Battlefield 6 REDSEC’s mixed Steam reviews ignite a firestorm — “This is not why I bought Battlefield 6.”

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Battlefield REDSEC, DICE’s new take on the Battle Royale genre within the Battlefield universe, is generating a lot of buzz. With a massive number of players and initial reviews pouring in, everyone seems to have an opinion about this latest installment.

Battlefield 6 REDSEC just launched a few hours ago and has already attracted over half a million players. As with any new game on Steam, the reaction has been intense – some players are loving it, while others are very vocal about its flaws. It’s been a bit of both extremes so far.

Battlefield REDSEC has received 760 confirmed reviews in the last six hours, and currently holds a 50% approval rating. It seems to be following the trend of free-to-play games that experience difficulties at launch – not a big surprise, really.

What’s wrong with Battlefield REDSEC?

A common complaint is that many Battle Pass challenges require players to use REDSEC. If they don’t, they’ll miss out on rewards. For example, after finishing seven weekly challenges, players are *required* to play Battlefield REDSEC or they won’t receive their tokens.

Most of the game’s challenges aren’t linked to any particular game type. When they are, they’re simply part of the core Battlefield 6 experience – the standard team-based combat players expect.

Suddenly making players switch to a completely different game type, like a free-to-play Battle Royale, feels like a major shift.

The current weekly challenges all focus on the new REDSEC game modes. Strangely, even though some challenges *could* be done in the regular game, they aren’t available unless you’re playing REDSEC.

Let’s look at the “Complete weekly games” challenge. After playing twice, neither session registered as a completed game, even though I participated for the full duration both times.

Here are some of the player reviews on Steam:

  • “Why is the battle pass I got for Battlefield 6 trying to push me towards playing this crud?” — 00_01_02
  • “They force you to play Battle Royale by putting this trash mode in weekly challenges. P.S. If you don’t play them, it’s much slower to progress in the battle pass, and the five rerolls don’t help when almost half of the challenges are battle royale….” — Trash Panda
  • “I wouldn’t hate it so much if I weren’t forced to play it for challenges in the main game. But I am. So I do. This is not why I bought Battlefield 6.” — Doombox

Making players participate in Battle Royale feels out of place for the kind of experience fans expect from Battlefield 6, and it’s likely to frustrate them. Battlefield players are looking for a traditional ground-based experience, and forcing trendy, newer game modes on them isn’t what they want.

Is Battlefield REDSEC a “Wholesale copy of Warzone”?

It’s one thing for players to point out weekly issues with REDSEC, but it’s a different matter entirely when they accuse our game of being a direct copy of something like Call of Duty: Warzone. Honestly, I can see where they’re coming from.

As soon as I started playing, the game felt very familiar – not like Battlefield, but like Warzone from late 2024. The way you get gear – finding loadouts and crates to open – strongly reminded me of a typical Warzone match.

While I enjoyed it – and it seems many others did too – it’s hard to deny that REDSEC feels very similar to Warzone. The bounty missions, weapon upgrade system with its distinct purple and orange colors, and the way you can get back in the fight after being eliminated all strongly reminded me of Warzone.

Many other players agree, as evidenced by similar feedback in Steam reviews.

  • “Absolutely soulless, near-sighted cash grab and a wholesale COPY of Warzone.” — BILL HAVERCHUCK
  • “I was hoping for something different and fresh from the BR world, perhaps for a lot slower version of Warzone for my old brain. I wasn’t overly confident about it, though, since the last 3 or 4 years, BF has been getting closer and closer to COD in terms of running, gunning, and sliding everywhere. After playing this, yeah, it’s basically Warzone 3.0” — jonnny!
  • “Another garbage Warzone clone, we don’t need more battle royales.” — FuNk

I was really excited when I first learned about Battlefield REDSEC. Like with ARC Raiders, I hoped it would be a Battle Royale that stood out from the crowd with unique gameplay and a fresh look.

Battlefield 6 received a lot of hype, promising a fresh take on the Battle Royale genre. However, instead of being truly innovative, it feels like another version of Warzone with an artificial sense of progress.

Many players and I agree – this isn’t a good direction for the genre. Instead of innovating, it just copies what’s already popular, and that highlights how battle royale games are losing their appeal. It’s not helping the genre evolve.

Instead of getting something completely new, we’ve just received another version of Warzone with the same frustrating progression system.

It’s unclear what DICE could do to improve Battlefield REDSEC right now, but a good first step would be to remove overpowered loadouts and stop requiring players to connect it to the main Battlefield game. That would be a great way to begin fixing things.

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2025-10-29 01:10