The cops vs. criminals theme brings new features

Apr 1, 2015 12:44 GMT  ·  By

Battlefield Hardline takes its cops vs. criminals premise into all sorts of areas throughout its single-player story and its multiplayer online modes, but by far one of the most refreshing features derived from this focus is the fact that you can arrest enemies in the story campaign, instead of just killing them.

Battlefield Hardline takes a novel approach, as instead of the regular armed warfare between several countries, as seen in the latest couple of releases in the franchise, the main focus is on cops and criminals, and their eternal conflict ever since the concept of law was first envisioned.

While such a move might seem not all that important, developer Visceral Games has managed to derive from it all sorts of gameplay features that impact both the single-player story and the multiplayer modes.

Arresting enemies is novel and fresh

For me, one of the most refreshing aspects of Hardline is the fact that, throughout the single-player campaign, you can arrest enemies instead of killing them like in all other shooters nowadays.

This act requires stealth, however, but even so the satisfaction of flashing your badge to a criminal, seeing him put his hands up in the air and letting you arrest him or her is certainly a novel experience, at least in terms of video games.

Sure, you can't pull this trick on bigger groups of foes, and if you're spotted by another enemy, he or she won't hesitate to gun you down while you're slapping the cuffs on his buddy.

The game even throws in a special mechanic of wanted fugitives, prompting players to scan areas for these criminals and arrest them peacefully in order to gain even more rewards. This offers even more reasons to go through the game sneaky beaky like and attempt to do more than just mow down every enemy in sight.

Battlefield Hardline is currently available worldwide across PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One platforms.

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