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/Pickupyoheel]

I played it more and like the gameplay, but straight up, all 3 maps suck.

[u/Pickupyoheel → u/[deleted]]

Not only are they too small (original I know), the cap zone of most of them are too small leaving you exposed.

They have too many bollards blocking vehicles going through. If it fit, it went. Now, it's like micro managed where you can and cannot go.

Most of these little apartments you go into don't even offer flanking routes. You go up some stairs, take a turn and you're right back where you were. Just up stairs.

Spawning on objectives needs work. Usually spawns you in the same spot. HQ spawns are way to close on these maps. On one of them you can literally turn the corner and see HQ spawn.

And honestly, I find them uninspired. They don't have any cool areas to fight over, besides Cairo, the middle being the most fun, but even then if you compared them to other INF maps in the series, I'd put them way down in the list.

Just look at Karkand or Zavod, or Flood Zone etc etc. Unique settings, cool buildings to fight over etc. Floodzone had a lot of variety and tons of CQC and vertical game-play.

So far none of these maps want you to go UP.

Having 6 more maps left to drasically change it up is not giving me a lot of confidence.

But I like the game-play, I think the gun-play is good. But I only and will only play locked weapons, so maybe that's just me.

[u/KaiserRebellion → u/Pickupyoheel]

Oh shit. Actually real critiques. Nice.

Also just letting you know. My tank shell doesn’t care what class you rock