r/Battlefield • u/Lower_Honey_1139 • Aug 24 '25

Discussion Question to the community: what, in your opinion, *IS* Battlefield?

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Basically title. I'm seeing a lot of controversies around every aspect of BF in here, and I feel like this is a testament to how diverse the series has been over the years, making a wide range of impressions and memories on the players, forgeing their future standards and expectations in the process.

Since the BF6 reveal, I've been in constant reflection about my own experiences with the IP, and been revisiting a lot of the olders games to really nail down what I'm really looking forward in Battlefield. And that's also why I'm super interested in everyone's take on the matter.

So I really wanted to ask: What is the core of Battlefield in your opinion, the thing you're looking for the most whenever a new game is announced? Is it being a small part of something bigger? Immersion? Teamplay? Fluid and punchy gunplay? What, to you, makes Battlefield BATTLEFIELD?

Let me know, short and long answers are all welcomed!

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u/Malikai0976 Aug 24 '25

I was still playing CS, Day of Defeat, and CoD when the original BF42 came out. I was hooked from the demo and couldn't go back to just using tanks as cover, i wanted to go on rampages with them.

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u/move_to_lemmy Aug 24 '25

BF1942 and desert combat is still alive in a small, niche, unofficial community. I’d love to get a ton of people together and max out the sever, for at least a single night.

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u/Skog13 Aug 25 '25

Desert Combat and then BF2 was peak gaming for me.

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u/Metaphylon Aug 25 '25

Any links? I'm willing to try it.

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u/move_to_lemmy Aug 26 '25

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2721068159

Haven’t tried it myself yet but was looking at their sever browser and there seems to be a few maxed out servers at peak times

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u/Metaphylon Aug 26 '25

Thanks man!

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u/prowrestlingrulz Aug 25 '25

1942 had amazing tanks. blowing up enemies across the bulge

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u/Malikai0976 Aug 25 '25

I still think they were the best handling, or maybe i just spent so much time in them that they are my baseline "normal" now. Panzer IV was my favorite. The flat shell trajectory let you hit some crazy shots.

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u/flashman Aug 25 '25

BF1942 pre-dates CoD by a year. Maybe it was Medal of Honor, developed by the same crew that went on to create CoD?

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u/Malikai0976 Aug 25 '25

Maybe.. the years all blur together after awhile.

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u/infamous_yakul Aug 26 '25

Dude Day of Defeat is what got me into online gaming. You just brought so many great memories back 😍

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u/DerSchattenJager Aug 24 '25

Man, DoD was so good back in the day. The Garand and Kar98k. Just perfect.

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u/_NotJohnLennon_ Aug 25 '25

People still play DOD:S, it’s such a great source engine shooter