It seems EA’s free-to-play battle royale Battlefield REDSEC is off to a rocky start as it has gotten a host of negative reviews across the board on Steam, with only 35% of REDSEC Steam user reviews being marked as positive, which is definitely not what EA or the developers had thought prior to it’s release.
A vast part of the problems are directed at how Battlefield REDSEC has been integrated into the overall progression of Battlefield 6 as the two games share unlockables tied to many challenges, cosmetics, and other battle pass contents. While it’s true that players who have already bought Battlefield 6 shouldn’t really have to play a separate title to get progression in the game, but it seems EA wanted both experiences to seamlessly shift into one another and provide a sort of in-game incentive to play REDSEC.
Another strong point against Battlefield REDSEC is the game’s exclusive battle royale map, Fort Lyndon which many Battlefield 6 players think should’ve been included in the game instead of in the free-to-play experience as it’s exactly the kind of map that fans have been hoping the game would launch with.
Which also sums up the current discontent among the fans as they believe REDSEC took away vast elements that should’ve been in Battlefield 6 which could’ve easily made EA’s flagship shooter even better. It also doesn’t help that the most recent post-release map in Battlefield 6, Blackwell Fields, is being slammed by players as possibly the worst map in the game or in the entire series for being favorable to only long-ranged sniper classes in a heavily disbalanced gameplay experience.
And while these issues are genuinely detrimental to the overall experience, here’s hoping EA and Battlefield Studios iron out all the shortcomings in time cause a lot of the problems can still be addressed or even entirely changed on a fundamental level.
However, despite the negative reviews, Battlefield REDSEC has also garnered lots of praise for bringing the traditional Battlefield experience to the battle royale mode in a refreshing and enjoyable way that’s pretty rare in the genre. REDSEC has also seen a massive spike in player counts with over 549,766 Battlefield 6 players in it’s launch window which is definitely encouraging in many ways.
