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Battlefield 4

ShooterSimulatorStrategy

Steam
Released

Oct 29, 2013

4,744 days ago
Platforms
  • PC
  • PS4
  • Xbox One
  • PS3
  • Xbox 360
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Nov 22, 20134,720 days ago
    • Xbox One
  2. Nov 15, 20134,727 days ago
    • PS4
  3. Oct 29, 20134,744 days ago
    • PC
    • PS3
    • Xbox 360

About

Battlefield 4 is the genre-defining action blockbuster created by Dice, and made from moments that blur the line between game and glory, moments found only in Battlefield. Go to Boot Camp to learn the basics of Battlefield 4's engaging single player and intense multiplayer mode. Here you'll also find intel on Levolution, Commander Mode, Naval Warfare and many more exciting game features.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 1,439 players
Main story
6.5 h
Main + extras
9 h
Completionist
18 h
OpenCritic79/10076% recommend · Strong47 critic reviews
Critics (IGDB)80/10018 reviews
IGDB players78/100919 ratings

Game info

Released
2013 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer
Perspective
First person · Third person
Engine
Frostbite
Multiplayer
  • Online up to 64

Editions, DLC & expansions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBMBlood and Gore, Intense Violence, Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB, Strong Language
  • PEGI18Bad Language, In-Game Purchases, Violence
  • CERODCrime
  • USK18No content descriptors
  • GRAC19+Language, Violence
  • CLASS IND16Violência (Violence)
  • ACBMA 15+No content descriptors

Languages

13 languages
Chinese (Simplified), Czech, English, French, German, Italian and 7 more
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
Chinese (Simplified)简体中文––
Czechčeština––
EnglishEnglish (US)–
FrenchFrançais–
GermanDeutsch–
ItalianItaliano–
Japanese日本語–
Korean한국어––
PolishPolski–
Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil)–
RussianРусский–
Spanish (Mexico)Español (Mexico)–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)–

Themes & tags

48 more tags

Story & names

Unlike the Campaign of its predecessor, Battlefield 4's Campaign primarily follows chronological order, and permanently casts the player as Recker. In the beginning, set in Baku, Azerbaijan, Tombstone Squad—consisting of Recker, Dunn, Irish, and Pac—escapes the city, with vital intelligence in hand and Russian special forces in hot pursuit. The squad winds up trapped in a civilian's car when it plunges into the sea. Dunn, trapped between the seats and critically wounded, gives Recker his pistol and orders him to shoot out the windshield.[35] Reluctantly, Recker shoots the window, and Dunn drowns as the others escape. As Tombstone swims to the surface, the player hears their commanding officer, Captain Garrison, talking over the phone about the intel: that Admiral Chang is planning a military coup d'état, and if he succeeds, he will gain full Russian support, confirming an earlier report from an asset in China. Tombstone returns to the USS Valkyrie, an amphibious assault carrier en route to China's eastern coast. On board, Garrison informs them of the assassination of Chinese presidential candidate Jin Jié, and that Chang convinced the Chinese that the United States was responsible. Garrison sends Tombstone, with Recker as squad leader, on a covert mission in Shanghai to rescue three VIPs: Kovic, Hannah, and Hannah's husband. With Tombstone's help, Kovic takes his fellow VIPs to the Valkyrie by helicopter. Meanwhile, Tombstone takes a civilian tourist boat from the shore, just as an electromagnetic pulse fries all electric equipment in the area. Realizing that there are other civilian refugees stranded on boats around them, and against Pac's protests, Irish leads them to the Valkyrie. Aboard the Valkyrie, they head for the USS Titan, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier that can assist them. Upon sighting the Titan, the Valkyrie finds it highly damaged by Chang's Chinese military. Garrison orders Tombstone, with Kovic as acting squad leader (Recker lost the position because he didn't stop Irish in Shanghai), to scour the wreckage of the Titan for vital intelligence before it sinks. Tombstone recovers a hard drive with data from before the Chinese missile attack and fight their way out against boarding Chinese soldiers. The Titan buckles under its own weight while sinking and splits in two, forcing Tombstone to jump ship. Making their way back to the Valkyrie with a hijacked assault boat, they find the carrier under siege by Chinese forces. They board it to repel the Chinese assault. Kovic is critically injured during the engagement, and puts Recker back in charge of Tombstone before he dies. Tombstone then clears the bridge and rescues Hannah's husband and Garrison. Garrison debriefs Recker and Pac on the upcoming assault on the Chinese-controlled Singapore airfield to destroy Chinese air superiority while their air forces are grounded by a storm. Hannah volunteers to join Tombstone, much to Irish's chagrin, as he wasn't involved in the debrief himself. They successfully assault the beach and lead an advance towards the airfield, losing most of their forces in the process. While crossing a bridge to the airfield, Recker is pinned behind by a car blown by the strong winds and tries to break free with the help of Tombstone, to no avail. A large freighter crashes into the bridge, throwing Tombstone into the sea below. They survive and make their way to the airfield via a sewer. After Pac fires the signal flare, Tombstone attempts to evacuate the area using an enemy vehicle, but they are knocked out of their vehicle when the missiles hit, apparently killing Pac. Hannah seemingly betrays the squad, bringing the Chinese soldiers to capture Tombstone; this infuriates Irish, but neither he nor Recker can stop the soldiers from incapacitating them. Recker and Irish are then taken to a prison in the Kunlun Mountains by the Chinese military. There, the two Marines are interrogated about their mission in Shanghai, with Chang personally watching

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Also known as

  • BF 4Acronym
  • 배필4Korean Acronym
  • BF4Acronym
  • Battlefield 4™Alternative spelling

Release dates by region

10 releases in 3 regions

worldwide

north america

europe

  • Nov 01, 2013PS3
  • Nov 29, 2013PS4

The Battlefield series

All 27 games
  1. Battlefield Heroes2009
  2. Battlefield 19432009
  3. Battlefield: Bad Company 22010
  4. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Digital Deluxe Edition2010
  5. Battlefield Play4Free2011
  6. Battlefield 32011
  7. Battlefield 3: Limited Edition2011
  8. This gameBattlefield 42013
  9. Battlefield Hardline2015
  10. Battlefield 12016
  11. Battlefield V: Deluxe Edition2018
  12. Battlefield V2018

Showing 7–18 of 25 main games, in release order.

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Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.