What a shame this is the last game that came from this amazing studio. That being said, it's a decent romp I suppose though it feels really odd as an entry into the Battlefield franchise. Multiplayer is typical Battlefield but with a "cops and robbers" paint job, the campaign is cliche and often cringe, the episodic format is kinda cool as far as mission structure though. You could do worse for a shooter romp. You can do better too.
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Pepe-arbiter11 January 2021
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UltraN0V46 October 2022I think this game might be the equivalent to CoD: Ghosts, meaning it's sorely underrated. I know most players didn't find the cops vs robbers aspect of the game amusing and I get it. Recently I've been throwing Hardline's campaign/multiplayer modes on due to the lack of content and change in direction in Battlefield 2042. The multiplayer runs pretty similar to BF4's but with new gadgets, a currency system, and the whole cops/robbers twist. The gameplay however feels just right, almost like butter on a warm pan. New gadgets like zip-lines and grappling hooks opened up new ways of movement and verticality. The grappling hook must've been inspired by R6: Siege and I didn't mind that at all. Hardline uses the same engine BF4 used, Frost Bite 3. The 2 year difference in titles allowed the devs to sharpen up and perfect the movement and visuals used in Hardline. I'm glad they did not number this title. The vibe I get from playing this spinoff resembles something from Miami Vice or GTA Online even. Chasing bad guys down in the LA River, launching firefights in the Florida Everglades, and raiding Hollywood mansions felt surreal when playing. The campaign offered some nice upgrades too. A new stealth system, similar to the Far Cry games, allowed players to complete missions their way. The score/music in the background matched perfectly with what was happening in game, whether it was sneaking through a cartel meth lab or driving down the streets in Miami. Ultimately, I'm finding a lot of fun in this old Battlefield project. In the future, I'd hope to play a new battlefield game that was built like Hardline. Meaning, it took the best aspects of it's previous titles and used it as a foundation.
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So i just bought this game and played 1 game of every game mode, Here is my review on some of them:
Hotwire 9/10: Awesome new game mode, A lot of action, nice teammates, ( not those asshole teammates from cod) You can play as thiefs or as cops. There are 3 or more cars in the map, You need to steal them and drive around with them, While driving you get points for capturing, The team that as 0 points loses,
Heist 7/10 : Fun but not my favorite, Played it in the beta, i liked it but it becomes boring after a while,
You can play as cop or thief
Cop: Protect the cash from being stolen by the thiefs, Thiefs: Steal the cash and bring it to the pick up point, once you collect all the money you win.
Sorry for my bad English, im 16 years old and from the netherlands, my English is not really good -
jullebull27 February 2019The most interesting thing about Hardline is the change of direction. For the first time in this series we see something special. Set in modern day, in the city, no battlefields, no soldiers. It's a cop procedural. I found it interesting. Since we haven't seen Battlefield this way I was excited to see what was waiting. Playing as a detective is fun and amazing. This story feels like a playable tv series with a Netflix-feeling. Sure the story wasn't that deep or emotional in that way. But it was enjoyable to discover Los Angeles and Miami, in a gangster environment. A bit too much cliche sometimes and too less storytelling, actually the beginning of the campaign gave us some time to get to know Kai and Mendoza still. And the ending, I found it likeable. It shows were Mendoza have gotten for this point of time. And the face off between Mendoza and the "antagonist" pretty cool. And of course like the Hollywood movies this game tried to represent, it had a little twist ending. The story wasn't deep, but it was a fun Hollywood experience with evident antagonists.
Multiplayer is cool. All these game modes, this cop vs criminal style is perfect setting of the game. I feel that this game suceeded with making something special and it gave Battlefield some fresh air. -
Pjtaylor-96-13804427 October 2020'Battlefield: Hardline (2015)' takes its long-running, military shooter franchise to the streets. Its aesthetic is unmistakably 'cops vs robbers', seeming similar to pretty much any police procedural you can think of. In multiplayer, this translates to the same large-scale battles you'd expect from the series (even if they're pared back somewhat) and some game modes that attempt to capitalise on its new dynamic (or, rather, the milieu surrounding it). In single player, this translates to a story that could be straight out of 'NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)' or any some such TV show. It's styled as if it's a TV show, too, with chapters that represent episodes and open up with recap montages of the story so far. It's chock-full of the tropes and stereotypes you'd expect from a police procedural, ultimately feeling rather generic. However, it's still enjoyable and the schlocky narrative has a certain, perhaps unintentional B-movie charm to it. The gameplay is standard for a first-person shooter, except for the fact that you're given the option to arrest criminals instead of killing them. In practice, this just means you can sneak up behind or tase an enemy and then activate a prompt to cuff them (effectively eliminating them). This is much harder to do than to just shoot enemies, especially since the stealth is very basic and most missions inevitably escalate into full-blown firefights, and there's no real incentive to do it. That's a shame because it could have been a strong, perhaps even stand-out feature. As is, it's an interesting side-challenge if you're so inclined to take it; I played the entire thing only using my taser and handcuffs, aside from the few instances in which pulling a trigger is literally required to progress (which is really annoying). Overall, the game is a decent effort. It's rather enjoyable to play and its story does what it needs to. It isn't a masterpiece, but it's a solid spin-off from an established franchise. 7/10
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Cinemaniac198423 March 2015I was very happy that the Battlefield franchise steered away from the War/Military genre and took on a new direction with the Cops and Robbers genre with Battlefield Hardline. I was eagerly looking forward to Battlefield Hardline and once the game came out last Thursday 19 March 2015 I went straight into the nearest store and got my hands on this bad boy. I was very impressed with Battlefield Hardline and it did not disappoint. Battlefield Hardline lived up to its hype before its release.
The single player campaign seemed like I had stepped into an action packed movie similar to Bad Boys and Lethal Weapon that would make producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Joel Silver proud. For the single player campaign you are the honest and hard nosed young Miami Police Detective Nick Mendoza (Nicholas Gonzalez) who is taking on a drug ring as well as investigating links of police corruption. At the start of the game Detective Mendoza is teamed with Detective Carl Stoddard (Travis Willingham) but is later partnered with Detective Khai Minh Dao (Kelly Hu). Mendoza and Khai answer to Captain Julian Dawes (Benito Martinez), a person who is seemingly being groomed for a higher position with the top brass and may or may not have a secret agenda.
Battlefield Hardline is different from previous Battlefield games where the player relies on arrest, stealth, a scanner, and distraction methods rather than relying on shooting and killing countless bad guys. You also have the option of knocking out the bag guys with a baton or even take them down with a taser. You can still shoot the enemy if you cannot arrest them or should you come under fire. It goes without saying that you have a huge arsenal of weapons at your disposal and more weapons are unlocked as the game goes on as well as finding evidence in missions in order to complete cases.
I also liked the previous reference to the Battlefield franchise such as commandeering a turret on a disused military aircraft and an army tank in one mission.
Multiplayer is similar to previous Battlefield games but with a few changes here and there. The various modes including Conquest, Hardwire, Blood Money, Heist, Crosshair, Rescue, and Team Deathmatch. You also get to play with a variety of vehicles including police cars, sedans, motorbikes, armoured vans, and helicopters.
All in all Battlefield Hardline is a worthy entry into the Battlefield franchise and is well worth the money spent. It was good to see the Battlefield franchise take on the cops and robbers genre and it has worked wonders. Perhaps the flagging Call of Duty franchise could benefit from a change in direction.
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El-Andy19 January 2020A new take on the BF series, definitely fun to play in different modes and break the traditional gameplay. Installing the content takes hours, and you are limited to the 7min prologue when you first set up the game. I've read forums and reviews and apparently there is not much that users (or EA) can do about it but just sit and wait for hours on end. Estimated wait time is around 7.5 hours to install full game. And yes it's 2020 and still no solution for a game that was released more than 4 years ago.
Some cool actors added to the cast, although the story is sometimes a bit predictable and too much cliché if you ask me.
Great fun outside of the traditional with new game modes, but if you are new to the game you better be patient when installing it. -
verbfan22 February 2022It starts off pretty good but gets boring. Either way it was fun for the couple of missions. I played it for a while until the game crashed and I lost my progress for the mission i was doing.
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ad-am21 March 2022One of my fav Battlefield games, next to Bad Company 2. Great characters and story!
I've never played Battlefield games online, never seen the point in them (I'm not a sporty person, so deathmatch type run and gun scenarios, with no reason behind why you're shooting at the other team/players other than win the match, have no meaning to me). -
kcajs8 April 2015The next installment of the Battlefield series, Hardline, sees EA take their very successful Battlefield franchise into a new frontier- Cops and bad guys. The two main features of the game are the Single-player campaign mode and the famous Multiplayer mode. As a gamer, FPS campaign modes are usually not that developed and well made meaning I tend to only buy the game for its Online action. But, Visceral games have done an excellent job with their campaign. Firstly, the storyline is excellent- executed to perfection making you feel like you're living the life of a detective in the heart of a raging drug war. The visuals made the campaign excellent, detail put into the streets of Miami and LA are priceless. The addition of the ability to customise your load-out for each mission and in- game as well make it enjoyable to play over again and again. Overall, the single-player experience gets a 10/10!
But, and this is a sad note. The multi-player does not meet the Battlefield standards. No longer can you use tactics to beat your enemy as the faster pace of game-play has attracted the likes of ex Call of Duty players. Sadly, the multi-player is no longer as enjoyable as it used to be. So much imbalance needs to be tweaked and quite simply it's not satisfying. The lag is awful too, you have the advantage but then you lag and poof, you are gone. Overall multi-player gets a big fat 0/10.
Sadly for a game with so much potential it only ranks a 5/10 for me. -
I've always liked the battlefield games, but this is the first time i have been disappointed by one of their games. Its too much like the masterpiece battlefield 4, which destroys the whole game, because the weapons are almost the same as in battlefield 4. The maps are too big, and the maps are taken over by insanely good snipers that stand everywhere and kill you. But if you don't think about all the most important things you have a playable game that you can play until battlefield 1 comes out;) i think that will be the best game in 2016, and the best game in the series so far! Buy this game if you just want a battlefield ti play while you wait on the new one. No other reason to buy it.