Top 5 Battlefield Maps of All-Time

These maps have become an iconic part of the Battlefield series.

Backstab – Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

Console gamers will fondly remember their time in Battlefield 2: Modern Combat – probably the first time they ever experienced a Battlefield title. Modern Combat was an explosive game that included a bizarre soldier-swapping campaign where you could hop into another soldier’s body when you died, but most importantly, it had one of the greatest multiplayer maps.

The map most gamers will remember was simply called, Backstab. This Middle Eastern desert map pitted the United States Marine Corps against the Middle Eastern Coalition, with seven capture points across the map, but the main five clusters in the middle.

You will no doubt remember an American or MEC soldier screaming in your ear, “The enemy has taken Flag 3!” as you rush back into the match with whatever vehicle was left over at your spawn. Backstab was one of those iconic Battlefield maps, full of open spaces for sniping, clusters buildings for close-quarters combat, vehicles for ground or air combat, and a whole lot of players running around and killing.

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Sneaky players would load up a flag with C4, only to detonate it when their enemies approached to capture. Helicopters dominated the sky, unless you whipped out a rocket and took them down, and tanks ploughed around the perimeter and through the city streets, unless they hit a landmine. If only we could hop into a time machine and experience this superb Battlefield map all over again.

Sam Chandler is the Australian piece of the AllGamers puzzle. Out of all his gaming-related passions, collecting N64 games, speedrunning, and Souls games rank among the most important. You can reach Sam through Twitter, @SamuelChandler, or through his email, sam.chandler@allgamers.com, at any time of the day or night on either side of the globe.

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