After a lacklustre Call of Duty release this year, is " Battlefield 4 " also a cynical phone-in on the current gen consoles, or are DICE doing their best to deliver a next-gen experience on the aging home consoles?

- 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.

When I reviewed Battlefield 4 on the 360 back in the beginning of November I couldn't help but notice just how far the console was being pushed to deliver gamers their first person shooter fix.

Plagued with issues at launch (even the trademark Conquest mode being unavailable on any platform) DICE have worked hard on fixing everything and finally have a product worth what you pay.

Fantastic game. Outstanding graphics, sound, controls and gameplay. Significantly better than COD: Ghosts.

Battlefield 4 in my opinion is reachs my top 10 favorite shooters of all time. The gameplay is fantastic and quality of the game is amazing. The story line of the game is quite interesting but I remember more of my multiplayer action rather then the single player campaign.

Great Shooter

lots of competitive stress

Great game

Say what you want about cinematic shooters; when they're done right they can be absolutely breathtaking. And I have to admit that's how I found myself after the first level of Battlefield 4's campaign â€" breathless.

A breezy; popcorn campaign; Best-in-class multiplayer; Stunning visuals and audio

Doesn't attempt anything new; Campaign has difficulty spikes; Held back by PS3/360

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.

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