There have been a lot of great... and not so great Battlefield games. This is my ranking of EVERY Battlefield game.
@Nick930 "The History Of Battlefield" • History of Battlefield...
00:00 My Battlefield Tier List
00:11 Battlefield 1942
01:28 Battlefield Vietnam
02:01 Battlefield 2
02:56 Battlefield 2142
03:35 Battlefield Bad Company
04:19 Battlefield 1943
04:56 Battlefield Heroes
05:37 Battlefield Bad Company 2
06:48 Battlefield Online & Play4Free
07:16 Battlefield 3
08:16 Battlefield 4
09:20 Battlefield Hardline
10:29 Battlefield 1
12:04 Battlefield 5
13:11 Battlefield 2042
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Really sad to see the franchise going down so hard. The golden age between Bad Company and Bf1 will never be repeated.
problem is the devs of them games moved on, even just good map design seems beyond DICE now
@@chipzz86 Ya a lot of them are part of Embark studios and they are working on 2 new games The Finals and Arc Raiders both will be free to play.
@@RowanHD15the thing is, I don’t really want the finals or arc raiders, I want battlefield. A bf1 experience but in a different theme for me. And not bf5, I have that game but I don’t really like.
BF1 was the last solid launch they had, since then it’s been shit release after shit release with the game losing its identity and taking away features that defined battlefield.
The biggest miss was Visceral games doing cringe cops vs robbers when they could’ve instead done 2143 or cold war… what were they thinking.
BC2 and BF3 will forever hold a special place in my heart
yeah with you on that one but definitely bad company 2, that was my favorite
We truely grew up in the greatest era of gaming. Im glad I was around to see it all burn to shit with microtransactions and battle passes. We'll never know another AAA Renaissance like the mid 2000s. Everyone should give a fat bow to capitalism for not only building the beast, but allowing it to devour an amazing industry.
I remember when elitists were saying BF3 and BF:BC2 were not true BF and that the gameplay was casualised to appeal console players. Now 10+ years later everyone agree they were masterpieces.
BC 2 was unbelievably good. Extremely underrated compared to its follow-ups, which makes sense, given how wildly good they were. BF 3 will forever be my favorite, but BC 2 was just so, so solid.
@@ousou78 BF2 elitists are a minority now because BF3 was so popular that it has many more legions of fans. To be fair, BF2 was wider in scope and did combined-arms better at the cost of shitty gunplay, it was just a different style of game. The people who would have liked BF2 back then are probably the people who play Squad today
Seeing BC2 go in B tier hurt. Solid A tier material imo, especially with the amazing Vietnam expansion
Yea bc2 was a A tier
I came down here to write "BC2 better be S or A before I watch the video" then I seen this bro :(
Disliking the video just cause of this
I wont downvote since its subjective, but I could never bring myself to upvote a vid that didint put BC2 at S tier
I'd say S tier. One of the coolest campaigns along with amazing destruction and a good multiplayer. Yeah really the only BF game that outclasses it is BF 3
I randomly bought bf1 for 5$ on steam sale a few months ago. First battlefield game I've ever played. I've put 200 hours into it since. One of the most fun fps experiences I've ever had. Insanely good atmosphere, really makes you feel like you're in a battle.
The sound design in bf1 is still industry leading imo.
Bf5 is now 4 dollars on steam....
Yeah the atmosphere is just spot on.
It's just a shame how bfv couldn't follow in bf1s footsteps. I could never get into bf1 cause thinking about ww1 you think about trenches not people running and gunning. That type of game mode in design works a lot better with the ww2 setting in bfv. It's a shame they had to add a bunch of nonsense stuff that made the ww2 setting look like a steam punk alternative timelines ww2 which is probably part of the reason it flopped in the beginning. No one knew what it was supposed to be
@@charon_lix BFV might not be doing what BF1 did best, but they sure did fix everything that BF1 suffered from. Camping tanks, 3D spot spamming, LMG running and gunning, smg18/08, sweet spot, flare gun spam, tight choke points, behemoths (my god that added nothing to the game besides spectacles to look at), medic problem, assault being a grenade bot, etc. atmostphere wise, BF1 beats BFV by a long shot, but gameplay wise it's not even close to be honest. I have put 500 hours into BF1, last played August but after I gave BFV another go I completely unable to go back to BF1, I'm sorry but BF1 is just broken
BF3 is far too legendary. Most fun, replayable, rewarding shooter ever. The DLCs were all awesome too. Playing Close Quarters was actually insane. Best time ever.
Yeah it's map design was just overall better than bf4's imo.
It’s too bad it had extremely bad hit detection
BF3 still has some of the most fun gaming memories i have for a FPS to this day my friends n i still talk about them
I feel that bf1 was a superior game though in terms of the fun category, especially if you had the dlcs.
@@bradenmchenry995 that and the bloody bloom and blue tint
Not a single Battlefield has ever topped the enjoyment BF3 gave me, truly a master piece!
Best battlefield by far
Battlefield 2 was better imo
Agree bf3 is peak
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@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancisgot to disagree some matches I had in bf1 were like a movie nothing topped the immersion bf1 had
Had they continued support for BFV it would have had potential to become their best title. The graphics, audio, movement and gunplay of that game is simply unrivaled.
too bad about the squads of women in a ww2 game. completely immersion breaking
@@rileybobbert6527yep at least bf1 kept historical accuracy by bringing in russian sniper women bf5 went the politically correct route sadly
@hooniganruiz5613 bf1 went the politically correct route as well. if the russian sniper women was a pick up in the field then that would have been somewhat acceptable. but 1/8 combatants being a woman sniper in a ww1 game is still immersion breaking when the ratio of men to women in ww1 was like 5 million to 1 lmao
@@rileybobbert6527 the womens battalion of death and the women soldiers who shaved their heads to be mistaken for men. Bf1 did a good job in keeping the accuracy... idk how a kit all the sudden making you a woman makes any sense
Wasn't really a fan of the atmosphere of the game, some maps felt too bright and sound design was lacking in some aspects.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Vietnam was an absolute gem of a DLC
Along with all DLC in Battlefield 3 and 4.
Battlefield 3, what a great time it was ❤
Back then when people said MW3 vs BF3
@@MikeTheGreekI still think BF3 won over MW3
I remember hiting Colonel 145 the good old days :/
Yeah, who didn’t love being suppressed into another dimension? I love when my bullets come out at an 85 degree angle. 😂
@@iDeagles sounds like a skill issue
BF1 atmosphere was crazy! I love it and still play it from time to time BF4 is besides the awful launch a great game and got better over the years. Now it´s one of the best games ever. I loved the customization options.
Bf4 with bf1 graphics and destruction...
@R-SXX as long as metro is a vanilla map and not a dlc. Such a memorable map and is hard to find a server now with that on the list
BF4 was amazing. I don't understand the BF1 hype though. Sure it looked good, but the gameplay was horrendous. One of the worst BF games in my opinion.
@@grinsk3kslol what bf1 had some of the cleanest gameplay of all the games. The hit reg was so good, almost rivalling cod in that aspect for the first time. Even bfv was really good in that aspect. bf2042 was the first time the gameplay felt like a free to play title made by indie Devs. It seriously felt worse than bad company 2, probably more like combat arms if you've ever played that horrendous game. In fact it might have been even worse.
BF3 gameplay and maps blew bf4 out the water it was just a cod version of bf
How could you NOT give BAD COMPANY 2 S tier is insane...
Or atleast top tier A
because is just his poor opinion...He likes graphics....:)))))))))
@@kafka27Ayumu Uehara, Shioriko Mifune, Yuu Takasaki, and Setsuna Yuki all gave Battlefield Bad Company 1 and 2 an S tier.
BF BC2 it's S tier the rest of the BF franchise is on the lower tire.The author of this video know nothing @@purwantiallan5089
Yeah, seriously. Otherwise I more or less agree with the list. At least an A to BC2.
I feel bad for everyone who missed out on Battlefield 2. It was such a glorious experience when it came out and so many great moments could happen.
Battlefield V and 2 also easily an S tier Battlefield game.
I still play BF1. The immersion is like none other. Its so damn epic!
Still my favourite as well mate, was a brilliant game and it didn’t bother me with the gunplay issues he talked about. It was WW1 and those weapons wouldn’t have been anything great to use. Loved BF3 as well
@@LeakingFlange Definitely accept the criticisms but you can't deny the atmosphere they created.
@@SmoothKenny definitely mate, atmosphere was insane for BF1. Won’t be another game like it
I’m thinking about getting bf1 soon but I’m not really sure about it just because if I do get it I’ll only be able to play it for like 2 years and then I’m off to the military for real so I’m just not really sure
I love BF1 so much. I doubt it will ever be topped.
Battlefield 3, the amazing memories I have playing that game with friends will live with me till the day I die. Truly a very special game. I'll never forgive EA for what they have done to this once great franchise
The funny thing is, When BF3 came out the entire internet thought IT was ruining the franchise. And the theme repeats every time a new BF game is launched.
@@Scaredporkzz I do agree to a certain extent but there is also no way people will look back on BF 2047 in 10 years time the same way they do BF 3 now
Oh man I remember jumping off on Damavand Peak for the first time with my son he was 7 then. We were both yelling as we leaped off the ledge into the air lol Freefalling and watching all the other players around us zooming downward, to the final battle, how cool was that !!?? Realizing today everything great about that game from beginning to end unlike where the franchise wound up unfortunately. We had such a blast playing BF3 together epic memories for sure. CLASSIC !!
@@SMB291 oh for sure 2042 is still kind of a mess even after "fixing" it. All they did was stitch it up to stop the bleeding. BF3 is one of my top 5 games EVER to be clear and in ways i liked BC2 just as much, but it was rush only (ish) so it loses a few points in comparison. Both those games were just torn to pieces on Reddit when they were current titles though..its just funny how perception flipped alot over the years.
Battlefield franchise... I wonder if it will end like Command and Conquer
I think it's impressive that BF4, BF1, and BF5 still have active communities and servers. BF4 is 10 years old and I can still load up the game and find packed 64 player servers to play on. Heck, BF1 and BF5 are still rocking 10k+ daily concurrent users.
You could find thousands of players for almost every PC title if DICE & EA would still support said games.
Battlefield 1942 and 2 are my set in stone favorites. Nothing like 1942 had ever existed before, and I learned how to build a gaming computer specifically for Battlefield 2.
BC2 in B tier is criminal that game was so wild and fun. I still haven't found a shooter I've enjoyed as much.
Seriously, it's an S tier game. I've been able to enjoy the battlefield games since then, but they have never been as good as BC2.
BC2 and BF3. Still for me, Hands down the best. Even still play BF4 as it seems more populated atm
Battlefield Heroes as F is a war crime. How old is guy who made this tier list? 9? I know this is not "hard battlefield gameplay" like other BFs but come on. This game was hell of fun.
Same for me. BC2 rush mode was perfection, linear asymmetric maps where the game designers decided balance wasn't always needed were hard to play, and clutch wins from behind were epic and so satisfying. No other BF game has come close to the intensity BC2 managed to consistently create.
I'm glad you said something. BC2 was incredible, and definitely S tier, IMO.
Battlefield 3's sound design does not get praised enough. It set the bar not just for the series but the genre as a whole.
Dude yes. I remember starting a round in the Metro beta test, crawling through a train car, and just taking a moment to appreciate the sounds all around me. Bf3, and bc2 had the best sound design. The guns really felt loud and the echoes were very atmospheric
yeah, even if it was not true to life, the bass and all just sounds better than the tinny realistic bf4 sounds
Absolutely. X-Fi CMSS-3D + BF3 = Perfect.
"THESE MOTHERF*CKERS GOT ME PINNED DOWN!" "THEY'RE ON ME LIKE FLIES ON 💩 OVER HERE!"
The M95 sniper from BC2 is auditory perfection.
2142 deserves a higher ranking IMO. I was very sceptical at first, thinking it would be filled with loads of 'omg lasers pew pew' noobs but it was actually very good. The infantry vs armour was pretty much perfect, I never saw a game dominated by a vehicle camper at the edge of the map.
and BF 2142 has by far the best teamplay experience of all BF.
I understand the criticism of the movement and actions like ADS being clunky compared to modern engines, but at its peak, 2142 was one of the best multiplayer experiences I've had. None has quite paralleled a 64p titan match for me. Whether it resulted from the game mechanics or the community, the team play functioned super well. I think the restricted ability to run n gun actually necessitated more strategy. Last, the setting didn't feel gimmicky and the class equipment was pretty cool. 2142 and Bad Company 2 are my S tier.
They did a good job making a future that didn't feel too completely out of whack. Most soldiers still using regular gunpowder weapons and rockets with just a few sci-fi touches like EMP grenades, grav/floaty tanks, and Mech walker tanks was spot-on for a believable future setting.
2142 had in game advertisements, which earned a boycott from many
@@green285 ha, well I feel bad for them. Maybe that was an unprecedented move at the time, but if a few ATI billboards were a viable alternative to microtransactions or loads of payed DLC, I'd take the ads any day. I remember the great experiences I had playing, not the ads. Still, that's not to say I condone any of EA's bs though.
I remember watching Battlefield Friends and Bf3 content from you when I was in elementary and middle school. Kind of insane that I'm starting my senior year of college and still watching your content. I feel like 2042 really missed the mark but I still have hopes that the next battlefield game will be cool even though I don't have as much time to play videogames nowadays with life and all that. You are a cool dude Levelcap.
BF3 is a masterclass , simply the best multiplayer fps ever made .
that belongs to BC2 not BF3
@@ouroborostechnologies696noway, bf3 holds up till today. Bc2 was archaic the moment bf3 launched
@@James_Philip915 After BF2 (and COD4 as a filler till BF3) BC2 was ok (rush, infantry) but just a canapé to something much much bigger we couldn't await. We abandoned BC2 competely after BF3 launch. Funny I went back to BF3 with every new title since. Got 4600h of playtime now...
*Ever* made? Mate we have 30 years of multiplayer shooters, from progenitors like Quake and Unreal Tournament to classics that are still played today like CSGO, industry defining titles like TF2 and PUBG... Battlefield 3 is a great game, but to say it's the best ever made is just straight up wrong. I honestly think it's impossible to even judge what the best multiplayer FPS game ever made is because it's such an enormous field.
@surject There was a comma missing in my comment. Just fixed it. By the way, cod4 was weak when compared to bc2. MW2 is when cod got good.
BF 1943 was one of the MOST fun games back in the day! Maybe a little simple, but fantastic!
It was very appropriately priced too, like $15 I think? Lots of fun, and I especially loved the airplane combat and Air Superiority, even years after I would load up 1943 just to dogfight planes until I couldn't anymore
@@KoalaPlus Yes! The dogfights were amazing!
yeah that was a fun one, played the crap outta that one on the ps3
THANK YOU! Agreed 100%
I agree, I ended up placing 29th on the xbox leader board I played it that much 🤣 The launch was garbage though and lead to me and my friends naming our BFBC2 team "Please Stand By" as that was the screen you'd see all the time when the servers weren't connecting.
Battlefield heroes was such a blast, wish they either had kept it and see where it would have gone, or made something similar these days.
its called Fortnite lol
@@RustyX2010 there you go, you can already see it is way ahead of its time.
The Finals came out and it looks like its made by same devs, it has same 3 class system with fun abilities,movement,gun play but has more realistic battlefield touch to it
Im so happy you have BF1 this much love. It truly is one of my favorite multiplayer games ive ever played, if not the best battlefield game. Its the only game that truly made me feel like i teleported into the actual atmosphere, the music, the sound design, the maps all just hit me so deep and i felt like i was there. By far one of my favorite sniping games as well, it was unreasonably satisfying to hit headshots 😊
BF1 was largely hated by most Battlefield fans when it actually came out. It's the entire reason DICE had no idea what to do going forward, cuz they got the notion that people didn't like BF1 and had to go a different direction. Goes to show half the problem wasn't really DICE, it was also the cynical, outrage-addicted fanbase who cannot be pleased by anything anymore. And now that everybody looks back and remembers, "Oh yea, that game was actually fantastic", which is something I was screaming from the roof the entire time, it's far too late. All the damage is done and we all lost a great thing because of it.
When you release a game with terrible RNG shooting mechanics in a franchise that never had that, it seems predictable that the old breed would hate it. Personally I only played a few hours before I put it down out of frustration. Only made one return to it and found I couldn't move two feet without being mortar or grenaded because I was constantly spotted by flares. The graphics and the atmosphere were certainly s tier but the gun/ game play at least when I played it were f tier. Nothing more frustrating than having your sights on a guy and because he is 50 feet away only half your bullets hit and getting a head shot is completely down to random chance.
@@cods1pe3r that is totally fair and i completely get it uk, but man i honestly just got used to it and accustomed to which fights i take and which i avoid but the grenade shit has always been a battlefield franchise problem with me, i genuinely think not everyone should be able to keep a granade, cancerous shit ever
@@yaminaqeeli5766 yeah explosives spam is problem in pretty much all sorts these days... What I don't get is why the battlefield developers added indirect fire weapons like mortars and ucavs. Who the hell was asking for that. There was this annoying kid I went to school with that would, if he ever got to be the leader in four square, make it so he could never be eliminated as one of the rules. That is who I picture as the people that use ucavs and mortars. Almost forgot about those eod robots from battlefield 4.
@@cods1pe3r nah exactly man lmao these really are the type of people that be using that shit, in all the hours i put into these games ive only used the mortar once and never touched the ucavs. That shit just isnt fun to me, completely ruins the streaks and moments when i die to these shits. And its not even satisfying to use, you just feel like a snake sitting at the back with your mortar hoping to catch someone.
Bad company 2 not being S tier is a god damn sin. I BELIEVED IN YOU LEVELCAP. I FEEL BETRAYED AND EMOTIONAL ATTACKED BY THE PLACEMENT OF BC2
Bro this guy is wild for that, BBC2 is a title that had all of us wishing for a 3rd
easily S tier for console players imo
Bc2, bf3, bf1 is the only options for s tier for me
BC2 is a A+ for me, only because BF3 and BF1 exists. Otherwise it wouldve been a S.
I dont get why they haven't made a BC3 yet, its a fan favourite series and easy money in their eyes. Plus its a nice change up to all the past/future era games they've been making the last several years
BF4 is by far the best BF to ever exist
Agreed, man!👌👍
Hardline better
Agree
The only downside to 4 is the map design. The vanilla maps are fucking cheeks.
4 was good I think 3 had a better feel and maps tho
I'm really hopeful that, seeing Battlebit's success, DICE remakes BF2142 in a similar image. The setting was cool and the titan mode was so fun. Also the Commander aspect with orbital/emp strikes.
Everybody overlooks the mountains of flaws with Battlebit in a way that current Battlefield fans would never do for an actual Battlefield game. The whole fanbase is beyond toxic at this point. All the bitching about BF1 at the time(people forget it was NOT well loved by the fanbase) is a huge reason the franchise got so off course since. DICE had no idea what to do to please the fans. Turns out, they should have just ignored all of us and all the complaints and just stuck with their vision.
@@maynardburgerthey can at least look at what people like about their games and make sure we have that instead of hero abilities and bugs. It's just dumb when you've already created so many good games to lose track of what people want.
They gotta make a game thats called just Battlefield and incorporate all the good and none of the bad they have learned over the years. A good campaign is also required.
Battlefield 3 Levelcap, matimio, xfactor, and jackfrags. Absolute classic, thank you levelcap for the memories.
4 is by far my favourite, my ideal next game would be similar to 3 and 4, with a return to the emphasis on general destruction, instead of the more scripted events and 2042's almost complete lack of destruction. I'd also reintroduce taking ammo from teammates, maybe have to hold the button for a second instead of just instantly taking it, and bring back the ability to carry vehicles with helicopters, imagine how funny it would be to have two cargo helicopters dogfighting with the tanks/IFV's they're carrying.
4 never had the magic 3 had, aesthetics felt derivative, worse map flow, worse vehicle balance, and each weapon lacked it's unique character and feel it had in 3.
I built my first pc just because of bf3. Bf3 is definitely the best game of all time for me. All of the maps (including the dlc) are awesome and memorable
Same here!
same
Lol, same!
Dude me2. I wasn’t really gaming during the PS2 generation, but slowly got back into gaming when i got a PS3. BF1943, GTA IV and then BC2 got me back into gaming again. Then they announced BF3 and I knew I had to upgrade to PC for the full experience and higher player count. Iv never gone back to a console since.
Same dude, great times even though I was ps3 at the time max rank. I wanted to experience the better graphics and the bigger versions of the maps. Moved to PC max. Effing nuts. Awesome memories from BF3.
Desert Combat deserves it's own spot on the list. We wouldn't have BF2 without it. It was a mod but it shaped what the franchise would become.
DC was S+ tier and significantly better than BF2. BF2 was honestly D tier, I uninstalled it and continued playing DC when it came out.
3 is and will forever be untouchable. What an absolute masterpiece. I lost so many hours to that game it was absurd.
Saaaame! Even hit a 2.0 KD ratio. I genuinely don’t know how many days gameplay I had on that absolute masterpiece
It'll always be BC2 for me. I love the almost complete destructability, and I also love the idea of having fewer vehicles on the map but making them scarier. I'll never forget playing Port Valdez and being terrified of seeing an attack helicopter appear around a building.
I still remember the first day I loaded up the beta for that game and parachuted into Port Valdez. Fuck that was so long ago
Valparaiso blackhawk gunner was god tier gameplay
Same here! It’s sad to see that ea will let bc2 die on dec 8th…. It’s the only bf which I play daily.
That game shouldve been s class 100%
😢 it was my favorite Battlefield. More than 600+ hours I spent in the multiplayer. It wasn't overloaded with gimmicks and weapons. Play up to lvl 20 and you do have almost the same equipment as an lvl 50 player. At that point only skill counts. I always hoped for BC 3. But even the developers couldn't pin point, why it is such an amazing game. 😢
Only came to make sure BF 1 was ranked highly. Truly a masterpiece of a game imo. From the trenches of Argonne Forest to the cliffs of Sinai Dessert, this game was a surreal experience at times.
It’s easily the most underrated game in the franchise.
Yeah, and that falls apart if you remember that the vehicles have self repair and even 1 person can't destroy 1 tank. That game is sniper heaven, and DMRs are absolute garbage and the least used weapons in that game. That game also has the worst vehicle spawn system in the franchise that still infects modern Battlefields like V and 2042.
No way. Spread, bugs, suppression, mortars, grenade spam, planes, the worthless behemoths, months of broken net ode making the game unplayable. Shit class balancing, looking at medics at the end of its life. No fucking way.
@@troypowers750Don’t have to be so negative. I was just reminiscing fondly of a game that gave me a lot of joy.
@seanpalfy6355 Well, it obviously didn't give me any joy after the Russian DLC where the MGs got stupid overpowered.
BFV's gameplay and mechanics are so well-designed it's actually not fair compairing to other titles. BFV fixes everything that is wrong with BF1. For starters, they removed the 3D ping system, my god was that toxic as hell you cant go anywhere without being spotted. Assault now has actual and diversed weapon, being a viable class. Medic is crazy OP after they give them the SMG treatment, allowing them to revive allies without the syringe and the animation is just chef's kiss; the balancing and QoL medic changes are extremely well done, not to mention their smoke grenades are finally useful now. The support class is also fixed by letting them ADS only when prone/bipods are deployed, as much as I love BF1 but I can't stand the sweats running and gunning with a LMG 250 ammo cap like it's an smg, great move from the Devs, also the crate and pouch mechanics are good now, they make total sense. I can't believe it but DICE absolutely fixed the sniper class by removing the sweet spot and you can only 3d spot with binoculars, they also added beacons and reworked the flare guns it's incredible how balanced it is, and the snipers actually feel different for once. There are other changes too with vehicles, squads and building mechanics but overall I think BFV deserve at least an A, for all their effort put into balancing the game and making the game actually fun to play. It was such a shame that they put so little content out for BFV, BFV really deserved better
Honestly, hotline is my favorite Battelfield game, especially playing hotwire (i think is what it's called? the mode where you drive the cars around, it was basically a moving domination mode). I genuinely did like the theme and the concept of using money as a currency which is directly related to the concept of robbers. I think it's heavily underrated
BFBC2 Was my main stay game for Years! Was an Amazing game and I loved it
I feel like battlefield 4 after the fixes was the most fleshed out, best battlefield experience you could get. The shear content is just unrivaled and the quality was just amazing. Will never forget it. Was really hoping 2042 would scratch that itch and be able to put another thousand hours into but we all know how that turned out...
i miss the dragon's teeth maps from that game
@@masqerader I loved using the m60 on that map. Most other dlc maps were really really good too. Hope they just remaster bf4 honestly I'd play it
Battlefield 3 and 4 and 5 all should've been S.
@@topbanana.2627Battlefield 4's main protagonist is still way better than main character in COD MW II 2022.
@@masqeraderBattlefield 4 DLC maps also are great especially on Chinatown Wars.
Honestly Battlefield 2 will always be GOATed to me. I remember playing that on my dads PC, nothing quite compared to commanding a squad to take an object, using the UAV to spot an incoming squad then dropping an Arti strike on them to halt the advance. Or scanning the map to find that one guy hiding at the back as the commander and dropping a supply crate on him. Top shit honestly.
Not sure why your videos stopped appearing in my algorithm... just now catching up. Keep up the good work!
So glad to see Battlefield 1 get so much love. It truly is a work of art. Never had I played a game and within the same match feel childlike awe, terror, and triumph in a multi-player shooter. Timeless classic in my opinion that will live beyond it's franchise's namesake perhaps.
Just out of curiousity: Did you play any of the other Battlefield titles before? Dont get me wrong, compared to Bf2042 its great, but at its release most Battlefield Veterans were very disappointed of Bf1 because of the bad gunplay and explosions/poison/fire-spam all over the map. (Looks great but plays terrible most of the time.)
Greatest shooter ever made
@@Watchxes I also think BF1 is the best battlefield. I started with 1942. And played almost all of them. BF2142 was very good as well. Also BF2 and BF3. Not to forget bad company 2.
I've played a lot of them except bad company 1 , bf and bf2. Honestly bf1 just has so much heart to it. It feels so immersive to play, operations is a chefs kiss with all the yelling and pushing/defending. Best of all I love emblem making and the companion app still works!
Having 2142 in the C teir is insulting to me....with Hardline..Jesus. In its time 2142 was really fun and new game/concept for an FPS Mechs, crazy gadgets and Titan mode were insanely fun and the conquest was incredible. I put just as many hours into it as I did BF2 and I still look back on it fondly like I do BF2, BF3 and to a lesser extent BC2. B+ teir for sure.
i loved 2142. 2042 should have been 2143.
Agreed, very underrated title, I enjoyed it a lot.
What I love about Battlefield Bad Company 2 is that you can blow up a building. You put C4 on everything and it sure works for tanks too.
I was debating on subscribing, looking over your page and this video was playing in the background. I heard the words Tribes and Tribes 2 and instantly subbed.
I had so much fun playing Hardline and would still play it today if the servers were populated. If they slapped another title on it besides Battlefield it could've been a new franchise on its own.
Man, I'd do anything to go back to the BF3 days. Some of the best times in my life.
For me it’s bf4. Good times back then
Luckily you can still play those, quite a lot of servers active.
Took over 10 years for me to get tired of titan mode, and even then it was still my jam... Props to Airjer and lillyishot for doing so much to keep 2142 going for so long after gamespy went down... I love BF4, but forr me nothing will replace the team play abilities we had with 2142..
Is it possible to still play Titan mode??
@@niclash Not that I know of, last year there were a few still playing, but not often.. So I gave up on it. Best game I ever had!
@@Jarazek I have seen BF2142 in CTF mode but not with Titan. I always assumed that a special server software was required and DICE/EA never let that out from their control. You couldn't play Titan on the office LAN...
BF1942 desert combat mod was truely epic. Playing on mouse and keyboard as a soldier then stitching to hotas joystick jumping into an apache helicopter was amazing. Tank battles in El Alamein were terrific. The golden days...
No kidding. Those mods for Eve of Destruction and Desert Combat and Forgotten Heroes mod literally paved the way for what the people wanted in the series and deserve more credit, plus those games were free, no DLC garbage!
I started with BF2 and it is definitely an S-tier to me. When the first videos of it came out, everyone was shocked by how good it looked. And it fully lived up to the hype. BF3 is also an S-tier to me even though it lacks some of the things BF2 had, like extra view toggles for vehicles, it greatly improved other areas, such as gun combat
This. Bf2 graphically was way more shocking than bf3 when came out
@@MichaeloApC agree, remember 2005 demo
@@MichaeloApCexactly. I remember it as a kid, was craaaazy.
S Tier for the mods alone.
@@danielring8060all mods in BF2 to 4 are easily an S tier also.
If you are an old school gamer you would know that BF2 was the launching pad to Battlefield, still has some of the best map layouts to date
It is still my favorite today. Strike at Karkand was amazing.
Gulf of Oman was the best map
BF2 remains my favorite Battlefield so far. I have played this game A LOT, it's hard to give an exact number because there was no centralised tracking for overall time played, but across my various ranked accounts and time tracked in xfire it has to be more than 2000 hours, probably even upwards of 2500 hours. Battlefield 2 also gave birth to Project Reality, which started as a BF2 total conversion mod and later went on to become a standalone game (as BF2 turned into abandonware). Project Reality is my favorite multiplayer shooter of all time without a doubt. it's incredible would the mod devs could do with the Refractor 2 engine, the game is also incredibly well balanced and was extremely addictive. Some of the Project Reality devs later split off to more or less recreate the game in a modern engine, you might be familiar with the result - it's Squad.
Nothing will ever beat the feeling that playing BF2 gave me and the memories I carry with me. One of the greatest video games of all time
BF2 was the best.
BC2,BF3,BF4 and Hardline have a special spot in my heart for getting me thru the worst times ❤️
>BF1 in S-tier >BF2 in A-tier >BFBC2 in B-tier >BFBC and BFH in C-tier sad to see the fanbase going in the wrong direction as well
BFV after the updates became one of the most well playing battlefields, gun play was phenomenal, fortifications were a great counter to destruction, destruction was everywhere, and the vehicle gameplay was fun
yess, the core gunplay and fight / battle mechanics, movements, vehicles are the reason why i am still at BFV, it's too good! went back to BF1 and BF4 multiple times but the gunplay/netcode is not that good there... BFV still rocks!
I would agree but it still lacks a lot of flavour for a ww2 shooter. There is no late western front, eastern front and very few iconic guns as well as factions. Honestly what it offers is amazing but it doesn't offer much.
@@georgemakrov6174 for 2$ wich was the price i got it last december . . . i mean . . . its a freaking good game for that price.
I agree with this list outside of the ranking of BF Vietnam... Vietnam was a huge step forward from the first title, IMO. It felt more refined, it had more variety, and the fact that a Huey could fly over head while blasting Fortunate Son just really brought that level of immersion and uniqueness that separated BF from other titles. I really wish they would bring this game back as a remaster or just incorporate it into the "Portal" feature in the next BF title. Just my opinion obviously, but it really holds a special place in my heart. At the VERY least it deserves B tier, but I personally would consider it A tier, but that could just be my nostalgia bumping it up a little bit.
Bad maps and bad balance.
@@airbomb34 you could say that about current bf titles too. Especially 2042. They were figuring things out at that point. It wasn’t insanely unbalanced in my recollection. I recall having some pretty close games when people PTFO.
I still think a Cold War Battlefield game could be really really really good. Imagine Battlefield 3 tone, but even darker and grittier, with US & USSR as the two opponents. That setting would have so much potential for a Battlefield games especially since it has never been done except for the Vietnam part of the Cold War.
@@airbomb34 not at all, it was Vietnam, battles were very asymmetrical. BFVietnam did really well capturing the GI vs Charlie gameplay.
@@SaltozGamingThat sounds like a great idea. Maybe add submarines like behemoths in BF1.
BC2’s “limited” kit was why the game was so good. Limiting options keeps roles defined and the cheese to a minimum. Except Medic Cheese. And I liked the inability to go prone. Fite me.
Bf3 was literally just a bad version of BC2 with even worse maps. BF3 legit played like a mix of Call of Duty and Team Fortress 2, it was significantly worse than BC2.
Battlefield Heroes was so fun! Was sad when it got cancelled :(
BF1 is what I would like to call a perfect Battlefield game, aside from the random bullet deviation of course which will sometimes become an annoying issue. But everything else is just superb! The maps, details, graphics, the atmosphere, sound design are simply perfect.
Remove the absurdly game breaking crutches and you'd be correct. e.g. mega trains if you're losing. Also the hero kits were ridiculous if you weren't a mouth breather. Completely overpowered and not fun.
Its spread not random deviation.
@@detectiveharris8772 It's still ridiculous how slowly tap firing a gun still ends up with an unpredictable random recoil pattern. It lowers the skill ceiling of the game. That and how a game set with WWI still heavily favors fast firing, automatic guns instead of bolt actions rifles that were what the vast majority of soldiers used during that era.
It has a broken conquest mode and way too much explosive spam.
bf1 had a lot more wrong with it than level is letting on. vehicle balance was truly awful, behemoths and hero kits were infuriating to fight, and weapons were obviously a weak point in the franchise. one of the only battlefield games I never really revisited because I didn't like the gameplay.
Battlefield Heroes is strongly underrated. So much fun back in the day, nice balance of vehicles and foot soldiers. Also the different classes were pretty ingenious and perfectly balanced. Maybe not a game for serious battlefield fans, but it was just so much fun all around. To this day the planes in Battlefield Heroes are the most intuitive to fly, I would take those over BF1 any day.
I loved to play Battlefield Heroes too, it was a fun game tbh
just think if it was still around today.
@@RustyX2010 you can still play it, the community acually has servers on Rising Hub
There is still a BFH community playing battlefield heroes on a private Server. We Need to make this Great again!!
I used to love that game until the play4free went to pay2win
BF3 was the reason I switched from Xbox to PC. Between having to DL the high resolution texture pack for BF3 and seeing YT videos comparing the PC version to the 360 version, I took my teenage summer job money and bought a second hand custom built PC from a friend. From there it launched my entire PC building hobby chasing the high FPS thrill BF games. BF1 crowned it all by far when it came to graphics, atmosphere, story, and replayability.
Funnily enough, I almost preferred BF3 on console. 64 players was great on a select few maps, but was otherwise just too much in most maps, especially any smaller ones. It was hectic, but not in a fun way.
Thank you for a truly fair ranking of BF games. So many of these lists are usually made by very young KZheadrs with huge recency bias that never really played the classic BF games. Though I do think there’s a few debatable rankings here, it seems like these are all only potentially off by 1 ranking, whereas some of the other rankings online are way off. Oh and HUGE props for having an unranked tier for the games you never played instead of trying to force an unfair ranking.
BF2 was my jam back in the day. Only BattleBit is showing me its magic again nowadays.
100% true. Besides the graphics, everything after BF2 was a downgrade. They prioritize action over gameplay now.
@@uziclip2320 2142 was epic as well, based on BF2 engine.
I think BF2 deserves S-tier. Sure it is not a as refined as Bf3 but the direction of the game was not only revolutionary to the BF series (as you said the commander and etc) but to a whole other genre of more hardcore big scale battle games, spurring first into Project Reality, which in turn would inspire games like Squad. The impact on the industry is off the charts and I think although considered an A tier that would be underrated.
BF2 was revolutionary and definitely deserves S-tier. Its game play was unrivaled for so long.
Bf 2 must be the first and the inky S tier in the list. Not that the others don't deserve S tier but no game came close to Bf2 when we talk about how much a game can change the videogames panorama. Bf3 is supreme but has basically nothing more to offer really than the 2. It's just a refined version of the 2 without the commander (I still miss it today) and with the addition of the "unlock the next item" mindset.
BF2 and 3/4 along with BD2 are the most fun and pleasant FPS games on the market. Tho BD2 and BF4 had some questionable design choices that made the game progressively more annoying. BF1 is boring sorry
BF4 is not only best Battlefield game, it’s the GREATEST FPS ever created!
Battlefield 2 is definitely a S-Tier game. This game is just Iconic and I still play it in 2023. The Modcommunity was massive and improved the game even more.
I think your tier list is flawless, except for Bad Company 2, I truly believe it is an S tier game, the Vietnam expansion was insane as well. Simply put, I never, even in BF3 (probably the scope glint for me, irrealistic and annoying), which I love, got as much fun as playing Rush on BC2 on PC. It was, for all intents and purposes, flawless to me. The real moment Battlefield became broken in my mind, is when they started limiting ammo capacity to 3 mags. Game breaking, fun breaking, dumb decision.
BF BC2 was the first game I played online multi-player. I even met some cool friends by logging in for the first time. BF3 is also definitely an S tier game. I love both titles.
The tragedy of Battlefield is that they could never get everything right in one game. We go to BF1 for the atmosphere, BFV for the gameplay, BF3 for the maps, BC2 for the destruction, BF4 for the customization, 1942 for the mods, and 2042 for the crossplay.
Preach. It seems like it would be an obvious formula to create the ultimate best Battlefield, but chasing trends is what matters more to corporate executives so I don't think we'll be blessed to ever see such a game in our lifetimes :(
I had the most fun with 2142, the balancing and teamplay was perfect
Fr. C tier is absolutely criminal considering 2 (a balancing mess) is A tier.
Very informational and entertaining video!
giving Bad Company 2 anything less than S tier is a war crime
Yet he gave BF3 the highest rating, when that game was just a significantly worse version of Bad Company 2 with 80% less environmental destruction. This guy definitely never actually played any of the games before BF3.
@@evrythingis1 eyup, his nostalgia clouded his judgement
@@evrythingis1Metacritic only gave BF3 and 85 whilst BF1 has 89. Both should've been easy 97 review score.
I loved Hardline. It had the beast selection of weapons ever. Old school FAL and Modern FAL OSW for examples. KSG with Slugs....I miss the days
Hardline introduced weapons that were actually different with a huge number of new attachments. It was just bf4 but upgraded gunplay and features.....so why couldn't it just be a bf4 update.
I still play it on PS3 there's a few servers though.
Battlefield 3 was my introduction to the franchise. At 13 years old and coming from COD it was a weird change to what I was used to. By the time Battlefield 4 came out I was hooked, and I have been ever since. Seeing what the franchise became when 2042 came out was saddening. I still played it and me and some friends still have fun there from time to time, but unless DICE make some major changes in how they manage development, the golden age of BF3 to BF1 will never be repeated.
lol, BF3 was just a call of duty clone. Universally regarded as the worst game and the one that killed the franchise.
@@evrythingis1 Bad trolling, try harder.
@@luggystykz How many people are still playing that Call of Duty clone? By the numbers BF3 was sold on marketing alone, and ended up destroying the entire franchise because only tweens on console liked it and their main player base was older PC gamers. You can clearly see by the numbers that BF3 was so poorly received that the vast majority of people who bought it never bought another BF game again.
BF2, 3, and 1 were all peak for me spanning over ten years. Sad to see the current state of Battlefield. W list LevelCap!
Hardline was cool, when you wanted to chill from pure military BF theme, it was fresh air like 2142. I dont think it was bad idea, it was "alternative CoD that was more interesting cause maps was less polluted with details and where having building destruction. Also they added some "missions" in matches. I think it was very good alternative idea.
Battlefield 2 was my first dabble into the BF franchise, and boy was it a complete joy. Playing with friends online, meeting new friends, all of it was great!
I honestly hate the amount of flak BFH gets. Its an amazing game, gunplay is solid, graphics and maps are well thought out and are beautiful. I feel if it wasn't marketed as a battlefield game it would still be alive today
Battlefield 1 is the greatest fps shooter ever, the atmosphere in that game is unmatched. No game comes close
Bad Company deserves A tier. What it managed to do at the time, especially on console was revolutionary.
Indeed. The bones of BFBC2, BF3 and BF4 were laid out with this title! I played a ton of it on my PS3 back in the day, i even managed to get half of my group of friends aboard and our clan was born. Great memories! Par for the Course anyone?
Bad Company 2 was the best imo. The destruction elements were never fully copied in other entries. BF3 was the last to really have more destruction options, and I'd rather go back to BC2's destruction than spectacle tornadoes and levolution events. By the time the match was over the entire map looked way different, there was an organic PLAYER created "levolution."
BFV has the closest level of destruction to Bad Company 2 than any other entry. I remember when BF3 came out, and my friends and I were bummed about how the destruction was nerfed compared to Bad Company 2.
marks hardline down purely because of its theme but doesn't even address the shit they pulled with robot arm cricket bat-wielding female soldiers in ww2-set bf5
Battlefield Heroes is a solid A/B tier. This game had a huge fan base years after release. Even copy games were launched after official servers were closed.
Putting OG Bad Company in C tier is wild man
Close quarters BF3 is still the most fun I’ve had in an FPS by miles. Wish I could go back to those days
Ziba Tower. There are still CQ servers online :) Just the players are missing. No idea where they are and what they play while praising BF3 to the moon...
S-Tier: Battlefield 1, Battlefield 4 A-Tier: Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Vietnam, Battlefield 1942 F-Tier: Battlefield V, Battlefield 2042
The hate on BF2042 is fascinating to me. I've loved and put hundreds of hours into every Battlefield game and BF2042 is objectively better than all previous Battlefield games. Yeah, so you're confused about the "heroes" and their individualized perks? Yeah, sure, it's weird, but look past that. The game is just better. Pick a perk and just enjoy the game. The game modes are better, the gunplay is better, the vehicles are better, the movement is better, and Portal allows you to do full-on mil sim and replay your favs from BF1942 and Bad Company. Literally everything is improved on. And 100,000 players are playing it right now. Anyone seriously knocking BF2042 compared to those other games is kidding themselves. Hop on BC2 and try to go prone or mantle. Hop on BF4 and actually try to see enemies in the distance. The hate is ridiculous, and the hate will damage future games. Imagine being a developer working on your craft through all these games, improving in every aspect, getting fired because of gamer nostalgia. Insane.
BF3 is what started it all for me, the vibes in this game are just next level cool!
I find Heroes quite addicting even though it's old. It's fun to play once in a while but it's not the same experience compared to the early years. In my opinion, the game is somewhat underrated. It has its goofy charm and i'm fond of that.
yes, BF Heroes was ahead of its time. BF elitists, obviously, didn't like it, but I believe a similar game could've been huge nowadays. Personally, me and my friends really enjoyed it on release. Then microtransactions got worse and i dropped it.
@@ksay47 It can be played today if you are interested
@@ksay47 yes 100% ahead of its time
BF1 is still the greatest MP FPS experience ever. Period.
man ive been subbed to you since you first started bf3 haha
BF4. got introduced to it at 8 years old. went 0-22 on my first game, but i had the most fun i've ever had on an fps game.
Dude, you killed me with BC2 in the B tier list. Thats criminal...
-BFV was totally abandoned -It only had 1 dlc, not a 'final dlc'
Level Cap forgot to mention the other main reasons people hated Battlefield V from the start. People hated how the game rejected the realism that the previous titles had captured. Battlefield V included women (interestingly, an accepted standard in FPS games now) and goofy/unrealistic customization for soldiers. This was a huge reason for people's immediate hatred for Battlefield V.
Women in modern shooters are fine but not in historical shooters like ww1 or ww2.
@@ghuldorgrey How do you feel about them in realistic modern shooters?
The excitement around Battlefield 1 was amazing. Hopefully, DICE and EA can return the franchise back to its roots.
I remember being a senior in high school and sitting in first period before class and reading a game magazine and they had a thing about Battlefield 1942 and it blew my mind. I didn't get into the franchise until The original Battlefield Vietnam that came after 1942 I think, but even just reading about Battlefield 1942 has become a lasting memory for me just because of how insane and next level it sounded. Battlefield changed the game for sure.
Me too!!!
I was in my twenties and I probably read that same magazine. I remember reading how popular BF 1942 was and there was a new concept of "griefers", players who would intentionally mess with you during the game. I also didn't play BF1942 until 5 years later when I went to a game cafe and got bit by the BF2 bug.
@@montyburnz lol, that's awesome. could have been. This was back in like 2001 or 2002. I graduated in 2002. I didn't start playing the franchise until 2004 or so with the OG BF Vietnam.
2142 in C is criminal to me. It’s at MINIMUM a B with just how fun it was to play with friends.
I miss covertly taking out support structures in the enemies base in BF2. That's a mechanic that should come back
you did so great work and reviews over the years. you are a big part of my journey through that franchise. Thank you.
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@LevelCapGaming Let's be honest. 2042 is skip. No server browsers (not portal). No spectator mode. No platoons. Hit registration problems. Skill based manipulation. Join friends and instead being in queue you get into the enemy site, playing with friends in the trash. And many more bad stuff. Every good thing from previous titels they didn't put into the game. Not even from release. Wondering if Dice/EA have only stupid staff. Can't go to COD because that's boring af. Battlebit is Minecraft 2.0 Other BF titels are full of cheaters.
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@@LevelCapGamingi appreciate your honesty regarding Dice/EAs screw ups too. You have not gone easy on 2042 like some other youtubers.
Hardline with a military set dressing would have been S tier. Just depends how many points you subtract for it being cops and robbers. For me personally I would call it A tier.
Hardline is so underrated, one of my fav bf's besides bf3 and bf4
Bad company 2 being B tier is insane. It's the greatest FPS in history
when you put 1943 on skipped, (literally still watching the video) it ripped a piece of my soul out. My jaw dropped, eyes widened and i let out a gasp..... I know you didn't play it but MANNN i made so many accounts just to continuously play that demo on the ps3.