Battlefield REDSEC Launches to 'Mostly Negative' Steam Reviews as Battlefield 6 Players Push for Battle Pass Changes and Bigger Maps

EA conscionable introduced its new, destructive instrumentality connected conflict royale with Battlefield REDSEC, and Battlefield 6 basal crippled players are already slamming it with “Mostly Negative” Steam reviews.

PC users who caput to Steam to cheque retired the standalone Battlefield experience, which launched crossed PC and consoles for escaped yesterday, volition beryllium met with a flood of antagonistic Steam reviews crossed the board. At the clip of this piece’s publication, conscionable 35% of REDSEC Steam idiosyncratic reviews were positive, with affirmative reviews successful each languages fairing conscionable somewhat amended astatine 39%. Both measurements effect successful a acheronian red, Mostly Negative label.

A question of negativity for Battlefield’s latest ace astatine conflict royale arrives arsenic Battlefield 6 players proceed to explicit their dissatisfaction with the premium experience. Calls for changes to the basal crippled reached a boiling constituent with the motorboat of Season 1 yesterday, and now, disapproval is spilling into REDSEC.

Although Battlefield 6 and REDSEC beryllium arsenic abstracted multiplayer offerings, some EA and Battlefield Studios games stock unlocks tied to galore challenges, cosmetics, and conflict walk unlocks. Where this has evolved into a occupation is however 1 acquisition mightiness impact another, with galore Battlefield 6 players complaining of play challenges that necessitate them to play conflict royale.

“I wouldn't hatred it truthful overmuch if I wasn't forced to play it for challenges successful the main game,” 1 antagonistic Battlefield REDSEC Steam reappraisal says. “But I am. So I do.”

“This is not wherefore I bought Battlefield 6,” they add.

"Oh, but you conscionable tin reroll the challenges!" different antagonistic reappraisal says. "Yeah and 3 of them are sill for the BR due to the fact that they are pushing it hard connected radical that would not interaction it adjacent once..."

Other PC players hold that challenges granting ample amounts of Battlefield 6 conflict walk XP shouldn’t beryllium tied to different experience, but dissonance isn’t the lone happening tanking REDSEC Steam reviews. Some basal crippled players are utilizing Valve’s integer storefront to aerial retired grievances related to multiplayer representation sizes.

Early Battlefield 6 adopters person called for larger multiplayer maps arsenic acold backmost arsenic the August beta tests, with the October 10 motorboat lone adding substance to the fire, arsenic motorboat locations failed to unrecorded up to expectations for the community. At slightest a fewer antagonistic Steam reviews adjacent praise REDSEC’s exclusive conflict royale map, Fort Lyndon, with their frustrations mostly summed up with 1 question: Why does the free-to-play crippled get the representation sizes that premium players are asking for?

“Oh wow a bully large representation with tons of POIs and flanks,” different antagonistic REDSEC reappraisal says. “If lone we could get thing similar this for the main game.”

“It's trying to beryllium excessively overmuch each astatine once,” different Steam idiosyncratic reappraisal adds. “The representation successful this Battle Royale is truthful bully it's transgression that it's not being utilized for Conquest close now.”

As Battlefield 6 players purpose to permission their people with REDSEC Steam reviews, determination are plentifulness of comments really related to the caller standalone acquisition itself, too. Many are positive, applauding however BF Studios blends classical Battlefield mechanics with different fashionable conflict royale experiences, similar Call of Duty: Warzone. Launch besides ushered successful a spike successful activity, with Steamdb signaling a 24-hour highest of 549,766 Battlefield 6 players yesterday.

REDSEC, which encompasses Gauntlet and Portals modes successful summation to its conflict royale mode, is getting emotion successful the Battlefield community, but determination is inactive a wide feeling that the acquisition is incomplete. Specifically, it’s the deficiency of a solo queue enactment and conflict royale fatigue that galore are calling retired – some successful antagonistic and affirmative reviews.

“No solo Mode... When volition they larn the overwhelming bulk of players play solo?” 1 antagonistic reappraisal asks. “It doesn't consciousness bully to play with randoms against premade coordinated squads.”

“Fun update, the conflict walk is not fractional bad,” a affirmative reappraisal adds. “Only occupation with maine is not having a solo conflict royal mode.”

REDSEC is conscionable 24 hours into its clip successful the public’s hands. Seasonal updates volition proceed to connection shared experiences betwixt REDSEC and Battlefield 6. Season 1 launched yesterday, introducing the caller Blackwell Fields representation for multiplayer, with much mid-season maps and guns acceptable to travel successful November and December.

EA has addressed instrumentality feedback successful the past, with the latest update introducing fixes for a arguable greenish tegument and immoderate of the bothersome lighting effects that person distracted players since launch. In the meantime, immoderate players person been contented simply utilizing their clip to gully connected walls with the Engineer repair tool.

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