I knew from playing in labs that this wouldn't be a "return to form" like people thought, but I saw it as a step in the right direction. A course correct that may take more than one game to get back to where we should be. I knew there weren't many people left at DICE/EA that made BF3 and BF4 so expecting that magic again would only bring disappointment.
It seems the bigger and longer a franchise runs, the weirder the decisions they make until they get humbled. Gotta keep in mind how out of touch execs in charge of these games that really don't even play them are. They rely on metrics instead of letting actual gamers make their games. It's all an investment opportunity. AAA multiplayer games are now just carrot dangling micro-transaction hellscapes.
Keep your expectations tempered, expect the worst but hope for the best. Support what you like, ignore what you don't. All franchises go through this waxing and waning stuff.
