be playing not staring at matchmaking screens and countdown clocks for 10 minutes to have a few minutes of action.

I'm sure a lot of people now have had enough of call of duty and battlefield multiplayer and would love to sink their teeth into a decent campaign without feeling you've just been mugged when the credits pop up after 3-4 hours.

At least offer both as worthy of the price tag like gta v did and stop alienating people who may like war games but who don't want to play against some obnoxious kid whose voice has just broke and thinks he's freakin Rambo.

[LetoAtreides82]

It took Gametrailers 7 hours to beat it, so it'd probably take me around that amount of time.

[_FantasmA_]

Judging by the beta, BF4 just feels like a really big map pack for BF3. Even the graphics seem to stay the same. Oh and no I'm not a COD fanboy just in case you guys wanted to tell me to go back to my COD.

[DOOMZ]

PASS!

[FlyingFoxy]

it really depends on the type of game it is, as to whether its best played single or multiplayer..

for instance, Left 4 Dead 2 is a great co-op game, playing it by yourself is extremely boring.. playing it online is extremely fun. So most of the time i'm guessing nobody would bother with the single player for that type of game anyway.

Then again, you can have a good single player & multiplayer at the same time.. really it depends if you like playing online more than offline, to me though playing online extends the life of the game greatly to the point you can play as much as you want, with little chance of being bored.

[Dfooster]

Don't like multiplayer. It's far too unrealistic with everyone running about the map in all directions. I'm pretty sure this isn't how war is played out in real life.

That's why I like to stick to the single player experience for a more authentic experience. Obviously I don't play call of duty or battlefield for that but the early ghost recon games were pretty good.

It's a shame nobody feels like making these games anymore and all we get is multiplayer bore fests and Michael Bay single player for an hour before it's over.

[Sn0wGl0be]

That's a turn-off, I was expecting a much better/longer campaign after the trailers. I'll still buy it, but looks like I'll be waiting a year for the Premium edition (which includes all DLC) before I fork over the full $60.

And idk why so many ppl are so against the campaign, MP is great for what it does but the campaign delivers a completely different experience which you wouldn't be able to get in MP, and vice versa. Even in a game like BF where MP is the main focus, that doesnt mean its good to cut out SP completely.

Take Killzone for example, alot of ppl play it for the campaign and others for multiplayer, but both game modes are still unique from any other MP/SP game out there, playing for example Halo's story and multiplayer wont deliver the same experience, even if they are both FPS. Removing SP or MP completely from the game means we wont be able to experience what its like to play the Killzone universe through a good story about the ISA/Helghan war, or online with friends with all the different vehicles, objectives, etc. Same thing goes with BF.