Battlefield 4 starts off right in the middle of the action, with a flash-forward to a certain event that shouldn't be spoiled. It does create interest in what happened leading up to it, but the event and what happened aren't important in the grand scheme of things, which is disappointing.

Finally, it's almost how it should be

Update 16/01/14: Quite ironically, literally days after publishing this review, I had lost my data, both offline and online. Everything was lost, from the game completion, medals earned and various statistics.

Looks like a true next gen game; Plays as good as any FPS; Gripping story; Frostbite 3 engine is a step forward; Multiplayer has set a new standard in its genre

Finding a friend that can fly a Helicopter/Fighter Jet without crashing; because I have no hope

Business as usual with a mediocre single-player campaign and one of the best multiplayer experiences in all gaming – and at last one that works just as well on consoles as on PC.

A genre-defining multiplayer experience with some excellent new maps; Commander Mode is an interesting re-addition and the new vehicles (especially the boats) and game modes work well

Campaign mode still feels like a waste of time and resources; Few genuinely new ideas and even those there are make arguably little difference; Uneven frame rate in multiplayer

I've been playing this game since launch and keep coming back to it. Never get tired of it. So many maps that no 2 rounds are the same. Totally recommended.

Launch for Battlefield 4 on the PlayStation 4 has been rocky to say the least. For almost a week and a half, the game has been broken. Recently, a patch

"Battlefield 4 delivers the best online shooter experience of the year."

Battlefield is and should be about team based gameplay whether that be single player with AI or multiplayer with a team of friends. With that in mind it's strange that the campaign of Battlefield 4 does such a terrible job of making you feel like part of a team.

Battlefield 4 takes the scope of the previous games and blows it up, with maps that span virtual kilometers of space that take minutes to run across on foot. Battlefield 4 's multiplayer levels feel less compromised in scale than in Battlefield 3 - which has the unfortunate side effect of feast or...

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.

High-fidelity action; More vehicular slaughter; Entertaining campaign; Varied online modes; Expansive; flexible; changing maps; Hundreds of hours of unlocks; Drop-dead gorgeous; but flexible for many systems; Commander Mode; 64-player multiplayer on PC (and next-gen consoles

Varied online modes; Hundreds of hours of unlocks