# Battlefield

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Battlefield and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Players who still enjoy it recommend it despite its flaws, mainly for its large multiplayer battles. Critics say cheating and the quality of public servers are the main problems.

## Why people recommend it

- Preferred over other shooters (2 comments): "If I really want to play Apex or Battlefield I’ll fire up my dual drive dual boot Windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718493)) "really unintuitive compared to battlefield" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266884))

## What people warn about

- Cheating and aimbots in lobbies (3 comments): "seem to have less cheaters than the new Battlefield which has kernel AC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913687)) "you could see the wallhacks and aimbots taking over every lobby" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47943621)) "you can't play any of the older battlefields due to cheating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45908169))
- Kernel anti-cheat and spyware concerns (2 comments): "explicitly deny their anti cheat from working on Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48657961)) "enforces kernel level spyware nonetheless" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944633))
- Multiplayer seen as low quality (2 comments): "Battlefield and Fortnite are trash because of the multiplayer component that leads to gameplay that's low quality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45867534)) "which has a lot of flaws but which I still quite enjoy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49889987))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Battlefield", https://hackerapproved.com/p/battlefield/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).