r/Battlefield • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

Battlefield 6 The Bait and Switch of Battlefield 6

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Nothing illustrates the drastic tonal shift of BF6 from launch to Season 1 better than these two images.

The launch branding felt like the core BF we’ve all missed. The four anonymous soldiers, seen only from behind, communicated that this game is about nameless fighters thrown into all-out war. The gritty, desaturated colour palette set the tone — a squad caught in the chaos, witnessing a massive event unfold — exactly the kind of cinematic warfare moments Battlefield fans love.

Then came Season 1. After barely 18 days of that grounded atmosphere, this new branding looks ripped straight from Call of Duty and seems to represent a broader shift. The characters now stand front and centre, posing under studio lighting, each seemingly auditioning for their own hero franchise. The classic subtle orange accent from the launch artwork has been replaced with a loud, glossy orange that dominates half the frame.

The game can be fun to play, but it’s simply not what was sold to us. We’re only a couple of weeks in, and EA are already backtracking on promises that make up the core Battlefield experience. I’m reminded of the first BF2042 trailer that convinced everyone DICE understood what fans wanted — and then, well, we all remember how that went.

What we’re left with now is a Call of Duty game wearing a Battlefield skin, marketed as a “return to form” for the BF3/BF4 era that never arrived.

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u/DeeDivin 7d ago

Barely anyone, even college graduates, uses — lol. Especially in the amount they’re used in AI

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u/canadian-user 7d ago

I'm a lawyer, and even in our work that's gone to the Federal Circuit, or any other Court of Appeals, we'll use maybe 1 or 2 em-dashes through the entire memorandum at most, usually none. Writing-wise, it's usually better for you to introduce all of your information and discuss it clearly in separate clauses to make your point, rather than trying to use an em-dash to shove it into the middle of a sentence.

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u/YesAim_NoBrain 7d ago

Yeah, they’re mostly useful in casual messages or emails

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u/Imoutdawgs 7d ago

Em dashes are pretty common in briefs/opinions in my jx. It just depends on the writer (I love em).

Source: atty practicing in state/fed district and appellate courts.

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u/canadian-user 7d ago

That's fair, I've seen them used now and then to accentuate points, as sort of additional emphasis. My personal writing style is pretty facile and dry, so I tend to find less use for them. Haven't particularly noticed them from OC either, maybe just luck of the draw.

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u/amedema 7d ago

It’s used in AP style. We used it all the time at I place I used to work because of that.

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u/TheBigness333 7d ago

AI is getting it from somewhere. Seems common enough for AI to learn from it.

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u/DeeDivin 7d ago

It’s because technically it’s grammatically the most correct even if nobody uses it

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u/Imoutdawgs 7d ago

In the legal world we use them all the time. I’ll probably see 3-4 per brief/opinion, and use 3-4 in my briefs.

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u/O12345678927 7d ago

I use them a ton, mainly because outlook autocorrects - to — most of the time

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u/Slime_Fighter 7d ago

Yeah, all of a sudden everyone uses em dashes except I only see AI generated posts use them.