Near 100 hours in, this isn't Battlefield.
Prefix: I have played every battlefield game since bc2 and even got premium on release for bf3 and bf4 and gave thousands of hours to the franchise.
Where to start.
It started ok, the game felt great at first, looked the part, I couldn't put it down but then little things started to stack up.
The slide, it is horrible and should not be in a battlefield game, yesterday a guy went from standing still to sliding across my screen, like really, that is pure dog mess.
People sliding round corners and looking in your direction and you are dead, I'm also convinced the hit box for sliding is broken.
I have yet to see a single person use the slide to get into cover.
The maps are basically scaled up moba maps, gotta control those lanes with no space to flank.
Closed weapons completely abandoned, this has infuriated me, the only saving grace is that I have started playing domination because it is less lane focused.
Weapon balance is a mess, smg out performing assault rifles at mid ranges, I used the mp7 for a bit and it is a laser at mid range and despite its damage, the fire rate melts, that is just one example.
Attachments have just been given random attributes regardless of what the attachment is, like bipods increasing hipfire, zero effort went into them.
Explosives are weak, very weak, you put 3 sticks of c3 next to someone's head and you suppress them, really?
I stuck 3 c3 on the back of a tank and did 25 damage....
Suppression is implemented horribly.
Stats, what stats?
The amount of stats available in game is embarrassing, let me see how many kills I got with this gun, nah, let me see how tags I've taken, nah.
Stats are a great way to look at what you need to improve.
Redsec and the battlepass....
These 2 should of been their own thing far away from the main game.
The game came out looking like an authentic modern day military shooter but now its a clown show, bright yellows greens and reds everywhere, then you have it where any class can equip the same skin and who is in charge of designing these skins? look at the pax vanguard pack, the skins look OK but then its like dice let a 5 year old loose on them or the artist thought he was designing kits for fc26.
That should not have been attached to the main game go run around redsec dressed like a road worker or a paintball enthusiast if you want but that should not be in the main game.
The takedowns are still bad, still fails 90% of the time unless you stare precisely at the back of someone's head, and you can't takedown crouched enemies, the takedown system is rubbish.
Mini map spotting is a half measure, when you see someone on the mini map there is a high chance you will die if you try engage them, this is because it lacks the directional arrow showing the way they are facing.
I'm actually annoyed I bought the game, its not battlefield, its a clown show.
I've held off on sharing these annoyances and tried to give the game time, but its getting worse and worse.
The base game and traditional modes are going to become unbearable if playable at all (rip closed weapons) due to the stupid sliding and the clown skins.
Battlefield used to be an immersive experience, now you can't get immersed when the guy next to you looks like he got attacked by neon yellow tape or people slide along the ground from a standing position.
It is a 2042 reskin in every single way and it is disgusting.
I would try to offer suggestions and stuff but I don't think anyone at dice or ea cares so I won't bother.
I will keep playing for what it is, but it is a poor battlefield game.
