# Battlefield 4

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 24, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096 "2013-10-24T08:46:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![canman23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@canman23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/canman23)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/41 "2014-03-23T14:21:47Z")

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I have BF4 on PS4. Been playing for a few months. If anyone needs help in the game let me know. I plan on renting a server when they start that option. I saw an article the other day taking about server rental for PS4 and Xbox1 systems. If you haven’t played Operation Metro yet, it’s intense fun with 64 players!! You can find me on PS Network player name canman1104

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/42 "2014-04-06T03:44:12Z")

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It’s been out a few months now. Do I want this game on PC?

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/43 "2014-04-08T14:13:22Z")

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I picked it up. Man, I am a bit not good.

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/44 "2015-02-11T23:47:35Z")

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Is anyone still playing this? I’m thinking about buying [premium](http://www.gamersgate.com/games?prio=relevance&q=battlefield10th&aff=ggnews) for $20. At $4 per expansion pack, it seems like a pretty decent deal, given that BF expansion packs are fairly meaty. We played the game quite a bit for maybe 6 weeks, but eventually the bugginess was too frustrating and we didn’t play nearly as much as we played BF3.

But I hear they did a lot to fix the game, so I’m thinking about coming back in a year later. Is anyone still playing, or interested in trying again?

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**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/45 "2015-02-12T00:18:15Z")

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I played this after they patched and it was a lot better, but then my computer crashed. After that I started playing it on ps3 and still occasionally (once a week) get on. It’s a lot better now but still not BF3 level.

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**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/46 "2015-02-13T20:54:12Z")

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I’ve been playing since it comes out and really like it. There are a few annoying bugs, but nothing too horrible. About Premium…it seems the number of servers for the other DLC maps drops pretty drastically after a month or two after the DLC comes out. Most servers just run the core maps. But $20 isn’t bad for Premium. Just keep an eye on the number of servers with maps you think you’d like, especially if you like modes other than conquest, which is far and away the most popular mode.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlefield-4/672096/47 "2015-02-13T21:32:57Z")

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I still do, mostly because I like military shooters, and it’s the best of the bunch right now for the Xbox One.

They have done a LOT to patch it; I’d played it up through about May, and then taken a hiatus after our second son was born until about a month ago. There have been a LOT of changes- bug fixes and some additional functionality added. A surprising number of people still play it online; I expected to get on and see it mostly empty, but it seems just as crowded as ever, but with more really high-level players roaming around than before.

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