Gunplay is great. Classes are designed around actually needing each other (could still use some tweaks but I think it's in the right direction). Weapon customization is great. Graphics are fantastic. Destruction is awesome.... but between the Beta and a few hours last night, I'm already starting to get bored. Why?

The maps. The maps are just absolutely bad. They clearly designed this game to rival call of duty and I really wish they hadn't. IMO, they heard people didn't like 2042, so they over-corrected as much as possible into what we have today. Believe it or not, BF2042, for all it's shortcomings, felt more like a Battlefield game than this does; the maps, although sometimes too big and very empty, still had some thought and soul put into them.

Past BF maps: Large collapsing skyscraper, nighttime attack under a giant bridge, hills and valleys with train cars, tropical jungles and shack villages, snowy mountains with snow storms, island with storms that appear and blur our vision,.. diving off a cliff hundreds of meters above you to attack the next point!

Current BF6 maps:This game has none of the awesome set pieces above. It's random city, random city in a desert, random location in a different desert, etc. Just buildings and lanes everywhere. Lane maps are for CoD... There is no heart put into these maps whatsoever, no unique identity. BF6 maps literally seem like something that would be randomly generated in a game engine addon. No Levolution, no map events. It's maps are sterile and lifeless and the game immediately becomes one of the worst BF games because of it. I'm gonna play it because it's still some fun with friends and I'm hopeful the player-created maps in Portal, or maybe some future DLC, will bring back some old maps or make actual BF maps instead if the uninspired AI maps we have at launch.

You were so close, DICE. Hopefully you can take the overwhelming map criticism to heart and release real BF maps over the coming year. If the game can deliver some cool maps, I will change my review to a thumbs up because at that point, it will be a great game. Without Levolution and map events, BF4 will still reign king, however.

Side Note: The games color pallete could really use 20% more saturation. It is way too washed out. Just a nitpick but it's boring to look at to me. It's more washed out than real life, Arma Reforger has more color.

[h1]Its the maps. I'm telling you. It's the maps that make this game very mediocre.[/h1] Gunplay is great. Classes are designed around actually needing each other (could still use some tweaks but I think it's in the right direction). Weapon customization is great. Graphics are fantastic. Destruction is awesome.... but between the Beta and a few hours last night, I'm already starting to get bored. Why? [u]The maps[/u]. The maps are just absolutely bad. They clearly designed this game to rival call of duty and I really wish they hadn't. IMO, they heard people didn't like 2042, so they over-corrected as much as possible into what we have today. Believe it or not, BF2042, for all it's shortcomings, felt more like a Battlefield game than this does; the maps, although sometimes too big and very empty, still had some thought and soul put into them. [b]Past BF maps:[/b] Large collapsing skyscraper, nighttime attack under a giant bridge, hills and valleys with train cars, tropical jungles and shack villages, snowy mountains with snow storms, island with storms that appear and blur our vision,.. diving off a cliff hundreds of meters above you to attack the next point! [b]Current BF6 maps:[/b]This game has none of the awesome set pieces above. It's random city, random city in a desert, random location in a different desert, etc. Just buildings and lanes everywhere. Lane maps are for CoD... There is no heart put into these maps whatsoever, no unique identity. BF6 maps literally seem like something that would be randomly generated in a game engine addon. No Levolution, no map events. It's maps are sterile and lifeless and the game immediately becomes one of the worst BF games because of it. I'm gonna play it because it's still some fun with friends and I'm hopeful the player-created maps in Portal, or maybe some future DLC, will bring back some old maps or make actual BF maps instead if the uninspired AI maps we have at launch. You were so close, DICE. Hopefully you can take the overwhelming map criticism to heart and release real BF maps over the coming year. If the game can deliver some cool maps, I will change my review to a thumbs up because at that point, it will be a great game. Without Levolution and map events, BF4 will still reign king, however. [i]Side Note: The games color pallete could really use 20% more saturation. It is way too washed out. Just a nitpick but it's boring to look at to me. It's more washed out than real life, Arma Reforger has more color.[/i]