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I’m perched atop the crumbling frame of an unfinished structure, in a remote valley tucked deep within the mountains of Central Asia. Cinders from aerial projectiles combine with the smoke emanating from countless wrecks to obfuscate my vision. Below, enemy armor rolls toward our last stronghold. A convoy of tanks trailed by infantry lead the charge, while jets and helicopters hammer what remains of our defenses. Mortar fire rains from unseen hillsides. My comrades scramble for cover, morale thinning by the minute. The end feels inevitable.
Enemy soldiers clamber down the hills to poke at our defensive resolve. I chip at their ranks with a scoped rifle, my allies on the lower levels unload clip after clip, yet their numbers seem unaffected. The stalemate is shattered after a tank marauds into our territory, its shells tear through the soldiers beneath before its cannon swings upward – aiming squarely in my direction. Instinctively, I sprint backward to prevent direct contact, knowing that its firepower threatens to flatten my vantage point.
Eventually, I muster the courage to face my end head-on. As I creep back into its line of sight, I spot a concrete pipe dangling from a nearby crane, perfectly aligned with my armored nemesis. In a flash of what can only be called ‘gaming IQ,’ I fire at its chains. They snap, and the pipe plummets, crushing the tank in an explosion that violently divorces hull from cannon. I take a sigh of relief before a distant sniper ends my second-long reprieve. The war is lost, the match is over, yet I sit there in silence, entirely in awe of what just happened, and what I managed to pull off.
That feeling is so distinctively Battlefield. The franchise is adept at making you feel like a small cog in a massive war machine. So when you manage to grab the moment by the scruff of its neck and execute something so remarkably singular, you can’t help but be enamored by that high.
To this extent, Battlefield 6 is a veritable playground for jaw-dropping moments, complemented by devastating spectacle. It’s a tight, serious, first-person shooter refined and polished to the nth degree. The game is instantly addictive out of the box, with its appeal only rising the more time you sink into it. In fact, I can say with a great deal of confidence that it’s primed to be a mainstay in the online shooter genre, and in this review, I’ll explain precisely why.
It’s Loud, It’s Dirty, and It Feels like Home
There’s so much to like about Battlefield 6’s core gameplay, but what stood out to me immediately was the aesthetic.
From the military camo on your soldier’s back to cackling callsigns on the radio, the vibe is pure, unfiltered mil-sim. After years of contending with the ‘Fortnitification’ of Call of Duty, it’s refreshing to play a shooter that takes itself seriously. The visual palette exudes maturity with moody greys and brown hues livened up by cinematic lighting evoking that ‘war movie’ energy a Battlefield title needs to deliver.
The particle effects only accentuate that fire, ash, and brimstone vibe the game has going for it. Dusty gusts of wind frequently cloud your sightlines, and that proverbial fog of war is amplified by sparks and shrapnel from the near-constant explosions.
Maps like Iberian Offensive unfold across desolate cityscapes, its roads papered with ripped plaster from the many walls left as casualties by the barbaric nature of human conflict. Liberation Peak is another visual treat with snow-capped mountains adorning the backdrop, isolated hamlets near the central pathway, and steep, monolithic hills all around.
My favorite is Mirak Valley, which plays and looks like a rugged, unforgiving battlefield. Exhaustive trenches run across its borders, leading into cramped homesteads that are decimated within seconds, without fail. Heaps of mud and ashened rubble decorate every nook and cranny, and running across its liberating open fields is a quick way to get shredded. These painstaking details are stuffed into every sector of every map and help create the most immersive Battlefield game yet, at least in the visual department.
Firearms are another high point, and while the realism doesn’t hit Modern Warfare 2019 standards, almost every weapon is satisfying to use. From their designs to the ballistic soundscape, the guns feel far less synthetic than in 2042. Bullet impact feels, well, impactful thanks to excellent feedback and well-designed ragdoll physics. Precise Sniper shots floor enemies instantly, shotguns have them performing aerial acrobatics, and an LMG applied to an onrushing enemy is blissful overkill. Weapon bloom remains a contentious topic, but apart from that, gunplay gets my thumbs up.
The same praise can be extended to vehicles, as BF6’s garage contains 15 different combat vessels. Almost every base is covered, including stealth fighter jets, assault helicopters, battle tanks, and infantry trucks. Whether you’re seated in the cockpit or behind the wheel, vehicles feel satisfying to maneuver, thanks to a strong balance between realistic heft and arcade-y liberties. They look and sound good as well, with the deafening roar of fighter jets being a personal highlight.
From the military camo on your soldier’s back to cackling callsigns on the radio, the vibe is pure, unfiltered mil-sim.
Of course, you can’t talk about Battlefield without mentioning the franchise’s signature destruction, and in BF6, it’s genuinely better than ever. Buildings are unwelcome guests in this game, and seeing them collapse over and over is consistently breathtaking. The wall you’re ducking behind, the window you’re perched against, the stairs you’re carefully ascending — all of it can be blown to smithereens within seconds. Structures are almost ripped from their foundations when gunpowder meets cement, resulting in a hail of stone and brick that is so visceral that I let out an audible cough the first time it happened.
With that being said, I do wish that the destruction was a bit more granular. While there are different levels of decimation, you cannot puncture an opening through a wall to instantly create a sight line like in Rainbow Six Siege. Similarly, you can’t blow through ceilings to catch enemies off-guard as you would in The Finals. In its current state, the destruction mechanics prioritize spectacle over utility, and while that’s completely in line with the franchise’s identity, it would’ve been nice to see some advancements on this front.
Once all these ingredients are tossed into the pot, boy, do things get cooking. The moment-to-moment gameplay is joyously chaotic, where, depending on the game mode, you’re crouch-running across large areas with flares lighting up the skybox and bullets whizzing past your ears, or you’re rounding corners and conquering cramped alleyways like a marine on a mission. Be it all-out warfare in Conquest, or tight CQB gunfights in Domination, you’re guaranteed to have a lot of fun.
The sheer scope of engagements, be it infantry or aerial, ensures that you’ll rarely feel a sense of repetition. No two matches play out the same way, simply because there are so many variables in action at all times. After several hours, you might get attuned with how certain maps flow, but there’s no predicting what sort of vehicular resistance you’ll meet along the way, or if a timely explosion will cement your untimely demise. There’s no way to tell which sector the enemy will fortify the most, or even the chosen class of your next combatant.
The game constantly forces you to read the battlefield, adapt on the fly, and make split-second decisions. That sense of unpredictability, combined with the scale of combat and the variety of engagements, ensures that no two moments feel alike. By the end of a round, whether victorious or defeated, you’re left with that rare satisfaction of having contributed to a war that felt truly alive. This, by itself, makes for such an engaging loop and makes Battlefield 6 very easy to recommend.
Multiplayer Gets Your Blood Pumping, but Maps Never Earn Their Stripes
Battlefield 6’s primary attraction is, of course, the multiplayer. Every game mode you’d expect is present, alongside the returning Class system. We’ve gone back to the classic Battlefield 4 setup, with four distinct archetypes that have specific abilities and proficiencies. The system is simply integral to the franchise and BF6’s combat as a whole, and lends a sense of purpose to the many faceless soldiers you encounter on the battlefield.
Each Class has a fleshed-out arsenal of gadgets to fit its distinct role, ranging from Assault’s aggressive toolkit to the Engineer’s menagerie of guided and manual launchers. They also get neat bonuses for using specific types of weapons. Unfortunately, these differences crumble against the choice to prioritize Open playlists, which lets players use any gun of their choice, regardless of their selected Class.
I fully understand the rationale behind this decision, as it gives the user more freedom and agency. However, the Class system does feel a bit hollow as a result. Players will always gravitate towards the meta weapon class supplemented by overpowered gadgets. meaning you’ll likely run into Engineers with Carbines, Assault mains with SMGs, and Support soldiers with just about anything. This flexibility clashes with the whole notion of archetypes, but again, I get why this is the case, and you still have the choice to queue in a Closed playlist instead.
With that tangent out of the way, I’m really pleased with the selection of game modes on offer. You’ve got all the classics: Conquest, Breakthrough, and Rush, alongside some CQB experiences in Domination, Team Deathmatch, and King of the Hill.
The core framework behind every mode is strong and compelling. Conquest offers tense warfare across fronts, with the action being measured at the start before ramping up to a chaotic conclusion. Breakthrough slots players into offensive and defensive roles, making for desperate skirmishes across the entire battlefield. Team Deathmatch is classic close-range warfare played at a breakneck pace, perfect for those migrating over from Call of Duty.
Another mode worth highlighting is the newly minted Escalation, which plays like a cross between Conquest and Domination, featuring randomly placed capture zones that force players to keep shuffling from one spot to another in high volumes. Holding a majority of these zones for a specific duration nets your team a point, and the first side to gather three points is crowned the winner. Vehicles are gradually dispersed as the match draws on, while the capture zones grow in proximity.
The mode bears the DNA of a Battle Royale as the shifting zones mimic the shrinking circle from titles such as Fortnite and Warzone. Eventually, the action is concentrated into a single area, and it’s honestly difficult to describe just how intense things can get. Whether you’re mustering up the courage to rush the site or holding onto one for dear life, your adrenaline is bound to spike. During these tight-knit tussles, even peeking out of cover is like gambling with the reaper. For this reason and many others, Escalation quickly became my favorite game mode, and it’ll likely be yours as well.
As solid as the mode selection is, it needs to be supplemented by a strong roster of maps, and this is where things get a bit hairy. Battlefield 6 released with nine maps, eight of which are brand-new, but ultimately, they come in pairs of two. Empire State and Manhattan Bridge are set in neighbouring New York locales, New Sobek City and Siege of Cairo take place in arid Egypt, Liberation Peak and Mirak Valley have the same central asian flavor, while Iberian Offensive and Saints Quarter display a war-ravaged Europe.
Sharing the same ‘biome’ (for the lack of a better term) is perfectly fine if the maps feel distinct enough, but sadly, that is not the case. For instance, Iberian Offensive and Saints Quarter have different color palettes, but their network of claustrophobic alleys is far too similar. It also doesn’t help that Battlefield 6 doesn’t really have a true ‘big map,’ a common complaint voiced by many players.
Battlefield 6’s multiplayer still captures that intoxicating sense of scale and chaos that few shooters can replicate.
These complaints mushroom into a fundamental flaw once you consider that some of the maps are just bad. If there’s one thing I’ve observed from monitoring dozens of threads on the r/Battlefield subreddit, it’s that everyone has their own picks for the worst map. You’ll find one user berating Operation Firestorm and calling it boring, while another heralds it as the only decent battlefield in this Battlefield.
The point is your mileage may vary, but according to this soldier, Manhattan Bridge is just abysmal. It’s so bad that I contemplate hitting Alt+F4 every time I see its loading screen. First of all, what’s the point of having a map named after a colossal bridge if you cannot blow said bridge into tiny little pieces, especially in a Battlefield game? Besides this nitpick, the map feels like an odd mismash of verticality, congested roads, and uninteresting structures. Unless the intention was to have the player get beamed at from 10 different directions, the map lacks a true ‘flow.’ The action feels better if you’re commanding a vehicle, but the infantry experience is rough, to say the least.
Its New York sibling, Empire State, isn’t much better either. Its segments are certainly more interesting, like the intricately decorated museum and the dimly lit garage. However, the core problem remains: you’re still getting beamed, flanked, cornered, and camped from seemingly everywhere. New Sobek City suffers from the issue, whilst having a dollop of its own shortcomings that I’m too tired to get into.
There are good maps here, of course – Iberian Offensive and Mirak Valley being the two I consistently enjoyed my time with. That said, the roster needs improving, and thankfully, the Season 1 Roadmap has confirmed that we won’t have to wait too long for new arenas.
As critical as I am about the maps, Battlefield 6’s multiplayer still captures that intoxicating sense of scale and chaos that few shooters can replicate. Its sprawling sandboxes remain fertile ground for emergent spectacle — the kind where every explosion, every last stand, every well-timed revive feeds into that unmistakable Battlefield rhythm. Even when balance falters or the terrain frustrates, the sheer unpredictability of each match keeps you tethered. And that, in itself, is a rock-solid foundation to build upon with future seasonal updates.
The Campaign Fires Blanks in an Otherwise Loaded Arsenal
I deliberately saved the worst for last, so let’s get this over with – Battlefield 6 campaign? No good, hermano. The fact that the campaign sits in an isolated tab, accompanied by a ‘Play’ button which promptly turns into ‘Uninstall’ once you wrap it up, is pretty indicative of its quality. It’s 5-6 hours of runtime serves up your standard hoo-rah, booyah, hell-yeah slice of American bravado/war porn that’s cut a little too thick for my liking.
Character development and nuance are entirely absent, so forgive me for not remembering basically anything tied to the narrative. The central premise actually seems interesting at first – pitting a fractured NATO against a rogue militia named Pax Armata. It hints at allied nations jumping ship to the dark side and promises a globe-trotting adventure. That early optimism sinks pretty quickly, however, as the campaign’s archaic mission design takes you from one shooting gallery to another with little in the way of variation.
The locations you traverse across its nine missions are visually appealing, but the repetition results in an experience that feels pretty static. Barring the Battle of Gibraltar and that one New York mission from the trailers, even the set-pieces fail to impress. Pacing is uneven, too – events unfold at about 100 kph north of ‘brisk,’ yet somehow remain uninteresting throughout.
To sum things up, is the Battlefield 6 Campaign good? No. Is the Campaign memorable? No. Are there any missions worth experiencing? A couple, maybe. Is the Campaign fun? Eh.
The Best PC Port of 2025 is Firing on All Cores, All the Time
A competent AAA PC port? In THIS economy? You’ve got to be joking, EA.
Despite the scale of its maps, the number of enemies on screen, and the barrage of explosions kicking off at all times, Battlefield 6 runs like an absolute dream on PC. It is the very embodiment of a well-optimized and polished PC port, allowing players across all configurations to enjoy stellar visuals and buttery-smooth performance.
In my case, I ran the game on an ASUS Ultrabook equipped with a Ryzen 5 Chip, 16 gigs of RAM, and an Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU that’s actually tuned for Studio workloads. This means that it draws far less power than its desktop counterpart and delivers inferior performance as a result. Even with these constraints, I managed to get a consistent 60 FPS on the lowest visual settings at 1080p.
While playing the Campaign, I bumped up the graphics preset to Medium, and the game still delivered a rock-solid framerate with the help of Dynamic Scaling. Battlefield 6 is easily the smoothest AAA experience I’ve had on my laptop all year, so your performance concerns can be put to rest.
Verdict: Battlefield 6 is Chaotic, Cinematic, and Cataclysmic Fun
Battlefield 6 is a masterclass in scale, spectacle, and emergent chaos. From the thunderous roar of tanks and jets to the pulverizing collapse of buildings, the game nails the feeling of being a small cog in a living, breathing war machine — and then rewards you when your ingenuity turns the tide in a split-second moment of glory.
Whether you’re mowing down infantry, sniping from afar, or commanding vehicles across open fields, its core gameplay is addictive, visceral, and deeply satisfying. The multiplayer modes deliver variety and excitement, and even with a handful of underwhelming maps, the unpredictability of each match keeps the experience fresh. For fans of large-scale shooters, Battlefield 6 is a triumphant, addictive return to form.
