So I finally caved and started playing it. The campaign is HORRIBLE. It's just one big quick time event after another. You get into a QTE battle with a rat. A RAT. I kid you not.
Battlefield [E] is one big insult to the franchise. I had much more fun playing Bad Company 2's campaign than this.

On the multiplayer side, it's Battlefield. What more can I say?
Unfortunately, your most important class abilities are locked until you can rank up, so no using the defib as a medic until you score some kills. The most insulting part is that you don't get flares or missiles in jets or helicopters until you get some rank ups. This means that unless you are extremely lucky and get a few kills with your crappy chaingun (which is virtually worthless against ground targets), you are WORTHLESS to your team if you jump in a jet. Considering that 99% of all engineers on the map will have Stinger missiles (your first class unlock for engies), you're a sitting duck without flares.


My thoughts: Unless you enjoy being blinded by the lighting effects, having class roles that play more like Call of Duty until you rank up, and playing REALLY horrible maps (Conquest Metro comes to mind), stick with BF:BC2 or BF2. At least they don't insult the Battlefield legacy the same way BF3 does.