It's become abundantly clear over recent years that modern or near-future military shooters of the first-person variety don't place a high emphasis on story, especially when compared to their multiplayer components. In Battlefield 4 , this trend hasn't been bucked, only reinforced.

'Levolutions' add to strategy; destruction; and overall fun; Same addictive class and leveling system; Visually stunning

Forgettable narrative

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

(Writer's Note: The scores listed are based on the Xbox One version of Battlefield 4 which was reviewed, and should be the same for the PlayStation 4 and PC. For the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games, take a half gem off for graphics, gameplay and fun.

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Watching a massive tower collapse in multiplayer

The uninspired; bland single-player campaign

All of those cons can easily be put to rest by the fact that this is battlefield, you can still kill a helicopter by using C4 to fly into the air and hit it out of pure luck. You can still have those intense moments where you go 30 and 3 in Operation Locker/Metro when your teammates are covering you...

I absolutely love the visuals and texture quality that the Xbox One version brings to the table; It has a solid 60 to 50 fps on Campaign and a 30-60 fps on Multiplayer; Major things can be done to improve over the last of it's life cycle but for now it's manage able and looks stunning

Major Frames drop during big cutscenes and make the Campaign lip sync noticeable; I don't see a fix to this until 2015 when directX 12 is released to the Xbox One, but by then we will have BF5/BFBC3 on it's way.

I can't understand why people like this game better than call of duty. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a massive fan of call of duty either, but this game is broken at best! At least most call of duty games aren't broken. SO MANY GLITCHES!!!