Hilarity ensues (cue the Benny Hill theme). A Chinese admiral wants to overthrow the government and declare martial law with the support of the Russians, and the US is blamed for the assassination of Jin Jié, the man expected to bring peace to China. In this case, it’s a one-two punch of China and Russia. The narrative is painfully familiar: good-guy Americans face off against bad-guy extremists in some other part of the world. This is your standard six to seven-hour shooter campaign, and it feels pretty much like any that have come before it in this past generation.
Unfortunately, much of the remainder of the single-player experience ranges from merely mediocre to downright laughable. The controls are consistently responsive. The GUI is informative and non-intrusive. Voices from your squadmates implore you to proceed in such authenticity that you swear you must share the room with them, sitting at your gaming rig. The angst garnered from the sound of bullets whizzing by and striking the wall next to you is unmatched. Every weapon fires with such power and force that you swear it’s to blame for your tinnitus. The Battlefield franchise has spent years on the top of the heap with its lifelike audio effects, and the newest iteration carries the torch with pride. Even on my modest rig unable to handle the highest settings, the graphics impress at every turn. From the textures to the draw distance, rolling waves to trees succumbing to the wind, get used to picking your jaw up off the ground. The Frostbite 3 engine raises the bar for realistic visuals in this setting. There are good things to discuss: Battlefield 4 looks stunning. This time is no different don’t get your hopes up for an overhauled experience. But perhaps in an effort to compete with rival shooter Call of Duty, 2011’s Battlefield 3 ushered in the first single-player campaign of the core franchise - the critical reception of which was lukewarm at best.
The Battlefield franchise hangs its hat on large-scale multiplayer warfare.
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