Battlefield 6

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Season 1  trailer

 

 

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Two new maps it seems

 

 

[J4MES OX4D 10,430]

So Season 1 launched today along with the Battle Royale mode and the game has nosedived into an absolute tacky mess and has gone full-Call of Duty. The user interface is absolutely atrocious and resembles that of MW2 back in 2022 with its TV streaming-style panel menus. It was bad before but now the bloat is horrendous especially with monetisation and locked items. They said the BR mode was standalone yet progression and challenges have been forced into the core BF6 game so it really is nothing more than a shameful bait and switch hook to get people playing that. I want challenges for things like conquest, breakthrough and escalation and not shite attributed to the BR like getting 100 kills within 10 seconds of landing. 

 

I played on the new Blackwell Oil Fields map which was an extremely dissatisfying experience. Another very small environment with a terrible layout that is way too open and has absolutely shocking visibility. In BF4 we were getting themed map packs of the highest quality but this is just a shameful offering even for free. This is what the map looks like and it's just so uninspired and hideous. 

 

I think this game will ultimately lose a lot of players in the next couple of weeks. The battle pass is a pathetic cash grab and the progression in core and on the pass is just so tedious and boring. The maps are fast becoming stale and even new gimmick modes wont change anything. The battle royale will split the community further and I expect a fair few people will go running back to COD irrespective of how potentially poor that may be also. This isn't Battlefield anymore by gameplay or its design framework - it's another Call of Duty in a slightly different skin.

 

I have zero interest in BO7 but that game does have a strong launch line up and the season one content offering seems solid also. 

[GazzaGarratt 11,286]

On 10/15/2025 at 12:54 AM, techno said:

The game is ok, it's nowhere near peak bf imo and when you get someone to actually list what's missing etc you can kind of see why there's reasonable criticism.

 

 

 

Whilst the first thing he says he has a point that the overall gaming state is really poor right now so this shines out easily, however me playing a BF game this much tells me that the gunplay is the best i've ever tried in a BF game. He's playing solo in a team oriented game outside of that, so the rest of it doesn't make much sense. FGers over the past 2 weeks are continually coming top squads and my win % is at 70, so it can't all be that bad.

 

On 10/15/2025 at 6:49 PM, techno said:

I get that but regardless he's not wrong we pay more money for less things, things that made the series great. I also think these days we've been given so many crap products we are happy with things being mediocre. It's a shame that as a franchise, much like CoD it's best years and games are behind it.

 

We have to evolve and move with the times, whether we like it or not from a gaming viewpoint. Games won't deliver all the content we used to get because the demand is needed yesterday and the overall player base gets bored if you don't iterate and keep making small patches over time. I don't blame them if they have made stuff and drip feed it out. Annoying for us oldies, but not for the new generation - if that keeps the player base high, which allows us to play more and dominate more then I'm all for it.

 

 

BF6 so far has been a pretty decent revelation in the current drought of good games. They've spent time making the gunplay and movement solid and for that I have to commend them on it. Escalation is a fantastic game mode and really does give you lots of tight games without the worry of dying loads. First game in ages that has brought so many FGers back to online gaming and you can't ignore that from a positive POV. They must be doing something right 🤷‍♂️

 

[techno 3,547]

On 10/29/2025 at 11:32 AM, GazzaGarratt said:

 

Whilst the first thing he says he has a point that the overall gaming state is really poor right now so this shines out easily, however me playing a BF game this much tells me that the gunplay is the best i've ever tried in a BF game. He's playing solo in a team oriented game outside of that, so the rest of it doesn't make much sense. FGers over the past 2 weeks are continually coming top squads and my win % is at 70, so it can't all be that bad.

 

 

We have to evolve and move with the times, whether we like it or not from a gaming viewpoint. Games won't deliver all the content we used to get because the demand is needed yesterday and the overall player base gets bored if you don't iterate and keep making small patches over time. I don't blame them if they have made stuff and drip feed it out. Annoying for us oldies, but not for the new generation - if that keeps the player base high, which allows us to play more and dominate more then I'm all for it.

 

 

BF6 so far has been a pretty decent revelation in the current drought of good games. They've spent time making the gunplay and movement solid and for that I have to commend them on it. Escalation is a fantastic game mode and really does give you lots of tight games without the worry of dying loads. First game in ages that has brought so many FGers back to online gaming and you can't ignore that from a positive POV. They must be doing something right 🤷‍♂️

 

I'm glad you're enjoying it and people are playing together but while I have played it a fair bit I am still going to compare it to true battlefield games and on that score it's a little disappointing. 

As for the gunplay that's one aspect it really does do as well as Cod both are equally inconsistent 😉

[J4MES OX4D 10,430]

I've been playing for 75 or so hours, reached level 70, done the campaign, played the BR and overall, this game is just a pile of shit and so far below the standards we deserve it is truly laughable. This is far worse than the WW3 game from a few years ago that flopped. I've uninstalled BF6 and will probably just go back to either BF4 or BF1 which are both vastly superior games in every sense. Terrible map design, desync galore, completely broken challenges, conflicted design philosophy and just a general lack of refinement across the board.  It feels like a Chinese knock-off published by Tencent or something. Season One offering of the worst map in Battlefield history along with 50% challenges related to the BR has just killed it. The battle pass is utterly miserable and devoid of any worthwhile content and they've shifted to low-budget servers since the second week which has butchered the experience further.

 

The campaign is a joke - feels like a lame tacked-on narrative from 2008 but rather than have a highly cinematic and polished spectacle like Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3, it feels like you're just doing generic missions on multiplayer maps with boring objectives like surviving waves and activating/destroying points. The story is totally predictable and the main villain you only see about 3 times and don't even know what their motive is.  This game is also in a far worse state in terms of the netcode than Battlefield 4 was but it just isn't as noticeable and gamers are used to being served games of such mediocre technical quality so it's become the norm now. It would've been absolutely horrific 10-12 years ago and likely killed the game after a fortnight. 

 

Even Call of Duty at its worst should comfortably beat this. It's barely an improvement on how BF2042 ended. 

[Sennex 2,062]

Fuck, well I appreciate the honesty here man. I debated on buying it because I love BF3 and BF4, but damn.

 

I honestly dont think any franchise is decent anymore if its from a major studio. They've all been infested with venture capitalists that don't know anything but cash

[GazzaGarratt 11,286]

We've played a bunch of multiplayer games over the past week and must admit, the gunplay still feels seriously good and I'm really enjoying playing escalation. We don't win every game, but definitely win more than we lose and I do think it brings out the strategy in some maps on what we need to do to turn a game around. So many Escalation games finished 3-2 and they also swing backwards and forwards a hell of a lot.

 

Its a shame some older fans of the game aren't feeling it, but I really don't feel the same (currently), and I'm enjoying the Support role a hell of a lot. Its nice to see us balance the overall squad whoever is on as some play engineer alot to combat the tanks.

 

I hope the player base doesn't just drop off a cliff, sometimes some patience as whilst its defo not perfect, its really solid for a BF game. I'd go as far to say that its the best BF game I've played (I didn't play BF3 and a few before that).

[J4MES OX4D 10,430]

3 hours ago, Sennex said:

Fuck, well I appreciate the honesty here man. I debated on buying it because I love BF3 and BF4, but damn.

 

I honestly dont think any franchise is decent anymore if its from a major studio. They've all been infested with venture capitalists that don't know anything but cash

Agree. I'd consider looking at Arc Raiders as it's made by the same people who used to make the old Battlefield games like BC2, BF3 and Battlefield 4. Looks a unique concept that's insanely optimised and has some stunning visuals. Almost 500k playing on Steam and it's really cheap too. 

 

The only good future mainstream games will come from publishers like these. The likes of EA, Activision and co are all doomed beyond repair.