Game is too fast. In absolutely every conceivable way. Everything could be 1/3rd slower and it would overall be a better game. And I mean everything. Reload time, respawn time, gun fire speed, run speed, capture speed, TTK!, etc.It is all one huge Zerg for Zoomers. Not like the good old days of BF2/BF3. Even BF1/BF5 was slower. Only 4 was fast and I didn't like 4 either.This has cascading problems like weakening the effect of slow and precise semi auto fire over medium range.Sensory Overloadhigher graphic fidelity comes at at cost. There is too much going on, everywhere. Too many leaves, debris flying everywhere. Too much graffiti on the walls. Too many differing textures. Too much goddamn SMOKE from every rocket, grenade, tank shot and soldier fart.And it's all from the similar color palette making it extremely hard to spot enemies. Together with the fast speed of the game gives you little time to orient yourself or find a safe spot before boom, you're dead again.Spawn points are too close / Maps are too smallThis point goes hand in hand with 1. By having everything cramped so tightly together, you're almost always in combat and the game plays faster. You spawn way too close to the enemy (outside of special points like beacons). There is no time to get a feeling for your surroundings. And when you finally do have 25 degrees of your front or back cleared, enemies can spawn there again. You are in constant danger everywhere. At least on the smaller map of today's beta.Medic class & respawnswith all the game speed its faster to just respawn than wait for a medic, severely limiting that class' playstyle. Respawn time is WAY too fast. You are not incentivizing good play, but inconsequential zerging and pushing. If you have a long respawn timer, your life becomes more precious and you worry about your uptime Bugs:extremely high CPU usage/bottleneck (100% at 5.6ghz on a 9800x3d with hyperthreading disabled) Games often don't load. Everytime at the end of a round as it finishes counting down for a new match it will just show the titles screen and flicker. Sometimes the first game does this too. I think msi afterburner overlay may have something to do with it.Firemode (Single/auto) isn't fully visible in the UI and is overlapped (F12)Overall I am very disappointed with this game, which feels like a fastpaced CoD/Counterstrike with a Battlefield coat of paint.I long for a Battlefield that goes back to the roots of BF2 and 3. EDIT: few more notes:can't unbind console, i keep hitting the tilde key when i mean to hit escape w/out realizing it and wonder why there is no input.can't zoom on the minimap with the N key.the known keybindings from previous battlefields are not being reused.cannot orient oneself on the large layover map (m). the playing player is not recognizable at all nor is the direction you are lookingand the graphics aren't anything to write home about (war pun intended). previous battlefields were always a step forward in computer graphics. this time, apart from being detailed in the worst ways possible (see sensory overload) they are merely OK

This is also my take on the game too much happening on the screen at once and the maps although beautiful, are a bit too small and compacted to have that Battlefield feel (but maybe those are just the smaller maps).Also, the biggest complain I have with the game is that it's way too fast paced to feel like a true Battlefield. It literally feels like it tries to be like COD, maybe to attract more of the unhappy COD players, but it also loses it's spirit and character of a true Battlefield game. I played a bit of Bf4 today when the servers for 6 were down and even that one felt slower than this.Feels like the game is COD with some elements form older BF titles to appease to the Bf fans...

As a Battlefield Veteran coming from Battlefield 1942 and everything that came after that. I strongly AGREE with your points. I Skipped BF:V and BF2042 because those already did not feel like a Battlefield game and also because of above mentioned problems. What is it with this ultra unrealistic movement speeds sliding and weightless characters and that kind of bulls..t. Battlefield should feel like a battlefield we need room and it takes time to get somewhere, I should not find an enemy around every 5 meters like a COD game. If things don't change I will not buy the game cause I'm not looking for a next COD/APEX Legends

If you look up the map list for release 5 out of the 9 maps are going to be small. Cairo and Iberian offensive the vehicles preform horribly. Liberation peak feels small. Two other maps Empire State and saints quarter are infantry only. So it appears we are only getting 4 true battlefield style maps. Seems they’ve given up on big maps with lots of vehicles to a more domination style game instead. Horrible decision if this is the way they are going with it

the worst part of the insane TTK is the fact that breakthrough and rush are automatically **bleep** game modes. Breakthrough it's literally impossible to win as attackers if the defense doesn't throw on purpose. not just because of tanks, but because the ttk means 1 or 2 supports can permanently hold choke points with lmgs, and rushing forwards will always get you killed by "defenders" (people sitting in corners).TTK is functionally instant at close range. it's trash. This is battlefield, not call of duty.

I completely agree that the gameplay should be slowed down significantly. It would not take away from the experience at all and make it much more thoughtful and tactical. I also agree that I miss the larger maps. These feel too small and cramped. I also feel like the objectives lack character. With a lot of past maps, even in 2042, the capture points were identifiable and notable structures or places. Now I literally can't tell which sector we are in without looking at the score.

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Entsorger69

Rising Scout

4 days ago

Game is too fast. My list of feedback

Game is too fast.
In absolutely every conceivable way. Everything could be 1/3rd slower and it would overall be a better game. And I mean everything. Reload time, respawn time, gun fire speed, run speed, capture speed, TTK!, etc.
It is all one huge Zerg for Zoomers. Not like the good old days of BF2/BF3. Even BF1/BF5 was slower. Only 4 was fast and I didn't like 4 either.
This has cascading problems like weakening the effect of slow and precise semi auto fire over medium range.
Sensory Overload
higher graphic fidelity comes at at cost. There is too much going on, everywhere. Too many leaves, debris flying everywhere. Too much graffiti on the walls. Too many differing textures. Too much goddamn SMOKE from every rocket, grenade, tank shot and soldier fart.
And it's all from the similar color palette making it extremely hard to spot enemies. Together with the fast speed of the game gives you little time to orient yourself or find a safe spot before boom, you're dead again.
Spawn points are too close / Maps are too small
This point goes hand in hand with 1.
By having everything cramped so tightly together, you're almost always in combat and the game plays faster. You spawn way too close to the enemy (outside of special points like beacons). There is no time to get a feeling for your surroundings. And when you finally do have 25 degrees of your front or back cleared, enemies can spawn there again. You are in constant danger everywhere. At least on the smaller map of today's beta.
Medic class & respawns
with all the game speed its faster to just respawn than wait for a medic, severely limiting that class' playstyle. Respawn time is WAY too fast. You are not incentivizing good play, but inconsequential zerging and pushing. If you have a long respawn timer, your life becomes more precious and you worry about your uptime

Bugs:

extremely high CPU usage/bottleneck (100% at 5.6ghz on a 9800x3d with hyperthreading disabled)
Games often don't load. Everytime at the end of a round as it finishes counting down for a new match it will just show the titles screen and flicker. Sometimes the first game does this too. I think msi afterburner overlay may have something to do with it.

Firemode (Single/auto) isn't fully visible in the UI and is overlapped (F12)

Overall I am very disappointed with this game, which feels like a fastpaced CoD/Counterstrike with a Battlefield coat of paint.

I long for a Battlefield that goes back to the roots of BF2 and 3.

EDIT: few more notes:

can't unbind console, i keep hitting the tilde key when i mean to hit escape w/out realizing it and wonder why there is no input.

can't zoom on the minimap with the N key.

the known keybindings from previous battlefields are not being reused.

cannot orient oneself on the large layover map (m). the playing player is not recognizable at all nor is the direction you are looking

and the graphics aren't anything to write home about (war pun intended). previous battlefields were always a step forward in computer graphics. this time, apart from being detailed in the worst ways possible (see sensory overload) they are merely OK

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66 Replies

cornybbq2
Seasoned Ace
6 hours ago
I advice EA to listen to all these comments. They're spot on.
MetalAxx
Newcomer
7 hours ago
The gunfire speed is crazy fast. 30 rounds per second is insane. It feels kinda buggy when ammo go away faster than the gun actually shots.
Underp4ntz
Seasoned Newcomer
22 hours ago
I also think the game is too messy. there is no BREAKING point there is combat everywhere on the map, there are no rest sections.
maybe the maps are too small or too many players on 1 map. 2 maps are too small, Siege of Cairo and that other one.
you spawn a lot into combat and instantly die.
toxicant99
Newcomer
23 hours ago
I agree with everything.
Everything is definitely too cramped, 106m kill with a sniper is apparently a long shot. 100m is assault rifle range.
Not sure if I encountered a bug but I hit the M1a2 tank with 6 RPG rounds back-to-back and it was still fine.
The game has a good foundation but it's not a return to Bad Company 2/BF 3/BF 4.
BIG_Hefty79
New Novice
2 days ago
Yeah, I'm not diggin this gameplay. I'm no pro, but I'm not a noob either, and this gameplay is way too fast paced. Dying 5 seconds into spawn, unloading on someone and not killing them, and just the overall feel of the game is too fast. Tweakers will like it though!
Canadianatlas
Seasoned Novice
2 days ago
Battlefield 3 was more or less perfect with its pacing and feel, if you got into a good quality server.
Edmond_Dantes_II
Seasoned Newcomer
2 days ago
Spot on Entsorger69 for all your points. My initial impression was that the game was trying too hard to be like CoD just with destructible buildings and vehicles (and avoiding the colorful skins). I was really hoping that this game would go back to the BF2 roots where teams won or lost based on squad communication, teamwork and strategy. There is NONE of that in this game.
EA, you have GOT to slow the game down a bit. EVERY aspect of it. You will draw in a lot more buyers with some changes recommended in this thread, than just releasing it as it is now, in what amounts to a CoD clone. You've got to differentiate your game from that beyond just having more realistic graphics/skins.
I'm disappointedly cancelling my pre-oder on Steam. If they make some pretty big changes to differentiate it from CoD, I'm happy to buy it... but as it stands now, it's just an updated version of CoD without the glitter and rainbow skins.
World-Enemy
Seasoned Newcomer
2 days ago
my opinion to hop on yours.... YES IT IS TOO **bleep** FAST, you can even see it on the gamemode selection, when did we played a map for 20 minutes?! where are our 1k ticket servers why the f-ing crap is everybody sliding arround like they forgott there pills in the morning... there is litteraly no reason to even try play the game tactical... there is no tactic its run in and get shot from every angle.... the entire internet is saying the game is good, it looks good but thats about it, they need to listen to critics and not the cod kids zooming arround since activision sucking for a couple games...
martymcflyguy
Newcomer
2 days ago
Sounds like you just want them to re-release BF3! Maybe it's time to hang up the mouse old man
Drakonioo
Seasoned Newcomer
2 days ago
The game is too fast 100% agree.