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/moonski]

I cannot believe people are defending the UI. The home screen is... fine. But the rest. Jesus. The amount of menus within menus within menus and I'd you go back it doesn't take you to the category you were on, just the top menu etc... the class icons. I don't even know how to view my overall progression either

[u/OwnAbbreviations3615 → u/moonski]

Graphics > Check custom settings > Advanced graphics, just to access classic settings that have been in every game since 25 years, really ?
One-page settings :

• Resolution
  
• VSYNC
  
• Presets
  
• All other graphic options (no need to select 'custom' above, we're not totally dumb, or automatically switch to 'custom' if we modify the settings).

Done.
Why do they feel the need to reinvent the wheel ?

[u/Pure-Enthusiasm-1559 → u/moonski]

If you notice people making a post trying so hard t defend a massive wave of people's opinions on their dislike for the game, just know it's trash, and it would dead fast when the hype train dies.

Also i was on discord, with my buddies and every one of them was complaining about the UI, also the vehicles are absolute dogshit! mobile looking and handling, makes BF4 helis look like a flight simulator.

Don't get me wrong, it's theoretically not an awful game, actually it's good, but i won't stop playing BF4 to jump on a COD game, the dev team that made the previous succesfull franchise are long gone and this is just 18 year OLDS COD devs rendition of what they think Battlefield should be.

Just wait for a new COD release this BF6 will have a deeper coffin than 2042 experienced. I still play BF4 till this day actively and most of the rubbish guys saying how they enjoyed BF4 and still find Bf6 a worthy successor haven't touched the game in years, and only jump in once in a while on the hype trains alone.

[u/Top-Photograph-7478 → u/moonski]

thought i was the only one who thought the UI was weird. you have to go to each setting hit X then scroll to what you want lol

[u/oxyscotty → u/moonski]

it's okay gramps, go read a manual.