Really sad to see the franchise going down so hard. The golden age between Bad Company and Bf1 will never be repeated.

BF3 is far too legendary. Most fun, replayable, rewarding shooter ever. The DLCs were all awesome too. Playing Close Quarters was actually insane. Best time ever.

Seeing BC2 go in B tier hurt. Solid A tier material imo, especially with the amazing Vietnam expansion

I randomly bought bf1 for 5$ on steam sale a few months ago. First battlefield game I've ever played. I've put 200 hours into it since. One of the most fun fps experiences I've ever had. Insanely good atmosphere, really makes you feel like you're in a battle.

Not a single Battlefield has ever topped the enjoyment BF3 gave me, truly a master piece!

BC2 and BF3 will forever hold a special place in my heart

Had they continued support for BFV it would have had potential to become their best title. The graphics, audio, movement and gunplay of that game is simply unrivaled.

I feel like battlefield 4 after the fixes was the most fleshed out, best battlefield experience you could get. The shear content is just unrivaled and the quality was just amazing. Will never forget it. Was really hoping 2042 would scratch that itch and be able to put another thousand hours into but we all know how that turned out...

Battlefield 3, what a great time it was ❤

BF1 atmosphere was crazy! I love it and still play it from time to time BF4 is besides the awful launch a great game and got better over the years. Now it´s one of the best games ever. I loved the customization options.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Vietnam was an absolute gem of a DLC

How could you NOT give BAD COMPANY 2 S tier is insane...

I still play BF1. The immersion is like none other. Its so damn epic!

BC2 in B tier is criminal that game was so wild and fun. I still haven't found a shooter I've enjoyed as much.

I think it's impressive that BF4, BF1, and BF5 still have active communities and servers. BF4 is 10 years old and I can still load up the game and find packed 64 player servers to play on. Heck, BF1 and BF5 are still rocking 10k+ daily concurrent users.

I feel bad for everyone who missed out on Battlefield 2. It was such a glorious experience when it came out and so many great moments could happen.

Battlefield 3, the amazing memories I have playing that game with friends will live with me till the day I die. Truly a very special game. I'll never forgive EA for what they have done to this once great franchise

Battlefield 3's sound design does not get praised enough. It set the bar not just for the series but the genre as a whole.

Battlefield 1942 and 2 are my set in stone favorites. Nothing like 1942 had ever existed before, and I learned how to build a gaming computer specifically for Battlefield 2.

I'm really hopeful that, seeing Battlebit's success, DICE remakes BF2142 in a similar image. The setting was cool and the titan mode was so fun. Also the Commander aspect with orbital/emp strikes.

Bad company 2 not being S tier is a god damn sin. I BELIEVED IN YOU LEVELCAP. I FEEL BETRAYED AND EMOTIONAL ATTACKED BY THE PLACEMENT OF BC2

BF3 is a masterclass , simply the best multiplayer fps ever made .

I remember watching Battlefield Friends and Bf3 content from you when I was in elementary and middle school. Kind of insane that I'm starting my senior year of college and still watching your content. I feel like 2042 really missed the mark but I still have hopes that the next battlefield game will be cool even though I don't have as much time to play videogames nowadays with life and all that. You are a cool dude Levelcap.

2142 deserves a higher ranking IMO. I was very sceptical at first, thinking it would be filled with loads of 'omg lasers pew pew' noobs but it was actually very good. The infantry vs armour was pretty much perfect, I never saw a game dominated by a vehicle camper at the edge of the map.

4 is by far my favourite, my ideal next game would be similar to 3 and 4, with a return to the emphasis on general destruction, instead of the more scripted events and 2042's almost complete lack of destruction. I'd also reintroduce taking ammo from teammates, maybe have to hold the button for a second instead of just instantly taking it, and bring back the ability to carry vehicles with helicopters, imagine how funny it would be to have two cargo helicopters dogfighting with the tanks/IFV's they're carrying.

Only came to make sure BF 1 was ranked highly. Truly a masterpiece of a game imo. From the trenches of Argonne Forest to the cliffs of Sinai Dessert, this game was a surreal experience at times.

Battlefield heroes was such a blast, wish they either had kept it and see where it would have gone, or made something similar these days.

Im so happy you have BF1 this much love. It truly is one of my favorite multiplayer games ive ever played, if not the best battlefield game. Its the only game that truly made me feel like i teleported into the actual atmosphere, the music, the sound design, the maps all just hit me so deep and i felt like i was there. By far one of my favorite sniping games as well, it was unreasonably satisfying to hit headshots 😊

BF4 is by far the best BF to ever exist

BF 1943 was one of the MOST fun games back in the day! Maybe a little simple, but fantastic!

Battlefield 3 Levelcap, matimio, xfactor, and jackfrags. Absolute classic, thank you levelcap for the memories.

BFV's gameplay and mechanics are so well-designed it's actually not fair compairing to other titles. BFV fixes everything that is wrong with BF1. For starters, they removed the 3D ping system, my god was that toxic as hell you cant go anywhere without being spotted. Assault now has actual and diversed weapon, being a viable class. Medic is crazy OP after they give them the SMG treatment, allowing them to revive allies without the syringe and the animation is just chef's kiss; the balancing and QoL medic changes are extremely well done, not to mention their smoke grenades are finally useful now. The support class is also fixed by letting them ADS only when prone/bipods are deployed, as much as I love BF1 but I can't stand the sweats running and gunning with a LMG 250 ammo cap like it's an smg, great move from the Devs, also the crate and pouch mechanics are good now, they make total sense. I can't believe it but DICE absolutely fixed the sniper class by removing the sweet spot and you can only 3d spot with binoculars, they also added beacons and reworked the flare guns it's incredible how balanced it is, and the snipers actually feel different for once. There are other changes too with vehicles, squads and building mechanics but overall I think BFV deserve at least an A, for all their effort put into balancing the game and making the game actually fun to play. It was such a shame that they put so little content out for BFV, BFV really deserved better

I built my first pc just because of bf3. Bf3 is definitely the best game of all time for me. All of the maps (including the dlc) are awesome and memorable

It'll always be BC2 for me. I love the almost complete destructability, and I also love the idea of having fewer vehicles on the map but making them scarier. I'll never forget playing Port Valdez and being terrified of seeing an attack helicopter appear around a building.

Honestly, hotline is my favorite Battelfield game, especially playing hotwire (i think is what it's called? the mode where you drive the cars around, it was basically a moving domination mode). I genuinely did like the theme and the concept of using money as a currency which is directly related to the concept of robbers. I think it's heavily underrated

Thank you for a truly fair ranking of BF games. So many of these lists are usually made by very young UKpostsrs with huge recency bias that never really played the classic BF games. Though I do think there’s a few debatable rankings here, it seems like these are all only potentially off by 1 ranking, whereas some of the other rankings online are way off. Oh and HUGE props for having an unranked tier for the games you never played instead of trying to force an unfair ranking.

So glad to see Battlefield 1 get so much love. It truly is a work of art. Never had I played a game and within the same match feel childlike awe, terror, and triumph in a multi-player shooter. Timeless classic in my opinion that will live beyond it's franchise's namesake perhaps.

If you are an old school gamer you would know that BF2 was the launching pad to Battlefield, still has some of the best map layouts to date

I was debating on subscribing, looking over your page and this video was playing in the background. I heard the words Tribes and Tribes 2 and instantly subbed.

Not sure why your videos stopped appearing in my algorithm... just now catching up. Keep up the good work!

BF1 is what I would like to call a perfect Battlefield game, aside from the random bullet deviation of course which will sometimes become an annoying issue. But everything else is just superb! The maps, details, graphics, the atmosphere, sound design are simply perfect.

BFBC2 Was my main stay game for Years! Was an Amazing game and I loved it

3 is and will forever be untouchable. What an absolute masterpiece. I lost so many hours to that game it was absurd.

Honestly Battlefield 2 will always be GOATed to me. I remember playing that on my dads PC, nothing quite compared to commanding a squad to take an object, using the UAV to spot an incoming squad then dropping an Arti strike on them to halt the advance. Or scanning the map to find that one guy hiding at the back as the commander and dropping a supply crate on him. Top shit honestly.

Having 2142 in the C teir is insulting to me....with Hardline..Jesus. In its time 2142 was really fun and new game/concept for an FPS Mechs, crazy gadgets and Titan mode were insanely fun and the conquest was incredible. I put just as many hours into it as I did BF2 and I still look back on it fondly like I do BF2, BF3 and to a lesser extent BC2. B+ teir for sure.

BFV after the updates became one of the most well playing battlefields, gun play was phenomenal, fortifications were a great counter to destruction, destruction was everywhere, and the vehicle gameplay was fun

BF1942 desert combat mod was truely epic. Playing on mouse and keyboard as a soldier then stitching to hotas joystick jumping into an apache helicopter was amazing. Tank battles in El Alamein were terrific. The golden days...

BF2, 3, and 1 were all peak for me spanning over ten years. Sad to see the current state of Battlefield. W list LevelCap!

I had so much fun playing Hardline and would still play it today if the servers were populated. If they slapped another title on it besides Battlefield it could've been a new franchise on its own.

Man, I'd do anything to go back to the BF3 days. Some of the best times in my life.

Desert Combat deserves it's own spot on the list. We wouldn't have BF2 without it. It was a mod but it shaped what the franchise would become.

BC2’s “limited” kit was why the game was so good. Limiting options keeps roles defined and the cheese to a minimum. Except Medic Cheese. And I liked the inability to go prone. Fite me.

I started with BF2 and it is definitely an S-tier to me. When the first videos of it came out, everyone was shocked by how good it looked. And it fully lived up to the hype. BF3 is also an S-tier to me even though it lacks some of the things BF2 had, like extra view toggles for vehicles, it greatly improved other areas, such as gun combat

BF2 was my jam back in the day. Only BattleBit is showing me its magic again nowadays.

What I love about Battlefield Bad Company 2 is that you can blow up a building. You put C4 on everything and it sure works for tanks too.

as somebody that played the large majority of these games, i think your tier list is pretty much spot on. i was super excited for 2042 but decided to wait for reviews. the trailers made it seem like they understood what made the old battlefield games fun and went with it, but the reviews painted a different picture. sadly.

I agree with this list outside of the ranking of BF Vietnam... Vietnam was a huge step forward from the first title, IMO. It felt more refined, it had more variety, and the fact that a Huey could fly over head while blasting Fortunate Son just really brought that level of immersion and uniqueness that separated BF from other titles. I really wish they would bring this game back as a remaster or just incorporate it into the "Portal" feature in the next BF title. Just my opinion obviously, but it really holds a special place in my heart. At the VERY least it deserves B tier, but I personally would consider it A tier, but that could just be my nostalgia bumping it up a little bit.

Battlefield Heroes is strongly underrated. So much fun back in the day, nice balance of vehicles and foot soldiers. Also the different classes were pretty ingenious and perfectly balanced. Maybe not a game for serious battlefield fans, but it was just so much fun all around. To this day the planes in Battlefield Heroes are the most intuitive to fly, I would take those over BF1 any day.

when you put 1943 on skipped, (literally still watching the video) it ripped a piece of my soul out. My jaw dropped, eyes widened and i let out a gasp..... I know you didn't play it but MANNN i made so many accounts just to continuously play that demo on the ps3.

Battlefield 3 was my introduction to the franchise. At 13 years old and coming from COD it was a weird change to what I was used to. By the time Battlefield 4 came out I was hooked, and I have been ever since. Seeing what the franchise became when 2042 came out was saddening. I still played it and me and some friends still have fun there from time to time, but unless DICE make some major changes in how they manage development, the golden age of BF3 to BF1 will never be repeated.

I think your tier list is flawless, except for Bad Company 2, I truly believe it is an S tier game, the Vietnam expansion was insane as well. Simply put, I never, even in BF3 (probably the scope glint for me, irrealistic and annoying), which I love, got as much fun as playing Rush on BC2 on PC. It was, for all intents and purposes, flawless to me. The real moment Battlefield became broken in my mind, is when they started limiting ammo capacity to 3 mags. Game breaking, fun breaking, dumb decision.

I think BF2 deserves S-tier. Sure it is not a as refined as Bf3 but the direction of the game was not only revolutionary to the BF series (as you said the commander and etc) but to a whole other genre of more hardcore big scale battle games, spurring first into Project Reality, which in turn would inspire games like Squad. The impact on the industry is off the charts and I think although considered an A tier that would be underrated.

Thanks for this. I was considering finally trying 2042, but now I will just wait for the next one.

BF3 was my first and I would say probably my favorite BF game. I do think BF4 is very close to it taking into account the vast additions to customization and the great DLC maps

The tragedy of Battlefield is that they could never get everything right in one game. We go to BF1 for the atmosphere, BFV for the gameplay, BF3 for the maps, BC2 for the destruction, BF4 for the customization, 1942 for the mods, and 2042 for the crossplay.

Hardline was cool, when you wanted to chill from pure military BF theme, it was fresh air like 2142. I dont think it was bad idea, it was "alternative CoD that was more interesting cause maps was less polluted with details and where having building destruction. Also they added some "missions" in matches. I think it was very good alternative idea.

Very informational and entertaining video!

I still remember entering BF3 server for a first time. I spawned as an engeneer and was running towards some action on some of the sandy maps, can't remember which one it was. Suddenly a wall turned into rubble and a tank came out of it while at the same a jet appeared taking down a chopper in the distance... At that time it was amazing, not too small or big, not too tactical or too arcade like, it was just right man. BF 3 is forever in my heart.❤

Bad Company 2 was the best imo. The destruction elements were never fully copied in other entries. BF3 was the last to really have more destruction options, and I'd rather go back to BC2's destruction than spectacle tornadoes and levolution events. By the time the match was over the entire map looked way different, there was an organic PLAYER created "levolution."

I loved Hardline. It had the beast selection of weapons ever. Old school FAL and Modern FAL OSW for examples. KSG with Slugs....I miss the days

I miss covertly taking out support structures in the enemies base in BF2. That's a mechanic that should come back

Took over 10 years for me to get tired of titan mode, and even then it was still my jam... Props to Airjer and lillyishot for doing so much to keep 2142 going for so long after gamespy went down... I love BF4, but forr me nothing will replace the team play abilities we had with 2142..

Dude, you killed me with BC2 in the B tier list. Thats criminal...

giving Bad Company 2 anything less than S tier is a war crime

BC2,BF3,BF4 and Hardline have a special spot in my heart for getting me thru the worst times ❤️

This will sound insane. I'm 25. But my grandpa had bf1942 with the like 20 discs and all the expansions on the top shelf of his computer desk cause he thought it was a helicopter simulator then saw a trailer and never played it. I installed it as like a 12 yr old and it was awesome. The Vietnam expansion was awesome. Grandpa loved his flight sims, he had the stick and pedals and everything. That game has such a place in my heart. To this day I know people still play it. It is awesome

Battlefield 2 was my first dabble into the BF franchise, and boy was it a complete joy. Playing with friends online, meeting new friends, all of it was great!

Putting OG Bad Company in C tier is wild man

man ive been subbed to you since you first started bf3 haha

couldnt agree more with the list! :)

BF4. got introduced to it at 8 years old. went 0-22 on my first game, but i had the most fun i've ever had on an fps game.

Bad Company deserves A tier. What it managed to do at the time, especially on console was revolutionary.

BF1 is still a work of art. I didn't even play it online until earlier this year after having given 2042 on Game Pass a try and being disappointed. Between arguably the best campaign in the series, the amazing setting and artwork, a returned focus on actual tactical destruction, and the perfect mix of infantry and vehicular combat, it just feels like the peak of everything DICE did in the series. A shame we'll probably never get another game as good as that, seeing as how many of the people that made DICE what it is left the company during BF5's development.

I still hold onto being in the top 7% of snipers on BF4 on console. But now I feel like just can't even touch controller sticks without feeling/playing like I've never held one in my life since switching to the way more precise PC gaming. Man I love video games

Close quarters BF3 is still the most fun I’ve had in an FPS by miles. Wish I could go back to those days

I find Heroes quite addicting even though it's old. It's fun to play once in a while but it's not the same experience compared to the early years. In my opinion, the game is somewhat underrated. It has its goofy charm and i'm fond of that.

Bf3 is definitely the one I played the most. I remember opening UKposts and checking out your loadout videos. Good times! Then i played a little bf4, but just stopped playing everything for a very long time. I recently started playing bf2042, but it is nowhere near the same experience.

I pretty much agree. I'd put BF3, BF4 and BF1 all in S tier as a console gamer because going from BF3 on 360 to BF4 on Xbox One was a massive improvement on what was already my favorite Battlefield of all time.

The excitement around Battlefield 1 was amazing. Hopefully, DICE and EA can return the franchise back to its roots.

I remember being a senior in high school and sitting in first period before class and reading a game magazine and they had a thing about Battlefield 1942 and it blew my mind. I didn't get into the franchise until The original Battlefield Vietnam that came after 1942 I think, but even just reading about Battlefield 1942 has become a lasting memory for me just because of how insane and next level it sounded. Battlefield changed the game for sure.

I used to love a squad of four of us camping the ticket offices on operation metro with LMGs. Great times.

Battlefield Heroes is a solid A/B tier. This game had a huge fan base years after release. Even copy games were launched after official servers were closed.

BF3 is what started it all for me, the vibes in this game are just next level cool!

I loved hardline. Super underrated title. BF4 will always be number 1 in my books though

Very good analysis. On console, I went to 2042 only to go back to BFV. 2042 totally disregards the thought of clans, and more than 4 friends playing together all evening. This is the best part of the franchise in my opinion, hanging with your buddies, destroying teams as a team. I still play BFV almost everyday.

I started getting into the franchise with BC2 and 1943 as I was an Xbox player growing up. I enjoyed both but was admittedly terrible as they were my training wheels for learning how to use a controller in the first place haha. BF3 was the first game I got to be excited for the release of, and got to play through its entire lifespan. And bar none, Battlefield 3 is my absolute favorite shooter to this day, even with over 2000 hours in Destiny 2, BF3 still blows it out of the water. One of my fondest memories was coming home for lunch from school one day, and dad making whistle dogs for me as I ran around on Scrapmetal playing Domination. BF4 I felt similarly to LevelCap, that there wasn't really a lot of innovation and too much spectacle over being functional. A lot of people I talk to who say BF4 is better than 3 tend to forget or don't know what the actual life cycle of 4 was like, and only know it for its current state, which isn't too shabby. During the release cycle though? Ehh, it was shaky at best imo. I was gone by the time Dragon's Breath came out, and barely came back to try it and Final Stand. Hardline was fun but gimmicky, and buying Premium was a mistake. The DLC gamemode servers were near empty on Xbox by the time the first DLC dropped. I played a fair amount of BF1, and while I think it is aesthetically phenomenal and Operations is the BEST gamemode we've ever gotten (that or Carrier Assault), that shot bloom was so infuriating that nothing I used felt good.

For me bf2 was the best game ever. It was brand new fresh then. In game voip making squad play a thing and it was revolutionary. I remember countess hours sitting in a black hawk with my clan. Jets required skill but were deadly once mastered. Strike at karkand and sharqui penensula were amazing maps.

I will never forget the first time I played BF3. Its story mode was actually really solid, probably one of the best. I was living in Long Island and my buddy was so addicted to this game he took couple rides on LIRR to NYC just to rewalk the BF3 story

i remember playing a TON of battlefield 3 on ps3 but got burnt out and wanted to move to pc also had some depression back then and sadly still so bit i am so devistated that i never got back to it.. i keep missing it but its better as a memory than to jump back to it.

the fact that 1942 to bf2 had mods and you could build your own maps was so cool. I remember trying to recreate middle earth in a map xD, and then putting a secret base in the sky made from bridges and shit that you had to fly to . . . In theory there could be endless community made content.