OP is exactly right. It's a sacrifice of depth for shallow lolz.
Unfortunately this is what EA's target audience seem 'happy' with. When I say 'happy' I mean they drool and giggle and nod vigorously like good little consumers.
I feel it's over for the franchise.
It used to straddle the middle ground between arcade and milsim nicely and was the best of the shooters because of that.
Now, unfortunately, EA - greedy corp that they are - decided they want a 'wider audience' at the expense of the original fan base. They got in a CoD boss and positioned BF to grab as much of the CoD and BR audience as possible.
Why they couldn't make a new IP and avoid ruining BF I don't know... well, I do... lazyness and lack of caring. Much easier to abuse an existing franchise than go to the effort and risk of promoting a new one.
You’re absolutely right. They basically gave us a reskinned version of 2042 and lied to the players. They’re both lazy and working with inexperienced developers who clearly don’t know what they’re doing.
