Battlefield 4: PS3 Review

Battlefield 4: PS3 Review

Platform: PS3
Released by EA

Strap on your guns, it's time to get your pulse-pounding adrenalin fix from the latest incarnation of Battlefield.

DICE has rolled out all the stops for the first person shooter and placed you back squarely in the action. You play Recker, who in the prologue of the game is given the job of escaping Baku in Azerbaijan. After shooting your way out of an underwater car and leaving a colleague to die, it's all on as the bullets start whistling past your ears and the fighting really ramps up a notch. It's the usual mix of shouting, explosions and shooting. Throw in some action movie style dialogue and you're fully on board with everything that's supposed to be happening.

The thing with Battlefield 4 is you'll choose how you want to play it - if you're into the single player mode, you'll find some frustrations with occasional AI issues and gaming, but it still delivers the hit you're looking for. However, stunningly good visuals, cut scenes and a real sense of being part of a battlefield with combat hurtling on around you, do wonders for setting the game apart from a lot of similar fare. Weapons handling is relatively easy (a bit of tutorial is needed here and there) but it's responsive and reactive in a way that you'd expect for the game - it handles as it should and while you do occasionally need to be careful with how you're shooting and aiming, all in all, it does what it says on the tin.

Online is where Battlefield 4 really comes to life though, while maps ever changing, battlefields ever moulding themselves to the world around them with moments of unexpected mayhem adding to the mix. Team work is encouraged and rewarded within the game and it certainly pays off to stay within a group, rather than going rogue and shooting whatever you want. Tactics and teamplay are the reason for Battlefield 4's success and certainly you'll spend more time on the multiplayer online side of things than the campaign story.

Overall, Battlefield 4 scores as an experience and a FPS that continues to deliver in a genre that's not had a game changer for a while. But it's best to bring your mates along for the thrill ride and to ensure that you get the most out of it.

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