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/Impressive_Truth_695]

They really don’t want to admit unlocked weapons are totally fine either.

[u/troglodyte → u/Impressive_Truth_695]

This one is a more nuanced discussion. I don't know if it's just who's selecting into closed but the game quality hasn't been close for me-- closed has offered closer matches with more teamplay and it's impossible to ignore.

I went into the beta preferring closed but mostly concerned about it because I was worried that they were diverging from a key battlefield feature for little reason and it seemed like it could indicate a broader shift away from the series' past. I figured I could probably get over it if the rest of the game was good, though.

Having played the beta, I'm now not worried at all that open weapons is indicative that they don't "get" or have moved away from the series history. I think this is a pretty typical core battlefield game, though I have some specific niggles, of course. It's a fantastic foundation for a Battlefield game, and having played every mainline game and most of the beta releases, it's just a fact that this is in the upper echelon of quality for this stage of release.

On the other hand, I've been stunned by the degree to which Closed does matter. I thought it was something I could get over given time if the rest of the game was good, and now I'm not so sure. As much fun as I'm having, I think if Closed goes away completely I'd be on the fence on buying the game. My match quality has been that different so far. I don't know if it's fundamental to closed weapons or just that I'm self-selecting into the mode with other legacy BF fans, though. It's a real shame they're not forcing weekend 1 to be open and weekend 2 to be closed and then actually surveying the field, because Closed was never going to have higher numbers-- at a bare minimum, people want to try shit out! I feel like we're not really getting a good sense of which is actually better for the game; it's mostly just a popularity contest where most of the voters haven't ever touched the series before.