Multiplayer shooters don't get better than Battlefield 4. Incredible destruction, smart map design, and solid tech combine to produce a true showcase for PS4 and PC. While solo play still lags behind, it's a big step up from BF3.

Multiplayer is genre-leading; again; Levolution and destruction is amazing; Single-player is much improved..

...but the story is nonsense; Defuse mode falls flat

A bombastic start to the next generation of shooters, especially in multiplayer.

An incredible next-gen game engine; Stellar map design; One of the best team shooters ever

Single-player campaign is short and narratively nonsensical; Some irksome respawn points

‘Levolution' may've made it onto the list of history's most appalling buzzwords, but after sending a skyscraper tumbling, blowing up a nuclear warhead and submerging an entire Chinese village underwater, you've got to admit, maybe DICE was onto something after all.

It doesn't seem like so long ago that scores of critics were crowded into a San Franciscan cinema watching a 4K-resolution live play-through of what would later turn out to be the opening level of Battlefield 4.

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

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

I have to believe it is difficult to keep making games in the same franchise. You have to keep around enough of the old to entice longtime fans, but offer enough new content to make it worth buying instead of simply playing more of the last iteration.

Great effects; Fun Multiplayer; Destruction

Single-player Campaign; Battlefield Premium

- The Battlefield series has come a long way from a niche FPS shooter on the PC platform, to a bonified system seller that can stand toe-to-toe with any other FPS on the market. Not looking to rest on its laurels, EA and developer D.I.C.E.

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.