this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2025
10 points (64.7% liked)

PC Gaming

12543 readers
397 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I tried it and had a pretty good time, of course biggest complaint was getting sniped all the time and the damn medics not doing their jobs, but having the any player can revive you and medic pull you is pretty great. Honestly haven't had fun with a shooter like this in a while.

It's a shame that EA has their big fat face on it but otherwise, yeah, I liked it.

top 21 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] RiQuY@lemmy.zip 56 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Kernel anticheat, EA, blocking Linux, pass.

[–] krimson@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Same. But EA being owned by the Trump family is more than enough.

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah last thing I want to do is give Saudis more money. hard pass.

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

And Jared Kushner (sp).

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Requires secure boot so I can't play it without risking messing up my main Linux installation. Even then it's a lot of hassle to play one game that's $90 CAD.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

No I did not try the beta because it won't support Linux.

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I have a group of friends that I played the beta with. We're all gonna buy it Friday if there aren't any glaring issues popping up in Steam reviews.

The beta was just a ton of fun. It felt like an actual BF game, and not some slop designed to steal players from other games, that appeals to no one.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pre-orderers lose. Wait a year and get it fixed and patched for 10 bucks in a sale

Nah. I want Battlefield, not CoD. They’ve been getting worse since 3 (arguably 4 if you count how good it was when they were done fixing it years later).

[–] sicjoke@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am going to let it get past the inevitable day one patch and then drop the cash. The beta felt like the good old days of BF:BC2 / BF3

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Don't do that. Don't give me hope.

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To me, a major point of irritation from the last couple of Battlefields was the fact that most players had no interest in playing more tactically. Squad leaders never giving orders, players not following orders, dudes just hanging in tanks for the entire match...

The beta felt like a much quicker game, with the squad order suggestions solving part of the issue for me. But it also means no squad bonuses and the quicker gameplay felt more like CoD on the sense that it's more of a shooter and less of an all-out tactical warfare game.

Nevertheless, I liked the overall feel and the fact that it just felt a lot lighter than the previous iterations. Purists will hate it and I agree with their points but if you don't see it as a Battlefield but just as a shooter, I thought it was really good. €70 good... I'm not so sure.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I don’t really recall much in terms of true cooperation / deep tactical gameplay in any Battlefield game, at least not with strangers. You probably want to check out Squad, Hell Let Loose, Rising Storm, etc

Battlefield has always been more on the “Arcadey” side

For me, the appeal of modern Battlefield (Bad Company and later) has been the feeling of moment to moment chaos and intensity that other large scale warfare games otherwise deliver after a long buildup of tension.

[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

biggest complaint was getting sniped all the time and the damn medics not doing their jobs

Yay, it’s Battlefield!

I was in the alpha playtest and then only got to play about an hour of the beta but I liked what I was seeing.

Not going to day one it, paying full price for launch issues doesn’t appeal to me, but depending on how it pans out I’m likely to pick it up during the first sale.

[–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Didn't bother. I'm already too regretful about the games I bought on EA's store and that I've been having trouble playing since they ditched their Origin launcher. Add the fact that BF6 won't work on any Linux OS either and I'm out. I'm not paying a cent for games as a service that won't ever serve me.

[–] Mangoholic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

EA is owned by Jared Kushner and the Saudi prince, it was always shit, but now its dead.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't play any type of shooter. My G/F does. She said Battlefield was too much like COD with wall jump mechanics, and insane types of sniping with thermal scopes ECT. She said in COD you expect that type of play, but don't expect it in a Battlefield game. She's not buying it.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

What shooters does she recommend, as I've had a hard time finding games with good multi-player and movement/controls as Cod (in my personal opinion).

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for reminder. I've almost forgot to pre-order

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It makes me sad that no one remembers no Russian

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago