Since its release, Battlefield has mostly stuck to historic and modern settings, but that is going to change very soon.Ĩ. Fictional tanks, air vehicles, and even a mech straight out of Halo or Metal Gear are all included, alongside futuristic weapons that go beyond what we even dream of being possible today. The futuristic setting didn't change the game's emphasis on both on-foot and vehicular combat, however, but simply made it even more creative. Once again beating its rival to the punch by going to the future way before Call of Duty ever did, Battlefield 2142 took the large-scale multiplayer more than a century into the future as a new massive world war erupted between major factions.

Map design in multiplayer and the lack of many memorable weapons and gear from World War 2 didn't help matters, and the time-to-kill often felt so painfully short that you barely had time to make any tactical decisions before you got destroyed by a tank. The problem was that it just wasn't as interesting, despite intentionally focusing on lesser-known regiments and combatants during the war. Battlefield V Battlefield VĪfter years away from the deadliest war in human history-World War 2-DICE finally returned to it with Battlefield V, a game that followed the excellent Battlefield 1 and attempted to capture its best qualities via the returning War Stories single-player mode. Make sure to check out our roundups of the best Far Cry games and best Call of Duty games, too. The Battlefield series is just the latest franchise that we've ranked. With Battlefield 2042 releasing on November 19, we've ranked the mainline Battlefield games from worst to best. In fact, the quality gap between the very best Battlefield game and the worst is surprisingly large-especially when considering how only a handful of years separated the two. But despite the games' shared elements, they aren't all created equal. The Battlefield series has always stood out from its competition because of its enormous battles, whether they be in war-torn Europe during World War 2 or in a crumbling metropolis in the modern day.