10 Things Only Battlefield Players Will Understand
Gunshot wound? Defibrillator. Explosion? Defibrillator. Run over by a tank? You guessed it...
Back during the run-up to Battlefield 4’s release, EA put out a series called “Only in Battlefield,” where inconceivably handsome men hinted at the various tantalising features and seductive visuals that would accompany the upcoming release.
It was, of course, marketing drivel, and the *ahem* players were doing their best to stoke the fires of the hype train before the game's release.
But they ended up missing a trick. Because while all the empty messaging was just that, it did tap into a truth. There are things that happen only in Battlefield.
No matter which entry is your favourite (and that’s a minefield all of its own), Battlefield is one of the few multiplayer franchises that can go from realism to ridiculous in a matter of seconds. One minute you’re in the seat of a Jet, the next it’s death by crazy welding torch parachutist.
From heavily armoured tanks conspicuously dropping into a blind retreat from one man and his RPG, to the sheer panic of seeing a hill full of hungry scope glints, there are certain things that make every player smile wistfully… or shudder disgustedly. If you’ve ever played Battlefield, chances are you’ll do both at the sight of this list.
10. Getting Mercilessly Obliterated By An Enemy Vehicle
There’s nothing quite so infuriating as having your streak ended by a smug man in a metal box.
While Battlefield isn’t technically about K/D (though there’s a few players who’ll swear otherwise), it’s still satisfying to rack up a few kills without getting ripped to shreds by a giggling moron with an LMG hiding in a corner.
In other games, you’d get a reward for such skill. In Battlefield, you’re blown to smithereens by an invincible death machine that always seems to drive round the corner at the worst possible time. Especially if your most effective armaments are a syringe and a spade.
Or maybe you’re not even a threat. Sometimes it's just crossing from one building to another on the way to your objective, minding your own business, when an enemy aircraft thinks you’d look better as a smudge on the road.
“Why?” you’ll shout at the screen as he blows himself up just to kill you, in a kamikaze display of vicious stupidity. If you’re lucky, you’ll be met with radio silence. If you’re unlucky, you’ll hear the faint crackles of laughter coming through the teamchat as you log off for the night.