Predating Call of Duty by just one year, the Battlefield franchise managed to set itself apart back in 2002 from the get-go thanks to its larger scale matches, and its focus on online multiplayer which was still a fairly novel approach at the time. While Call of Duty and its competitors delivered fast-paced campaigns and online deathmatches containing around just 10 players, Battlefield delivered full-scale warzones, dropping up to 64 players into one massive arena and letting them run, drive, fly, and shoot their way to victory.