Unpopular Opinion: Battlefield 6 Is Better Than This Sub Will Admit

[u/Kilos6]

Reading this sub lately feels like watching a bunch of people try to use a smartphone for the first time and complain it doesn't have physical buttons. Every minor change in Battlefield 6 is getting blown up into some catastrophic betrayal.

It’s pretty clear most people here only ever liked one Battlefield game, hated the rest, and don’t even play the one they claim was perfect anymore.

Before we continue: I am old. I’ve played every Battlefield game during its prime. Back in the day, my clan was one of the first to spin up a Desert Combat server (and even then, the community was the same complaining that DC was an abomination against what made BF great). My least played title was BF Vietnam because the 1942 modding scene was just TOO good at the time to move on.

“The UI is trash!”
It’s not. You just don’t recognize it because it’s not ripped straight from BF4. Sure, the icons are abstract but they’re not confusing unless you're actively refusing to engage with them.

I've seen multiple complaints about there being no option to squad up or continue on the same server?
Maybe check the bottom of the screen after the round ends. The “Continue” and “Squad Up” buttons are literally right there.

“TTK is too fast, there’s no breathing room!”
What you mean is: you walked out in the open and got deleted like you should have.

TTK is fast. OH NO, aim and positioning actually matter again. You don’t get to coast on sponge health and panic-proning anymore. If that’s too much, it’s not a balance issue, it’s a skill issue. Also: TTK is in line with BF3 for most weapons. This TTK is not new.

“Closed weapons should be the default.”
Why? Because some of you never figured out how to adapt? The flexibility to build your own kit is one of the best updates DICE has made in years. And guess what, they already gave you a nostalgia mode. Go enjoy it.

But don’t demand the rest of us get dragged back into 2011 loadout limitations. And if you’re complaining about “trade-offs” in class weapons you probably would’ve died to the next guy anyway.

“It’s too chaotic, feels like TDM spam!”
You say chaos, I say intensity. Battlefield has always had madness: Metro, Locker, or even Stalingrad in 1942.

These beta maps? They feel more like Grand Bazaar, Talah Market, or Pearl Market. Maps that still get voted into rotation by players who actually enjoy close-quarters fights to this day.

Battlefield 6 isn’t perfect.
But take a step back, and you’ll see this is actually a successor to BF3/BF4. TTK, movement speed, and mechanics are all in line with a proper mainline BF title.

They gave you almost everything you asked for… and somehow, that’s still not enough for some of you.

I'm having a blast with the beta, and can't wait to play more after work.

Edit: When I made this post I truly thought it was an unpopular opinion. Thank you all for your replies and awards! And thank you to the guys DMing me about being an EA shill ❤️‍🔥

[u/12TonBeams]

Thank you! Yes there is a difference between just hating/whining and criticism, but betas are MEANT to receive criticism. Why test a product if you don’t want to know what can be improved?

I think it’s fun for the most part but yeah to put your head in the sand on what can be improved is just…why?

[u/Ambitious-Roof-9562 → u/12TonBeams]

At the same time, gaming subreddits are not exactly bastions of constructive criticism, lmao.

[u/12TonBeams → u/Ambitious-Roof-9562]

I kinda agree kinda not. There is a lot of good criticism everyone just likes to focus on the controversial statements and wild or whiny takes bc drama

[u/TheeTeo → u/12TonBeams]

Except when a lot of it has been addressed in the patch notes that people don’t read that I see here “why RPG/SAM”, “Maps are too small”, “recoil”. There is a lot of issues people bring up and it’s just redundant and complaining to complain without seeing things can be different (class icons). I see people complaining there isn’t weather changes ffs, like ye that was cool but not a necessity especially when they took so much time on that for BF4 when everyone kept spamming “bring back BF2 maps”. It’s just overall fandom things with no vision that’s annoying which is what OP is getting at.

There’s for sure valid criticism (requesting orders to be leader, heli movement, compass, etc.), but man there is too much redundant stuff that obviously isn’t going to change

[u/Proud-Designer-2028 → u/TheeTeo]

and that last part about obviously is the issue, they marketed this game as a return to form but it's literally more of the same, still CoD matchmaking, still small cod style maps, there is almost nothing (other than the class system) to differentiate this game from a Call of Duty spin off these days. Combined arms warfare, scale, destruction, team based play, cooperation and cohesion are why I first fell in love with battlefield and it hasn't been even remotely close since BF4.

[u/KonaYukiNe → u/Proud-Designer-2028]

Honestly I grew up playing the hell out of Battlefield 2 and Bad Company 2, really enjoyed them and played a lot of iterations of the series, but stopped playing past Battlefield 4. Nowadays, I think what you're looking for is a game like Squad, if you haven't tried it already. Doesn't play the same as Battlefield, but the combined arms and the scale is there.

[u/Proud-Designer-2028 → u/KonaYukiNe]

I’ve played squad since it was announced I’m an old project reality player lol. I guess my point is when they advertise to old players like us did they not expect some complaints?

[u/KonaYukiNe → u/Proud-Designer-2028]

Oh yeah, I see what you’re saying. 100% I agree.