Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 is the genre-defining action blockbuster created by Dice, and made from moments that blur the line between game and glory, moments found only in Battlefield. Go to Boot Camp to learn the basics…
Battlefield 4 is a shooter developed by EA Digital Illusions CE, released 29 October 2013 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 14.9 hrs to finish.
What Battlefield 4 is
Battlefield 4 is a shooter game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and released in 2013. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Unlike the Campaign of its predecessor, Battlefield 4's Campaign primarily follows chronological order, and permanently casts the player as Recker. In the beginning, set in Baku, Azerbaijan, Tombstone Squad—consisting of Recker, Dunn, Irish, and Pac—escapes the city, with vital intelligence in hand and Russian special forces in hot pursuit. The squad winds up trapped in a civilian's car when it plunges into the sea. Dunn, trapped between the seats and critically wounded, gives Recker his pistol and orders him to shoot out the windshield.[35] Reluctantly, Recker shoots the window, and Dunn drowns as the others escape. As Tombstone swims to the surface, the player hears their commanding…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 64 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 67 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Battlefield series
Battlefield 4 is the 12th of 22 entries we hold in the Battlefield series. It arrived 2 years after Battlefield 3. The next entry was Battlefield Bundle in 2015. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Battlefield 2 at 93.
How it was received
Battlefield 4 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 919 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 14.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 69.3 hrs, roughly 4.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Processor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 3870 Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Battlefield 4 launched on 29 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Battlefield 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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