The felons and thieves of Battlefield: Hardline are like weak-willed vampires. A quick reveal of a police badge and a yell of "Freeze!" is akin to holding up a holy cross in their faces. They surrender despite being armed with semi-automatic rifles, and protected by bulletproof vests.

New multiplayer modes are well-suited to the Battlefield formula; Even if you're not a skilled killer; you can still make meaningful and enjoyable contributions; Outrageous multiplayer stunts energize competition; The arrest system leads to inadvertent hilarity

Seemingly vigiliant enemies are as dumb as bricks; One-dimensional protagonist; Hotwire's small maps encourage repetitive driving tactics

Battlefield hardline in my opinion is the best campaign in the battlefieldfranchise i recommend you to play it

While it doesn't feel as vital as Battlefields past, inventive new multiplayer modes and a fresh, if slightly unfocused campaign make Hardline the worthy TV spin-off to DICE's big budget blockbusters.

The multiplayer's fresh without diverging too drastically; A short; satisfying; if slightly silly campaign; Hotwire and Crossfire could become your new favourite modes; It looks absolutely stunning - especially Benito Martinezs face

The story spectacularly jumps the shark; An over-reliance on basic stealth in the campaign

Battlefield Hardline puts a new cops-and-robbers spin on the classic Battlefield gameplay, and the result is actually pretty solid. It still retains the big warzone Battlefield battle-feel, but also has new smaller scale modes that are surprisingly fresh.

Fresh take on Battlefield; ridiculous amount of multiplayer options; solid gameplay

Unimpressive visuals; campaign A.I.; campaign unlocks make no sense; no bots

Walking a Hard Line

While I'll play pretty much any kind of game, I tend to frequent the shooter genre above everything else. Sadly, the genre has become increasingly stale, with yearly iterations of the same franchises cluttering up the market with glorified re-skins and very little originality making the final cut.

+ Fun and engaging single player campaign; + Play-style choices in campaign; + Interesting characters; + Same high octane multiplayer you've grown to love; + Hotwire and Crosshair game modes are a worthy addition

- Mediocre ending; - Lack of character development; - Worthless AI; both partners and enemies; - Ease of collectables

Battlefield Hardline is Electronic Art's lucky thirteenth release for the Battlefield franchise. The newest release takes the first-person shooter from massive wars between countries to the battlefields of cops and crooks back home.

Multiplayer is still very much at the core of the Battlefield experience, and Hardline is no different. While the campaign has its moments and is a refreshing break-away from the typical run-and-gun linearity from the series' other entries, it lacks that sense of "speed" that is on show in the...

+ Campaign stealth is a welcomed change; + Multiplayer design is still top-notch; + New modes mix new and old well

- The campaign's driving sequences; - Campaign rewards add little value; - Shallow protagonist; - Stealth mechanics often feel too dumbed down

I bought this as a present for my boyfriend who loves it only problem is I can't get him off it!

Keeps my boyfriend quiet

He won't stop playing it

Wow, really impressive ! New way to play, for the old battlefield fan.. you will still love it cause they have conquest or deadmatch ...