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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 98.6 hrs on record (37.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 19 Nov, 2021 @ 12:10pm
Updated: 19 Nov, 2021 @ 12:13pm

A beautiful looking disappointment.

Let me tell that straight away... I do enjoy this game despite all its flaws and weird gimmicks... and I didnt like BF4 that much... even after all these years.

First things first...
the graphics
... they look very good for the most part... some building on Hourglass (during sunrise) do look like straight from a mobile game... but the rest of the game looks beautiful... especially during night-time with massive shootings and explosions all around You...

... speaking of shooting...
the sound
... oh boy... Im not an audiophile... the audio is very good... characters talking etc... but... there is something off with weapon sounds... they dont have that punch that BF5 had... they sound more like BF4 guns (leaning towards BF5 but still)... cant say much about music because its meh but fits the theme of the game.

What is the most important thing in first person shooters? Oh yea...
the weapons
... to put it mildly... they... arent that good. Animations for some of the guns are lazy as ♥♥♥♥ (Im looking at You AK74 and AN94) they dont sound good and there are only like 22ish in the main game (not counting portal). 2 LMGs? Are You f-ing serious? Skins? Almost all of them are bad. The only 2 good skins are for 30 kills and 1200 kills... and these are the only two challenges in the entire game. What they were thinking? The balance is good except that one marksman rifle that kills in two shots across the map and is semi auto (reminder... all bolt action sniper rifles do the same thing except they kill in one shot to the head... what a tradeoff). It can easily be patched. The only good thing about weapons is that there are tons of attachments to unlock.

Maps
... another topic that devides players. There are only 7 maps at launch (+6 in Portal). These maps are hella big but most of them are actually very good. Yes some of them are too big and You need to run for like 2mins only to die in one shot by some hidden sniper... but if You keep spawning on flags then there is no issue... also You can play as that wingsuit lady and basically fly around the map. Most of them are good (the only one I dislike is Discarded... that ship in the middle of nothing)... but I can still enjoy it.

What wingsuit? Is this some sort of item? No... its time to talk about...
specialists
... I DONT HAVE PROBLEM WITH THEM... because I see them as secondary gadget slot with a character skin attached to it. Also... most of them are pretty bad and one is stupid. The two useful ones are wingsuit lady and the medic... the stupid one is that wallhack lady... things like that dont belong into Battlefield game... the rest of them are forgettable and just boring... maybe except that grappling hook guy but I didnt play him. I also dont have problem with characters skins because I see everyone as moving dark-green pile of pixels anyway... and it was the same way in every BF game. Some people hate them because they replaced old class system... well I hated that old system because I couldnt play as long range medic sniper... now I can.

The second hot topic is
the performance
... I play on 5-3600/ 1060oc 6gb/ 16ram... and on medium preset with textures high and shadows low I do have between 50 and 75fps. The lowest Ive recorded was on Hourglass at stadium with literally 3/4 of server throwing grenades and tornado coming in... and I still didnt go under 40fps... but Im only speaking for myself... my two friends with better GPUs (but slower CPUs) had barely 60fps on low settings... so yeah... its all over the place but we can easily see that the game is CPU demanding.

On the other side...
bugs and glitches
... Im lvl40 and I had only one glitch on one specific map (Kaleidoscope) where one of Your teammates will appear as an enemy. Its not game breaking but still. Ive heard about people having tons of glitches but I didnt encounter any... but since people are posting videos with them, we cant say that the game came in perfect shape... no... its pretty bad but not Cyberpunk levels of bad.

What about
game modes
... there are 3 of them... All-Out-Warfare which is the main 128 players futuristic mayhem... Hazard Zone that combines Tarkov with BR... and there is Portal. The first one speaks for itself... its Your classic Battlefield with all that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Ive told You already. The second one (Hazard Zone) is forgettable at best. It lacks something and I dont know what that is. Basically You are being thrown into a map (4man squads) with 31 other players trying to secure the intel and survive. There are bots roaming around... idk... boring mode. Last but not least there is Portal which gives You 6 extra maps from previous games (1942/ BC2/ BF3) and many more weapons to play... with ability to customize servers at Your will. It has a great potentiat but for now it kinda lacks in everything. Only 6 maps... handful of weapons. We will see in the future.

So... at the end... as I said I do enjoy the game even at its current state... there are lots of things to fix but it has great potential and it will be a great game... at some point in the future.

7-/10
(for now)
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