Still holds up as best Battlefield
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“One of the 2 greatest battlefield games ever made. Just play this instead of 6.”
Steam review · 244.7 h played ↗
Battlefield 4™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%DICE2020FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A classic large-scale Battlefield with great destruction, vehicles and gunplay, still cheap and playable. Skip it if you want a polished campaign or can't stomach PunkBuster hassle and veteran-heavy servers.
Great for
Fans of classic large-scale Battlefield multiplayer who buy on sale and can handle some setup
Main risk
Anti-cheat kicks, EA app hassle, and sweaty veterans or empty servers ruin multiplayer
What players love
Fun campaign for some
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The campaign is full of dramatic moments, unexpected twists, and emotional scenes that keep players engaged from beginning to end.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Large-scale combat with destruction
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You can literally collapse a massive skyscraper and change the entire map layout mid-match.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Great graphics and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Incredibly optimized, and runs flawlessly on nearly any computer.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Servers still alive
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Community is still alive also, there's almost always at least a dozen of 60+ player servers online.”
Steam review · 113.7 h played ↗
Cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Worth the 2 dollars!”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Campaign full of bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Campaign is bugged 13 years later. When in the water I can't swim forward through the ship.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
PunkBuster kicks and EA app hassle
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the 'punkbuster' program will auto kick you every 5 minutes.”
Steam review · 70.4 h played ↗
Dead servers and no Asia servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“If you play on Asian servers don’t buy this game. It’s barely possible to find match in Asian servers.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Weak, short story
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The campaign is so short I couldn't even remember the characters' names.”
Steam review · translated · 8.4 h played ↗
Sweaty veterans and cheaters
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“filled with 10+ year veterans that absolutely dogwalk you making it unplayable for new players”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Useless AI teammates
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“not one of them can kill an enemy on their own.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8 32-bit
ProcessorProcessor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 3870 Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 8 64-bit
ProcessorProcessor (AMD): Six-core CPU Processor (Intel): Quad-core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 7870 Graphics card (Nvidia): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 8 32-bit
ProcessorProcessor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 3870 Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Storage30 GB available space
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