Battlefield 4 product reviews

Spending time with a friend last weekend, we decided to do some gaming like the good old days. Looking through the games library on his Playstation 4, I came across battlefield 4. I had never really played Battlefield prior; I had played a demo of Battlefield 2, but gone no further than that. I originally had decided not to play the game, as we were unable to play together on the local system, but after some encouragement, I went ahead and played the campaign while my friend watched an gave tips on passing difficult areas.

I was expecting Battlefield to be more of a 'SOCOM US Navy SEALS' style of game; very tactical, with low ammo supplies, and a high level of accuracy needed. In other words, I was expecting to get frustrated by this game and give up after half an hour. But the plot and cinematics, got me intrigued, and I went through mission by mission until I reached the end of the campaign 8 hours later. The game is very straightforward, with a variety of "gadgets" provided to assist with the difficult barriers you need to surpass in the game.

While fun, and a much more casual game than I was expecting (my style of spraying bullets everywhere was rather effective), I was a little disappointed by the glitches. My friend had played the game completely on many occasions and had achieved all of the available collectibles, medals, and trophies, and several times, I would be playing and encounter a glitch, which was quickly followed by a "yeah, that happens every time". These gameplay glitches, along with times when the audio would randomly cut out were frustrating, as they broke your concentration, and interrupted your experience. I did find myself laughing at loud at several points, due to the over the top physics in the game, and the plot choices, but overall it was very enjoyable.

There is a large variety of weapons available, and many opportunities to change your weapons (I preferred my shotguns and sniper rifles, switching between up close close quarters combat, and extreme distance accuracy shots). The ability to use 'binos' to identify and mark enemy units was useful, and the ability to set friendly players to attack certain enemy units was a very simple, but efficient way to practice some basic tactics.

I played the multiplayer for a limited amount of time, but I found it to be largely the same as other Multiplayer modes. Kill everyone, use weapons. No real point to it, so I quickly lost interest in it.