GR: In the six years between Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 3, Electronic Arts released several expansions and an attitude-infused spinoff of their military shooter franchise, meaning not a single year has gone by without some new BF-branded product. I never felt like DICE ran the risk of oversaturating the market or turning vehicular and infantry combat into a rote practice of menial value. It's not like shooting virtual people has worn on the gaming public, but Battlefield 4's reveal had me worried. Only two years beyond BF3, mere months since the developers had delivered that game's last DLC pack to Premium subscribers, and all too conveniently on the precipice of next-generation consoles, the fourth entry seemed rank with desperation to cash-in.
Thankfully, gameplay advances, graphical upgrades, and tried-and-true online combat prevent BF4 from feeling like franchise abuse. More surprisingly, some of the brand's greatest weaknesses have been addressed, meaning even the most skilled and experienced generals can feel good about moving onto this new theater of war. Battlefield 4 isn't a generational leap, but it proves itself through tangible, iterative growth.
Cheaters & hackers have been causing grief on Battlefield 1, Hardline & BF4 servers, with nonstop DDoS attacks among other things. Unfortunately, EA has remained silent about it.
Not even if they paid me.. EA always do this with old games with less money potential, if this was Ultimate Team, they'd address and sort it faster than stories could spread. Why invest time in their products when they will just dump it in the following years? Then again EA never could see the forest for the trees.
I imagine after those games were given out for free a couple months back through Amazon, anything that makes people go to 2042 is a plus for them
Nah. I think they can't do anything about it or they want to sink money into fixing it.
EA owns all BF servers so yes, they can do something about it but they refuse to because they dont want ppl playing their old games instead of the new one. Its EA we’re talking about here
if this happened in 2042, they'd have something to say. which is weird, considering battlefield 1 has more players on steam right now.
Its so obvious that EA is doing this or hired ppl to mess up the games so that we’d be forced to have just 1 Battlefield working.
Honestly it’s probably the devs themselves. They did an update to bf4 way back that kinda made assault rifles doo doo in hopes that people would flock to BF1 cuz BF4 was too perfect
The shooter genre is one of the most beloved videogame genres in the gaming community, and rightfully so. From DOOM Eternal to Battlefield 4, passing through The Outer Worlds, the Xbox Game Pass has a lot to offer when it comes to amazing shooter experiences. Come check out some great shooter games available on Xbox Game Pass!
There's a bunch of great shooters on gamepass; both legacy and new.
A recommendation I have is a work in progress preview title called Anacrusis. It's a lot of fun, and has a cool aesthetic.
KeenGamer: "Sometimes a game starts out as a buggy mess and we all just stop and think, “that definitely could have spent a bit more time in the oven”. This is the case for these 5 games which infamously marked their place in recent game memory."
Glad to see DICE delivers yet again.
Multiplayer running pretty smoothly at launch should be a must for every game.
Great review. I'll probably be playing this during my 25 hours of Extra Life event.
Is it worth going current-gen with this if I'll probably get a PS4 or X1 within the first half of 2014?