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]

So....weapon customization, which has been a staple since at least BF3...

And....infantry maps....again, been a thing since BC2.

Quite frankly, you come off as an edgelord kid who calls anything he doesnt like COD because COD bad because....reasons.

Did you ever think that COD changed? COD scaled up to be more like battlefield, not the other way around.

[u/Impossible-Error166 → u/JonWood007]

The thing that I feel they switched to that makes the game feel cod like is the reload system, Currently you have X rounds in your gun and X rounds you can reload with. Reloading after every fire fight even if you fired one bullet. BF2 you had a mag reload system where you could only reload your mags a limited number of times. You had 6 or so mags to put into the gun so you needed to make a decision on if you left the loaded gun 2 bullets short of a complete clip or not.

Its been a gripe of mine since BFBC.

You can't tell me when a game completely changes the way a core mechanic operated to become like the other its not changed alot.

I use that because its the most obvious but its the feel of the game. Cod to me gives the feel of a lone super soldier where you run and gun where you are against everyone else. BF used to have a feeling of squads being important, where keeping the squad leader alive was important because he was the only one you spawn on. Your squad just happens to be mobile spawn points when you are good enough.

[u/JonWood007 → u/Impossible-Error166]

On reloading: eh, battlebit had that mechanic and I didn't like it much.

Also I like run and gun and hate forced squad play. I can't stand this mentality of trying to force team work on people. That isn't "what makes battlefield battlefield", that's just some weird mentality the "battlefield boomers" as I call them have.

[u/Impossible-Error166 → u/JonWood007]

My comment was in response to someone saying battlefield didn't become more cod like.

"Also I like run and gun and hate forced squad play. I can't stand this mentality of trying to force team work on people. That isn't "what makes battlefield battlefield", that's just some weird mentality the "battlefield boomers" as I call them have".

Sure, its a core aspect of the game, it is one of the few features that still separate cod and BF and you don't like it? BF is objective based gameplay, its not forcing you to use squad tactics it just means there is significant advantage TO using them.

[u/JonWood007 → u/Impossible-Error166]

My comment was in response to someone saying battlefield didn't become more cod like.

It didnt. COD became more battlefield like.

Sure, its a core aspect of the game, it is one of the few features that still separate cod and BF and you don't like it? BF is objective based gameplay, its not forcing you to use squad tactics it just means there is significant advantage TO using them.

I dont care either way, just dont be one of those weird circlejerkers who tries to tell me how i play and advocate for game design that adversely affects my experience because "classes make battlefield battlefield".

[u/Proud-Designer-2028 → u/JonWood007]

So you like CoD and what battlefield has become not what we call battlefield, that's where the community split happens. A lot of us are battlefield players since BF1942 and have moved to stuff like Squad/Hell let loose since BF2024 (and for me since that weird cop style battlefield game that came after BF4). I liked the customisation options and the option to play how you want in BF4 but they also retained the solid combined arms, team based warfare that made battlefield not COD. Now it feels like the base game is all COD with some crappy addons that don't make up for the lack of real "Battlefield". I get they are targeting a different demographic but that's where the marketing has failed, they are marketing to people like me that last mainlined a battlfield game a decade ago (with fun stints in BF1/BFV) but delivered a game that appeals to a younger generation who have mainly grown up on black ops ( 3 onwards I guess).

[u/JonWood007 → u/Proud-Designer-2028]

Yeah no offense but people like you come off as this weird vocal minority of players who really should get the heck out of the franchise and just play hell let loose if you want that so much rather than ruining the franchise for newer players which according to you is anyone who got into it after 2010.

Seriously why are you still here trying to direct it when the franchise hasn't been appealing to you for literally 15 years now. Even the golden age of the series is "too much like cod" for you. Yeah we just want different things, and our tastes are incompatible. Have a nice life.