In the game you can organise a hostage rescue as a SWAT or stage an elaborate bank heist. Either way, Battlefield's trademark teamwork is required, as cops need backup and criminals need a crew.
Now for the multiplayer modes:
Heist mode is all about the big score. Robbers try to blow up the vault and make off with the loot, whereas the cops try to block their escape.
In
Rescue mode SWAT masterminds move in to save hostages captured during a robbery gone wrong.
Hotwire mode sees cops chasing car thieves across huge open environments. Players have to think fast and drive even faster, according to the video.
And
Bloodmoney mode is described as a fast-paced battle over a huge pile of money where cops and criminals fight to secure the cash and take it back to their safehouse.
There's a single-player campaign, as you'd expect, and it comes with a twist.
The video says Hardline is designed to “revitalise” the Battlefield campaign, which most players agree is, traditionally, the weakest part of the game.
The campaign focuses on Nick Mendoza, a young Miami detective caught up in his own personal struggle between right and wrong, cop and criminal. He seeks revenge against his once trusted partners on the force.
There's a rogues gallery of crooked cops and colourful criminals, the video claims, “from chatterbox coke dealers to deranged billionaires”. The campaign draws influence from popular TV cop dramas, with each level structured like an episode, cliffhangers and all. Expect to hear “Previously, on Hardline,” when you revisit the campaign. There's an “all-star cast”, too, with actors from TV shows Justified, The Americans and House of Cards.
The campaign environments are wider and more open than ever before, and the enemy AI has been redesigned from the ground up so episodes can be played multiple times in multiple ways.
And the trademark Battlefield destruction is also included, this time in American urban settings. You can smash up a subterranean grow lab, blow up a gleaming bank vault or blast apart a Los Angeles car dealership. The video describes Hardline's environments as “modern, sexy, and highly destructible”. Each will have Levolution events affecting maps and gameplay.
As for
weapons, the video showcases a huge number of them, and mentions sawed-off shotguns and tazers.
Gadgets are highlighted. In single-player, Nick's police scanner enables an investigation mechanic that packs the world with clues and reveals a second layer to the story. Nick also scan suspects for outstanding warrants, using the money he earns for unlocks. The idea is you'll use the scanner to set up your play style.
In multiplayer you can use zip lines and grappling hooks on any map, anywhere. “Hunting down campers has never been this much fun,” proclaims the narrator.
And finally,
vehicles. Vehicles mentioned include muscle cars, police cruisers, counter attack trucks, boats, planes and armed choppers. We also see motorcycles. Vehicle gameplay is “fresh, fast and intense”, and yes, you can still shoot a chopper out of the sky.
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