Battlefield 4 is a military first-person shooter set in the near future and directly continues Battlefield 3 . The focus is on its multiplayer mode, where players take on roles such as assault, recon, support, or engineers, each with special abilities and gadgets that can be unlocked over time. In various team-based playing variants, including conquest and rush modes, players face each other on big maps with vehicles to use.
The most significant change is the interactive "Levolution" elements, which emphasize destroyable areas. Each map has a level element that changes how the level looks and plays when destroyed. Battlefield 4 also brings back naval warfare and commander mode, where one player sees the level from an overhead map and gives orders to team members.
The game features a singleplayer campaign, where players take on the role of a faceless soldier named Recker, who must survive several missions against a Chinese general's regime. The campaign has linear levels with plenty of action and enemy encounters. Co-op mode is no longer available.
The Xbox 360 version has smaller multiplayer maps due to the limit of 24 players instead of 64.