While EA LA are handling the single player game, Battlefield veterans DICE are in-charge of multiplayer. After the success of the BF series, we’d say it’s in good hands.

The matches in the beta have up to twelve players on each side with the maps being just the right size for the numbers meaning you never go too long without snapping up your gun sights.

The two maps available displayed the two different modes currently on offer. The Afghanistan capital city of Kabul map is a warzone as the US Rangers face off against the insurgents in a team deathmatch style contest called Team Assault. Points are awarded for kills, headshots and chaining kills. Spawn points are usually well placed as they won’t dump you in the sights of the enemy. They’ll move around the map based on where the rest of your team are. At the beginning of a match the two teams will start at opposite ends but it’s not unusual to find yourself swapping sides several times. This is great as it means no team has a specific advantageous position that they can stubbornly dig into taking the pace out of the game.

There are lots of buildings with upper and lower floors to explore along with lots of narrow corners to ambush people. There are constantly pieces of debris floating through the air too which adds to the warzone atmosphere. Wooden fences will disintegrate under fire, but buildings don’t get blasted apart Battlefield-style.

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