Battlefield 6 Season 1 Map Blackwell Fields in the Firing Line as Players Report Being Killed From as Far Away as Enemy HQ Spawn Points

Battlefield 6 Season 1 is here, and players person already turned their attraction to 1 large issue: Blackwell Fields.

The California sun-soaked fields of EA and Battlefield Studios’ archetypal caller post-launch representation are location to an service of lipid pumpjacks, smoky hills, and an orangish tint that blankets each scrap of metallic and vigor tower. It besides happens to beryllium what immoderate judge is “hands down the worst representation successful the game” if not “the worst representation successful BF history.”

This week's Season 1 motorboat was meant to beryllium the archetypal successful a agelong enactment of breathtaking moments for Battlefield players. Instead, it’s kicked disconnected seasonal updates connected a sour note, arsenic fans flock to knock Blackwell Fields arsenic a wasteland that suffers from a deficiency of screen for infantry and vehicles alike.

“I can't number the magnitude of times I spawn connected this representation and instantly person nonstop imaginativeness of the enemies capturing points,” 1 dissatisfied Battlefield 6 subordinate said. “You get changeable astatine from each space connected this map, there's ne'er a break. People tin conscionable spawn and commencement shooting you consecutive away.”

"My playstyle is technologist people and I stroke up armored vehicles, but I cant adjacent get into screen successful this representation without getting changeable from ALL sides," different fashionable station explained. "The monolithic unfastened areas makes it a sniper haven and each different people is conscionable trashed."

Despite its comparatively ample battles, Battlefield 6’s Conquest mode seems to endure the astir erstwhile it comes to Blackwell Fields, arsenic players study facing force occurrence from arsenic acold distant arsenic force HQ spawn points. Pilots for aerial vehicles, specifically, study having a hard clip connected the caller Season 1 map. Despite being considered 1 of the larger maps Battlefield 6 has to offer, opponents with the close hardware tin inactive fastener onto immoderate jets earlier they’ve adjacent taken off.

“This is fantastic,” 1 Reddit idiosyncratic jokes. “I was hoping for much maps wherever Helis are useless.”

“No no, they are cleanable bully store helicopters,” different idiosyncratic teases. “You support them bully and cleanable successful the hangar.

“It's not chopper play yet.”

These Blackwell Fields equilibrium issues lone adhd substance to the occurrence that is the speech surrounding representation sizes successful Battlefield 6, but galore person expressed dissatisfaction with the representation careless of crippled mode. Even smaller objective-based crippled modes successful downsized versions of Blackwell Fields inactive diagnostic those orangish visuals, starring to adjacent much chaotic moments arsenic bullets alert done dense environments obscured by smoke.

“I played a circular of breakthrough which was decent and 1 of conquest which was a disaster,” 1 Steam idiosyncratic commented. “The visibility is already truthful atrocious successful this crippled nary substance what settings you use, the red/orange tint that this representation person it's a disaster.”

Although the stray remark praising Blackwell Fields and its cinematic consciousness tin beryllium recovered if you look hard enough, it seems astir players online would commercialized ambiance if it meant BF Studios would hole what they consciousness are one-sided battles and suffocating weapon fights. Of course, it’s lone been 1 time since Season 1 launched for Battlefield 6, truthful opinions could displacement aft they walk much clip with the caller map.

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It's unclear if Blackwell Fields volition person immoderate changes, but EA and BF Studios person proven to beryllium responsive erstwhile it comes to instrumentality feedback truthful far. Even if Blackwell Fields continues to beryllium a sore spot for the community, Season 1 volition astatine slightest present a new, little orangish representation successful the signifier of Eastwood travel November 18.

Numerous updates, large and small, person arrived since Battlefield 6 launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S October 10. Included successful the database of past tweaks are toned down greenish highlights for a arguable skin, and reverted summons sizes for Conquest.

As the squad works to robust retired the kinks successful Battlefield 6 Season 1, they'll besides proceed to present updates for Battlefield REDSEC and its conflict royale mode. The standalone acquisition launched yesterday and is facing its ain issues, arsenic players person taken to the Steam reviews conception to telephone for changes to its conflict walk and queue options.

Meanwhile, cheque retired our afloat database of each presently disposable Battlefield 6 multiplayer maps. Those looking to brushwood up connected their online skills tin besides work our multiplayer tips and tricks guide.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).