Battlefield 4 gets pretty decent reviews

It’s not as good as last year’s Battlefield 3, but this year’s offering is still impressing many reviewers.

Developer DICE is moving the series towards bigger, well, battlefields — more vehicles, more emergent spectacle, more teamwork. And DICE seems determined to keep everything that has defined the series over the last three years and four game releases. It sounds like a great idea, and in execution Battlefield 4 is as successful as ever at the emergent, bombastic play that’s defined the series. But there are baggage-related bumps along the way.