Battlefield 4 is a military first-person shooter set in the near future and follows directly from Battlefield 3 . The focus is on its multiplayer mode, where players can choose to be an assault (front soldiers with medic abilities), recon (snipers), support (front soldiers who can give out ammo) or engineers (explosives experts). All classes have 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 usually big maps with a variety of vehicles to use.
The most significant change is the interactive "Levolution" elements, which emphasize destroyable areas. Each map has one level element that significantly changes how the level looks and plays when destroyed. Battlefield 4 also brings back naval warfare and commander mode. The commander is an additional player who sees the level from an overhead map, gives orders to the team members, and can assign missile strikes.