Battlefield 4 PS4 Review IGNShare. By Mitch Dyer. On Play. Station 4, Battlefield 4 suffers from a handful of irritating launch issues. The 1. 5. 0 firmware update caused a number of issues. The core gameplay is unaffected its still great but limited servers, unreliable connectivity at press time is frustrating. Its been difficult to find any Conquest games, too. Additionally, Battlefield 4 has a hard time functioning properly with PSN. I crashed back to the PS4 home screen after a number of errors, as did many of my squad mates. If youre worried about not having the best possible experience with a great game, wait for Battlefield 4 to stabilize. Leave Us Alone 1975 here. When and if these problems are solved, well remove this disclaimer. We still believe Battlefield 4 is a great game, as youll see in the review below, but be advised. DICE and EA have taken to delaying future projects as well as Battlefield 4s map expansions as a result of these issues. You can learn more about why here on IGN. Battlefield 4 is a greatest hits album of DICEs multiplayer first person shooter legacy. It retains the defining DNA of Battlefield 1. Battlefield 2s brilliant Commander mode, and exaggerates the destruction of Battlefield Bad Company 2, all while embracing the realism, class reorganization, and gorgeous graphics of Battlefield 3. Most of the time, Battlefields unpredictable, vehicular based competitive combat is predictably excellent. What I didnt anticipate was DICE getting in its own way. Terrific level design is responsible for a lot of what makes this work well, and Id wager that a good chunk of Battlefield 4s maps will live as classics. The Clark Library combines our map collection, government information center, and spatial and numeric data services. It is a rich and unique resource, where students. Addicting Games is the largest source of the best free online games including funny games, flash games, arcade games, dressup games, internet games, shooting games. What weve never seen before in a Battlefield game is the drastic, and often inconsistent way Battlefield 4 forces its two massive 3. A dam bursts, crushing everything below with metric tonnes of rubble and floods. Half a hotel disintegrates, exposing a control point and depriving snipers of a valuable perch. Large scale destruction like this changes the fundamental layout of an area, forcing combatants to react intelligently and change their strategies and loadouts on the fly. Even after the magic and surprise is gone, teams always need to be prepared for how theyll react when a crumbled tower keeps their tanks out of enemy territory. Micro Machines Maps 1993 Codemasters Software Company Ltd. The Witcher Rapidshare Links. Ashley Routledge and David Saunders Qualifying Race Qualifying Race 1536 x 1056 34. B. Coming out on top because your new strategy adapts to and harnesses the new level design is even more satisfying than the XP and armory unlocks you earn along the way. That said, not every instance of awe inspiring devastation is as excellent as these. Often, triggering the event takes minutes of work, and the result is sometimes superfluous, feeling more like DICEs obligation to include it in every map rather than something that achieves anything of value. A smashed satellite at the center of a map becomes a minor inconvenience for vehicles, for example. A toppled tower actually makes it irritating to navigate an underground area, and manually detonating underground explosives from a terminal takes you away from the action in one of the biggest maps. Most offensive of all, a flooding towns rising water levels significantly inhibits mobility and is especially frustrating if youre in a fierce tug of war for a base busting bomb in the terrific new Obliteration mode. If youre smart about it, you can take advantage of most maps effects, though including some of the less magnificent, more subtle things. Diminished visibility as a typhoon assaults an island might mean changing your favorite red dot sight for something that sees in the dark. Hunting bomb carriers as the sun rises means theyre increasingly vulnerable as the match goes on the faster they arm control points early on, the easier their lives will be later. In addition to those major destruction events, DICE has rediscovered a major factor that defines Battlefields greatness among other modern military shooters finally, for the first time since Bad Company 2, teams can tear down most simple structures. Knocking out supports to topple houses and collapse roads isnt quite as exciting as a skyscraper sinking into a bay, but its great for keeping enemies out of troublesome spots or creating a crawl space to hide in. One of my favorite maps Golmud Railway, where DICEs designers take expert advantage of its enormous scale, several scattered control points, and aerial warfare has a mobile control point in the form of a train. Fighting for control is an entertaining, mobile struggle. More than anything, and despite its new features, Battlefield 4 most closely resembles Battlefield 3, if only for the similar feel of its physical, scary weapons. Accounting for bullet drop as a sniper which involves more mental math now thanks to adjustable zero targeting ranges remains one of the most fulfilling things about Battlefields skill based gunplay. Elsewhere, one of the smallest departures is the most significant, at least for knife fighters. Stealth attacks from behind, as usual, guarantee a new set of dog tags for your knife kill collection. Stabbing at someone from the front, however, gives them a brief opportunity to reverse the attack. Counter kills are an incredibly satisfying way to put down someone who wasnt careful enough to wait for you to turn your back, and an interesting new tactical layer to what used to be a panic button. Where Battlefield 4 most brilliantly distances Battlefield 3 is in its map design. The best Battlefield maps are challenging and satisfying, demanding you take advantage of everything at your disposal, and Battlefield 4 does this extremely well. Screaming across the terrain in the bouncy new off road buggy is a blast, but its vulnerability may lead you to choose a tank instead. But even its rear is vulnerable to infantry rockets. Battlefields interesting relationship between infantry and vehicles goes deeper here, with additional means to take down enemies, whether youre immobilizing vehicles or filling them with a team to attack in force. The soldiers in that ride will likely have a more varied array of gear than ever, too, because character classes and vehicles have more extensive customization options in Battlefield 4. Recon is no longer limited to the snipershotgunner role, allowing him to equip a mid range DMR to do some actual recon. Classes are defined by gadgets rather than guns, and it permits a more aggressive play style for unit types previously restricted by their loadout options. Much like Battlefield 4s gameplay, its customization is more liberated than ever. Terrific level design is responsible for a lot of what makes this work well, and Id wager that a good chunk of Battlefield 4s maps will live as classics. Everything is, as always, engineered around Battlefields territory control Conquest mode. Hainan Resort, with its destructible hotel centerpiece and terrific mix of airgroundsea combat options, is Wake Island levels of outstanding. Awesome opportunities exist for every class, every pilot, every aggressive paratrooper to pull off an unbelievable kill or anxiety inducing control point capture. Its not the only excellent one. The Rogue Transmission map gives planes plenty of breathing room, and ATVs can avoid aerial vehicles using underground passageways. Its a map that demands a sense of spatial awareness and having a reliable, coordinated squad. Its also one of Battlefields best in class vehicular balancing acts vulnerable four wheelers can still escape tanks, which in turn have a great, unobstructed view for clearing the air of choppers and jets. Not every map works great with every mode, though.