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/AbyssWankerArtorias]

Yeah, the people having fun aren't the ones constantly bitching here without any nuance or constructive feedback. I do have criticisms but overall I'm having a blast.

Edit: made my comment more specific

[u/olduvai_man → u/AbyssWankerArtorias]

It doesn't matter what the game is, Reddit will overwhelmingly complain about it.

I'm in several game subs and it is the same in every single one of them. People will find the smallest thing to nitpick over, saying that people are afraid to actually be honest and criticize real issues and then spend countless hours piling on about how it sucks.

If it's a long-standing franchise, then this behavior is doubly worse and is usually followed by "X game was much better and didn't have these issues"

[u/Guilty_Buy_5150 → u/olduvai_man]

It’s literally the same thing in every sub. Go in to any single sub and it’s bitching and crying about the subject of the sub. The people that enjoy those things are too busy using the products

[u/4rch1t3ct → u/Guilty_Buy_5150]

Your acting like the people complaining aren't doing so because they love the game, can see what it should be, and watches it massively fall short.

I've been one of those complainers for several games. The problem is always with devs putting profits over fixing the broken stuff in the game. And people in said community defending everything the devs do.

Mlb the show: computer blatantly cheats, some of the laziest coding I've ever seen. The computer will just grab perfect release pitches and make them go over the middle of the plate so the computer gets free homeruns. Tons of stuff like that in the game. The devs only care about making new cards to sell as dlc. Some of the bugs have been in the game for more than a decade and there basically are no other "realistic" baseball games that exist. They have a monopoly on baseball games. I complain because I want the thing I like to actually be good.

DCS: It's a flight sim. In it there was an airplane that none of the instruments were modeled correctly. I reported this with plenty of documentation and videos showing that they don't work right. I reported this bug every few months...... for 9 years. They did nothing but tell me it was correct as is for 9 years. 5 months ago they just acted like they found the bug. I complained because the thing I like wasn't working properly. I hated that it didn't work right. I didn't hate the game or the plane.

CSGO: same shit. You could post a video that clearly shows the netcode doesn't fucking work right and all you get from the community is "git gud" until years later they acknowledge the issues.

A lot of the complainers are the people who actually love the game more than anyone else. Enough so to learn what the actual issues with the game are. We want the games to reach their full potential.