Probably Bf2. I still feel BC and BC2 are highly regarded mostly for being on consoles and not really for being good battlefield games.
When it comes to actual game quality it's most likely going to be Bf2. It just did most things better than all the other games in the series and I wonder how many people who are praising BC2 to high heaven actually played much if Bf1 or Bf2.
I've played Bf3 for hundreds of hours but there is an aspect of that that it's basically just back to Bf2 only a bit worse. It has one of single the worst maps in modern FPS history (operation metro), DICE did its very best to make a beautiful game look washed out and ugly and the (to me) biggest insult of all, it introduced the premium system. Bf3 made me realise DICE were treating anyone who wasn't a premium member as second class citizens. Oh and it also has one of the worst CoD clone campaigns I've ever played and marked the beginning of DICE stupidly trying to get in on Call of Duty's market share and doing what they were not good at while talking a big game about it to. Battlelog was also introduced with this game and turned out to be something nobody ever needed or wanted. Just annoying.
I was still interested in Bf4 of course and armed with the knowledge that if you're not premium you don't count I got Bf4 and Bf4 premium and jumped right in. Yes I played Bf4 during the period of much of its troubles and I played A LOT of it. (The mistake I think people are making is saying Bf4's only problems were that launch. I would actually argue that it's not.) I continued playing the game intensively until right before the arrival of the old maps DLC (Second Assault)
...And then I just stopped completely. Something just clicked into place I guess and I haven't even touched the game since despite having the season pass and only playing the first DLC. There were a lot of issues going around in my head concerning the game's actual depth or lack thereof, the way DICE treats its customers, the premium system, they way the game works on a deeper level, the 'optimal' way to play etc. It made me realise that the game was actually just bad at its core, mostly empty calories and extremely unrewarding to the dedicated player.
Few games in recent memory have left a taste in my mouth quite as bitter as Bf4.
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