Vietnam was still fresh in people’s minds, as a more recent war. Unfortunately, this one fell victim to the political arena. But looking at Battlefield Vietnam objectively, it wasn’t a winning or memorable experience for most franchise fans. There are too few Vietnam-era video games out in the world today. I’ll be honest I absolutely adored Battlefield Vietnam. Battlefield Vietnam via Electronic Arts Battlefield Vietnam The thing is, people who play Battlefield tend to enjoy a more realistic experience overall, not science fiction tropes and an abundance of snow and ice. It was fast-paced, included a varied arsenal, and who doesn’t enjoy walking battle mechs?! It was a gimmick and felt more like a rushed cash-grab than anything else. 2141 launched just a year-and-a-half after Battlefield 2. Unfortunately, cool premise aside, DICE rushed this one out the gate. Instead of putting players into the boots of a modern soldier, 2142 cast us into the future - a future in which hover tanks and mechs were mainstream on the battlefield. Released in 2006, Battlefield 2142 was an outlier in the series. Battlefield 2142 via DICE Battlefield 2142 Even cool game modes, like Heist, were poorly executed and stale.
It was clunky, poorly written, overly political, and downright unenjoyable to play. With a large variety of authentic weaponry used by major crime syndicates and law enforcement organizations, Hardline was poised to succeed and add variety to the militaristic franchise.īut it failed. It took its premise from daytime television crime shows but ramped up the action and explosions to Michael Bay levels. Instead, this cops-and-robbers outing was headlined by the defunct Visceral Games. Hardline is the only Battlefield game not developed by DICE.
BEST BATTLEFIELD GAME SERIES
We’ll begin with the most obvious choice and, very clearly, one of the worst entries in the series since its inception. Let’s see which Battlefield games take the cake! Battlefield Hardline via Electronic Arts Battlefield Hardline For now, let’s discover which Battlefield games are the best and which are the worst.įor the sake of this piece, we’re focusing on a few core series entries, not on titles such as Battlefield Play4Free or Battlefield Heroes, both of which were abysmal. We have old titles to enjoy, and even a new one on the horizon. What happened?īut the series is not yet finished. If you wanted small-scale, house-to-house CQB battles with assault rifles and submachine guns, it was Battlefield you booted up. Back in the day, if you wanted a romping good time behind the controls of a tank or in the cockpit of an attack helicopter, it was Battlefield you booted up. In fact, developer DICE is already done updating their World War 2 first-person shooter this summer. In 2020, the latest Call of Duty is the large-scale extravaganza, and a clearly winning title and the most recent Battlefield game is a total miss. But most recently, we’ve witnessed a paradigm shift. The Battlefield franchise, developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts, has long been in competition with Call of Duty as semi-realistic, large-scale combat games.
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