Battlefield
Shares rank 34 of 78 video games by recommenders
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.
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.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 11
- approval share
- 39%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Preferred over other shooters
“If I really want to play Apex or Battlefield I’ll fire up my dual drive dual boot Windows”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins” “really unintuitive compared to battlefield”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Cheating and aimbots in lobbies
“seem to have less cheaters than the new Battlefield which has kernel AC”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Valve is about to win the console generation” “you could see the wallhacks and aimbots taking over every lobby”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected” “you can't play any of the older battlefields due to cheating”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Steam Machine” Kernel anti-cheat and spyware concerns
“explicitly deny their anti cheat from working on Linux”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “I am a person who will look at the Steam Machine and cry” “enforces kernel level spyware nonetheless”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Denuvo has been cracked in all single-player games it previously protected” Multiplayer seen as low quality
“Battlefield and Fortnite are trash because of the multiplayer component that leads to gameplay that's low quality”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: How would you set up a child’s first Linux computer?” “which has a lot of flaws but which I still quite enjoy”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| BattlefieldThis page | 7 | 11 | 39% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“which is a Money-printing machine”
“which has a lot of flaws but which I still quite enjoy”
“really unintuitive compared to battlefield”
“But they all feel pointless to me when ARMA 3 exists.”
“explicitly deny their anti cheat from working on Linux”
“they get no recurring revenue from you continuing to play the current one”
“reduced the number of Cheaters in games like Valorant or BF”
“enforces kernel level spyware nonetheless”
“you could see the wallhacks and aimbots taking over every lobby”
“If I really want to play Apex or Battlefield I’ll fire up my dual drive dual boot Windows”
“Please lets also not forget computer games.”
“The public servers are often not enjoyable, if one does not like headshots across the map.”
“seem to have less cheaters than the new Battlefield which has kernel AC”
“you can't play any of the older battlefields due to cheating”
“people don't go back and play earlier Battlefield titles”
“Battlefield and Fortnite are trash because of the multiplayer component that leads to gameplay that's low quality”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.