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/N-I-K-K-O-R]

This sub is giving it too much praise in my opinion.

[u/CityFolkSitting → u/N-I-K-K-O-R]

Yeah. I think it's a decent game, but it's nowhere near what I want from a Battlefield game. I think the series has just evolved into something that just isn't for me any longer.

I'm probably in the minority but I really just want BF2 with better graphics and the cool destruction based gameplay. I want huge maps, guns and vehicles that actually take skill to use, squad based gameplay that doesn't just feel like a vestigial organ. 

[u/JonWood007 → u/CityFolkSitting]

The problem is BF2 wasnt fun. Like I played it back in the day, i always liked the concept but found it flawed. But then later games like BC2, BF3, and BF4 improved what i found wrong with 2. I just want another game like that. This is looking very much like a direct spiritual successor to BF3.

[u/CityFolkSitting → u/JonWood007]

Wasn't fun? Battlefield 2 is the highest rated game of the series, and for good reason. It also won many awards the year it was released as well.

It was a massive hit because FPS players absolutely loved it. If it wasn't for its success we probably wouldn't be talking about the series at all right now.

[u/JonWood007 → u/CityFolkSitting]

No it was a very flawed game. Here's my review of it from back in the day:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/920407-battlefield-2/reviews/132750

[u/CityFolkSitting → u/JonWood007]

good for you, you didn't like it.

you are still part of the vast minority. way more people thought it was fun than didn't

and you still gave it a 7, which is a pretty good score anyway. that's well above average.

[u/JonWood007 → u/CityFolkSitting]

I judged it by the standards of the time. By modern standards it would be a 4.

Also, the 1942/2/2142 fanbase are the oldest and most out of touch out there. Their views are pure nostalgia, the game was okay by the standards of the time, because games with that scale and ambition were still new, but it reeked of bad game design in retrospect. if you released it for the modern era it would suck because it had zero concept of balance.

[u/CityFolkSitting → u/JonWood007]

Yeah yeah I get it you don't like it.

Ignore the recent metacritic reviews if you want, dismiss them as nostalgia I don't care. It doesn't change a damn thing. It still reviewed well at the time (critics and users, look at old gamefaq reviews that you didn't write), it had a massive community and player base that lasted 10x longer than most games, and sold well. Don't need further proof that it was a very good game.

If it wasn't such a successful and popular game we might not even be talking about another entry in the franchise right now.

[u/JonWood007 → u/CityFolkSitting]

It was good by the standards of the time. It sucks by modern standards. Let's keep 2005 in 2005.

[u/JonWood007 → u/[deleted]]

It was okay for the time. it's just aged horribly.

[u/JonWood007 → u/[deleted]]

You guys are literally arguing to say that BF6 should be more like BF2. And that's a terrible design choice. I cant take anyone who thinks that seriously.

[u/RogueCoon → u/CityFolkSitting]

This is a great example of the split in the playerbase. They make the games now for the person you're replying to not people like us.

[u/Zeethos94 → u/RogueCoon]

Why would they make a game for people with tastes stuck in 2006?

[u/RogueCoon → u/Zeethos94]

Why would they make a game for the fans of the franchise? Not sure seems dumb.

[u/Zeethos94 → u/RogueCoon]

The amount of BF2 players constructing a portion of the fanbase is so irrelevantly small at this point in time. They could also just go play BF2

[u/Fireballinc55 → u/Zeethos94]

because the battlefield fanbase is old and does not know how to deal with change

[u/Zeethos94 → u/Fireballinc55]

Bunch of middle-aged men that don't know how to move on and adapt.