Best, somewhat-recent Battlefield game with active community?

Not sure about console, but the only Battlefield games on PC that aren’t well populated are Hardline and BF3.

No Battlefield game is getting content updates anymore as all work is now on the upcoming unannounced game. However, BFV was recently updated with new anti-cheat software.

BFV for sure. The others feel outdated or don't play as well. The gunplay and movement in BFV is unmatched. There is also a very immersive and connected feel to the game world where there is animations for everything like getting in and out of vehicles. You can build fortifications, there are ammo and resupply areas around the map, there are squad reinforcements, squad revives, etc... It encourages and rewards good teamplay. It has depth and is the closest to the old school BF games like BF 1942 and BF2 before the series started becoming dumbed down for casuals.

@BassMan: Sweet, I'll give BFV another go.

I did enjoy it at release but haven't played much of it since then.

Yeah the movement was great, iirc I think they used some of the mocap technology from the Madden series to implement a lot of the movement in that game, and it worked out really well.

Definitely enjoyed some of the squad-based stuff, it really worked organically (as in, people sort of naturally made use of it. Usually you need coordination for stuff like that).

Wonder if I should join a clan, get serious about it.

I picked up Battlebit Remastered, which I haven't stepped into cos I kinda forgot. Kinda takes the Minecraft graphics approach to Battlefield, but is apparently very popular.

BF3 is kind of dead, but it's the last one I really enjoyed. Plus dat campaign.

4 is the best BF game on that list. Not sure how active the servers are these days, but it's the best BF game ever made

BassMan makes BFV sound good.

If you got some friends on your friendlist that play Helldivers 2, I'd just recommend that one, it's a great squad based shooter and I feel people on the team can fullfill certain roles.

BF 1 and BF V aren't bad I suppose, but they no longer have any active development going on so you will get tired of the same maps and same weapons.