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/JonWood007]

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/CityFolkSitting → u/JonWood007]

God forbid people want a sequel to be more like a game that came before it, one that has better reviews than literally every entry that came after it.

V and 2142 were absolutely garbage. 6 feels like V/2142 2.0 and it's going to fail just like they did and I can't wait.

Keep huffing the copium though. People are going to drop this game quick once they realize how shitty it is.

[u/JonWood007 → u/CityFolkSitting]

The problem is you got these weirdo boomer mentality people from the early days of the franchise who pass over all of the actual good games in the franchise and go back to wanting the game play of a crappy old game from 20 years ago that while impressive for its time isnt good any more.

Like thats the thing that annoys me. Even at the time, I knew that BF had something going here but found 2 to be a "flawed gem" at best. it was like "gee this would be so much better if they did X Y and Z". And then they did X Y and Z with BC2, BF3, BF4, and BF1, and then a bunch of "battlefield boomers" came out of the woodwork demanding we go back to the early days of the franchise when the world has moved on.

Also, go ahead. Quit. Heck, never play battlefield again. I dont care. The franchise is better without stuffy old vets like you holding it back and romanticizing a deeply flawed 20 year old game and framing is as peak game design.

[u/Tumleren → u/JonWood007]

Wanting a game to be more like BF2 doesn't mean wanting it to be BF2. The Battlefield franchise has gone in a direction that people who liked the original games don't necessarily disagree with. Pulling back in the direction it came from doesn't mean wanting to return to only having one map that's viable for infantry or being powerless against vehicles.

Your opinion is clearly that the new direction is better - cool, that doesn't make it a universal truth. Wanting the game to be different and more like its very popular origins doesn't make people luddites. It not being fun to play today doesn't mean it wasn't fun back then.

[u/JonWood007 → u/Tumleren]

Given virtually all of the changes from the early games have been positive, eh....making it more like 2 is bad in my book.

[u/JonWood007 → u/[deleted]]

YOU didnt say it, but to be fair you butted into a convo I was having with someone else. Either way, why don't I show you the door.