My biggest gameplay gripe is that the unlock system doesn’t appropriately award your playstyle. If you can avoid detection, it’s entirely possible to make it through most areas without firing a single lethal round.

With proper preparation, enemies’ cones of vision appear directly on your minimap, Metal Gear Solid-style. It’s rewarding to formulate a grand plan from afar before jumping into the action. Before entering combat, you can scan an area and tag enemies, explosives, or alarm systems so they’ll appear on your radar. Second, Hardline’s seven-hour campaign is – and I never thought I’d say this – just as fun to play in stealth as it is running in guns blazing. When I forgot to disable an alarm and 10 enemies surrounded me, my rifle was a lot more effective than handcuffs. Part of Battlefield’s legacy includes realistic weapons that feel and sound great, and that’s no different here.

It’s not the kind of satisfaction I expected from a Battlefield game, but it requires patience and skill, and I was constantly delighted to see my enemies’ numbers dwindle while my magazines stayed full.Īgain, you can also run around shooting everyone, and that works too. If you’re really good, these levels are designed intelligently enough to allow you to sneak around arresting bad guys one by one until, finally, when you look around, all you see are handcuffed, knocked-out criminals. If you can stay out of sight, cuffing them is usually the superior option because it earns you more points, which unlocks more weapons and gadgets. If you can get the jump on a group of three or fewer, you can order them to freeze by pulling out your badge and shouting. Unlike most video game bad guys, these enemies actually respect the badge of a police officer, and that gives you options.

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