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Battlefield is a series of first-person shooter games developed by EA Digital Illusions and Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. This game series, focusses mainly on the large maps, teamwork and vehicle warfare than the traditional first person shooter games. Battlefield garnered more praises among PC gamers for its Online Multiplayer mode.The entire game series has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide as of 2012. The game developers have released more than 10 games in this long-running saga, starting from 2002 and 12 expansion packs released since its inception in 2007. Battlefield series was released on various consoles for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Only Battlefield: 1942 and 2142 were released for Mac OS X and Battlefield: Bad Company,1943 and Battlefield 2: Modern Combat were not released for Microsoft Windows. The game developers used Refractor match engine for the initial releases before changing it to Frostbite engine from Battlefield: Bad Company. The first game to sport the Frostbite 3.0 engine was Battlefield 4, which was released last year. Following its success, the game developers have opted for Frostbite 4.0 engine for yet to be named Battlefield 2016 game. Here we have rated the six best games from the series.
#1 Battlefield 3
The best game in this long running series is, Battlefield 3, the eleventh installment in the Battlefield franchise and a direct sequel to Battlefield 2. The game received critical acclaim from everyone for its online multiplayer mode and sold 5 million copies in its first week of release. The game’s sequel, Battlefield 4 was released last year.
In this game’s single player campaign, the players take the role of several military personals, a U.S. Marine, F-18 weapons system officer, M1A2 Abrams tank operator, and a Spetsnaz GRU operative.
The game takes us from Iran to New York and follows the stories of Sergeant Henry Blackburn and Dimitri Mayakovsky. The game was developed with Frostbite 2 engine and ANT, the character animation technology which was mainly used in EA Sports games like FIFA.
Five Downloadable Contents were released for the game, Back to Karkand, Close Quarters, Armored Kill, Aftermath and End Game.
#2 Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2 is the second best game in this series. It was tough to choose between the Battlefield 2 and 3, but Battlefield 3 triumphs for its realistic graphics and multiplayer mode. Battlefield 2 is the last game in the series to use Refractor engine. The single-player mode features missions that involve clashes between U.S. Marines, China and the fictional Middle Eastern Coalition.
The story is set in the early 21st century during a fictional world war between various power blocs: China, the European Union, the fictional Middle Eastern Coalition (MEC), Russia and the United States. The game takes place in different areas, as the Middle East and China are being invaded by US and European forces, and the United States is being invaded by Chinese and MEC forces.
Even though the game sold nearly 2 million copies till 2006, many criticized it’s bugs, glitches, crashes and network problems. This game is the direct sequel to the first game of the series Battlefield 1942.
#3 Battlefield Bad Company 2
Battlefield Bad Company 2 was released back in 2010 and was a commercial success, having sold more than nine million units since its initial release. Seven VIP map packs were released for the game thus far, and the expendable pack mostly focussed on Vietnam War.
The game was set in 1944 and the players re-assumes the role of Preston Marlowe, the protagonist from the original game. This game allows the players to take control of vehicles like ATVs, APCs, tanks, and helicopters and contain a wide selection of aircraft and emplacements.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 multiplayer game features several game modes like, Rush, Squad Rush, Conquest, Squad Deathmatch and Onslaught.
#4 Battlefield 1942
The very first game of this Battlefield series is Battlefield 1942 and focusses on the World War II. In this 3D first person shooter game, the players can choose to play as either the Allied team or the Axis team and should assume the role of one of five classes of infantry: Scout, Assault, Anti-Tank, Medic, and Engineer.
The players has the ability to fly various World War II fighter aircraft and bombers, navigate ships, submarines and aircraft carriers, mancoastal artillery defenses, drive tanks, APCs and jeeps, and take control of anti-aircraft guns and mounted machine guns.
Each battle takes place in the famous battlefields in all of the major theaters of World War II and is always fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies.
#5 Battlefield 4
Battlefield 4 was released last year and is the sequel to Battlefield 3. This game mostly received positive reviews from everyone and was a commercial success and was notably praised for its graphics and its multiplayer mode. In contrast, the game was also criticized for its short and shallow single player campaign mode.
The player takes the role of Recker and can use dual-scoped weapons, including weapons with different firing modes in this game. The players must progress in mini-sandbox-style levels, in some cases using vehicles, like tanks and boats, to traverse the environment. The multiplayer mode contains three playable factions, US, China and Russia, fighting each other. The multiplayer mode also reintroduced the "Commander Mode," which was last used in Battlefield 2142.
This mode gives one player on each team a Real Time Strategy-like view of the entire map and the ability to give orders to teammates. This game features five DLC packs that includes new maps and additions to the gameplay and were: China Rising, Second Assault, Naval Strike, Dragon’s Teeth and Final Stand.
#6 Battlefield Vietnam
Battlefield Vietnam is the second game in this franchise after Battlefield 1942. The game takes place during the Vietnam War and features a large variety of maps based on historical settings, such as the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Battle of Hue, Ia Drang Valley, Operation Flaming Dart, The Battle of Khe Sanh and Fall of Saigon. Many parts of this game was influenced from popular Vietnam War movies like Ride of Valkyries and Apocalypse Now.
The players objective is to take Control Points around the map to enable friendly players and controllable vehicles to spawn. Both the teams US and Vietnamese are given different kits and vehicles, the US rely more on heavy vehicles and the Vietnamese rely more on infantry tactics.
Battlefield Vietnam mostly received positive reviews from the gamers and was praised for it’s graphical improvement, vast selection of maps, vehicles, weapons and online multiplayer mode. However, the game was also criticized for the single-player enemy AI, which would often ignore the player even while being attacked.
