I kept dying because I was trying to Duke Nukem it and wade into battle, something I’ve learnt not to do in the intervening years. I played this back on the Xbox 360 years ago, but only just past the cold open. Another plus is that the game makes you try out new weapons all the time, which I enjoyed, but I tended to stick to the sniper rifle. I love that parts of the environment could be destroyed, but that’s likely not just the single player. The combat is challenging, but never too hard, which is a definite plus in a war game. In fact, every character is a generic archetype - the Texan only agrees to the suicide mission to save the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Marlow is the definition of bland protagonist, and I don’t think he even spoke until the third mission. I saw every story beat coming a mile away, even guessing the fate of the pilot from his first appearance. It was a tad generic, and ended on the hook for Bad Company 3 - which will never come.
When Private Marlowe’s company is pulled into a Special Activities Division operation, a secret from 1944 threatens to destroy America. The fact that this mechanic was the most fun aspect of the game is very telling.Īs this was the first Battlefield game I played start-to-finish, the cold open in Japan made me expect a very different experience. Outside of avoiding a points fine for dying. I’ll admit it’s kinda fun to whizz around the buildings from one perspective to the next, but the soldiers are pretty much identical in loadout so there’s little reason to do it.
You take over different soldiers either at will, or when you die. The missions are varied, but never interesting enough to be “story”. It’s just a case of “Go here and do this because those are your orders.”, over and over. War is brewing in Kazakhstan, so NATO are sent in to help. The first Battlefield game to have a campaign, I had to play the PlayStation 2 version, as I don’t have an Xbox and my 360 is on the fritz. So, bear that in mind if you want to argue about multiplayer - I have only played, and will only play, the single player stuff. Since I have this compulsion to play every game in order (to avoid missing in-jokes and call-backs), I went through all of the games to experience just the single-player aspect. However, with the release of Battlefield 1 last year, and the apparently strong single player campaign, I figured it was about time to take a look at the series. Articles // 2nd Jul 2017 - 6 years ago // By Andrew Duncan Ranking the Battlefield CampaignsĪs someone who has never been interested in the competitive multiplayer aspect of games, I have let a few franchises pass me by.
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