I'm sick of people playing a game for 0.5 hrs then posting a "review" as if they know anything about the actual game play.

Instead I tried to play various modes and personally experience this game before posting, because I don't want to waste your time with bs.

THE GOOD
This game has so much positive improvements it's close to meeting my deep rooted feelings for BF2.

The game modes are great, giving every variety of player type a version of the game that suits.

For those battle hardened franchise lovers looking for 64 player battles, there are plenty of options. And although some regions with some particular times may not suit for finding lots of players, in most games I tested there were a good number of humans to challenge my skills!

But for me the biggest win was the near instant, ease of selecting either the Conquest Solo/Co-op (very similar to BF2 flag captures) or the Breakthrough Solo/Co-op (push forward to ever moving front line targets) games.
Instantly enter the action against Bots, invite a few friends on EA to join and within about 30 seconds were were all out battling with ease and fun.

Bots can be quickly adjusted depending on the friends and their experience, and the maps are epic, in some cases enhanced version of tried but true BF3 map etc.

BF2 days rekindled. But as I said in my heart I recall fondly the BF2 skirmishes with my friends playing. With a quick EA portal.battlefield.com login, setup a custom Portal experience, I create my favourite maps with my preferences for players, bot numbers, respawn timings etc. Took me about 5 minutes to setup a test Portal Custom game.

Called my friends, told them to join and we were playing my custom game in a few minutes! One friend trying to run me over with his T28 tank as I fled to my buddy picking me up in the LATV4 RECON to attack Delta1! We were back in the thick of action and BF2 style gaming with friends in matter of half an hour.


THE BAD
As mentioned earlier if you're looking for epic all-out warfare there are regions and times that some host servers just don't have many players, sometimes mostly bots and bots can suck badly especially close in combat.

At regular pricing this 2021 game cost can also be quite steep when compared to newer battle games.
But when on sale ( i got it on Christmas special for about $9 ) and then add some cool skins for money you saved otherwise the game can be quite enjoyable, especially in certain game modes with friends.

OVERALL
Overall the game options, the power of using Portal to customise your own play, and the pretty reasonable game progression/weapons improvements make this one of the best games of the franchise and frankly pretty close to my all time favourite BF2 experience!

I appreciate the hard work and several years that have gone into improving this game and recommend you try it with friends, especially if you can get it on sale!

A good shooter with a really engaging gunplay for €4 but don't excpect anything revolutionary, sadly this game died as soon as it was born.

I pre-ordered this game back when the hype was crazy and was of course, supremely disappointed and quit for months. a couple of weeks ago I saw it for sale for 4 bucks and said why not (I switched from console to PC). Game is fun, not to repetitive and is less filled with AI ♥♥♥♥ and EOMM like bo6, which makes it a gem! if on sale, I would recommend!